Introit: Lord, You Have Given My Heart (English, SATB, Mode I) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “A fructu frumenti”, Graduale Simplex, Holy Thursday: Chrism Mass, Introit, pp. 123–124
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: Psalm 4:8 (ICEL)
    • Psalm Verses: Ps 4:2–4, 5–7, 9 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: II
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Introit: Blessed be the Holy Trinity (English, SATB, Mode II) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “Benedicta sit”, Graduale Simplex, Most Holy Trinity, Introit, pp. 195–196
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: Roman Liturgy (translation excerpted from the Gregorian Missal for Sundays, Solesmes Abbey)
    • Psalm Verses: Ps 8:2, 4–10 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: II
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Introit: The Days Have Come (English, SATB, Mode VIII) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “Advenerunt nobis”, Graduale Simplex, Ash Wednesday, Introit II, pp. 83, 213
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: Wisdom 11:21–12:2 (ICEL translation, approved for public worship)
    • Psalm Verses: Ps 68(69):2, 14, 21, 30 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: VIII
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Introit: Rescue Me, My God (English, SATB, Mode VIII) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “Deus meus, eripe me”, Graduale Simplex, Fifth Sunday of Lent, Introit, pp. 108–109
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: Psalm 70(71):19 (ICEL translation, approved for public worship)
    • Psalm Verses: Ps 70(71):1–3ab, 10–15ab, 24 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: VIII
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Introit: In My Distress (English, SATB, Mode VII) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “In tribulatione”, Graduale Simplex, Fourth Sunday of Lent, Introit, pp. 102–103
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: Psalm 117(118):5 (ICEL translation, approved for public worship)
    • Psalm Verses: Ps 117(118):1, 4, 7–12, 14, 17 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: VII
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Introit: My Eyes Are Always on the Lord (English, SATB, Mode IV*) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “Oculi mei”, Graduale Simplex, Third Sunday of Lent, Introit, pp. 96–97
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: Psalm 24(25):15 (ICEL translation, approved for public worship)
    • Psalm Verses: Ps 24(25):1–2ab, 5, 6, 7, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: IV*
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Introit: Jesus Took His Disciples (English, SATB, Mode II) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “Assumpsit Iesus”, Graduale Simplex, Transfiguration/Second Sunday of Lent, Introit, pp. 288–289
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: Matthew 17:1–2 (ICEL translation, approved for public worship)
    • Psalm Verses: Ps 83(84):2–5, 9–12 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: II
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Introit: When You Call to the Lord (English, SATB, Mode VII) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “Tunc invocabis”, Graduale Simplex, First Sunday of Lent, Introit, pp. 90–91
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: Isaiah 58:9ab (ICEL translation, approved for public worship)
    • Psalm Verses: Ps 90(91):1, 2, 4ab, 4c–5a, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: VII
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Introit: Learn from me (English, SATB, Mode III) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “Discite a me”, Graduale Simplex, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Introit, pp. 209–210
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: cf. Matthew 11:29 (ICEL translation, approved for public worship)
    • Psalm Verses: Psalm 32(33):1, 5, 8-9, 11-12, 14-15, 18, 20-21 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: III
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

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Communion: One of the Soldiers (English, SATB, Mode VII) [FREE PDF]

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  • Reference: “Unus militum”, Graduale Romanum, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Communion, p. 387; Graduale Simplex, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Communion, pp. 213–214
  • Source Text:
    • Antiphon: John 19:34 (ICEL translation, approved for public worship)
    • Psalm Verses:
      • Graduale Romanum verse set: Psalm 88(89):2, 3, 6, 15, 18, 25, 29, 34–35 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
      • Graduale Simplex verse set: Psalm 88(89):2, 3, 6, 9, 15b–16a, 16b–17a, 36–37a, 48, 49, 53 (Revised Grail Psalter, approved for public worship); traditional Glory Be
  • Mode: VII
  • Voicing: SATB a cappella/unison choir/cantor + keyboard; soprano line may be sung a cappella

The texts set in this piece have been recommended by Dr. Paul Ford as a suitable Communion for Good Friday; while Psalm 21(22) is recommended as a Communion psalm for this day, there is no Communion antiphon listed in the Missal or the Graduals.

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