Monthly Archives: June 2015

This is Steven C Warner’s setting of Psalm 104 for the Easter Vigil and Pentecost. The text is in the sample at WLP where your can purchase the sheet music. The Notre Dame Choir teach the response then sing the … Continue reading →

This song by Tom Kendzia was used for the Corpus Christi mass at Ronald’s parish. It is very slow but very meditative. It speaks in the voice of God, which is frowned on these days, but it is taken from … Continue reading →

This is a setting of Psalm 139 by Paul Inwood. It has his usual inventive style and the refrain is singable (OK there is a held D). The verses will need the cantors for which it is designed. I think … Continue reading →

This Eucharist song was an excellent choice for Corpus Christi at Ronald’s parish. It is by Martin Willett.  He based the refrain text on John 1:29. It has a lovely harmony that kicks in from verse two. The text is … Continue reading →

I couldn’t get to last Wednesday’s talk by Archbishop Coleridge due to illness, and the live stream didn’t work so I listened to the audio here, and I’d recommend you do so too if you have the time. I like … Continue reading →

Entrance: Canticle of Creation (Watts-O’Brien) AOV NG 20 Psalm 107 (O’Brien) Give thanks, give thanks to the lord, whose love is everlasting. Gifts: Come the Set Us Free (Farrell) AOV 1/39 Communion: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 Take and Eat (mantra) … Continue reading →

This ballad by Ed Bolduc strikes me as a solo piece in style and text, especially the refrain. The verses are more liturgical but “I” songs can struggle in a communal setting. The text is in the sample at WLP … Continue reading →

This was the recessional at Ryan’s parish for Trinity Sunday – I’m catching up! This is a translation of a German text (anonymous) by Irvin Udulutsch OFM and is set to GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN a nineteenth century tune of … Continue reading →

This is listed as an Advent song by Ed Bolduc, but I’m sure it has wider uses than that (see below). It is a bright up-tempo piece with a piano riff to play with. The text is in the sample … Continue reading →

Yola’s parish have a lovely mix of old and new songs in their repertoire.  This is a lovely Eucharist song by Chris Mulgia that they used for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. It’s relaxed style should … Continue reading →