Monthly Archives: April 2025

The last song I will look at in the Praise to God parish hymn book that the editors took from James Quinn‘s New Hymns for New Seasons, is “O Father, Take in Sign of Love”. It was a new text … Continue reading →

This is one of three songs from James Quinn’s New Songs For New Seasons, that was used in the Praise to God parish hymnal, that I haven’t already covered on this blog. I have already blogged “This Is My Will“, … Continue reading →

Another of the collections that the Praise to God parish hymnbook used was Father James Quinn‘s, New Hymns for New Seasons, from 1969. These were new hymn texts often set to old tunes. While that collection is out of print, … Continue reading →

This is a much later song from the Weston Priory that was used in the Praise to God hymnal. This is from 1989, so Gregory Norbet was long gone by this stage. Cathy Polinski is noted as a songwriter for … Continue reading →

This is yet another song in the Praise to God parish hymn book sourced from Weston Priory‘s Locusts and Wild Honey collection, written by Gregory Norbet. It is a sung prayer. Copyright © (1971), from the recording “Locusts and Wild … Continue reading →

This is another Weston Priory song with instructions to be “lively” – it seems to be their watch word. Like the others it was written by Gregory Norbet from the collection “Locusts and Wild Honey” and was sourced from there … Continue reading →

When the editors of the Praise to God parish hymnal, stepped away from the major prior hymn books for inspiration, they frequently turned to the Weston Priory and Gregory Norbet. From their collection Locusts and Wild Honey they found four … Continue reading →

OK this is an oddity. There was a record in the 1960s called “Let’s Sing a New Song” from the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Hobart, recorded at the studios of radio 7HO under the name, The Canician Folk … Continue reading →

The last song I will look at that the Dominican Fathers who put together the Praise To God parish hymn book sourced from The Living Parish Hymnal is this setting of part of the Breastplate of St Patrick. They give … Continue reading →

Going down the rabbit hole of hymnal archeology in the Praise to God collection has led me to this song they sourced from the Living Parish Hymn Book. It is another gorgeous Richard Connolly setting, but this time with his … Continue reading →