Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan continued their swing through road tested songs for sacraments with songs for penitential rites.
Again, they note the suitable songs from CWB II:
120 Forgive our sins as we forgive Text: Rosamund Herklots Music: BELMONT
121 We turn to you (Mangan) see below sheet music
122 O Father, I know I can count on your mercy (Kathleen Boschetti)
I appear to have accidentally skipped this song when I was doing CWB II. To make up for that here are two backings – the first is probably too noisy and fast:
123 Take from us now Text paraphrased by Bernard Kirkpatrick from Ezekiel 11:14-21, Isaiah 58:1-11, Micah 7:2-7,18-20, Roman 6:16-23) O WALY WALY
Their advice for a responsorial Psalm is:
Fill us with your love, O Lord and we will sing for joy CWB I (Roger Heaney) sheet music
Other songs they suggest:
Bear with one another (Haugen) sheet music I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this gem from Marty Haugen. Be careful the melody splits for a couple of bars in the chorus.
Open My Eyes (Manibusan) AOV 1/166/CWB II 582 sheet music
Touch the earth lightly Text: Shirley Erena Murray Music: Tony Alonso sheet music I have blogged backings of several other settings of this worthy text, but not Alonso’s so here it is.
Be the hands, the heart of God (Friedman/Vogt) sheet music
I received some extra material from Fiona Dyball and Damian Whelan about their use of Michael Mangan’s “We Turn to You”:
RECONCILIATION
Michael Mangan’s “We Turn To You” has been used in the Sacrament of Penance at Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak in the following way:
On our Reconciliation Retreat day (which begins with a parent and student workshop in the morning), the girls write a short “Sorry” prayer. Their teachers prepare this with a time of reflection, asking the girls to think about things that they would like to improve in their lives. They choose one main thing that they will aim to improve and write a prayer about it. Once completed these prayers are placed on individual PowerPoint slides with the child’s name. These are then inserted into the hymn “We Turn To You”.
Refrain
Verse 1
Refrain
4-5 Sorry prayers
Refrain
Verse 2
Refrain
4-5 sorry prayers
(etc)
The hymn and “Sorry” prayers are used when the children come forward for individual confession and assist in keeping this time a silent and prayerful one. Parents and family members are invited to sing each time the song appears on the screen. The hymn and quiet music playing in between allows for privacy to be maintained during the time that the children go to individual confession. At Loreto this happens in designated spots around our school chapel.