Music Suggestions
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Esto mihi in Deum [Graduale Romanum, p.275]
2. Esto mihi in Deum [Gregorian Missal, p.452]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. Be unto me a protecting God [Simple English Propers, p.201 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
5. Be my protector, O God [Lumen Christi Missal, p.937 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
6. Lord, be my rock of safety [Simple Choral Gradual, p.149 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. Be my protector, O God [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.49, Mode 6 / OCP]
8. Be my protector, O God [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.462-465 / Ignatius Press]
9. Be my protector, O God [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.116, with Psalm 31[30] / Liturgical Press]
10. Be my protector, O God [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #258, with Psalm 31 / Illuminare Publications]
11. Choose an Entrance Antiphon from one of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
12. Be my protector, O God [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 95]
13. Be My Protecting, Saving God [tune: Saint Anne] from Introit Hymns #41 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Tu es Deus, qui facis [Graduale Romanum, p.275]
2. Tu es Deus, qui facis [Gregorian Missal, p.453]
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. Cantate Dominum [Graduale Romanum, p.276]
2. Cantate Dominum [Gregorian Missal, p.454]
3. Cantate Dominum (Daniel Friderici, Michael Praetorius)
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 Sing unto the Lord A New Song (John Alcock Sr.)
Offertory:
1. Benedictus es Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.277]
2. Benedictus es Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.455]
3. Benedictus es Domine (Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Blessed are you, O Lord [Simple English Propers, p.202 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. With my tongue I have recounted [Simple Choral Gradual, p.150 (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. Blessed are you, O Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.465-467 / Ignatius Press]
9. I will ponder your statutes [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #189, with Psalm 119 / 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. Blessed are you, O Lord [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.3, with Psalm 103]
Communion:
1. Manducaverunt [Graduale Romanum, p.278]
2. Manducaverunt [Gregorian Missal, p.456]
3. Manducaverunt [Communio, p.142 (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. They ate and were fully satisfied [Simple English Propers, p.203 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. They did eat are were fully satisfied [Choral Communio, p.112 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. They ate and were filled [Simple Choral Gradual, p.151 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. God loved the world so much [Simple Choral Gradual, p.152 (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. They ate and were fully satisfied [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. They ate and had their fill [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.49, Mode 1 / OCP]
12. God so loved the world [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.50, Mode 1 / OCP]
13. They ate and had their fill [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.468-470 / Ignatius Press]
14. God so loved the world [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.117, with Psalm 103[102] / Liturgical Press]
15. They ate and had their fill [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #302, with Psalm 78 / 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. They ate and had their fill [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.6, with Psalm 19]
18. God so loved the world [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]
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)

Hymns

Crown Him with Many Crowns (AH #481, CBW #549, CH #525, HPSC #145, ICEL #106, PMB #96, WIII #496, CHB #141, SMH #499, EH #352, VII #214, LCH #136)
Let All Things Now Living (WIII #559, HPSC #208, CH #567, SMH #612)
O Sun of Justice (WIII #424, HPSC #264, HH #71)
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (WIII #528, ICEL #246, HPSC #301, HH #203, SMH #749, VII #219)
The Church of Christ in Every Age (WIII #626, CH #613)
What Does the Lord Require? (WIII #624)

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

Be unto Me A Tower of Strength (William Byrd, ed. William Tortolano)
Christ Is the Heavenly Food (Roger Petrich)
Green Fields (arr. Virgil Thomson)
He Watching over Israel from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
Humbly I Adore Thee (J. David Hart)
In spiritu humilitatis (Calvert Shenk)
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J.S. Bach)
O Grant Me Wisdom (Gary Penkala)
Tantum ergo Sacramentum (Christopher Bord)
There Is a Balm (arr. William Dawson)
Three Sacred Rounds (Colin Brumby)
Whom Shall I Send? (Jean Berger) [Augsburg]

Organ Music

Andante sostenuto (Hermann Schroeder)
Ash Grove (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, October 1980]
Ash Grove (Paul R. Otte) [Organist's Companion, October 1988]
Chorale Prelude on Diademata (James Pethel) [The Sacred Organ Folio - Lorenz Publ Co]
Chorale Prelude on Mit freuden zart (William J. Ross) [Organist's Companion, April 1988]
Crown Him with Many Crowns (Robert Crane) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Crown Him with Many Crowns (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Pentecost Season - Concordia 97-5517]
Elevation (François Couperin)
Four Preludes on Chant Hymns (Mark Siebert)
Hymn Prelude on Diademata (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
Partita on Mit freuden zart (Gerhard Krapf) [Concordia 97-4689]
Prelude in a (J.S. Bach)
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (David Brensinger) [Organist's Companion, March 1995]
Thema met Variaties (Hendrik Andriessen)
Three Postludes on Hymn Tunes (Kevin Waters, SJ)
Tiento from Suite medievale (Jean Langlais)
With High Delight (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 2 - Concordia 97-5385]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

From the August 2009 edition of Newsletter of the Bishops' Committee on Divine Worship:

A Question of Balance

Through our celebration of the Liturgy since the Second Vatican Council, we have come to the realization that music is indeed an ordinary part of the Church's liturgical life. We know, however, that its use must be governed by the principle of progressive solemnity. There is a great distance between the extremes: (1) liturgy at which nothing is sung, and (2) those situations in which everything that demands singing is, in fact, sung.

Since the Second Vatican Council even the nature of weekday Mass has shifted. Various melodies for the acclamations have become part of the Catholic consciousness and need only to be introduced by one person for all to join in singing a cappella. Attempts are presently being made by some composers to see if even simple refrains might be able to be used for the psalm response at weekday Mass.

The priest must exercise good pastoral judgment in choosing what should be sung at a particular liturgical celebration. Elaborate singing at the 6:30am weekday Mass in Ordinary Time does not manifest the sense of balance one wishes to achieve. While leading the people to a deeper appreciation of the use of music in the Liturgy, the priest must have the wisdom to know when he is simply forcing his own approach upon the people rather than helping them to come to a new level of expressing the richness in the texts.

In his 2006 Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis], Pope Benedict XVI notes that the liturgical song has "pre-eminent place" as an aspect or building block of the ars celebrandi, the art of liturgical celebration (see no.42). Singing not only at the Liturgy, but singing of the Liturgy (i.e., singing the rites themselves), which involves both the priest and the gathered assembly, is an important tool for fostering the full, conscious, and active — and therefore fruitful — participation in the Liturgy. The revised Roman Missal challenges pastors and parishes to evaluate their practices and commit to embracing the ars celebrandi, which will lead to more fruitful worship and prayer.

Music SuggestionsSixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)