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“... (Mass of Glory and Praise) is a refreshing, ‘upbeat’ new Mass setting …” “… a strong contemporary style that appreciates the beauty and grace of both music and song within the liturgy.”

Angela Bendotti, Pastoral Liturgy, November 2005
"Psalms for All Time, particularly the responses, can be sung after only one or perhaps two rehearsals. The melodies are rich, contemporary, simple and beautiful - always appropriate in style to the text."

Angela Gorman, Pastoral Liturgy, November 2010
"(Mass of Glory and Praise) has a ‘rock’ feel featuring an interplay of vocal and instrumental parts." "The music has energy, driven by the use of syncopation and instrumental interplay."

Cathy Murrowood, Rite Notes, December 2010
"Of the six recommended mass settings from the Australian Bishops (Mass of Glory and Praise) stands out as being suitable for regular parishes with ordinary musicians and also being interesting."

Geoffrey Madden, SixMaddens Blog, February 2011
"Mass Shalom is one of the three singable masses of the six suggested by the Australian Bishops and if we do that then we will be singing all of them – Glory and Praise, Mass of St Francis and Shalom."

Geoffrey Madden, SixMaddens Blog, August 2016
"(Power of the Spirit) is a great song from Paul Mason. Whatever you think of the chances the upcoming Plenary in 2020 of actually changing ... the Catholic Church, one good thing has already come of it."

Geoffrey Madden, Six Maddens Blog Posted on October 14, 2018
"I think Power of the Spirit is superb entrance, recessional, Easter, Pentecost song that will be around long after the Plenary. Since “Shout to the Lord” is not One License, this might be the replacement we need."

Geoffrey Madden, Six Maddens Blog Posted on October 14, 2018
"The beautiful arrangement (of the "Power of the Spirit" CD recording) is extraordinary, but I suspect this is actually a P&W classic. You could go somewhat ballistic on the crescendo into the refrain I suspect."

Geoffrey Madden, Six Maddens Blog Posted on October 14, 2018
"We will be singing the whole of Paul Mason’s setting of Ps115 on Holy Thursday night. It is from his “Psalms for All Time.” The octave leap in the verse should wake us all up."

Geoffrey Madden, Six Maddens Blog Posted on April 15, 2014

Suggestions

Liturgical Song is pleased to provide the following Liturgical Song Suggestions for Sunday Masses based on their relevance to the readings and antiphons for the particular celebration and the purpose of each song as set out in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. These suggestions are provided to help liturgy committees and music leaders plan and prepare relevant and inviting music for Sunday Mass.

The suggestions made here are updates to the suggestions previously made by Paul Mason on the Wollongong Diocesan Liturgy Handbook website (www.liturgydow.org.au). In order to provide for ongoing updates and maintenance of the suggestions after Paul's retirement from the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong, the Diocese has graciously provided Liturgical Song with the original intellectual property on the condition that the suggestions be updated and maintained and made available to the Diocese by way of a link.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to illness in the family, the October - December updates are delayed. I will be posting updates as they are prepared.

Links to Resources

Audio tracks and Single Psalm Sheet Music Downloads are available for listening and viewing some of the recommended Responsorial Psalms.

Liturgical Song Suggestions

1. How do I use the Liturgical Song Suggestions Downloads?

Guidelines for Using the Liturgical Song Suggestions

The Liturgical Song Suggestions are presented as a resource to help parish and school music ministry teams select repertoire for each Sunday Mass that is appropriate to the day, feast or season. It is also hoped these Liturgical Song Suggestions may help develop over time a common Core Repertoire of music across parishes. Your feedback, including suggested additions and deletions to the common Core Repertoire, would be most appreciated.

For each Sunday or Feast there is a summary of the texts of the day and a table of suggested songs, settings of the Mass parts and recommended Responsorial Psalms, including common seasonal psalms.

The summary of the texts includes the Entrance and Communion antiphons, the Scripture references, the Psalm response and the Gospel acclamation for the particular day.

RELEVANCE TO THE LITURGICAL MOMENT

The table includes columns for the major parts of the Mass – Entrance, Penitential Act, Glory to God, Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, Offertory, Holy Holy Holy, Memorial Acclamation, Amen, Our Father, Lamb of God, Communion, Song of Praise after Communion, and Sending Forth (Recessional). These columns contain check-boxes indicating which particular songs are recommended for each of these parts.

RELEVANCE TO THE DAY, FEAST OR SEASON OF THE PARTICULAR LITURGY

The recommendations are based on the appropriateness of the song to the texts of the day, feast or season, as well as the appropriateness to the part of the Mass as detailed in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Significant citations or references to the day's texts are indicated by an asterisk (*). Where songs have particular relevance to one or more of the day's texts, these are indicated in the Relevance column.

COPYRIGHT COVERAGE

The table provides the recommended song titles with references to hymnal numbers or other musician resources in which the song is found. Each song in the table includes an indication of whether it is in the Public Domain (P), whether it is covered by One License copyright licenses (L), and whether it is covered by CCLI copyright licenses (C). Sometimes a song is listed with multiple copyright licenses. This occurs when (1) there is a public domain edition, (2) there are other editions covered by One License with altered texts or alternate music arrangements, (3) there are other editions covered by CCLI with altered texts or alternate music arrangements.Refer to the music edition being used to determine which license is applicable.