Monthly Archives: May 2012

I think we only used this for one Easter when we had a real music director who didn’t work out. Apart from the verses being too high, probably designed for a cantor, it sounds a fine song by David Haas. … Continue reading →

Just to remind myself, I’ve already blogged As One Voice Volumes 1,2 and Next Gen and am currently working through a miscellaneous file of songs we have done at church over the years that aren’t in As One Voice. Maybe … Continue reading →

This is a song for children by Michael Mangan that I’ve played at first communions. There’s a fair bit going on rhythmically for a kids song, with triplets and the hanging dotted notes in “shine our light” and “shine shine … Continue reading →

We used this Advent/Christmas sing by Marty Haugen for many years and I still think it is a beautiful piece of music. The text is here (scroll down). You can hear a sample at GIA here. I can’t find a … Continue reading →

This Monica Brown song must have been in a school liturgy I helped out with – they really wanted my son the drummer so I carried the drums and strummed a bit. You can hear a sample and buy the … Continue reading →

This is a Marty Haugen song that I like but didn’t catch on locally. It is in his “All Are Welcome” collection and I bought that to get “The Hand of God Shall Hold You” and found the Eucharist song … Continue reading →

I came across this song by Bernadette Farrell when going through Spirit & Song looking for new communion songs.  I was initially taken with the text and was pleased to find the tune was just as good. We have used … Continue reading →

This song has always been very popular at our church.  It is by Michael B. Lynch, otherwise known as Ukelele Mike. (To digress, it is a sin not to learn the uke – or to put it another way, buy … Continue reading →

This is a hymn from Bob Dufford SJ, and we used to use the first verse and refrain as the the “Lamb of God” when we used his Mass. It had an odd unbalancing effect because, for some reason, it … Continue reading →

I’m scratching my head to remember this, but it sounds like an advent song and is by Bob Hurd. You can hear a sample and buy the sheet music at OCP. My backing is fake church organ. Refrain Await the … Continue reading →