Music Suggestions
The Third Sunday of Easter (B)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Jubilate Deo omnis terra [Graduale Romanum, p.219]
2. Jubilate Deo omnis terra [Gregorian Missal, p.359]
3. Jubilate Deo (Adriano Banchieri, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Josquin des Prez, Giovanni Gabrieli, Orlando di Lasso, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Heinrich Schütz, Ascanio Trombetti)
4. Make Ye Joy to God (William Byrd)
5. O Be Joyful in the Lord (G.F. Handel, Charles Villiers Stanford)
6. Ego sum pastor bonus [Graduale simplex, p.165]
7. Ego sum pastor bonus (Thomas Kuras)
8. Cantate Domino canticum novum [Graduale simplex, p.172]
9. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth [Simple English Propers, p.111 (Adam Bartlett)]
10. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy [Simple Choral Gradual, p.97 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
11. All People of the Earth, Rejoice [tune: Lasst uns erfreuen] from Introit Hymns #24 (Christoph Tietze)
12. Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Alleluia I (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli [Graduale Romanum, p.220]
2. Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli [Gregorian Missal, p.360]
3. Cognoverunt discipuli (William Byrd)
4. Confitemini Domino [Graduale simplex, p.166]
Alleluia II (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Alleluia. Oportebat pati Christum [Graduale Romanum, p.220]
2. Alleluia. Oportebat pati Christum [Gregorian Missal, p.361]
3. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Confitemini Domino [Graduale simplex, p.168]
Offertory:
1. Lauda anima mea [Graduale Romanum, p.221]
2. Lauda anima mea [Gregorian Missal, p.362]
3. Ad te de luce [Graduale simplex, p.169]
4. Praise the Lord, O my soul [Simple English Propers, p.112 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. My soul, give praise to the Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.98 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Communion:
1. Cantate Domino, alleluia [Graduale Romanum, p.222]
2. Cantate Domino, alleluia [Gregorian Missal, p.363]
3. In Galilæa Iesum [Graduale simplex, p.170]
4. Cantate Domino, alleluia [Communio, p.30]
5. [B] Sing unto the Lord, alleluia [Simple English Propers, p.115 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. O Sing unto the Lord (Henry Purcell, Vaughan Richardson)
7. [B] Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead [Simple Choral Gradual, p.100 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Mass settings:
1. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
2. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
3. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk)
4. Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Graduale Romanum, p.710]
5. Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.75]
6. Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
7. Paschal Gloria (J. William Greene)

Other liturgical music

Adoro te devote: A Communion Processional (Gary Penkala)
Blessed Be God (James Chepponis) [GIA Publications]
Chant Booklet, Volume 4 (ed. Chris Bord)
Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala)
Gospel Fanfare for Easter Morning (James Biery) [GIA Publications]
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
I Saw Water Flowing (Alex Hill)
Let All the Earth (Christopher Willcock) [OCP]
Like a Deer That Longs (John E. Sittard)
Lumen Christi (Richard J. Clark)
Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Paschal Gloria (J. William Greene)
Processional Alleluia (Howard Hughes SM) [GIA Publications]
Psalm 118 (Christopher Bord)
Renaissance Alleluia (Gary Penkala)
Saint Patrick Alleluia (Stephen McManus)
Tantum ergo: A Processional (Gary Penkala)
Te Deum: We Praise You, O God (J. William Greene)
The New Lambs of Christ (arr. Gary Penkala)
This Day Was Made by the Lord (Christopher Walker) [Oregon Catholic Press]
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Vidi aquam (Gregorian chant) Proper chant for Sprinkling Rite [Liber usualis, p.12] — or — [Booklet of Chant, Volume 3]
You Have Put on Christ (J. William Greene) [GIA Publications]

Hymns

Be Joyful, Mary, Heavenly Queen (CBW #497, CH #328, ICEL #109, PMB #77, WIII #450)
Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands (ICEL #67, HH #103, CH #275)
Daylight Fades (WIII #448, HH #101)
Gift of Finest Wheat (WIII #736, PMB #665, HPSC #360, CBW #570, CH #389)
God with Hidden Majesty / Adoro te devote (WIII #489, ICEL #138, HPSC #164, AH #511, CH #368)
He Is Risen (CH #285)
Humbly We Adore Thee / Adoro te devote (PMB #675, CBW #587, CH #369)
I Know That My Redeemer Lives (WIII #445, ICEL #160, PMB #744, CBW #56, CH #293)
Jesus, Bread in Mercy Broken (HPSC #200)
O Queen of Heaven (WIII #443, PMB #67)
One in Joyful Songs of Praise (PMB #72)
That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (WIII #457, ICEL #76, HH #116, CBW #507, CH #284)
The Day of Resurrection (CH #278, HH #130, HPSC #316, CHB #82)
This Is the Lord's Day (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
This Joyful Eastertide (WIII #449, HH #133, CHB #84)

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.

Choral Music

Adoro te devote (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant, Volume 3
Alleluia (Randall Thompson)
Alleluia! For Christ Is Risen (J.S. Bach)
And They Drew Nigh (Leo Sowerby)
Ave verum corpus (Gregorian chant) [ICEL #131, Liber ususalis p.1856]
Ave verum corpus (W.A. Mozart)
Awake, My Heart, with Gladness (J.S. Bach)
Breaking of the Bread (Austin Lovelace)
Cantate Domino (Dietrich Buxtehude, Giovanni Croce, Michel-Richard de Lalande, Hans Leo Hassler, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today from Hymn Trilogy II (Harry McMurray)
Cognoverunt discipuli (William Byrd) [Novello]
Concentus gaudii: Cantate Domino (J. William Greene)
Easter Psalm (Gary Penkala)
Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing (Donna Robertson)
If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis)
My Heart Is Fixed (Leo Sowerby)
O sacrum convivium (Eugene Englert)
O Sing unto the Lord (Henry Purcell)
O Sweet and Sacred Feast (Michael McCabe)
Preserve Me, O Lord (Benedetto Marcello) [Concordia] (Paul Manz) [Augsburg]
Regina coeli lætare (Gregor Aichinger / Angelini)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Tantum ergo sacramentum (Christopher Bord)
The Master's Rejoicing (Jim Stanley)
Two Easter Anthems (Colin Brumby)
Vidi aquam (Michael McCarthy)

Organ Music

Christ Is Arisen (Gerald Near)
Christ lag in Todesbanden (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
Christ lag in Todesbanden (Georg Böhm, F.W. Zachau, Samuel Scheidt)
Maestoso: Five Processionals (Calvert Shenk)
Prelude on Christ lag in Todesbanden (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Easter Season [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-402]
Prelude on Duke Street (Flor Peeters) from Thirty Short Preludes
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (J.S. Bach)
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Johannes Brahms) from Eleven Chorale Preludes
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Wilbur Held)
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (M.F.A. Koehler)
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (F.W. Marpurg) from Twenty-one Chorale Preludes [Augsburg]
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Max Reger) from Chorale Preludes for the Church Year
Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness (Paul Manz) from Improvisations on Classic Chorales [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-843]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

The Gospel emphasizes the importance of Scripture ("He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures") and Sacrament ("He was made known in the breaking of the bread"). Incense at the Gospel and incense during the Elevation may help to reinforce this. Throughout the Easter Season (from the Easter Vigil right through Pentecost) the Sprinkling Rite is the perfect way to open the liturgy. It recalls our baptism (use water from the font) and delineates this season, which otherwise has a great danger of being forgotten by the fourth or fifth Sunday. Use the proper chant Vidi aquam [Liber usualis, p.12] — or — [Booklet of Chant, Volume 3], or I Saw Water Flowing, a brilliant English adaptation by Alex Hill which maintains the chant melody.

Music SuggestionsThe Third Sunday of Easter (B)