Church Music

This is another song for the RCIA with applications elsewhere (Gifts, Commisioning, etc), this time by Gerard Chiusano.

Text is in the preview at OCP where you can purchase the sheet music.

This is from Christopher Walker’s Celtic Mass and it is a specific piece of music for the dismissal of the Catechumens and the Elect in the RCIA. It has uses beyond that as a blessing at other times.

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

Bob Hurd’s “In the Breaking of the Bread” is one of the few singable communion songs from As One Voice that hasn’t been sung at our parish as yet and it will be introduced over the next few weeks. I know it from playing in another parish and it will be interesting to see if it takes. I have seen songs that are firm favourites in one parish meet a muted reception elsewhere.

Entrance: Summoned By Love (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/18

Psalm 84 (McKenna)

Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation.

Gifts: Be Not Afraid  (Dufford) AOV 1/114

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

Thanksgiving: God Has Chosen Me (Farrell) AOV 1/21

Recessional: Here I Am Lord (Schutte) AOV 1/90

Michelle MacAller and Kathleen McGrath have written a lovely song for All Soul’s Day or a funeral liturgy. It is based on Psalm 27 and In Paradisum. It goes a bit high but I suspect it would be a solo at a funeral so a good singer will be needed, but it was a lovely surprise to hear.

The sheet music is available for purchase at OCP and the text is in their preview.

I’m engaged in the seemingly never ending endeavour to blog all the songs in the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 that I haven’t already covered elsewhere.

This one I’ve never heard.  It is by George Van Grieken and is a blessing suitable as a gentle recessional, RCIA and the verses would lend themselves to a marriage liturgy. You may have to choose verses as the song will take five minutes to play.

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

Here’s a simple BIAB backing.

This Millie Rieth’s paraphrase of the Magnificat with its obvious liturgical uses. This is a nice relaxed setting.

As usual for songs from this book the sheet music is available at OCP where the text is in their preview.

This is an award winning Marian hymn by Mary Frances Fleischaker set to DRAKES BROUGHTON by Edward Elgar.

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

I’ve down a fake organ backing on BIAB.

This is better.

Hymnary notes its other settings.

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.