Music Suggestions
The Second Sunday of Lent (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Tibi dixit cor meum [Graduale Romanum, p.88]
2. Tibi dixit cor meum [Gregorian Missal, p.246]
3. Reminiscere miserationum [Graduale Romanum, p.81]
4. Reminiscere miserationum [Gregorian Missal, p.247]
5. Reminiscere miserationum (Carlo Gesualdo)
6. Assumpsit Iesus [Graduale simplex, p.288]
7. My heart declared to you [Simple English Propers, p.63 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
8. My heart has prompted me [Simple Choral Gradual, p.51 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
9. Remember your mercies, Lord [Simple English Propers, p.64 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
10. Remember your mercies, Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.50 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
11. Of you my heart has spoken [Lumen Christi Missal, p.918 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
12. Remember your compassion, O Lord [Lumen Christi Missal, p.918 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
13. Of you my heart has spoken [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.18, Mode 3 / OCP]
14. Remember your compassion, O Lord [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.19, Mode 4 / OCP]
15. Of you my heart has spoken [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.158-160 / Ignatius Press]
16. Remember your compassion, O Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.161-163 / Ignatius Press]
17. Of you my heart has spoken [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.41, with Psalm 27[26] / Liturgical Press]
18. Of you my heart has spoken [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #187, with Psalm 27 / Illuminare Publications]
19. Remember your compassion, O Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #188, with Psalm 25 / Illuminare Publications]
20. Jesus took his disciples up the mountain [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.214, with Psalm 84 / Liturgical Press]
21. Of you my heart has spoken [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 51]
22. Remember your compassion, O Lord [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 51]
23. Call to Remembrance, O Lord (Richard Farrant, John Wall Callcott))
24. My Heart Declared to You, O Lord [tune: Breslau] from Introit Hymns #16 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Sciant gentes [Graduale Romanum, p.88]
2. Sciant gentes [Gregorian Missal, p.248]
3. Miserere nostri Domine [Graduale simplex, p.98]
4. Miserere nostri Domine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Ascanio Trombetti)
5. Psalm 21: Splendor and majesty [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.215 / Liturgical Press]
6. Chabanel Psalmody
7. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
8. Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Tract (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Commovisti Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.89]
2. Commovisti Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.249]
3. Non in solo pane [Graduale simplex, p.99]
4. Qui confidunt [Graduale simplex, p.99]
5. Psalm 123: Have mercy on us, O Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.44 / Liturgical Press]
6. We do not live on bread alone [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.45 / Liturgical Press]
7. Variety, without Method (William Billings)
Offertory:
1. Meditabor in mandatis tuis [Graduale Romanum, p.356]
2. Meditabor in mandatis tuis [Gregorian Missal, p.250]
3. Meditabor in mandatis tuis (Johann Kaspar Aiblinger, Franz Xaver Witt)
4. Faciamus hic [Graduale simplex, p.291]
5. I shall meditate upon your commandments [Simple English Propers, p.65 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. I will worship your commands [Simple Choral Gradual, p.52 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. I will ponder your statutes [Lumen Christi Missal, p.918 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. I delight in your commands [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.164-166 / Ignatius Press]
9. I will ponder your statutes [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #189, with Psalm 119 / Illuminare Publications]
10. Let us make here three tabernacles [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.217, with Psalm 133 / Liturgical Press]
11. I will delight in your commands [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.3, with Psalm 91]
Communion:
1. Visionem quam vidistis [Graduale Romanum, p.59]
2. Visionem quam vidistis [Gregorian Missal, p.252]
3. Visionem quam vidistis [Graduale simplex, p.292]
4. Visionem quam vidistis [Communio, p.296 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
5. Tell no one about the vision you have seen [Simple English Propers, p.66 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. Tell no one about the vision you have seen [Choral Communio, p.30 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. This is my Son, my beloved [Simple Choral Gradual, p.53 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Tell no one the vision you have seen [Lumen Christi Missal, p.918 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
9. This is my beloved Son [Lumen Christi Missal, p.919 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
10. Tell no one what you have seen [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. This is my beloved Son [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.19, Mode 1 / OCP]
12. This is my beloved Son [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.167-169 / Ignatius Press]
13. This is my beloved Son [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.42, with Psalm 29[28] / Liturgical Press]
14. Tell no one the vision you have seen [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #190, with Psalm 45 / Illuminare Publications]
15. This is my beloved Son [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #191, with Psalm 29 / Illuminare Publications]
16. Tell no one of the vision you have seen [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.218, with Psalm 45 / Liturgical Press]
17. This is my beloved Son [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.5, with Psalm 130]
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Mass XVII (Adventus et Quadragesimae)
2. Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
3. Missa Deus Genitor alme (Harry McMurray)
4. Wondrous Love: A Mass for Lent (J. William Greene)

Other liturgical music

At the Cross Her Station Keeping (Christopher Bord)
Chant Booklet, Volume 4 (ed. Chris Bord) with chant Mass for Lent
Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
May Christ Be Our Life (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals
Psalm 27 (Randall DeBruyn) [OCP]
Psalm 130 Christopher Bord)
Search Me, Lord (Alex Hill)
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)
You Will Not Be Strangers Music for the Dismissal Rite (Alex Hill)

Hymns

Christ upon the Mountain Peak (WIII #701, CD #820)
Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies (HPSC #132, CH #424, EH #153, LCH #168)
God, You Are Clothed with Light (HH #81)
How Good, Lord, to Be Here (HH #74, WIII #700)
More Ancient Than the Primal World (HH #75)
My God, How Wonderful You Are (HPSC #224, EH #284)
O Lord of Light, Who Made the Stars (PMB #3)
O Raise Your Eyes on High and See (HH #76)
O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair! (HH #77, HPSC #267, CH #512, EH #119, LCH #145, SMH #687)
The Glory of These Forty Days (AH #363, CBW #581, HH #72, HPSC #319, WIII #422, SMH #781, VII #243, LCH #41)
Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here (WIII #700, HH #74, CH #518, CHB #100, SMH #799)
What Wondrous Love Is This? (CD #822, WIII #600, HH #95, PMB #157, ICEL #164, CH #530, HH #95, SMH #828, LCH #50)

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

Adoramus te, Christe (Robert Boulware)
Adoramus te Christe (Antonio Lotti)
Anima Christi (Calvert Shenk)
Ave Regina cælorum (Calvert Shenk)
Ave verum corpus (W.A. Mozart)
Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Fauré)
Cast Thy Burden from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
Father, Lead Me Day by Day (Hal Hopson)
Kyrie from Missa cum jubilo (Maurice Duruflé)
Miserere mei Domine (Calvert Shenk)
Psalm 130 (Paul Manz)
Remember Your Love for Me, O God (Eugene Englert)
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs (R. Evan Copley)
The Sorrows of My Heart (William Boyce)
Tristis est anima mea (G.B.Martini / ed. Andrea Angelini)
Wondrous Love (arr. Douglas Wagner)

Organ Music

Rubrics indicate that the organ remain silent during Lent, except on Lætare Sunday or on other solemnities or festive days or at any time to accompany singing. Hence organ preludes and postludes should not be played (except on Lætare Sunday). Music for non-liturgical services might be chosen from the following:

Ah, Dearest Jesus (Wilbur Held) from A Suite of Passion Hymn Settings [Concordia 97-4843]
Prelude on Rathbun (Seth Bingham)
Versets for the Kyrie from Messa della domenica (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
Wondrous Love (David N. Johnson) [Augsburg]
Wondrous Love from Three Hymn Tune Preludes (Rev. Brian Muzas)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

The Transfiguration event dominates today's liturgy. After last week's warning of the inevitable struggle with evil (the Temptation of Christ), the Church today asks us to meditate on the glories which are ours if we but persevere and remain faithful to God and his Christ. A touch of "glory" should invade our music today.

Music SuggestionsThe Second Sunday of Lent (A)