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This is Janet Sullivan Whitaker’s worthy setting of words from the ICEL text for funerals. It has been added to Breaking Bread for 2024. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the text is in their preview. In … Continue reading →

This is a great song for Baptism by Sarah Hart, that has been included in OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024. It was one she sang at the APMN conference in September. It sounds like a traditional song but it is … Continue reading →

This is a Christmas song that has been added to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024. The new parts are by Kevin Keil, which he merges with the MUELLER version of “Away in a Manger”. There are two vocal lines that … Continue reading →

This is not a new song by Janet Sullivan Whitaker, but it has been added by OCP to Breaking Bread for 2024. It is the Exodus Canticle from the Easter liturgies. It is meant for a cantor and choir but … Continue reading →

The next song to be added to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024 is actually, “Christ is made the Sure Foundation,” which is an old song that is making a comeback for the collection, I believe. To think a public domain … Continue reading →

More help for us at Advent: https://www.australiancatholics.com.au/advent–we-wait-in-hope?fbclid=IwAR1HwkfZKfG_22MRGrgVjizuw8wTWPXF31PywjUZ7ccmTtW6SvL27NlvOVs

Sam shared her parishes’ music selections for Advent, which included Michael Mangan’s “Waiting for the Child.” It is part of the collection This is the Time, which I never bought because I had some of the songs from other collections. … Continue reading →

This moving song for those seeking comfort in the Lord, is by Timothy R. Smith and has been added to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP and the text is in their preview. … Continue reading →

I’m looking at the “songs being added” to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024, although I still have trouble with the idea of “songs being retired”, when that decision is made by a music publishing house rather than an assembly. I’ve … Continue reading →

I will get back to Australian music but for the moment I am going to cover the new additions to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024. This one is timely, as it’s Advent next week and a commonly used set of … Continue reading →