Music Suggestions
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

• All Creatures of Our God and King (WIII #520, HPSC #103, CBW #620, PMB #120, HH #186, AH #600, CH #555, CHB #198)
• All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (WIII #494, ICEL #102, HH #285, PMB #99, CH #521, CHB #199)
• All Ye Peoples, Bless the Lord (HPSC #109)
• Alleluia, Alleluia! Sing a New Song to the Lord (HPSC #110)
• Come, Rejoice before Your Maker (WIII #664)
• Give Thanks to God for He Is Good (HPSC #162)
• I Sing the Mighty Power of God (WIII #502, ICEL #228, HPSC #197, AH #616, CH #565)
• I Want to Walk As A Child of the Light (WIII #510)
• New Songs of Celebration Render (WIII #533, CBW #659)
• Now Thank We All Our God (CBW #674, PMB #30, WIII #560, ICEL #235, HPSC #231, CBW #674, PMB #130, AH #607, CH #570, CHB #246)
• O Christ, the Healer (WIII #747, CH #406)
• O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (HPSC #237)
• O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising (WIII #646, CH #611)
• O Lord, You Are My God and King (HPSC #252)
• O My Soul, Bless God the Father (HPSC #255, CH #459)
• O Praise Ye the Lord (HPSC #259, CBW #649, WIII #539, ICEL #238, CD #906, CHB #253)
• O Taste and See (HPSC #265, PMB #193)
• Praise to the Lord (WIII #547, ICEL #245, HPSC #284, CH #592, PMB #122, CBW #653, AH #612, CHB #110)
• Rejoice, My Soul, and Bless the Lord (HPSC #286)
• Sing to the Lord A Joyful Song (WIII #532, PMB #134)
• Surely It Is God Who Saves Me (WIII #584)
• Thanks Be to You, O God (PMB #141)
• The Church's One Foundation (WIII #618, ICEL #202, HPSC #312, CBW #604, HH #282, AH #560, PMB #150, CH #489, CHB #187)
• The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns (WIII #464, ICEL #105, HH #303, CH #516, CHB #90)
• 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

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.

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

• "Canticle of the Lamb" (John-Mark Missio) CNP Catalog #3110
•  Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2100
•  Graduale Simplex [Vatican edition] CNP Catalog #2150
• "Mass of the Redemption" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #3125
• "Psallite Deo" (Jacques Berthier) [Music from Taizé]
• "Psalm 130" (Rev. Joseph Gelineau)
• "Sing to the Lord" (Theodore Marier)
• "Spirit of Strength and Courage" (Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals CNP Catalog #3078
• "Thaxted Acclamations" (Rev. Anthony Mancini) CNP Catalog #3142
• "We Should Glory in the Cross" (Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals CNP Catalog #3077

• "Adoramus te Domine" (Palestrina)
• "But the Lord Is Mindful of His Own" (Felix Mendelssohn)
• "Cantate Domino" (G.O. Pitoni)
• "Ego sum panis vivus" (Padre Martini) [GIA Publications]
• "Estote fortes" (Luca Marenzio, ed. Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7040
• "Propter magnam gloriam" from Gloria in D (Antonio Vivaldi)
• "Psalm 98" (Heinrish Schütz) [G. Schirmer]
• "Salvator mundi" (Thomas Tallis, ed. John Kenney) CNP Catalog #7100
• "Sing to the Lord A New Song" (Johann Pachelbel) [Hinshaw]
• "Thanks Be to God" (Felix Mendelssohn)

• "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" (Heinrich Fleischer) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
• "Alleluya" (William Faulkes) [A Victorian Organ Album - Oxford]
• "Almighty God, Thy Word Is Cast" (Rolf Unkel) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
• "Andantino" (César Franck)
• "Chorale Fantasie on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Flor Peeters) [Novello]
• "Chorale Prelude on Lobe den Herren" (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, May 1999 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Chorale Toccata on Lasst uns erfreuen" (R. Evan Copley) [H.W. Gray]
• "Concerto IV" (J.S. Bach)
• "Ellacombe" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, March 1999 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Fantasy on the tune Azmon" (James Pethel) [Consoliere VII-3 - World Library Publ]
• "Festival Intrada on Ellacombe" (Roger Bailey) [Consoliere V-2]
• "Festive Prelude on Coronation" (Janet Correll) [Organist's Companion, March 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Hymn Prelude on Gonfalon Royal" (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
• "Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Kyrie/Christe/Kyrie" from Mass of the Parishes (François Couperin)
• "Lasst uns erfreuen" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, May 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus" (Gleshner)
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" (J.S. Bach)
• "Lobe den Herren" (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
• "Lobe den Herren" (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Anthologia pro organo IV - Schott Frères]
• "Now Thank We All Our God" (Jan Bender) [Parish Organist, Part 9: Wedding Music - Concordia]
• "Now Thank We All Our God" (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
• "Now Thank We All Our God" (Paul Manz) [Five Hymn Improvisations for Wedding or General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
• "Now Thank We All Our God" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
• "Now Thank We All Our God" (Piet Post) [Triptych for Organ - Augsburg]
• "Now Thank We All Our God" (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (J.S. Bach) from Cantate No.79 [Mercury Music W-142; H.W. Gray Publ - St.Cec.No.868]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Joyce Jones Christmas Album]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, September 1995 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (Sigfrid Karg-Elert) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (G.F. Kaufmann) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (J.C. Kellner) [Organist's Companion, September 1994 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (M.F.A. Koehler) [Organist's Companion, October 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (Michael Krentz) [Organist's Companion, September 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (Selmar Müller) [Organist's Companion, October 1983 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (J.C. Oley) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
• "Nun danket alle Gott" (J.E. Rembt) [Organist's Companion, September 1989 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "O dass ich tausend" (Don Freudenburg) [Organist's Companion, May 2002 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "O dass ich tausend Zungen hatte" (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
• "O for A Thousand Tongues" (Burton Isaac)
• "O for A Thousand Tongues" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
• "Offertoire sur les grand jeux" (François Couperin)
• "Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
• "Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices" (Hans-Arnold Metzger) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
• "Oh, That I Has a Thousand Voices" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
• "Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices" (Flor Peeters) [Thirty Chorale Preludes, Book 1 - Peters 6023]
• "Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices" (Max Reger) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
• "Partita on Lobe den Herren" (Don Freudenberg) [Organist's Companion, June 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Partita on Saint Magnus" (Dennis R. Johnson) [Organist's Companion, March 1993 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Postlude on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
• "Praise to the Lord" (Calvin Hampton) [Organist's Companion, October 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Praise to the Lord" (Paul Manz) [Five Improvisations for Wedding and General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
• "Praise to the Lord" (Friederich Zipp) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
• "Prelude and Chorale: Now Thank We All Our God" (G.F. Kauffmann) [Consoliere IV-4 - World Library Publ]
• "Prelude in the Viennese Classical Style on Mozart" (Randolph Currie) [Organist's Companion, September 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Prelude on Aurelia" (James Pethel) [Consoliere V-2]
• "Prelude on Azmon" (Robert Hobby) [Three Hymns of Praise, Set 6 - Morning Star Music Publ]
• "Prelude on Coronation" (Edward Mead) [Three Preludes]
• "Prelude on Duke Street" (Robert Powell)
• "Prelude on Ellacombe" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, March 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Prelude on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, June 1980 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Processional" (Martin Shaw)
• "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" (Johannes Brahms)
• "Sonata in E-flat Major" (J.S. Bach)
• "The Church's One Foundation" (Paul Bunjes) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
• "The Church's One Foundation" (James Mansfield) [Organist, July 1982]
• "The Church's One Foundation" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 3 - Concordia 97-5702]
• "The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns" (Wayne Barlow) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
• "The Kingsfold Trumpet" (Alfred Fedak)
• "Three Pieces for Chamadron" (Michael Starke) CNP Catalog #6050
• "Thy Strong Word Didst Cleave the Darkness" (Paul Manz)
• "Toccata on Lobe den Herren" (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
• "Variations on Dundee" (George Blake) [Organist's Companion, July 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Variations on Ellacombe" [Organist's Companion, September 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Variations on Lasst uns erfreuen" (Thomas Bohlert) [Organist's Companion, June 1988 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Versets on Aurelia" (Randolph Currie) [Organist's Companion, September 1994 - McAfee Music Corp]

The theology of the Eucharist is central to any understanding of liturgy, and quite topical in the Year of the Eucharist proclaimed by Pope John Paul II. The Catholic bishops of Pennsylvania have produced an excellent booklet called Questions and Answers on the Eucharist and have granted permission for us to reproduce excerpts here. Please contact the Communications Director for the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference for copies of the full booklet, or to obtain permission to reproduce excerpts. The mailing address and website are found at the end of this page.

What is meant by the Liturgy of the Eucharist?

In describing the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the Catechism tells us that

We carry out this command of the Lord by celebrating the memorial of his sacrifice. In so doing, we offer to the Father what he has himself given us: the gifts of his creation, bread and wine which, by the power of the Holy Spirit and by the words of Christ, have become the body and blood of Christ. Christ is thus really and mysteriously made present (1357).

Then comes the communion of the Body and Blood of Christ. We read in the General Instruction that at this point in the Mass "the priest then shows the eucharistic bread for communion to the faithful and with them recites the prayer of humility in words from the Gospels. It is most desirable that the faithful receive the Lord's body from hosts consecrated at the same Mass and that, in the instances when it is permitted, they share in the chalice. Then even through the signs communion will stand out more clearly as a sharing in the sacrifice actually being offered" (Chapter Two, 5.6 g,h).

If we turn to the Catechism we read that "Holy Communion augments our union with Christ." The principal fruit of receiving the Eucharist in Holy Communion is an intimate union with Christ Jesus. Indeed, the Lord said: "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him" (Jn 6:56). Life in Christ has its foundation in the Eucharistic banquet: "As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me" (Jn 6:57) (1391).

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