Communion hymns

[neon_knights]

What sort of communion hymns do you sing in the Catholic services?

Is this sung at all anymore?
YouTube - ‪Byrd - Ave Verum Corpus‬‏

 

[Michie]

I am the Bread of life,
He who comes to Me shall not hunger,
He who believes in Me shall not thirst.
No one can come to Me
Unless the Father draw him.

And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up on the last day.

The bread that I will give
Is My flesh for the life of the world,
And he who eats of this bread,
He shall live for ever,
He shall live for ever.

And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up on the last day.

Unless you eat
Of the flesh of the Son of Man
And drink of His blood,
And drink of His blood,
You shall not have life within you.

And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up on the last day.

I am the Resurrection,
I am the Life,
He who believes in Me
Even if he die,
He shall live for ever.

And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up on the last day.

Yes, Lord, we believe
That You are the Christ,
The Son of God
Who has come
Into the world.

And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up,
And I will raise him up on the last day.

 

[Dylan Michael]

This is what we sing every sunday:

Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
I can feel His mighty power and His grace.
I can hear the brush of angels wings.
I see glory on each face.
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

What sort of communion hymns do you sing in the Catholic services?

Is this sung at all anymore?
YouTube - ‪Byrd - Ave Verum Corpus‬‏

I wish . . .


Alas, it is not in most parishes. . .

Generally, only those that do the Tridentine Masses or Latin Novus Ordo Masses, do that type of music anymore.

 

[Fantine]

One Bread, One Body
O Sacrament Most Holy
On Eagles Wings
I Have Loved You
Panis Angelicus
Bread, Blessed and Broken

lots of them.

 

[Fantine]

We've sung choral arrangements of "Ave Verum Corpus" on Good Friday.

 

[AMDG]

I wish . . .


Alas, it is not in most parishes. . .

I wish too.

Think of it this way: At present, we are in a desert devoid of these beautiful hymns and only hear the newly composed songs while the beautiful hymns aren't used, but when the pendulem swings back to beautiful music once more, we will appreciate it all the more just from the forced absence.

 

[St_Barnabus]

Our choir sang this on Palm Sunday at communion. It melted me so much that I looked on the web for a copy to play here at home. This is the version that inspires me. And yes, it was sung at a OF liturgy.

YouTube - ‪Mozart Ave Verum Corpus K.618‬‏

 

[Rhamiel]

mostly... no
but there are some traditional parishes that still have music like this

 

[AMDG]

Our choir sang this on Palm Sunday at communion. It melted me so much that I looked on the web for a copy to play here at home. This is the version that inspires me. And yes, it was sung at a OF liturgy.

YouTube - ‪Mozart Ave Verum Corpus K.618‬‏

I think I'm making a list of music I want at my funeral. I think I've found another so thank you. It's so beautiful. (Now I wonder if Father will agree to it.)

 

[neon_knights]

Mozart's version is great but I think Byrd's overall is more solemn and captures the feel of the Eucharist better.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

I wish too.

Think of it this way: At present, we are in a desert devoid of these beautiful hymns and only hear the newly composed songs while the beautiful hymns aren't used, but when the pendulem swings back to beautiful music once more, we will appreciate it all the more just from the forced absence.

I try to think of it as you said. It's all one really can do.

 

[neon_knights]

How hard it is to find a parish that uses the Tridentine mass?

 

[Fantine]

Well, I wasn't sure which Ave Verum we sang on Good Friday, but it's the Byrd one.

Not one of my favorites by a mile...I probably sneaked twice as many breaths as I should have...it's a big fall from the choir loft to the floor.

Now I had suggested Panis Angelicus...

Bread of angels...

Cesar Franck or the one that seems to be done more in Catholic churches. I like them both.

I remember playing Cesar Franck's at a memorial Mass for Mother Teresa, accompanied by a bassoonist. Such a beautiful, mournful instrument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a11YheB2zM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWsR0uKJvCA

 

[Virgil the Roman]

How hard it is to find a parish that uses the Tridentine mass?

Yes, most of the time; it depends upon the area in which one lives. It is more concentrated in some areas, regions, or states than others.

 

[Rebekka]

What sort of communion hymns do you sing in the Catholic services?

Is this sung at all anymore?
YouTube - ‪Byrd - Ave Verum Corpus‬‏

Yes, exactly the sort of music that our schola sings - also earlier music than Byrd. The choir is one of my main reasons for going to this particular church.

You don't have to go to a tridentine mass to get good music - our church has novus ordo mass but sung and mostly in latin, very traditional also.

 

[St_Barnabus]

I think I'm making a list of music I want at my funeral. I think I've found another so thank you. It's so beautiful. (Now I wonder if Father will agree to it.)

You probably won't find a dry eye anywhere at your funeral mass if that hymn is played. It would be a grand finale as you exit this life, and witness to the inspiration that magnificent hymnody brings to one's spirit. Wish I could be there to hear all your choices!

 

[Fantine]

I had an Irish neighbor who was murdered after performing a late night gig with his band in NYC. He was stabbed while walking to his car from the subway.

At the close of his funeral Mass, a lone flautist played, "O Danny Boy..."

Now that was an occasion where there wasn't a dry eye in the church.

 

[Virgil the Roman]

Yes, exactly the sort of music that our schola sings - also earlier music than Byrd. The choir is one of my main reasons for going to this particular church.

You don't have to go to a tridentine mass to get good music - our church has novus ordo mass but sung and mostly in latin, very traditional also.

I would be very happy with a Latin Novus Ordo and choir or schola that sings traditional hymns Latin or vernacular. There may be one by me, with a local "Oratory"* in my area; I believe it has a Gregorian Schola and very orthodox priests from what a good friend of mine has conveyed to me. I would love that. (I think that my girlfriend may have softened up me a bit towards this. Although, I am still very adamant about the Tridentine Mass. I am just happy that she's okay with the Tridentine Mass and would like to attend such a mass said by the canons of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. I suppose that I am learning a bit of "compromise" or attempting to reach a happy medium.)



*The same Oratory of the Oratories founded by St Philip Neri and made famous by Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. (Author of the Development of Christian Doctrine. )

 

[Rebekka]

St Philip Neri is a cool saint, I like him.
Our schola sings gregorian, too.

As a couple you always influence each other, that's good.