CNP Logo Home
Online Catalog
Musical Musings
Liturgical Planners
Submit Your Music
Contact Us
Company Description
Links
CanticaNOVA Publications

Music Suggestions
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

  • Introit:
    1. Domine, in tua misericordia [Graduale Romanum, p.278]
    2. Domine, in tua misericordia [Gregorian Missal, p.457/471]
    3. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
    4. O Lord, I have placed my trust [Simple English Propers, p.205 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
    5. O Lord, I trust in your merciful love [Lumen Christi Missal, p.938 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
    6. Lord, your mercy is my hope [Simple Choral Gradual, p.153 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
    7. O Lord, I trust in your merciful love [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.50, Mode 5 / OCP]
    8. O Lord, I trust in your merciful love [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.471-473 / Ignatius Press]
    9. O Lord, I trust in your merciful love [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.118, with Psalm 40[39] / Liturgical Press]
    10. O Lord, I trust in your merciful love [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #259, with Psalm 13 / 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. O Lord, I trust in your merciful love [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 95]
    13. In Your Most Steadfast Love [tune: Swabia] from Introit Hymns #42 (Christoph Tietze)
  • Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
    1. Ego dixit: Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.279]
    2. Ego dixit: Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.458/472]
    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. Verba mea [Graduale Romanum, p.280]
    2. Verba mea [Gregorian Missal, p.459/473]
    3. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
    4. 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]
  • Offertory:
    1. Intende voci [Graduale Romanum, p.280]
    2. Intende voci [Gregorian Missal, p.459/474]
    3. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
    4. Hearken to the voice of my prayer [Simple English Propers, p.206 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
    5. It is you whom I invoke [Simple Choral Gradual, p.154 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
    6. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of those suggested in #144-157 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.945-949 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
    7. Hearken to the voice of my prayer [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.474-476 / Ignatius Press]
    8. Attend to the sound [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #287, with Psalm 5 / Illuminare Publications]
    9. 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]
    10. Heed my call for help [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 103]
  • Communion:
    1. Narrabo omnia mirabilia [Graduale Romanum, p.281]
    2. Narrabo omnia mirabilia [Gregorian Missal, p.460/474]
    3. Narrabo omnia mirabilia [Communio, p.160 (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. I will relate all your wondrous deeds [Simple English Propers, p.207 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
    6. I will tell all your wondrous deeds [Choral Communio, p.114 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
    7. I will tell all your marvelous works [Simple Choral Gradual, p.155 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
    8. Lord, I believe that you are the Christ [Simple Choral Gradual, p.156 (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. I will relate all your wondrous deeds [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
    11. I will recount all your wonders [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.51, Mode 2 / OCP]
    12. Lord, I have come to believe [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.51, Mode 2 / OCP]
    13. I will recount all your wonders [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.477-479 / Ignatius Press]
    14. Lord, I have come to believe [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.119, with Psalm 34[33] / Liturgical Press]
    15. The bread that I will give [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #314, with Psalm 111 / Illuminare Publications]
    16. Taste and see [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #324-331, with Psalm 34 / Illuminare Publications]
    17. 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]
    18. I will recount all your wonders [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Winter (Penkala) p.6, with Psalm 19]
    19. Lord, I have come to believe [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

Hymns

  • 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, Let Us to the Lord Our God (ICEL #39, CH #243)
  • Come, You Sinners, Poor and Needy (WIII #756)
  • Eternal Light (HH #234, EH #478)
  • Father of Mercy, God of Consolation (HPSC #155, ICEL #333, CH #409, CHB #216, EH #238)
  • Forgive Our Sins (WIII #754, CBW #684)
  • Great God of Mercy (WIII #746)
  • Hear Our Entreaties, Lord (AH #366, CH #238, ICEL #254, PMB #48, WIII #414, CHB #293)
  • I Sought the Lord (WIII #593, VII #319)
  • In Your Most Steadfast Love [tune: Swabia] from Introit Hymns #42 (Christoph Tietze)
  • O for A Heart to Praise My God (WIII #591, EH #414)
  • O Love of God, How Strong and True (HPSC #254, SMH #674, HH #241)
  • Our Father, We Have Wandered (WIII #755, HPSC #274, ICEL #255, CH #401)
AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press
CBH = A Catholic Book of Hymns, Sacred Music Library
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.
SEC = Saint Edmund Campion Hymnal & Missal, Corpus Christi Watershed
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

Organ Music

  • Allegretto (Louis Vierne)
  • Andante sostenuto from Gothic Symphony (Charles-Marie Widor)
  • Christe eleison (Andre Raison) from Messe du deuxième ton
  • Herzlich tut mich verlangen from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby)
  • Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Johannes Brahms) from Eleven Chorale Preludes
  • Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Max Reger) from Chorale Preludes for the Church Year
  • Herzlich tut mich verlangen (J.G. Walther & D. Buxtehude) from Eighty 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.]
  • Herzlich tut mich verlangen (J. Pachelbel, J. Kuhnau, F.W. Marpurg, Jan Bender)
  • Herzliebster Jesu (J.S Bach, H. Walcha, J. Brahms, Charles Ore, Wilbur Held, Carl Schalk)
  • Jerusalem from Two Preludes on British Hymns (John Ignatowski)
  • Meditation on 'Kyrie de Angelis' (Glenn Caluda)
  • Meditation religieuse (Henri Mulet)
  • O Haupt voll blut und wunden (Moritz Brosig, Adolph Hesse)
  • O Haupt voll blut und wunden (F.W. Marpurg) from Twenty-one Chorale Preludes [Augsburg]
  • O Haupt voll blut und wunden (Max Reger) from 30 Kleine Choralvorspiele [C.F. Peters #3980]
  • O Sacred Head Now Wounded (John Hebden Schaffner)
  • Passion Chorale (Jan Bender)
  • Toccata sexta (Georg Muffat) from Old Masters of the Organ [Kalmus]
  • Village Suite (Tim Knight)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

Highlight the mercy of God by singing the Penitential Rite. Various chant settings of the "Kyrie eleison" are simple (and perhaps familiar) enough for the congregation to sing with or without music. The power of Gregorian chant to set a mood and convey a prayerful atmosphere must never be overlooked or shunned, particularly not with the excuse of Latin being "old-fashioned." See the Musical Musings article, Lingua latina simul cantare sciant.

During Ordinary Time in Year B we will highlight passages from the new General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM) that pertain to music during the liturgy. The GIRM contains rubrics and instructions (some of them new) for the celebration of the Mass. The first section below is a direct quote from the English translation of the document. The second section is a commentary on the passage.

The Structure of the Mass, Its Elements and Its Parts: The Entrance (GIRM #48)

The chant is sung alternately by the choir and the people or similarly by a cantor and the people, or entirely by the people, or by the choir alone. In the Dioceses of the United States of America there are four options for the Entrance Chant:

  1. the antiphon from the Missal or the antiphon with the psalm from the Graduale Romanum as set to music there or in another setting;
  2. the antiphon and Psalm of the Graduale Simplex for the liturgical time;
  3. a chant from another collection of Psalms and antiphons, approved by the Conference of Bishops or the Diocesan Bishop, including Psalms arranged in responsorial or metrical forms;
  4. another liturgical chant that is suited to the sacred action, the day, or the time of year, similarly approved by the Conference of Bishops or the Diocesan Bishop.

Commentary: Just as there are Scripture readings required by the Church for every Mass that is celebrated, there is also a prescribed Entrance Chant! The two books listed as hyperlinks above contain these chants. Do we ever use them? Or are we stuck in the generation that would have us read from "The Velveteen Rabbit" instead of the Bible. To be fair, the rubrics do allow us to substitute other psalms or chants that are approved. But why must we always opt for the substitute over the correct Proper? And note that the hynm option really isn't there anymore! What we have accomplished since the 1970s is to have given the congregation "instant coffee," or plain hot water, so exclusively that they no longer have any notion that "brewed coffee" even exists. How convenient!

CanticaNOVA Publications / PO Box 1388 / Charles Town WV 25414-7388
Send website comments or questions to: webmaster@canticanova.com