10 Songs for The Year of The Word: The God Who Speaks
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales have designated 2020 as ‘The God Who Speaks’: A Year of the Word to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Verbum Domini –… Read More →
Category: Resources & Ideas
Copyright for Church Music: Play Fair and Stay Legal
Copyright is a complicated issue. It is easily overlooked when putting a hymn book on the photocopier. Yet, in the back of our minds, most… Read More →
Come Emmanuel – A Simple Song for Advent [Free Download]
Come Emmanuel is a simple, rhythmic Advent song that can be used for many things during the season, but is especially suitable for a processional song.… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for Ordinary Time, Year C (Part III)
After The Exaltation of the Cross come the final weeks of ordinary time, which end on the 34th Sunday when we celebrate the feast of Christ… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for Ordinary Time, Year C (Part II)
Now that we are past Eastertide and the great mid-year Solemnities of Pentecost, Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi, we have some 20 weeks or so… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms and Songs for the Summer Solemnities
Between the triumphant season of Eastertide and the quiet anticipation of Advent is a long stretch of Ordinary Time. While we don’t find ourselves in… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for Eastertide, Year C
After the austerity of Lent, the 50 days of Eastertide from Easter Sunday to the feast of Pentecost are to be celebrated as “one great Sunday“. It is a time… Read More →
Responsorial Psalms for Ordinary Time, Year C (Part I)
The weeks of Ordinary Time between Christmastide and the beginning of Lent are all about Jesus’ early ministry. In Year C, after John’s Gospel recounts… Read More →
Music Round-up ~ Walsingham Youth Pilgrimage 2018
The Walsingham Youth Pilgrimage has been a firm fixture in our summer music ministry calendar since 2005. Each year they give us an opportunity to… Read More →
10 Contemporary Eucharistic Communion Songs
The celebration of the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith. There are many well-known Eucharistic songs in the hymnals that we most… Read More →
With Mary We Ask You ~ Intercession Response [FREE DOWNLOAD]
In our Catholic tradition of prayer, we often seek the intercession of Mary – Mother of Jesus, Mother of the Church and Queen of Heaven.… Read More →
Six Super Songs for the Sprinkling Rite
In planning and preparing for the Liturgy, it’s good to be mindful that the Roman Missal allows for the substitution of the Sprinkling Rite for the Penitential Act… Read More →
Easter Octave Playlist ~ 8 Songs of Resurrection for Easter Week
In the first week of Eastertide – the Octave of Easter – we are continually turning our eyes back to the cross and the empty grave.… Read More →
Music Round-up: Walsingham Youth Pilgrimage 2017
Planning music for a week’s worth of liturgies is always a little bit of a daunting task. Especially when there is a theme that needs to… Read More →
11 Songs of the Spirit for Pentecost & Confirmation
The joyful 50 days of Eastertide culminate in the wonderful festival of Pentecost. It’s often referred to as the birthday of the church… That day… Read More →
Mass Planner Template [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Most of life’s recurring tasks can be done a little more efficiently if you use a template or checklist. Planning the music and liturgy for… Read More →
