Monthly Archives: August 2020

This is Stephen Dean‘s delightful version of the CATALAN CAROL that links Christmas with Easter. OCP gives you the words in their preview and will sell you the sheet music. My backing is a bit stodgy. There are other versions … Continue reading →

OCP says this Dan Schutte song is for RCIA and it has specific alternative words in the refrain for dismissal. It is a gentle singable waltz that could be uses elsewhere in the liturgy as a reflection or even Gifts. … Continue reading →

Mass was “uncancelled” for this week after all and is definitely on next week – maybe. The local spread of Covid 19 appears to have stopped again, so I’m out of scrubs at work again, but who knows. Since, for … Continue reading →

This is a hymn by Peter Jones with a text based on Te Deum laudamus. It is a song of praise suitable for gathering when alleluias are allowed. The instructions are to play the song “as fast as seems reasonable”! … Continue reading →

This is a restrained song of praise that has two extra verses for weddings. The text based on Psalms 135 and 136 is by Mike Balhoff. The music is by Darryl Ducote and Gary Daigle. The were all members of … Continue reading →

It was lovely to hear from Greg again, who has once again sent a song he has written and invited its general use. He said: In 1994 the Mary Mackillop Secretariat commissioned me to write a hymn in the lead … Continue reading →

This is a simple direct Eucharistic prayer in song written by Cyril A. Reilly. OCP sell the sheet music and provide the text in their preview.

This is, unsurprisingly, a song for gathering. Theodore Baker translated the Dutch original Wilt heden nu treden using all sorts of flourishes with clever internal rhymes and alliteration. I wonder if the original is as much fun. It is set … Continue reading →

I have already looked at other translations of this text by Philipp Nicolai here. OCP has used Christopher Idles’s translation. The wonderful people at Jubilate have provided the text. You can purchase the sheet music at OCP. The tune WACHET … Continue reading →

This is an ongoing survey of hymns from OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005, that I purchased second hand. It is a loose leaf monster of a tome and the more popular and well known songs are also present in other … Continue reading →