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This is a moving funeral song from Liam Lawton in Gather 3rd edition that would likely be a solo vehicle. GIA note its other use for All Souls. The sheet music an be purchased at GIA and the words are … Continue reading →

Using the tune of Danny Boy for a funeral is both good as it is familiar and dangerous as it may venture into the kitsch. Then there is a wide vocal range required to pull it off. John Bell gets … Continue reading →

OK, it turns out there are many funeral songs in Gather 3rd edition that I haven’t looked at before. This is a Delores Dufner text here set to ST THOMAS, by John Wade, but they also suggest LAUDA ANIMA. Using … Continue reading →

Entrance: Come to the Feast (Haugen) AOV 1/151 Psalm 33 (McKenna) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Gifts: Enemy of Apathy (Bell-Maule) AOV 2/75 Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread  (Horner) AOV 2/155 Recessional: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Psalm 33 (McKenna) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Gifts: The Fullness of God (Andersen) AOV 2/62 Communion: Eat This Bread (Berthier) AOV 1/125 Recessional: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 77 (McKenna) The Lord gave them bread from heaven Gifts: Hosea (Norbet) AOV 1/30 Communion: Bread of Heaven  (Manibusan-Hart) Recessional: All You Works of God (Haugen) AOV 1/19

I’ve have done several “Song of Farewell”s but not this one set by Michael Joncas in Gather 3rd edition. The text is from the Memorial Acclamation and In paradisum, with extra words from Michael Marchal. There is a special verse … Continue reading →

If I’m getting to funeral songs, I must be near the end of the book, although I’m surprised to find any I haven’t already blogged. I have blogged several settings of this ICEL text from the Rite of Funerals, but … Continue reading →

This is another song for weddings in Gather 3rd edition. The text is by Vicki Klima as adapted by Michael Joncas and George Szews and the tune is by Joncas. The text is here and the sheet music can be … Continue reading →

This is good. A familiar text based on 1 Cor 13 with a familiar tune, HYFRYDOL, to use at an occasional celebration: Marriage. Ticks all the boxes. The words are by Mary Louise Bringle via St Paul and it is … Continue reading →