Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71
Psalm 144 (McKenna)
The hand of the Lord feeds us, he answers all our needs.
Gifts: Take and Eat (Russell) AOV 2/162
Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651
Thanksgiving: One Body (O’Brien- Watts) AOV 2/146
Recessional: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76)
We are also observing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday.
Entrance: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1
Psalm 22 (McKenna)
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Gifts: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33
Communion: One Bread, One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129
Thanksgiving: Be Still, My Friends (Andersen)
Recessional: Hearts on Fire (Mangan) AOV NG 62
Entrance: The Summons (Maule-Bell) AOV NG 149
Psalm 84 (McKenna)
Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation.
Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115
Communion: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185
Thanksgiving: A Voice in the Wilderness (Robinson) AOV 1/60
Recessional: Go Make a Difference (Angrisano/Tomaszek) AOV NG 52
Entrance: A New Heart for a New World (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158
Psalm 122 (McKenna)
Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.
Gifts: Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166
Communion: In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd) AOV 1/58
Thanksgiving: I Give You a New Commandment (Hurd)
Recessional: As a Fire is Meant for Burning (Duck) GA 881
Gather 3rd ed included this TAIZE chant by Jacques Berthier. The chorus is a prayerful mantra that works well on its own, but there are the cantor’s lines to use as well over the ostinato refrain.
There are versions in English, French, Spanish and Polish. The English text is here. I can only find a handbell version at GIA but it appears to available in every format conceivable at the TAIZE shop.
Trawling through these collections can turn up some real gems sometimes. This song pairs a typically direct Shirley Erena Murray text to the great tune from Tony Alonso written when he was just a pup. It would be a rousing gathering song or for thanksgiving.
The text is available from the wonderful people at Hope Publications. The sheet music for this setting can be purchased at GIA.
My backing sees BIAB in it’s Irish mode.
This is an interesting song on the subject of Wisdom with a text by Steven C. Warner set by Leslie Palmer Barnhart. It is based on Ecclesiasticus 51: 13-22 and as a singable hymn a useful alternative to songs like “Enemy of Apathy”.
With Warner’s involvement, you would expect it to be in the repertoire of the Notre Dame Folk Choir and it is the title track of a collection you can find here.
The sheet music can be purchased at GIA where the text is in their preview.
Going through collections that contain popular songs to find the ones I don’t know, frequently means finding the songs that haven’t caught on for a good reason. This Marty Haugen song (with help on the text from Susan Briehl) has wonderful text based on famous passages from John’s gospel and his usual melodic craft, but has too much variation from verse to verse for an assembly. I suspect it is a just a choir song. My guitar version has the SATB arrangement layered over it which is rather confusing.
The text is here and you can purchase the sheet music at GIA.
When Willow sold off their physical hymn books I got the last 3 volume Gather 3rd edition for guitar they had. I’ll resume looking for the songs in that collection that have not already been covered here.
“Over My Head” is a spiritual arranged by the wonderful John Bell. You may have an assembly that can handle this, but a choir might have a better chance.
Gather will sell you his arrangement here.
[Refrain:]
Over my head I hear music in the air;
over my head I hear music in the air;
over my head I hear music in the air;
there must be a God somewhere.
1 Oh, when the world is silent,
I hear music in the air;
oh, when the world is silent,
I hear music in the air;
oh, when the world is silent,
I hear music in the air;
there must be a God somewhere. [Refrain]
2 And when I’m feeling lonely,
I hear music in the air;
and when I’m feeling lonely,
I hear music in the air;
and when I’m feeling lonely,
I hear music in the air;
there must be a God somewhere. [Refrain]
3 Now when I think on Jesus,
I hear music in the air;
now when I think on Jesus,
I hear music in the air;
now when I think on Jesus,
I hear music in the air;
there must be a God somewhere. [Refrain]
This is the last of the hymns added by OCP to Breaking Bread in 2019 that I will cover. Some I have done already when noticed on other liturgies posted here, and one was chant so I ruled it out. (BIAB can’t do chant.)
This joyful Gospel swing song by Christopher Walker and Sr Paule Freeburg will start mass well or send people away more alive and lifted.
OCP have provided the text in their preview and will sell you the sheet music.
