Music Suggestions
The Fourth Sunday of Lent [Laetare] (B)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Laetare Ierusalem [Graduale Romanum, p.108]
2. Laetare Ierusalem [Gregorian Missal, p.259]
3. In tribulatione [Graduale simplex, p.102]
4. In tribulatione mea (Ascanio Trombetti)
5. Rejoice, O Jerusalem [Simple English Propers, p.75 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. Rejoice, Jerusalem [Simple Choral Gradual, p.59 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. Rejoice, Jerusalem! [tune: Truro] from Introit Hymns #18 (Christoph Tietze)
8. Lenten Introits for Choir and Congregation (Richard Rice)
9. Mass Propers for Lent (Gary Penkala)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Laetatus sum [Graduale Romanum, p.336]
2. Laetatus sum [Gregorian Missal, p.260]
3. Laetatus sum (Adam Gumpelzhaimer, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi)
4. Adiutor in tribulationibus [Graduale simplex, p.103]
5. The Lord will be a refuge (George J. Webb)
6. Domine, exaudi vocem meam [Graduale simplex, p.104]
7. Domine exaudi vocem (David Thoman)
8. Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Tract (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Qui confidunt [Graduale Romanum, p109]
2. Qui confidunt [Gregorian Missal, p.261]
3. Qui verbum Dei [Graduale simplex, p.105]
4. De profundis [Graduale simplex, p.106]
5. De profundis (Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Nicolaus Bruhns, Josquin des Prez, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Estêvão Lopes Morago, W.A. Mozart, Jan Pieters Sweelinck)
Offertory:
1. Laudate Dominum [Graduale Romanum, p.110]
2. Laudate Dominum [Gregorian Missal, p.262]
3. Bonum est confiteri [Graduale simplex, p.106]
4. Bonum est confiteri (Robert Führer, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
5. Praise the Lord, for he is loving [Simple English Propers, p.76 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
6. The Lord does whatever he wills [Simple Choral Gradual, p.60 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. Enlighten my eyes [Simple English Propers, p.77 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
8. Mass Propers for Lent (Gary Penkala)
Communion:
1. (B) Ierusalem, quae aedificatur [Graduale Romanum, p.370]
2. (B) Ierusalem, quae aedificatur [Gregorian Missal, p.263]
3. Introibo ad altare Dei [Graduale simplex, p.107]
4. Jerusalem, built as a city [Simple English Propers, p.78 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
5. The Lord rubbed my eyes [Simple Choral Gradual, p.61 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. The Lord made some clay [Simple English Propers, p.79 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
7. To Jerusalem [Simple Choral Gradual, p.62 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Mass Propers for Lent (Gary Penkala)
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Mass XVII (Adventus et Quadragesimae)
2. Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
3. Missa Deus Genitor alme (Harry McMurray)
4. Wondrous Love: A Mass for Lent (J. William Greene)

Other liturgical music

Chant Booklet, Volume 4 (ed. Chris Bord) with chant Mass for Lent
Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
Laetare Jerusalem (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit for Lent IV [Liber usualis p.559]
Search Me, Lord (Alex Hill)
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Randall DeBruyn) [OCP Publications]
Lord, You Have the Words; (Richard Proulx) [GIA Publications]
Mass Propers (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis p.551-556]
Psalm 130 (Christopher Bord)
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)
You Will Not Be Strangers Music for the Dismissal Rite (Alex Hill)

Hymns

Christ Is the World's Light (CBW #543, HPSC #130, WIII #543, CD #897, EH #258)
God, You Are Clothed in Light (HH #81)
He Healed the Darkness of My Mind (WIII #749)
I Lift My Eyes to You, O Lord (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year
Jesus Calls Us Out of Darkness (HH #62)
Lord Jesus, Have Pity on Us (CH #240)
My Song Is Love Unknown (CH #258, HH #90, WIII #439, CHB #65, SMH #421)
O Christ, You Are the Light of Day (HH #87, CBW #723)
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (HPSC #237, EH #325)
O Love of God, How Strong and True (HPSC #254, SMH #460)
Praise to the Holiest in the Height (CBW #651, PMB #131, ICEL #50, HPSC #285, CBW #651, AH #615, CH #514, CHB #260, SMH #496, EH #343)
Take Up Your Cross (WIII #634, ICEL #51, HPSC #309, CD #927, PMB #44, HH #68, CBW #485, CH #651, SMH #544)
To the Name That Brings Salvation (CHB #270, HPSC #333, EH #326)
What Wondrous Love Is This? (CD #822, WIII #600, HH #95, PMB #157, ICEL #164, CH #530, HH #95, SMH #607)

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

Agnus Dei (Casciolini)
Aus der tiefer (Heinrich Hartmann)
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Johann Sebastian Bach, Christoph Bernhard, Johannes Eccard, Felix Mendelssohn, Michael Praetorius, Johann Hermann Schein, Heinrich Schütz)
Behold the Lamb of God from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
By the Waters of Babylon (William Boyce) [Broude]
By the Waters of Babylon (T. Tertius Noble) [H.W. Gray]
De profundis (Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Nicolaus Bruhns, Josquin des Prez, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Estêvão Lopes Morago, W.A. Mozart, Jan Pieters Sweelinck)
Even from the Depth (William Byrd)
God So Loved the World from The Crucifixion (John Stainer)
God So Loved the World (Melchior Vulpius) [Concordia]
Greater Love Hath No Man (John Ireland)
I Was Glad (Henry Purcell) [Novello]
Judge and Defend My Cause, O Lord (John Smith)
Laetatus sum (Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Claudio Monteverdi)
Lenten Prayer (Robert Powell) [Choristers Guild]
O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me (Carrie Nixon)
O My People (Colin Brumby)
O Savior of the World (John Goss)
Out from the Deep (Thomas Tallis)
Out of the Deep (John Alcock Sr, Henry Aldrich, John Wall Callcott, Thomas Morley)
Richte mich, Gott (Felix Mendelssohn)
Song of Christ's Glory (Alan Smith)
Superflumina Babylonis (Orlando di Lasso) [Arista]
Superflumina Babylonis (Palestrina) [Chester]
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs (R. Evan Copley)
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
Suscepit Israel from Magnificat in D (J.S. Bach)
Wondrous Love (arr. Paul Christiansen) [Augsburg]

Organ Music

Rubrics indicate that the organ remain silent during Lent, except on Laetare Sunday or on other solemnities or festive days or at any time to accompany singing. Organ music may then be used today during Mass, as solo preludes, meditations and postludes, in addition to accompanying singing. It should, however, still retain a Lenten flavor and not be overly exuberant, which would detract from the festivity of Easter.

Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht (Georg Böhm) from The Church Organist's Golden Treasury, Vol.1 [Oliver Ditson Co.]
Christus, der uns selig macht (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
Christus, der ist mein Leben (Sigfid Karg-Elert)
Hymnus tempore quadragesimali (Samuel Scheidt)
Kyrie/Christe/Kyriefrom Mass for the Parishes (François Couperin)
Variations on Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht (Georg Böhm)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

This is Laetare Sunday, a title derived from the opening text of the Latin proper Introit: "Laetare, Ierusalem..." (Rejoice, Jerusalem). What an opportunity is missed if we musicians don't sing that lovely Gregorian Introit, with perhaps a note in a liturgy sheet explaining its connection with the title of the Sunday. Of course, rose vestments should be worn, the organ should be played, and flowers (of a Lenten sort) should adorn the sanctuary. Otherwise, this is just another Sunday in Lent.

Music SuggestionsThe Fourth Sunday of Lent [Laetare] (B)