Favorite Communion hymn

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Let Us Be Bread

All Who Hunger

Life-Giving Bread, Saving Cup :harp:
 
Maybe more of a benediction hymn that a communion hymn, but I like O Salutaris Hostia.

Spell check does not know what to do with Latin lol.
 
Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart
Panis Angelicus by Caesar Franck
Pange Lingua
Adoro Te Devote
O Salutaris Hostia by Luigi Bordese (luckily it is not on Youtube) or L. Perosi (this I’m not very fond of)
Cor Dulce Cor Amabile
O Cor Jesu (anonymous)
Cor Jesu (anonymous)
O Cor Amoris (anonymous setting again)
Ecce Panis Angelorum (traditional Portuguese setting)
O Esca Viatorum by J. Haydn
Adoro Te O Panis Coelice by Haydn (again no satisfactory recording on Youtube sigh)
Anima Christi by Marco Frisina (?)
O Bone Jesu by Bach (?)
Exultate Deo by Palestrina (don’t know if it is a Communion motet, but this is TRULY AMAZING!!! I ASSURE YOU!)

And a lot more…

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE ABOVE MUSIC!!! THEN YOU’LL KNOW HOW HEAVEN IS LIKE AFTER LISTENING TO THESE MASTERPIECES!!! 👍
 
anonymous1995 said:
Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart
Panis Angelicus by Caesar Franck
Pange Lingua
Adoro Te Devote
O Salutaris Hostia by Luigi Bordese (luckily it is not on Youtube) or L. Perosi (this I’m not very fond of)
Cor Dulce Cor Amabile
O Cor Jesu (anonymous)
Cor Jesu (anonymous)
O Cor Amoris (anonymous setting again)
Ecce Panis Angelorum (traditional Portuguese setting)
O Esca Viatorum by J. Haydn
Adoro Te O Panis Coelice by Haydn (again no satisfactory recording on Youtube sigh)
Anima Christi by Marco Frisina (?)
O Bone Jesu by Bach (?)
Exultate Deo by Palestrina (don’t know if it is a Communion motet, but this is TRULY AMAZING!!! I ASSURE YOU!)

And a lot more…

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE ABOVE MUSIC!!! THEN YOU’LL KNOW HOW HEAVEN IS LIKE AFTER LISTENING TO THESE MASTERPIECES!!! 👍
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You take me back to my youth with several of these! I was in the youth choir when Latin was the only Mass in our Parish…
 
petra22 said:
You take me back to my youth with several of these! I was in the youth choir when Latin was the only Mass in our Parish…
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I’m perhaps one of the rare teenagers who is fond of Latin motets though not living in the age of Tridentine Mass 😃

These Latin motets are truly the exemplification of ethereal beauty! Unfortunately, people nowadays seem to forget all about them as if our Church was established in the 70s…

I’m always pondering on the question of striking a balance between Latin tradition and the vernacular (though this would be very much off topic)
 
I watch the sunshine shine on through the clouds, brightening the earth below…
But you are always close to me, following all my ways, may I be always close to you, following all Your ways Lord.
 
I prefer the proper Communion Chant. If it’s too short to cover the entire distribution of Communion, I prefer the rest be filled with an instrumental, or alternatively a motet that doesn’t encourage congregational participation. I find silence more distracting because it’s not really silence. It’s footsteps, coughing, baby crying… After Communion, one of the CDW or USCCB documents recommends a communal hymn. Something like Ubi Caritas would be appropriate.
 
All Who Hunger
I like the phrase “You that yearn for days of fullness,”.
With God there is satisfaction.
 
liturgyluver said:
Interesting though this, this is simply someone’s opinion and interpretation. These assertions are not shared in either the GIRM or Musicum Sacram.
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While Musicam Sacram lists them in the third degree, in that they don’t need to be sung at all Masses, the Propers still are the first choice for the Entrance, Offertory and Communion chants.

Musicam Sacram says
  1. The custom legitimately in use in certain places and widely confirmed by indults, of substituting other songs for the songs given in the Graduale for the Entrance, Offertory and Communion, can be retained according to the judgment of the competent territorial authority, as long as songs of this sort are in keeping with the parts of the Mass, with the feast or with the liturgical season. It is for the same territorial authority to approve the texts of these songs.
  2. There is no reason why some of the Proper or Ordinary should not be sung in said Masses. Moreover, some other song **can also, on occasions, be sung **at the beginning, at the Offertory, at the Communion and at the end of Mass. It is not sufficient, however, that these songs be merely “Eucharistic”—they must be in keeping with the parts of the Mass, with the feast, or with the liturgical season.
If an indult had to be given to allow the singing of ‘hymns’ instead of the Propers, doesn’t that show that the Propers are the Church’s preferred option?

My understanding had always been that when the GIRM gives choices, they are listed in order of preference. Thus the Propers are preferred over hymns by virtue of the Graduale Romanum and Graduale Simplex being listed first & second in the choices and a hymn being the last of four choices.
 
Whatever antiphon is proper to the day is my favorite “hymn.” 😃
 
Phemie said:
While Musicam Sacram lists them in the third degree, in that they don’t need to be sung at all Masses, the Propers still are the first choice for the Entrance, Offertory and Communion chants.
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Generic_Name said:
Whatever antiphon is proper to the day is my favorite “hymn.” 😃
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OraLabora said:
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Fortunately I attend Mass at an abbey where the monks apparently agree, the Propers are sung every day. In Latin Gregorian chant no less 😃
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According to this timeline, the Introit and Offertory antiphons go all the way back to 1st century. Communion antiphon to the 5th century.

ecclesiadei.nl/docs/timeline.html
 
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ProVobis said:
According to this timeline, the Introit and Offertory antiphons go all the way back to 1st century. Communion antiphon to the 5th century.

ecclesiadei.nl/docs/timeline.html
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They go back even further, some even before Christ. Most of the antiphons are scripture or psalm verses, although the specific selection and pairing of a verse with a particular liturgical day (season, feast, etc.) is probably more recent though still ancient.

Musically, they’re somewhat later, many of the melodies coming from the Carolingian era and re-interpreted by Solesmes in the late 19th century.
 
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