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Music for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 22nd/23rd July 2023

Entrance: Holy Wisdom (Duck) BEACH SPRING Psalm 85 (McKenna) Lord, you are good and forgiving Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital Communion: Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV 1/164 Recessional: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164

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With the Lord There is Mercy Psalm 129 (130)

I am working through Psalms for All Time, which is now in its second edition as the first volume of a three volume set from Paul Mason. I am working from the the original version and it is an amazing … Continue reading

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Let Us Go Rejoicing Psalm 121 (122)

This another delightful tune for a psalm setting by Paul Mason from Psalms for All Time. It is the psalm for the first Sunday of Advent Year A, but Mason also notes its use as a seasonal psalm in the … Continue reading

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This is The Day Psalm 117 (118)

This is Paul Mason’s setting for this Easter Psalm used at the Vigil and Easter Sunday. He includes the music for the “Alleluia” response as well. If, like me, you are looking at this more as a hymn, it makes … Continue reading

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Our Blessing Cup Psalm 115 (116)

This is the song that we used at St Peter’s, Rochedale, that alerted me to the (pretty obvious) idea that even if you didn’t have the cantors to use Mason’s psalms as the responsorial psalm, you could use them as … Continue reading

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Lord Send Out Your Spirit Psalm 103 (104)

This psalm is used for Easter Vigil, Pentecost and as an ordinary psalm with the verses varying with each celebration. Paul Mason has provided all the variations in his setting found in Psalms for All Time. The response is singable … Continue reading

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The Lord is Kind and Merciful Psalm 102 (103)

This is Paul Mason’s setting for the Third Sunday in Lent Year C, from Psalms for All Time. I am working from the first edition, but you can buy the updated, upgraded version, which is now the first volume of … Continue reading

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We Are His People Psalm 99 (100)

Paul Mason’s collection Psalms for All Time (now volume one of three) is still available at Liturgical Song. There are 51 copies left so it would be nice to have him sell out. It is worth the money as a … Continue reading

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All the Ends of the Earth Psalm 97 (98)

This a joyful psalm by Paul Mason from his collection, Psalms for All Time, which is now Volume One of a three volume series. It is the psalm for Christmas, but can be used as a hymn during the Easter … Continue reading

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If Today You hear His Voice Psalm 94(95)

This is another of the psalms in Paul Mason’s marvellous Psalms for All Time. It is the psalm for the third Sunday in Lent Year A, but is also a seasonal psalm for Ordinary Time. It is also suitable for … Continue reading

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