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

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Ego clamavi, quoniam exaudisti me [Graduale Romanum, p.354]
2. Ego clamavi, quoniam exaudisti me [Gregorian Missal, p.571]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. I have called out because you answer me, O God [Simple English Propers, p.323 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. I call upon you, God [Simple Choral Gradual, p.241 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. To you, I call [Lumen Christi Missal, p.944 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. To you, I call [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.84, Mode 3 / OCP]
8. To you, I call [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.678-681]
9. To you, I call [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.167, with Psalm 17[16] / Liturgical Press]
10. To you, I call [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #281, with Psalm 17 / 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. To you, I call [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 100]
13. I Call upon You, Lord [tune: Diademata] from Introit Hymns 67 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Salvum fac populum tuum [Graduale Romanum, p.354]
2. Salvum fac populum tuum [Gregorian Missal, p.572]
3. Salvum fac populum tuum (Anton Bruckner)
4. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Choose one Responsorial Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
6. Chabanel Psalmody
7. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Lauda anima mea Dominum [Graduale Romanum, p.355]
2. Lauda anima mea Dominum [Gregorian Missal, p.573]
3. Lauda anima mea (Robert Führer, Peter Griesbacher)
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. Meditabor in mandatis tuis [Graduale Romanum, p.356]
2. Meditabor in mandatis tuis [Gregorian Missal, p.574]
3. Meditabor in mandatis tuis (Johann Kaspar Aiblinger, Orlando di Lasso, Franz Xaver Witt)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. I shall meditate upon your commandments [Simple English Propers, p.324 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Your commands have been my delight [Simple Choral Gradual, p.242 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of those suggested in #144-157 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.945-949 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. I will meditate on your commandments [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 3 versions, pp.682-684]
9. By the rivers of Babylon [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #296, with Psalm 137 / Illuminare Publications]
10. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
11. I will delight in your commands [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.5, with Psalm 122]
Communion:
1. Domine Dominus noster [Graduale Romanum, p.357]
2. Domine Dominus noster [Gregorian Missal, p.575]
3. Domine Dominus noster [Communio, p.59 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Domine Dominus noster (Orlando di Lasso)
5. O Lord Our Governor (Capel Bond)
6. Choose one Antiphona ad communionem and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
7. O Lord, our governor [Simple English Propers, p.325 (Adam Bartlett)]
8. O Lord, O Lord our governor [Choral Communio, p.176 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
9. See how the eyes of the Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.243 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
10. The Son of Man came to give his life [Simple Choral Gradual, p.244 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
11. Choose one Communion Antiphon from any of those suggested in #158-186 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.949-956 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
12. O Lord our God, how admirable [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
13. Behold, the eyes of the Lord [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.84, Mode 2 / OCP]
14. The Son of Man has come [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.85, Mode 2 / OCP]
15. Behold, the eyes of the Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.853-687]
16. The Son of Man has come [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.168, with Psalm 40[39] / Liturgical Press]
17. O Lord our Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #321, with Psalm 8 / Illuminare Publications]
18. 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]
19. Behold, the eyes of the Lord [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 145]
20. The Son of Man has come [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

Christians, Lift Up Your Hearts (R. Vaughan Williams) [WIII #538]
Faith, Hope and Love (C. Alexander Peloquin) [GIA Publications]

Hymns

All Creatures of Our God and King (WIII #520, HPSC #103, CBW #620, PMB #120, HH #186, AH #600, CH #555, CHB #198, SMH #410, VII #206, LCH #87)
All Glory Be to God on High (CD #909, HPSC #104, WIII #527, SMH #411)
All My Hope on God Is Founded (CD #923, CHB #200, CBW #667, SMH #416)
Alleluia, Alleluia! Sing a New Song to the Lord (HPSC #110, SMH #425)
Faith of Our Fathers (WIII #571, ICEL #186, HPSC #152, CH #634, PMB #149, CBW #603, AH #603, CHB #183, SMH #520, EH #393, VII #208, LCH #90)
Fight the Good Fight (ICEL #187, EH #560)
For the Beauty of the Earth (WIII #557, ICEL #225, HPSC #158, HH #163, CBW #624, PMB #125, CH #562, SMH #524, EH #296, VII #207, LCH #104)
God Is Our Fortress and Our Rock (WIII #575)
God, We Praise You (WIII #535, SMH #540, LCH #125)
Heavenly Hosts in Ceaseless Worship (WIII #522)
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (WIII #524, ICEL #134, HPSC #180, CBW #631, PMB #127, AH #461, CH #568, CHB #222, SMH #561, EH #273, VII #217, LCH #81)
Hope of the World (WIII #565)
I Call upon You, Lord [tune: Diademata] from Introit Hymns #67 (Christoph Tietze)
New Songs of Celebration Render (WIII #533, CBW #659)
Now Thank We All Our God (CBW #674, PMB #30, WIII #560, ICEL #235, HPSC #231, CBW #674, PMB #130, AH #607, CH #570, CHB #246, SMH #641, EH #276, VII #221, LCH #115)
O World of God (CD #915)
O Worship the King (AH #483, CH #571, HH #201, HPSC #268, PMB #138, CHB #255, SMH #689, EH #288, LCH #91)
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (WIII #528, ICEL #246, HPSC #301, HH #203, SMH #749, VII #219)
Thanks Be to God (WIII #526, CBW #678)
The God of Abraham Praise (WIII #537, ICEL #239, HPSC #320, EH #285)
What Shall I Render to the Lord (HPSC #349, SMH #826)
When in Our Music God Is Glorified (WIII #549, PMB #154, CH #583)

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 Things Bright and Beautiful (arr. Jonathan Brannon)
Ascribe unto the Lord (S.S. Wesley) [Novello]
Cantate Domine (Giovanni Gabrieli, Hans Leo Hassler, J.P. Sweelinck, Ludovico da Viadana, Orazio Vecchi)
Christ Is the Heavenly Food (Roger Petrich)
Herr, unser Herrscher, wie herrlich ist dein Nam' (Heinrich Schütz, Johann Staden)
I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ (Sam Batt Owens)
In Joyous Psalms Praise Ye the Lord (Heinrich Schütz) [Chantry]
Jesus and the Pharisees (Melchior Franck) [Concordia]
Laudamus te from Gloria in D (Antonio Vivaldi) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Laudate Dominum (Jacques Berthier) [Music from Taize/ see WIII #519]
Laudate pueri Dominum (G.S. Geiger)
Loquebar de testimoniis (Heinrich Isaac)
Lord, Our Creator from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
My Soul, Praise Thou the Lord Always (John Alcock Jr, John Farmer)
O How Glorious is the Kingdom (Harold Owen)
O Sing unto the Lord a New Song (R. Evan Copley, Henry Purcell, Thomas Morley)
O Thou to Whom All Creatures Bow (Joseph Stephenson)
Psalm 148 (Rev. Joseph Gelineau) [GIA Publications]
Salvator mundi (Tallis / Kenney)
Salve Regina (Msgr. Anthony Mancini)
Sing to the Lord God; (Pergolesi / Burkhardt) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Sing unto the Lord a New Song (François Couperin) [Concordia]
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Johann Pachelbel)
Suscipe (Gary Penkala)
Te Deum laudamus (Gregorian chant) [Liber cantualis, p.101] [Liber usualis, p.1834]
Te Deum laudamus (Calvert Shenk)
You Are God: We Praise You (arr. Richard Proulx) [GIA #G-4577]

Organ Music

Adagio from Symphony V (Charles-Marie Widor)
All Creatures of Our God and King (Paul Manz) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
All Glory Be to God on High (J.S. Bach) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
All Glory Be to God on High (J.S. Bach) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
All Glory Be to God on High (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday - Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
All Glory Be to God on High (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
All Glory Be to God on High (Johann Pachelbel) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Andreas Armsdorf) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.C. Bach) [Organist's Companion, June 1980]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Georg Böhm) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.P. Kirnberger) [Organist's Companion, October 1982]
Allein Gott in der Höh (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg] [Organist's Companion, July 1998]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, August 1982]
Allein Gott in der Höh (David Polley) [Organist's Companion, May 1989]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.C.H. Rinck) [Organist's Companion, July 1992]
Allein Gott in der Höh (G.P. Telemann) [Organist's Companion, July 1995]
Allein Gott in der Höh (A.N. Vetter) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, October 1984]
Allein Gott in der Höh (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Organist's Companion, June 1984]
Alleluya (William Faulkes) [A Victorian Organ Album - Oxford]
Andante sostenuto (Charles-Marie Widor)
Bicinium on All Glory Be to God on High (J.P. Sweelinck) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
Canzona in d minor (J.S. Bach)
Chorale Fantasia on Lasst uns erfreuen (Flor Peeters)
Chorale Prelude on Mit freuden zart (William J. Ross) [Organist's Companion, April 1988]
Chorale Toccata on Lasst uns erfreuen (R. Evan Copley) [H.W. Gray]
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, July 1998]
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on General Hymns - Morning Star Music Publ 10-830]
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Alessandra Ward) [Organist's Companion, October 1988]
Faith of Our Fathers (Jack C. Goode) [Organist's Companion, October 1983]
Faith of Our Fathers (Burton Isaac)
God of Grace (Paul Manz)
Grosser Gott from Two Trios on Catholic Hymn Tunes (David Lasky)
Grosser Gott wir loben dich (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Heinrich Fleischer) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Pentecost Season - Concordia 97-5517]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday - Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
Lasst uns erfreuen; (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, May 2001]
Now Thank We All Our God (Jan Bender) [Parish Organist, Part 9: Wedding Music - Concordia]
Now Thank We All Our God (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
Now Thank We All Our God (Paul Manz) [Five Hymn Improvisations for Wedding or General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
Now Thank We All Our God (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
Now Thank We All Our God (Piet Post) [Triptych for Organ - Augsburg]
Now Thank We All Our God (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.S. Bach) from Cantata No.79 [Mercury Music W-142; H.W. Gray Publ - St.Cec.No.868]
Nun danket alle Gott (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Joyce Jones Christmas Album]
Nun danket alle Gott (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, September 1995]
Nun danket alle Gott (Sigfrid Karg-Elert) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
Nun danket alle Gott (G.F. Kaufmann) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.C. Kellner) [Organist's Companion, September 1994]
Nun danket alle Gott (M.F.A. Koehler) [Organist's Companion, October 1986]
Nun danket alle Gott (Michael Krentz) [Organist's Companion, September 1991]
Nun danket alle Gott (Selmar Müller) [Organist's Companion, October 1983]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.C. Oley) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
Nun danket alle Gott (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.E. Rembt) [Organist's Companion, September 1989]
O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort; (J.S. Bach)
O Worship the King (Willem Mudde) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
O Worship the King (Robert Powell) [Organist's Companion, June 1984]
Partita on Dix (Dennis Janzer)
Partita on Mit freuden zart (Gerhard Krapf) [Concordia 97-4689]
Partita on O Worship the King (Randolph Currie) [Organist's Companion, September 1996]
Passacaglia in d minor (Dieterich Buxtehude)
Postlude and Chorale on Grosser Gott (Michael Sullivan) [Organist's Companion, May 1991]
Postlude on Lasst uns erfreuen (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Prelude and Chorale: Now Thank We All Our God (G.F. Kauffmann) [Consoliere IV-4 - World Library Publ]
Prelude in G Major (J.S. Bach)
Prelude on Allein Gott in der Höh (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, August 1985]
Prelude on Grosser Gott (Michael Sullivan)
Prelude on Hanover (Gordon Young) [Seven Chorale Preludes]
Prelude on Lasst uns erfreuen (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, June 1980]
Prelude on Leoni (Richard Proulx) [Augsburg]
Prelude on Mit freuden zart (William Ross, Charles Ore)
Prelude on Nettleton (Paul Manz) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Prelude on Nun danket alle Gott (Bach, Kaufmann, Karg-Elert, Manz, Held, Schack, Buxtehude, Krentz, Oley)
Prelude on Rendez a Dieu (Michael Bayer) [Parish Organist, Vol XII]
Prelude on Saint Catherine (James F. Konkel) [Organist's Companion, September 1992]
Reflection on Saint Catherine (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, October 1984]
Rendez à Dieu (Robert J. Powell) [Eleven Chorale Preludes on Hymn Tunes - Flammer]
Saint Catherine(David S. Harris) [Ten Hymn Preludes in Trio Style - Belwin-Mills]
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (David Brensinger) [Organist's Companion, March 1995]
Solemn Prelude on Leoni (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, July 1989]
Sonata V in D Major (Felix Mendelssohn)
Soul, Adorn Thyself with Glory (Charles Ore)
Thanksgiving Prelude on Nun danket alle Gott (Edward G. Mead) [Consoliere VI-4 - World Library Publ]
The God of Abraham Praise (Fritz Lubrich) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Toccata on Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Kevin Norris) [H.W. Gray]
Trumpet Tune (Maurice Greene)
Variations on Lasst uns erfreuen (Thomas Bohlert) [Organist's Companion, June 1988]
Variations on the Chorale Nun danket (Stephen McManus)
Voluntary from Village Suite (Tim Knight)
Warum betrubst du dich, mein Herz (Johann Pachelbel)
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 17

This lament is one of five psalms titled, "Prayer" (Pss. 78, 86, 90, 102, 142). The psalmist prays while being oppressed by his enemies, addressing to God a plea for hearing (vv.1-6), a plea for mercy (vv.7-12), and a plea for deliverance (vv.13-15). As one unjustly accused, he takes refuge in the temple "court" to await settlement of his "trial" with the Lord. "The fervant petition of a holy man is powerful indeed." (James 5:16)

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