Shepherd of My Heart G3 723

This is Francis Patrick O’Brien‘s take on Psalm 23, which makes sense for the “Comfort” section of Gather 3rd edition. I don’t think he is much used in Australia, but he is well known in the US, going by the number of YouTube clips – I by no means posted all of them and even Presbyterians were singing it. I was raised a Presbyterian and singing a hymn written by a Catholic priest then would have collapsed the roof.

Maybe we have enough of our own priest composers in Australia, but his songs are certainly singable enough and worthy of consideration.

The sheet music can be purchased at GIA and the text is here.

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