Songs Ideas and suggestions for Holy Thursday 2026
HOLY THURSDAY
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
NEW in the NOVUM (A) Psalter. Our Blessing Cup: Psalm 116 by John Angotti (Another longer version found in the collection VOICES listen
Our Blessing Cup by Tony Alonso (WLP) – uses the melody of Pange Lingua listen
SONGS:
Al Partir el Pan / When We Break This Bread by Pedro Rubalcava (WLP/GIA) found in NOVUM (A).
Altar of Hope (Be Still) by Hess/Diliberto (WLP) from the CD Glorify Him and the collection VOICES and NOVUM (A) “Be still and know that he is God.” listen (Preparation / Communion)
Behold the Lamb of God by Matt Maher (spiritandsong) found in the collection VOICES. “You are my Lord, it’s you I adore…” listen (Communion)
Blessed are You, Lord by Jackie Francois (spiritandsong) from the CD Your Kingdom Is Glorious and found in the collection VOICES. “One family, with angels and saints…give praise to thee.” (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 by Curtis Stephan (spiritandsong) found in the collection VOICES “Bread of Angels, we receive you, with us now abide.” listen
Called to the Supper of the Lamb by Tony Alonso (WLP)
Christ In Me, Arise by Trevor Thomson (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Christ In Me, Arise and the collection VOICES “Be now my footsteps, leading the way, taking me where I must go.” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion) listen
Come to the Table by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD Testify and the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES “Eat the Bread of salvation, drink the Cup of new life” (Preparation / Communion) listen
Do This In Memory of Me by Chris Muglia (spiritandsong) found in the collection VOICES “Take the Living Bread of Life, take the Cup of Sacrifice, do this in memory of me.” (Communion) listen
Feed Us, Lord by W. Clifford Petty (WLP) Found in the collection NOVUM (A). “Thank you this bread we break; it is the Body of Christ.” (Communion)
He Lives In Us by Amelia Acosta (WLP) from the collection and in the collection VOICES “…forever changing our hearts…” (Communion) listen
Humility Prayer by Matthew Baute (WLP) from the CD River of Grace – for the washing of feet
I Am the Bread of Life (Come and Follow Me) by Steve Angrisano and Tom Booth (spiritandsong) “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, NOVUM (A), 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 collections VOICES and NOVUM (A). “Bread of Life, Wine of Peace, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity…” (Communion) listen
If You Love Me by Jeanne Cotter (GIA) “Do you know what I have done for you? As I stoop to wash your feet…” found in NOVUM (A).
In Remembrance by Hommerding/Bolduc (WLP/GIA) Found in the collection NOVUM (A). listen – for the Washing of the Feet and/or Communion
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
Love One Another by Feargal King (WLP) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 , the CD We Will be the Light, and found in the collection VOICES and NOVUM (A). (Preparation / 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.” (Communion) listen
Pange, Lingua/Sing, My Tongue (traditional chant) – for the transfer of the Eucharist
Paschal Mystery by Bradley Knuckles (WLP) ) found in the collection VOICES and NOVUM (A). “Bread of Life broken for the world…we find in you what nothing else can give. You satisfy the heart.” (Preparation / Communion) listen
Remembrance (The Communion Song) by Maher/Redman (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection VOICES “O how could it be that my God would welcome me into this mystery.” (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
Table of Plenty by Dan Schutte (OCP) “I wait to welcome the lost and lonely, to share the cup of my love…” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion – slower)
Taste and See by Trevor Thomson (WLP/GIA) found in the collection VOICES and NOVUM (A). listen (Communion)
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)
This Is How by Chris de Silva (GIA) found in the collection NOVUM (A). “…all will know that you are my disciples: if you have love for one another…”
True Love by Amelia Acosta (WLP) listen on YouTube “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 Bring Our Gifts to Your Altar by Brian Flynn (WLP) from the CD Born Again and found in the collections VOICES and NOVUM (A). “…He offered his life as a ransom for sin…” (Song of Preparation) listen
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…” (Communion) listen
Whatever You Do by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams and found in the collection VOICES and the collection NOVUM (A). “Whatever you do to the least of your sisters and brothers you have done to me.” (Preparation / Closing) listen
What I Have Done for You by John Angotti (WLP) from the CD We Gather in Love found in the collection VOICES listen – for the washing of feet.
Where Charity and Love Abide by Trevor Thomson (WLP) from the CD In Shadow and In Light and the collections VOICES and NOVUM (A). “No greater love is there than this, than to lay down your life…” (Song of Preparation / Communion) listen
Where Charity and Love Prevail by John Angotti (GIA) found in NOVUM (A). (Song of Preparation / Communion)