I’m not sure I can find a spot in a liturgy for this one by Jesse Manibusan. It might be better in a praise and worship setting. It is a guitarists song and has the classic restrained verses and feakout noisy chorus of the P&W genre. The verses are unsuited to congregational singing so you’d need a cantor for that at least.
The text is at spiritandsong where you can listen to a snippet and purchase the sheet music for download. The whole song can by heard at his myspace page.
Mark Friedman has written a gathering song with a refrain in Spanish or English with a Latin feel. In Australia, where there is generally no reason to sing in Spanish, there is no reason that the full English version could not be used as long as you aren’t scared off by masses of triplets.
The text is at spiritandsong and you can hear a snippet and purchase the sheet music for download at OCP.
These songs have been chosen by the music liturgy team:
Entrance: Jesus Is Risen (O’Brien-Ogilvie) AOV NG 82
Psalm: The Lord is My Shepherd – Crimond AOV 1/144
Gifts: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71
Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33
Lord To Whom Shall We Go (Herry) AOV 1/6
Thanksgiving: The Joy of the Gospel (Text Fr James Lyons; Tune Beethoven’s Ode to Joy)
Recessional: Hearts On Fire (Mangan) AOV NG 62
A song by Julie Smith and Tim Smith (not Timothy R Smith) that could be a recessional but also with an obvious application for ministry and commissioning.
The text is here and you can hear it here, although this is very much a solo vocal. I can’t find a site to purchase for download with this one so you might have to just use Spirit & Song or contact Resource Publications.
This is rather singable despite a couple of leaps in the verses (E up to D) and very gentle syncopation. Witness this choir:
This is another song from the gathering and sending forth songs in Spirit & Song Vol 1. It is by Timothy R Smith and is based on passages from Luke 12 and Psalm 41. I think it is more a Gifts song myself and but perhaps it could be a recessional. It really is a bit of a grab bag affair with many images used over the four verses and I’m not sure it hangs together as a text. The tune is nice and has a singable range. The third verse is more a bridge than a verse and the fourth verse introduces some minor changes to the chords for some reason.
The text is a spiritandsong where it can also be purchased for download. You can hear the original here.
This Taiwanese church slows things down a bit and it works well.
I’m blogging songs from Spirit & Song Vol 1. The ones I’m missing out I have blogged already, mostly because they were in As One Voice as well.
This is another bilingual song with music by Jaime Cortez and lyrics by Jaime Cortez and Bob Hurd. It is noted to be slightly Caribbean, but is very Latin. The text is at spiritandsong where you can purchase the sheet music for download. If your assembly is up for a latin style hymn this is a gathering song that would also suit for Eucharist.
This church in Minnesota does a great job:
This song by Jaime Cortez is in Spirit & Song’s section for entrance and sending forth songs. He based it on Psalm 33. I would put this gentle gospel style song in for Gifts instead. The tune is simple enough and has an easy range for a change.
The text is at spiritandsong where you can purchase the sheet music for download.
This version is by the songwriter:
This one is the slick commercial version:
…and this is a fine bunch of Lutherans:
You could ratchet up the “gospel” feel a bit from all these versions — I think the Lutherans win out here.
The music selections for this week are:
Entrance:
The Joy of the Gospel (Text Fr James Lyons; Tune Beethoven’s Ode to Joy)
Psalm 16 (O’Brien)
Lord you will show us the path of life.
Gifts: Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166
Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33
To Be Your Bread (Haas) AOV 1/65
Thankgiving: Emmaus (Alonso) AOV NG 41
Recessional: Jesus is Risen (O’Brien-Ogilvie) AOV NG 82
This rock song by Jesse Manibusan could be used as a gathering song but the verses are very much a solo vehicle and I’m not sure I want the assembly limited to the chorus. On the other hand, it is a crunching guitar song that would work in other settings outside mass.
The text is at spiritandsong and you can purchase the sheet music in a collection at sheetmusicplus.
This is another gathering song from Spirit & Song Vol 1, with specific application to Pentecost. The music is by Kevin Keil and the text of the refrain is by the Ursuline sister, Maryanne Quinlivan OSU, with the verses translated by Edward Caswell from an ancient Vene Creator Spiritus by Rabanus Maurus.
The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased for download at OCP. It is also available at the Hope Publishing Company. You can hear the original recording here.
I love the trumpets in this parish and they sing it better than the recording.
