Music Suggestions
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (A)
Hymns:
- Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven (HPSC #154, CBW #534)
- I Bind unto Myself Today (HPSC #189, AH #463, CH #305, CHB #97, ICEL #95)
- I Clasp unto My Heart This Day (HPSC #189)
- Joy to the World (AH #320, CBW #454, CH #208, HPSC #205, ICEL #22, PMB #24, WIII #399, SMH #387)
- Light of All the Nations, Shine! (CH #185)
- O Savior of Our Fallen Race (HH #38)
- Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (HH #57, ICEL #36, WIII #410, AH #351, CH #231, HPSC #300, CBW #479, CHB #47, SMH #534)
- The Lord Is King! Lift up Your Voice (CH #517, HPSC #326, CBW #422)
- The Sinless One to Jordan Came (CD #818)
- When Jesus Comes to Be Baptized (CBW #480)
- When John Baptized by Jordan's River (HH #61, WIII #412)
- 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:
- "And the Glory of the Lord" (G.F. Handel) from Messiah
- "Blessed Be the Lord" (Eugene Englert) CNP Catalog #5005
- "Domine Fili unigenito" from Gloria in D (Antonio Vivaldi)
- "Et incarnatus est" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5023
- "Exaltabo te, Domine" (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
- "Joy to the World: A Hymn Concertato" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog # 6040
- "Psalm 29" (Heinrich Schütz, J.P. Sweelinck)
- "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 1" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #4010
- "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 2" (Greene, Brumby, Penkala) CNP Catalog #4020
- "The God of Glory Thundereth" (Alan Hovhaness)
- "The Glory of the Father" (Egil Hovland) [Walton Music]
- "This Is the Record of John" (Orlando Gibbons)
Organ Music:
- "Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light" (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg]
- "Christum wir sollen loben schon" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein]
- "Fanfare, Prelude and Chorale on Joy to the World" (Ronald Besemer) [Organist's Companion, December 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Fantasy on Antioch" (Emma Lou Diemer) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
- "Five Variations on Antioch" (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, November 1998 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam" (J.S. Bach)
- "Exurgat Deus" (Peter Hurford)
- "Gloria / Finale" (Marcel Dupré) from Fifteen Pieces
- "Joy to the World" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, December 1985 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Joy to the World" (Hugo Gehrke) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
- "Joy to the World" (Wilbur Held) [A Nativity Suite - Concordia 97-4461]
- "Joy to the World: In the Style of Vivaldi" (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, November 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Let All Together Praise Our God" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set 3 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-102]
- "Lobt Gott, ihr Chrsiten, allzugleich" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
- "Postlude on Antioch" (Gordon Young) [Ten Christmas Organ Voluntaries - Presser]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
Yes, this is a Sunday during the Christmas season, and carols should be sung.
Be careful to avoid those which speak of the infant Christ (the Gospel has him grown and preaching already).
Christmas decorations and flowers should still be a part of the atmosphere.
These should all be removed immediately after the last liturgy today (or as close as humanly possible).
Nothing hinders the delineation of a season more than "fuzzy" boundaries.
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