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David MacGregor based this song on Psalm 78:1-7, and so it is a psalm of praise I suppose. Looking at the text it could have a use a recessional. The sheet music is available at his website. I made these … Continue reading →

More children’s song goodness from David MacGregor. The sheet music is hard to download so I have posted a pdf version below.

I was daydreaming at Mass yesterday – mea culpa Father Bala – and was wondering what the best mass I had ever attended was. I can think of a lot of worse ones: our only Irish mass in Tralee with … Continue reading →

The prolific and celebrated American hymn writer, Ruth Duck, died on Boxing Day. Her text for “As a Fire Is Meant For Burning” is a favourite of mine and set here to the traditional shape note tune BEACH SPRING. This … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 102 (McKenna) The Lord is kind and merciful. Gifts: Be Merciful (Haugen) Communion: To the Table We Are Called (O’Brien/Harvey) AOVD Recessional: Go Make a Difference  (Angrisano/Tomaszek) AOV NG 52

Listening to the backing for the psalm reminds me that I made these quickly, some time ago just to learn them and I was paying no attention whether the style was suitable. This one isn’t. Entrance: A New Heart for … Continue reading →

All but one Australian song, this week. Entrance: Come, Now is the Time to Worship (Doerksen) AOV NG 29 Psalm 137 (McKenna) In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord. Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOV Digital Communion: … Continue reading →

No fourth week in ordinary time this year. This liturgy has only Australian music as we use Paul Taylor’s Mass of St Francis. Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 23 (McKenna) Who is this king of glory? … Continue reading →

It is the weekend of the Tamar Valley Folk Festival here in George Town, Tasmania, so this is a good day to look at this folk song from David MacGregor of Brisbane, Australia. It is a reflective song that is … Continue reading →

This is David Macgregor‘s joyous setting of Charles Wesley’s Easter text. The sheet music is at his site. Christ the Lord is risen todayLet the whole creation sayRaise your joys and triumphs highSing now, heaven, and earth reply Hallelu, hallelujahHallelu, … Continue reading →