Monthly Archives: March 2024

Music for Prayer and Devotion 3

Fiona Dyball’s notes for those playing along at home. I Will Choose Christ by Tom Booth This is a sung prayer on the theme of discipleship. The text is here and you can purchase the sheet music at OCP. Like … Continue reading

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Music for Prayer and Devotion 2

Looking further at Fiona Dyball’s presentation of road tested repetoire of music for prayer and devotion there is: Fill Us Up by Fr Rob Galea Dyball notes this to be a prayer about God’s love, which is fair enough. The … Continue reading

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Music for Prayer and Devotion 1

Last November I latched onto Fiona Dyball’s presentation at the APMN conference, “Singing the Sacraments”, and expanded it into some posts here. I found another of her presentations looking at “road tested repetoire”, this time for prayer services at secondary … Continue reading

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“You are the River” and Lenny Smith News

I’ll finish this run of Lenny Smith songs with this one, that would work for a Sprinkling Rite or Baptism. This is is an easy flowing(!) song in a country style. The text is simple and direct like many of … Continue reading

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Christ in You the Hope of Glory

This Lenny Smith song goes all the way back to 1976. It is based on Colossians 1:25-27. The verse in in D, but the refrain goes to Am, which is quite the modulation. The sheet music can be purchased here. … Continue reading

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Deep Calls to Deep

I’ll do a few more Lenny Smith songs before venturing elsewhere. This is a fine adaptation of Psalm 42:5-11 and a sung prayer for times of distress. The sheet music can be purchased here. 1 Hope thou in God, O … Continue reading

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Your Love Comes Tumbling Down

This is a sweet song of praise from Lenny Smith, firmly located in its American setting – birds flying south etc – you get used to things being the wrong way round in songs when you live in the southern … Continue reading

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This World of Yours, Lord

This is another song of praise from Lenny Smith. He wrote the text, which is set by Ron Harris. The sheet music has both a choral arrangement in E and a hymn version in D. In the clip Lenny is … Continue reading

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