Music to Honour God's Name - accompaniment edition

This book provides (mainly organ / piano) accompaniments for the Mass settings and some popular hymns from the Alive-O / Beo Go Deo religious education programmes.

Spiral bound and with a light cardboard cover and 78 pages long it was published by Veritas Publications of Dublin in 2000.

 It was compiled by Patricia Hegarty and Mary Nugent, designed by Bill Bolger (cover) and Jeanette Dunne (illustrations). The music was set by Playright Music Ltd and other typesetting was done by Colette Dower of Veritas Publications. Printed by Paceprint Ltd, Dublin.

ISBN 1 85390 555 0.

It contains two Mass settings:
  • One by Ronan McDonagh of the Mass in Irish (Aifreann - including Kyrie, Alleluia, Sanctus, Fógra an Chreidimh, Amen, An Phaidir and A Uain Dé - arranged for organ and voice)
  • One by Patricia Hegarty of the ICEL-73 English translation of the Mass (Alive-O Mass, including Kyrie, Gospel Acclamation, Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation, Doxology and Great Amen, Lord's Prayer and Agnus Dei - set for piano/organ and voice).

There are also 32 songs, 18 in English and 14 in Irish.   In many cases,the Irish is a translation of the English, and both languages are displayed together on the same layout.

The book is now out-of-print, but copies are available via Amazon.com.



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Table of Contents


Title (first-line) Number
Alleluia 8
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia / Jesus is risen, he has saved his people
Lyrics & tune by: Bernard Sexton © Irish Episcopal Conference
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: E
Number of verses: 1
Bailímis le Chéile 19
Bailímis le chéile le suaimhneas agus grá,
Lyrics by: Máire Nuinseann © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Fr Peter O'Reilly © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: G
Number of verses: 1
Blessed be God 10
Blessed be God, blessed be God / Let us prepare the table
Lyrics & tune by: John McCann © John McCann
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: C
Number of verses: 1
Céad Míle Fáilte Romhat 12
Céad míle fáilte romhat, a Íosa, a Íosa
Lyrics & tune by: Traidisiúnta
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: E
Number of verses: 2
Cuimhnigh Orthu 44
Cuimhnigh, cuimhnigh ar na daoine a fuair bas / Thank you God, we love you
Lyrics by: Clare Maloney © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Patricia Hegarty © Veritas
Score: Piano and voice
Number of verses: 2
Déanaimid 'Seo I gCuimhne ar íosa 14
Molaimid Íosa le chéilenuair a imrímid cluiche le chéile / Déanaimid 'seo i gcuimhne ort
Lyrics by: Eibhlín Nic Aoidh © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Bernard Sexton © Not stated
Score: Flute, Organ/Piano and voice
Key: F
Number of verses: 3
Do this in Memory of Jesus 16
Sing, sing to Jesus. Lift, lift, to Jesus / Take bread and wine, blessed and broken
Lyrics & tune by: Cyril Murphy © Cyril Murphy
Score: Flute, Organ/Piano and voice
Key: E
Number of verses: 2
Eat this Bread 18
Eat this bread, drink this cup / Anyone who eats this bread
Lyrics & tune by: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) © Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, France
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: G
Number of verses: 1
Gather Round 19
We gather in body, we gather in mind
Lyrics by: Fr Peter O'Reilly © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Fr Peter O'Reilly © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: G
Number of verses: 1
Go Now in Peace 20
Go now in peace together today / Go in peace, go in love
Lyrics & tune by: Gráinne Jordad © Irish Episcopal Conference
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: A
Number of verses: 2
Happy in the Presence 24
Happy in the presence of the Lord / Come and share the bread of life
Lyrics & tune by: Bernard Sexton © Irish Episcopal Conference
Score: Flute, Organ/Piano and voice
Key: E
Number of verses: 2
I am the Bread 28
Jesus said, I am the Bread / We your people gather round your table
Lyrics by: Clare Maloney © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Mary Nugent © Veritas
Score: Voice, Oboe and Piano/organ
Key: F
Number of verses: 2
I Remember 30
I remember, I remember, people, places, happy times
Lyrics & tune by: Geraldine Doggett © Irish Episcopal Conference
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: D
Number of verses: 3
I'm Sorry 32
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really very sorry / Sometimes when we play
Lyrics & tune by: Geraldine Doggett © Irish Episcopal Conference
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 3
I'm Sorry God 34
God wraps us in his love each day / Sometimes God I do not care
Lyrics & tune by: Mary Amond O'Brien © Irish Episcopal Conference
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 3
Is é an Tiarna m'Aoire 42
Is é an Tiarna m'aoire a thugann aire dom
Lyrics by: Eibhlín Nic Aóidh © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Grace and Warren Brown © New Dawn Music, Portland, Oregon, USA
Score: Piano and voice
Number of verses: 4
Is Maith is Cuimnhin Liom 30
Is maith is cuimnhin liom an tam
Lyrics by: Eibhlín Nic Aóidh © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Geraldine Doggett © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: D
Number of verses: 3
Ithigí an t-Arán Seo 36
Lyrics by: Séan McCorraidh © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Bernard Sexton © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 1
Maith Dom é, a Dhia 38
A Dhia tá grá agat dom
Lyrics by: Eibhlín Nic Aóidh © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Antaine Ó Faracháin © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 2
Mo Chara Dílis 54
Tá aithne ag Íosa ormsa, tá a fhios aigecé mé.
Lyrics by: Clare Maloney © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Fran Hegarty © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 2
Moladh le Dia 40
Moladh le Dia, Moldah le Dia, moladh go deo le Dia!
Lyrics by: Máire Nuinseann © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: John McCann © John McCann
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 5
My Shepherd is the Lord 42
My shepherd is the Lord, he tends all my needs
Lyrics by: Grace and Warren Brown © New Dawn Music, Portland, Oregon, USA
Tune by: Grace and Warren Brown © New Dawn Music, Portland, Oregon, USA
Score: Piano and voice
Number of verses: 4
Remember Them 44
Remember, remember, remember those who've died / Buíochas leat a Dhia
Lyrics by: Máire Nuinseann © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Patricia Hegarty © Veritas
Score: Piano and voice
Number of verses: 2
Seo é an Lá 50
Can, can, can alleluia, Seo é an lá
Lyrics by: Fil Uí Dhubhghaill © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Mary Amond O'Brien © Mary Amond O'Brien
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 2
Síocháin Libh 20
Imigh anois I siocháin De / Siocháin libh! Sonas oraibh!
Lyrics by: Fil Uí Dhubhghaill © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Gráinne Jordad © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Key: A
Number of verses: 2
Stabat Mater 46
At the cross her vigil keeping
Lyrics by: Clare Maloney © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Not stated: adapted from Mainzish Gesangbuch, 1661
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 4
Tá Brón Orm 32
Tá brón orm, ta brón orm, Tá fíor fíor brón orm / O am go chéile I lár
Lyrics by: Moya Ní Cheallaigh © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Geraldine Doggett © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 3
Tagaimis le Chéile 24
Tagaimis le chéile chuig an Tiarna / Ithims an tarán beo
Lyrics & tune by: Bernard Sexton © Irish Episcopal Conference
Score: Flute, Organ/Piano and voice
Key: E
Number of verses: 2
The Way to Be 48
Most of the time, I'm good, I share
Lyrics by: Patricia Hegarty © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Antaine Ó Faracháin © Not stated
Score: Flute, Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 2
This is the Day 50
Sing, sing, sing alleluia, this is the day / Let us rejoice and be glad
Lyrics & tune by: Mary Amond O'Brien © Mary Amond O'Brien
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 2
We are the Greatest 54
Just the way we children are is just how we're happy to be
Lyrics by: Antaine Ó Faracháin © Irish Episcopal Conference
Tune by: Fran Hegarty © Not stated
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 2
We Come to you Lord Jesus 58
We come to you Lord Jesus / We love you Lord Jesus
Lyrics & tune by: Maura Kitching © Irish Episcopal Conference
Score: Organ/Piano and voice
Number of verses: 3

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