Author Archives: maddg

Entrance: Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) AOV 1/156 Psalm 32 Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Music by Amanda McKenna Gifts: Bless Our Gifts (Grant) AOVD Communion: Bread of Life (Farrell) AOV … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 22 The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. Music by Amanda McKenna Gifts: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/160 Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 … Continue reading →

Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) AOV 1/16 Psalm 15 Lord, you will show us the path of life. Music by Amanda McKenna Gifts: O Sacred Flame (Marshall) Communion: Emmaus (Alonso) AOV NG 41 Recessional: Jesus is Risen (O’Brien/Ogilvie)

Entrance: Alleluia No. 1 (Fishel) AOV 1/15 Psalm 117 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, His love is everlasting. (Music by Amanda McKenna) Gifts: I Have Seen the Lord (Hurd) AOV 1/98 Communion: Bread of Heaven  (Manibusan-Hart) Recessional: … Continue reading →

John Coleman is producing lovely church music in a folk idiom. This song, written with his late friend, Noel Davis, is a homage to John Henry Newman’s poem. The sheet music can be purchased at Willow. You can hear John’s … Continue reading →

I really like Chris Currie’s music for this adaptation of a very old text. It is calming and refreshing. You can purchase the sheet music and listen to an instrumental snippet at Willow. He and Peter Grant did the refurbishment … Continue reading →

This is an enjoyable Advent song from David MacGregor. You could use it one verse at a time for each week (hope/peace/joy/love) or just sing the whole song. It can be purchased at Willow. In this time of waiting we … Continue reading →

I’ve found a song not by Patricia Smith at As One Voice. This is seriously good folk song about prayer from John Coleman and Noel Davis. It is probably best as a solo. Songs as nice as this make a … Continue reading →

This is more liturgically useful music from Patricia Smith at the As One Voice Digital shop at Willow Publishing. This is for the Sprinkling Rite at Easter Vigil and uses a text from Ezekiel 47. I saw water flowing from … Continue reading →

This is meant to be a trawl through the digital archive at Willow but for some reason, having sorted things alphabetically, I’m getting a lot of Patrica Smith in a row. This is from John 15:4-17 and has some competition … Continue reading →