Music Leader Thread Part III - Song Lists, Suggestions, and Comments

[ArchStreetBand]

Hope everyone’s having a great weekend of the Body and Blood!

The faithful were really singing out today. Hope the same is true in your parish!

Preludes:
As Grains of Wheat (Rosania)
Breathe (Barnett)
Blessed Are They (Tomaszek)
Here I Am to Worship (Hughes)
Remembrance (Maher/Redman)
Strength for the Journey (Poirier)

Proc: Table of Plenty (Schutte)
Psalm: Taste and See (Angrisano)
Prep: Communion Song (Scialla)
Comm: How Beautiful (Paris)
Rec: I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
Post: Your Grace Is Enough (Maher)

 

[pnewton]

Hope everyone’s having a great weekend of the Body and Blood!

The faithful were really singing out today. Hope the same is true in your parish!

IUgh, no. But it will get better. I woke up at 4:00 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. I think I will have to come home and catch a nap between Masses. Maybe coffee would help.

BTW - I just found out that we will be doing the shorter version of the sequences to the tune of Tantum Ergo.

 

[CatholicZ09]

I went to the early Mass this morning, and the singing wasn’t that great, but that’s the norm for that Mass. I have to go back for the later Mass in a half hour, and the people usually sing louder at that Mass.

 

[benedictgal]

I went to the early Mass this morning, and the singing wasn’t that great, but that’s the norm for that Mass. I have to go back for the later Mass in a half hour, and the people usually sing louder at that Mass.

I’ll be singing at the 11AM at my dad’s parish. I am definitely avoiding Table of Plenty. Dan Schutte really waters down the mystery if the Holy Eucharist.

Here are my choices:

Entrance Processional: At That First Eucharist
Psalm: Grail Psalter
Offertory: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted
Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Recessional: God, We Praise You

I will be chanting the shorter sequence.

 

[pnewton]

Okay, the first Mass this morning, I knew I was out of it. I forgot to do the sequence and went straight into the Alleluia. Two weeks ago at this Mass I started off with the Easter sequence and went into the first two lines before I realized it. (sigh) At least Corpus Christ is optional so it is not a mistake.

 

[Sarabande]

Okay, the first Mass this morning, I knew I was out of it. I forgot to do the sequence and went straight into the Alleluia. Two weeks ago at this Mass I started off with the Easter sequence and went into the first two lines before I realized it. (sigh) At least Corpus Christ is optional so it is not a mistake.

Awww… It’s ok. Our organist forgot as well. I was about to get up to chant the sequence when the organist started to play the Alleluia.

Our music director chose:

O God Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Gift of Finest Wheat
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
I Know that My Redeemer Lives (Duke Street)

 

[CatholicZ09]

I’ll be singing at the 11AM at my dad’s parish. I am definitely avoiding Table of Plenty. Dan Schutte really waters down the mystery if the Holy Eucharist.

Here are my choices:

Entrance Processional: At That First Eucharist
Psalm: Grail Psalter
Offertory: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted
Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Recessional: God, We Praise You

I will be chanting the shorter sequence.

Fortunately, the opening hymn was “Praise to the Lord.” Such a small hymn, but it is so powerful! The faithful really belted it out at the later Mass.

 

[benedictgal]

Fortunately, the opening hymn was “Praise to the Lord.” Such a small hymn, but it is so powerful! The faithful really belted it out at the later Mass.

I got drafted to cantor at the very last minute at my parish. I had been a little drained from the previous Mass because the celebrant asked me to chant the whole sequence. I had nothing left in the tank, but, my friend needed the help. Given the fact that we use United in Christ, the choices were limited;

Entrance Processional: At the Lamb’s High Feast
Psalm: Grail Psalter
Offertory; At that First Eucharist
Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Recessional; Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

I was praying that everything go well and it did!!! Thank God!

 

[CatholicZ09]

I got drafted to cantor at the very last minute at my parish. I had been a little drained from the previous Mass because the celebrant asked me to chant the whole sequence. I had nothing left in the tank, but, my friend needed the help. Given the fact that we use United in Christ, the choices were limited;

Entrance Processional: At the Lamb’s High Feast
Psalm: Grail Psalter
Offertory; At that First Eucharist
Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Recessional; Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

I was praying that everything go well and it did!!! Thank God!

Glad everything went well! I’m just glad that I didn’t hear “Table of Plenty.” First Corpus Christi without that in a LONG time.

 

[pnewton]

Panis Angelicus (Franck)

That would have been perfect. I wish I had thought of that. Practically speaking, I just came into town from vacation Saturday and everyone else is gone this weekend.

 

[ArchStreetBand]

I’ll be singing at the 11AM at my dad’s parish. I am definitely avoiding Table of Plenty. Dan Schutte really waters down the mystery if the Holy Eucharist.

Just checking in to share post-Eucharistic glow after a weekend full of amazing liturgies.

Was anyone else blown away again by the simple elegance of Paul’s message in the second reading? I find in those 56 words a wonderful sense of the mystery of the Holy Eucharist. But, with all due respect, they don’t contain the whole mystery.

Just like Paul told us on Pentecost Sunday, it takes all the parts - the people gathered, the presiding celebrant, the songs, the bread, the wine, the Word, the Spirit - to make the whole.

For us, Dan Schutte’s simple and joyful song works beautifully.

But, as one of my dear priest friends says…

The only difference between a terrorist and a liturgist is that you can usually negotiate with a terrorist

Blessings to all this night!

 

[CatholicZ09]

Was anyone else blown away again by the simple elegance of Paul’s message in the second reading? I find in those 56 words a wonderful sense of the mystery of the Holy Eucharist. But, with all due respect, they don’t contain the whole mystery.

I liked Paul’s simplicity in the second reading. It gives the faithful two burning questions to ponder.

Just like Paul told us on Pentecost Sunday, it takes all the parts - the people gathered, the presiding celebrant, the songs, the bread, the wine, the Word, the Spirit - to make the whole.

I agree.

The only difference between a terrorist and a liturgist is that you can usually negotiate with a terrorist

This is sad, but true.

I tried to fit in how “Praise to the Lord” worked with the readings today, and it fits beautifully with the first reading from Deuteronomy. Certainly God does deserve ALL the praises after reading that reading.

 

[ArchStreetBand]

IUgh, no. But it will get better. I woke up at 4:00 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. I think I will have to come home and catch a nap between Masses. Maybe coffee would help.

BTW - I just found out that we will be doing the shorter version of the sequences to the tune of Tantum Ergo.

Hope you found some peace today! Bet all was wonderful, even if you were out of it

Have any other pianists out there used Jeanne Cotter’s arrangement of Tantum Ergo/Pange Lingua? I think it’s in her book “Coming Home.”

She also has a great arrangement of “Let All Mortal Flesh.”

Best to you!

 

[benedictgal]

Just checking in to share post-Eucharistic glow after a weekend full of amazing liturgies.

Was anyone else blown away again by the simple elegance of Paul’s message in the second reading? I find in those 56 words a wonderful sense of the mystery of the Holy Eucharist. But, with all due respect, they don’t contain the whole mystery.

Just like Paul told us on Pentecost Sunday, it takes all the parts - the people gathered, the presiding celebrant, the songs, the bread, the wine, the Word, the Spirit - to make the whole.

For us, Dan Schutte’s simple and joyful song works beautifully.

But, as one of my dear priest friends says…

The only difference between a terrorist and a liturgist is that you can usually negotiate with a terrorist

Blessings to all this night!

However, “Table of Plenty” focuses mostly on the horizontal and treats the vertical aspect of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in passing. The Solemnity of Corpus Christi calls for music that should take into account the vertical aspect of the august mystery that we are commemorating on that day. That is why the Church, in her wisdom, provides us with a sequence that can either be recited or sung. If anything, St. Thomas ,Aquinas sets the standard for what a Euchariatic hymn should be. After all, no less than Christ, Himself, told the great saint in a vision, “You havte written well of me, Thomas.” That is why for the Church uses St. Thomas Aquinas’ hymns for two of her most important liturgies, the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper and the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.

Both celebrants seemed pleased that we did not do “Table of Plenty”. In fact, the second one was pleased that we had sacred music for that Mass, as opposed to the usual stuff from Spirit and Song. What was also rather interesting was that, in the second Mass in particular, the faithful actually sang.

Interestingly enough, the “terrorist” analogy only works with those who want to take liberties with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in complete defiance to what the Church mandates.

 

[ArchStreetBand]

I tried to fit in how “Praise to the Lord” worked with the readings today, and it fits beautifully with the first reading from Deuteronomy. Certainly God does deserve ALL the praises after reading that reading.

Amen! Grateful to see that song in the thread. I’d managed to “forget” how great it is! Working on an arrangement for our group. How do you do it?

Have you done John Michael Poirier’s “Strength for the Journey” before? I know it’s not drawn right from Deut., but it kept singing in my head as I prayed over the readings. Worked it in as a prelude…

 

[benedictgal]

I tried to fit in how “Praise to the Lord” worked with the readings today, and it fits beautifully with the first reading from Deuteronomy. Certainly God does deserve ALL the praises after reading that reading.

That was one of the reasons why I went with Holy God, We Praise Thy Name. In the Office of Readings, the Te Deum is sung today so I figured that it would be fitting to use Holy God since it is a translation of the Te Deum. The celebrant at the second Mass was quite pleased with that one.

We did chant the Tantem Ergo and O Saving Victim for Benediction prior to the beginning of Mass. The faithful were singing these two hymns loudly as well.

 

[CatholicZ09]

Amen! Grateful to see that song in the thread. I’d managed to “forget” how great it is! Working on an arrangement for our group. How do you do it?

I just offer mere suggestions; however, “Praise to the Lord” was what my parish had sung today (well yesterday ) as the processional. The arrangment was just the ordinary keyboard accompaniment from OCP. I looked in the OCP planner, Today’s Liturgy, and I don’t know if you read that, but for next weekend (Jul. 2-3) they also suggest typical seasonal “praise” songs (e.g.: “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow”, “Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens”) for the processional, but “Praise to the Lord” fits perfectly with the first reading especially:

Thus says the LORD:
Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion,
shout for joy, O daugheter Jerusalem!
See, your king shall come to you;
a just savior is he,
meek, and riding on an ***,
on a cold, the foal of an ***.
He shall banish the chariot
from Ephraim,
and the hord from Jerusalem;
the warrior’s bow shall be banished,
and he shall proclaim peace
to the nations.
His dominion shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.

It fits perfectly with the responsorial as well:

I will praise your name forever, my king and my God.

Then, finally, the Gospel:

“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth…”

Have you done John Michael Poirier’s “Strength for the Journey” before? I know it’s not drawn right from Deut., but it kept singing in my head as I prayed over the readings. Worked it in as a prelude…

Never heard of it.

 

[CatholicZ09]

That was one of the reasons why I went with Holy God, We Praise Thy Name. In the Office of Readings, the Te Deum is sung today so I figured that it would be fitting to use Holy God since it is a translation of the Te Deum. The celebrant at the second Mass was quite pleased with that one.

We did chant the Tantem Ergo and O Saving Victim for Benediction prior to the beginning of Mass. The faithful were singing these two hymns loudly as well.

I was so happy; however, because Today’s Liturgy didn’t suggest “Table of Plenty”, so I was thinking, “Good, maybe no ideas will come across.”

“Praise to the Lord” gave me the chills with everyone belting it out and the organ on full. Just one of those hymns that none other can compare.

Of course, I was hoping that the Mass would end off with “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” as did last year, but you know…since we didn’t do “Table of Plenty”, we did another Schutte song (Our Hope Is in the Lord). That’s kind of weird how that worked out.

 

[benedictgal]

I just offer mere suggestions; however, “Praise to the Lord” was what my parish had sung today (well yesterday ) as the processional. The arrangment was just the ordinary keyboard accompaniment from OCP. I looked in the OCP planner, Today’s Liturgy, and I don’t know if you read that, but for next weekend (Jul. 2-3) they also suggest typical seasonal “praise” songs (e.g.: “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow”, “Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens”) for the processional, but “Praise to the Lord” fits perfectly with the first reading especially:

It fits perfectly with the responsorial as well:

Then, finally, the Gospel:

Never heard of it.

I may try O God, Our Help in Ages Past if called on to sing again. From what I read elsewhere, this is supposed to be our national hymn.

I am really enjoying the Grail Psalter. I keep the refrain because that it was is in the missallettes (so as to not confuse the faithful), but, I will sing the verses from the psalter. The translation is so much better.

In fact, I wound up using the Grail Psalter for two weddings. I need to order the revised one. I hope the language is just as good as the one that I am using.

I was disappointed with the selections that the Spanish-language choir had made. They elected to use “Juntos como Hermanos” as the entrance. Granted, there is a huge dearth of suitable Spanish-language music, but, something better could have been chosen. This is what I would have suggested:

Entrance Processional: Alabado Sea El Santissimo
Offertory: Bendigamos Al Senor
Communion: Altissimo Senor
Recessional: Cantemos al Amor

Oh well…

 

[CatholicZ09]

Although, I realized that “I Heard the Voice of Jesus” would be a good pick for next weekend since Jesus talks about his yoke being easy and burden light.