Music for Saint Paul

by Gary D. Penkala

Pope Benedict XVI has inaugurated a Year of Saint Paul, which will run from June 28, 2008, through June 29, 2009, to commemorate the 2000th aniversary of the saint's birth. Here are some Hymns and Anthems, with texts from Saint Paul's Epistles, that you might use appropriately during this year.

Hymns

• 4:20-21 — The God of Abraham Praise
• 5:1-5 — Blessed Feast of Blessed Martyrs [also 8:17]
• 6:3-11 — I Know That My Redeemer Lives
• 6:4-5 — Christians, Lift up Your Hearts
• 6:4, 9 — We Know That Christ Is Raised
• 6:5-11 — Christ Is Alive!
• 8:14-17 — In Christ There Is No East or West
• 8:15-16 — At the Name of Jesus
• 8:15-16 — Our Father by Whose Name
• 8:18-39 — There's A Wideness in God's Mercy [also 11:33-35]
• 10:15 — How Shall They Hear the Word of God
• 14:17 — The Kingdom of God

• 1:15-20 — We Know That Christ Is Raised
• 1:18 — Sing, My Tongue, the Song of Triumph
• 1:18 — Lift High the Cross
• 3:11 — Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
• 3:11 — O Christ, the Great Foundation
• 3:13-15 — Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
• 5:18-20 — God Is Working His Purpose Out
• 9:1-18 — Forth in the Peace of Christ
• 10:16-17 — Gift of Finest Wheat
• 10:17 — Lord Christ, the Father's Mighty Son
• 11:23-26 — God with Hidden Majesty
• 11:23-26 — I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord
• 11:23-29 — Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether
• 12:4-11 — Come, Holy Ghost
• 12:4-11 — Veni Creator Spiritus
• 12:27-31 — God Is Here! As We His People
• 13 — Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels
• 13:2-8 — Ubi caritas
• 13:12 — Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
• 15:14-19 — This Joyful Eastertide
• 15:20 — Sing with All the Saints in Glory
• 15:20-28 — Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
• 15:25 — Christ Is the World's Light
• 15:51-54 — Alleluia! the Strife Is O'er
• 15:55 — Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

• 3:18 — Love Divine, All Loves Excelling [also 5:17]
• 4 — Thy Strong Word Didst Cleave the Darkness
• 4:5 — God Is Here! As We His People
• 5:17 — O Christ, the Great Foundation
• 6:2 — O Sun of Justice
• 9:10-14 — Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
• 9:10-14 — Now Join We to Praise the Creator
• 13:11 — The God of Abraham Praise
• 13:13 — May the Grace of Christ Our Savior

• 2:19 — Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks
• 2:20 — I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
• 3:28 — In Christ There Is No East or West
• 4:4 — Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
• 5:22 — For the Fruits of This Creation
• 5:22 — When God the Spirit Came
• 6:14 — When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

• 1:9-11 — God Is Working His Purpose Out
• 1:18-19 — The Church of Christ in Every Age
• 1:9-23 — Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
• 2:11-18 — Christ Is the World's Light
• 2:19-23 — O Christ, the Great Foundation [also 4:5-7; 5:25-27]
• 2:20-22 — Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
• 3:5 — Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death [also 5:14]
• 3:15 — Our Father by Whose Name
• 4:1-6 — In Christ There Is No East or West
• 4:8 — The God of Abraham Praise
• 5:8-10 — I Want to Walk As A Child of the Light
• 5:14 — Wake, O Wake and Sleep No Longer
• 5:27 — Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
• 6:9 — For the Fruits of This Creation
• 6:10-12 — Christ's Church Shall Glory in His Power

• 2:1-18 — Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace
• 2:8 — Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
• 2:9-10 — All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
• 2:9-10 — The God of Abraham Praise
• 2:10-11 — Creator of the Stars of Night
• 2:10-11 — Look, O Look, the Sight Is Glorious
• 2:10-12 — At the Name of Jesus
• 3:7-11 — When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
• 4:4-5 — Rejoice the Lord Is King

• 1:16 — Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
• 1:18 — Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
• 3:11 — In Christ There Is No East or West
• 3:12-21 — Our Father by Whose Name
• 3:13-14 — Forgive Our Sins
• 3:16 — Come, Rejoice before Your Maker
• 3:16 — When in Our Music God Is Glorified

• 1:5 — O for a Heart to Priase My God
• 1:17 — Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise [also 6:15-16]
• 6:12 — Faith of Our Fathers

• 2:12 — The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns
• 2:19 — How Firm a Foundation
• 2:22 — O for a Heart to Priase My God
• 4:3-7 — Faith of Our Fathers

• 1:20 — O for a Heart to Priase My God