Music Suggestions
The Third Sunday of Advent [Gaudete Sunday] (C)

• Hark, the Glad Sound! (ICEL #5, CHB #5, CH #177, SMH #337, EH #7)
• On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry (AH #303, CBW #443, CH #182, HH #14, HPSC #271, ICEL #9, WIII #356, CHB #9, SMH #478, EH #10)
• Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers (HPSC #287, HH #7, SMH #509, EH #4)
• So Lately Sprung from Glory (Kathleen Pluth) from Hymns for the Liturgical Year CNP #4100
• The Great Forerunner of the Morn (WIII #697, ICEL #209, HH #263, HPSC #323)
• The Voice of God Goes Out through All the Earth (WIII #358, HPSC #336, CBW #639, HH #24)
• When the King Shall Come Again (WIII #355)

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.

• Introit:
  1. Gaudete in Domino [Graduale Romanum, p.21]
  2. Gaudete in Domino [Gregorian Missal, p.174]
  3. "Gaudete in Domino" (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.334] Proper Introit for Advent III -- origin of the name Gaudete Sunday
  4. "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (Henry Purcell) [E.C. Shirmer]
  5. "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (Healey Willan) [Concordia]
  6. "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (John Redford) [Novello]
• Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
  1. Qui sedes Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.22]
  2. Qui sedes Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.175] 
  3. "Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes" (Thomas Cosley) CNP Catalog #1510
• Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
  1. Excita Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.23]
  2. Excita Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.176]
• Offertory:
  1. Benedixisti Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.23]
  2. Benedixisti Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.178] 
• Communion:
  1. Dicite: Pusillanimes [Graduale Romanum, p.23]
  2. Dicite: Pusillanimes [Gregorian Missal, p.179]
• Mass settings:
  1. "Modal Mass" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #3115
  2. "Missa XII - Orbis factor" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 4] CNP Catalog #2004
  3. "Missa XVII - Adventus et quadragesimae" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 4] CNP Catalog #2004

• "Advent Introits for Choir & Congregation" (Richard Rice) CNP Catalog #3121
• "Blessed Be the Lord" (Robert Kreutz)
• "Canticle of the Blessed Virgin" (Rev. Joseph Gelineau) [GIA Publications]
• "Common Psalms for Schools & Parishes" (Thomas Cosley) CNP Catalog #1510
• "Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3020
• "Emmanuel: An Advent Processional" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3035
• "Gospel Verses for the Christmas Cycle" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3050
•  Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2100
•  Graduale simplex [Vatican edition] CNP Catalog #2150
•  Gregorian Missal [Solesmes edition] CNP Catalog #2200
• "Hail, Holy Mother" (Gary Penkala) from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals CNP Catalog #3075
• "Mass Propers of Advent" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3201
• "My Soul Rejoices" (Owen Alscott) [Oregon Catholic Press]
• "Psalm 25" (Christopher Bord) CNP Catalog #1025-1
• "Psalm 80" (Rev. Joseph Gelineau)
• "Psalm 80" (Robert Schaffer)
• "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 2" (Colin Brumby, J. William Greene, Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #4020
• "Universal Music for Morning Prayer" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3100
• "Universal Music for Evening Prayer" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3101
• "Winchester Alleluia" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3008

• "Behold! God Is My Salvation" (Jean Berger, Leo Sowerby)
• "Confortamini" (Orlando di Lasso) [Concordia]
• "Ecce Deus" from Canticles II (Ned Rorem) [Boosey & Hawkes]
• "Emmanuel: An Advent Processional" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3035
• "Gaudete in Domino" (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.334] Proper Introit for Advent III -- origin of the name "Gaudete Sunday"
• "Lift Up Your Heads" (Rev. Brian K. Muzas) CNP Catalog #5124
• "Magnificat" (Jacques Berthier / Taize Community) from Worship III #553
• "Magnificat" (Gregorian chant, tone 6) from ICEL Resource Collection #115
• "Matin Responsory" (adapted from Palestrina) from Carols for Choirs II, Oxford
• "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (Healey Willan) [Concordia]
• "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (anonymous, Redford ?) [Oxford]
• "Rejoice in the Lord Alway" (Henry Purcell) [Novello]
• "Say to Them That Are of a Fearful Heart" (Everett Titcomb) [Carl Fischer]
• "Song of Isaiah" (Richard Proulx) [AMSI]
• "Surely It Is God Who Saves Me" (Alec Wyton) [Hinshaw]
• "The Promise of Advent" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5091
• "The Spirit of the Lord Is upon Me" (Edward Elgar) [Novello]
• "Veni Jesu" (Luigi Cherubini)

• "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (Johannes Brahms)
• "Four Advent Chorales for Flute & Harpsichord (Organ)" (Stephen McManus) CNP Catalog #6023
• "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele" (Georg Böhm)
• "Fuge sopra Magnificat" (J.S. Bach)
• "Gottes Sohn ist kommen" (J.S. Bach)
• "Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn" (J.G. Walther) from 80 Chorale Preludes, Peters
• "Magnificat du deuxieme ton" (Nicolas Lebegue)
• "Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn" (J.S. Bach)
• "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" (J.S. Bach, Matthias Weckmann)
• "Prelude on Old 124th" (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set II - Peters]