Music Suggestions
Holy Thursday [Chrism Mass] (ABC)
Hymns:
- Born of the Father, Image Pure and Bright (CH #523)
- Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (WIII #617, HPSC #128, ICEL #183, CBW #542, CH #485, AH #561, CHB #209, SMH #255)
- Father, Lord of All Creation (HPSC #596)
- God Merciful and Righteous Is (ICEL #190)
- Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service (WIII #630, CH #606)
- Lord, You Gave the Great Commission (WIII #470, HPSC #597, CH #639)
- This Is My Commandment (WIII #603, CH #473)
- 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:
- "I Am the Alpha and Omega" (John Stainer, Peter Tchaikovsky)
- "Complete Thy Work, O Lord" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5012
- "O Redemptor" (Gregorian chant) Proper Offertory for Chrism Mass [Graduale simplex, p. 126]
- "Remember Your Love for Me, O Lord" (Eugene Englert) CNP Catalog #5030
- "The Spirit of the Lord Is upon Me" (Edward Elgar, Everett Titcomb)
- "Unto Him That Loved Us" (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Organ Music:
- "Ave Regina caelorum" (Hermann Schroeder) from Die Marianischen Antiphonen
- "Kyrie/Christe/Kyrie" from Missa dominicalis (Girolami Cavazzoni)
- "Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig" (J.S. Bach)
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
The Chrism Mass is a chance for the diocese (representatively) to gather with the bishop who blesses the oils to be used during the coming year.
Additionally, the priests renew their commitment to him made at their own ordinations.
The music, while still maintaining a Lenten mood, needs to speak of ministry and the bond between bishop and priests - the saving grace of God flows from the bishop (as successor of the apostles) through the priests to the faithful.
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