Music Suggestions
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ [Corpus Christi] (A)
Liturgical Music
Official texts
- Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
- Cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti [Graduale Romanum, p.377]
- Cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti [Gregorian Missal, p.413]
- Sacerdos in æternum [Graduale simplex, p.201]
- Cibavit eos (William Byrd)
- He fed them with the finest wheat [Simple English Propers, p.164 (Adam Bartlett)]
- The Lord fed his people with the finest wheat [Simple Choral Gradual, p.126 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
- He fed them with the finest wheat [Lumen Christi Missal, p.958 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
- He fed them with the finest wheat [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.93, Mode 2 / OCP]
- He fed them with the finest wheat [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.743-745]
- He fed them with finest wheat [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.102, with Psalm 81[80] / Liturgical Press]
- He fed them with the finest wheat [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #336, with Psalm 81 / Illuminare Publications]
- Priest for ever, Jesus Christ [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.137, with Psalm 110 / Liturgical Press]
- He fed them with the finest wheat [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts I (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 104]
- The Lord Provided Israel [tune: Azmon] from Introit Hymns #34 (Christoph Tietze)
- Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
- Oculi omnium [Graduale Romanum, p.343]
- Oculi omnium [Gregorian Missal, p.414]
- Oculi omnium (William Byrd, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Heinrich Schütz, Charles Wood)
- Exaltabo te Deus meus rex / Psalm 145 [Graduale simplex, p.202]
- O God My King (John Amner)
- The Eyes of All Wait upon Thee (George J. Elvey, Orlando Gibbons)
- Thee Will I Bless, My God and King (Richard Partridge)
- I will bless your name, O Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.138, with Psalm 145 / Liturgical Press]
- Chabanel Psalmody
- Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
- Sequence:
- Lauda Sion Salvatorem [Graduale Romanum, p.379]
- Lauda Sion Salvatorem [Gregorian Missal, p.416]
- Lauda Sion Salvatorem (Dieterich Buxtehude, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Luigi Cherubini, Francisco Escalada, Felix Mendelssohn, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria)
- Contemplate the bread of angels [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.140 / Liturgical Press]
- Ecce panis angelorum [Graduale simplex, p.205]
- Laud, O Zion
- Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
- Caro mea vere est cibus [Graduale Romanum, p.378]
- Caro mea vere est cibus [Gregorian Missal, p.415]
- Attendite popule meus / Psalm 78 [Graduale simplex, p.203]
- Alleluia, Give ear, O my people [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.139 / Liturgical Press]
- Give ear, O my people, alleluia [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.139, with Psalm 00 / Liturgical Press]
- Attendite popule (Ascanio Trombetti)
- Offertory:
- Portas cæli aperuit Dominus [Graduale Romanum, p.207]
- Sanctificavit Moyses altare Domino [Graduale Romanum, p.338]
- Portas cæli aperuit Dominus [Gregorian Missal, p.422]
- Sanctificavit Moyses altare Domino [Gregorian Missal, p.549]
- Sanctificavit Moyses (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- Angelorum esca nutrivisti [Graduale simplex, p.206]
- The Lord opened the doors of heaven [Simple English Propers, p.165 (Adam Bartlett)]
- Moses consecrated an altar [Simple English Propers, p.166 (Adam Bartlett)]
- The Lord opened the gates of heaven [Simple Choral Gradual, p.127 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
- The Lord opened the gates of heaven [Lumen Christi Missal, p.958 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
- The Lord opened the doors of heaven [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.746-748]
- The Lord opened the gates of heaven [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #337, with Psalm 78 / Illuminare Publications]
- You have fed your people [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.141, with Psalm 84 / Liturgical Press]
- The doors of heaven he opened [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts I (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 72]
- Moses consecrated an altar [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts I (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 72]
- Communion:
- (A/B) Qui manducat carnem meam [Graduale Romanum, p.383]
- (A/B) Qui manducat carnem meam [Gregorian Missal, p.423]
- Ego sum panis vivis [Graduale simplex, p.207]
- (A/B) Qui manducat carnem meam [Communio, p.213]
- Ego sum panis vivus (Padre Martini) [GIA Publications]
- He who eats my flesh [Simple English Propers, p.167 (Adam Bartlett)]
- He who eats my flesh [Choral Communio, p.90 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
- Whoever eats my flesh [Simple Choral Gradual, p.128 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
- Whoever eats my flesh [Lumen Christi Missal, p.958 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
- (A/B) He who eats my flesh [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
- Whoever eats my flesh [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.93, Mode 6 / OCP]
- Whoever eats my flesh [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.749-751]
- Whoever eats my flesh [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.103, with Psalm 119[118] / Liturgical Press]
- Whoever eats my flesh [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #338, with Psalm 119 / Illuminare Publications]
- I am the living bread [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.142, with Psalm 23 / Liturgical Press]
- Whoever eats my flesh [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts I (Penkala) p.7, with Psalm 23]
- Mass settings:
- Latin Chant Masses VIII (De angelis) & XI (Orbis factor)
- Latin Gregorian Chant Masses XI (Orbis factor) & VIII (De angelis)
- Latin Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
- Latin Mass of Saint Jerome (Christopher Bord)
- Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
- Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
- Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
- Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
- Modal Mass (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
Other liturgical music
- Adoro te devote: A Communion Processional on a Chant Theme (arr. Gary Penkala)
- Canticle of the Lamb (Rev. John-Mark Missio)
- Ecce panis angelorum [second half of proper Sequence] (Gregorian chant) Graduale simplex, p.205
- Godhead Here in Hiding (Msgr. Anthony Mancini)
- Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
- Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
- Lauda Sion [proper Sequence] (Gregorian chant) Liber usualis, p.944
- Psalm 34 (Gary Penkala)
- Psalm for Communion: Taste and See (David O'Donnell)
- Tantum ergo: A Processional for Holy Thursday (arr. Gary Penkala)
- Taste and See / Psalm 34 (Gary Penkala)
- Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
- Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)
- various antiphons & propers (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, pp.917-959]
Hymns
- Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (HPSC #112, ICEL #130, WIII #737, CBW #536, AH #601, PMB #663, CH #504, CHB #112, SMH #426, EH #347, VII #277, LCH #86)
- At That First Eucharist (WIII #733, CH #366, HPSC #217, CBW #605)
- Blessed Jesus, Mary's Son (CD #882)
- Come, Adore This Wondrous Presence (WIII #758)
- Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether (CD #889, WIII #731, SMH #510)
- Gift of Finest Wheat (WIII #736, HPSC #360, PMB #665, CBW #570, CH #389, SMH #528)
- God with Hidden Majesty / Adoro te devote (WIII #489, ICEL #138, HPSC #164, AH #511, CH #368, CHB #117)
- Godhead Here in Hiding [Adoro te devote] (AH #511, CH #368, HPSC #164, ICEL #138, WIII #489, CHB #117, LCH #103, SMH #541)
- Godhead Here in Hiding [Noel nouvelet] (SMH #542)
- Hail, Our Savior's Glorious Body [Pange lingua] (WIII #813)
- How Light the Bread of Angels from Hymns for the Liturgical Year (Kathleen Pluth)
- Humbly Let Us Voice Our Homage (PMB #673)
- [Humbly We Adore Thee] [Adoro te devote] (PMB #675, CBW #587, CH #369, SMH #570, EH #204)
- Jesus, Bread in Mercy Broken (HPSC #200)
- Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (WIII #488, AH #516, CH #544, SMH #593, EH 460, VII #324, LCH #130)
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (AH #605, CBW #571, CH #377, HPSC #209, ICEL #137, PMB #657, WIII #523, CHB #120, SMH #609, EH #197, VII #286, LCH #84)
- Lord, Who At Your First Eucharist Did Pray (HPSC #217, CBW #605, SMH #624, LCH #129)
- O Bread of Life (PMB #664)
- O Christ, the World's Salvation (Dennis DiPaolo)
- O God, Unseen, Yet Ever Near (HPSC #242, EH #198)
- O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts (WIII #605, ICEL #139, HH #249, CH #510, SMH #665, EH #485)
- O Living Bread from Heaven (ICEL #142, CH #397, SMH #670)
- O Lord, I Am Not Worthy (CD #894, AH #512, CH #376, SMH #672, VII #304, LCH #114)
- O Saving Victim (AH #519, CBW #585, CH #362, HPSC #260, ICEL #141, PMB #677, WIII #757, CHB #277, EH #209, LCH #163/4/5)
- O Source of Life Divine (CD #888)
- O Thou, Who at Thy Eucharist Didst Pray (AH #521)
- Panis angelicus (AH #523, CH #363, SMH #709, VII #309, LCH #116/7)
- Praise We Christ's Immortal Body [Pange lingua] (PMB #674, SMH #722)
- See Us, Lord, about Your Altar (PMB #666, CH #392, CBW #565)
- Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless (CH #390, HPSC #294, ICEL #144, WIII #728, SMH #746, EH #213)
- Soul of My Savior (ICEL #146, CH #385, AH #522, HPSC #305, CHB #129, SMH #759, VII #297, LCH #112)
- Weave a Song within the Silence [Pange lingua] (HH #250)
- Wondrous Gift! (ICEL #149, CH #398)
- 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
- Adoro te devote (Gregorian chant) Booklet of Chant, Volume III -or- ICEL Resource Collection #129
- Adoro te devote (Andrew R. Motyka)
- Anima Christi (Calvert Shenk)
- Aquinas: Two Eucharistic Texts (Colin Brumby)
- Ave verum corpus (Gregorian chant) ICEL Resource Collection #131
- Ave verum corpus (W.A. Mozart, Wiliam Byrd, Edward Elgar)
- Christ Is the Heavenly Food (Roger Petrich)
- Concentus gaudii: Cantate Domino (J. William Greene)
- Dixit Dominus from Solemn Vespers (W.A. Mozart)
- Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether (Harold Friedell)
- Ecce panis angelorum (Gregorian chant) — shortened sequence for Corpus Christi [Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Canticles #150]
- Ego sum panis (G.P. da Palestrina, William Byrd)
- Godhead Here in Hiding (Msgr. Anthony Mancini)
- Humbly I Adore Thee (J. David Hart)
- In Memory of You Alexander Peloquin) [GIA Publications]
- Jesu dulcis memoria (Gregorian chant) ICEL Resource Collection #135
- Lauda Sion (Gregorian chant) — proper sequence for Corpus Christi [Liber usualis, p. 945]
- Now, My Tongue, the Mystery Telling (arr. Alan Smith)
- O esca viatorum (Heinrich Isaac) [GIA Publications]
- O quam suavis es (Calvert Shenk)
- O sacrum convivium (Giovanni Croce, G.P. da Palestrina)
- O sacrum convivium (Colin Brumby)
- O sacrum convivium (Eugene Englert)
- O sacrum convivium (Michael Lawrence)
- Pange lingua gloriosi (Gregorian chant) Booklet of Chant, Volume II -or- ICEL Resource Collection #143 -or- Liber usualis, p.957
- Sacris solemniis (Gregorian chant) Liber usualis, p.920
- Sicut cervus desiderat (Palestrina / Angelini)
- Soul of Christ, Sanctify Me (Alan Smith)
- Tantum ergo Sacramentum (Christopher Bord)
- Therefore, We before Him Bending (James C. Morrison)
- Tu es sacerdos (Samuel Wesley) [Novello]
- Two Settings of Tantum ergo (Rene Vierne & Wendelin Knauschner, ed. Andreas Willscher)
- Verbum supernum prodiens (Gregorian chant) Liber usualis, p.940
Organ Music
- Adoration on a Traditional French Melody (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, February 1983]
- Adoro te devote (Sr. Teresine Fonder) [Twenty-Six Miniatures]
- Adoro te devote from Two Communion Pieces for Manuals (Donna Robertson)
- Break Thou the Bread of Life (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, October 1980]
- Concerto for Organ and Strings (Michael Starke)
- Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, February 1983]
- Duet and Trio on Hyfrydol [Organist's Companion, August 1982]
- Fugue sur le Pange lingua (Nicolas deGrigny) [Anthologia pro organo II - Schott Frères]
- Humbly I Adore Thee (Myron Casner) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
- Hyfrydol (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, November 1999]
- Improvistaion / Elevation from Suite medievale (Jean Langlais)
- Interlude for Communion: Variations on Lauda Sion salvatorem (Fritz Goller) [Consoliere IV-4 - World Library Publ]
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Myron Cassner) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (John Diercks) [Six Sacred Compositions for Organ - Abingdon APM-255]
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Great Hymns of Faith - Morning Star Music Publ 10-839]
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Richard Warner) [Organ Music for the Communion Service - Concordia 97-1395]
- Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending (Gerald Bales) [Preludes and Postludes, Vol 2 - Augsburg]
- Maestoso: Five Processionals (Calvert Shenk)
- Meditation on Adoro te devote (Alfred Fedak) [Selah]
- Meditation on Adoro te devote (Jack Goode) [Organist's Companion, June 1983]
- Meditation on Picardy (Edward Beals) [Organist's Companion, January 1993]
- Music for a Festive Occasion (Tim Knight) CNP Catalog #6056
- Pange lingua (Nicolas deGrigny) [Anthologia pro organo IV - Schott Frères]
- Pange lingua (Jean Titelouze) [Anthologia pro organo I - Schott Frères] [Organist's Companion, September 1996]
- Partita on Adoro te devote (Anthony Giamanco) [Organist's Companion, May & September 2000]
- Prelude and Varied Harmonization on Picardy (Anthony Giamanco) [Organist's Companion, January 2001]
- Prelude on Hyfrydol (Iteke Prins) [Organist's Companion, March 2002]
- Prelude on Hyfrydol (Ralph Vaughan Williams) [Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Galaxy Music Corp]
- Prelude on Hyfrydol (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
- Prelude on Pange lingua (A.P.F. Boëly)
- Prelude on Pange lingua (Donna N. Robertson)
- Prelude on Picardy (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Meditations on Communion Hymns - Flammer]
- Prelude on Saint Agnes (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Meditations on Communion Hymns - Flammer]
- Prelude on Saint Agnes (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
- Prelude on the Gregorian Song Pange lingua" (A.P.F. Boely) [Historical Organ Recitals III - G. Schirmer 1090 ]
- Recessional (Charles Talmidge) [J. Fischer]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Johannes Brahms) [Eleven Chorale Preludes]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (C.F. Engelbrecht) [Organist's Companion, January 2000]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (M.F.A. Koehler) [Organist's Companion, January 1999]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Dennis Northway) [Organist's Companion, February 1986]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Meditations on Communion Hymns - Flammer]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co] [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
- Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele from Two Communion Pieces for Manuals (Donna Robertson)
- Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness (Theodore Beck) [Organ Music for the Communion Service - Concordia 97-1395]
- Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness (Johannes Brahms) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
- Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness (Paul Manz) from Improvisations on Classic Chorales [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-843]
- Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
- Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness (Max Reger) [Chorale Preludes for the Church Year - Carl Fischer]
- Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness (G.P. Telemann) [Organ Music for the Communion Service - Concordia 97-1395]
- Sing, My Tongue, the Savior's Glory (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, June 1986]
- Sing, My Tongue, the Savior's Glory (Paul Manz) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
- Thee We Adore (Daniel Burton) [Organist's Companion, March 1999]
- Thee We Adore, O Savior (G. Winston Cassler) [This Is the Victory - Augsburg 11-9497]
- Thee We Adore, O Savior (Healey Willan) [Organ Music for the Communion Service - Concordia 97-1395]
- Tiento: Pange lingua (Johannis Cabanilles) [Anthologia pro organo II - Schott Frères]
- Toccata and Variation on Hyfrydol (Gordon Young) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 - Sacred Music Press]
- Two Chant Meditations (Kevin Waters SJ)
- Variants on Let All Mortal Flesh (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, October 1982]
- Variations on Adoro te devote (Dale Wood) [Music for Organ - The Sacred Music Press]
- Versets on the Hymn Chant Pange lingua (Gian Domenico Cattenacci) [Italian Organ Music of the 18th Century II]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas
If Eucharistic Adoration occurred during the day, and the period of exposition is to be closed at Mass, this order should be followed, according to the Order for the Solemn Exposition of the Holy Eucharist (USCCB 1992)
- The Eucharist is placed in the tabernacle before Mass begins.
- Exposition: Immediately after the distribution of communion, the monstrance is placed on the altar. The deacon (or priest) places the host in the monstrance. All should be kneeling.
- The celebrant stands and says the Prayer after Communion. The concluding rites of the Mass are omitted.
- The celebrant incenses the Eucharist while a song is sung.
- The celebrant in white cope or Mass vestments, wearing a humeral veil, may carry the monstrance in procession. Songs should be sung during the procession.
- After the procession the monstrance is returned to the altar.
- The celebrant prays one of the prayers for Benediction.
- Wearing the humeral veil, the celebrant genuflects and blesses the people with the host in the monstrance.
- The deacon (or priest) removes the host from the monstrance and places it in the tabernacle. Another song may be sung or instrumental music may accompany the ministers from the altar to the sacristy.