To mark the new season of Lent, we are changing to the Mass of St Francis, but will use the Lenten Gospel Acclamation from Mason’s Mass of Glory and Praise.
Entrance: Hosea (Norbet) AOV 1/30
Psalm 25 (O’Brien)
Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52
Communion: On Eagles Wings (Joncas) AOV 1/153
Be Not Afraid (Dufford) AOV 1/114
Recessional: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138
I noticed Chris’s parish were doing this song by Kathleen Thomerson. I found it in Together in Song. Some background for the song and songwriter is here. It is a delightfully simple and singable hymn.
Cantus Mundi has the text and some Youtube videos. The sheet music can be purchased for download at OCP.
This song by Ed Bolduc has liturgical uses noted at WLP where the sheet music is only available to those with a WLP annual licence. I can’t find the sheet music anywhere else so you will have to get “Voices As One” I suppose. The timings are tricky – the verse is noted for a cantor, but the refrain isn’t straightforward either for the assembly.
The text is available in a powerpoint file here.
I keep an eye out for songs I don’t know that other parishes are using. This one from Chris’s parish has a text by Luke Connaughton. The version in Gather Australia is to the tune “Woodlands” by Walter Greatorex.
The text is here. “Woodlands” has been used for other texts and this text has been set to other tunes. (eg Colin Brumby in Together in Song 282) The sheet music is available at Hymnary.
My backing resorts to the dodgy free church organ VST plug in.
I’m always looking for communion songs and Brian Wren’s text fits the bill as the words are simple and challenging and can be found at the Hope Publishing site. To digress for a moment, if you want to go beyond GIA/OCP/WLP and in Australia AOV, Hope Publishing is worth a look. Social justice is a major concern there and their texts are often reset by the majors.
They have a setting for this text by Anthony Feddell that you might like to look at, but the one in “Voices as One” is by Carl Johengen.
The WLP site has sample pages, a small sound sample and liturgical suggestions, and you can also buy the sheet music there.
My backing, unfortunately, does not do the lovely second vocal line in the refrain.
Youtube has a spirited solo voice and piano version.
Ed Bolduc has rewritten this traditional hymn by nineteenth century hymn writer Caroline Maria Noel and added a refrain and his own tune. I like this because it could be used in a P&W setting but has lots of liturgical uses and is singable by an assembly. Of course, more of the original verses could be used if appropriate.
As usual with these songs, WLP has a page were you can link to the text in the sample page, hear a snippet and purchase the sheet music for download. It is also available at the Voices As One site.
This is another song by Ed Bolduc in a relaxed MOR style. The verses are recommended for a cantor, which is probably right as it has a rhythmic structure that will make it hard for the assembly and in any case the last note of the verse is sung over by the refrain.
It is a lovely tune and a serviceable text that will work in many liturgical situations.
The WLP site has the text in the sample pages, a snippet for listening and is where you can purchase the sheet music for download if you wish.
I’ve sped up up my backing just a little.
This is a delicate and beautifully mournful song that would be suitable for Lent written by Paul A Tate.
The refrain has SATB call and response and harmony if you have the need. The WLP site has the text in sample pages and a snippet of the tune to listen to where you can also purchase the sheet music for download.
This song is being used as an entrance this week and I have never heard of it before, although I am assured it has been used for years and everyone at my current parish knows it. It is by Debra Kerner and from a collection of songs by “Psalty” the cartoon Psalter.
The text is at their site and you can listen to the song there. The sheet music is also available to purchase in one of their collections.
It is really not very suitable for kids with the odd timings and octave leaps and long held high notes. It looks like it is taken down from G to F locally, but the range is still very wide (still a low A to D). My backing is in F.
Entrance: Welcome to the Family (Kerner)
Psalm 31 (McKenna)
I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble,
and you fill me with the joy of salvation.
Gifts: Come As You Are (Brown) AOV 1/31
Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195
One Bread, One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129
Thanksgiving: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52
Recessional: Sing a New Song (Schutte) AOV 1/80
