This is another example of CWB II having a recent text set to an old tune, in this case TALLIS’ CANON.
The hymn writer is Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, whose interesting text laments the loss of “Life’s sacred rhythm.” I especially like “our lives are more than work we do!”
The text is at her site.
This is a rarity – a fairly recent song I’ve haven’t come across before in CWB II. It is by Father Kevin Bates and covers gathering, the word, Eucharist and sending forth so it really can be used pretty much anywhere in a liturgy. It is a simple singable tune that suggests a use for children.
It’s a Willow copyright but I can’t find it at As One Voice and the lyrics are not anywhere on the internet, so you can sing along with the text in CWB II to learn it.
My survey of Catholic Worship Book II is skipping all those already blogged in other collections and what remains is mainly older texts with even older tunes.
This one is at least c20 and has a text for Eucharist by Anthony Nye SJ.
CWB II sets it to the old Scottish tune, MARTYRDOM, which Godsongs notes as commonly in use in Australia and New Zealand while IRISH is the setting used in the UK.
O God we give ourselves today
With this pure host to thee,
The self same gift which thy dear Son
Gave once on Calvary.Entire and whole our life and love
With heart and soul and mind.
For all our sins and faults and needs,
Thy Church and all mankind.With humble and with contrite heart
This bread and wine we give,
Because thy Son once gave himself
And died that we might live.Though lowly now, soon by thy word
This bread and wine will be
The very body of our Lord
His soul and deity.His very body, offered up
A gift beyond all price.
He gives to us, that we may give,
In loving sacrifice.O Lord, who took our human life,
As water mixed with wine,
Grant through this sacrifice that we
May share thy life divine.
This is by the prolific Michael Forster.
The text is on the second page of this bulletin.
CWB II sets it to FRANCONIA.
We have switched back to the Mass of St Francis.
Entrance: We Are Many Parts (Haugen) AOV 1/86
Psalm 68 (McKenna)
Turn to the Lord in your need and you will live.
Gifts: As A Fire Is Meant For Burning (Duck) GA 881
Communion: One Bread , One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129
Thanksgiving: Be Merciful (Haugen)
Recessional: O Sacred Flame (Marshall)
This is a very nice chant setting of the Beatitudes (Matt 5:3-12). It is Richard Proulx’s adaption from the Russian Orthodox liturgy (KONTAKION).
O blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
O blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
O blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.
O blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied
O blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
O blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God.
O blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
O blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
O blessed are you the world reviles you and persecutes you
and utters all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad,
for great is your reward in heaven.
This is a recessional hymn with a worthy text by Fred Kaan. The lyrics are here.
Hymnary suggests several other settings but CWB II uses WINCHESTER NEW.
This is a gathering song of unity and journey by Delores Duffner, set to KOMT NU MET ZANG (Dutch c17, not a Kraftwerk track).
Hymnary have some details here but I can’t find the text anywhere on the internet – it is a GIA copyright but there is no sign of it there. So grab your copy of CWB II and sing along to learn it.
The title is the antiphon and the verse text is here (click 32).
The tune for the response is by J. Robert Carroll.
The verses are a Psalm Tone by Joseph Gelineau SJ. BIAB can’t do chant.
A prayer for unity in hymn form with a text by Olive W Spearman, who died last year aged 102 or so. According to CWB II it is based on Phillipians 2:1-18, but I can’t see any relationship. Other sources suggest Acts 10:34-35, which fits better.
The text is here, although CWB II only has the first three verses (the fourth and fifth verses appear harmless enough to me and I’m not sure of the reason for their excision) and a variant text for the 3rd and 4th lines of the first verse:
to see each mortal as I ought, my kindred, whom you love has bought.
It gets rid of a “thee”, but is clumsy as all hell. Godsongs goes through other textual variants.
It is set to various tunes in the references overseas but never to DANIEL as used by CWB II.
