Music Suggestions
The Second Sunday of Lent (C)
Hymns:
- Before Thy Throne, O God, We Kneel (CH #600)
- Christ upon the Mountain Peak (CD #820)
- God Is My Strong Salvation (HPSC #165, ICEL #208, CH #646, HH #302)
- How Good, Lord, to Be Here (HH #74, WIII #700)
- O Lord of Light (CD #819, PMB #3)
- O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair! (HH #77, HPSC #267)
- Safe in the Hands of God (HPSC #291)
- The Glory of These Forty Days (AH #363, CBW #581, HH #72, HPSC #319, WIII #422)
- Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here (WIII #700, CHB #100)
- What Wondrous Love Is This? (WIII #600, ICEL #164, PMB #157, CD #822, HH #95, CH #530)
- 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.
Liturgical Music:
Choral Music:
- "Ave verum corpus" (W.A. Mozart)
- "Cast Thy Burden" from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
- "Kyrie" from Missa cum jubilo (Maurice Durufle)
- "Psalm 130" (Paul Manz)
- "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs" (R. Evan Copley)
- "Teach Me Now, O Lord" (Benedetto Marcello / ed. Dale Grotenhuis) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
- "The Lord Is My Light" (Heinrich Schütz) [Belwin]
- "The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation" (Eugene Englert) [GIA]
- "Tristis est anima mea" (G.B.Martini / ed. Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7095
Organ Music:
Rubrics indicate that the organ remain silent during Lent, except on Laetare Sunday or on other solemnities or festive days or at any time to accompany singing.
Hence organ preludes and postludes should not be played (except on Laetare Sunday).
Music for non-liturgical services might be chosen from the following:
- "Ah, Dearest Jesus" (Wilbur Held) from A Suite of Passion Hymn Settings [Concordia 97-4843]
- "Versets for the Kyrie" from Messa della domenica (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
- "Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbuchlein
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
The Transfiguration event dominates today's liturgy.
After last week's warning of the inevitable struggle with evil (the Temptation of Christ), the Church today asks us to meditate on the glories which are ours if we but persevere and remain faithful to God and his Christ.
A touch of "glory" should invade our music today.
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