by Warren Howell | Apr 21, 2021 | Music & Words, Prayers, Worship Resources
THE FOURTH SUNDAY of the Easter season every year features the 23rd Psalm prominently and is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Thomas Merton prayed “You have a wild and crazy sheep in love with thorns and brambles…You have found me. All I have to do is stay...
by Warren Howell | Mar 23, 2021 | Worship Resources
The Entry into Jerusalem, detail; Unknown; Ottonian, c.1030. (see below). Worship resources for Holy Week and Easter 2021 (appropriate for the scriptures in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary). Choral music selections are rated according to difficulty: E = Easy,...
by Warren Howell | Feb 16, 2021 | Worship Resources
Ash Wednesday The Season of Lent February 17, 2021 The season of Lent commences this week with Ash Wednesday — the ashes traditionally made from the discarded, dried up, burned up palm branches that were picked up from last year’s Palm Sunday chants and...
by Warren Howell | Jan 26, 2021 | Worship Resources
Star-crossed, We Sing: Choral Music for Sundays After Epiphany The night He came The stars swung low And sang As morning stars had sung Creation’s morn. So sing we now. Star-crossed, We sing the bright And morning star Shining among us, Banishing our night. —...
by Warren Howell | Dec 3, 2020 | Worship Resources
Prepare the Way December 6, 2020: Resources for Advent II (B) Color: Blue or Purple Scriptures: [linked to NRSV at Oremus Bible Browser] Isaiah 40:1-11 (Comfort and hope coming to God’s people in exile) Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 (Salvation is at hand) 2 Peter...
