Entrance: Angels We Have Heard On High
Psalm 83 (McKenna)
How happy they who dwell in your house, O Lord.
Gifts: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13
Communion: What Child Is This?
Mary’s Boy Child
Thanksgiving: In Love We Choose to Live (Cotter) AOV 2/63
Recessional: Joy to the World
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Hello. Have been following your blog for a few years now, looking for guidance for song choices at my parish. I am always looking for more contemporary options. Matt Maher has become a favourite – we use All the people said Amen and Lord I need you, as has Rob Galea’s music. We are presenting a family Mass on Christmas Eve, so we keep looking for options to use alongside the regular carols. I found “Mary, did you know” a version by Pentatonix, and I plan to use this as a bridge between the carols we play before Mass and the Mass itself. I thought that if you didn’t know this song you might be interested to look it up.
Very best Christmas blessing to you and your loved ones, Brendan
Thanks, Brendan, I’ll certainly have a look at it.
Geoff
Here’s another recommendation about Mary Did You Know for you: http://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/13187/mary-did-you-know
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I don’t think they like it much, Mary.
Geoff
We’re doing Mary Did You Know with the youth Choir on Christmas Eve – it’s a beautiful song. Love singing it!
9.30am Mass at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Eastern Heights.
Entrance: O Come All Ye Faithful AOV 167
Psalm: Everlasting Your Love AOV 128
Alleluia: Alleluia Number 1 vs 4 AOV 15
Gifts: My Heart is a Stable AOV 147
Mass parts: Glory and Praise
Communion: I am the Bread of Life AOV 49,
Our Supper Invitation AOV 185
Post-communion: Silent Night AOV 168
Sending Forth: Joy to the World AOV 170
Corinda Graceville
Gathering: Once In Royal David’s City
Psalm: Colin Smith version (Year C)
POG: He Came Down
Communion: Angels We Have Heard on High
Sending Forth: Joy to the World
Holland Park Mt Gravatt
Gathering: Once In Royal David’s City
Psalm: Jenny O’Brien version (Year C)
Communion: Away in a Manger
Sending Forth: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
opening: Once in Royal David’s City
offertory: Away in a Manger
communion: Of the Father’s Love Begotten, O Little Town of Bethlehem
closing: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Gathering: Once in Royal David’s City
Gloria: Mass for a Servant Church (Guimont)
Psalm 84: Blessed Are They (Alstott)
Christmas Season Gospel Acclamation (Bridge)
Gifts: Our Savior’s Infant Cries Were Heard (Troeger; ST. COLUMBA)
Mass Parts w/We Proclaim: Mass for a Servant Church (Guimont)
Communion: What Child Is This
Angels We Have Heard on High
Closing: Joy to the World
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Jan. 1) – Holy Day of Obligation in U.S.
Gathering: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Palmer; PLEADING SAVIOR)
Gloria: Mass for a Servant Church (Guimont)
Psalm 67: May God Bless Us in His Mercy (Alstott)
Christmas Season Gospel Acclamation (Bridge)
Gifts: Gentle Mary Laid Her Child (Cook; TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM)
Mass Parts w/We Proclaim Your Death: Mass for a Servant Church (Guimont)
Communion: What Child Is This?
Angels We Have Heard on High
Go Tell It on the Mountain (no singing, just organ to fill time at the end of communion)
Closing: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
I know the gospel acclamation is a very minor part of the Mass, but I thought I’d comment that we’ve also been using Barbara Bridge’s Christmas Season Gospel Acclamation this year and found it excellent. Adapted from the traditional Sussex Carol, the melody of the acclamation is joyful and easy for the congregation to pick up; and each chanted verse ends with an additional alleluia or two. Unusually for gospel acclamations, most verses have different melodies – more work to learn, but works well with the different text lengths and contexts. A minor problem – due to my limited vocal range, I transposed it down a step.
Solemnity of mary, Mother of God
opening: O Sanctissima (o du frohliche)
offertory: Abba! Father (Landry)
communion: Away in a Manger, O Little Town of Bethlehem
closing: Hail, Holy Queen (salve regina coelitum)