Entrance: We Are Called (Haas) AOV 2/60
Psalm 19 (O’Brien)
Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52
Communion: One Bread One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129
Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166
Recessional: Holy Darkness (Schutte) AOV 2/24
Joe Mattingly has written a song that would suit the reading of the prodigal son as well as Lenten and penitential liturgies. This church used it for distribution of ashes, which would be a nice change from “Ashes”.
You can find the text in the sample at WLP, where the sheet music can be purchased.
The music I have in VAO guitar edition confuses the bracketed subtitle with the directions for playing the song! In the sample it is suggested as moderato rather than to be played “softly and tenderly”.
I detected a whiff of Bacharach in the tune so I pressed that button on BIAB and added a gratuitous sax line – sorry.
I can’t find a version by Mattingly’s choir but these young people have a good try:
This is a lovely song by Ed Bolduc that is recommended for Advent and Easter, but I’m sure you can think of other joyful liturgies to which it is suited.
The text is available in the sample at WLP where the sheet music can be purchased and a snippet of the tune can be reviewed.
It is meant to be flowing and lilting but when I see 6/8 I go all sea shanty sing-along so I sped it up a bit.
This video is much better:
This is a setting of the Lorica of St Patrick to the traditional Irish folk tune “Garten” arranged by Gerard Gillen. I think it lovely and liturgically useful to boot.
The text is here with more verses than the three in VAO. You can listen to a snippet and purchase the sheet music from WLP. An arrangement in the public domain is at musicasacra.
My backing is Irish and spirited.
As is this version:
This is more sedate but still nice:
This is definitely not a Lenten song but it is a gospel acclamation that Yola’s parish used as an entrance hymn before Lent started. It is by Bernadette Farrell and is part of the Mass of Hope.
The text is in the sample available at OCP where you can purchase the sheet music for download. You an hear a snippet here.
This is a setting of Psalm 137 and coincidentally comes up in a couple of weeks (4th week of Lent Year B). It is by Paul A. Tate and has a singable refrain for the assembly and good verses for the cantors to proclaim.
You can hear a snippet, read the text in the sample pages and buy the sheet music at WLP. You can hear the whole song here with all its harmonies. If you are using the guitar edition of Voices As One like me, there are chords missing on the bottom line of the second page of the music – G(add2) & E/G#.
Mary mentioned this as a song relatively unknown in Australia but popular in Ireland. The text is by John Glynn and the music Colin Murphy. It appears popular for funerals.
The text is here. Is it too poetic or too simple or too sentimental for Australian tastes? I think it’s fine but then I’m wet.
The sheet music can be purchased for download at Kevin Mayhew.
There are lots of versions on Youtube:
They go on and on but this one from the Hillsborough Memorial service is special.
This is another song by the prolific Ed Bolduc, which has liturgical uses (a very Eucharistic text) but the tune is really just too fiddly for the assembly.
This talented cantor is having a red hot go and the lyrics to the chorus are here, but you can see how it is a solo vehicle. There is a snippet of Karen Bolduc’s version here.
If you haven’t got Voices As One but are a WLP subscriber you can download the sheet music from here.
My backing is passing strange:
Entrance: Praise to You O Christ Our Saviour (Farrell) AOV 1/28
Psalm 116 ( O’Brien)
I will walk in the presence of the Lord,
In the land of the living.
Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52
Communion: I am the Bread of Life (Toolan) AOV 1/49
Lord, to Whom Shall We Go? (Herry) AOV 1/6
Recessional: Lord, the Light of Your Love (Kendrick) AOV 2/59
This song was used at Yola’s parish while I was away in January. The lovely music is by Bernadette Farrell and the text by Owen Alstott is such a lovely prayer for Lent I thought I’d blog it.
The song has many changes in time signature and I thought it would be impossible but I think the composer has pulled it off as I don’t think it would take long to get used to. In other words it sounds less complicated than it looks on the page.
The sheet music can be purchased for download at OCP where there is a snippet to listen to and a sample of the sheet music for the text.
