Monthly Archives: March 2020

I’m not sure if I am in a fit state of mind to cover the extensive selection of funeral songs in CWB II. Currently, funerals are limited to ten participants in Australia due to Covid 19, but that won’t last … Continue reading →

This is a little confusing. The tune O PERFECT LOVE is by Joseph Barnby. There is a traditional hymn called “O Perfect Love” set to its namesake tune but this isn’t that one. This is a paraphrase of Psalm 128(127) … Continue reading →

This is a far as the music liturgy team got before the shutdown. First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-7 Psalm 21 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Second Reading: Philippians 2:6-11 Gospel: The Passion according to Matthew (26:11-54) Entrance: … Continue reading →

CWB II says the source of the text of this sung prayer for the married couple is unknown, and I certainly can’t find the source either. They set it to HYMN TO JOY following the excellent practice of familiar tunes … Continue reading →

This is another wedding hymn in CWB II. The first two stanzas are by Harry Huxhold, to which John Newton’s blessing has been neatly added as a third verse. The text is here (scroll down). Set, as here, to the … Continue reading →

This is another wedding song, for when we have weddings again in the future. M. D. Ridge wrote the text and it is set to LASST UNS ERFREUEN. The familiar tune will encourage participation in the encouraging and supportive words. … Continue reading →

As I get to the wedding songs in CWB II, all weddings in Australia are now limited to the celebrant, participants and witnesses after Covid 19 was spread far and wide by a recent nuptials. I love this tune, SUSSEX … Continue reading →

I’ve skipped the specific Litany of the Saints for Ordination (131) – it starts like the Easter one but goes on longer – to get to this ordination song. Cannily set to THAXTED, the text is by Bernard Kirkpatrick. 1 … Continue reading →

One last song for Anointing of the Sick is in CWB II. It’s text is by Edward Hayes Plumptre and is here set to a tune just called MOZART (attributed to Mozart) but I also have seen it called GOSHEN … Continue reading →

There will be no Mass at which we can sing these songs next Sunday but I’ll put up the selections as a resource for my future self. First Reading: Ezekiel 37:12-14 Psalm 129: With the Lord there is mercy and … Continue reading →