Music Suggestions
The Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Salus populi ego [Graduale Romanum, p.339]
2. Salus populi ego [Gregorian Missal, p.552]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. I am the salvation of the people [Simple English Propers, p.304 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. I am the Savior of all people [Simple Choral Gradual, p.225 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. I am the salvation of the people [Lumen Christi Missal, p.943 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. I am the salvation of the people [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.77, Mode 4 / OCP]
8. I am the salvation of the people [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.640-643]
9. I am the salvation of the people [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.159, with Psalm 78[77] / Liturgical Press]
10. I am the salvation of the people [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #277, with Psalm 37 / Illuminare Publications]
11. Choose one Entrance Antiphon and Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
12. I am the salvation of the people [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 100]
13. I Am the Salvation [tune: Laudate Dominum] from Introit Hymns 62 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (A) Prope est Dominus [Graduale Romanum, p.35]
2. (A) Prope est Dominus [Gregorian Missal, p.181]
3. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. Choose one Responsorial Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
5. Chabanel Psalmody
6. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Confitemini Domino, et invocate [Graduale Romanum, p.340]
2. Confitemini Domino, et invocate [Gregorian Missal, p.553]
3. O Render Thanks and Bless the Lord (Thomas Clark)
4. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Choose one Alleluia or Alleluia Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
Offertory:
1. Si ambulavero [Graduale Romanum, p.341]
2. Si ambulavero [Gregorian Missal, p.554]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. If I walk in the midst of tribulation [Simple English Propers, p.305 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. Though I walk in the midst of affliction [Simple Choral Gradual, p.226 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of those suggested in #144-157 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.945-949 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation[The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.643-646]
8. Look down, O Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #295, with Psalm 40 / Illuminare Publications]
9. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
10. Though I walk amid distress [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 122]
Communion:
1. Tu mandasti [Graduale Romanum, p.342]
2. Tu mandasti [Gregorian Missal, p.555]
3. Tu mandasti [Communio, p.270 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Tu mandasti [Graduale simplex, p.247]
5. You have ordered that your commandments [Simple English Propers, p.306 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. You have ordered that your commandments [Choral Communio, p.167 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. You have laid down your precepts [Simple Choral Gradual, p.227 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. I am the Good Shepherd [Simple Choral Gradual, p.228 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
9. Choose one Communion Antiphon from any of those suggested in #158-186 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.949-956 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
10. O that my ways may be guided [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. You have laid down your precepts [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.78, Mode 5 / OCP]
12. I am the Good Shepherd [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.78, Mode 5 / OCP]
13. You have laid down your precepts [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.646-648]
14. I am the Good Shepherd [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.160, with Psalm 23[22] / Liturgical Press]
15. Bring offerings, and enter his courts[Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #319, with Psalm 96 / Illuminare Publications]
16. Choose one Communion Antiphon and Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
17. You have laid down your precepts [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 145]
18. I am the Good Shepherd [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 145]
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Masses VIII (De angelis) & XI (Orbis factor)
2. Latin Gregorian Chant Masses XI (Orbis factor) & VIII (De angelis)
3. Latin Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
4. Latin Mass of Saint Jerome (Christopher Bord)
5. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
6. Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
7. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
8. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
9. Modal Mass (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
10. Stirling Bridge Mass (Gary Penkala)

Other liturgical music

Psalm 130 (Christopher Bord)
Tantum ergo / Psalm 145 (Gary Penkala)

Hymns

All My Hope on God Is Founded (CD #923, CHB #200, CBW #667, SMH #416)
All People That on Earth Do Dwell (WIII #669, HPSC #107, ICEL #166, AH #622, CBW #621, PMB #206, CHB #201, SMH #418, EH #278, VII #204, LCH #85)
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (WIII #759, ICEL #217, HPSC #143, CH #626, CHB #211, SMH #491, EH #137, LCH #70, LCH #100)
Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (WIII #558, HPSC #156, CH #374, PMB #121, CBW #676, AH #515, CHB #116, SMH #521, EH #195, VII #322, LCH #131)
For the Fruit of All Creation (HPSC #159, CD #876, CBW #678, PMB #155, WIII #562, SMH #525)
Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go (CHB #191, EH #150)
Forth in the Name of Christ (HPSC #161, CBW #715)
God, My King, Thy Might Confessing (ICEL #226, CH #564, SMH #536, EH #280, VII #325)
God, Omnipotent, Eternal (WIII #563)
God Who Made the Earth and Heaven (HH #236, ICEL #232, EH #169)
God Whose Giving Knows No Ending (WIII #631, CD #873)
High in the Heavens, Eternal God (HPSC #184)
Holy, Holy, Holy (WIII #485, ICEL #94, HPSC #185, CBW #634, CH #306, AH #460, CHB #96, SMH #562, EH #266, VII #209, LCH #126)
I Am the Salvation of My Own Sheep [tune: Laudate Dominum] from Introit Hymns #62 (Christoph Tietze)
I Sing the Mighty Power of God (WIII #502, ICEL #228, HPSC #197, AH #616, CH #565, SMH #575, VII #218, LCH #96)
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (PMB #118, WIII #512, ICEL #233, HH #193, CH #566, CHB #225, SMH #578, EH #301, LCH #88)
Let All Things Now Living (WIII #559, HPSC #208, CH #567, SMH #612)
Lord of All Hopefulness (WIII #568, CH #524, HH #226, CHB #239, SMH #622, EH #363)
O Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit (WIII #620)
O Lord, You Are My God (HPSC #253)
O Praise Ye the Lord (HPSC #259, CBW #649, WIII #539, ICEL #238, CD #906, CHB #253)
O Taste and See (HPSC #265, PMB #193)
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (WIII #528, ICEL #246, HPSC #301, HH #203, SMH #749, VII #219)
The God of Abraham Praise (WIII #537, ICEL #239, HPSC #320, EH #285)
There's A Wideness in God's Mercy (WIII #595, ICEL #52, PMB #54, AH #613, CH #535, CHB #268, SMH #791, EH #304, LCH #122)
This Is the Day the Lord Has Made (CH #625, CD #852)
To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King (CD #850, HPSC #336, WIII #497, CH #546, PMB #98, CBW #548, AH #480, SMH #800, VII #220, LCH #137)
We Walk by Faith (WIII #572, CH #464, SMH #823, LCH #110)
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life (ICEL #206, EH #498)
Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim (CD #911, CH #519, HPSC #357)
You Are the Way (ICEL #216, HH #216, CH #520)

AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press

CBW = Catholic Book of Worship II / Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

CD = Cantate Domino / Hymnal Supplement, GIA Publications, Inc.

CH = The Collegeville Hymnal, The Liturgical Press

CHB = The Catholic Hymn Book [London Oratory], Gracewing Publishers

EH = The Hymnal 1940 (Episcopal), used by many Anglican Use Roman Catholic parishes

HH = Hymnal of the Hours, GIA Publications, Inc.

HPSC = Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Canticles, out of print but excellent

ICEL = ICEL Resource Collection, GIA Publications, Inc.

LCH = Lumen Christi Hymnal, Illuminare Publications

PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.

SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal – 4th Edition 2011, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

VII = Vatican II Hymnal, Corpus Christi Watershed

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

Choral Music

All Thy Works Praise Thee (W.S. Lloyd Webber) [Novello]
Beati immaculati in via (William Mundy)
Great Thou Art (Robert Roesch)
Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer (Welsh hymn tune)
He Watching Over Israel from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
I Will Exalt You (Peter Hallock) [GIA Publications]
Lord, My Heart Is Open(Daniel Burton) [Shawnee]
Magnificat (Gregorian chant) [ICEL #115, Liber usualis pp.207-218]
Magnificat brevis (Gary Penkala)
Remember Your Love for Me, O God (Eugene Englert)
Seek Ye the Lord (J. Varley Roberts)
Simile est regnum (Cristobal Morales) [Chester]
Soul of Christ, Sanctify Me (Alan Smith)
The Eyes of All Wait upon Thee (Robert E. Smith) [Broude]
The Eyes of All Wait upon Thee (Orlando Gibbons)

Organ Music

Adagio (Tommaso Albinoni)
Ar Hyd Y Nos (Jean Drahmann) [Organist's Companion, June 1984]
Ash Grove (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, October 1980]
Ash Grove (Paul R. Otte) [Organist's Companion, October 1988]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (J.C. Bach) [Organist's Companion, February 1983]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (Georg Böhm) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, January 1996]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (G.F. Kauffmann) [Organist's Companion, February 1984]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg] [Organist's Companion, January 1991]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (Johann Pachelbel) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (Samuel Scheidt) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Be Thou My Vision (Paul Manz) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Chorale Prelude on Holy, Holy, Holy (Beatrice Miller) [Organist's Companion, May 1993]
Chorale Prelude on Mit freuden zart (William J. Ross) [Organist's Companion, April 1988]
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (Hugo Gehrke) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, October 1981]
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come; (James Pethel) [The Sacred Organ Journal, Vol.13, No.2 - Lorenz]
Double Fanfare in C (Charles Ore)
Ebenezer from Two Hymn Tune Preludes for Manuals (Donna N. Robertson)
Elevation (François Couperin)
Finale from Hambleton Suite (Tim Knight)
Grand Fanfare on To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King (Dennis R. Johnson)
Holy, Holy, Holy (Hugh Livingston) [Organist, May 1981]
Hymn Prelude on In Babilone (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
Hymn Prelude on Nicæa (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
Ingressio from Festive Processionals for Organ and Brass (Calvert Shenk)
Lord of All Hopefulness (Ronald Arnatt) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Modal Piece No.1 (Jean Langlais)
Nun freut euch, liben Christen g'mein (Johann Pachelbel; Ludwig Krebs; J.S. Bach)
Partita on Mit freuden zart (Gerhard Krapf) [Concordia 97-4689]
Partita on Nicæa (Charles Callahan) [Morning Star Music Publ]
Partita on Nicæa (Kathleen Scheide) [Organist's Companion, May 1996]
Postlude on In Babilone (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Prelude in the Viennese Classical Style on Mozart (Randolph Currie) [Organist's Companion, September 2000]
Prelude on Ash Grove (Paul Otte, G.W. Cassler)
Prelude on In Babilone (Paul Manz, Wilbur Held, Raymond Haan)
Prelude on Leoni (Richard Proulx) [Augsburg]
Prelude on Mit freuden zart (William Ross, Charles Ore)
Prelude on Old Hundredth (Paul Manz, Jan Bender)
Prelude on Rendez a Dieu (Michael Bayer) from Parish Organist Vol XII
Prelude on Saint Denio (Harold Rohlig)
Prelude on Slane (Gerre Hancock) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
Prelude on Stuttgart (Raymond Haan)
Rendez à Dieu (Robert J. Powell) [Eleven Chorale Preludes on Hymn Tunes - Flammer]
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (David Brensinger) [Organist's Companion, March 1995]
Slane: A Partita for Organ (Robert W. Jones) [Organist's Companion, January 1995]
Solemn Prelude on Leoni (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, July 1989]
Suite for Worship on Slane (Kevin Norris) [Organist's Companion, October 1981]
The God of Abraham Praise (Fritz Lubrich) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King; (Edwin Fissinger) [Six Soft Pieces - WLSM 0-587]
Toccata and Fugue in F (Joahnn Ernst Eberlin)
Toccata-Chorale on Slane (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, February 1986]
Trumpet Processional (Alfred Fedak)
Trumpet Voluntary on Saint George's Windsor; [Organist's Companion, September 1995]
Variations on In Babilone (Raymond Haan) [Flammer]
Variations on Nicæa (Robin Rokey) [Organist's Companion, May 1999]
Variations on Slane (Robin Rokey) [Organist's Companion, January 2000]
Variations on Slane for Violin & Organ (Jan Bender)
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (F.W. Marpurg)
With High Delight (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 2 - Concordia 97-5385]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

Catholic church music programs in the United States have strayed far from the ideal that is outlined for the Entrance Song in the rubrics of the Roman Missal. Paragraph 48 of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal reads: "This chant is sung alternately by the choir and the people or similarly by the cantor and the people, or entirely by the people, or by the choir alone. [… the antiphon with its Psalm from the Graduale Romanum … or the Gradual Simplex may be used …]." While most parishes opt for a standard hymn at the entrance, the rubrical preference for a psalm with antiphon may still be accommodated today. Ideally, we should be singing chant Propers from the official books. If this is not possible, however, there are many published responsorial psalm settings and it should be easy to find a version that matches the entrance psalm specified for each Sunday.

Here is today's specific entrance psalm, and some information about it:

Psalm 78

Called a "Parable of History," Psalm 78 may be associated with the transferral of the sanctuary from Shiloh in the land of Ephraim to Zion in the land of Judah. Twin stories recall God's pattern: gift, sin of man, punishment, new gift. The psalm praises God's goodness despite Israel's ingratitude.

Music SuggestionsThe Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)