Music Suggestions
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Intret oratio mea in conspectu tuo [Graduale Romanum, p.363]
2. Intret oratio mea in conspectu tuo [Gregorian Missal, p.586]
3. Let My Prayer Come Up (John Blow)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Let my prayer enter into your presence [Simple English Propers, p.334 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. Let my prayer come before you [Simple Choral Gradual, p.253 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. Allow My Prayer and Plea [tune: Saint Bride] from Introit Hymns 71 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Dirigitus oratio mea [Graduale Romanum, p.363]
2. Dirigitus oratio mea [Gregorian Missal, p.587]
3. Dirigatur oratio mea (Moritz Brosig)
4. Let My Prayer Come Up (John Blow)
5. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
6. Chabanel Psalmody
7. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. (B/C) Qui posuit fines tuos pacem [Graduale Romanum, p.364]
2. (B/C) Qui posuit fines tuos pacem [Gregorian Missal, p.588]
3. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
Offertory:
1. Gressus meos dirige Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.365]
2. Gressus meos dirige Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.589]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. Guide my footsteps, O Lord [Simple English Propers, p.335 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. Let my steps be guided [Simple Choral Gradual, p.254 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
Communion:
1. (B/C) Dominus regit me [Graduale Romanum, p.365]
2. (B/C) Dominus regit me [Gregorian Missal, p.590]
3. (B/C) Dominus regit me [Communio, p.73 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Choose one Antiphona ad communionem and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. (B/C) The Lord is my shepherd [Simple English Propers, p.338 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. (B/C) The Lord is my shepherd [Choral Communio, p.184 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. The Lord is my shepherd [Simple Choral Gradual, p.255 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. The Lord Is My Shepherd (Maurice Greene, George Alexander Macfarren)
9. The disciples recognized the Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.256 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Masses VIII (De angelis) & XI (Orbis factor)
2. Latin Gregorian Chant Masses XI (Orbis factor) & VIII (De angelis)
3. Latin Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
4. Latin Mass of Saint Jerome (Christopher Bord)
5. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
6. Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
7. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
8. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
9. Modal Mass (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)

Other liturgical music

Canticle of the Lamb (Rev. John-Mark Missio)
Canticle of the Lamb (Howard Hughes, SM)
You Will Not Be Strangers (Alex Hill)

Hymns

Eternal Father, Strong to Save (CH #601, CHB #213, SMH #292, EH #512)
God Has Spoken By His Prophets (WIII #516, CH #652)
God Is Our Fortress and Our Rock (WIII #575)
God Whose Giving Knows No Ending (CD #873, WIII #631)
I Sought the Lord (WIII #593)
Jesus, Lead the Way (WIII #611, EH #425)
Lord of All Hopefulness (WIII #568, CH #524, HH #226, CHB #239, SMH #406, EH #363)
Now Let Us from This Table Rise (WIII #625, PMB #146)
Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow (ICEL #166, CBW #622, AH #521, PMB #206, EH #139)
Thanks Be to You, O God (PMB #141)
The Kingdom of God (WIII #615, CH #550)
The Living God My Shepherd Is (WIII #612, CD #831, CBW #690)
The Works of the Lord Are Created in Wisdom (WIII #504)
We Believe in One True God (ICEL #97)
When Jesus Came Preaching the Kingdom of God (WIII #614, CH #647)
Where Temple Offerings Are Made (WIII #622)
Ye Sons of Men (CD #802)

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, 3rd Edition, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

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

Choral Music

All Thy Works Praise Thee (Lloyd Weber)
In Thee, O Lord (F.J. Haydn) [Fox]
Jesus, Sun of Life (G.F. Handel)
The Lord's My Shepherd (Colin Brumby)
My Shepherd Is the Living Lord (Thomas Tomkins)
O Lord, Increase My Faith (Orlando Gibbons)
Psalm XXIII (John Wall Callcott, Franz Schubert)
Remember Your Love for Me, O God (Eugene Englert)
The Lord Himself, the Mighty Lord (Stephen Jarvis)
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Stephen DeCesare)
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Charles Villiers Stanford)

Organ Music

Be Thou My Vision (Paul Manz) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Cantilena (Josef Rheinberger)
Canzona francese (Andrea Cima)
Gott der Vater wohn uns bei (J.S. Bach)
O Gott du frommer Gott (J.S. Bach)
Prelude on Brother James' Air (Searle Wright, Charles Ore, Harold Darke)
Prelude on Old Hundredth (Paul Manz, Jan Bender)
Prelude on Slane (Paul Manz, Charles Ore, Ronald Arnatt)
Sonata in c minor (Alexandre Guilmant)
The Beatitudes (Stephen McManus)
The Lord's My Shepherd (Charles Ore) from Eleven Compositions Set IV
Variations on Slane for violin and organ (Jan Bender)
Voluntary V (John Stanley)
Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen? (J.L. Krebs)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

During Ordinary Time in Year B we will highlight passages from the new General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM) that pertain to music during the liturgy. The GIRM contains rubrics and instructions (some of them new) for the celebration of the Mass. The first section below is a direct quote from the English translation of the document. The second section is a commentary on the passage.

The Arrangement of the Church (GIRM #313)

The organ and other lawfully approved musical instruments should be placed in a suitable place so that they can sustain the singing of both the choir and the people and be heard with ease by everybody if they are played alone. It is appropriate that before being put into liturgical use, the organ be blessed according to the rite described in the Roman Ritual.

In Advent the use of the organ and other musical instruments should be marked by a moderation suited to the character of this time of year, without expressing in anticipation the full joy of the Nativity of the Lord.

In Lent the playing of the organ and musical instruments is allowed only to support the singing. Exceptions, however, are Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent), Solemnities, and Feasts.

Commentary: This section brings together some clear rubrics from the Ceremonial of Bishops (1989). The two penitential (violet) seasons require special consideration for organ and other instrumental music. During Advent, the organ should be played as a solo instrument (preludes, offertories, communions, postludes) with moderation (volume, repertoire), so as not to overshadow Christmastide. During Lent, the organ should not be heard at all, except when used to accompany singing (choir, cantor, congregation) or on Laetare Sunday, when the extreme penitential mood is lightened, or on feasts and solemnities.

The rubric does not state this explicitly, but one might infer that during the festive seasons of Christmastide and Eastertide, one might play more robust and joyful organ music, to set these seasons apart from Ordinary Time. Remember, contours (highs and lows) is the goal for music during the liturgical year.

Music Suggestions Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)