Music Suggestions
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

• All People That on Earth Do Dwell (WIII #669, HPSC #107, ICEL #166, AH #622, CBW #621, PMB #206, CHB #201)
• Gift of Finest Wheat (WIII #736, HPSC #360, PMB #665, CBW #570, CH #389)
• Holy God, We Show Forth Here (CD #885)
• I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (WIII #607, HPSC #192, ICEL #157, CH #453, AH #579)
• In Christ There Is No East or West (WIII #607, HPSC #194, PMB #103, CBW #556, CH #650)
• Lord of All Hopefulness (WIII #568, CH #524, HH #226, CHB #239)
• My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (WIII #606, ICEL #163, CH #458)
• Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (WIII #530, HPSC #279, ICEL #242, CBW #650, PMB #123, AH #611, CHB #258, 513)
• Praise to the Lord (WIII #547, ICEL #245, HPSC #284, CH #592, PMB #122, CBW #653, AH #612, CHB #110)
• Shepherd of Souls, in Love, Come Feed Us (PMB #653)
• Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless (CH #390, HPSC #294, ICEL #144, WIII #728)
• Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (WIII #528, ICEL #246, HPSC #301, HH #203)
• The Church of Christ in Every Age (WIII #626, CH #613)
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is (WIII #609, ICEL #165, HPSC #324, AH #580, CH #460, CHB #265)
• The Living God My Shepherd Is (WIII #612, CD #831, CBW #690)
• The Lord's My Shepherd (CD #832, CH #479, CBW #689, CHB #266)
• There's A Wideness in God's Mercy (WIII #595, ICEL #52, PMB #54, AH #613, CH #535, CHB #268)
• Ye Servants of God (CD #911, CH #519, HPSC #357)

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.

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

• "My Shepherd Is the Lord" (Joseph Gelineau)

• "God Is My Shepherd" (Antonin Dvorak)
• "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" (arr. Richard Proulx)
• "Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us" (J.S. Bach)
• "Through Christ Jesus" (Peter Hurford) [Novello]
• "To God Let Praise Be Sung" (G.F. Handel)
• "Ye Are No More Strangers" (Adrian Cruft) [Boosey & Hawkes]

• "Cantilena" (Josef Rheinberger)
• "Chorale Prelude on Lobe den Herren" (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, May 1999 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Chromatic Fanatsia & Fugue" (Johann Pachelbel)
• "Fanfare on Lauda anima" (Robert Hughes) [Organist, January 1982]
• "Hambleton Suite" (Tim Knight) CNP Catalog #6055
• "Kingsfold Trumpet" (Alferd Fedak)
• "Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Lobe den Herren" (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
• "Lobe den Herren" (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Anthologia pro organo IV - Schott Frères]
• "Lord of All Hopefulness" (Ronald Arnatt) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
• "Partita on Lobe den Herren" (Don Freudenberg) [Organist's Companion, June 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Meditation on Saint Columba" (Edward G. Mead) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
• "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, June 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow" (Paul Manz)
• "Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven" (J.L. Adam) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
• "Praise to the Lord" (Calvin Hampton) [Organist's Companion, October 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Praise to the Lord" (Paul Manz) [Five Improvisations for Wedding and General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
• "Praise to the Lord" (Friederich Zipp) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
• "Prelude Founded on an Old Irish Church Melody" (Charles Villiers Stanford) [Organist's Companion, July 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Prelude, Fugue & Variation" (César Franck)
• "Prelude on Bradbury" (John Barr) [Organist's Companion, July 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Prelude on Brother James' Air" (Searle Wright) [Oxford 93-P-103
• "Prelude on In babilone" (Paul Manz)
• "Prelude on Saint Agnes" (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Meditations on Communion Hymns - Flammer]
• "Prelude on Saint Agnes" (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
• "Prelude on Saint Columba" (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Meditations on Communion Hymns - Flammer]
• "Prelude on Saint Columba" (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
• "Prelude on Slane" (Gerre Hancock) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
• "Prelude on The King of Love My Shepherd Is" (Healey Willan)
• "Processional" (Martin Shaw)
• "Saint Columba" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, July 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Slane: A Partita for Organ" (Robert W. Jones) [Organist's Companion, January 1995 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Suite for Worship on Slane" (Kevin Norris) [Organist's Companion, October 1981 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, June 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" (Gerhard Krapf) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
• "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" (Robin Milford) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
• "The Kingsfold Trumpet" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, August 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "The Lord's My Shepherd" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 4 - Concordia 97-6013]
• "Toccata-Chorale on Slane" (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, February 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Toccata in F Major" (Dieterich Buxtehude)
• "Toccata on Lobe den Herren" (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
• "Trumpet Voluntary" (Alfred Fedak)
• "Variations on In babilone" (Raymond Haan)
• "Variations on Slane" (Robin Rokey) [Organist's Companion, January 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Variations on Slane" for Violin & Organ (Jan Bender)

Structure, Elements and Parts of the Mass: Acclamation before the Gospel (GIRM #62-64)

After the reading which immediately precedes the Gospel, the Alleluia or another song indicated by the rubrics is sung, according to the liturgical season. An acclamation of this kind constitutes in itself a rite or act, by which the assembly of the faithful praises and welcomes and greets the Lord who is about to speak to them in the Gospel and professes its faith in liturgical song. The Alleluia is sung by all standing, led by either the choir or a cantor, and if appropriate, it may be repeated. The verse itself is sung either by the choir or by the cantor.

1. The Alleluia is sung in every season outside Lent. The verses are taken from the Lectionary or the Graduale.
2. During Lent in place of the Alleluia the verse before the Gospel is sung, as indicated in the Lectionary. It is also possible to sing another psalm or tract, as long as it is found in the Graduale.

When there is only one reading before the Gospel reading [as on weekdays]:

1. during a season calling for the Alleluia, there is an option to use either the psalm with "Alleluia" as the response, or the responsorial psalm followed by the Alleluia with its verse;
2. during the season when the Alleluia is not allowed, either the psalm and the verse before the Gospel or the psalm alone may be used.
3. The alleluia verse before the Gospel may be omitted if it is not sung.

The Sequence is optional, except on Easter Sunday and Pentecost. It is sung before the Alleluia.

Commentary: It is very important that the people sing the Gospel Acclamation, led by the cantor or choir. This (along with standing posture, sign of the cross, ordained minister as proclaimer, special greeting, and incense) is a liturgical mark of respect for the presence of Christ in the Gospel reading. The Alleluia is replaced by another acclamation during Lent.

For weekday (ferial) Masses, the Lectionary provides a First Reading, a Responsorial Psalm (with response), a Gospel Acclamation (with verse) and a Gospel Reading. The First Reading and Gospel must be used. For the music between the readings there are options. Outside Lent, one may use both the Responsorial Psalm and the Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) -- or -- one may use an "Alleluia" refrain (in essence, what might have been the refrain for the Gospel Acclamation) with the verses of the proper psalm. During Lent the Responsorial Psalm and the Gospel Acclamation (with verse) may both be sung, or the Responsorial Psalm alone may be sung, the Gospel Acclamation being omitted.

Thus the two options throughout the year:

• First Reading
• Responsorial Psalm w/proper response
• Alleluia w/verse
• Gospel

• First Reading
• Responsorial Psalm w/Alleluia response
• Gospel

• First Reading
• Responsorial Psalm w/proper response
• Gospel Acclamation w/verse
• Gospel

• First Reading
• Responsorial Psalm w/proper response
• Gospel

Singing the Alleluia is so important during liturgy that if not sung, it may (and should) be omitted. It should not be "recited" by lector or priest before the Gospel.

The sequence is not optional on Easter and Pentecost, and owing to its style and history, ought to be sung. See CNP's responsorial settings, Praises to the Paschal Victim by Alex Hill, and Pentecost Sequence by J. William Greene.