Monthly Archives: January 2024

Paul Mason’s series, Psalms for all Time, is a project to get psalms being sung in your parish. If you have cantors, it is a great idea, but if that isn’t going to happen, they are still useful as hymns … Continue reading →

This is an Australian song from 2022 designed for use in a Migrant and Refugee Mass. It was produced by the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office and approved by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, but don’t let that put … Continue reading →

This is the last song in the 2003 emmanuelworship album Ride of a Lifetime. I haven’t found a lot of songs with a liturgical use, but many are fine songs in a praise and worship context. This an exciting uptempo … Continue reading →

There are a couple more to look at from 2003’s emmanuelworship‘s album Ride of a Lifetime. This is an uptempo song of praise from Liz Buchanan.

I’m working through the emmanuelworship collection from 2003 called Ride of a Lifetime. This is an unusual song by James Garrahy that dares to be poetic and grand. It is a solo piece that sounds like a show tune really. … Continue reading →

This is also surprisingly not noisy for emmanuelworship. It was intended for children but is in the form of a psalm of praise, so is not only for them. It was written by James Garrahy.

I am looking at Ride of a Lifetime, a 2003 album by emmanuelworship. This is the ballad of the album and was written by Liz Buchanan. While I can’t see a liturgical use, it is heart felt sung prayer and … Continue reading →

This is Patrick Keady’s quiet song from the collection, Ride of a Lifetime, emmanuelworship‘s 2003 album. It is sung prayer with some reportage thrown in – a song for reflection and I suspect an opportunity to catch your breath after … Continue reading →

This is another Patrick Keady song from emmanuelworship‘s 2003 album Ride of Lifetime. This one would work as recessional for a youth orientated mass. It is inspired by Ezekiel 37:7,10. I am finding a lot of fine work in these … Continue reading →

Brisbane’s emmanuelworship have always been at the praise and worship end of Australian catholic music and Ride of a Lifetime from 2003 saw them at peak rowdy. This song by Andrew Lowden is testimony set to power chords. The collection … Continue reading →