Monthly Archives: April 2015

I ran across this while looking for something else I believe. This is a song written by Marty Haugen for Lutheran services. The refrain is singable but each verse has a different tune – but Lutherans sing better than Catholics … Continue reading →

This song is by George Misulia and is another from “Voices As One” that is timely coming up to Pentecost. There is a lot of repetition, which is fine, as you can see in the text here. The only sheet … Continue reading →

I’m still blogging “Voices As One” but I’m interspersing that with songs from liturgies from commenters and random songs I’ve run across recently. This lovely song is by Stuart Townend. It’s 5/4 time, but BIAB needs to be 4/4 2/4 … Continue reading →

Here is more music from Joe Mattingly in Voices As One, just in time for Pentecost. This one is not as choir orientated as some but does have a call and response in the verses between cantor and assembly. The … Continue reading →

Last Wednesday was the second session of the Archbishop’s series called “Living Biblically in a Secular World.” (Audio of the  second session.) After last time objecting to Bible stories being labelled as myth he moves from discussing the myth of … Continue reading →

I’m switching between blogging “Voice As One” and songs I have come across looking at other parishes liturgies that have been kindly shared with me. Back in VAO I’m up to “Journey for Home” but I blogged that last year … Continue reading →

Entrance: Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) Gather Australia 416 (AOV 1/156 as Behold the Glory of God) Psalm 118 (O’Brien) The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone. Gifts: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 Communion: Table Song (Haas) … Continue reading →

This song turned up in an Easter liturgy belonging to a commenter to this blog. It is by Steve Merkel but I gather Michael W Smith may have popularised it. The chorus is a Kyrie that the assembly could sing … Continue reading →

I have already blogged “In the Light” because it is one of the few WLP songs that were used in AOV:NG. The next song in Voices As One therefore is a restrained song from Ed Bolduc that really needs the counter-melodies … Continue reading →

This is a communion song by Kevin Keil and Robert H Frenzel that I noticed one of the parishes doing over Easter. The tune borrows quite a lot from “The Water is Wide”. The text is here (page 15) and … Continue reading →