Bear Music
Music for the Liturgy
New Lectionary - Advent 2024
Like many others I have been updating psalms for the new Lectionary which comes into use on First Sunday of Advent 2024. Psalms for Advent and Christmas are now available:
Also updated is the Helmsley Alleluia – with Advent verses from the new Lectionary.
Music for Rites
Responsorial Psalms and Antiphons are available for:
- Sacraments of Initiation including:
- RCIA
- Baptism
- Confirmation
- Marriage
- Funerals
Psalms
Psalm settings for Sundays, Solemnities and Sacraments can be found here in a variety of styles. Simple settings are provided for the Common Psalms which include other settings where the same psalm occurs in the Lectionary.
The page includes a list of psalm settings and of Sundays etc.
Mass Parts
At any Mass it is important to sing the Mass rather than just sing at Mass. Key to that principle is for the whole congregation to participate in the parts of the Mass: the Penitential Act, the Gloria, Gospel Acclamation, Eucharistic Acclamations (Sanctus, Memorial Acclamations and Amen), and Lamb of God.
Other Music
Here will be found a variety of pieces which are not Mass Parts, Psalms or Antiphons. These includes songs with congregational refrains and pieces for choirs written for a variety of occasions. There are ‘short songs’ or chants which can be used in different circumstances. read more…
- Current Settings
Advent & Christmas
- 1st Sunday of Advent
- 2nd Sunday of Advent
- 3rd Sunday of Advent
- 4th Sunday of Advent
- Nativity of the Lord
- Holy Family
- Mary, Mother of God
- 2nd Sunday after the Nativity
- Epiphany of the Lord
- Baptism of the Lord
Proper of Saints
Antiphons: Solemnities & Feasts of the Lord
- 8 December — The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Recent Additions
Antiphons: Advent Weekdays
Advent Weekdays (pdf) The Weekdays of Advent fall into 2 distinct periods. In the latter half, the week before Christmas, the liturgy is proper to each day (from 17–24 December). At the beginning of Advent the antiphons are arranged in a weekly cycle. Advent —...
Antiphons: Solemnities & Feasts of the Lord
Solemnities & Feasts of the Lord (pdf) Solemnities & Feasts of the Lord includes the majority of Solemnities and those Feasts which can replace the Sunday Liturgy. The exceptions are those celebrations which occur in the Christmas Season: The Holy Family,...
Antiphons: Ordinary Time IV
Ordinary Time IV (pdf) In Ordinary Time each booklet covers about 2 months of Sundays. Ordinary Time IV covers the Sundays of October & November. For a table showing the relationship between the date and the Sunday of the Year see the Liturgy Office website....
Antiphons: Ordinary Time III
Ordinary Time III (pdf) In Ordinary Time each booklet covers about 2 months of Sundays. Ordinary Time III covers the Sundays of August & September. For a table showing the relationship between the date and the Sunday of the Year see the Liturgy Office website....
Antiphons: Ordinary Time II
Ordinary Time 2 (pdf) In Ordinary Time each booklet covers about 2 months of Sundays. Ordinary Time II covers the Sundays following Pentecost in June & July. Because Easter is a moveable feast the earliest day in Ordinary Time can be Monday in 6th Week and the...
Antiphons: Ordinary Time I
Ordinary Time I (pdf) In Ordinary Time each booklet covers about 2 months of Sundays. Ordinary Time I covers the Sundays between Christmas and Lent. Because Easter is a moveable feast the last Sunday before Lent can be as early as the 5th Sunday or as late as the 9th...