Music Suggestions
The Fifth Sunday of Lent (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Iudica me Deus [Graduale Romanum, p.120]
2. Iudica me Deus [Gregorian Missal, p.265]
3. Iudica me Deus (Andrea Gabrieli)
4. Judica me Deus (G. Gorczycki) [GIA Publications]
5. Deus meus eripe [Graduale simplex, p.108]
6. Vindicate me, O God [Simple English Propers, p.83 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
7. Give me justice, O God [Lumen Christi Missal, p.922 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. Give me justice, O God [Simple Choral Gradual, p.64 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
9. Give Judgment, Lord My Savior [tune: Passion Chorale] from Introit Hymns #19 (Christoph Tietze)
10. Give me justice, O God [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.24, Mode 4 / OCP]
11. Give me justice, O God [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.202-204 / Ignatius Press]
12. Give me justice, O God [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.50, with Psalm 43[42] / Liturgical Press]
13. Give me justice, O God [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #202, with Psalm 43 / Illuminare Publications]
14. O God, my God, rescue me [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.53, with Psalm 71 / Liturgical Press]
15. Give me justice, O God [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 51]
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Eripe me, Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.121]
2. Eripe me, Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.266]
3. Ad defensionem meam [Graduale simplex, p.109]
4. Sæpe expugnaverunt [Graduale simplex, p.110]
5. Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
6. Psalm 22: O my help, do not be far away [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.54 / Liturgical Press]
7. Chabanel Psalmody
8. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Tract (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Sæpe expugnaverunt [Graduale Romanum, p.122]
2. Sæpe expugnaverunt [Gregorian Missal, p.268]
3. Amen, amen, dico vobis [Graduale simplex, p.111]
4. Sæpe expugnaverunt [Graduale simplex, p.112]
5. Psalm 129: Often they have attacked me [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.56 / Liturgical Press]
6. Believe me when I tell you this [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.56 / Liturgical Press]
7. Psalm 129: Often they have attacked me [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.57 / Liturgical Press]
Offertory:
1. Confitebor tibi [Graduale Romanum, p.123]
2. Confitebor tibi [Gregorian Missal, p.269]
3. Iudica causam meam [Graduale simplex, p.112]
4. I will praise you, O Lord [Simple English Propers, p.84 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
5. I will praise you, O Lord [Lumen Christi Missal, p.922 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
6. By your word revive me [Simple Choral Gradual, p.65 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. I will praise you, O Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.205-207 / Ignatius Press]
8. I will praise you, O Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #203, with Psalm 119 / Illuminare Publications]
9. Judge my cause, O Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.57, with Psalm 22 / Liturgical Press]
10. I will give you thanks [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 91]
Communion:
1. (A) Videns Dominus flentes [Graduale Romanum, p.124]
2. (A) Videns Dominus flentes [Gregorian Missal, p.271]
3. Pater, si non potest [Graduale simplex, p.112]
4. (A) Videns Dominus flentes [Communio, p.288 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
5. (A) When the Lord saw the sisters of Lazarus [Simple English Propers, p.86 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. When the Lord saw the sisters of Lazarus [Choral Communio, p.42 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. (A) He who lives and believes [Simple Choral Gradual, p.66 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. (A) Everyone who lives and believes [Lumen Christi Missal, p.922 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
9. Mass Propers for Lent (Gary Penkala)
10. (A) He came out, hands and feet bound [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. (A) Everyone who lives and believes in me [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year, p.25 / Mode 1 (Columba Kelly OSB) OCP]
12. (A) Everyone who lives and believes in me [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.208-210 / Ignatius Press]
13. (A) Everyone who lives and believes in me [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.51, with Psalm 130[129] / Liturgical Press]
14. (A) Everyone who lives and believes in me [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #204, with Psalm 130 / Illuminare Publications]
15. Father, if I must drink from this cup [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.41, with Psalm 116 / Liturgical Press]
16. (A) Everyone who lives and believes in me [Mass Propers for Lent (Penkala) p.6, 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]
Iudica me Deus (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit for Lent V (Passion Sunday) [Liber usualis p.569]
Mass Propers for Lent (Gary Penkala)
Processional Litany for the Fifth Sunday of Lent (Gary Penkala)
Processional Psalm for Lent (Richard Proulx) [GIA Publications]
Psalm 130 (Christopher Bord)
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)
We Should Glory in the Cross (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals
You Will Not Be Strangers Music for the Dismissal Rite (Alex Hill)

Hymns

Behold the Royal Cross on High (HH #88)
Eternal Lord of Love (HH #79)
Lord Christ, When First You Came to Earth (CH #617, WIII #438, HH #99, EH #522)
O Cross of Christ (PMB #46, HH #91, CH #254, AH #361, CBW #483)
O Sacred Head Surrounded (AH #403, CBW #491, CH #259, HH #93, HPSC #248, ICEL #57, PMB #50, WIII #434, CHB #67, SMH #679, EH #75, VII #245, LCH #49)
Out of the Depths (CD #821, HPSC #277, CBW #488, CH #246)
The Royal Banners Forward Go (WIII #435, HPSC #328, AH #381, CHB #70, EH #63, LCH #51, SMH #786)
We Give Immortal Praise (HPSC #345)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (ICEL #63, WIII #433, CH #263, PMB #53, CBW #489, CHB #72, SMH #829/30, EH #337, VII #341, LCH #150)

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)
Agnus Dei (Pergolesi/Burkhardt) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Ah, Holy Jesus (Stephen DeCesare)
Awake, Good People (arr. Marie Pooler)
Behold the Savior (S. Drummond Wolff)
Caligaverunt oculi mei (Victoria / Angelini)
Cast Thy Burden from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
Crucifixus (J.S. Bach, F.J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart)
De profundis (W.A. Mozart, Orlando di Lasso, Christoph Gluck, Josquin des Prez)
Faithful Cross (Raymond Clark)
In Deep Despair I Call on Thee (Felix Mendelssohn)
Judge Me, O God (Felix Mendelssohn) [Oxford]
Judica me Deus (Gregorian chant) from Liber usualis p.569
Judge and Defend My Cause, O Lord (John Smith)
Judica me Deus (G. Gorczycki) [GIA Publications]
Lamb of God (F.M. Christiansen) [Augsburg]
Miserere mei Domine (Calvert Shenk)
Nine Tenebræ Responsories, Book I (Colin Brumby)
Nine Tenebræ Responsories, Book II (Colin Brumby)
Nine Tenebræ Responsories, Book III (Colin Brumby)
O Christ, Thou Lamb of God (Healey Willan)
O Crux ave (Rev. David Friel)
O Crux spes unica (T.L. de Victoria)
O Kind Creator (Rogers/Clark)
O My People (Colin Brumby)
O Saviour of the World (John Goss)
On Your Cross (Sr. Edith Scholl, OCSCO)
Our Soul Doth Wait upon the Lord (John Antes) [Boosey & Hawkes]
Out of the Deep (Adrian Batten, M.A. Charpentier, William Croft, Alan Hovhaness, Thomas Morley, Heinrich Schütz, Malcolm Williamson)
Psalm 130 (Paul Manz)
Salvator mundi (Tallis / Kenney)
Stabat Mater (Jonathan Kregor)
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs (R. Evan Copley)
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs from Messiah (G.F Handel)
Therefore We before Him Bending (James Morrison)
Vere languores (Mark Siebert)
Vexilla regis prodeunt (Gregorian chant) Proper Vesper Hymn for Lent V / See Booklet of Chant, Volume 2 – or – Liber usualis p.575
We Should Glory in the Cross (Rev. Thomas Buffer)
When Jesus Wept (William Billings)

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:

Herzlich tut mich verlangen; (Johannes Brahms) from 11 Chorale Preludes
Herzlich tut mich verlangen from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby)
Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Max Reger) from Chorale Preludes for the Church Year
Herzlich tut mich verlangen (J.G. Walther & D. Buxtehude) from 80 Chorale Preludes [C.F. Peters #4448]
Herzlich tut mich verlangen (F.W. Zachau) from The Church Organist's Golden Treasury, Vol.2 [Oliver Ditson Co.]
O Haupt voll blut und wunden (Moritz Brosig)
O Haupt voll blut und wunden (Adolph Hesse)
O Haupt voll blut und wunden (F.W. Marpurg) from 21 Chorale Preludes [Augsburg]
O Haupt voll blut und wunden (Max Reger) from 30 Kleine Choralvorspiele [C.F. Peters #3980]
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (Johann Pachelbel) from 80 Chorale Preludes [C.F. Peters #4448]
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (Max Reger) from Chorale Preludes for the Church Year
O Sacred Head Now Wounded (John Hebden Schaffner)
Passion Chorale (Jan Bender)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

The Fifth Sunday of Lent in Year A has a very powerful Gospel: the Raising of Lazarus. This is a foreshadowing of Christ's own resurrection and a foretaste of our rising to the new life of heaven. It places the resurrection squarely within our pragmatic living. Emphasize life and hope in today's music. A countertheme may also be developed- today was previously called "Passion Sunday." There are remnants of that title in the prayers and preface of today's Mass. Music may begin a shift today, looking toward the sufferings of Christ.

Music SuggestionsThe Fifth Sunday of Lent (A)