Church Music

These are two useful pieces from the prolific and talented Michael Mangan. “Bless Us Lord” is available in the Sing Your Joy Collection, but I can’t find “Peace I Give” on Michael’s website.

Peace I give you peace I leave.

My own peace I give to you.

No more trouble, no more fear, peace for ever more.

© Litmus Productions 1993.

Bless us Lord, Keep us safe,

Hold us closely by your side.

Send us strength, give us hope,

Grant us peace and joy.

© Litmus Productions 1993.

The team for this week has chosen these songs:

Entrance: We Are Called (Haas) AOV 2/6

Psalm: A Voice in the Wilderness (Robinson) AOV 1/62

Gifts: Bread Blessed and Broken (Lynch)

Communion: Take and Eat – Mantra (Russell) AOV 1/126

I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126

Recessional: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76

I’ll be down at Kingscliff this weekend so I have no idea what I’ll be joining in with.

Frenzy Cool asked for another song, this time by Marty Haugen, that I’ve never heard of and that I don’t have any music for. If we decide to use it locally I’ll buy the music that is available here. You can hear a sample here.

My backing has two verse , the bridge and another verse. It is rather approximate as I’m guessing the tune.

Frenzy Cool asked for this backing of an uplifting song by David Haas. It can bought from GIA here. You can hear the full version, trumpets and all, here.

It would be a great recessional.

I got the lyrics by listening so if you want then you’ll have to find them yourself ot buy the music, and you will have to work out the Spanish verse on your own. Band in a Box figured out the chords and I worked out the notes on my ukulele, so  this is all rather approximate music.

The liturgy team for this week (my group), have selected these songs:

Entrance: You Are Welcome (Leo Watts)

Psalm: The Lord is Kind and Merciful (Booth) Spirit and Song Vol 2/274   refrain only

Gifts: Christ Be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3

Communion:

Come As You Are (Browne) AOV 1/31

Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) Gather Australia 195

Recessional: Go Make a Difference (Angrisano & Tomasczek) AOV NG 52

Br Martin Conneely has asked for a backing of this song.  Never having been to a Marist school I had no idea, but Chris has come to the party, letting me know that it is to the tune of “For All the Saints,” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Someone will need to let me know who wrote the lyrics.

My backing is more fake organ, but I’m not sure if the tempo and feel is at all right, so do let me know.

Great man of God, Champagnat shone with zeal,
Strove thru’ his life, his Master to reveal;
With him for guide may we o’er sin prevail,
Praise be to Jesus and to His Mother!

For Mary’s son, this son of Lyon’s soil,
Gave up himself, for youth to pray and toil,
To lead to God, and Satan’s power to foil,
Praise be to Jesus and to His Mother!

So let these words of Great Champagnat ring,
and with one voice let’s praise our God and King.
Let Marist’s sons be ever proud to sing:
Praise be to Jesus and to His Mother!

These hopes that bind us, this purpose and this plan,
Everywhere find us, held by friendship’s hand.
In work, in play, in all, to serve, to pray.
We will be faithful, Servo Fidem.

These are the songs that the liturgy team for this week have chosen:

Entrance: Here I Am Lord (Schutte) AOV 1/90)

Psalm: “I Will Praise You Lord” as response

Gifts: Song of the Body of Christ (Haas) AOV 1/27)

Communion: I’ll Be Always Loving You (Watts) AOV 1/82

One Bread, One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129

Recessional: Companion on the Journey (Landry) AOV 1/188

We just started doing Paul Mason’s Mass of Glory and Praise after many months of Mass Shalom.

I think it is wonderful because Shalom’s a beast on guitar and Glory and Praise is a peach.

I’m still in the miscellaneous file of songs that have been used over the years that aren’t from As One Voice. This Andrew Chinn song can’t have been used much as I don’t remember it at all. It may have been from a school liturgy and it suits that use.  You can hear a sample here.  It is available in the “Together As One” collection that you can order using this form.

Andrew Chinn has requested that I post only an excerpt of my backing.  Please go to his website to purchase his music and CDs.

Chorus

Peace be with you all day
My peace be with you always
Peace be with you all my friends
My peace be with you ‘til the end
My peace be with you always

1. My peace is what I leave with you
It is my own peace I give you
Do not be worried, do not be afraid
In my peace I am with you always

2. And you will never walk alone
For God is with you as you go
My peace it comes from God, it calls us to unite as one
My peace will make and keep you strong

3. And may the peace of Christ guide you
In all you say and all you do
And may his peace, live in your heart
In all its strength, in all you are

4. And may God bless you as you leave
And may the Spirit give you peace
And as you walk along, along life’s road
May Christ be with you all, as you go

© Butterfly Music

This is the one made famous by Sr Janet Mead and was written by Arnold Strals. You can see and hear her sing the song here. I picked up the original sheet music collection called “With You I Am” at a second hand shop. It can still be purchased as a single sheet here.

My backing is another ancient MIDI done on an early version of Band in a Box, recently put through Pro Tools.

Chorus
Our Father
Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven

Chorus 

Verse

Give us this day our daily bread
Forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive them who trespass against us
Forgive us our trespasses

Chorus 

Bridge

Oh Lord lead us not into temptation
But save us from evil
And the kingdom, the power
And the glory forever
Will be Yours

Chorus (Rpt & fade)

© Festival Music, 1973.