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Entrance: Merciful God (Alonso) Psalm 33 (McKenna) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord Gifts:  As Gentle As Silence (White) CWB II 580 Communion: Blest Be the Lord (Schutte) AOV 1/179 Recessional: Hope in Love (Bierer, Deegan, Hart, Lynch Watts)

Entrance: Merciful God (Alonso) Psalm 102 (McKenna) The Lord is kind and merciful. Gifts:  A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: A New Heart for a New World   (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158 Recessional: Hope in Love (Bierer, Deegan, Hart, Lynch Watts)

Entrance: Merciful God (Alonso) Psalm 26 (McKenna) The Lord is my light and my salvation. Gifts: Open My Eyes  (Manibusan) AOV 1/166 Communion: Holy Darkness (Schutte) AOV 2/24 Recessional: Hope in Love (Bierer, Deegan, Hart, Lynch Watts) I might just … Continue reading →

I was waiting for our music meeting to post the selections for Lent. It was decided to have no song after communion with either silence or a chant. I’ll go silence for our masses. I was going to use a … Continue reading →

I was planning to have a look at The New Living Parish Hymn Book and in researching that hymnal, came across an interesting article by Veronica Brandt on the history of Australian hymnals currently in use, from which I borrowed … Continue reading →

This is the last Jubilee song I have found to date – please let me know if there are others. The One Life Music team have another song aimed at primary school children and have provided the sheet music for … Continue reading →

I have found a couple more Jubilee songs for primary school children, this time from the One Life Music team in the UK. As I frequently note, songs for children are often also fine for assemblies, especially if the local … Continue reading →

I’m pushing on to find Jubilee songs, while we are in the Jubilee year of 2025. This is the CRA‘s song for the Jubilee, written by Simon Hyland. It is a song that I think has uses outside of the … Continue reading →

This is another song for the Jubilee, this time from Canada. It is the 2025 Catholic Education Week Theme song, and was written by Nancy Bodsworth. It builds slowly into an anthemic song, but it would work kept small too. … Continue reading →

Here is another Jubilee song for schools, with a text by Andrew Chinn and music by Drew Lane. The words and chords are at the Butterfly House site and you can learn it from the YouTube clip. I couldn’t find … Continue reading →