Music for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 23rd/24th February 2019

Entrance: Come As You Are (Brown) AOV 1/31

Psalm 102(McKenna)

The Lord is kind and merciful

Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115

Communion: In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd)  AOV 1/58

Thanksgiving: Be Merciful (Haugen)

Recessional: Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) AOV 1/156

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Gather ‘Round This Table GC 735

I must be getting near the end of the Marty Haugen songs in Gather Comprehensive that haven’t turned up elsewhere in the collections I have blogged to date.

This is a song for Eucharist but could be used to gather as well. The tune sounds so familiar I fear I’ve done it before under another name, or maybe he played it when he was out here for a conference a few years ago.

The sheet music can be purchased at GIA where the text is in their preview.

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Come and Journey with a Saviour GC 686

This is another Marty Haugen tune setting a text by another author, in this case Herbert O’Driscoll.

It is a great entrance hymn and you could pick the verses to suit the liturgy.

The text is at Hymnary. I see it can be sung to BEACH SPRING as well.

The sheet music for Haugen’s setting can be purchased at GIA.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

You Are Called to Tell the Story GC 675

I’m back to looking at Marty Haugen songs in Gather Comprehensive not already covered on this blog.

This one is his setting of Ruth Duck’s marvellous text, which fits with the fishermen songs I’ve done this week as a call to mission. She wrote this text for the ordination of her long-time friend Elizabeth Caldwell. It is also set to REGENT SQUARE.

Haugen’s music can be purchased at GIA, where her text is in their preview.

My backing came out country on BIAB.

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

You Walk Along Our Shoreline GC 679

This is another call to mission with the fishing motif from last week’s gospel that Ryan heard at mass last week.

This is a challenging text by Sylvia Dunstan set to AURELIA by Samuel Sebastian Wesley. The tune is also known for its use with “The Church’s One Foundation”.

The text is here.

GIA only seem to have a handbell version to sell if you don’t have Gather Comprehensive but the tune is public domain and available at Hymnary.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Two Fishermen GC 693

I am digressing from my Haugenfest to look at songs for fishermen that turned up in a liturgy Ryan attended last Sunday. They went all out with three of them to flog the gospel, two of which I was unaware.

This is a Sea of Galilee shanty by Suzanne Toolan and as Ryan commented goes at a fair clip and is laudably direct and narrative in scope with a broadening of the call to us all. I fear it will be slowed down and drag a bit without care.

Godsongs has some commentary on the song here. It also has an entry at the History of Hymns.

You can find the text here and the sheet music can be purchased at sheetmusicplus. GIA only seemed to be selling handbell music, which would be wild.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Where Your Treasure Is GC 647

Marty Haugen based this sweet song on Luke 12:22-34.

The text is here.

The sheet music can be purchased at GIA.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Music for the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Year C 16th/17th February 2019

Entrance: God has Chosen Me (Farrell) AOV 1/21

Psalm 1 (McKenna)

Happy are they who hope in the Lord.

Happy are they! Happy are they!

Gifts: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13

Communion: Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV 1/164

Thanksgiving: The Beatitudes (Kearney) CWB II 456

Recessional: A New Heart for a New World (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Within the Reign of God GC 638

I’m surprised at how many Marty Haugen songs I’m finding in Gather Comprehensive that are new to me, but then he has been rather prolific.

This is a bright gathering and communion song that says it is call and response for a cantor and assembly but there’s no reason why the assembly couldn’t handle it all.

The sheet music can be purchased at GIA, where the text is in their preview.

GC has six verses and you repeat the refrain the last time. I didn’t do that in my backing, I just went straight to the coda. I figure if you got through all six verses, repeating the refrain might be a capital offence.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Neither Death nor Life GC 605

There are Marty Haugen songs in Gather Comprehensive that I have never come across before and I am blogging them now.

This one has an obvious application when readings from Romans 8 come up.

The verses have enough variation that a cantor is likely a must but the refrain is a peach for the assembly.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment