Monthly Archives: December 2024

Blest Be the Star

This is a Mary song for choir or assembly from Australian songwriter Christopher Wilcock that has been added to Breaking Bread this year. Being at Star of the Sea parish locally and living in a port town, it is something … Continue reading

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Awake, My Soul, Awake (Partridge)

I was afflicted with a burst of wishful thinking and, as Chris pointed out, put the wrong setting of the this song up yesterday. OCP have included the Daniel Partridge setting of Harry Hagan‘s text with an additional verse by … Continue reading

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Awake, My Soul, Awake

This is a timely “Advent Tavern Song” with a text by Harry Hagen OSB set by Timothy R. Smith. He tells the story of how the song happened in the videos below. There is a wordless interlude to be sung … Continue reading

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As Christ to the World

The next new OCP song is this 2018 offering from Tom Kendzia. It is an entrance with a Gospel tinge. The sheet music is at OCP, where the text is in their preview. Without a sprightly accompaniment, as in the … Continue reading

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