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Ash Wednesday (ABC)

Hymns:
  • Again We Keep This Solemn Fast (WIII #420, HH #78)
  • Come, Let Us to the Lord Our God (ICEL #39, CH #243)
  • Draw Near, O Lord, Our God (PMB #48)
  • Eternal Lord of Love (HH #79)
  • God of All Mercy (HPSC #168)
  • God of Mercy and Compassion (CHB #51, CH #449)
  • Grant to Us, O Lord (PMB #147, CH #465)
  • Have Mercy, Lord, on Us (ICEL #44, WIII #753, PMB #196, HH #82, CH #250, SMH #339)
  • Hear Our Entreaties, Lord (AH #366, CH #238, ICEL #254, PMB #48, WIII #414, CHB #293)
  • I Lift My Eyes to You, O Lord (CNP Catalog #4100)
  • Lord Jesus, As We Turn from Sin (HPSC #213, HH #63, CH #241, SMH #404)
  • Lord Jesus, Think on Me (AH #364, HH #64, CHB #53, SMH #405, EH #417)
  • Now Is the Healing Time Decreed (CHB #56)
  • O Mortal Men and Women (CH #245)
  • O Merciful Redeemer (CH #539, CBW #484)
  • O Sun of Justice (WIII #424, HPSC #264, HH #71)
  • Out of the Depths (CD #821, HPSC #277, CBW #488, CH #246)
  • This Is Our Accepted Time (PMB #43)
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.
Liturgical Music:

   Official texts:    Other liturgical music: Choral Music:
  • "A Lenten Prayer" (Antonio Salieri) [GIA Publications]
  • "Blest Be the Man" (Hans Leo Hassler) [Broude]
  • "Create in Me, O Lord" (Johannes Brahms)
  • "Da nobis, Domine" (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.88]
  • "Have Mercy upon Me" (Thomas Tomkins)
  • "Hear, O Lord" from Christus (Felix Mendelssohn)
  • "In jejunio et fleta (Thomas Tallis) [Oxford]
  • "Inter vestibulum et altare" (J.A. Perti)
  • "Lenten Proclamation" (James Chepponis) [GIA Publications]
  • "Like As A Father" (Luigi Cherubini)
  • "Miserere mei Domine" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5120
  • "O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me" (Carrie Nixon) CNP Catalog #5125
  • "O My God, Bestow Thy Tender Mercy" (G.B. Pergolesi) [Flammer]
  • "O Merciful Redeemer, Hear" (Chant) [Collegeville Hymnal #248]
  • "Out of the Depths" (F.J. Haydn) from Canons for the Church Year I [Morning Star Music Publishers]
  • "Parce Domine" (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant, Volume 2 CNP Catalog #2002
  • "Psalm 30" (Stephen McManus) CNP Catalog #1030-1
  • "Return to the Lord Your God" (Schalk)
  • "Wash Me, O Lord God" (G.B. Pergolesi)
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. Hence organ preludes and postludes should not be played (except on Laetare Sunday). Music for non-liturgical services might be chosen from the following:
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (J.C. Bach) [Organist's Companion, February 1983 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu fir" (Georg Böhm) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, January 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (G.F. Kauffmann) [Organist's Companion, February 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg] [Organist's Companion, January 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (Johann Pachelbel) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (Samuel Scheidt) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir" (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
  • "Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod" (J.S. Bach) arr. from St. John Passion; Church Organist's Golden Treasury, Vol.2 [Oliver Ditson Co.]
  • "Jesus, I Will Ponder Now" (Wilbur Held) from A Suite of Passion Hymn Settings [Concordia 97-4843]
  • "Jesus, I Will Ponder Now" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Lenten Season, Set 1 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-300]
  • "Improvisation on Attende Domine" (Robert Hebble) [For the Masses - The Sacred Music Press]
  • "O Mensch, bewien' dein' Sunde gross" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
  • "Prelude on Rockingham" (C. Hubert H. Parry)
  • "Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein reines Herze" (J.G. Walther)
  • "Stanzas from Attende Domine" (Robert Kreutz) [Organist's Companion, June 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Variations on Southwell" (Alfred Fedak)
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the penitential observance of Lent. There is no Penitential Rite (Act of Penitence) at the start of today's Mass (the imposition of ashes takes its place later). The ashes should be a stark reminder of our mortality. Simplicity is a keyword today and throughout Lent... no extraneous decorations, no organ music (except as noted above), no flowers. Let the bareness of the church and the liturgy have their effect. Prepare extra music for use during the imposition of ashes — choose from exquisite Gregorian chants or settings of the psalms (particularly Psalms 51, 90, and 130).

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