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Song Ideas for the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, June 23, 2019

Entrance Antiphon: (Psalm 81:(80) 17) “He fed them with the finest wheat and satisfied them with honey from the rock.”

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: (John 6:57) “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him, says the Lord.”

 

*Responsorial Psalm:  You are a Priest Forever by Brian Flynn (WLP) from the CD Beyond the Veil  listen

*when we’ve used this ‘Refrain only’ for the Responsorial Psalm, we’ve done it two different ways: 1. The last half of the Refrain only, 2. The first phrase of the Refrain.  The actual Psalm verses were then recited/proclaimed by a lector between refrains.

 

Featured Songs: Here are some songs to consider for this feast day:

  1. Corpus Christi Sequence – this is the shorter version of the sequence set to music in a simple chant style (unison), with simple chord changes.

LEAD SHEET

 

2. Paschal Mystery by Bradley Knuckles – this song works well as a Song of Preparation as the gifts are being brought forward, but especially as a Communion Song.  “Paschal Mystery, O what love divine!  Here’s the Lamb of God in the form of Bread and Wine.”  It is available as an octavolisten to a sample of the recording

 

3. I Am Yours – Consume Me Completely by Trevor Thomson – a beautiful song for Communion. “Bread of Life, Wine of Peace, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, consume me…” It is available as an octavolisten to a sample of the recording

4. Soul of Christ (Anime Christi) by Lorraine Hess –  this song works well as a Song of Preparation or Communion.  A fresh setting of this beautiful text. It is available as an octavo or lead sheetlisten to a sample of the recording

 

5. Behold by WAL – a fresh new Communion Song by WAL (formerly Jacob and Matthew) – “Behold the Bread of Life, behold his Sacred Blood.”  It is available as an octavo or lead sheet. listen to a sample of the recording

 

MORE SONGS:

Bread of Angels by Curtis Stephan (spiritandsong) listen on YouTube  (uses Panis Angelicus as a refrain in a contemporary setting)  (Communion)

Bread, Broken and Given by Thomson/Talarico (WLP) listen  “May we become what we receive: Jesus.” (Communion)

*Come to the Table by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD Testify and the collection Voices As One vol. 2  listen (Preparation / Communion)

Heavenly Bread by Aaron Thompson (WLP) from the CD 10,000 Angels  listen  (verses borrow text from the Sequence)  (Preparation / Communion)

He Lives In Us by Amelia Acosta (WLP) from the collection More Voices As One vol. 1  listen  “Through the bread that is here made living, made living and so life-giving…He lives in us” (Communion)

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name arr. by Rick Modlin (spiritandsong.com) Gathering / Preparation / Closing)

Jesus, Messiah by Reeves/Carson/Cash/Tomlin (Capitol CMG/Music Services/CCLI)  listen  “His body the bread, His blood the wine, broken and poured out all for love.” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion)

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  listen  “Bread of Life, Wine of Peace, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, consume me…” (Communion)

*I Am the Bread of Life by John Michael Talbot (EMI/CCLI) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1   (Communion)

Living Feast by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams  listen  “The blood of the Lamb has washed us clean…”  (Preparation / Communion)

*Make Us Your Own by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD Awake to the Day and the collection Voices As One vol. 2  listen  “Holy, holy, Lord, you are the Bread of our life, you are the cup of our hope.” (Preparation / Communion)

Miracle of Grace by Curtis Stephan (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Amid Passing Things  “Bread of Life…those who eat this bread shall live and never die.” (Communion)

O Salutaris Hostia (O Saving Lamb) by Tom Booth (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Captured  (Communion)

O Come to the Altar by Brown/Brock/Furtick/Joye (Essential Music/CCLI)  “…the Father’s arms are open wide, forgiveness was bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ.”  (Song of Gathering / Song of Preparation / Communion)

Paschal Mystery by Bradley Knuckles (WLP) listen   “Bread of Life, broken for the world, we come needing to be nourished. We find in you what nothing else can give. You satisfy the heart.” (Preparation / Communion)

So Beautiful by Jacob and Matthew Band (WLP) from the CD Every Day and the collection More Voices As One vol. 2  listen  “Bread from heaven, Cup of everlasting life, in this meal we share the Body of Christ.” (Communion)

Soul of Christ (Anima Christi) by Lorraine Hess (WLP) from the CD As I Pray collection More Voices As One vol. 1  listen  “Soul of Christ, O sanctify me, Body of Christ, save me, Blood of Christ, inebriate me.” (Communion)

*Take and Eat This Bread by Paul Tate (WLP) from the CD Rejoice and the collection Voices As One vol. 2  listen (Communion)

The Altar of the Lord by Brian Flynn (WLP) from the CD Born Again  listen  “I humbly come to offer all I am and to feast at the banquet of the Lamb.”

True Love by Amelia Acosta (WLP)  listen  “We will go where the cup of love is poured, where the bread of life restores, where we meet him in true love.” (Communion)

We Come to You by Josh Blakesley (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Waiting  “In the Body of Christ we are brought to new life…” (Communion)

We Gather As the Body of Christ by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD We Gather in Love  listen  “We gather as the Body of Christ to receive the Body of Christ. We go forth as the Body of Christ…” (Gathering / Preparation)