graphic (c) Netta Ewing Columba-Cantata-piano Columba Cantata text Adamnan’s Law Newsflash-update Columba Cantata script : report ——————————— recording 1:  Hymn ‘God, our Creator (Highland Cathedral);  short welcome in Gaelic and English; reading from Adamnan’s Life; Ps 18:Their voice has gone out; short introduction to The Cantata; Scots Dance.   Glasgow schools at […]

Psalm 22 (23) Commentary. Easter 4A Perhaps Psalm 22, The Lord’s My Shepherd, is so popular because it is personal. The Lord is MY shepherd. At the core of the psalm is the phrase “with me” in verse 4; “with your crook and your staff to give me comfort”, even in the darkest of valleys! In Scotland we know […]

Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly on Ps 15 for the 3rd Sunday of Easter Psalm 15 A  

Commentary on Ps 117 by Dr Noel Donnelly   Originally this psalm was used in two ways: firstly it was sung as the excited Jewish pilgrims reached the goal of their journey, their great Temple of Jerusalem; secondly it was used to celebrate the end of the great Passover meal… a kind of “Grace after […]

                Psalm 115 Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly Ps 115: The blessing cup that we bless is a communion with Christ. Acknowledgements:   Psalm 115: words (c) the Grail, England; music Gerry Fitzpatrick (c) Kevin Mayhew.   Graphic (c) Netta Ewing.  Recording by Mary Bradley (Ps 115) and […]

          Psalm 21 Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly The complete text of Psalm 21 is both beautiful and terrifying. The mention of King David in the superscription leads scholars to see the original psalm as one in which David is foretelling the horrible persecutions and crucifixions by the Persians that lay […]

Verses /Morning Prayer with the young/ EveningPrayer           short video: St Patrick 2026 – Small A Celtic Invocation;   A passage from the Confession of St Patrick (I saw in a vision of the night) ;  Prayer; Ps 138 . . . . A Morning Prayer with the Young Such are […]

St Patrick verse and prayer             Music St Mungo Singers.  A reading from the Confession of St Patrick by Sr Patricia Graham.  Graphic (c) Netta Ewing.

Ps 94 Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly ‘Listen to the voice of God.  Harden not your heart. Psalm 94 has two parts and even two voices addressing us. The first part is a welcoming voice, calling us three times to “come in” to the place of worship. And this voice urges us to sing out […]

Ps 32 ND w RS – Full Score Commentary   Psalm 32: He fills the earth with his love. Ps 32a gf – Full Score The word of the Lord is faithful, we trust him in all he does. The Lord loves justice, justice and fairness, he fills the earth, he fills the earth, he […]