Sarah Hart’s “Prayers of the Faithful” song has been added to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024.
The petitions are generic enough to cover many circumstances but you probably would want to write your own to her tune – pastorally apt but a possible copyright issue.
The sheet music is at OCP, where the text is in their preview and in their YouTube clip as well.
Hart has two entries this year, which is lovely.
I must admit that OCP are pushing very similar songs the last few years with nothing to suit uplifting celebrations – everything is very restrained indeed. Maybe “Canticle of the Free” breaks the mold a little in this year’s selections.
That didn’t stop me making a restrained backing. It sounds like BIAB channeling “Don’t Dream It’s Over”: