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The Fourth Sunday of Easter (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Other liturgical music

Hymns

  • At the Lamb's High Feast (WIII #459, ICEL #65, HH #102, CBW #563, AH #411, CH #268, CHB #73, SMH #224, EH #89, VII #353)
  • Give Thanks to God for He Is Good (HPSC #162)
  • God of Gods, We Sound His Praises (HPSC #166)
  • My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (WIII #606, ICEL #163, CH #458, SMH #420)
  • The King of Love My Shepherd Is (WIII #609, ICEL #165, HPSC #324, AH #580, CH #460, CHB #265, SMH #563/4, EH #345, VII #269)
  • The Living God My Shepherd Is (WIII #612, CD #831, CBW #690)
  • The Lord's My Shepherd (CD #832, CH #479, CBW #689, CHB #266)
  • This Is the Feast of Victory (WIII #458, CH #265)
  • This Is the Lord's Day (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
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.
PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.
SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal – 3rd Edition 2003, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN
VII = Vatican II Hymnal, Corpus Christi Watershed
WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

Choral Music

  • All We Like Sheep from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
  • Alleluia! For Christ the Lord Is Risen from Cantata 207 (J.S. Bach)
  • Alleluia from Preiset dem Herrn (J.S. Bach)
  • And with His Stripes from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
  • Easter Psalm (Gary Penkala)
  • He Shall Feed His Flock from Messiah (Handel / Burkhardt) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
  • Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep (arr. Ludwig Lenel) [Concordia]
  • My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (arr. Virgil Thomson)
  • Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us (Claude Means)
  • Sheep May Safely Graze (J.S. Bach)
  • The Lord Is My Shepherd from Glorious (Abraham Kaplan)
  • The Lord Is My Shepherd (Maurice Green) [Oxford]
  • The Lord Is My Shepherd (César Franck)
  • The Lord Is My Shepherd (Puccini/DeCesare)
  • The Lord's My Shepherd (Colin Brumby)
  • Twenty-third Psalm (Franz Schubert)
  • Two Easter Anthems (Colin Brumby)

Organ Music

  • A Meditation on Brother James' Air (Harold Darke)
  • Alle Menschen müßen sterben (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
  • Alle Menschen müßen sterben (C. Karow) [Organist's Companion, February 1986]
  • Alle Menschen müßen sterben (J.L. Krebs) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • Alle Menschen müßen sterben (Johann Pachelbel) [Collected Works IV - Kalmus 3763] [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford] [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
  • Alle Menschen müßen sterben (G.P. Telemann) [Organist's Companion, January 1990]
  • Alle Menschen müßen sterben (J.G. Walther) [Organist's Companion, January 1992]
  • At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Easter Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-402]
  • At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 4 - Concordia 97-6013]
  • At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Ralph Schultz) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
  • Erstanden ist der Heilige Christ (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
  • Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ (J.G. Walther) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
  • Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense (Max Reger) from Chorale Preludes for the Church Year, Opus 67 [Carl Fischer Co.]
  • Meditation on Saint Columba (Edward G. Mead) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
  • My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, June 1986]
  • Partita on Belmont (Don Freudenburg) [Organist's Companion, May 1989]
  • Prelude Founded on an Old Irish Church Melody (Charles Villiers Stanford) [Organist's Companion, July 1991]
  • Prelude on At the Lamb's High Feast (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Easter Season [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-402]
  • Prelude on Belmont (Carlos Staszeski) [Organist's Companion, May 1990]
  • Prelude on Belmont (John Barr) [Organist's Companion, July 1996]
  • Prelude on Bradbury (John Barr) [Organist's Companion, July 1996]
  • Prelude on Brother James' Air (Searle Wright) [Oxford 93-P-103
  • Prelude on God of Grace (Paul Manz) from Five Hymn Improvisations for Wedding and General Use [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-850]
  • Prelude on Saint Columba (Peter P. Stearns)
  • Prelude on Saint Columba (Healey Willan) from Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set I [Peters Edition #6011]
  • 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]
  • The Lord's My Shepherd (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 4 - Concordia 97-6013]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

This is "Good Shepherd Sunday." Look through your settings of Psalm 23 and Psalm 100 (vocal, choral and organ). Use several of these... and how long has it been since you've presented the standards: "He Shall Feed His Flock" (G.F. Handel) and "Sheep May Safely Graze" (J.S. Bach). This is also a World Day of Prayer for Vocations. For those responsible for diocesan ordination liturgies, we offer the following suggestions:

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