Music Suggestions Feast of the Holy Family (B)
Hymns:
- A Child My Choice (CH #223)
- All My Heart This Night Rejoices (CH #228, ICEL #14, CHB #14, EH #32)
- All Who Keep the Faith of Jesus (CH #321, HPSC #108, SMH #207)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (AH #323, CBW #463, CH #219, HPSC #113, PMB #34, WIII #376, CHB #15, SMH #222, EH #42)
- Away in a Manger (AH #336, CH #227, PMB #35, WIII #378, CHB #16, SMH #233/4, EH #43)
- O Come, Little Children (PMB #32, CH #197, SMH #439)
- O God in Heaven (HPSC #239)
- Once in Royal David's City (ICEL #27, PMB #21, WIII #402, AH #328, HPSC #270, CBW #473, CHB #30, CH #212, SMH #482, EH #236)
- The Snow Lay on the Ground (SMH #569, EH #41)
- 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:
- Introit:
- Deus in loco sancto tuo [Graduale Romanum, p.310]
- Deus in loco sancto tuo [Gregorian Missal, p.202]
- Iacob autem genuit Ioseph [Graduale simplex, p.70]
- "Mass Propers for Christmastide" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3202
- Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
- Unam petii [Graduale Romanum, p.358]
- Unam petii [Gregorian Missal, p.204]
- Quam dilecta [Graduale simplex, p.71]
- Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
- Gaudete iusti [Graduale Romanum, p.430]
- Gaudete iusti [Gregorian Missal, p.205]
- Unam petii [Graduale simplex, p.71]
- Dominus illuminatio mea [Graduale simplex, p.72]
- Offertory:
- In te speravi, Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.322]
- In te speravi, Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.205]
- Erant parentes Iesu [Graduale simplex, p.73]
- "Mass Propers for Christmastide" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3202
- Communion:
- (B) Fili, quid fecisti [Graduale Romanum, p.51]
- (B) Fili, quid fecisti [Gregorian Missal, p.206]
- Maria autem [Graduale simplex, p.74]
- "Mass Propers for Christmastide" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3202
- Mass settings:
- "Modal Mass" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #3115
- "Missa XII - Orbis factor" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 4] CNP Catalog #2004
- "Missa sanctorum angelorum" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #3120
Other liturgical music:
Choral Music:
- "O lux beata caelitum" (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis p.475]
- "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 1" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #4010
- "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 2" (Greene, Brumby, Penkala) CNP Catalog #4020
- "The Blessed Son of God" (Ralph Vaughan Williams) from Hodie
- "The Shepherds' Farewell" (Hector Berlioz) from L'Enfance du Christ
- "When Christ Was Born of Mary Free" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5034
Organ Music:
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Ronald Arnatt) [Preludes for Hymns in Worship Supplement I]
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 2 - Concordia 97-5385]
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 4 - Concordia 97-6013]
- "Communion" from Messe basse (Camil van Hulse)
- "Gloria for the Flutes" (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, December 1980 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Jesu, meine Freude" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbuchlein
- "Jesus, Priceless Treasure" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations on Classic Chorales [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-843]
- "Jesus, Priceless Treasure" (Max Reger) from Opus 67
- "Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine" (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, November 1998 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Offertory" (Richard Purvis) [An American Organ Mass - Flammer]
- "Pastorale on Ebeling" (Gordon Young) [Ten Christmas Organ Voluntaries - Presser]
- "Pastorale on Venite adoremus" (Edward Beals) [Organist's Companion, November 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Still, Still, Still" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set II - Morning Star Music Publ 10-101]
- "Variations on Away in a Manger" (Janet Correll) [Organist's Companion, November 1988 - McAfee Music Corp]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
A Family Choir made up of the members of the children's choirs (and their "non-choral" parents) and the members of the adult choir (and their "non-choral" children) is a perfect choice to sing today.
Keep the music very simple so all can participate.
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