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

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Si iniquitates observaveris Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.350]
2. Si iniquitates observaveris Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.566]
3. Si iniquitates observaveris (Samuel Wesley)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. O Lord, if you were to take into account [Simple English Propers, p.319 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. If you, O Lord, laid bare our guilt [Simple Choral Gradual, p.237 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities [Lumen Christi Missal, p.943 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.82, Mode 3 / OCP]
9. If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.669-671]
10. If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.165, with Psalm 130[129] / Liturgical Press]
11. If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #280, with Psalm 130 / Illuminare Publications]
12. 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]
13. If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 100]
14. If You Should Count Each Sinful Deed [tune: Erhalt uns Herr] from Introit Hymns 66 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (A) Si ambulem [Graduale Romanum, p.125]
2. (A) Si ambulem [Gregorian Missal, p.505]
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. Yea, Though I Walk (Arthur Sullivan)
6. Chabanel Psalmody
7. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Qui timent Dominum [Graduale Romanum, p.352]
2. Qui timent Dominum [Gregorian Missal, p.568]
3. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. 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. Recordare mei, Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.352]
2. Recordare mei, Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.569]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. Remember me, O Lord [Simple English Propers, p.320 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. Remember me, Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.238 (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. Remember me, O Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.672-674]
8. By the rivers of Babylon [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #296, with Psalm 137 / 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. Be mindful of me, O Lord [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.5, with Psalm 122]
Communion:
1. Aufer a me opprobrium et contemptum [Graduale Romanum, p.353]
2. Aufer a me opprobrium et contemptum [Gregorian Missal, p.570]
3. Aufer a me opprobrium et contemptum [Communio, p.8 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Choose one Antiphona ad communionem and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Remove from me all scorn and contempt [Simple English Propers, p.321 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Remove from me all scorn and contempt [Choral Communio, p.174 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. The rich suffer want and go hungry [Simple Choral Gradual, p.239 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. When the Lord is revealed [Simple Choral Gradual, p.240 (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. Remove from me all scorn and contempt [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. The rich suffer want and go hungry [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.83, Mode 2 / OCP]
12. When the Lord appears [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.83, Mode 2 / OCP]
13. The rich suffer want and go hungry [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.675-677]
14. When the Lord appears [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.166, with Psalm 63[62] / Liturgical Press]
15. The Lord is good to those who hope [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #320, with Psalm 103 / 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. The rich suffer want and go hungry [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 145]
18. When the Lord appears [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

May Christ Be Our Life (Gary Penkala) from Seven Processionals for the Roman Pilgrimage Basilicas
Praise the Lord, My Soul (Tom Parker) [GIA Publications]
Processional Psalm for Lent Psalm 130 (Richard Proulx) [GIA Publications]
Psalm 34 (Gary Penkala)
Psalm 130 (Christopher Bord)
Psalm for Communion: Taste and See (David O'Donnell)
Taste and See (Gary Penkala)
The Loyal Sheep (Michael Dudis) from Seven Processionals for the Roman Pilgrimage Basilicas

Hymns

All Things Bright and Beautiful(WIII #505, ICEL #221, CH #594, CHB #202, SMH #420, EH #311)
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (HPSC #112, ICEL #130, WIII #737, CBW #536, AH #601, PMB #663, CH #504, CHB #112, SMH #426, EH #347, VII #277, LCH #86)
City of God, Jerusalem (WIII #362)
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (WIII #569, CD #899, CH #532, SMH #487, LCH #101)
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 All the Saints (WIII #705, ICEL #189, HPSC #157, AH #590, HH #287, CBW #617, PMB #187, CH #336, CHB #166, SMH #523, EH #126, VII #263, LCH #153)
Forth in The Name of Christ (HPSC #161, CBW #715)
Give Thanks to God for He Is Good (HPSC #162)
God of Our Fathers (PMB #124, CH #660, WIII #764, ICEL #227, AH #625, HPSC #167, SMH #538, EH #143)
God's Holy Mountain We Ascend (PMB #233)
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)
If You Should Count Each Sinful Deed [tune: Erhalt uns Herr] from Introit Hymns #66 (Christoph Tietze)
In Christ There Is No East or West (WIII #607, HPSC #194, PMB #103, CBW #556, CH #650, SMH #579, EH #263)
In Heavenly Love Abiding (ICEL #210, EH #431, VII #315)
Lead, Kindly Light (ICEL #212, AH #578, CH #455, CHB #234, SMH #607, EH #430, VII #298, LCH #106)
Let All Things Now Living (WIII #559, HPSC #208, CH #567, SMH #612)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (WIII #606, ICEL #163, CH #458, SMH #634, LCH #108)
O Be Joyful in the Lord (HPSC #234, CD #905)
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (HPSC #241, WIII #579, ICEL #237, CBW #640, CH #457, PMB #128, HH #169, AH #624, CHB #249, SMH #661, EH #289, VII #203, LCH #92)
O How Glorious, Full of Wonder (HPSC #243)
Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens, Adore Him (WIII #529, ICEL #243, HPSC #282, PMB #662, CBW #656, CH #573, CHB #259, LCH #83, SMH #718)
Send Down Your Truth, O God (ICEL #215, HH #214, CBW #520)
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (WIII #609, ICEL #165, HPSC #324, AH #580, CH #460, CHB #265, SMH #784, EH #345, VII #269, LCH #109)
The Kingdom of God (WIII #615, CH #550)
The Lord's My Shepherd (CD #832, CH #479, CBW #689, CHB #266)
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

Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (J.S. Bach, Johannes Eccard, Felix Mendelssohn, Michael Praetorius, Johann Hermann Schein, Heinrich Schütz)
City of God (Paul Langston) [Howard Publications]
Complete Thy Work, O Lord (Calvert Shenk)
De profundis (Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Nicolaus Bruhns, Andreas Hammerschmidt , W.A. Mozart, Jeffrey Quick, Jan Pieterson Sweelinck)
Esurientes implevit bonis (Antonio Vivaldi) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Even from the Depth (William Byrd)
God Is My Shepherd (Antonin Dvorak)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (Virgil Thomson)
O Christe Domine Jesu (Jacques Berthier) Music from Taizé [GIA Publications]
O gloriosa virginum (Robert E. Smith) [GIA Publications]
Out of the Deep (John Alcock Sr, Henry Aldrich, John Wall Callcott, John Wall Callcott, Thomas Morley, Thomas Tallis)
Psalm 23 (John Wall Callcott, Maurice Greene, George Alexander Macfarren, Franz Schubert, John Valentine)
Sing to the Lord God (Pergolesi / Burkhardt) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Tantum ergo sacramentum (Christopher Bord)
The God of Love My Shepherd Is (G.F. Handel) [Oxford]
The Lord Is My Shepherd (John Rutter) [Oxford]
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Puccini / DeCesare)
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Charles Villiers Stanford) [Novello]
The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare (William Billings) [Concordia]
The Lord's My Shepherd (Colin Brumby)
The Twenty-third Psalm (Franz Schubert)

Organ Music

All Things Bright and Beautiful (Dennis Johnson) [Organist's Companion, March 2002]
Allegretto (Felix Mendelssohn)
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]
Butresses from Gothic Suite (Gordon Young)
Chaconne in G Major (André Campra) for violin or flute and continuo
Chorale Prelude on Holy, Holy, Holy (Beatrice Miller) [Organist's Companion, May 1993]
Concert Variations on Austrian Hymn (John Knowles Paine) [Collected Works]
Drone, Barcarole, and Glee on Royal Oak (Richard H. Kerr) [Organist's Companion, March 1998]
Duet and Trio on Hyfrydol [Organist's Companion, August]
Ebenezer from Two Hymn Tune Preludes for Manuals (Donna N. Robertson)
Fanfare on Austrian Hymn (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Fantasia on Saint Anne (Alfred Fedak) [Selah Publ Co]
God of Our Fathers (Carlos Staszeski) [Organist's Companion, September 1997]
God the Father, Be Our Stay (Paul Manz)
Holy, Holy, Holy (Hugh Livingston) [Organist, May 1981]
Hyfrydol (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, November 1999]
Hymn Prelude on Nicæa (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost – Flammer]
Intonation & Canzona in d (Michael Starke)
Jubilation Toccata (Dennis Janzer)
Meditation on Saint Columba (Edward G. Mead) [Consoliere VII-2 – World Library Publ]
Movement I from Pastoral Sonata (Josef Rheinberger)
Movement I from Sonata II (Paul Hindemith)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, June 1986]
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (Heinrich Fleischer) [Wedding Music, Part II – Concordia 97-1370]
O Gott du frommer Gott (J.S. Bach)
O Worship the King (Willem Mudde)
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past (George T. Miles) [Parish Organist, Part 3 – Concordia]
Partita on Nicæa (Charles Callahan) [Morning Star Music Publ]
Partita on Nicæa (Kathleen Scheide) [Organist's Companion, May 1996]
Partita on Royal Oak (Robert W. Jones) [Organist's Companion, March 1997]
Partita on Saint Anne (Paul Manz)
Prelude and Fugue in a minor (Dieterich Buxtehude)
Prelude and Fugue in D Major (Dieterich Buxtehude)
Prelude founded on an Old Irish Church Melody (Charles Villiers Stanford) [Organist's Companion, July 1991]
Prelude on Ash Grove (Paul Otte, G.W. Cassler)
Prelude on Brother James' Air (Searle Wright, Charles Ore, Harold Darke)
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Iteke Prins) [Organist's Companion, March 2002]
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Ralph Vaughan Williams) [Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes – Galaxy Music Corp]
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I – Peters 6011]
Prelude on National Hymn (Edward Mead) [Three Preludes]
Prelude on Rendez a Dieu (Michael Bayer) from Parish Organist Vol XII
Prelude on Saint Anne (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, June 1983]
Prelude on Saint Columba (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Meditations on Communion Hymns – Flammer]
Prelude on Saint Columba (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I – Peters 6011]
Rendez à Dieu (Robert J. Powell) [Eleven Chorale Preludes on Hymn Tunes – Flammer]
Saint Columba (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, July 2001]
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, June 1984]
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Gerhard Krapf) [Parish Organist XII – Concordia]
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Robin Milford) [Wedding Music, Part II – Concordia 97-1370]
Toccata and Variation on Hyfrydol (Gordon Young) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 – Sacred Music Press]
Toccata on God of Our Fathers (Craig Penfield) [Organist's Companion, September 1994]
Toccata on Saint Anne (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas – Flammer HF-5009]
Toccata-Prelude on Saint Anne (Garth Edmundson) [J. Fischer & Bros]
Variations on Austria (John Knowles Paine)
Variations on Nicæa (Robin Rokey) [Organist's Companion, May 1999]
Variations on Saint Anne (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, January 2001]
Variations on Sine nomine (Richard Proulx) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Armsdorff, Buxtehude)
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby)

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 130

One of the Psalms of Ascent (Pss. 120-134), this theme is apparent from the depths of verse 1 to the heights of salvation in verse 8. Psalm 130 is also identified as one of the Penitential Psalms. The pilgrim cries to God from the depths, seeking redemption and relief from suffering. The answer: "With the Lord is kindness and plenteous redemption; and he will redeem Israel from all their iniquities."

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