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Not By Bread Alone

This is another of the songs chosen for OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024. This is a communion song, with special reference to Lent. There are five verses and the last two are more applicable to general Eucharistic use. The second … Continue reading

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Mary, Sing with Joyful Heart (Ave Maria)

This is Steve Angrisano’s gentle setting of James Quinn’s text of “Ave Maria”. It has been added to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024. We have been using Aaron Thompson’s “Blessed One” as our Mary hymn but this one is another … Continue reading

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Kapayapaan, Peace Be With You

Technically bilingual, this free adaptation of the prayer of St Francis only has one Filipino word in it, so is fine for English speaking assemblies. It is a lovely sung prayer that can be done simply or taken as far … Continue reading

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I Know That My Redeemer Lives

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

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Gather at the Water

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

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Far Away in a Manger

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

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Exodus 15: Canticle of the Free

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

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Come, All You Thirsty

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

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Fiona Dyball on Advent

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

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Waiting for the Child

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

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