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The songs that the editors of the Praise to God hymnal sourced from the Lutheran hymn book, All Together Again, are mostly Protestant folk songs, and they give an idea of repetoire that was suggested in the 1970s for Australian … Continue reading →

Getting back to the Dominican Father’s Praise To God: Parish Hymn Book, this is another sourced from All Together Again. Godsongs has the background and PTG lists the songwriter as Gail Cole and the songs origin in the Episcopalian Church … Continue reading →

I’ll get back to my Hymnal archeology tomorrow, but I am returning to one of my problems – the Exsultet. I blogged at the problem of the Exsultet three years ago and ended up using Tony Alonso’s marvellous setting, which … Continue reading →

This is another familar hymn from the 1970s that I have somehow never blogged, but it is in the Praise to God Hymnal and is another the Dominicans sourced from the Lutheran hymn book All Together Again. There seems to … Continue reading →

OK, this one I do know from my Presbyterian Sunday School upbringing complete with actions. This is another song that was sourced for the Praise to God hymn book from All Together Again, the Lutheran Songbook, but I won’t blame … Continue reading →

In the Praise to God Hymn book, the Dominicans note where they found the hymns and I have started with the hymns they got from the Lutheran Hymn Book All Together Again, which is still in print. This song is … Continue reading →

This song is one that the editors of Praise to God got from All Together Again. It is part of the 1970s story of evangelicals teaching Catholics to sing. I have vague recollections of this song from my Presbyterian upbringing, … Continue reading →

Another song the Dominican fathers who assembled Praise to God got from All Together Again is this song by Linda Stassen. This song has its own Wikipedia page because, amongst other reasons, it was used as a protest song in … Continue reading →

Rather than go through the Praise to God: Parish Hymn Book in a sensible fashion, I will look at the songs based on where the Dominican Fathers accessed the material, starting with what they found in the Lutheran publication All … Continue reading →

Entrance: Merciful God (Alonso) Psalm 125 (McKenna) The Lord has done great things for us, we are filled with joy. Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83   Communion: Glory in the Cross (Schutte) Recessional: Hope in Love … Continue reading →