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Like a Deer

I am working through Paul Mason’s Psalms For All Time Vol 2, which can be purchased at Liturgical Song. This is his setting of Psalm 42 for the Easter Vigil and Anointing of the Sick. The refrain used here is, … Continue reading

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Here Am I, Lord

How many of us read “Here I am, Lord?” This is Paul Mason’s setting of Psalm 40 with the refrain, “Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.” It is from Psalms For All Time Vol 2, which … Continue reading

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Taste and See

There are two versions of this psalm covered here in Paul Mason’s Psalms For All Time Vol 2. They both have the refrain, “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. O taste and see.” The first one is for … Continue reading

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Lord, Let Your Mercy Be On Us

This is Paul Mason’s setting for the psalm for the Second Sunday of Lent and the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, from Psalms For All Time Vol 2. Refrain: Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our … Continue reading

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The Earth is Full of the Goodness of the Lord

I am continuing to look at Paul Mason’s Psalms For All Time Vol 2, with his setting of Psalm 33 for the Easter Vigil. Refrain: The Earth is full of the goodness of the Lord; the goodness, the goodness of … Continue reading

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The Lord Is My Light

This is the psalm for the second Sunday of Lent as set by Paul Mason in Psalms For All Time Vol 2. It is also a Common Psalm for Ordinary time and suitable for anointing and funerals. The refrain is, … Continue reading

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Your Ways , O Lord

Continuing in Paul Mason’s Psalms For All Time Vol 2, this is his setting of Psalm 25 for the first Sunday in Lent Year B. The verses are very syncopated. The refrain is: Your ways, O Lord, are truth and … Continue reading

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Who Is This King of Glory?

This is Paul Mason’s setting of the psalm for the Presentation of the Lord, from Psalms for All Time Vol 2. It is another psalm that could be repurposed as a hymn for “Christ the King”. The refrain is “Who … Continue reading

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Lord, This is the People

Continuing with Paul Mason’s Psalms For All Time Vol 2, we have the psalm for All Saints. Apart from that it is another that could work as an entrance hymn. The refrain is, “Lord, this is the people who long … Continue reading

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Let the Lord Enter

This is Paul Mason’s setting of Psalm 24 for the fourth Sunday of Advent Year A, which is also an obvious choice as an entrance hymn. It would be fine as a hymn for Christ the King as well. It … Continue reading

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