Music Suggestions
The Third Sunday of Lent (C)
Hymns:
- All Who Believe and Are Baptized (CD #862)
- Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (WIII #617, HPSC #128, ICEL #183, CBW #542, CH #485, AH #561, CHB #209)
- Come and Let Us Drink of That New River (WIII #723, HH #123, CH #351)
- Hear Our Entreaties, Lord (AH #366, CH #238, ICEL #254, PMB #48, WIII #414, CHB #293)
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (WIII #607, HPSC #192, ICEL #157, CH #453, AH #579)
- If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee (HPSC #191)
- O God of Pity (HH #70)
- O My Soul, Bless God the Father (HPSC #255, CH #459)
- Rejoice, My Soul, and Bless the Lord (HPSC #286)
- Sole Hope of All the World (CH #247)
- The God of Abraham Praise (WIII #537, ICEL #239, HPSC #320)
- There's A Wideness in God's Mercy (WIII #595, ICEL #52, PMB #54, AH #613, CH #535, CHB #268)
- You Have Looked upon the Lowly (PMB #60)
- 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:
- "At the Cross Her Station Keeping" (Christopher Bord) CNP Catalog #6038
- "Chant Booklet, Volume 4" (ed. Christopher Bord) with chant Mass for Lent CNP Catalog #2004
- "Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3020
- "How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place" (Randall DeBruyn) [OCP]
- "Lenten Introits for Choir & Congregation" (Richard Rice) CNP Catalog #3122
- "My Soul Give Thanks to the Lord" (Richard Proulx) [GIA Publications]
- "Psalm 130" (Christopher Bord) CNP Catalog #1130-1
- "Search Me, Lord" (Alex Hill) CNP Catalog #1139-1
- "Wondrous Love: A Mass for Lent" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #3091
- "You Will Not Be Strangers" (Alex Hill) Music for the Dismissal Rite CNP Catalog #3095
Choral Music:
- "Adoramus te Christe" (Antonio Lotti)
- "Ah, Holy Jesus" (Stephen DeCesare) CNP Catalog #5250
- "Ave verum corpus" (William Byrd, Edward Elgar, W.A. Mozart)
- "Ave verum corpus" (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.1856]
- "Bless the Lord, O My Soul" (M. Ippolitov-Ivanoff)
- "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place" from A German Requiem (Johannes Brahms)
- "Kyrie eleison" from Missa secunda (Hans Leo Hassler)
- "O Lord, Increase My Faith" (Orlando Gibbons)
- "Oculi mei" (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit for Lent III [Graduale simplex, p.96]
- "Praise the Lord, O My Soul" (Maurice Greene) [RSCM]
- "Psalm 84" (Paul Langston) [Howard Publications]
- "The God of Abraham Praise" (Gerhard Krapf) [Augsburg]
- "Tristis est anima mea" (G.B.Martini / ed. Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7095
- "Turn Thee to Me" (William Boyce) [Oxford]
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:
- "Christe, du Lamm Gottes" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbuchlein
- "Ein Lämmlein geht in tragt die Schuld" (Johann Pachelbel) from 80 Chorale Preludes [C.F. Peters #4448]
- "Ein Lämmlein geht in tragt die Schuld" (J.G. Walther) from The Church Organist's Golden Treasury, Vol.1 [Oliver Ditson Co.]
- "O Christ, Thou Lamb of God" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Lenten Season, Set 1 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-300]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
God reveals himself to Moses in the flames of a burning bush.
The awe and mystery of this situation prompts an interaction between God and man.
The liturgy, also, prompts this interaction, as long as we maintain that sense of awe and mystery.
Moses found God first in the Creator / creature relationship.
This led to an effective ministerial relationship among the Israelites.
Music which does not reflect these priorities (God first, us second) does a disservice to liturgy.
We should not be singing about ourselves... we should sing to worship God.
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