Entrance: Come, Now is the Time to Worship (Doerksen) AOV NG 29
Psalm 94 (McKenna)
O that today you would listen to his voice!
Harden not your hearts.
Gifts: A New Commandment CWB II 443 (Unknown?)
Communion: The Summons (Maule-Bell) AOV NG 149
Recessional: We Are Many Parts (Haugen) AOV 1/86
Entrance: Come to the Feast (Haugen) AOV 1/151
Psalm 62 (McKenna)
My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Gifts: Will You Love Me? (Boniwell) AOV 1/40
Communion: My Soul Is Thirsting (Angrisano) AOV NG 97
Recessional: Send Us Out (Bryant) AOVD
Entrance: Sing to the Mountains (Dufford) AOV 1/92
Psalm 137 (McKenna)
Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
Gifts: The Fullness of God (Andersen) AOV 2/62
Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread (Horner) AOV 2/155
Recessional: Go Make a Difference (Angrisano/Tomaszek) AOV NG 52
Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71
Psalm 66 (McKenna)
O God, let all the nations praise you.
Gifts: Bless Our Gifts (Grant) AOVD
Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33
Recessional: Though the Mountains May Fall (Schutte) AOV 1/182
Entrance: Canticle of the Sun (Haugen) AOV 1/3
Psalm 84 (McKenna)
Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation.
Gifts: As Gentle As Silence (White) CWB II 580
Communion: Mercy from the Heart of God (O’Brien/Ogilive) AOVD
Recessional: Send Us Out (Bryant) AOVD
Entrance: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3
Psalm 96 (McKenna)
The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth.
Gifts: All Is Wonder (Watts) AOV NG 4
Communion: Transform Us (Dunstan) PICARDY
Recessional: Lord, the Light of Your Love (Kendrick) AOV 2/59
Entrance: Sing a New Song (Schutte) AOV 1/80
Psalm 118 (McKenna)
Lord, I love your commands.
Lord, I love your commands.
Gifts: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13
Communion: Old Treasure, New Treasure (Madden)
Recessional: Bring Forth the Kingdom (Haugen) AOV 2/4
Entrance: Holy Wisdom (Duck) BEACH SPRING
Psalm 85 (McKenna)
Lord, you are good and forgiving
Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital
Communion: Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV 1/164
Recessional: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164
I am working through Psalms for All Time, which is now in its second edition as the first volume of a three volume set from Paul Mason. I am working from the the original version and it is an amazing collection of musical ideas backed with erudition – go buy it.
This is the psalm for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B as well as a seasonal psalm for Lent. It has an obvious use for Reconciliation and would be fine for funerals. The text is in your missal or as set by Kate Keefe here.
I rarely quibble with Mason’s taste but for a song marked Legato Lament, 120 is too fast. You can hear a beautifully sung version at this speed at his site. I prefer the lovely D minor key tunes for the verses, over the more pedestrian refrain in F, although when the second vocal line kicks in makes more sense.
My backings are at ~100/min. I thought the first to fussy, so I did it again. Of course, BIAB is having nothing to do with his intricate piano backing with its expressive bass runs as it just works off the chords, so listen to the version on the website again and focus on his piano part.
This another delightful tune for a psalm setting by Paul Mason from Psalms for All Time.
It is the psalm for the first Sunday of Advent Year A, but Mason also notes its use as a seasonal psalm in the last weeks of Ordinary Time and through Lent and Advent. As a hymn it was historically an entrance song, specifically for ending a pilgrimage, and there is no reason and can’t perform that function now.
If you don’t have it in your missal, it is the same text as set by Kate Keefe here.
This is another song with extra instrumental parts, this time for flute and bass guitar. I also should note once again the excellent commentary for each of the psalms, with historical background and basis for their current use. I haven’t mentioned to date the chord chart for guitarists in the back of the book with the 22 chords he notes as the minimum set to play all the psalms with a capo. I you fudge things you could get away with half that, but it would probably wound his composer soul. Need I note that there is none of this sensible pastoral assistance in CWB II. Perhaps when he has a spare weekend Paul could devise CWB II for guitar!
