Song Ideas for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 11, 2024
Entrance Antiphon: (Psalm 74 (73):20, 19, 22, 23) “Look to your covenant, O Lord, and forget not the life of your poor ones for ever. Arise, O God, and defend your cause, and forget not the cries of those who seek you.”
Responsorial Psalm: (Psalm 34:2–3, 4–5, 6–7, 8–9) “Taste and See the Goodness of the Lord.”
Taste and See by Trevor Thomson (WLP/GIA) found in the collection VOICES listen
Taste and See by Steve Angrisano (OCP)
Gospel Acclamation: (John 6:51) “I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord; Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
Communion Antiphon: (Psalm 147:12, 14) “O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord, who give you your fill of finest wheat.”
OR
(John 6:51) “The bread that I will give, says the Lord, is my flesh for the life of the world.”
Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly by Tomlin/Ingram/Barrett (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “It all comes down to this To be Your hands and feet…” (Preparation / Closing)
Blessed are You, Lord by Jackie Francois (spiritandsong) from the CD Your Kingdom Is Glorious and found in the collection VOICES. “Your body, your blood, united with us…One heart, one mind, one family ” (Communion) listen
Bread Broken and Given by Thomson/Talarico (GIA) found in the collection VOICES “Bread broken and given, wine poured and shared…may we become what we receive, Jesus.” (Communion) listen
Bread of Angels (with Panis Angelicus) by Curtis Stephan (spiritandsong) found in the collection VOICES “Bread of angels we receive you…we flee to your embrace.” (Communion) listen
By Our Love by Christy Nockels (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “The time is now…and they will know us by our love.” (Preparation / Communion)
Do This In Memory of Me by Chris Muglia (spiritandsong) found in the collection VOICES “Whoever comes to me will not hunger again.” (Communion) listen
Gather Your People by Bob Hurd (OCP) “We are parts of the body of Christ, needing each other…” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion)
Heavenly Bread by Aaron Thompson (WLP) from the CD found in the collection VOICES (verses borrow text from the Corpus Christi Sequence) (Preparation / Communion) listen
How Beautiful (Paris) (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES “How beautiful is the Body of Christ.” (Communion Meditation) listen
I Am the Bread of Life (Come and Follow Me) by Steve Angrisano and Tom Booth (spiritandsong) “I am the way and life…Come to me and know that I’ll always be there…” (Communion)
I Am the Bread of Life by John Michael Talbot (Brentwood-Benson/Capitol CMG) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1 and VOICES. “No one who believes shall ever thirst. (Communion) listen
I Am the Bread of Life by Tom Kaczmarek (WLP) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES and on the CD Celebrate the Feast (Consider a slightly slower, less aggressive arrangement in the beginning.) (Communion) listen
I Am Yours (Consume Me, Completely) by Trevor Thomson (WLP) from CD In Shadow and In Light and the collection More Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES. “O Bread of Life, you will answer all our needs…” (Communion) listen
Jesus, Messiah by Reeves/Carson/Cash/Tomlin (Capitol CMG/Music Services/CCLI) found in the collection VOICES. “His body the bread, his blood the wine…” (Use anywhere except Psalm) listen
Journey for Home by Ed Bolduc (WLP) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1 and the collection VOICES “In our weakness we’re made strong, in our suffering we’re made stronger.” (use anywhere except Psalm) listen
Living Bread by Ubowski/Hart (GIA) found in the collection VOICES “This is living bread come down from heaven. You are living bread come down from heaven.” (Communion) listen
Miracle of Grace by Curtis Stephan (spiritandsong.com) found in the collection VOICES “Bread of Life…those who eat this bread shall live and never die…we become the love that we receive.” (Communion) listen
So Beautiful by Jacob and Matthew Band (WLP) from the CD Every Day and the collection More Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES “Bread from heaven, Cup of everlasting life, in this meal we share the Body of Christ.” (Communion) listen
Soul of Christ by Lorraine Hess (WLP/GIA) “Body of Christ, save me…” (Preparation)
The Feast Meant for Everyone by Booth/Hart (OCP) “Bread for the immigrant, bread for the poor, bread for the hungry who beg at our door. Food for the outcast waiting to belong; come to the feast meant for everyone.” (Preparation / Communion)
We Come to You by Josh Blakesley (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Waiting and the collection VOICES “In the Body of Christ we are brought to new life…” (Preparation / Communion) listen
We Gather As the Body of Christ by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD We Gather In Love and the collection VOICES click here to preview full score and listen “We gather as the Body of Christ to receive the Body of Christ. We go forth as the Body of Christ…” (Gathering / Preparation)