The perfect storm for traddies – David Haas and Marty Haugen writing together. As you can hear in the snippet at AOV the attempt at a Latin beat is hamstrung by the vocal style and the formality – loosen up guys. I’ve never played it but the text is fine and I’m sure it would be improved by being sung in a normal, or even joyful, voice.
The text is here. It can be purchased in a collection at GIA.
BIAB added a 4 bar intro F/Bb/F/C.
This is a Bernadette Farrell song that is not in AOV. I found it in Spirit & Song Vol 1 and will be asking our liturgy group to use as a communion song for Sunday 11th as its healing motif suits the readings. I think it’s one of her prettiest tunes.
It can be purchased for download at OCP.
You can hear the original here, just click on the arrow to the right of the Spirit & Song logo.
My backing is more laid back country:
Refrain
Bread for the world:
a world of hunger.
Wine for all peoples:
people who thirst.
May we who eat
be bread for others.
May we who drink
pour out our love.Verse 1
Lord Jesus Christ,
you are the bread of life,
broken to reach
and heal the wounds
of human pain.
Where we divide your people,
you are waiting there
on bended knee
to wash our feet with endless care.Refrain
Verse 2
Lord Jesus Christ,
you are the wine of peace,
poured into hearts once broken
and where dryness sleeps.
Where we are tired and weary,
you are waiting there
to be the way which beckons us
beyond despair.Refrain
Verse 3
Lord Jesus Christ,
you call us to your feast,
at which the rich and pow’rful
have become the least.
Where we survive on others
in our human greed,
you walk among us
begging for your ev’ry need.Refrain
© Bernadette Farrell 1990.
A beautiful meditative chant from Trish Watts. She sings it in Latin here, and AOV gives the text in English and Latin.
My backing is at 75bpm. I’m starting to mention this as I’ve noticed a lot of the tunes in the guitar edition of AOV Vol 2 that I have, have no indication of the tempo. When I don’t know the song well I try to approximate the speed of the sample at AOV.
My soul is at rest in you, O God.
My heart finds it home in your love.
Quies sola inte domine in amore tuo domus
© Trisha Watts 1995.
We use this song by Sandra Sears every year for the veneration of the cross. You can get a glimpse of the reverence of the song at AOV here.
It can be purchased for download at As One Voice.
My backing is at 96 bpm.
See his hands, see the cruel marks of bitterness and shame.
See his hands reaching out to take the whole world’s pain.
O, see his hands (O, see his hands)
O, see his wounds (O, see his wounds)
O, see his hands reaching out to the world.
Feel his hands, feel his touch upon your tear stained face.
Feel his hands gently lifting you to beauty and grace.
O, feel his hands (O, feel his hands)
O, feel his wounds (O, feel his wounds)
O, feel his hands reaching out to your pain.
Take his hands in your own, touch those precious scars.
Take the love from his wounds: heal your wounded heart.
O, take his hands (O, take his hands)
O, touch his wounds (O, touch his wounds)
O feel his love flowing into your heart.
© Sandra Sears 1989.
Another Fr Kevin Bates song which is a “psalm” for a chorus with three verses of testimony in between. An odd structure but the text such that most people could sing it with ownership. Listen to an excerpt here at AOV.
My backing is at 90bpm. I’m afraid I couldn’t get the lilt and gentleness of the original into my backing.
Chorus
O praise the Lord, my soul.
My God, how great you are.
My heart and my soul sing out your praise.
My God, how great you are.
Verse 1
You have carried me within your arms
whenever I’ve known fear.
You have waited patiently for me,
then you drew me near.
You have run beside me even when
I didn’t want to know
that you are my home and my joy.
Verse 2
In the doubting times you touch’d my hope
and showed me how to be.
In the hours of fear and hopelessness
your truth set me free.
In the memory of family
I learnt to know your name,
learn that you are my home and my joy.
Verse 3
Lord, bless the place where I was born
and those who carried me.
Lord, bless the many smiles,
who have kindly set me free.
Lord, bless the many little ones
who’ve shown your face to me:
you are my home and my joy.
Chorus
© Kevin Bates 1985.
Chris at Corinda-Graceville parish asked me to add the Penitential rite for the Mass of Glory and Praise by Paul Mason to the rest of his wonderful mass that I have already blogged starting here. If you haven’t heard them, Paul has put samples to listen to of the mass done properly at his site here.
Paul has quite rightly left the priest with a tone to fit some of the words to in the rite. This, however makes no sense in BIAB, so I have given spacings for the priest’s part which are to be ignored if unsuitable.
Minister:
You were sent to heal the contrite of heart: Lord, have mercy.
All:
Lord, have mercy.
Minister:
You came to call sinners: Christ, have mercy.
All:
Christ, have mercy.
Minister:
You are seated at the right hand of the Father
to intercede for us; Lord, have mercy.
All:
Lord, have mercy.
This song, of apparently Caribbean provenance, was something we used to use as a Gospel Acclamation occasionally. It is good to sing but hard to stop singing. Jonathan Tan, whose blog Cantus Mundi I had forgotten about, has aggregated You Tube videos of this song here.
Halle, Halle, Hallelujah!
Halle, Halle, Hallelujah!
Halle, Halle, Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
© WGRG, Iona Community, 1990.
http://www.iona.org.uk/wgrg_home.php
Victorian songwriter, Cheryl Reid wrote books of childrens hymns, from which AOV took this song. The snippet, complete with animal noises, can be heard at AOV. Lots of fun.
Verse 1
All creation sings of the glory of the Lord.
Birds and crickets sings to the glory of the Lord.
Kookaburras, magpies, cicadas, frogs and bees,
sing a joyful song to the Lord.
Refrain
Sing, sing, glory to the Lord.
Praise, praise, let his name be heard.
Verse 2
Let us lift our voices, children of the Lord.
Join with God’s creation in praising the Lord.
God has given life to ev’ry living thing.
He has given life so let us sing.
Refrain
Rpt Verse 1 and stop
© Beacon Media 1989.
This is described as a chant like song by Colleen Fulmer and Rufino Zaragoza. This extract has enough to get the flavour. It is a baptismal song or for sprinkling rites. AOV also gives the text in Spanish.
It can be purchased for download at OCP.
1 Come, you hungry, come, you thirsty;
Drink living water, come unto me.
2 Come, you weary, bring your burdens;
Drink living water, come unto me.
3 Come, you poor ones, come, you lowly;
Drink living water, come unto me.
4 Come, rejected, come, abandoned;
Drink living water, come unto me.
© Colleen Fulmer & Rufina Zaraoza 1990.
This is the music selected by the liturgy team for this week. It was decided at the meeting last night to continue the Mass Shalom until Easter.
Entrance: All the Ends of the Earth – AOV 1/76 (Dufford)
Psalm 146 – Bless the Lord My Soul – Gather Australia No 84 (Haugen)
Gifts – Come to Me – AOV 1/37 (Norbet)
Communion – I am the Bread of Life – AOV 1/49 (Toolan)
– You Are Mine – AOV 2/2 (Haas)
Recessional – God of Day and God of Darkness – AOV 1/56 (Haugen)
