Music Suggestions
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

• Almighty God, Your Word Is Cast (ICEL #177, CH #631)
• Beloved, Let Us Love (WIII #601)
• Christ Is the World's Light (CBW #543, HPSC #130, WIII #543, CD #897, EH #258)
• Christ's Church Shall Glory in His Power (WIII #616, CH #487)
• For the Fruits of This Creation (HPSC #159, CD #876, CBW #678, PMB #155, WIII #562, SMH #299)
• God Is Love (CD #917, CBW #573, SMH #308)
• How Good A Thing It Is (HPSC #186)
• Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (CH #581, HPSC #203, WIII #525, SMH #386, EH #281)
• Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace (WIII #602, CH #612)
• My Song Is Love Unknown (CH #258, HH #90, WIII #439, CHB #65, SMH #421)
• Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels (WIII #589, SMH #427)
• O Day of Peace (WIII #654)
• O God, Our Father, Throned on High (ICEL #192)
• O God, Our Help in Ages Past (HPSC #241, WIII #579, ICEL #237, CBW #640, CH #457, PMB #128, HH #169, AH #624, CHB #249, SMH #446, EH #289)
• O Worship the King (AH #483, CH #571, HH #201, HPSC #268, PMB #138, CHB #255, SMH #472, EH #288)
• Our God Is Love (ICEL #200)
• The Perfect Law of God (HPSC #327)
• Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided (CD #924, CHB #188)
• To God Our Father, Builder and Creator (CD #910)
• We Find Thee, Lord, in Others' Need (HPSC #343)
• Word of God, Come Down on Earth (CBW #559, WIII #513, HPSC #355, PMB #105, CH #654)

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.

PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.

SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

• Introit:
  1. Laetetur cor quaerentium [Graduale Romanum, p.357]
  2. Laetetur cor quaerentium [Gregorian Missal, p.575]
  3. "Sing unto Him with Psalms" (Hans Leo Hassler)
  4. "Seek Ye His Countenance in All Places (Johannes Herbst) [Carl Fischer]
      
• Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
  1. (A/B) Unam petii a Domino [Graduale Romanum, p.358]
  2. (A/B) Unam petii a Domino [Gregorian Missal, p.576]
  3. "One Thing Have I Desired" (Herbert Howells) [Novello]
  4. "One Thing Have I Desired" (Heinrich Schütz) [Concordia]
      
• Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
  1. Lauda, Ierusalem [Graduale Romanum, p.358]
  2. Lauda, Ierusalem [Gregorian Missal, p.578]
  3. "Lauda, Jerusalem" (Claudio Monteverdi)
  4. "Lauda, Jerusalem" (Nicola Porpora) [Marks]
  5. "Praise Ye the Lord" (Johann Geisler) [Boosey & Hawkes]
      
• Offertory:
  1. Domine, vivifica me [Graduale Romanum, p.359]
  2. Domine, vivifica me [Gregorian Missal, p.579]
  3. "Thy Word Is a Lantern unot My Feet" (Leo Sowerby) [H.W. Gray]
      
• Communion:
  1. Laetabimur in salutari tuo [Graduale Romanum, p.359]
  2. Laetabimur in salutari tuo [Gregorian Missal, p.580]
  3. "We Will Rejoice" (William Croft) [Broude]
      
• Mass settings:
  1. "Modal Mass" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog 3115

• "Faith, Hope and Love" (Alexander Peloquin) [GIA Publications]
• "Gospel Acclamation for Ordinary Time" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3055
• "Lord, I Love Your Commands" (Robert Hutmacher) [GIA Publications]
• "Renaissance Alleluia" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3079
• "Serve God in Love" (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals CNP Catalog #3076

• "A New Commandment" (Malcolm Archer) [Kevin Mayhew Ltd]
• "A Rose Touched by the Sun's Warm Rays" (Jean Berger)
• "Corinthians' Prayer" (Stephen McManus) CNP Catalog #5014
• "Exsultate justi in Domino" (Ludovico da Viadana)
• "How Long, O Lord" (Evil Hogland) [Walton]
• "I Will Love Thee, O Lord" (Leo Sowerby) [H.W. Gray]
• "Jesus, Sun of Life, My Splendor" (G.F. Handel)
• "Judge Eternal" (Malcolm Archer) [Kevin Mayhew Ltd]
• "Prayer of Saint Francis" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #5090
• "Ubi caritas" (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant, Volume 3 CNP Catalog #2003

• "A Mighty Fortress" (Paul Manz, Wilbur Held, David Schack, Murray Bradshaw)
• "Ar Hyd Y Nos" (Jean Drahmann) [Organist's Companion, June 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Butresses from Gothic Suite" (Gordon Young)
• "Cantilene" from Symphony III (Louis Vierne)
• "Chorale Prelude on Christe sanctorum" (Bill Cain) [Organist's Companion, March 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht" (J.S. Bach) [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
• "Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht" (Georg Böhm) [Old Masters of the Organ - Kalmus] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Echo Fantasia" (J.P. Sweelinck)
• "Fantasia on Saint Anne" (Alfred Fedak) [Selah Publ Co]
• "Festival Voluntary" (Flor Peeters)
• "Hymn to Joy" (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, August 1982 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Introduction and Processional for the Wedding Day" (Gilbert Martin) [The Sacred Organ Folio - Lorenz Publ Co]
• "Liebster Jesu" (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, May 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Liebster Jesu" (David Polley) [Organist's Companion, June 1985 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" (Carl Kuntze) [Organist's Companion, January 1998 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" (J.C.H. Rinck) [Organist's Companion, October 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" (Randall Thompson) [24 Chorale Preludes, 4 Inventions & a Fugue - E.C. Schirmer]
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, May 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "O dass ich tausend Zungen hatte" (Max Reger)
• "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (Heinrich Fleischer) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
• "O Worship the King" (Willem Mudde) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
• "O Worship the King" (Robert Powell) [Organist's Companion, June 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" (George T. Miles) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
• "Partita on Hymn to Joy" (Charles Callahan) [Morning Star Music Publ]
• "Partitia on Liebster Jesu" (J.C.H. Rinck)
• "Partita on O Worship the King" (Randolph Currie) [Organist's Companion, September 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Partita on Saint Anne" (Paul Manz) [Concordia 97-5307]
• "Postlude on Hymn to Joy" (Gordon Young) [Seven Chorale Preludes]
• "Prelude and Fugue in D Major" (Dieterich Buxtehude)
• "Prelude on Ein feste Burg" (J.S Bach, Marpurg, Pachelbel, Walther, Praetorius, Buxtehude, Reger, Hanff, Kittel)
• "Prelude on Hanover" (Gordon Young) [Seven Chorale Preludes]
• "Prelude on Hymn to Joy" (Michael Burkhardt) [Morning Star Music Publ]
• "Prelude on Liebster Jesu" (Bach, Walther, Reger, Manz, Thompson, Ore, Rinck)
• "Prelude on Saint Anne" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, June 1983 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Processional on Hymn to Joy" (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, August 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Toccata on Saint Anne" (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
• "Toccata-Prelude on Saint Anne" (Garth Edmundson) [J. Fischer & Bros]
• "Variations on a Theme by Beethoven" (Joseph Lowe) [Organist's Companion, June 1985 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Variations on Liebster Jesu" (J.C.H. Rinck)
• "Variations on Saint Anne" (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, January 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]

"The Sequence, which is optional except on Easter Sunday and on Pentecost Day, is sung before the Alleluia." (GIRM #64)

The glorious sequences of Easter and Pentecost may not be omitted because of "big crowds."
Why not try a CNP setting for choir/cantor and congregation?

Praises to the Paschal Victim by Alex Hill

Pentecost Sequence by J. William Greene

Veni Sancte Spiritus by Lisa Stafford