Song Ideas for Advent 2016 (A)

Week 1 Responsorial Psalm: Let Us Go Rejoicing by Steve Angrisano (spiritandsong)  listen on YouTube

Week 2 Responsorial Psalm: Justice Shall Flourish by Craig Colson (spiritandsong) from the CD Fill Us With Your Love  listen on YouTube

Option 2: Justice Shall Flourish In His Time by Tom Booth and Ed Bolduc – lead sheet  demo

Immaculate Conception Responsorial Psalm: Sing to the Lord a New Song by Craig and Kristen Colson (WLP) from Psalms for the Church

Week 3 Responsorial Psalm: Lord, Come and Save Us by Aaron Thompson (WLP)  listen

Week 4 Responsorial Psalm: Let the Lord Enter He Is King of Glory lead sheet by Ed Bolduc – I used this refrain along with the verses from the Psalm setting Lord, We are the People  listen

 

Advent Penitential Act by Craig Colson (WLP) – from the CD I Am the Way.  It’s even more effective if you sing his song This Is Your Justice as a gathering/entrance song.  The melodies and thematic material are the same for both.  It’s a nice way of making the entire Gathering Rite unified for a given Sunday in Advent, or even all four weeks.  listen

*Awake to the Day by Ed Bolduc (WLP) – found in the found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and on the CD Jesus, Hope of the World  listen

Be the Light by Jack Busche and Ed Bolduc (WLP) – listen at edbolducmusic.com

*Come, Emmanuel by Paul Tate and Deanna Light (WLP) – found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and on the CD Jesus, Hope of the World  listen

Creator of the Stars of Night – lead sheet – DEMO – This was a song I arranged for Advent last year. I used the familiar hymn text and melody, altered the harmonization a bit, and added a Refrain. Our parish’s Advent theme last year was ‘Stable-Bound.’  I’ve always loved this hymn and was grateful the opportunity arose for me to finally get around to arranging it for our parish. Please feel free to use it in your own parish.

Hope Is Dawning by Keyes/Parks/Maher/Gungor (Capitol CMG/CCLI)  listen from SongSelect

*Jesus, Hope of the World by Tate/Light (WLP) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and on the CD Jesus, Hope of the World  listen

The King Shall Come by Trevor Thomson (spiritandsong) – listen on YouTube

O Come, O Come Emmanuel – traditional, arr. by Ed Bolduc – here’s a simple lead sheet with vox for this familiar hymn!

Prepare Ye by Lorraine Hess and Jamie Dilberto (WLP) – from the CD Cradle in Bethlehem and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 2 – an upbeat alternative for Advent  listen

Ready the Way by Curtis Stephan (spiritandsong.com) – listen on YouTube 

This Is Your Justice by Craig Colson (WLP) – from the CD I Am the Way and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 2  listen