Music for Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Year B 23rd/24th November 2024

Entrance: Christ Be Near Us (Ogilvy/O’Brien) AOV NG 21

Psalm 92 (McKenna)

The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty.

Gifts: A Place at the Table  (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1

Communion: Hymn to Christ the King (Hart et al)

Recessional: Lord, the Light of Your Love (Kendrick) AOV 2/59

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Music for the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time Year B 2024 16th/17th November 2024

Entrance: Come to Set Us Free (Farrell) AOV 1/39

Psalm 15 (McKenna)

Keep Me Safe, O God; you are my hope.

Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.

Gifts: Centre of My Life (Inwood) AOV 2/170

Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread  (Horner) AOV 2/155

Recessional: Glory in the Cross (Schutte)

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Music for the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time Year B 9th/10th November 2024

Entrance: Christ Be Near Us (Ogilvy/O’Brien) AOV NG 21

Psalm 145 (McKenna)

Praise the Lord my soul!

Praise the Lord my soul!

Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital

Communion: Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV 1/164

Recessional: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness   (Sands) AOV 1/131

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Music for the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time Year B 2nd/3rd November 2024

Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) AOV 1/16

Psalm 17 (McKenna)

I love you, Lord, my strength.

I love you, Lord, my strength.

Gifts: Centre of My Life (Inwood) AOV 2/170

Communion: I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126

Recessional: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81

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Music for the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Year B 26th/27th October 2024

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

Psalm 125 (McKenna)

The Lord has done great things for us, we are filled with joy.

Gifts: Bless Our Gifts (Grant) AOVD

Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20

Recessional: Hearts on Fire (Mangan) AOV NG 62

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Music for the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Year B 19th/20th October 2024

Entrance: Christ be Our Light  (Farrell) AOV 2/3

Psalm 32 (McKenna)

Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.

Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115

Communion: From the Many Make Us One (Huck/Alonso)

Recessional:  Bring Forth the Kingdom (Haugen) AOV 2/4

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Music for the Twenty-Eight Week in Ordinary Time Year B 12th/13th October 2024

Entrance: Christ Light, Shining in the Darkness (Grant) CWBII 468

Psalm 89 (McKenna)

Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!

Gifts: Blessed Be Our God  (McKenna) AOV NG 13

Communion: The Summons  (Maule-Bell) AOV NG 149

Recessional: Send Us Out (Bryant) AOVD

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Music for the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Year B 5th/6th October 2024

Too late for this but for future reference (I have been busy!):

Entrance: All You Works of God (Haugen) AOV 1/19

Gifts: Blessing the Marriage (Bell/Maule) SUSSEX CAROL AOV 2/35

Communion: Come to the Feast (Haugen) AOV 1/151

Recessional: City of God (Schutte) AOV 1/57

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Eucharist (Collab project)

This is a song I wrote for Eucharist that I have used over the years as it is simple and easy to sing. It is based in part on passages from the Didache.

1. We are broken bread

Scattered upon the hills,

But when we gather in Your name

We can become one still.

2. We are the branches

Of God’s holy vine.

Pressed to each other,

When we drink Your wine.

3. We will find the fish

To feed the poor,

And as we freely give

we shall receive more.

Rpt 1. We are broken bread

Scattered upon the hills,

But when we gather in Your name

We can become one still.

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Vision of the Gifts (Collab project)

This was the song I wrote for Preparation of the Gifts and I think it has merit as a tune but strikes me as a bit melodramatic. The text obviously draws on the Beatitudes.

I wrote it in A then updated the lyrics (? worse or better) and made it much too high in C in case a talented soloist wanted a crack at it. The lower key is more suitable if an assembly wanted to do it.

This is in C though:

  1. Are we the poor in spirit?

Are we with those who grieve?

Are we the gentle? Are we the meek?

Can we be people who hunger and thirst for justice,

the pure in heart, the peacemakers.

Chorus

We give bread, we give wine, we give what we’re able.

But we are the gifts we bring to this table.

  1. Within the reign of heaven, can we bring God’s peace?

Are we a fam’ly for times to come?

Sat at table spread for all of God’s righteousness,

Unbounded love… the face of God.

Chorus

These are various demos and practices I found.

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