Music Suggestions
The Third Sunday of Lent (A)
Hymns:
- All Who Believe and Are Baptized (CD #862)
- Beloved Son and Daughter Dear (CH #234)
- Come and Let Us Drink of That New River (WIII #723, CH #351, HH #123)
- Father of Heaven, Whose Love Profound (ICEL #41, HH #80, CHB #215, CH #483)
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (WIII #607, HPSC #192, ICEL #157, CH #453, AH #579, SMH #355)
- O God of Pity (HH #70)
- O Love of God, How Strong and True (HPSC #254, SMH #460)
- O Praise Our Great and Gracious Lord (HPSC #258)
- Tell His Praise in Song and Story (HPSC #310)
- There's A Wideness in God's Mercy (WIII #595, ICEL #52, PMB #54, AH #613, CH #535, CHB #268, SMH #575)
- You Have Looked upon the Lowly (PMB #60)
- 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
- 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.
Liturgical Music:
Choral Music:
- "Adoramus te Christe" (Antonio Lotti)
- "Agnus Dei" from Coronation Mass (W.A. Mozart)
- "Asperges me, Domine" (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant, Volume 3 CNP Catalog #2003 or from Liber usualis p.11
- "Christ, Our Blessed Savior" (Heinrich Schütz) [G. Schirmer]
- "God Is A Spirit" (W. Sterndale Bennett) [Oxford]
- "Laudate pueri Domine" from Solemn Vespers (W.A. Mozart)
- "Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus" (Paul Manz)
- "Lord, My Heart Is Open" (Daniel Burton)
- "O Come Let Us Worship" (G.P. da Palestrina) [E.C. Shirmer]
- "Oculi mei" (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit for Lent III [Graduale simplex, p.96]
- "Nine Tenebræ Responsories, Volume 1" (Colin Brumby) CNP Catalog #5201
- "Nine Tenebræ Responsories, Volume 2" (Colin Brumby) CNP Catalog #5202
- "Turn Back, O Man" (Gustav Holst)
Organ Music:
Rubrics indicate that the organ remain silent during Lent, except on Laetare Sunday or on other solemnities or festive days or at any time to accompany singing.
Hence organ preludes and postludes should not be played (except on Laetare Sunday).
Music for non-liturgical services might be chosen from the following:
- "Christe, du Lamm Gottes" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbuchlein
- "Ein Lammlein geht in tragt die Schuld" (Johann Pachelbel) from Eighty Chorale Preludes [C.F. Peters #4448]
- "Ein Lammlein geht in tragt die Schuld" (J.G. Walther) from The Church Organist's Golden Treasury, Vol.1 [Oliver Ditson Co.]
- "O Christ, Thou Lamb of God" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Lenten Season, Set 1 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-300]
- "Prelude on Aus tiefer Not" (Gerald Near)
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
Water is a theme in the liturgy for the Third Sunday of Lent.
The readings and the prayers point specifically to our drinking deeply of the grace flowing from Christ.
The catechumen's First Scrutiny occurs today, with the accompanying prayers relating precisely to the Gospel reading.
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