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The First Sunday of Advent (C)

Hymns:
  • Behold! the Mountain of the Lord (ICEL #179)
  • Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round (CD #916)
  • He Walks among the Golden Lamps (WIII #684, CH #533)
  • Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending (AH #304, CHB #7, SMH #401, EH #5)
  • O Come, Divine Messiah (ICEL #6, WIII #367, PMB #6, CD #803, HH #26, CBW #441, CH #173, SMH #440)
  • O Quickly Come, Great Judge of All (HH #21)
  • O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide (HH #13, CH #181, SMH #470)
  • Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers (HPSC #287, HH #7, SMH #509, EH #4)
  • Sleepers, Wake! (CH #186, WIII #371, ICEL #11, AH #306, HH #25, PMB #10, CBW #451)
  • So Lately Sprung from Glory (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year CNP #4100
  • To You I Lift My Soul (HPSC #337)
  • To You, O Lord, I Lift My Soul (CH #463)
  • Up, Awake, from Highest Steeple (HPSC #338)
  • Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying (AH #306, CBW #451, CH #186, HH #25, ICEL #11, PMB #10, WIII #371, CHB #10, HPSC #338, EH #3)
  • Wake, O Wake, and Sleep No Longer (WIII #371, SMH #594)
  • Your Kingdom Come (CH #551, SMH #620)
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:
  • "Ad te levavi" (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit for Advent I [Liber usualis p.318]
  • "Ad te levavi" [ant] & "Psalm 25" [ps tone] (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.54]
  • "Advent Message" (Robert How)
  • "And Take Heed to Yourselves" (Heinrich Schütz) [Peters]
  • "Behold, the Days Come, Saith the Lord" (Max Reger) [Concordia]
  • "Creator alme siderum" (Rev. Thomas Buffer) CNP Catalog #5015
  • "Creator alme siderum" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 1 CNP Catalog #2001 [This was the proper Vesper hymn for Advent]
  • "I Lift up My Soul" (Eugene Englert) [Augsburg]
  • "Introit for Advent" (Philip Ledger)
  • "Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending" (arr. Willcocks) [Carols for Choirs III, Oxford]
  • "My Lord, What A Mournin'" (Spiritual, arr. William Dawson)
  • "O Lord God of Hosts" (William Crotch) [St Mary's Press]
  • "Psalm 122" (Giles Farnaby, 1560-1600)
  • "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" (J.S. Bach) the chorale or the cantata movement
  • "Wake, Awake!" (Franz Tunder)
  • "Wake, Awake" (arr. Donna Robertson) CNP Catalog #5016
Organ Music:
  • "Chorale Improvisation on Wachet auf" (Paul Manz) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
  • "Four Advent Chorales for Flute & Harpsichord (Organ)" (Stephen McManus) CNP Catalog #6023
  • "Gottes Sohn ist kommen" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein]
  • "Gottes Sohn ist kommen" (Heinrich Buttstedt) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Gottes Sohn ist lommen" (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Lob sei dem allmachtigen Gott" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbuchlein #4
  • "Once He Came in Blessing" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-100]
  • "Prelude on Bryn calfaria" (Ralph Vaughan Williams) [Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Galaxy Music Corp]
  • "The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns" (David Johnson)
  • "Two Variations on Wachet auf" (Edward Beals) [Organist's Companion, November 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" (John G. Barr) [Organist's Companion, November 1998 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" (J.L. Krebs) [Treasury of Shorter Organ Classics - Merrymount Music Press]
  • "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" (Flor Peeters) [Thirty Chorale Preludes]
  • "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" (David Polley) [Organist's Companion, December 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
  • "Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme" (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
  • "Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-100]
  • "Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying" (Flor Peeters) [Thirty Chorale Preludes, Book 1 - Peters 6023]
  • "Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying" (Frank Speller) [Three Organ Settings for Advent - Concordia]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
The themes of Second Coming, night, darkness and vigilance are prevalent in today's liturgy. Somber and solemn music may help to point out this chilling reminder of the end of the world and our own destiny.

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