Music Suggestions
The Fourth Sunday of Lent [Lætare] (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Lætare Ierusalem [Graduale Romanum, p.108]
2. Lætare Ierusalem [Gregorian Missal, p.259]
3. In tribulatione [Graduale simplex, p.102]
4. In tribulatione mea (Ascanio Trombetti)
5. Rejoice, O Jerusalem [Simple English Propers, p.75 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. Rejoice, Jerusalem [Lumen Christi Missal, p.920 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. Rejoice, Jerusalem [Simple Choral Gradual, p.59 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Rejoice, Jerusalem [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.22, Mode 5 / OCP]
9. Rejoice, Jerusalem [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.187-189 / Ignatius Press]
10. Rejoice, Jerusalem [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.46, with Psalm 122[121] / Liturgical Press]
11. Rejoice, Jerusalem [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #196, with Psalm 122 / Illuminare Publications]
12. In my distress [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.48, with Psalm 118 / Liturgical Press]
13. Rejoice, Jerusalem! [tune: Truro] from Introit Hymns #18 (Christoph Tietze)
14. Rejoice, Jerusalem [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 51]
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Lætatus sum [Graduale Romanum, p.336]
2. Lætatus sum [Gregorian Missal, p.260]
3. Lætatus sum (Adam Gumpelzhaimer, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi)
4. Adiutor in tribulationibus [Graduale simplex, p.103]
5. The Lord will be a refuge (George J. Webb)
6. Domine, exaudi vocem meam [Graduale simplex, p.104]
7. Domine exaudi vocem (David Thoman)
8. Psalm 9: The Lord is a stronghold [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.49 / Liturgical Press]
9. Chabanel Psalmody
10. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
11. Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Tract (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Qui confidunt [Graduale Romanum, p109]
2. Qui confidunt [Gregorian Missal, p.261]
3. Qui verbum Dei [Graduale simplex, p.105]
4. De profundis [Graduale simplex, p.106]
5. Psalm 130: Out of the depths [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.50 / Liturgical Press]
6. Keep the word of God [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.51 / Liturgical Press]
7. Psalm 130: Out of the depths [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.51 / Liturgical Press]
8. De profundis (Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Nicolaus Bruhns, Josquin des Prez, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Estêvão Lopes Morago, W.A. Mozart, Jan Pietersoon Sweelinck)
Offertory:
1. (A/B) Laudate Dominum [Graduale Romanum, p.110]
2. (A/B) Laudate Dominum [Gregorian Missal, p.262]
3. Bonum est confiteri [Graduale simplex, p.106]
4. Bonum est confiteri (Robert Führer, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
5. (A/B) Praise the Lord, for he is loving [Simple English Propers, p.76 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. The Lord does whatever he wills [Simple Choral Gradual, p.60 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. (A/B) Praise the Lord, for he is good [Lumen Christi Missal, p.920 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.190-192 / Ignatius Press]
9. (A/B) Praise the Lord, for he is good [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #197, with Psalm 135 / Illuminare Publications]
10. It is good to give thanks [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.51, with Psalm 92 / Liturgical Press]
11. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good[Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.3, with Psalm 91]
Communion:
1. (A) Lutum fecit [Graduale Romanum, p.111]
2. (A) Lutum fecit [Gregorian Missal, p.264]
3. Introibo ad altare Dei [Graduale simplex, p.107]
4. (A) Lutum fecit [Communio, p.135 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
5. Jerusalem, built as a city [Simple English Propers, p.78 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. (A) The Lord made some clay [Choral Communio, p.36 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. (A) The Lord rubbed my eyes [Simple Choral Gradual, p.61 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. The Lord made some clay [Simple English Propers, p.79 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
9. (A) The Lord anointed my eyes [Lumen Christi Missal, p.921 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
10. (A) I washed myself [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. (A) The Lord anointed my eyes [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year, p.22 / Mode 6 (Columba Kelly OSB) OCP]
12. (A) The Lord anointed my eyes [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.193-195 / Ignatius Press]
13. (A) The Lord anointed my eyes [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.47, with Psalm 145 / Liturgical Press]
14. (A) The Lord anointed my eyes [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #199, with Psalm 27 / Illuminare Publications]
15. I will go to the altar of God [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.52, with Psalms 43,42 / Liturgical Press]
16. (A) The Lord anointed my eyes [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.5, with Psalm 130]
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Mass XVII (Adventus et Quadragesimæ)
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
Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
Mass Propers for Lent (Gary Penkala)
My Shepherd Is the Lord (Joseph Gelineau)
Psalm 130 (Christopher Bord)
Serve God in Love (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals
The Lord Is My Shepherd (James Testa) [GIA Publications]
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 Is the World's Light (CBW #543, HPSC #130, WIII #543, CD #897, EH #258)
Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies (HPSC #132, CH #424, EH #153, LCH #168)
God Is My Strong Salvation (HPSC #165, ICEL #208, CH #646, HH #302)
God, You Are Clothed in Light (HH #81)
He Healed the Darkness of My Mind (WIII #749)
I Lift My Eyes to You, O Lord (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (HPSC #199)
Jesus Calls Us Out of Darkness (HH #62)
My Song Is Love Unknown (CH #258, HH #90, WIII #439, CHB #65, SMH #635, LCH #47)
Now Let Us All With One Accord (HH #85)
O Christ, You Are the Light of Day (HH #87, CBW #723)
Safe in the Hands of God (HPSC #291)
Take Up Your Cross (WIII #634, ICEL #51, HPSC #309, CD #927, PMB #44, HH #68, CBW #485, CH #651, SMH #770, LCH #48)
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)
Word of God, Come Down on Earth (CBW #559, WIII #513, HPSC #355, PMB #105, CH #654)

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

Attende Domine (Matthew Koraus)
Ave Regina cælorum (Peter Latona)
Be in My Seeing (Wayne L. Wold) [Selah Publishing Co]
Behold the Lamb of God from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
By the Pool of Bethesda (Leo Sowerby)
God Is My Shepherd (Antonin Dvorak)
God So Loved the World from The Crucifixion (John Stainer)
God So Loved the World (Melchior Vulpius) [Concordia]
God Was in Jesus (Johannes Herbst) [Boosey & Hawkes]
Greater Love Hath No Man (John Ireland)
Humbly I Adore Thee (J. David Hart)
Lætare Jerusalem (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit for Lent IV [Liber usualis, p.559]
Miserere mei Domine (Calvert Shenk)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (arr. Marie Pooler, arr. Virgil Thomson)
Now Are Ye Light in the Lord (Healey Willan) [Concordia]
O God, Thou Faithful God (Johannes Brahms)
O Savior of the World (John Goss)
Sitientes, venite ad aquas (T.L. de Victoria) [Ricordi]
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs (R. Evan Copley)
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
Suscepit Israel from Magnificat in D (J.S. Bach)
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (arr. Eugene Englert) [GIA Publications]
The Lord Is My Shepherd (G.A. Homilius) [Broude] (John Rutter) [Oxford] (C.V. Stanford)
The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare (William Billings) [Concordia]
The Twenty-third Psalm (Franz Schubert)
Tristis est anima mea (G.B.Martini / ed. Andrea Angelini)
Wondrous Love (arr. Paul Christiansen) [Augsburg]

Organ Music

Rubrics indicate that the organ remain silent during Lent, except on Læetare Sunday or on other solemnities or festive days or at any time to accompany singing. Organ music may then be used today during Mass, as solo preludes, meditations and postludes, in addition to accompanying singing. It should, however, still retain a Lenten flavor and not be overly exuberant, which would detract from the festivity of Easter.

Adagio (Roger Nyquest)
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht (Georg Böhm) from The Church Organist's Golden Treasury, Vol.1 [Oliver Ditson Co.]
Christus, der uns selig macht (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
Christus, der ist mein Leben (Sigfid Karg-Elert)
Hymnus tempore quadragesimali (Samuel Scheidt)
Intonation and Canzona in d minor (Michael Starke)
Meditation on Adoro te devote (Alfred Fedak) [Selah Publishing Co]
Variations on Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht (Georg Böhm)
Prelude on Christe Redemptor (C. Hubert H. Parry, Healey Willan)
Variations on Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht (Georg Böhm)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

This is Lætare Sunday, a title derived from the opening text of the Latin proper Introit: "Lætare, Ierusalem…" (Rejoice, Jerusalem). What an opportunity is missed if we musicians don't sing that lovely Gregorian Introit, with perhaps a note in a liturgy sheet explaining its connection with the title of the Sunday. Of course, rose vestments should be worn, the organ should be played, and flowers (of a subdued, Lenten sort) should adorn the sanctuary. Otherwise, this is just another Sunday in Lent.

Music SuggestionsThe Fourth Sunday of Lent [Lætare] (A)