Monthly Archives: September 2015

I’m still catching up with songs I don’t know from liturgies posted here. Ruth C. Duck wrote this text that is set to BEACH SPRING, the tune of “God of Day and God of Darkness”. The text is here (scroll … Continue reading →

I realised looking through some music for liturgy posted here that I never have blogged this hymn that I sang as a child in the Presbyterian church and that is still used. The text is by Reginald Heber and the … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish do this hymn with a text by George William Kitchin, revised by Michael Robert Newbolt and set to CRUCIFER by Sydney Hugo Nicholson. Text and music are at Hymnary, although my copy in Together in Song has slightly … Continue reading →

Entrance: Be Not Afraid  (Dufford) AOV 1/114 Psalm 54 (O’Brien) The Lord upholds my life. Gifts: The Servant Song (Gillard) AOV 2/169 Communion: One Bread One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129 Prayer For Peace (Haas) AOV 1/91 Thanksgiving: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 … Continue reading →

Yola has suggested a different setting for this text by James Quinn SJ that they do at her parish.  The tune is ANDREA by David Haas. Cantus Mundi has the text and some You Tube samples. I could not find … Continue reading →

These songs are both by James Quinn SJ, both set to BUNESSAN and both have inspiration from the Breastplate of St Patrick.   The text for “This Day God Gives Me” is at spiritandsong where the sheet music can be purchased … Continue reading →

This is a lovely setting of Psalm 103 by Scott Soper. It appears to be extremely popular in the USA based on the surfeit of You-Tube clips. The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP. … Continue reading →

This Easter song from RS’s parish is to the tune LASST UNS ERFREUEN with extra Alleluias! The text is listed as from “Compilers” 1978 and can be found here. (scroll down) The music is listed as from Auserlesene Catholische Geistliche … Continue reading →

Speaking of Holst’s THAXTED, it was used to set a text written by Michael Herry and Geoffrey Cox for the canonisation of St Mary MacKillop. It’s on page five of the program for her Thanksgiving Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral, … Continue reading →

I’m still going through all the wonderful Easter music that RS posted from their parish.  This one has a text by M.D. Ridge and is set to THAXTED by Holst. I’ve done a backing for the tune already here and the … Continue reading →