Church Music

This is Ubi caritas est vera set to chant mode VI.

This site gives the Latin text and an English translation.

You can hear it in Latin here.

How lovely that Richard Connolly did a setting of Ubi Caritas. He paraphrased the Holy Thursday liturgy and set it to his tune, JEREMY.

The text is here. As One Voice have a sample of the sheet music here and you can purchase the sheet music there as well. It is also in Together In Song 434.

Here is an appreciation of Richard Connolly.

Entrance: Gather Us In (Haugen) AOV 1/12

Psalm 112 (McKenna)

Praise the Lord, who lifts up the poor.

Alleluia. Praise the Lord.

Gifts: Will You Love Me?   (Boniwell) AOV 1/40

Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651

Thanksgiving: The Beatitudes  (Kearney) CWB II 456

Recessional: Send Down the Fire  (Haugen) AOV 2/164

This is a refreshing, challenging and simply amazing text from John Bell.

The text is here and it is set to NETTLETON.

I have several of his songbooks and am only restrained from blogging them by their lack of chords and the work that would cause me. Then again CWB II often has no chords and I’ve managed.

This sheet music is in the same key as CWB II, where it is set as 6/4 rather than the 3/4 found in this version and most others I’ve seen.

This is another newish song that turned up at RS’s parish by Ricky Manalo and Bob Hurd.

OCP sell the sheet music here and the text is in their preview.

There are verses for gathering and Eucharist so pick those that you need.

I made a backing to see how it went. It is quite lovely.

I’m on the home straight with CWB II, but leaving that for today, this one is from a liturgy as RS’s parish. It is by Bob Hurd and based on Matt 25.

It is a gentle song that goes a bit high in the verse.

The sheet music is available at OCP where the text is in their preview. OCP also provide a useful commentary.

This is Christopher Willcock’s setting of Psalm 25. It is based on The Grail but he appears to have slightly altered some of the words.

At this site (scroll down) the antiphon is verse one. Verse one in CWB II is vss 4-5, verse 2 is vss 8-9 and verse 3 is vss 10 and 14.

This is lovely:

It is always a joy to have a text by Shirley Erena Murray come up. This song has a timeless environmental theme. It is set to TENDERNESS by Colin Gibson.

The lyrics are at Hope Publishing Company along with links to suggested tunes including this one used in CWB II.

My backing has a bit too much twang.

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

Psalm 50 (McKenna)

I will rise and go to my father.

I will rise and go to my father.

Gifts: Be Merciful (Haugen)

Communion: Table of Plenty   (Schutte) AOV 2/20

Thanksgiving: Prayer of St Francis  (Temple) AOV 2/126

Recessional: We Are Called  (Haas) AOV 2/60

Yet another relatively recent text to an old tune in CWB II.

Fred R. Anderson paraphrased Psalm 150 for this c20 text and it is set to DARWELL a c18 tune by John Darwell.

The text for this stirring song of praise is here.

My backing is more fake organ from BIAB.

This sheet music is in D, but CWB II brings it down to C. (Thanks be to God.)