Author Archives: maddg

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 →

Entrance: Maranatha (Smith) Gifts: Like a Candle (O’Brien/Ogilvie) AOV NG 91 Communion: Instrumental Music Recessional: Emmanuel (Angrisano) SAS 2/290

Entrance:  A Voice in the Wilderness  (Robinson) AOV 1/60 Gifts: Come to Set Us Free (Farrell) AOV 1/39 Communion: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/160 Recessional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale) AOV 1/174

Entrance: Prepare the Way of the Lord (Boniwell) CWB II 250 Gifts: Maranatha ( Smith) Communion: Instrumental Music Recessional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale) AOV 1/174

Entrance: O Emmanuel (Mangan) CWB II 241 Gifts: Like a Candle (O’Brien/Ogilvie) AOV NG 91 Communion: Instrumental music Recessional: Maranatha (Smith) O WALY WALY

Things are changing at our church for music – we actually had a meeting of the musicians and our priest about how to approach a season! It was decided that music would be low key for Advent and we would … Continue reading →

Dyball and Whelan didn’t get to funerals in their talk, but since there was really already far too much for an hour in their presentation, that is understandable. Let’s see how we go without their guidance: Starting with CWB II, … Continue reading →

This was the last section of Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan’s talk at the recent APMN conference. Funerals must have been too much, even working quickly, but I suspect in parishes we are all more likely to play at a … Continue reading →