Author Archives: maddg

Monica O’Brien sent an e-mail around with her eWorship newsletter recently, highlighting contemporary and uptempo music. Most of them I have blogged here already, but a few are new, so I’m going to have a look. “Can I?” is a … Continue reading →

I was having a gripe about Fiona Dyball’s otherwise exemplary presentation on sung prayer in high schools, in that so little of the material she used was Australian. Let’s redress that here with a song by Fiona Dyball herself. I … Continue reading →

Fiona Dyball finished up her presentation on “road tested repetoire for prayer services at Catholic Secondary Schools” following Taizé with people imitating Taizé. Incidentally, the link from her presentation to her article on school liturgy is now dead but it … Continue reading →

Fiona Dyball devoted a section of her talk on “road tested repertoire for prayer services at Catholic Secondary Schools” in 2018 to Taizé. She notes you can purchase then for download at their website, but good luck sorting through that … Continue reading →

I’m expanding on Fiona Dybell’s presentation she gave in 2018 looking at “road tested repertoire for prayer services at Catholic Secondary Schools”. Who Will Speak by Marty Haugen (there is a misprint on the handout – it’s not by Bernadette … Continue reading →

Continuing with my amplification of Fiona Dyball’s presentation: O God You Search Me by Bernadette Farrell. Dyball suggests this for wonder, God’s love and trust. The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP (NB the … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →