Church Music

This Marian hymn was written by Jeanne C. Frolick SFCC.

The sheet music is at OCP where the text is in their preview.

I’m trying new instruments for melody lines.  I don’t think this one works.

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen)

Psalm 122 (McKenna)

Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.

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

Communion: Bread of Heaven (Manibusan-Hart)

Thanksgiving: Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166

Recessional: As A Fire is Meant for Burning (Duck) GA 881

Having exhausted the new material from Chris deSilva and needing a break from the syncopation of WLP’s Voices As One Volume 2, I’ll return to the Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 from OCP. I’m getting to OCP songs that weren’t selected for AOV or Spirit and Song or were written after those collections were compiled. If I skip a song it means I’ve already blogged it somewhere and you can find it in the search window.

Tim Schoenbachler wrote this gentle Advent song that has a lot going for it. The changes in tempo are nice if your assembly is up for that and there are some interesting harmonic and melodic turns. I think OCP only numbered the song because they have other Maranathas.

The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the text is in their sample.

My backing strips out all the subtlety but can be sung along to for learning purposes.

Another perfectly singable liturgical song by Chris deSilva from Perth. It s based on Psalm 33, which comes up in the nineteenth week in Ordinary Time soon, but has a more general Eucharistic application. You can take you pick of six verses.

I’ve scanned in the sheet music:

Taste and See

I still working through Chris deSilva’s newer songs that he showed us at the APMN conference last year but aren’t up on his website yet.

This is an entrance song for a funeral.

From Time to Eternity

This is a funeral song designed as a song of farewell.

There are no chords in the sheet music so I made some up that are almost certainly incorrect. It still sounds a good song.

Eternal Rest

I’d love to hear the SATB arrangement.

I’m still putting up the newer songs of Chris DeSilva (from Perth) that he hasn’t yet put up on his site.

This is a Christmas song with lovely lilting tune that deals in the paradox of the Christmas story.

This is a scan of the sheet music.

Child So Lowly

You can sing along to my backing to learn it.

Because it’s our parish mass at St Peter’s this week we are using the psalm from the Mass of Saints Peter and Paul.

Entrance: Christ Be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3

Psalm 33 (McKenna)

The Lord set me free from all my fears

Gifts: Do You Really Love Me?  (Landry)

Communion: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1

Thanksgiving: You Are My Rock (Chinn)

Recessional: All You Works of God (Haugen) AOV 1/19

This is another of DeSilva’s songs with a specific use within the RCIA but which could act as a blessing in many circumstances.

I’ve scanned the sheet music:

Go In Peace

My backing just goes through the songs once but it could be repeated until the need passes.

If you are after his sheet music follow the instructions on this flyer.

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