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Christmas- Vigil Mass

Hymns:
  • A Child Is Born in Bethlehem (HH #42, HPSC #99)
  • Christ Is Born, He Is Born Today (CD #812)
  • I Wonder As I Wander (CH #192)
  • Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (CH #194, CHB #24)
  • Of the Father's Love Begotten (AH #331, CBW #470, CH #220, HH #44, HPSC #269, ICEL #25, WIII #398, CHB #28)
  • Once in Royal David's City (ICEL #27, PMB #21, WIII #402, AH #328, HPSC #270, CBW #473, CHB #30)
  • Savior of the Nations, Come (AH #302, CD #801, CH #184, HH #33, WIII #372)
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:
  • "Christmas Triptych" (Robert Jordahl) CNP Catalog #5119
  • "En natus est Emmanuel" (Michael Praetorius)
  • "Gloria III Canon" (Jacques Berthier) Music from Taizé [GIA Publications]
  • "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" (arr. David Willcocks) Choirs for Carols II [Oxford]
  • "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 1" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #4010
  • "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 2" (Greene, Brumby, Penkala) CNP Catalog #4020
  • "When Christ Was Born of Mary Free" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5034
Organ Music:
  • "Advent Chorale Prelude" (Robert Graham) [The Sacred Organ Journal, Vol.13, No.4 - Lorenz]
  • "Canonic Partita on Savior of the Nations, Come" (J. William Greene) [Choral Web]
  • "Divinum mysterium" (Richard Purvis) [Leeds Music Corp]
  • "Divinum mysterium" (Dorothy Howell Sheets) [Organist's Companion, November 1992 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (anonymous) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein]
  • "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
  • "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (J.P. Sweelinck) [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ]
  • "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (F.W. Zachau) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Five Chorale Preludes" (Colin Brumby) CNP Catalog #6025
  • "How Far Is It to Bethlehem" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set II - Morning Star Music Publ 10-101]
  • "Hymnus de Adventu Domini: Veni Redemptor gentium" (Samuel Scheidt) [Organist's Companion, November 1988 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "In dulci jubilo" from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby) CNP Catalog #6025
  • "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" (Jack C. Goode) [Organist's Companion, December 1985 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, November 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set II - Morning Star Music Publ 10-101]
  • "Noel polonais" (Alexandre Guilmant) [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ]
  • "Now Come, Savior of the Gentiles" (John Diercks) [Six Sacred Compositions for Organ - Abingdon APM-255]
  • "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
  • "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Anthologia pro organo II - Schott Frères] [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ]
  • "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (G.F. Kauffmann) [Organist's Companion, December 1980 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, November 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
  • "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (A.N. Vetter) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
  • "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (F.W. Zachau) [Organist's Companion, December 1984 & November 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Of the Father's Love Begotten" (Wilbur Held) [Six Carol Settings - Concordia 97-4985]
  • "Of the Father's Love Begotten" (David N. Johnson) [Augsburg 11-841]
  • "Polish Carol: W zlobie lezy" (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, November 1989 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Prelude on Divinum mysterium" (Andrew Gant)
  • "Prelude on Bring A Torch" (Christopher Uehlein)
  • "Puer natus in Bethlehem" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein]
  • "Puer natus in Bethlehem" (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ]
  • "Puer natus in Bethlehem" (G.F. Kauffmann) [Organist's Companion, November 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
  • "Salvation unto Us Has Come" (Charles Ore) from 11 Compositions, Set III
  • "Savior of the Nations, Come" (J.H. Buttstedt) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
  • "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-100]
  • "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
  • "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 4 - Concordia 97-6013]
  • "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Max Reger) [Chorale Preludes for the Church Year - Carl Fischer]
  • "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Frank Speller) [Three Organ Settings for Advent - Concordia]
  • "Toccata on Savior of the Nations" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Christmas Season Set 1 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-100]
  • "Variations on Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Anton Heiller)
  • "Wir Christenleut" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
The Vigil Mass of Christmas is a wonderful setting to explore the ancestors of Christ (see Gospel reading). Tie in the symbols of the Advent Jesse tree with today's liturgy. Some Advent carols (especially those with final "Christmas" verses) are perfect for this Mass.

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