The liturgy team for music have selected these songs for this week:
Entrance: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164
Psalm Response: Ps 97 “The Lord comes, comes to rule the earth with justice.”
Paul Johnstone from the Catholic Worship Book
Offertory: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13
Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33
Song of the Body of Christ (Haas) AOV 1/27
Thanksgiving: Enemy of Apathy (Bell-Maule) AOV 2/75
Recessional: Go Make a Difference (Angrisano-Tomaszek) AOV NG 52
Amongst the reasons I have been blogging infrequently this year (work,travel etc) is that I have been busy doing the GCTS(Liturgy) at ACU. It is a four unit course (I only did three as I had already done the Sacraments unit) that aims to give a firm basis in liturgy and then look for applications in celebrations, sacraments and music. It is an online course, although the music component was done as an intensive this year, which meant your correspondent briefly had to be a full time student for the first time in thirty years and that was a challenge.
A new cohort is to start in 2014 if there is sufficient numbers. I would be horrified if the course does not continue. It is run by Dr Clare Johnson who is the only person in Australian Catholic academia with the necessary expertise in both Liturgy and music to run such a course (correct me if I’m wrong) and considering the patchy assistance given to parishes and schools in this very important area of our church life, this course is vital. Having spoken the APREs and teachers doing the course the need is great in school liturgies and I’m hard pressed to see how a school’s music and liturgy budget would not include sponsoring likely candidates to become involved.
For parishes too, there is a need for this input to develop our parishes towards more beautiful and formative liturgy and encouraging education in this area is a necessary part of a parish’s commitment to health of their church.
I would certainly recommend the course to anyone working with school or parish liturgies.
The music liturgy team selected these songs for this week. We are currently using the revised Mass of Freedom by Maggie Russell.
Entrance: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20
Psalm 16 response “Lord when your glory appears, my joy will be full”
David Isle from the Catholic Worship Book
Offertory: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115
Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33
Take and Eat – Mantra (Russell) AOV 2/162
Thanksgiving: On Eagles Wings (Joncas) AOV 1/153
Recessional: You Are Mine (Haas) AOV 2/2
I’ll be out of circulation for a few weeks so I won’t be able to approve comments.
Geoff
I have recently been asked to make backings for this Mass and it is being used at the parish I am now attending so I thought I’d have another look at it. It was written and recently revised by Maggie Russell.
You can buy the sheet music and CDs here.
I have played the old version so often it is hard to adapt to the changes. Everything other than the Gloria has survived without too much trauma, but this is a very syncopated Mass and that may cause difficulties in some places.
The Gloria is going to take to some time. I think she just about gets away with changes in the chorus (“people” is very quick) and the first verse but the second verse introduces what sounds to me an alien motif to cover the new words and repetitions. Others are more adventurous than I, and this Mass is being used, so have a go at singing along to learn the new bits. She indicates some of the pieces are rock music and others joyous so it is not meant to be restrained. Outside the waltzes the syncopation fits a Latin beat if you are up for that.
Her Amen used to have alleluias in it but they have gone, but the extra hosannas are still in the Holy Holy.
Glory to God
Gospel Acclamation
Lenten Gospel Acclamation
Holy Holy Holy
We Proclaim Your Death
When We Eat This Bread
Save Us Saviour
Amen
Lamb of God
*14/2/2014
Odd things happen.
It turns out it is very easy to no longer be a parish musician.
We have a new priest who for reasons I won’t be going into here has made it impossible to continue at the parish I’ve been attending since 1987.
I’d just started writing liturgies on my own and I’ll continue my studies in that area at ACU in case they are ever needed. I have the luxury that there are other parishes ten minutes drive north, west and south of here. South is out as the Neocats are taking over there. West is fine, but we have started attending north where there is a very pastoral priest.
I’m afraid I haven’t sorted the copyright issues properly here. I suspect they are unable to be solved quite frankly. A few companies have not responded to enquiries and I haven’t finished things with OCP yet, but enjoy the backings while they are up and best of luck.
Geoff
Music for Mass this week:
Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen)
Psalm: Forever I Will Sing – Gather 41
Gifts: I’ll Be Always Loving You (AOV 1/82)
Communion: Jesus Come to Us (AOV 1/148)
Come Back to Me (AOV 1/30)
Recessional: Companions on the Journey ((AOV 1/188)
This mass is for the installation of our new priest.
Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48
Psalm: refrain of “Bless the Lord” (Barr) AOV NG 12
Gifts: Come to the Water (Foley)
Communion: One Body (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/146
Table Song (Haas)
Recessional: Go Make a Difference (Angrisano – Tomaszek) AOV NG 52
Entrance: We Three Kings
Psalm: O Come all Ye Faithful – refrain only “O come let us us adore him” before and after psalm
Gifts: The First Noel
Communion: What Child is This?
Once in Royal David’s City
Recessional: Joy to the World.
My blogging has recently been limited by illness, work and trying to find a way to present this blog to corporations in a way that won’t lead to it being shut down.
Kate Keefe has generously put the music that she has written for her local church up at her site here.
Her Gloria is straight through but with some spots to catch your breath and is bright and interesting, which is a feat in itself.
I ran the mp3 she provided through Band in a Box and came up with some basic chords for guitarists. Kate must be a keyboard player as no guitarist writes anything in the key of F, so us lazy guitarists would play it capo 3 in D of course.
I did a sketch of the song on BIAB as well that you can sing along to.
Since you can all download the music let me know of any errors that may need clearing up.
Mayfield Gloria by Kate Keefe
F C
Glory to God in the Highest
Gm F Bb C
And on earth peace to people of good will.
F C Am
We praise you, we bless you,
Bb
We adore you we glorify you,
F C F Bb F
We give you thanks for your great glory,
Bb F Bb C Bb Dm F Bb C/F
Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.
F C7 Bb
Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten Son,
Bb F Bb C F Bb C
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father
Bb C Bb F Bb F
You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
Bb C Dsus Bb F Bb F
You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer,
Bb C Gm
You are seated at the right hand of the Father,
F Gm F C
Have mercy on us.
C F C
For you alone are the Holy One,
Gm C Bb C
You alone are the Lord,
F C Bb C7 C Bb C
You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
Bb F C F Bb C F
With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father.
F /F Bb/F/F
Amen
© Kate Keefe 2011 used with Kate’s kind permission.
I’ll have a look at the other parts of the mass in due course.
