Music for the Easter Vigil Year A April 5th 2026


For Vigil this year, we are doing what we did last year:

For Vigil we will use Tony Alonso’s Exsultet and I’m hoping our priest will sing his bit. Last year we had an opera singer booked but she lost her voice and Father chanted the whole thing. Hoping for better luck this year, although he did a fine job. The sheet music for Alonso’s piece is available at GIA.

Here we use three psalms in the readings and we will sing the responses using Amanda McKenna’s settings.

Psalm 32

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord,

The goodness of the Lord.

Psalm 15

Keep me safe O God; you are my hope.

Keep me safe O God; you are my hope.

Exodus 15

Let us sing to the Lord;

He has covered himself in glory.

We use Taylor’s Mass of St Francis as always, except we still use the Celtic Alleluia. We plan to switch to Taylor’s Gospel Acclamation soon.

Sprinkling Rite: River of Glory (Schutte)

Gifts: Blessed be Our God (McKenna)

Communion: Glory in the Cross (Schutte) – Easter verses

After Communion: Alleluia! Love is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart)

Recessional: Jesus is Risen (O’Brien/Ogilvie)

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2 Responses to Music for the Easter Vigil Year A April 5th 2026

  1. Ryan says:

    Easter Sunday…

    Gathering: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (EASTER HYMN)
    Mass Parts: Mass of St. Ann (Bolduc)
    Psalm: This Is the Day (Fisher)
    Sequence: Christ Is Arisen (DeBruyn)
    Sprinkling: Come to the River (Hurd)
    Gifts: Worthy Is the Lamb (Manalo)
    Communion: I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
    Behold the Lamb (Willett)
    Closing: Alleluia! Alleluia! (Wordsworth; HYMN TO JOY)

  2. Gio says:

    I was in the fancy choir for the TLM vigil
    Missa Aeterna Christi Munera (Palestrina)
    Offertory: O Filii et Filiae (Ostrowski)
    Communion: Bone Pastor (Tallis)
    Recessional: Jesus Christ is Risen Today

    Responsorial Psalms:
    1- Percy Jones
    2, 3, 4 – Douglas Mews
    7 – Kathleen Boschetti MSC
    (Catholic Worship Book)
    Gloria: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Haydn)
    Gospel Acclamation: Gregorian Chant, Mode IV [but it’s the mode 6 one that everyone knows]
    Offertory: Let all the world in every corner sing (Vaughan Williams)
    Sanctus: Missal Chant (Mass 18 englished)
    Agnus Dei: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Haydn)
    Communion: Halleluja Chorus (Handel)
    Thine be the Glory (CWB2 368)
    Recessional? (Marian Antiphon): Regina Caeli (simple tone)

    Actually quite interesting to note that this other place uses the ICEL Primativa (Chant Mass) to pair with polyphony. Our TLMs use De Angelis (the one on Let’s Sing With the Pope)

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