Monthly Archives: November 2019

Years ago I bought a ratty second hand copy of OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005. It fills in the blanks of OCP songs that didn’t make As One Voice in Australia. I have been blogging the songs on and off … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish sang this for Christ the King last week. It appears well known in the US but I’ve never heard it before. It is by an unknown author and set to WONDROUS LOVE. I have a copy in my … Continue reading →

This is a “Christmas Communion Processional” with a text by Tony Alonso set to the tune of THE HOLLY AND THE IVY. We will use it this Christmas. The sheet music can be purchased at GIA where the text is … Continue reading →

This is a new song (for us) for Advent that we will be playing to accompany the Advent wreath and light the candles. It is by Chris de Silva – not the one from Perth, the other one. I suspect … Continue reading →

For Advent we switch to the Mass of St Francis by Paul Taylor. This year for the wreath we are using “Come, Lord Jesus” by Chris de Silva (the American one). We will use Marty Haugen’s “Be With Me Lord” … Continue reading →

This is a relatively new song from Bob Hurd that turned up in a liturgy at Ryan’s parish. It’s new to me so I had a look at it. He based it on passages from Isaiah 35. It is a … Continue reading →

I’ll give Frank Andersen a rest for a while and attend to songs in liturgies posted here that are new to me. Ryan’s parish sang this gospel song written by Thomas Dorsey (text) and George Allen (music) recently. It is … Continue reading →

This is the last of Frank Andersen’s songs from Everything I Possess, that I haven’t already blogged elsewhere. It is available in the collection Scripture in Song available here. I had already done, “Springs of Salvation”, “My People”, “His State … Continue reading →

Entrance: Hail Redeemer King Divine (Brennan – Elvey) Psalm 121 (McKenna) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord Gifts:    All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76 Communion:    We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 Thanksgiving:    All … Continue reading →

This is a sweet song by Frank Andersen that could be used for gathering from the album Everything I Possess. I have my usual quibble about the voice of God flitting in and out of the text. It is available … Continue reading →