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Music for the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Year A 24th/25th June 2023

Entrance: Be Not Afraid (Dufford) AOV 1/114 Psalm 68 (McKenna) Lord, in your great love, answer me, answer me. Gifts: As a Fire is Meant for Burning  (Duck) GA 481 Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat  (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651 Recessional: … Continue reading

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Music for the Eleventh Week In Ordinary Time Year A June 17th/18th 2023

Entrance: On Eagles Wings (Joncas) AOV 1/153 Psalm 99 (McKenna) We are his people, the sheep of his flock. Gifts: Come to Set Us Free (Farrell) AOV 1/39 Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 Recessional: Go Make a Difference  (Angrisano/Tomaszek) … Continue reading

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Music for the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Year A June 10th/11th 2023

Entrance: We Are Many Parts  (Haugen) AOV 1/86 Psalm 147 ( McKenna) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem Gifts: This Blessing Cup (Andersen) Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Recessional: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81

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Music for the Most Holy Trinity Year A June 3rd/4th 2023

Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) AOV 1/16 Psalm: Daniel 3 (McKenna) Glory and praise forever. Gifts: Trinity Song (Andersen) Communion: I Believe in God the Father (Perry) STUTTGART CWBII 392 Recessional: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164

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Celebrate Emmanuel

I’ll do a few more of David MacGregor‘s songs before looking elsewhere for a while. He has a few Christmas songs, this one going back to 2006. Some of the others are more for children, but this one is an … Continue reading

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Can These Bones Live?

This is another unusual and worthy (and very recent) song from David MacGregor suitable whenever the reading from Ezekiel 37:1-14 matches the liturgy. The sheet music is at his site. My backing lets rip with BIAB strings. Can these bones … Continue reading

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Can Anything Good?

This David MacGregor song sounds like it came from a pageant or musical. The music has a Supertramp flavour to it. The sheet music is at his site. You can also hear his version there. My backing isn’t as Supertrampy … Continue reading

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By Day, By Night

I’ve already done the lovely “Bring Your Peace, Lord” here, so I can move on alphabetically to this song from David MacGregor‘s amazing archive of music. This is an unusual chant based on Psalm 42:8 that could be sung a … Continue reading

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Bless the Lord, My Soul

This is short take on Psalm 103 from David MacGregor who has a trove of wonderful music at his website. The sheet music is there as well. Bless the Lord, my soul. O bless the Lord my soul. Bless the … Continue reading

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AI

This is only parenthetical to liturgical music, except that technology has impacted that as well. Hearing “Grow Old With Me” sung by AI John Lennon and Paul McCartney has convinced me that everything is changed. I love it, because only … Continue reading

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