Monthly Archives: March 2025

Way back when the Praise to God hymnal was put together Monica Brown was Sister Monica Brown SGS and making songs for children. Now she has lots of music for adults as well, especially to assist with meditation. This is … Continue reading →

The editors of Praise to God actually used two collections from Sister Miriam Therese Winter. “Spirit of God in the Clear Running Water” and “God Gives His People Strength” were from Joy is Like the Rain, and I have blogged … Continue reading →

I blogged this song by Sister Miriam Winter here, and her version is indeed in the Praise To God hymnal, but the editor Nicolas Falzun OP gave us bonus material with his own setting of her text. It’s an interesting … Continue reading →

This is getting a bit obscure. This song from the Praise to God hymnal doesn’t appear to have been in any sheet music collection and I can only find it as the title track on an album of Australian Christian … Continue reading →

For the remaining song that Praise to God used from Sister Margaret Scharf‘s collection, I Hear You Calling, she took inspiration from Psalm 145. This is case where the editors have made their own arrangement and used their handwritten style, … Continue reading →

The second song from Sister Margaret Scharf‘s book I Hear You Calling that found its way into the Praise to God hymnal, is a joyful Trinitarian text that will just need “Yahweh” replaced with “Father” to be useable. It sounded … Continue reading →

One resource that the editors of Praise to God used when compiling their hymnal, was the work of Australian nuns. They took three songs from the book, I Hear You Calling by Sr Margaret Scharf OP. These makes sense as … Continue reading →

I like looking for the origin of what are these days obscure hymns in the Praise To God Hymnal, which the editors found outside the major hymnbooks that were already available. This song was taken from the Hymnal for Young … Continue reading →

The next two sources used by Praise to God, were Go Tell Everyone from the Medical Mission sisters, which had the the title track, which I’ve already looked at, and Leo Watt’s Go Where He Leads that had, “With a … Continue reading →

The other Christmas song from Five Australian Christmas Carols, that was used in Praise to God, is the well known – in Australia – song, “Carol of the Birds”. Like “The Three Drovers”, his song has words by John Wheeler and … Continue reading →