Music Suggestions
The Second Sunday of Easter -or- of Divine Mercy Sunday (C)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Quasi modo geniti [Graduale Romanum, p.216]
2. Quasi modo geniti [Gregorian Missal, p.355]
3. Ego sum pastor bonus [Graduale simplex, p.165]
4. Ego sum pastor bonus (Thomas Kuras)
5. Cantate Domino canticum novum [Graduale simplex, p.172]
6. As newborn babes, alleluia [Simple English Propers, p.107 (Adam Bartlett)]
7. Like newborn children [Simple Choral Gradual, p.93 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Rejoice to the full in the glory [Simple Choral Gradual, p.94 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
9. Like newborn infants [Lumen Christi Missal, p.927 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
10. As Newborn Infants Long for Milk [tune: Graefenberg] from Introit Hymns #23 (Christoph Tietze)
11. Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Alleluia I (Responsorial Psalm):
1. Alleluia, in die resurrectionis meæ [Graduale Romanum, p.216]
2. Alleluia, in die resurrectionis meæ [Gregorian Missal, p.356]
3. Alleluia, confitemini Domino [Graduale simplex, p. 167 or 173]
4. Chabanel Psalmody
5. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia II (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Alleluia, post dies octo [Graduale Romanum, p.217]
2. Alleluia, post dies octo [Gregorian Missal, p.357]
3. Post dies octo – Mane nobiscum (William Byrd)
4. Alleluia, confitemini Domino [Graduale simplex, p.168 or 174]
Sequence:
The sequence, Victimæ paschali laudes, may be sung optionally on the weekdays during the Octave of Easter, and on the Second Sunday of Easter [see Gregorian Missal, p.357].
1. Victimæ paschali laudes [Graduale Romanum, p.198]
2. Victimæ paschali laudes [Gregorian Missal, p.351]
3. Victimæ paschali laudes [Graduale simplex, p.160]
4. Victimæ paschali laudes [CNP Booklet of Chant IV]
5. Victimæ paschali laudes (Antoine Busnois, William Byrd, Orlando di Lasso, Cristóbal de Morales, Oscar Santos, Orazio Tarditi, Tomás Luis de Victoria, André Vierendeels)
6. Praises to the Paschal Victim (Alex Hill)
Offertory:
1. Angelus Domini [Graduale Romanum, p.217]
2. Angelus Domini [Gregorian Missal, p.357]
3. Angelus Domini [CNP #5151]
4. Angelus Domini (Richard J. Clark)
5. Angelus Domini (Felice Anerio, William Byrd, Joseph Furmanik, Andrea Gabrieli, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Joseph Gruber, Hans Leo Hassler, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
6. The Angel of the Lord [Simple English Propers, p.108 (Adam Bartlett)]
7. An angel of the Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.95 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. The angel of the Lord [Lumen Christi Missal, p.928 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
9. Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Communion:
1. Mitte manum tuam [Graduale Romanum, p.218]
2. Mitte manum tuam [Gregorian Missal, p.358]
3. Mitte manum tuam [Communio, p.150 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. In Galilæa Jesum [Graduale simplex, p.170]
5. Cantate Domino et benedicite [Graduale simplex, p.176]
6. Mitte manum tuam [Communio, p.150]
7. Stretch forth your hand [Simple English Propers, p.109 (Adam Bartlett)]
8. Stretch forth your hand [Choral Communio, p.52 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
9. Jesus spoke to Thomas [Simple Choral Gradual, p.96 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
10. Bring your hand [Lumen Christi Missal, p.928 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
11. Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Mass settings:
1. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
2. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
3. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk)
4. Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Graduale Romanum, p.710]
5. Missa I – Lux et origo (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.75]
6. Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
7. Paschal Gloria (J. William Greene)

Other liturgical music

Blessed Be God (James Chepponis) [GIA Publications]
Chant Booklet, Volume 4 (ed. Chris Bord)
Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes (Thomas Cosley)
Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons (Gary Penkala)
Gospel Fanfare for Easter Morning (James Biery) [GIA Publications]
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition]
I Saw Water Flowing (Alex Hill)
Let All the Earth (Christopher Willcock) [OCP]
Like a Deer That Longs (John E. Sittard)
Mass Propers for Eastertide (Gary Penkala)
Paschal Gloria (J. William Greene)
Praises to the Paschal Victim
Processional Alleluia (Howard Hughes SM) [GIA Publications]
Psalm 118 (Christopher Bord)
Renaissance Alleluia (Gary Penkala)
Saint Patrick Alleluia (Stephen McManus)
Te Deum: We Praise You, O God (J. William Greene)
The New Lambs of Christ (arr. Gary Penkala)
This Day Was Made by the Lord (Christopher Walker) [Oregon Catholic Press]
Universal Music for Morning Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Universal Music for Evening Prayer (Gary Penkala)
Victimæ paschali laudes (Gregorian chant) Proper Sequence for Easter Sunday [Graduale Romanum, p.198, Gregorian Missal, p.351, Graduale simplex, p.160, Liber usualis, p.780, Booklet of Chant, Volume 2]
Vidi aquam (Gregorian chant) Proper chant for Sprinkling Rite [Liber usualis, p.12] -or- [CNP Booklet of Chant, Volume 3] CNP Catalog #2003

Hymns

All Glory Be to God on High (CD #909, HPSC #104, WIII #527, SMH #199)
All You on Earth (PMB #70, HH #118)
Christ Is Alive (WIII #466, PMB #79, CBW #504, CH #269)
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (AH #417, ICEL #72, WIII #456, CHB #77, CH #279, SMH #274/7, EH #94, VII #247)
O (Ye) Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing (CBW #506, CH #290, HPSC #358, ICEL #74, PMB #76, WIII #447, CHB #86, AH #412, SMH #616, EH #99, VII #354)
Only-begotten Word of God Eternal (HPSC #273, CH #495, WIII #666, EH #228)
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (WIII #530, HPSC #279, ICEL #242, CBW #650, PMB #123, AH #611, CHB #258, CH #513, SMH #495, EH #282, VII #216)
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (WIII #528, ICEL #246, HPSC #301, HH #203, SMH #527, VII #219)
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (WIII #595, ICEL #52, PMB #54, AH #613, CH #535, CHB #268, SMH #575, EH #304)
This Is the Day (PMB #65, HPSC #329, CBW #589, WIII #663)
This Is the Lord's Day (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year

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 – 3rd Edition 2003, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

VII = Vatican II Hymnal, Corpus Christi Watershed

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

Choral Music

Angelus Domini (Richard J. Clark)
Be Joyful in the Lord (François Couperin) [Concordia]
Blessed Are They (Jean Pasquet) [Wood]
Blessed Be the God and Father (S.S. Wesley)
Christ, Our Passover (Healey Willan)
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again; (John Rutter)
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today from Hymn Trilogy II (Harry McMurray)
Easter Psalm (Gary Penkala)
Exsultate justi in Domino (Ludovico da Viadana)
Gelobet sei Gott (G.P. Telemann)
Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing (Donna Robertson)
Humbly I Adore Thee (J. David Hart)
I Give You a New Commandment (Harold Owen)
Light's Glittering Morn Bedecks the Sky (Melchior Vulpius)
Misericordia Domini (G.O. Pitoni)
Most Glorious Lord of Life (W.H. Harris)
Only-begotten Word of God Eternal (Calvert Shenk)
Quia vidisti me, Thoma (Hans Leo Hassler) [Concordia]
Quia vidisti me, Thoma (Luca Marenzio, Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
The Master's Rejoicing (Jim Stanley)
The Strife Is O'er (Vulpius)
Two Easter Anthems (Colin Brumby)
Ye Sons and Daughters (Volkmar Leisring)

Organ Music

A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Easter Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-402]
A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Bernard Reichel) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
All Glory Be to God on High (J.S. Bach) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
All Glory Be to God on High (J.S. Bach) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
All Glory Be to God on High (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday - Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
All Glory Be to God on High (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
All Glory Be to God on High (Johann Pachelbel) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Andreas Armsdorf) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.C. Bach) [Organist's Companion, June 1980]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Georg Böhm) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.P. Kirnberger) [Organist's Companion, October 1982]
Allein Gott in der Höh (F.W. Marpurg) [Twenty-one Chorale Preludes - Augsburg] [Organist's Companion, July 1998]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, August 1982]
Allein Gott in der Höh (David Polley) [Organist's Companion, May 1989]
Allein Gott in der Höh (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.C.H. Rinck) [Organist's Companion, July 1992]
Allein Gott in der Höh (G.P. Telemann) [Organist's Companion, July 1995]
Allein Gott in der Höh (A.N. Vetter) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Allein Gott in der Höh (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, October 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
Allein Gott in der Höh (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Organist's Companion, June 1984]
Alleluia! Resurrexit (Andrew Fletcher)
Alleluya (William Faulkes) [A Victorian Organ Album - Oxford]
Bicinium on All Glory Be to God on High (J.P. Sweelinck) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
Chorale Fantasia on Lasst uns erfreuen (Flor Peeters)
Chorale Fughetta on O filii et filiæ(J.F. Konkel) [Organist's Companion, March 1992 & 1995]
Chorale Prelude on Mit freuden zart (William J. Ross) [Organist's Companion, April 1988]
Chorale Toccata on Lasst uns erfreuen (R. Evan Copley) [H.W. Gray]
Christ Has Triumphed, Alleluia (Lani Smith) [Organist, March 1981]
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Wilbur Held) from Six Preludes on Easter Hymns [Concordia 97-5330]
Fanfare on Lauda anima (Robert Hughes) [Organist, January 1982]
Fantasia on O filii et filiæ (Gilbert Martin) [The Sacred Organ Folio - Lorenz Publ Co]
Fugue: Chant du Pâques (Clément Loret) [Organist's Companion, March 1993]
Hymn Prelude on In Babilone (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
Lasst uns erfreuen (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, May 2001]
Maestoso: Five Processionals (Calvert Shenk)
O filii et filiæ (Alexandre Guilmant) [The Sacred Organ Journal, Vol.13, No.4 - Lorenz]
O Sons and Daughters (Jean François Dandrieu) [Parish Organist, Book 8 - Concordia 97-1404]
O Sons and Daughters (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, April 1988]
O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, March 2002]
Offertoire pour le Temps pascal (Renaud de Vilbac) [Organist's Companion, March 1997]
Offertoire pour le Jour de Pâques (Jean-François Dandrieu) [Organist's Companion, March 1994]
Old Easter Melody with Variations (John E. West) [Organist's Companion, March 1998]
Partita on Mit freuden zart (Gerhard Krapf) [Concordia 97-4689]
Partita on O filii et filiae (Jean-Francois Dandrieu)
Partita on O Sons and Daughters (Wilbur Held) [Augsburg 11-819]
Postlude on In Babilone (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Postlude on Lasst uns erfreuen (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (J.L. Adam) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Prelude on Allein Gott in der Höh (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, August 1985]
Prelude on O filii et filiae (Healey Willan) from Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set I [Peters Edition #6011]
Prelude on Lasst uns erfreuen (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Easter Season [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-402]
Prelude on Lasst uns erfreuen (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, June 1980]
Prelude on O filii et filiæ (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
Prelude on Saint Magnus (Robert Hobby)
Prelude on Victimae paschali laudes (John Reese)
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (David Brensinger) [Organist's Companion, March 1995]
The Easter Sequence (Wilbur Held) from Six Preludes on Easter Hymns [Concordia 97-5330]
Toccata on O filii et filiæ (Lynnwood Farnam) [Presser]
Variations on In Babilone (Raymond Haan) [Flammer]
Variations on Lasst uns erfreuen (Thomas Bohlert) [Organist's Companion, June 1988]
Variations on O Sons and Daughters (Alexandre Guilmant)
Variations on O filii et filiæ (Raymond Haan)
Variations on O filii et filiæ (Joseph Noyon) [Consoliere VII-2 - World Library Publ]
Variations on O filii et filiæ (David Ruhl) [Organist's Companion, March 1991]
Victimæ paschali laudes from Three Preludes on Gregorian Sequences (Mark Siebert)
Vigiles et sancti (Mahlon Balderston) [Organist's Companion, March 1997]
With High Delight (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 2 - Concordia 97-5385]
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (John Diercks) [Six Sacred Compositions for Organ - Abingdon APM-255]
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

During the Easter Season the Church extends the joy and gladness of Easter day throughout several weeks. The Solemnity of Easter itself (and in particular the Great Easter Vigil) is the highpoint of the liturgical year. Since the celebration of the Easter feast is of such pre-eminence, the Church extends that celebration for seven days, called Easter Week. Each day of Easter Week is a solemnity of high rank, and rituals peculiar to Easter (like the double "Alleluia" sung at the dismissal) are continued each day during Easter Week. The importance of the "Week of Easters" is such that the Church multiplies it seven times, creating a season of joy and festivity. Thus the Easter Season is highly symbolic in length, a season of 7 times 7 days, culminating in the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (pente meaning "fiftieth").

Music SuggestionsThe Second Sunday of Easter -or- of Divine Mercy Sunday (C)