MUSIC SUGGESTIONS LENT 2023 (A)
The music suggested in this Lenten programme is taken from a variety of sources including Sing the
Mass (Veritas), Gather (G.I.A.) plus Laudate and Emmanuel Music Programmes.
Entrance Songs
Bless the Lord (Taizé)
All sing: Bless the Lord my soul, and bless God’s holy name.
Bless the Lord my soul who leads me into life.
Grant to us, O Lord (Lucien Deiss)
All sing: Grant to us, O Lord, a heart renewed
Recreate in us your own spirit, Lord.
Come back to me (Gregory Norbet)
All sing: Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life.
Open My Eyes (Jesse Manibusan) – Emmanuel 2023
Penitential Rite Kyrie (Seán Ó Riada)
All sing: A Thiarna déan trócaire …A Chríost déan trócaire…
A Thiarna déan trócaire
Penitential Act II (Ephrem Feeley)
All sing: Kyrie eleison… Christe eleison …Kyrie eleison
Penitential Act (Columba McCann)
All sing: Lord have mercy… Christ have mercy… Lord have mercy
Responsorial Psalms
1. Psalm 50 (Stephen Pishner)
All sing: Be merciful, O Lord, we have sinned, we have sinned.
Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Psalm (50) Marty Haugen)
All sing: Have mercy, Lord, cleanse me from all my sins
2. Psalm 32 (Margaret Daly Denton)
All sing: May your love be upon us, O Lord as we place all our hope in you.
Psalm 32 (Marty Haugen)
All sing: Let your mercy be upon us, O God,
As we place our trust in you.
3. Psalm 95 (Fintan O’Carroll)
All sing: O that today you would listen to my voice, harden not your hearts.
4. Psalm 22 (Tom Egan)
All sing: The Lord is my shepherd there is nothing I shall want
Psalm 22 (Marty Haugen)
All sing: Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life.
5. Psalm 130 (Fintan O’Carroll)
All sing: With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Psalm 130 (Marty Haugen)
All sing: With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
6. Psalm 21 (Liam Lawton)
All sing: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Why have you forsaken me?
Gospel Acclamations
1. Praise and honour to you (Margaret Daly-Denton)
All sing: Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ
2. Praise to you (Columba McCann)
All sing: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ!
Glory, praise, and honour to you!
Presentation of Gifts
1. Ag Críost an Síol (Seán Ó Riada)
2. Clouds’ Veil (Liam Lawton)
3. I Will Give You Living Water (Ronan McDonagh)
4. Let the River Flow (Darrel Evans)
5. Enter God’s Kingdom (Chris de Silva)
6. Here I am to Worship (Tim Hughes) – Emmanuel 2023
Or
Instrumental using Lenten Themes
Eucharistic Prayer Acclamations
1. International Mass (Tom Egan)
First Acclamation
All sing: Hosanna in the Highest
Memorial Acclamation
All sing: My Lord and my God
Great Amen
All sing: Amen, Amen
2. Mass of Renewal(Bernard Sexton)
First Acclamation
All sing: Holy, holy, holy…
Memorial Acclamation
All sing: We proclaim your death, O Lord
Great Amen
All sing: Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.
3. Glendalough Mass (Liam Lawton)
First Acclamation
All sing: Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest (2)
Memorial Acclamation
All sing: Save us Saviour of the world…
Great Amen
All sing: Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.
Lamb of God
1. Agnus Dei (Ephrem Feeley)
2. Glendalough Mass (Liam Lawton)
Communion Songs
Jesus, be the Centre (Michael Frye)
Lúireach Phádraig (Marie Dunne CHF) – Emmanuel 2023
I am the Bread of Life (Suzanne Toolan)
Críost Liom (Bernard Sexton) – Laudate 2023
