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

• All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (WIII #494, ICEL #102, HH #285, PMB #99, CH #521, CHB #199)
• Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (HPSC #112, ICEL #130, WIII #737, CBW #536, AH #601, PMB #663, CH #504, CHB #112)
• Canticle of Zachary/Zechariah (WIII #6, CBW #77, CH #421, PMB #223, PMB #754, CH #421)
• Christ Be Beside Me (CBW #541, PMB #231, HH #160)
• Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (WIII #558, HPSC #156, CH #374, PMB #121, CBW #676, AH #515, CHB #116)
• For the Beauty of the Earth (WIII #557, ICEL #225, HPSC #158, HH #163, CBW #624, PMB #125, CH #562)
• God Is My Great Desire (WIII #581)
• God of Our Fathers (PMB #124, CH #660, WIII #764, ICEL #227, AH #625, HPSC #167)
• God Who Spoke in the Beginning (CD #856)
• God's Blessing Sends Us Forth (PMB #153, CH #605)
• God's Holy Mountain We Ascend (PMB #233)
• I Sought the Lord (WIII #593)
• Jesus, Lead the Way (WIII #611)
• Lord, Be Thy Word My Guide (CD #857)
• O God, Our Help in Ages Past (HPSC #241, WIII #579, ICEL #237, CBW #640, CH #457, PMB #128, HH #169, AH #624, CHB #249)
• Praise to the Holiest in the Height (CBW #651, PMB #131, ICEL #50, HPSC #285, CBW #651, AH #615, CH #514, CHB #260)
• Safe in the Hands of God (HPSC #291)
• Spirit Seeking Life and Beauty (HPSC #306)
• The Lord Almighty Spoke the Word (CD #855)
• There's A Wideness in God's Mercy (WIII #595, ICEL #52, PMB #54, AH #613, CH #535, CHB #268)
• Within the Shelter of the Lord (HPSC #353)

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.

•  Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2100
•  Graduale Simplex [Vatican edition] CNP Catalog #2150
• "Mass of the Redemption" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #3125
• "Renaissance Alleluia" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3079-E
• "Thaxted Acclamations" (Rev. Anthony Mancini) CNP Catalog #3142
• "You Will Not Be Strangers" (Alex Hill) CNP Catalog #3095

• "Blessed Be the Lord" (Eugene Englert) CNP Catalog #5005
• "Estote fortes" (Luca Marenzio, ed. Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7040
• "He Watching Over Israel" from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
• "I Call to Thee" (Sam Batt Owens)
• "I Lift Mine Eyes" (Heinrich Schütz)
• "I Will Lift up Mine Eyes" (Antonin Dvorak) [Carl Fischer]
• "I Will Lift up Mine Eyes" (John Rutter) [Oxford]
• "Levavi oculos meos" (Orlando di Lasso) [G. Schirmer]
• "Lift Thine Eyes" from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
• "The Lord Shall Preserve Thee from All Evil" (Alan Hovhannes) [Peters]

• "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" (Heinrich Fleischer) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
• "Allegro" from Organ Concerto No.13 (G.F. Handel)
• "Ave verum" from Two Chant Meditations for Organ (Kevin Waters SJ) CNP Catalog #6042
• "Benedictus" (Max Reger)
• "Butresses from Gothic Suite" (Gordon Young)
• "Carillon" (Louis Vierne)
• "Dix" (Don Freudenberg) [Organist's Companion, September 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Duet and Trio on Hyfrydol" [Organist's Companion, August 1982 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Festive Prelude on Coronation" (Janet Correll) [Organist's Companion, March 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "For the Beauty of the Earth" (Dennis R. Johnson) [Organist's Companion, May 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Gloria" from Messa della Beata Vergine (Andrea Gabrieli)
• "God of Our Fathers" (Carlos Staszeski) [Organist's Companion, September 1997 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Hyfrydol" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, November 1999 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Hymn Prelude on In Babilone" (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
• "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" (J.S. Bach)
• "Jesus, Lead Thou On" (J.S. Bach) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
• "Jesus, Lead Thou On" (Paul Manz) [Parish Organist, Part 9: Wedding Music - Concordia]
• "Jesus, Lead Thou On" (Max Reger) [Chorale Preludes for the Church Year - Carl Fischer]
• "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier" (J.S. Bach, Randall Thompson)
• "Lobe den Herren" (J.S. Bach, J.G. Walther, Max Reger)
• "Lord of Glory, Who Hast Brought Us" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Great Hymns of Faith - Morning Star Music Publ 10-839]
• "Lord of Glory, Who Hast Brought Us" (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]
• "Maestoso: Five Processionals" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #6030
• "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (Heinrich Fleischer) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
• "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" (George T. Miles) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
• "Partita on Dix" (Dennis Janzer) [Organist's Companion, October 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Partita on Saint Anne" (Paul Manz) [Concordia 97-5307]
• "Postlude on In Babilone" (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
• "Prelude and Fugue in d minor" (Johann Eberlin)
• "Prelude and Fugue in d minor" (Felix Mendelssohn)
• "Prelude on Coronation" (Edward Mead) [Three Preludes]
• "Prelude on Hyfrydol" (Iteke Prins) [Organist's Companion, March 2002 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Prelude on Hyfrydol" (Ralph Vaughan Williams) [Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Galaxy Music Corp]
• "Prelude on Hyfrydol" (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
• "Prelude on National Hymn" (Edward Mead) [Three Preludes]
• "Prelude on Richmond" (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
• "Prelude on Saint Anne" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, June 1983 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Rendez à Dieu" (Robert J. Powell) [Eleven Chorale Preludes on Hymn Tunes - Flammer]
• "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" (J.S. Bach)
• "Trio in E Major" (Max Reger)
• "Toccata and Variation on Hyfrydol" (Gordon Young) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 - Sacred Music Press]
• "Toccata on God of Our Fathers" (Craig Penfield) [Organist's Companion, September 1994 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Toccata on Saint Anne" (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
• "Toccata-Prelude on Saint Anne" (Garth Edmundson) [J. Fischer & Bros]
• "Trumpet Voluntary" (John Stanley)
• "Variations on In Babilone" (Raymond Haan) [Flammer]
• "Variations on Saint Anne" (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, January 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Vater unser in Himmelreich" (J.S.Bach, Johann Pachelbel)
• "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen" (J.S. Bach)
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (Andreas Amrsdorff) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (J.C. Bach) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (J.S. Bach) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby) CNP Catalog #6025
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (Victor Klauss) [Organist's Companion, November 1989 - McAfee Music Corp] [Organist's Companion, November 1997 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (Flor Peeters) [Thirty Chorale Preludes]
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980] [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ]
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (Stephen Rohde) [Organist's Companion, December 1985 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Wie schön leuchet der Morgenstern" (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, December 1980 - 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 Christ's real presence in the Eucharist?

What Jesus offers us is his continuing, enduring presence every time we celebrate the Eucharist. The bread and wine become his body and his blood. "This is my body... this is the cup of my blood."

The way in which Jesus is present in the Eucharist cannot be explained in physical terms because it transcends the ordinary necessities of space and measurement. It is a supernatural mystery that the person who becomes fully present at Mass is the same Risen Savior who is seated at the right hand of the Father. In becoming present sacramentally, Christ's condition does not change. He does not have to leave heaven to become present on earth.

What is meant by transubstantiation?

Because Christ our Redeemer said that it was truly his body that he was offering under the species of bread, it has always been the conviction of the Church of God, and this holy Council now declares again, that by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. This change the holy Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation (1376).

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