Music Suggestions
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

• Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death (WIII #586)
• By All Your Saints Still Striving (WIII #706, HH #284, SMH #247)
• Come, Let Us to the Lord Our God (ICEL #39, CH #243)
• Father of Heaven, Whose Love Profound (ICEL #41, HH #80, CHB #215, CH #483)
• Forgive Our Sins (WIII #754, CBW #684)
• Have Mercy, Lord, on Us (ICEL #44, WIII #753, PMB #196, HH #82, CH #250, SMH #339)
• How Beautiful the Morning and the Day (WIII #672)
• How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds (ICEL #156, WIII #610, CHB #223, EH #455)
• Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (CH #581, HPSC #203, WIII #525, SMH #386, EH #281)
• Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (WIII #528, ICEL #246, HPSC #301, HH #203, SMH #527)
• The Kingdom of God (WIII #615, CH #550)
• To You I Lift My Soul (HPSC #337)

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. (A/B) Dominus secus [Graduale Romanum, p.264]
  2. (A/B) Dominus secus [Gregorian Missal, p.437]
      
• Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
  1. Timebunt gentes [Graduale Romanum, p.265]
  2. Timebunt gentes [Gregorian Missal, p.438]
      
• Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
  1. Dominus regnavit [Graduale Romanum, p.266]
  2. Dominus regnavit [Gregorian Missal, p.439]
      
• Offertory:
  1. Dextera Domini [Graduale Romanum, p.267]
  2. Dextera Domini [Gregorian Missal, p.440]
      
• Communion:
  1. (A/B) Venite post me [Graduale Romanum, p.267]
  2. (A/B) Venite post me [Gregorian Missal, p.441]
      
• 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
• "Laudate Dominum" (Jacques Berthier/Taizé Community) [GIA Publications]
• "Processional Psalm" (Richard Proulx) with handbells [GIA Publications]

• "Blessed Are the Pure of Heart" (Voullaire)
• "Call to Remembrance" (Farrant)
• "Cantate Domino" (Giovanni Croce)
• "God of Mercy" (Monteverdi/Hopson)
• "Estote fortes" (Luca Marenzio/ed. Angelini) CNP Catalog #7040
• "How Lovely Are the Messengers" from Saint Paul (Felix Mendelssohn)
• "I Lift up My Soul" (Eugene Englert) [Augsburg]
• "In Thee Is Gladness" (Gastoldi)
• "Kyrie eleison" from Lord Nelson Mass (F.J. Haydn)
• "Laudate Dominum" (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
• "Lord, Thy Servants Praise Thee" (W.A. Mozart)
• "Remember Your Love for Me, O Lord" (Eugene Englert) CNP Catalog #5030
• "The Glory of the Father" (Egil Hovland)

• "Dialogue sur les grands jeux" (François Couperin)
• "Elevation II" (Marcel Dupré)
• "Fantasia con imitazione" (J.S. Bach)
• "Introduction and Toccata in G" (William Walond)
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sing hier" (J.G. Walther)
• "Lydian Prelude" (Flor Peeters)
• "Psalm XIX" (Benedetto Marcello)
• "Prelude and Fugue in e" (J.S. Bach)
• "Trio in G" (W.A. Mozart)
• "Vitrail - Stained Glass Window" (Henri Mulet)
• "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" (J.S. Bach)

Structure, Elements and Parts of the Mass: Importance of Singing (GIRM #39)

The faithful who gather together to await the Lord's coming are instructed by the Apostle Paul to sing together psalms, hymns, and inspired liturgical songs (see Colossians 3:16). Liturgical song is the sign of the heart's joy (see Acts 2:46). Thus Saint Augustine says rightly: "To sing belongs to lovers." There is also the ancient proverb: "One who sings well prays twice."

Commentary: The Church here reiterates her ancient tenet on the importance of sung prayer. We as Catholics, must come to understand the significance of liturgical song in our worship: just as we comfortably share a pew with our neighbors, so too must we be willing to share a song with them. Those who abstain from singing, for whatever imagined reason, do not only themselves a disservice, but also fragment and weaken the Body of Christ present in the Church to both adore and receive the Lord in the Eucharist.