Music Suggestions
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. (B/C) Omnia quæ fecisti nobis, Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.342]
2. (B/C) Omnia quæ fecisti nobis, Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.557]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. (B/C) All that you have inflicted upon us [Simple English Propers, p.309 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. O Lord, you had just cause [Simple Choral Gradual, p.229 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. All that you have done to us, O Lord [Lumen Christi Missal, p.943 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. All that you have done to us, O Lord [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.79, Mode 3 / OCP]
8. All that you have done to us, O Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.649-651]
9. All that you have done to us, O Lord [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.161, with Psalm 130[129] / Liturgical Press]
10. All that you have done to us, O Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #278, with Psalm 119 / Illuminare Publications]
11. Choose one Entrance Antiphon and Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
12. All that you have done to us, O Lord [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 100]
13. (B/C) Lord, We Have Deserved [tune: Aberystwyth] from Introit Hymns 64 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (B/C) Oculi omnium in te sperant [Graduale Romanum, p.343]
2. (B/C) Oculi omnium in te sperant [Gregorian Missal, p.414]
3. Oculi omnium in te sperant, Domine (William Byrd, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Heinrich Schütz, Charles Wood)
4. The Eyes of All Wait on Thee (George J. Elvey)
5. The Eyes of All Wait upon Thee (Orlando Gibbons)
6. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
7. Choose one Responsorial Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
8. Chabanel Psalmody
9. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Paratum cor meum, Deus [Graduale Romanum, p.344]
2. Paratum cor meum, Deus [Gregorian Missal, p.558]
3. Paratum cor meum (André Campra)
4. O God, My Heart Is Fully Bent (Thomas Clark)
5. O God, My Heart Prepared Is (John Alcock Jr.)
6. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
7. Choose one Alleluia or Alleluia Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
Offertory:
1. Super flumina Babylonis [Graduale Romanum, p.345]
2. Super flumina Babylonis [Gregorian Missal, p.559]
3. Super flumina Babylonis (Johann Kaspar Aiblinger, Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Upon the rivers of Babylon [Simple English Propers, p.310 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. By the rivers of Babylon [Simple Choral Gradual, p.230 (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. By the rivers of Babylon [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.652-654]
9. By the rivers of Babylon [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #296, with Psalm 137 / Illuminare Publications]
10. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
11. By the streams of Babylon [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 122]
Communion:
1. Memento verbi tui servo tuo [Graduale Romanum, p.346]
2. Memento verbi tui servo tuo [Gregorian Missal, p.560]
3. Memento verbi tui servo tuo [Communio, p.145 (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. Be mindful of your word to your servant [Simple English Propers, p.312 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Be mindful of your word [Choral Communio, p.169 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. O Lord, remember the words [Simple Choral Gradual, p.231 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. This is how we know what love is [Simple Choral Gradual, p.232 (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. Be mindful of your word [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. Remember your word [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.80, Mode 4 / OCP]
12. By this we came to know [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.80, Mode 4 / OCP]
13. Remember your word [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 3 versions, pp.655-657]
14. By this we came to know [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.162, with Psalm 119[118] / Liturgical Press]
15. Bring offerings, and enter his courts[Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #319, with Psalm 96 / Illuminare Publications]
16. Choose one Communion Antiphon and Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
17. Remember your word [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 145]
18. By this we came to know [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 145]
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)
10. Stirling Bridge Mass (Gary Penkala)

Other liturgical music

Canticle of the Three Children (A. Gregory Murray)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Lord, I Love Your Commands (Robert Hutmacher) [GIA Publications]
Spirit of Strength and Courage from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals (Gary Penkala)
Psalm 25 (Christopher Bord)
Psalm 63 (A. Gregory Murray)
Psalm for Communion: Taste and See (David O'Donnell)
Trust in God (Jan Vermulst) [World Library Publications]
We Should Glory in the Cross from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals (Gary Penkala)
You Will Not Be Strangers (Alex Hill)

Hymns

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (WIII #494, ICEL #102, HH #285, PMB #99, CH #521, CHB #199, SMH #415, EH #355, VII #225, LCH #97)
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)
At the Name of Jesus (WIII #499, ICEL #104, HPSC #116, CBW #538, HH #137, AH #602, CH #538, CHB #207, SMH #438, EH #356, VII #310, LCH #98)
Come Down, O Love Divine (WIII #472, HPSC #133, CBW #517, PMB #93, HH #140, AH #440, CH #498, CHB #92, SMH #482, EH #376, VII #364, LCH #76)
God Has Spoken By His Prophets (WIII #516, CH #652)
Help Us Accept Each Other (WIII #656)
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds (ICEL #156, WIII #610, CHB #223, EH #455)
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (PMB #118, WIII #512, ICEL #233, HH #193, CH #566, CHB #225, SMH #578, EH #301, LCH #88)
Jesus' Prayer for the Church (ICEL #323)
O Be Joyful in the Lord (HPSC #234, CD #905)
O Christ Our True and Only Light (CH #456, ICEL #214)
O God of Loveliness (PMB #136, ICEL #96, AH #608)
O Praise Ye the Lord (HPSC #259, CBW #649, WIII #539, ICEL #238, CD #906, CHB #253)
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (WIII #530, HPSC #279, ICEL #242, CBW #650, PMB #123, AH #611, CHB #258, CH #513, SMH #716, EH #282, VII #216, LCH #80)
Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens, Adore Him (WIII #529, ICEL #243, HPSC #282, PMB #662, CBW #656, CH #573, CHB #259, LCH #83, SMH #718)
Thanks Be to You, O God (PMB #141)
Thy Love, O God, Has All Mankind Created (CD #914, WIII #638])

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

Father Abraham, Have Mercy on Me (Heinrich Schütz) [Concordia]
Humbly I Adore Thee (J. David Hart)
In medio Ecclesiæ (Gary Penkala)
In Thee, O Lord (F.J. Haydn)
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High (Mouret/Page)
O quam suavis est (Calvert Shenk)
O sacrum convivium (Giovanni Croce)
Tantum ergo sacramentum (Christopher Bord)
Witness (arr. Jack Halloran)

Organ Music

All Glory Be to God on High (J.S. Bach) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
All Glory Be to God on High (J.S. Bach) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
All Glory Be to God on High (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday - Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
All Glory Be to God on High (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
All Glory Be to God on High (Johann Pachelbel) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Andreas Armsdorf) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.C. Bach) [Organist's Companion, June 1980]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Georg Böhm) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.P. Kirnberger) [Organist's Companion, October 1982]
Allein Gott in der Höh (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg] [Organist's Companion, July 1998]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, August 1982]
Allein Gott in der Höh (David Polley) [Organist's Companion, May 1989]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.C.H. Rinck) [Organist's Companion, July 1992]
Allein Gott in der Höh (G.P. Telemann) [Organist's Companion, July 1995]
Allein Gott in der Höh (A.N. Vetter) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, October 1984]
Allein Gott in der Höh (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Organist's Companion, June 1984]
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Healey Willan) [Peters]
Bicinium on All Glory Be to God on High (J.P. Sweelinck) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
Chaconne in G (Andre Campra/Penkala) for vioin or flute and continuo
Chorale Prelude on Duke Street (Robert J. Powell) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 - Sacred Music Press]
Dies sind die heiligen zehn Gebot (J.S. Bach)
Duet and Trio on Hyfrydol [Organist's Companion, August 1982]
Duke Street (Mark Albrecht) [Organist's Companion, March 2002]
Elévation (Marcel Dupré)
Faith of Our Fathers (Jack C. Goode) [Organist's Companion, October 1983]
Faith of Our Fathers (Burton Isaac)
Fanfare Fugue in C Major (J.S. Bach)
Fanfare on Lauda anima (Robert Hughes) [Organist, January 1982]
Fantasia in d minor (Johann Pachelbel)
Fantasy on the Hymn Tune Sine nomine (Edward G. Mead) [Flammer]
Festal Voluntary (Flor Peeters)
For All the Saints (G. Winston Cassler) [This Is the Victory - Augsburg 11-9497]
For All the Saints (Hugo Gehrke) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
For All the Saints (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 2 - Concordia 97-5385]
Fugal Voluntary (Benjamin Cooke)
Hyfrydol (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, November 1999]
Immortal, Invisible (Harold Rohlig) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Introduction and Toccata in G (William Walond)
Jesus Shall Reign (Burton Isaac)
Lift High the Cross (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Great Hymns of Faith - Morning Star Music Publ 10-839]
Lift High the Cross (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 3 - Concordia 97-5702]
Lift High the Cross (Lani Smith) [Organist, September 1982]
Lobe den Herren (Max Reger)
Lord of Glory, Who Hast Brought Us (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Great Hymns of Faith - Morning Star Music Publ 10-839]
Lord of Glory, Who Hast Brought Us (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]
Maestoso: Five Processionals (Calvert Shenk)
Now Thank We All Our God (Jan Bender) [Parish Organist, Part 9: Wedding Music - Concordia]
Now Thank We All Our God (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
Now Thank We All Our God (Paul Manz) [Five Hymn Improvisations for Wedding or General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
Now Thank We All Our God (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
Now Thank We All Our God (Piet Post) [Triptych for Organ - Augsburg]
Now Thank We All Our God (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.S. Bach) from Cantata No.79 [Mercury Music W-142; H.W. Gray Publ - St.Cec.No.868]
Nun danket alle Gott (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Joyce Jones Christmas Album]
Nun danket alle Gott (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, September 1995]
Nun danket alle Gott (Sigfrid Karg-Elert) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
Nun danket alle Gott (G.F. Kaufmann) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.C. Kellner) [Organist's Companion, September 1994]
Nun danket alle Gott (M.F.A. Koehler) [Organist's Companion, October 1986]
Nun danket alle Gott (Michael Krentz) [Organist's Companion, September 1991]
Nun danket alle Gott (Selmar Müller) [Organist's Companion, October 1983]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.C. Oley) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
Nun danket alle Gott (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.E. Rembt) [Organist's Companion, September 1989]
Partita on Duke Street (Donald Rotermund) [Concordia]
Pastorale (Louis Vierne)
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (J.L. Adam) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Prelude and Chorale: Now Thank We All Our God (G.F. Kauffmann) [Consoliere IV-4 - World Library Publ]
Prelude and Chorale on Duke Street (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, April 1980]
Prelude and Fugue in c minor (Felix Mendelssohn)
Prelude and Fugue in d minor (J.S. Bach)
Prelude and Fugue in e minor (J.S. Bach)
Prelude, Fugue and Variation (César Franck)
Prelude on Allein Gott in der Höh (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, August 1985]
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 Saint Catherine (James F. Konkel) [Organist's Companion, September 1992]
Processional on Lift High the Cross (Donald Busarow) [Concordia 97-5442]
Processional on Lift High the Cross (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, April 1985]
Reflection on Saint Catherine (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, October 1984]
Saint Catherine (David S. Harris) [Ten Hymn Preludes in Trio Style - Belwin-Mills]
Suite for Worship on Truro and Duke Street (G.W. Cassler) [Organist's Companion, April 1985]
Toccata and Variation on Hyfrydol (Gordon Young) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 - Sacred Music Press]
Toccata on Duke Street (Gilbert Martin) [The Sacred Organ Folio - Lorenz Publ Co]
Triptych for Organ (Piet Post)
Variations on Duke Street (Randolph Currie) [Organist's Companion, March 1996]
Variations on Land of Rest (John Ogasapian) [Organist's Companion, May 1990]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

The theology of the Eucharist is central to any understanding of liturgy, and close to the heart of Saint John Paul II and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The Catholic bishops of Pennsylvania have produced an excellent booklet called Questions and Answers on the Eucharist and have granted permission for us to reproduce excerpts here. Please contact the Communications Director for the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference for copies of the full booklet, or to obtain permission to reproduce excerpts. The mailing address and website are found at the end of this page.

How long have Christians celebrated the Eucharist as we do?

One of the most intriguing aspects of the celebration of the Eucharist is the fact that it has changed so little over twenty centuries. The essential elements are found in the narrative of the institution of the Eucharist as recorded in the gospels. The liturgical structure of that celebration developed very rapidly in the early life of the Church as we see in Saint Paul's first Letter to the Corinthians (I Cor 11:26), and the essential elements have remained unchanged. Even in many of the details, we find in the celebration of the liturgy today an identity with what went before us for so many centuries.

As we learn in the General Instruction on the Roman Missal, the Church has always taken Christ's command to prepare the large furnished room where he would celebrate the Passover meal with them and institute the sacrifice of his body and blood (Mk 14:12-16; Mt 26:17-19; Lk 22:7-13) as bearing on its own responsibility to give directions concerning the preparation of the minds of the worshippers and the place, rites and text of the celebration of the holy Eucharist. The norms that are used in the missal for the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Rite "are fresh evidence of the great care, faith, and unchanged love that the Church shows toward the great mystery of the Eucharist" (GIRM, Introduction, 1).

What historical evidence exists for the celebration of the Eucharist in the early Christian community?

On speaking about the continuity of the celebration of the liturgy today with the most ancient forms, the Catechism of the Catholic Church holds up for examination the text of Saint Justin Martyr, who lived in the second century of the Christian era: "As early as the second century we have the witness of Saint Justin Martyr for the basic lines of the order of the Eucharistic celebration. They have stayed the same until our own day for all the great liturgical families" (1345).

Today the order of Mass calls upon the priest who will preside and the community with whom he will celebrate to come together, especially and particularly on Sunday. This is the day that commemorates the resurrection of Christ and is therefore for Christians the Lord's day, our holy day, the time to celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection that Christ asked us to do in his memory.

Continued next week…

Music SuggestionsTwenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)