Monthly Archives: December 2015

I’m still catching up with songs for Advent and this song is sometimes “King” and sometimes “God” in the title. The text is by Charles Coffin and the tune is ST THOMAS. I have a copy in Together In Song. … Continue reading →

This is another song for Advent used at RS’s parish this time written by G. Westphal.  It is a nice easy one for an assembly to sing or for children. The text is here (scroll down) and the sheet music … Continue reading →

This Advent song has a text by Mary Louise Bringle and is sung to the tune of MORNING STAR. Ryan’s parish sang it today and are very organised because they were doubtless familiar with the tune having sung “The King … Continue reading →

This is another of the Advent songs new to me that appear in the liturgies posted here by our correspondents. I’m not sure Fr Ricky Manalo has near as much of a profile here in Australia as he does in … Continue reading →

The crew from our parish that went to the APMN conference were very impressed with Marty Haugen’s “Be Merciful” that he introduced to us all. We will use it from next weekend and I suspect it will be in high … Continue reading →

They do a whole lot of Advent songs at RS’s parish that are new to me, but appear popular in the US. One of them is this stately song is by Dan Schutte and it is a wonderful tune for Advent … Continue reading →

Entrance: Advent Song (Browne – Wood) GA 281 Wreath: Christ Circle Round Us (Schutte) Psalm: To You O Lord, I Lift Up My Voice (Hurd) AOV 2/14 Gifts: Be Merciful ( Haugen) – if the sheet music arrives in time! Communion: … Continue reading →

This chant is used for general intercessions in Advent, and it came up for that purpose at one of Chris’s parishes. It is by Gabe Huck. Hymnary have information on the piece and it can purchased as part of a … Continue reading →

Chris’s parish recessed to this lovely Taizé chant recently. It is by Jacques Berthier. Apart from Gather Australia it is available in the hymnals noted at Hymnary and my version is in Songs & Prayers from Taizé. There they have the English and … Continue reading →

This is a request for Marty Haugen’s take on Psalm 128. The text is here (scroll down) and the sheet music can be purchased at GIA. Hymnary have inofrmation the hymnals that contain this song. I note that it is … Continue reading →