Monthly Archives: April 2022

This song has version with the Christmas Story and a version covering pretty much the rest of Jesus’ career. It from Heaven Shall Not Wait a songbook from the Iona Community. The refrain would obviously suit a liturgy involving the … Continue reading →

This song from Heaven Shall Not Wait takes as its subject, Jesus’ temptations in the desert. They suggest the song be sung by two voices as a dialogue between Jesus and Satan, so I can’t see any use by an … Continue reading →

This is another narrative folk sing about the life of Christ from John Bell and the Iona Community in Heaven Shall Not Wait. I have been noting that you can buy the book of the sheet music from Wild Goose, … Continue reading →

This song from Heaven Shall Not Wait takes three episodes concerning Jesus at the temple to suggest an openness to different expressions of the message of Christ. Bell’s texts sound nothing like “normal” hymns yet use more natural expressions. It … Continue reading →

This is a sung prayer from Heaven Shall Not Wait for when we feel lost and need to know “Lord, you never leave us”. The text is at the end of this Lenten Study. The music is THE LICHTBOB’S LASSIE, … Continue reading →

City of God (Schutte) AOV 1/57 I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV 1/126 One Bread, One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129 Jesus Is Risen (O’Brien- Ogilvie) AOV NG 82 Selections from my previous parish in Queensland. Entrance Gather As One Gloria Sung Responsorial Psalm … Continue reading →

Jesus Is Risen (O’Brien- Ogilvie) AOV NG 82 Seek Ye First (Lafferty) AOV 1/48 Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread  (Horner) AOV 2/155 All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76) From Queensland: Entrance City of God Gloria Sung Responsorial … Continue reading →

My current parish sings Paul Taylor’s “Mass of St Francis”. This is fine, but other parishes I have played at knew two or three masses, which not only gave variety, but meant you could note changes of season by changing … Continue reading →

Our priest is off for six weeks and all his plans for a locum fell through at the last minute, so we are down to one mass a week until June. Being sensible (and volunteer) church musicians we have organised … Continue reading →

John Bell’s tunes sound traditional, which is not a criticism. When he doesn’t repurpose a folk song he just writes a better one, as in this song about the Christmas story in all its foolishness yet greatness. Wild Goose sell … Continue reading →