Music Suggestions
The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Deus in loco sancto suo [Graduale Romanum, p.310]
2. Deus in loco sancto suo [Gregorian Missal, p.509]
3. Introibo in domum tuam [Graduale simplex, p.331]
4. God is in his holy dwelling place [Simple English Propers, p.406 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. Greatly to be feared [Simple Choral Gradual, p.297 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. God is in his holy place [Lumen Christi Missal, p.970 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year, p.114 / Mode 7 (Columba Kelly OSB) OCP]
8. Behold God's dwelling with the human race [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year, p.115 / Mode 5 (Columba Kelly OSB) OCP]
9. I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.899-901 / Ignatius Press]
10. I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.210, with Psalm 68[67] / Liturgical Press]
11. God is in his holy place [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #375, with Psalm 68 / Illuminare Publications]
12. I will come to your house, O Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.248, with Psalm 5 / Liturgical Press]
13. I saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts I (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 33]
14. Behold God's dwelling with the human race [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts I (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 33]
15. Our God Dwells in His Holy Place [tune: Kingsfold] from Introit Hymns 87 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Lætatus sum [Graduale Romanum, p.336]
2. Lætatus sum [Gregorian Missal, p.548]
3. Lætatus sum (Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Claudio Monteverdi )
4. I Was Glad When They Said unto Me (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Henry Purcell, Alessandro Scarlatti, Tomás Luis de Victoria)
5. Quam dilecta tabernacula tua [Graduale simplex, p.71]
6. Quam dilecta tabernacula tua (André Campra, Georg Valentin Röder, Camille Saint-Saëns)
7. I long for the courts of the Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.18, with Psalm 84 / Liturgical Press]
8. Chabanel Psalmody
9. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Bene fundata est domus [Graduale Romanum, p.399]
2. Bene fundata est domus [Gregorian Missal, p.671]
3. Lætatus sum [Graduale simplex, p.332]
4. Alleluia, I was glad [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.249 / Liturgical Press]
5. I was glad [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.249, with Psalm 122 / Liturgical Press]
6. Lætatus sum (Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Claudio Monteverdi )
Offertory:
1. Domine Deus, in simplicitate [Graduale Romanum, p.401]
2. Domine Deus, in simplicitate [Gregorian Missal, p.672]
3. Domine Deus, in simplicitate (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
4. Bene fundata est domus [Graduale simplex, p.291]
5. O Lord God, in the simplicity of my heart [Simple English Propers, p.407 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. O Lord God, in the simplicity of my heart [Simple Choral Gradual, p.298 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. An angel stood near the altar [Lumen Christi Missal, p.970 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. O Lord God, in the simplicity of my heart [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.902-905 / Ignatius Press]
9. O God of Israel, preserve [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #376, with II Chr 7 / Illuminare Publications]
10. The house of the Lord [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.250, with Psalm 138 / Liturgical Press]
11. With a sincere heart [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts I (Penkala) p.5, with Psalm 110]
Communion:
1. Ierusalem, quæ ædificatur [Graduale Romanum, p.370]
2. Ierusalem, quæ ædificatur [Gregorian Missal, p.263]
3. Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur [Communio, p.126 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Domus mea [Graduale simplex, p.334]
5. Jerusalem, built as a city [Simple English Propers, p.408 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Jerusalem, built as a city [Choral Communio, p.34 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. You are the temple of God [Simple Choral Gradual, p.299 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. There is one thing I ask of the Lord [Lumen Christi Missal, p.970 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
9. The tribes go up to Jerusalem [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
10. Be built up like living stones [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year, p.115 / Mode 4 (Columba Kelly OSB) OCP]
11. Be built up like living stones [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.906-908 / Ignatius Press]
12. Be built up like living stones [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.211, with Psalm 132[131] / Liturgical Press]
13. Jerusalem is built as a city [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #377, with Psalm 122 / Illuminare Publications]
14. My house shall be called a house of prayer [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.251, with Psalm 147 / Liturgical Press]
15. Be built up like living stones [Mass Propers for Solemnities and Feasts I (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 147]
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

Adoro te devote: Processional on a Chant Theme (Gary Penkala)
Blessed Be the Lord (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals [Roman Basilica of Saint John Lateran]
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Alan Smith)
Go Up to the Altar of God (Rev. James Chepponis) [GIA Publications]
I Saw Water Flowing (Alex Hill)
Te Deum: We Praise You, O God (J. William Greene)
Vidi aquam (Gregorian chant) Proper chant for Sprinkling Rite [Liber usualis, p.12] -- or -- Booklet of Chant, Volume 3

Hymns

All People That on Earth Do Dwell (WIII #669, HPSC #107, ICEL #166, AH #622, CBW #621, PMB #206, CHB #201, SMH #418, EH #278, VII #204, LCH #85)
Christ Became Our Sure Foundation (HH #279)
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (WIII #617, HPSC #128, ICEL #183, CBW #542, CH #485, AH #561, CHB #209, SMH #470, EH #384, VII #306, LCH #156)
Christ Is the King (WIII #500, CH #540, HH #286, CBW #546, EH #543)
Christ the Rock (HH #280)
Christ's Church Shall Glory in His Power (WIII #616, CH #487)
Faith of Our Fathers (WIII #571, ICEL #186, HPSC #152, CH #634, PMB #149, CBW #603, AH #603, CHB #183, SMH #520, EH #393, VII #208, LCH #90)
Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven (HPSC #154, CBW #534)
Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (WIII #558, HPSC #156, CH #374, PMB #121, CBW #676, AH #515, CHB #116, SMH #521, EH #195, VII #322, LCH #131)
God Bless Our Pope (CHB #184)
God, We Praise You (WIII #535, SMH #540, LCH #125)
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (WIII #524, ICEL #134, HPSC #180, CBW #631, PMB #127, AH #461, CH #568, CHB #222, SMH #561, EH #273, VII #217, LCH #81)
How Blessed Is This Place (WIII #710)
Let All the World with Songs Rejoice (CH #338, ICEL #195, HH #299, SMH #611)
Long Live the Pope (CHB #185, SMH #619)
O Be Joyful in the Lord (HPSC #234, CD #905)
O Christ, the Great Foundation (WIII #618, CH #488)
O Christ, the World's Salvation (Dennis DiPaolo)
O Love, Who Drew from Jesus' Side (AH #562, CH #492)
Only-begotten Word of God Eternal (HPSC #273, CH #495, WIII #666, EH #228)
Open Now the Gates of Beauty (CH #496, SMH #704)
See, the Lord Has Set in Zion from Hymns for the Liturgical Year (Kathleen Pluth)
Sing, All Creation (HPSC #296)
The Church Triumphant in Thy Love (HPSC #314)
The Church's One Foundation (WIII #618, ICEL #202, HPSC #312, CBW #604, HH #282, AH #560, PMB #150, CH #489, CHB #187, SMH #776, EH #396, LCH #120)
The New Jerusalem, Abode of Joy (HH #283)
Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided (CD #924, CHB #188, VII #213)
We Love Your Temple, Lord (CH #486)
With Joy We Go up to the House of the Lord (HPSC #354)

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

Behold the House of God (Richard Proulx) [GIA Publications]
Benedictus sit Deus (W.A. Mozart)
Blessed Be the Lord (Eugene Englert)
Cælestis urbs Jerusalem (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis p.1248]
Christus vincit (Gregorian chant) [see Catholic Hymn Book #298]
Domus mea (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis p.1253]
Estote fortes (Marenzio/Angelini)
Exurgat Deus (Giovanni Andrea Draconio, Andrea Gabrieli, François Gallet)
Great God, Attend While Zion Sings (Thomas Jarman)
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place from A German Requiem (Johannes Brahms)
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Randall DeBruyn) [OCP Publications]
I Was Glad When They Said unto Me (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Henry Purcell, Alessandro Scarlatti, Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach)
Locus iste (Anton Bruckner)
O God of Hosts, the Mighty Lord (John Broderip, Richard Partridge)
O How Amiable (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright (John Reese)
Only-begotten Word of God Eternal (arr. Calvert Shenk)
Prayer of the Venerable Bede (Robert Benson)
Salvator mundi (Tallis / Kenney)
Te Deum laudamus (Charpentier, Haydn, Mozart, Langlais)
Te Deum laudamus (Calvert Shenk)

Organ Music

Adoro te devote from Seven Preludes for the Church Year (Donna Robertson)
Concert Variations on Old Hundredth (John Knowles Paine) [Collected Works - McAfee Music]
Faith of Our Fathers (Jack C. Goode) [Organist's Companion, October 1983]
Faith of Our Fathers (Burton Isaac)
Festive Processionals for Brass and Organ (Calvert Shenk)
Five Versets on Old Hundredth (Henri Carol) [Consoliere IV-4]
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245]
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Johann Pachelebl) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Intonation on Old Hundredth (Jan Bender) [Organist's Companion, April 1984]
Messa apostolorum (Andrea Gabrieli)
Messa degli apostoli (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
Old Hundred (Dudley Buck) [Organist's Companion, May 1996]
Partita on Old Hundredth (David Gell) [Organist's Companion, March 2001]
Partita on Old Hundredth (Dennis Johnson) [Organist's Companion, June 1987]
Partita on Old Hundredth (Kathleen Scheide) [Organist's Companion, July 1997]
Prelude on Old Hundredth (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
Prelude on Saint Catherine (James F. Konkel) [Organist's Companion, September 1992]
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (J.C. Bach) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Piet Post) [Triptych for Organ - Augsburg]
Procession (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, August 1980]
Reflection on Saint Catherine (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, October 1984]
Ricercare (Marcantonio Cavazzoni)
Saint Catherine (David S. Harris) [Ten Hymn Preludes in Trio Style - Belwin-Mills]
Toccata on Old Hundredth (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Variations on Old Hundredth (Dorothy Sheets) [Organist's Companion, March 2000]
Variations on Jesu dulcis memoria (Dennis Johnson)
Verset and Postlude on Old Hundredth (Henri Carol) [Consoliere VII-3 - World Library Publ]
Voluntary on the Doxology: Old Hundredth (Henry Purcell)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

The inscription in Latin on the façade of the Lateran Basilica reads:

Mother and Head of All the Churches of the City and the World

The "Basilica of Our Most Holy Savior," as originally known, was the first church publicly consecrated in the calm following the early years of Christan persecutions. The Emperor Constantine was responsible for the basilica, constructed on land of the Laterani family, and the anniversary of its consecration on November 9 has been celebrated since at least the 12th century.

Eventually the two famous Saint Johns, the Baptist and the Evangelist, came to be co-patrons of the basilica, and their statues flank that of the Redeemer on the imposing Baroque façade of the church. The church is the seat of power of the pope as Bishop of Rome, for this is his cathedral, not Saint Peter's. Explore the beautiful texts of the Mass of the Dedication of a Church (which we probably haven't seen since our own church's dedication). Music on these texts is ample. See Processionals based on the Roman Basilicas. Chant, linking our own parish to the seat of the Bishop of Rome, is particularly appropriate!

Music SuggestionsThe Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica