Chris’s parish use James E Moore’s version of “Taste and See”. A lot of the tune seems to be clustered around either low C or high C with triplets to trip up in the verses. Best for cantor use I fear for the verses. The chorus is more singable. We know a couple of other settings of Psalm 34 so I doubt we’ll get around to this one.
The text is at Cantus Mundi. The sheet music is available to purchase for download at GIA.
My backing is rather too jazz.
This is Steven C Warner’s expurgated version of the “Song of Judith”. The original text is worthy of Game of Thrones and would have made a very different song.
If you aren’t using a cantor bringing it down from G to F might be needed for the assembly and the high note at the end will have to go. For a choir all is well and he is writing for the Notre Dame Folk Choir after all.
The text is in the sample at WLP where the sheet music can be purchased and you can listen to a snippet of the song.
We have slotted back into Maggie Russell’s Mass of Freedom well enough, although I still find the rewrite of the Gloria jarring in the second verse. We have never sung “A Place at the Table” before so that should be interesting. Shirley Erena Murray writes marvellous lyrics that exemplify a practical social gospel.
Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen)
Psalm 123 (O’Brien)
Our eyes are fixed on you, Lord, pleading for your mercy.
Gifts: Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166
Communion: Bread Broken Wine Shared (Horner) AOV 2/155
Will You Love Me? (Boniwell) AOV 1/40
Thanksgiving: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1
Recessional: Though the Mountains May Fall (Schutte) AOV 1/182
This song with a text by the prolific Fred Green and with the tune AR HAD Y NOS (trad Welsh – “All Through the Night”) was used recently at RL’s parish.
The snippet at OCP has it sung by children, but it isn’t just a children’s song in its evocation of the agricultural lifestyle. The text is at spiritandsong and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP.
This song with a text by Albert Frederick Bayley was recently used at Ryan’s parish and is suitable for a rural parish where people make their own food or where there are environmental concerns (ie in the light of a recent encyclical – everywhere I suppose).
The text is here. The tune is BUNESSAN so is very familar. (eg “Morning Has Broken”) My copy is in “Together in Song”.
Karoake:
This is another song from RL’s parish. It is by Ricky Manalo CSP and is a lovely song for Eucharist. It is a singable tune with no syncopation and my only quibble is a long held D.
The text is in the sample at OCP, which is also where you can buy the sheet music for download.
I think this is the original with an oriental feel:
This is a lovely restrained choir version:
Handbells!!!!
This song is a general enough prayer to fit a lot of liturgical situations. It is by Deanna Light and Paul A Tate and is an uplifting hymn.
The text is here with a link to a performance of the song. You can purchase the sheet music at WLP.
Delores Duffner is usually a good bet for a great text and this is no exception. Ryan’s parish used this with the tune McKEE although there are other settings available.
The text is here and Hymnary have information on the collections where the sheet music is available. There aren’t enough songs about mustard seeds.
This gentle song is used at Yola’s parish. In the Catholic Worship Book, where I found a copy of the music, it is attributed to the Medical Mission Sisters, but was actually written by Miriam Therese Winter who has had a full life indeed as a sister.
The text is here. Hymnary have information on this song including the other hymnals and collections in which the sheet music can be found.
Sweet folky harmonies:
This is another song from Joe Mattingly of the Newman Singers and again is a choir song, this time based on Psalm 104. The refrain has harmonies and the rhythm is swung.
The text is here (scroll down to page 2) and the sheet music can be purchased at WLP where you can hear a snippet.
Listen to the Newman Singers and decide whether this performance vehicle can be adapted for liturgical use. I don’t see why not sans finger-snapping and vocal gymnastics.
