MERGED: Favourite Hymns for Triduum/Easter?

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TrueLight said:
Wait a minute does it have to be Catholic to be good?

Do you know how many beautiful protestant hymns there are?

As long as it doesn’t go against the Catholic Faith, I don’t see what is wrong with a song commemorating Jesus’ sacrifice.
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However, the song asks “Were you there”? The real answer is “yes”. At every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the veil between time and space is lifted and we return to the Upper Room, to Golgotha and to the empty tomb. In the Mass is encapsulated the Paschal Mystery, which we mark in a unique way during the Sacred Triduum.

Obviously, because the song is Protestant in nature, it does not take into account that fact.
 
The_Reginator said:
I just remembered one that is new to me.
“Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy, because we have sinned against Thee. …”
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I love that hymn. That is the quintessential Lenten hymn. I should have posted it on my list, but, I only saw Holy Week and Easter. I actually used the Attende Domine for the Palm Sunday liturgy.
 
benedictgal said:
However, the song asks “Were you there”? The real answer is “yes”. At every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the veil between time and space is lifted and we return to the Upper Room, to Golgotha and to the empty tomb. In the Mass is encapsulated the Paschal Mystery, which we mark in a unique way during the Sacred Triduum.

Obviously, because the song is Protestant in nature, it does not take into account that fact.
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**Were you there when they crucified my Lord ?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord ?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord ?

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree ?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree ?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree ?

Were you there when they pierced him in the side ?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side ?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they pierced him in the side ?

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb ?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb ?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb ?**

The whole point is that “sometimes it causes one to tremble”. When we remember what Jesus did for us, we are immensely grateful.

So a Catholic couldn’t find this song beautiful? Is it contrary to Catholic teaching?
 
TrueLight said:
**Were you there when they crucified my Lord ?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord ?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord ?

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree ?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree ?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree ?

Were you there when they pierced him in the side ?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side ?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they pierced him in the side ?

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb ?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb ?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb ?**

The whole point is that “sometimes it causes one to tremble”. When we remember what Jesus did for us, we are immensely grateful.

So a Catholic couldn’t find this song beautiful? Is it contrary to Catholic teaching?
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Actually, it is one song that I have not used in planning the music for Good Friday. The Venerable Pope John Paul II gave us an example of what is fit for use in the Church’s liturgical celebrations. In his Chirograph on Sacred Music, he wrote that:
  1. In continuity with the teachings of St Pius X and the Second Vatican Council, it is necessary first of all to emphasize that music destined for sacred rites must have holiness as its reference point: indeed, “sacred music increases in holiness to the degree that it is intimately linked with liturgical action”[11]. For this very reason, “not all without distinction that is outside the temple (profanum) is fit to cross its threshold”, my venerable Predecessor Paul VI wisely said, commenting on a Decree of the Council of Trent[12]. And he explained that “if music - instrumental and vocal - does not possess at the same time the sense of prayer, dignity and beauty, it precludes the entry into the sphere of the sacred and the religious”[13]. Today, moreover, the meaning of the category “sacred music” has been broadened to include repertoires that cannot be part of the celebration without violating the spirit and norms of the Liturgy itself.
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Thus, it’s not an “anything goes” criteria that the Church has. Something else to consider is that she already provides us with appropriate music for Good Friday. As I alluded to in an earlier post, the proper chant for the veneration of the Cross is the Reproaches.

Here they are:
My people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me!
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I led you out of Egypt, from slavery to freedom,
but you led your Savior to the cross.
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For forty years I led you safely through the desert.
I fed you with manna from heaven
and brought you to a land of plenty;
but you led your Savior to the cross.
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What more could I have done for you?
I planted you as my fairest vine,
but you yielded only bitterness:
when I was thirsty yuo have me vinegar to drink,
and you pierced your Savior with a lance.
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For your sake I scourged your captors
and their first-born sons,
but you have brought your scourges down on me.
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I led you from slavery to freedom
and drowned your captors in the sea,
but you handed me over to your high priests.
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I opened the sea before you,
but you opened my side with a spear.
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I led you on your way in a pillar of cloud,
but you led me to Pilate’s court.
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I bore you up with manna in the desert,
but you struck me down and scourged me.
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I gave you saving water from the rock,
but you have me gall and vinegar to drink.
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For you I struck down the kings of Canaan,
but you struck my head with a reed.
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I gave you a royal scepter,
but you have me a crown of thorns.
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I raised you to the height of majesty,
but you have raised me high on a cross.
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Because of space constraints, I cannot type the full text of the prayer, but, they really cut to the core of the heart.
 
benedictgal said:
Actually, it is one song that I have not used in planning the music for Good Friday. The Venerable Pope John Paul II gave us an example of what is fit for use in the Church’s liturgical celebrations. In his Chirograph on Sacred Music, he wrote that:

Thus, it’s not an “anything goes” criteria that the Church has. Something else to consider is that she already provides us with appropriate music for Good Friday. As I alluded to in an earlier post, the proper chant for the veneration of the Cross is the Reproaches.

Here they are:

Because of space constraints, I cannot type the full text of the prayer, but, they really cut to the core of the heart.
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Okay thanks. I had never heard of the Reproaches.
 
I’m in our parish choir and “O Sacred Head Surrounded” tests my self control every time. The well of emotion is so strong singing that hymn; sometimes it’s difficult just to keep singing it and not choke up and cry.
I also love “Ave Verum” and “Ubi Caritas”, and many more, and am grateful for being able to sing this wonderful music. 🙂
Have a blessed, wonderful Easter season everyone!
 
Thank you for taking the time to share all of these beautiful songs and hymns.

Happy and Blessed Easter everyone !! 🙂
 
O quando in Cruce confixerant iniqui Dominum gloriae, ait ad eos:
“Quid vobis molestus sum, aut in quo iratus sum?
Ante me quis vos liberavit ex angustiis?
Et nunc quid mihi redditis mala pro bonis?
Pro columna ignis in cruce me configitis:
Pro nube sepulchrum mihi foditis:
Pro manna fel me potasti:
Propter aquas aceto mihi in poculum porrigitis:
Ego vocabo gentes ut ipse me glorificent
una cum Patre et cum Sancto Spiritu,” Amen.

When His enemies nailed the Lord of Glory to the Cross, He said to them:
“How have I offended you? Or in what have I angered you?
Before me, who has delivered you from distress?
And have you not given me back evil for good?
For the column of fire you nailed me to a cross,
For the cloud you have dug out a tomb for me,
For manna you have made me drink gall,
For water you have given me vinegar.
I will call the nations, that they may glorify me,
with the Father and with the Holy Spirit,” Amen.
 
I didn’t post my Easter favorites.

Here they are:
  1. Jesus Christ is Risen Today EASTER HYMN
  2. Christ, the Lord, is Risen Today LLANFAIR
  3. Christ, the Lord, is Risen Today VICTIMAE PASCHALI
  4. Alleluia! Alleluia! HYMN TO JOY
  5. Christ is Risen from the Dead Rossini
  6. The Day of Resurrection ELLACOMBE
  7. I Know That My Redeemer Lives DUKE STREET
 
benedictgal said:
The sad thing is that the Church already gives us something sacred to chant on Good Friday: the Reproaches. Sadly, not very many of us will be able to hear/chant them this year.
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I heard this today. Beautiful! Especially the part with the very piercing high note.
 
corsair said:
With all due respect to those who like “Were You There WhenThey Crucified My Lord”; that song is not even a Catholic Hymn. Its origins are Afro-American Spiritual form sometime after the Civil War. Golly, folks with 2000 years of music to choose from ???
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Ha ha, I’m listening to the iCatholic radio station and they’re featuring a mass where they are singing “Were you there”.
 
TrueLight said:
Ha ha, I’m listening to the iCatholic radio station and they’re featuring a mass where they are singing “Were you there”.
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There’s nothing wrong with the song in and of itself but I fail to see the point of using it in Mass when the Church has 2,000 years of history already there ready to use. It boggles my mind :confused:
 
Is anybody else dying to start singing Easter hymns? I love singing “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” at the processional on Easter Sunday!
 
I am now that the Good Fridays Service is over. Some of my favorite Hymns though are during holy week. They are so powerful depicting the Last Supper and His crucifixion.
“Were you there” and “Sacred Head now Wounded” are two of my favorites.

Easter is such a great day!
 
I’ve been singing them for the past four weeks! 😃

Of course, the fact that I’m the organist/music director and I’ve been practicing with the choir for awhile may have something to do with that…
 
coolduude said:
There’s nothing wrong with the song in and of itself but I fail to see the point of using it in Mass when the Church has 2,000 years of history already there ready to use. It boggles my mind :confused:
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I was thinking the same thing this Good Friday.
Fortunately, the choir did a much better job overall in the choice of music. And they sounded dad-gummed good singing acappella.
:):)🙂

Re Easter: I’m happy just so long as they sing “Jesus Christ is Risen Today”, hopefully for the processional.
Oops, sorry. We no longer sing a ‘processional’. Now it’s ‘the assembly hymn/song’.😦
  • Reg.
 
CatholicZ09 said:
Is anybody else dying to start singing Easter hymns? I love singing “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” at the processional on Easter Sunday!
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YES!! I love that hymn! I get to attend Easter Sunday at a TLM and I can’t wait for the return of the organ. Sadly the church I attend on Sundays for the TLM is way too far to drive back and forth for the Triduum so I’ve been stuck at the OF ceremonies where they have an accordion player. 😦 At least she hasn’t broken out into the Chicken Dance yet 👍.
 
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