Music Suggestions
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Salus populi ego [Graduale Romanum, p.339]
2. Salus populi ego [Gregorian Missal, p.552]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. I am the salvation of the people [Simple English Propers, p.304 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. I am the Savior of all people [Simple Choral Gradual, p.225 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. I am the salvation of the people [Lumen Christi Missal, p.943 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. I am the salvation of the people [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.77, Mode 4 / OCP]
8. I am the salvation of the people [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.640-643]
9. I am the salvation of the people [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.159, with Psalm 78[77] / Liturgical Press]
10. I am the salvation of the people [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #277, with Psalm 37 / 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. I am the salvation of the people [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.1, with Psalm 100]
13. I Am the Salvation [tune: Laudate Dominum] from Introit Hymns 62 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (B) Dirigatur oratio mea [Graduale Romanum, p.340]
2. (B) Dirigatur oratio mea [Gregorian Missal, p.587]
3. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. Choose one Responsorial Psalm from any 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. Confitemini Domino, et invocate [Graduale Romanum, p.340]
2. Confitemini Domino, et invocate [Gregorian Missal, p.553]
3. O Render Thanks and Bless the Lord (Thomas Clark)
4. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. 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. Si ambulavero [Graduale Romanum, p.341]
2. Si ambulavero [Gregorian Missal, p.554]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. If I walk in the midst of tribulation [Simple English Propers, p.305 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. Though I walk in the midst of affliction [Simple Choral Gradual, p.226 (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. If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.643-646]
8. Look down, O Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #295, with Psalm 40 / Illuminare Publications]
9. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
10. Though I walk amid distress [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.4, with Psalm 122]
Communion:
1. Tu mandasti [Graduale Romanum, p.342]
2. Tu mandasti [Gregorian Missal, p.555]
3. Tu mandasti [Communio, p.270 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Tu mandasti [Graduale simplex, p.247]
5. You have ordered that your commandments [Simple English Propers, p.306 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. You have ordered that your commandments [Choral Communio, p.167 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. You have laid down your precepts [Simple Choral Gradual, p.227 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. I am the Good Shepherd [Simple Choral Gradual, p.228 (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. O that my ways may be guided [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. You have laid down your precepts [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.78, Mode 5 / OCP]
12. I am the Good Shepherd [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.78, Mode 5 / OCP]
13. You have laid down your precepts [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.646-648]
14. I am the Good Shepherd [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.160, with Psalm 23[22] / 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. You have laid down your precepts [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Fall (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 145]
18. I am the Good Shepherd [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

Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Psalm for Communion: Taste and See (David O'Donnell)
Psalm 130 (Christopher Bord)
Tantum ergo / Psalm 145 (Gary Penkala)

Hymns

Before Thy Throne, O God, We Kneel (CH #600, EH #499)
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)
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)
Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord (CD #181, WIII #732, ICEL #132, CH #378, EH #202, VII #278/9, SMH #509)
Festival Canticle: Worthy Is Christ (CH #265, WIII #458)
Gift of Finest Wheat (WIII #736, HPSC #360, PMB #665, CBW #570, CH #389, SMH #528)
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)
I Want to Walk As A Child of the Light (WIII #510)
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service (WIII #630, CH #606)
O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts (WIII #605, ICEL #139, HH #249, CH #510, SMH #665, EH #485)
O Lord, I Am Not Worthy (CD #894, AH #512, CH #376, SMH #672, VII #304, LCH #114)
O Love, Who Drew from Jesus' Side (AH #562, CH #492)
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 to the Lord (WIII #547, ICEL #245, HPSC #284, CH #592, PMB #122, CBW #653, AH #612, CHB #110, SMH #721, EH #279, VII #205, LCH #79)
Sent Forth by God's Blessing (PMB #148)
The Church of Christ in Every Age (WIII #626, CH #613)
Those Who Love and Those Who Labor (WIII #632, CH #481)
What Wondrous Love Is This? (CD #822, WIII #600, HH #95, PMB #157, ICEL #164, CH #530, HH #95, SMH #828, LCH #50)
When Jesus Came Preaching the Kingdom of God (WIII #614, CH #647)
Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness (ICEL #247, HH #59, SMH #836)

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

Ah Holy Jesus (Stephen DeCesare)
Beati immaculati (Andrea Gabrieli)
Bone pastor, panis vere (Jonathan Kregor)
Canticle of Hannah (Gary Penkala)
Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Fauré)
Cast Thy Burden from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
Ego sum pastor bonus (Thomas M. Kuras)
He That Shall Endure to the End from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
In spiritu humilitatis (Calvert Shenk)
Like As a Father (Luigi Cherubini)
Non nobis Domine (William Byrd)
O Thou in Whose Presence My Soul Takes Delight (Maxcine Posegate)
Prayer of Saint Francis (Gary Penkala)
Save Me, O God (William Boyce, Henry Purcell)
Suscipe (Gary Penkala)
Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell) [Novello]
With My Whole Heart, My God and King (Richard Garbett)

Organ Music

Ash Grove (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, October 1980]
Ash Grove (Paul R. Otte) [Organist's Companion, October 1988]
Chorale Improvisation on Neumark (Paul Manz) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
Chorale Prelude on Diademata (James Pethel) [The Sacred Organ Folio - Lorenz Publ Co]
Chorale Prelude on Lobe den Herren (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, May 1999]
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]
Fanfare on Lauda anima (Robert Hughes) [Organist, January 1982]
Grosser Gott wir loben dich (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Heinrich Fleischer) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Pentecost Season - Concordia 97-5517]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday - Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
Hymn Prelude on Diademata (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
Hymn Prelude on In Babilone (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Lobe den Herren (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Lobe den Herren (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Anthologia pro organo IV - Schott Frères]
Partita on Jesus I Shall Ne'er Forsake (Johann Gottfried Walther)
Partita on Lobe den Herren (Don Freudenberg) [Organist's Companion, June 1986]
Postlude and Chorale on Grosser Gott (Michael Sullivan) [Organist's Companion, May 1991]
Postlude on In Babilone (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (J.L. Adam) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Praise to the Lord (Calvin Hampton) [Organist's Companion, October 1986]
Praise to the Lord (Paul Manz) [Five Improvisations for Wedding and General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
Praise to the Lord (Friederich Zipp) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Prelude on Diademata from Seven Preludes for the Church Year (Donna N. Robertson)
Prelude on Grosser Gott (Michael Sullivan)
Prelude on Samanthra from Three Hymn Preludes (Rev. Brian K. Muzas)
Prelude on Wareham (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set II - Peters]
Prelude on Wondrous Love from Three Hymn Preludes (Rev. Brian K. Muzas)
Procession (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, August 1980]
Processional (Martin Shaw)
Reflection on Wer nur den lieben Gott (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, August 1987]
Ricercare (G.P. da Palestrina)
Rosace (Henri Mulet)
Sent Forth by God's Blessing (Paul Otte) [Organist's Companion, October 1987]
Toccata on Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Kevin Norris) [H.W. Gray]
Toccata on Lobe den Herren (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Variations on In Babilone (Raymond Haan) [Flammer]
Voluntary in A Major (William Selby)
Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan (J.G. Walther)
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (Georg Böhm) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (Don Freudenburg) [Organist's Companion, July 1999]
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (J.P. Kirnberger) [Organist's Companion, February 1985]
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (J.L. Krebs) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg]
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

During Ordinary Time in Year B we will highlight passages from the 2010 General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM) that pertain to music during the liturgy. The GIRM contains rubrics and instructions (some of them surprising) for the celebration of the Mass. The first section below is a direct quote from the document. The second section is a commentary on the passage.

The Different Forms of Celebrating Mass (GIRM #142)

… If, however, there is no Offertory Chant and the organ is not played, in the presentation of the bread and wine the Priest may say the formulas of blessing aloud and the people acclaim, Blessed be God for ever.

Commentary: The prayers of offering, derived from ancient Hebrew texts and beautiful as they are, are meant as "private prayers" by the priest as he readies the gifts for the sacrifice. The preference is for music here — perhaps singing by the choir or soloist, or even organ or instrumental music. This is not a communal, "congregational" moment, hence a hymn by the people is not the best musical option here.

Music SuggestionsTwenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)