Music Suggestions
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

• At That First Eucharist (WIII #733, CH #366, HPSC #217, CBW #605)
• Beloved, Let Us Love (WIII #601)
• Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether (CD #889, WIII #731)
• Father of Mercy, God of Consolation (HPSC #155, ICEL #333, CH #409, CHB #216, EH #238)
• For the Fruit of All Creation (HPSC #159, CD #876, CBW #678, PMB #155, WIII #562, SMH #299)
• Forgive Our Sins (WIII #754, CBW #684)
• God Whose Giving Knows No Ending (WIII #631, CD #873)
• Great God of Mercy (WIII #746)
• 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)
• O Breathe on Me, Breath of God (ICEL #125, HPSC #125, CBW #519, CH #497, WIII# 725)
• Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (WIII #530, HPSC #279, ICEL #242, CBW #650, PMB #123, AH #611, CHB #258, CH #513, SMH #495, EH #282)
• Praise to the Lord (WIII #547, ICEL #245, HPSC #284, CH #592, PMB #122, CBW #653, AH #612, CHB #110, SMH #498, EH #279)
• There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (WIII #595, ICEL #52, PMB #54, AH #613, CH #535, CHB #268, SMH #575, EH #304)
• Ubi caritas (CD #918, ICEL #60, CH #386, AH #390, CBW #575, CHB #309, SMH #582)

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. Domine, in tua misericordia [Graduale Romanum, p.278]
  2. Domine, in tua misericordia [Gregorian Missal, p.457]
      
• Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
  1. Ego dixit: Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.279]
  2. Ego dixit: Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.458]
      
• Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
  1. Verba mea [Graduale Romanum, p.280]
  2. Verba mea [Gregorian Missal, p.459]
      
• Offertory:
  1. Intende voci [Graduale Romanum, p.280]
  2. Intende voci [Gregorian Missal, p.459]
      
• Communion:
  1. Narrabo omnia mirabilia [Graduale Romanum, p.281]
  2. Narrabo omnia mirabilia [Gregorian Missal, p.460]
      
• Mass settings:
  1. "Modal Mass" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog 3115

• "Gloria in C" (Layton James) CNP Catalog #3131
•  Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2100
•  Graduale simplex [Vatican edition] CNP Catalog #2150
•  Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2200

• "Attende Domine" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 2] CNP Catalog #2002
• "God of Mercy" (Monteverdi/Hopson)
• "Maker of All, Be Thou My Guard" (F.J. Haydn) [Broude]
• "O quam suavis est" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5127
• "Remember Your Love for Me, O Lord" (Eugene Englert) CNP Catalog #5030

• "Allegretto" (Louis Vierne)
• "Andante sostenuto" from Gothic Symphony (Charles-Marie Widor)
• "Christe eleison" (Andre Raison) from Messe du deuxieme ton
• "Herzliebster Jesu" (J.S Bach, H. Walcha, J. Brahms, Charles Ore, Wilbur Held, Carl Schalk)
• "Kommst du nun" (J.S. Bach)
• "Lobe den Herren" (J.G. Walther)
• "Meditation religieuse" (Henri Mulet)
• "Partita on Lobe den Herren" (Don Freudenburg)
• "Praise to the Lord" (Paul Manz) [Morning Star Publications]
• "Praise to the Lord" (Max Reger) from Thirty Short Chorale Preludes [Peters]
• "Toccata sexta" (Georg Muffat) from Old Masters of the Organ [Kalmus]

From the August 2009 edition of Newsletter of the Bishops' Committee on Divine Worship:

Why Should Priests Sing?

The ICEL introduction to the chants of the new Roman Missal notes a number of reasons why the priest celebrant should sing:

1. To preserve the tradition of unaccompanied singing which gives the Liturgy a more noble form;
2. To continue the realization of a goal given by the Second Vatican Council in the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of "full and active participation" of all the people;
3. To reinforce, by chanting, the accentuation of the English language; and
4. To preserve the vernacular chants already in use.

The USCCB's 2007 guidelines on music in the Liturgy, Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship, explicitly address the role of the priest in singing the Liturgy in paragrahs 18-21. These paragraphs highlight the importance of the priest singing the presidential prayers and the dialogues of the Liturgy according to his ability. As previously stated, the implementation of the revised Roman Missal is an opportunity for priests to expand their own abilities and to learn to sing the revised texts of the parts of the Mass.

Even if the priest himself is not confident singing alone he should definitely pay attention to his singing with the rest of the community in congregational song. If the celebrant is not perceived as interested in the communal singing of the Liturgy, it will almost always influence the way in which the community will respond in song. Here the truism can apply: "lead by example." In addition, the priest, by his attention and participation, should support the role of the cantor and psalmist. The priest also needs to be careful in the use of the microphone when singing with the gathered assembly, in order to avoid having his voice overpower that of the people.

Finally, in preparation for the reception of the Missal, pastors can point out to the faithful the overall importance of music in the Liturgy, as well as the various parts of the Mass that should be sung and who should sing them.