I need to remind myself sometimes that the hymn choices, while selected to match the liturgy and the readings, are the least important musical part of the service. We use Paul Taylor’s “Mass of St Francis” and the Celtic Alleluia for the musical parts of the mass.
Entrance: Seek Ye First (Lafferty) AOV 1/48
Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115
Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread (Horner) AOV 2/155
Recessional: Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) AOV 1/156
I look at the choices from my former parish in Queensland and steal all their good ideas:
| Entrance | Come as You Are |
| Gloria | Sung |
| Responsorial Psalm | Sung McKenna |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic Alleluia |
| Offertory | The Cry of the Poor |
| Communion | Bread of Life |
| Thanksgiving | Seek Ye First |
| Recessional | Bring Forth My Kingdom |
CWB2:586 – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty [Winkworth / LOBE DEN HERREN]
CWB2:568 – O God, Our Help in Ages Past [Watts / SAINT ANNE]
CWB2:595 – Seek, O Seek the Lord [McAuley / VENANTIUS]
CWB2:560 – Now Let Us from This Table Rise [Kaan / WINCHESTER NEW]
Gathering: Be Thou My Vision (Byrne; SLANE)
Mass Parts: Mass of St. Ann (Bolduc)
Psalm: Our Help Is From the Lord (Haugen – The Lyric Psalter)
Gifts: As Christ Is For Us (Whitaker)
Communion: These Alone Are Enough (Schutte)
You Alone (Hart/Liles)
Closing: Lead Me, Guide Me (Akers)