Monthly Archives: September 2021

Tom Booth’s take on The Jesus Prayer was added to Breaking Bread in 2017. He also used ingredients from the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. It is a gentle and singable setting suitable for private meditation and the Season of Lent. … Continue reading →

OCP added Tom Kendzia’s setting of this traditional Irish blessing to Breaking Bread in 2017. It is pleasant and singable. The sheet music is available at OCP. Based on the number of You Tube clips it is popular. May the … Continue reading →

I’ll go back and have a look at songs that OCP added to Breaking Bread in 2017. I’ve have already covered most of these from shared liturgies but a few have snuck through. This one is by Paul Inwood. It … Continue reading →

This is the last song in the section about creation in Heaven Shall Not Wait. The next part is ‘God, Coming Among Us,” so that should be good to do soon for Advent. This song with a tune by John … Continue reading →

This song of lament is based on Psalm 13. John Bell has written a blues, which fits the text well. The words are on page 5 of this bulletin. The sheet music can be purchased very cheaply as part of … Continue reading →

John Bell often uses familiar tunes for his new texts. This Trinitarian song in praise of the Creator is set to the well known hymn PRAISE MY SOUL/LAUDA ANIMA by John Goss. It is available from Wild Goose in the … Continue reading →

This is song rooted in the humility that our knowledge of God is individual, incomplete and contradictory. It sings well too, to the English traditional tune HERE’S TO THE MAIDEN. The sheet music for that is here. The text is … Continue reading →

For the season of creation I am looking at songs from the part of the collection Heaven Shall Not Wait headed “God, Caring and Creating”. The songbook can (and should) be purchased from Wild Goose. This is a paraphrase of … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged this song here, because it was in Gather Australia. I made a new backing just for fun.

This is a delightful song of hope and possibility, in the midst of real life from the Iona Community. The tune, THE SONG, is by John Bell and he wrote the words with Graham Maule. Once again it is from … Continue reading →