At last another Australian entry in this Australian hymnal.
This hymn for Lent has a text by James Phillip McAuley and is set, as usual, by the wonderful Richard Connolly.
It survived into CWB II, so I covered it here.
The sheet music can be purchased at Willow, where the text is in their preview.
I did a fake organ backing this time.
This Youtube clip wouldn’t embed so follow the link:
https://youtu.be/oMYRqkId_Ig?si=q45hJnZ9fMMD_LDS
This funeral song was in CWB II so I looked at it briefly here.
The text is In paradisum translated by James Quinn, based on the funeral liturgy and it is set to SONG 1 by Orlando Gibbons.
I made another fake organ backing on BIAB.
May flights of angels lead you on your way
To paradise, and heavens eternal day;
May martyrs greet you after deaths’ dark night,
And bid you enter into Sion’s light;
May choirs of angels sing you to your rest
with once poor Laz’rus, now forever blest!
I covered this in CWB I, but here in the New Living Parish Hymn Book they used the text by Fredrick William Wetherall a C19 minister in the Church of Ireland, rather than the alternate text by Mary Trainor. This site notes that being written by an Irish protestant minister, this hymn was too Catholic for a Protestant hymnal and Catholics in Ireland were hardly going to put an enemy’s hymn in their book, so it languished underused for some time.
The setting is the same as CWB I though, LEIBSTER IMMANUEL from the collection Himmels-Lust (1679) as harmonised by J.S. Bach.
This is a fake BIAB backing for which Bach can not be blamed.
1 Mary immaculate, star of the morning,
Chosen before the creation began,
Chosen to bring for thy bridal adorning,
Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.2 Here in an orbit of shadow and sadness
Veiling thy splendour, thy course thou hast run;
Now thou art throned in all glory and gladness,
Crowned by the hand of thy Saviour and Son.3 Sinners, we worship thy sinless perfection;
Fallen and weak, for thy pity we plead;
Grant us the shield of thy sovereign protection,
Measure thine aid by the depth of our need.4 Frail is our nature, and strict our probation,
Watchful the foe that would lure us to wrong.
Succour our souls in the hour of temptation,
Mary immaculate, tender and strong.5 See how the wiles of the serpent assail us,
See how we waver and flinch in the fight;
Let thine immaculate merit avail us,
Make of our weakness a proof of thy might.6 Bend from thy throne at the voice of our crying,
Bend to this earth which thy footsteps have trod;
Stretch out thy hand to us living and dying,
Mary immaculate, Mother of God.
No hint of protestantism here, folks. This is a Marian hymn with words by Catholic priest, William Brian Foley, set to CHANCE by Catholic composer, Colin Mawby.
This hymnal notes that this song was commissioned for the New Catholic Hymnal, Gio’s favourite book.
Somehow, I was unaware of the concept of Mary’s Davidic lineage. Luke’s geneology is apparently used to justify this, although it does seem to be just tracing Joseph’s line to me. Let’s just say it is an early, if not Biblical, Catholic tradition, probably to deal with the competing ideas of a virgin birth and a Davidic line not completely lining up logically. Since both are theological, poetic, symbolic, metaphorical mysteries, it is a bit much to demand rational explanations.
The text runs out of nice things to say about Mary half way through and it becomes a prayer to Christ and praise to the Trinity.
I made up chords for a backing:
1 Mary, how lovely the light of your glory,
From David’s house, royal daughter you came,
Holier, higher than angels in heaven,
Holiest, highest through all God has done.
2 Blest of all women, both Virgin and Mother,
Favoured in grace for the Son whom you bore,
Christ is your Son whom all people must worship,
Christ is your Son whom all angels adore.
3 Pray for us, plead for us, exiles in darkness,
Pray with us, praying to Christ in our needs;
All pow’r is given him here and in heaven,
Christ ever lives for us and intercedes.
4 Father, the prayer of your Son interceding
Wins for us life and light for all our days;
Praise to you, Father, to Christ and your Spirit,
Glory, eternal God, glory and praise.
This is suitably penitent hymn for Lent and Good Friday with a text by Matthew Bridges and is here set to ABERYSTWYTH by Joseph Parry.
This is a fake organ backing using chords I found in TIS. The lyrics below are those from this hymnal, but I’ve seen up to six verses elsewhere. I wonder when “wrapt” stopped being used for “wrapped”.
1 Man of sorrows, wrapt in grief,
Bow thine ear to our relief;
Thou for us the path hath trod
Of the dreadful wrath of God;
Thou the cup of fire hast drained
Till its light alone remained.
Lamb of Love! We look to thee:
Hear our mournful litany.2 By the garden, fraught with woe,
Whither thou to pray didst go;
By thine agony of prayer
In the desolation there;
By the dire and deep distress
Of that mystery fathomless –
Lord, our tears in mercy see;
Harken to our litany.3 By the chalice brimming o’er
With disgrace and torment sore;
By those lips, which now would pray
That it might but pass away;
By the heart, which drank it dry,
Lest a rebel race should die
Be thy pity, Lord, our plea,
Hear our solemn litany.
4 Man of sorrows! let thy grief
Purchase for us our relief:
Lord of mercy! bow thine ear,
Slow to anger, swift to hear:
By the cross’s royal road
Lead us to the throne of God,
There for any to song to thee
Heav’ns triumphant litany.
Right tune, wrong text:
LiturgyShare have melody line plus chords here.
This song by the great Australian songwriter, Peter Kearney, is actually called “Born Anew”, but first lines rule in this hymnal. It was written way back in 1966, but he did not record it until 2003.
He has put that performance up on Bandcamp where the lyrics are as well. You can purchase the sheet music from his site.
In this hymnal are what I take to be the original lyrics that Kearney updated, so the first line, “Make me your brother, make me your friend”, becomes more inclusive: “Make me your brother, sister and friend.”
More interestingly the lines:
And then we will laugh, then we will sing,
Then the whole world to Christ we will bring.
becomes:
And then we will laugh, then we will sing,
Then like bells all the planets will ring.
I’m glad I found his version, because my version is too busy and too Irish. The sheet music in this hymnal is John de Luca’s arrangement but this backing is not his fault!
This is, of course, Sebastian Temple’s “Prayer of St Francis”, otherwise known as the Peace Prayer of St Francis of Assisi, but in this hymnal the first line rules. There are many settings and variations on this text and this one wore me down from repetition and inspired an aversion in me. A fresh look suggests a simple sincere arrangement and all should be well.
It is in AOV, so I have already blogged it, but I made a new backing using the different chords in John de Luca’s arrangement found here.
Verse 1:
Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring your love.
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord,
And where there’s doubt, true faith in you.Verse 2:
Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness only light,
And where there’s sadness ever joy.Bridge:
Oh Master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console.
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love with all my soul.Verse 3:
Make me a channel of your peace.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
In giving of ourselves that we receive,
And in dying that we’re born to eternal life.
See what I mean – Chris Brunelle makes everything OK:
Check the claves:
I covered this back in 2012 from a miscellanous pile of music, but is also here in this hymnal.
The text was by Luke Connaughton and it is set to CRESSWELL by Anthony Milner.
Godsongs has some background. I found what looks legit sheet music at musescore. The text is here.
I made a new backing:
I haven’t ever properly blogged this one so here goes. I have looked at it referencing several settings here.
This is Charles Wesley‘s text and there are six of his verses here in the New Living Parish Hymn Book. In this hymnal they acknowledge that it may be sing to HYFRYDOL but here use the setting LOVE DIVINE by John Stainer. So a Methodist text with an Anglican tune in a Catholic hymn book – lovely. It is a grand hymn of praise.
My backing is more fake BIAB church organ.
The text here remains fully archiac.
1 Love Divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of Heav’n, to earth come down,
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All your faithful mercies crown.2 Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.3 Come, almighty to deliver,
Let us all thy grace receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more thy temples leave.4 Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy hosts above;
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.5 Finish then thy new creation,
Pure and sinless let us be;
Let us see thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored in thee.6 Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love and praise.
There are other verses floating around:
Breathe on us thy loving Spirit;
Every troubled heart be blessed:
Let us all in thee inherit,
Let us find thy promised rest.Take away the love of sinning,
Alpha and Omega be;
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.
I have played most Vigil masses when I am in home for years, but our lovely priest has unfortunately felt the call back to his home in India and we are being administered from Launceston until we get a new priest.
They are stretched too, and we have only had two masses a weekend for the last month because our Bishop Emeritus has very kindly been coming up from Hobart, three hours drive away, to fill in. This could not last so we are back to one mass a week from now on and we will alternate Vigil and Sunday.
… which is long winded way of saying I will only be playing the first and fourth weeks of Advent this year.
If I was selecting for the whole of Advent I would have used the same song for Entrance and Gifts each week.
Entrance: Advent Song (Browne/Wood) GA 281- I like the summer references.
Gifts: I wrote a song based on the Preface from Advent week one that I may post in the future.
We could use “Like a Candle”(O’Brien/Ogilvie) AOV NG 91, for lighting candles.
Week One
Communion: Advent Chant (Porter/Kirkland) AOV 2/123
Holy Darkness (Schutte)
Recessional: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3
Week Two
Communion: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/160
Recessional: Prepare the Way of the Lord (Boniwell) CWB II 250
Week Three:
Communion: O Come O Come Emmanuel
Recessional: O Emmanuel (Mangan) CWB II 241
Week Four
Communion: Advent Chant (Porter/Kirkland) AOV 2/123
Holy Is Your Name WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
Recessional: Emmanuel (Angrisano)
