Music Suggestions
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Venite, adoremus [Graduale Romanum, p.271]
2. Venite, adoremus [Gregorian Missal, p.446]
3. Venite, adoremus (Johann Kaspar Aiblinger)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Come, let us worship God [Simple English Propers, p.196 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. Come, let us worship the Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.145 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. O come, let us worship (Thurlow Weed)
8. O come, let us worship God [Lumen Christi Missal, p.937 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
9. O come, let us worship God [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.47, Mode 1 / OCP]
10. O come, let us worship God [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.453-455 / Ignatius Press]
11. O come, let us worship God [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.114, with Psalm 95[94] / Liturgical Press]
12. O come, let us worship God [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #257, with Psalm 95 / Illuminare Publications]
13. Choose an Entrance Antiphon from one of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
14. O come, let us worship God [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 95]
15. Bow Down before the Lord [tune: Darwall's 148th] from Introit Hymns #40 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (A) Dispersit dedit [Graduale Romanum, p.520]
2. (A) Dispersit dedit [Gregorian Missal, p.447]
3. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. Choose a Responsorial Psalm from one of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
5. Chabanel Psalmody
6. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Laudate Dominum [Graduale Romanum, p.273]
2. Laudate Dominum [Gregorian Missal, p.449]
3. Laudate Dominum (Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Martin Francisco de Cruzelaegui, L. B. Est, Hans Leo Hassler, G.F. Handel, Orlando di Lasso, Caludio Monteverdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Lorenzo Perosi, Johann Baptist Schiedermayr, Jan Pieters Sweelinck, Georg Philipp Telemann, Tom´s Luis de Victoria, Antonio Vivaldi, Jan Dismas Zelenka)
4. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Choose an Alleluia or Alleluia Psalm from one of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
6. O all ye nations of the Lord (John Mundy)
7. O praise the Lord (Adrian Batten, Edward John Hopkins)
8. Praise our Lord all ye Gentiles (William Byrd)
Offertory:
1. Perfice gressus [Graduale Romanum, p.273]
2. Perfice gressus [Gregorian Missal, p.450]
3. Perfice gressus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Franz Xavier Witt)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Render secure my footsteps [Simple English Propers, p.197 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. Display your great love [Simple Choral Gradual, p.146 (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. Make my steps steadfast [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.456-458 / Ignatius Press]
9. I trust in you, O Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #293, with Psalm 31 / Illuminare Publications]
10. Choose an Offertory Antiphon and Psalm from one of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
11. My steps have been steadfast [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.3, with Psalm 103]
Communion:
1. (A/C) Introibo ad altare Dei [Graduale Romanum, p.274]
2. (A/C) Introibo ad altare Dei [Gregorian Missal, p.451]
3. (A/C) Introibo ad altare Dei [Communio, p.125 (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. A multitude with diseases [Simple English Propers, p.199 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. (A/C) I will go in to the altar of God [Choral Communio, p.107 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. Give praise to the Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.147 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Happy are the sorrowing [Simple Choral Gradual, p.148 (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. (A/C) I will go to the altar of God Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)
11. Let them thank the Lord [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.48, Mode 8 / OCP]
12. Blessed are those who mourn [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.48, Mode 1 / OCP]
13. Let them thank the Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.459-461 / Ignatius Press]
14. Let them thank the Lord [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.115, with Psalm 107[106] / Liturgical Press]
15. I will come to the altar [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #301, with Psalm 43 / Illuminare Publications]
16. Choose a Communion Antiphon and Psalm from one of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
17. Let them thank the Lord [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.6, with Psalm 19]
18. Blessed are those who mourn [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.6, with Psalm 19]
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)

Other liturgical music

Come, Let Us Worship (Howard Hughes, SM)
Common Psalms for Schools and Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Gospel Acclamation for Ordinary Time (Gary Penkala)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Randall DeBruyn) [Oregon Catholic Press]
Sustain Us, Lord (J. William Greene)

Hymns

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)
Christ Is the World's Light (CBW #543, HPSC #130, WIII #543, CD #897, EH #258)
Come, Follow Me (HPSC #134)
Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go (WIII #627, HPSC #160, CBW #550, CH #641, CD #895, CBW #550)
God, Whose Almighty Word (WIII #486, HH #190, CH #308, LCH #105)
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (PMB #118, WIII #512, ICEL #233, HH #193, CH #566, CHB #225, SMH #578, EH #301, LCH #88)
New Songs of Celebration Render (WIII #533, CBW #659)
O Christ, the Healer (WIII #747, CH #406)
O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts (WIII #605, ICEL #139, HH #249, CH #510, SMH #665, EH #485)
O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (CH #534, SMH #666, VII #290)
O Praise Ye the Lord (HPSC #259, CBW #649, WIII #539, ICEL #238, CD #906, CHB #253)
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (WIII #530, HPSC #279, ICEL #242, CBW #650, PMB #123, AH #611, CHB #258, CH #513, SMH #716, EH #282, VII #216, LCH #80)
The Living God My Shepherd Is (WIII #612, CD #831, CBW #690)
Thy Love, O God, Has All Mankind Created (CD #914, WIII #638])
With All My Powers of Heart and Tongue (HPSC #352)
Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old (WIII #750)

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

And Then Shall Your Light from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
Beatus vir (Carissimi, Monteverdi, Perti, Vivaldi)
Eternal Light, Shine in Our Hearts (Tim Knight)
Gloria from Mass in D (Antonin Dvorak)
Green Fields (arr. Virgil Thomson)
Jubilate Deo (Jacques Berthier/Taize Community) [GIA Publications]
Let Your Light Shine So Brightly (William Whythbrooke)
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J.S. Bach)
O Grant Me Wisdom (Gary Penkala)
O Happy the Man (Henry Purcell) [Novello]
O Jesus King Most Wonderful (Christopher Tye)
O Send forth Thy Light (Elizabeth Lademan)
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright (John Reese)
Prayer of the Venerable Bede (Robert Benson)
Sanctus (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
Tantum ergo Sacramentum (Christopher Bord)
Teach Me, O Lord (Thomas Attwood, William Byrd)
There Is a Balm (arr. William Dawson)
Three Sacred Rounds (Colin Brumby)

Organ Music

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 - McAfee Music Corp]
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 - McAfee Music Corp]
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]
Andante sostenuto (Hermann Schroeder)
Bicinium on All Glory Be to God on High (J.P. Sweelinck) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies from Two Hymn Tune Postludes from Manuals (Donna Robertson)
Elevation (François Couperin)
Fanfare on Lauda anima (Robert Hughes) [Organist, January 1982]
selections from Fifty Devotional Pieces (Dom Paul Benoit)
Fugue No.3 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Herzliebster Jesu (J.S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Charles Ore, Wilbur Held, Carl Schalk, Flor Peeters, Ernst Pepping, Camil van Hulse, Helmut Walcha)
Immortal, Invisible (Harold Rohlig) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Intonation and Canzona in d minor (Michael Stark)
Italian Hymn (Robin Dinda) [Organist's Companion, June 1987]
Italian Hymn (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, May 1998]
Italian Hymn (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, October 1981]
Jesu, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts (Craig Penfield) [Organist's Companion, August 1984]
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J.S. Bach)
Pastorale on Trinity (Richard Proulx)
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (J.L. Adam) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Prelude in a (J.S. Bach)
Prelude on Allein Gott in der Höh (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, August 1985]
Prelude on Brother James' Air (Searle Wright) [Oxford 93-P-103
Prelude on Rendez a Dieu (Michael Bayer) from Parish Organist, Vol XII
Prelude on Wareham (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set II - Peters]
The Lord's My Shepherd (Charles Ore) from Eleven Compositions, Set IV
Thema met variaties (Hendrik Andriessen)
Tiento from Suite medievale (Jean Langlais)
Trumpet Tune (Gilbert Martin)
We Worship Thee (Flor Peeters)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

In order to be light and salt, to shine and to season, we must draw strength from the Eucharist. Let the music today bolster our morale … good strong settings of familiar hymns, meaningful choral motets, powerful organ works.

Music SuggestionsFifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)