Music Suggestions
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Introit:
1. Esto mihi in Deum [Graduale Romanum, p.275]
2. Esto mihi in Deum [Gregorian Missal, p.452]
3. Be unto me a protecting God [Simple English Propers, p.201 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
4. Lord, be my rock of safety [Simple Choral Gradual, p.149 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
5. Be My Protecting, Saving God [tune: Saint Anne] from Introit Hymns #41 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Tu es Deus, qui facis [Graduale Romanum, p.275]
2. Tu es Deus, qui facis [Gregorian Missal, p.453]
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Cantate Dominum [Graduale Romanum, p.276]
2. Cantate Dominum [Gregorian Missal, p.454]
3. Cantate Dominum (Daniel Friderici, Michael Praetorius)
4. O sing unto the Lord A New Song (John Alcock Sr.)
Offertory:
1. Benedictus es Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.277]
2. Benedictus es Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.455]
3. Benedictus es Domine (Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
4. Blessed are you, O Lord [Simple English Propers, p.202 (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
5. With my tongue I have recounted [Simple Choral Gradual, p.150 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
Communion:
1. Manducaverunt [Graduale Romanum, p.278]
2. Manducaverunt [Gregorian Missal, p.456]
3. They ate and were fully satisfied [Simple English Propers, p.2_ (Adam Bartlett) CMAA]
4. They ate and were filled [Simple Choral Gradual, p.151 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
5. God loved the world so much [Simple Choral Gradual, p.152 (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

Common Psalms for Schools and Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Gospel Acclamation for Ordinary Time (Gary Penkala)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
Psalm 34 (Gary Penkala)
Sustain Us, Lord (J. William Greene)
Taste and See (Gary Penkala)

Hymns

Be My Protecting, Saving God [tune: Saint Anne] from Introit Hymns #41 (Christoph Tietze)
Christ Is the King (WIII #500, CH #540, HH #286, CBW #546, EH #543)
Christian, Do You Hear the Lord? (WIII #594, CH #448, SMH #262)
Eternal, Unchanging, We Sing to Thy Praise (CD #907, HH #187)
Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer (ICEL #184)
Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go (WIII #627, HPSC #160, CBW #550, CH #641, CD #895, CBW #550)
I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord (WIII #726, CBW #578)
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service (WIII #630, CH #606)
My God, Accept My Heart This Day (ICEL #234, CHB #244, CH #470, SMH #418, EH #404)
O Breathe on Me, Breath of God (ICEL #125, HPSC #125, CBW #519, CH #497, WIII# 725)
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (HPSC #237, EH #325)
O God, beyond All Praising (WIII #579, HH #199, SMH #444)
O God, Empower Us (WIII #642)
Sing to the Lord A Joyful Song (WIII #532, PMB #134)
Surely It Is God Who Saves Me (WIII #584)
Take My Life and Let It Be (ICEL #201, CHB #263, EH #408)
What Does the Lord Require? (WIII #624)
You Are the Way (ICEL #216, HH #216, CH #520, SMH #619)
Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old (WIII #750)

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

Cantate Dominum (Tim Blickhan, Giovanni Croce, Johann Crüger)
Complete Thy Work (Calvert Shenk)
Defend Me, Lord, from Shame (Stephen Jarvis)
Ego sum panis (William Byrd)
Exsultate justi in Domino (Juan Gutierrez) [Lawson Gould]
God of Mercy (Monteverdi/Hopson)
God So Loved the World from The Crucifixion (John Stainer)
In Thee, O Lord (F.J. Haydn) [Fox]
In Thee, O Lord (John Weldon)
Jesus, Sun of Life, My Splendor (G.F. Handel) [Concordia]
Remember Your Love for Me, O Lord (Eugene Englert)
Singet dem Herrn (Johann Pachelbel, Heinrich Schütz)

Organ Music

Canzona IV (G. Frescobaldi)
Concordi laetitia from Two Chant Processionals (Rev. Kevin Waters)
Gelobet sei Gott (Paul Manz) [Morning Star Publications]
Hambleston Suite; (Tim Knight) CNP Catalog #6055
In Babilone (Paul Manz) [Morning Star Publications]
Lobe den Herrn (J.S. Bach)
Meinem Jesum lass' ich nicht (J.G. Walther)
O Sing unto the Lord a New Song (Healey Willan) [Peters]
Prelude and Fugue in f# (Dieterich Buxtehude) Old Masters of the Organ [Kalmus]
Prelude on Gelobt sei Gott (Paul Manz) from Ten Chorale Improvisations, Set V [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Prelude on In Babilone (Paul Manz, Wilbur Held, Raymond Haan)
Prelude on Morning Song (Wilbur Held, David Johnson)
Psalm 98 (Louis Bouregois) [Carl Fischer]
Psalm 98 (Jacob Gallus) [Galaxy]
Toccata on Gelobet sei Gott (Alfred Fedak)
Trumpet Processional (Alfred Fedak)
Variations on In Babilone (Raymond Haan)
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (J.S. Bach)

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

How can our music speak clearly of a God who is filled with compassion? We must find a way to convey this divine love and tenderness in the psalms and motets we select. "God of Mercy," a two-part Hal Hopson arrangement of a beautiful Monteverdi aria, carries the message of a merciful, compassionate God, in whom "there is hope, alleluia!"

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.

Structure, Elements and Parts of the Mass: Entrance (GIRM #47)

When the people are gathered, and as the Priest enters with the Deacon and ministers, the Entrance Chant begins. Its purpose is to open the celebration, foster the unity of those who have have been gathered, introduce their thoughts to the mystery of the liturgical time or festivity, and accompany the procession of the Priest and ministers.

Commentary: Note that the Entrance Chant is a key element of the Introductory Rites. It has important value to the celebration -- a four-fold purpose, in fact. Note also that only lastly is this first song meant to "accompany the priest" to the altar. How vain is the celebrant who mandates that this community event must stop when he arrives, as if saying, "I'm here — now the important stuff can begin." How impoverished the congregation that never is allowed to hear the true Proper of the Mass, the Introit, which is officially meant to accompany this action. Active participation is in no way precluded by a congregation's engaged listening to an Introit as they watch the procession draw the community into worship.

Music SuggestionsSixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)