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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Lindenhurst, New York
Wedding Music Planning Guide
June 2015
“Give them the strength which comes from the gospel
so that they may be witnesses of Christ to others.”
- The Rite of Marriage
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Dear Engaged Couple,
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I look forward to
helping you make your wedding at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Church a beautiful and prayerful celebration of God’s love. Music is a
very important part of our worship and our sacramental celebrations.
St. Augustine said it so well: “Singing is for the one who loves.”
The musical offerings that are listed in this booklet are
suggestions. If you would like to have something sung or played that is
not on this list, feel free to contact me to discuss the possibility of using
it at your wedding. Please keep in mind that all music must be both sacred and appropriate
for the liturgy. This is in accord with both diocesan and universal church guidelines. Any
hymns found in our parish hymnal (Gather - 3rd edition) could be used.
The numbers before each of the titles correspond to the Wedding Music Planning
Sheet and also to the links to the recordings that can be found on our parish website,
www.olphlindenhurst.org. Please choose one selection per section. It is important that the
completed Planning Sheet be returned to the rectory at least three weeks before your
wedding.
Included in the music offering to the parish are the fees for the organist and one
cantor. If you are interested in having additional instrumentalists at your wedding, you
might consider hiring our “in house” professional musicians:
Trumpet John Brierly (631) 525-1580 [email protected]
Flute Joyce Reardon (631) 544-0529 [email protected]
We can also make recommendations for other instrumentalists or additional singers, as your
budget allows. On the recordings, you will hear a variety of instruments (organ, piano,
trumpet, flute) as well as a variety of voices from our parish cantors. If you have any special
requests, please let me know in advance.
We do not recommend that outside musicians and vocalists be asked to play or sing at
your wedding, particularly if they are not experienced with the Roman Catholic Liturgy. If
you desire to bring in a guest vocalist or instrumentalist, this must be approved in advance.
Please note that there will be a separate fee if rehearsal time is required with the organist.
If you have any questions about the music at your wedding, please contact me by
phone (631) 226-7725, ext. 210 or email [email protected]. God bless you as you continue
to make preparations not only for your wedding, but your new life as a married couple.
Sincerely,
Christopher Ferraro
Director of Music
A Note From Our Director of Music
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Prelude
#1 - Ave Maria Franz Schubert #2 - May the Grace of Christ Our Savior John Newton (1725-1807) Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata No. 147 — Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Michael Silhavy.
May the grace of Christ our Savior And the Father’s boundless love. With the Holy Spirit’s favor Rest upon them from above.
So they may abide in union With each other and the Lord. And posess in blest communion, Joys which earth can not afford.
#3 - Set Your Heart on the Higher Gifts Steven Warner
1. If I speak with the tongues of the living, and of angels, but speak without love, I am only brass without song, an empty noise on the wind. 2. And if I understand every mystery, having wisdom, but think without love, had I faith to scatter the hills, I am nothing at all.
Text: 1 Corinthians 12: 31-13:13; Steven C. Warner Tune: Steven C. Warner © 1992, 1994. World Library Publications. Used with permission. Reprinted under license ALC0111101.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, ave, ave Dominum, Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesu.
You can hear recordings of the following music on the parish website, www.olphlindenhurst.org
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#4 - Wherever You Go David Haas
1. Come, set me like a seal upon your heart; a seal protecting your arm. Deep waters cannot quench this love; the ocean will not sweep it away.
2. Arise my beloved, come to me; the rains are gone, the winter is past. The flowers appear, the vines are pruned, and the dove’s song is heard in our land.
Text: Ruth 1: 16-17, Song of Songs 2: 10-12, 7:6-7, David Haas Tune: David Haas © 1987, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639.
Processional Music Our practice is that the entire wedding procession (attendants, groom and bride)
takes place with one piece of processional music. #5 - Bridal Chorus Richard Wagner #6 - Canon in D Johan Pachelbel #7 - Rigadoun Andre Campra #8 - Trumpet Tune Henry Purcell #9 - Trumpet Voluntary Jeremiah Clarke
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Responsorial Psalm #10 - Psalm 33: The Earth is Full of the Goodness of the Lord Tony Alonso 1. For the word of the LORD is faithful, and all his works to be trusted. The LORD loves justice and right, and his merciful loves fills the earth. 2. By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all their host. As in a flask, he collects the waves of the ocean; he stores up the deapths of the sea. Text: Psalm 33. The Revised Grail Psalms, © 2010, Conception Abbey and The Grail, admin. by GIA Publications, Inc.; Refrain translation from the Lectionary for Mass, © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. All rights reserved. Music: Tony Alonso, ©2012, GIA Publications, Inc. Chicago. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639.
#11 - Psalm 34 Michel Guimont
1. I will bless the LORD at all times; praise of him is always in my mouth. In the LORD my soul shall make its boast; the humble shall hear and be glad. 2. Glorify the LORD with me; together let us praise his name. I sought the LORD, and he answered me; from all my terrors he set me free.
Text: Psalm 34; The Revised Grail Psalms, © 2010, Conception Abbey and The Grail, admin. by GIA Publications, Inc.; Refrain translation from the Lectionary for Mass, © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. All rights reserved. Music: Michel Guimont, ©1995, GIA Publications, Inc. Chicago. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639.
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#12 - Psalm 103: The Lord’s Kindness is Everlasting Marty Haugen 1. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and never forget all his benefits. 2. It is the LORD who forvies all your sins, who heals every one of your ills, who redeems your life from the grave, who crowns you with mercy and compassion. Text: Psalm 103. The Revised Grail Psalms, © 2010, Conception Abbey and The Grail, admin. by GIA Publications, Inc.; Refrain translation from the Lectionary for Mass, © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. All rights reserved. Music: Marty Haugen, ©1983, 2012, GIA Publications, Inc. Chicago. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639.
#13 - Psalm 128: Blest Are Those Marty Haugen 1. Happy all those who fear the Lord, and walk in God’s pathway; You will find what you long for: the riches of our God. 2. Your spouse shall be like a fruitful vine in the midst of your home, your children flourish like olive plants rejoicing at your table. Text: Psalm 128: 1-3; Marty Haugen. Music: Marty Haugen, © 1987, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639.
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#14 - Psalm 145: The Lord is Compassionate Chabanel Psalms
1. The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The LORD is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. 2. Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you. The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due season.
Text: Psalm 145. Refrain translation from the Lectionary for Mass, © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. All rights reserved. Music: The Saint Noel Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project, http://chabanelpsalms.org.
Music After the Exchange of Rings (Ceremony)
or
Music at the Preparation of the Gifts (Nuptial Mass)
#15 - Ave Maria Franz Schubert
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, ave, ave Dominum, Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesu.
Ave Maria.
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#16 - God, In The Planning SLANE Text: John L. Bell © 1989, Iona Community, GIA Publications, Inc. agent. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639. Tune: SLANE, 10 10 10 10; Irish Traditional © 1975 Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639.
#17 - I Have Loved You Michael Joncas
1. Seek the face of the Lord and long for him, he will give you his light and his peace. 2. Seek the face of the Lord and long for him, he will give you his joy and his hope.
Text: Jeremiah 31: 3, Psalm 24:3; Michael Joncas. Music: Michael Joncas © 1979 OCP Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. LicenSing #623948.
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#18 - May the Grace of Christ Our Savior John Newton (1725-1807) Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata No. 147 — Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Michael Silhavy.
May the grace of Christ our Savior And the Father’s boundless love. With the Holy Spirit’s favor Rest upon them from above.
So they may abide in union With each other and the Lord. And posess in blest communion, Joys which earth can not afford.
#19 - When Love is Found O WALY WALY Text: Brian Wren, b. 1936, © 1983 Hope Publishing Company .All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639. Tune: O WALY WALY, LM.
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Communion Hymn (Nuptial Mass Only) #20 - No Greater Love Michael Joncas
1. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Live on in my love. You will live in my love if you keep my commands, even as I have kept my Father’s. 2. All this I tell you that my joy may be yours and your joy may be complete. Love one another as I have loved you: This is my command.
Text and Music: Michael Joncas ©1988, GIA Publications, Inc. Chicago. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639.
#21 - One Bread, One Body John Foley
1. Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man, no more. 2. Many the gifts, many the works, one in the Lord of all. Text: Based on 1 Corinthians 10: 16-17; 12:4, 12-13, 20; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 4:4-6; The Didache 9. Text and music © 1978, John B. Foley, SJ. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Used with Permission. LicenSing #623948.
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#22 - Take and Eat Michael Joncas 1. I am the Word the spoke and light was made; I am the seed that died to be reborn. I am the bread that comes from heav’n above; I am the vine that fills your cup with joy. 2. I am the way that leads the exile home; I am the truth that sets the captive free; I am the life that raises up the dead; I am your peace, true peace my gift to you. Text: Verses - James Quinn, SJ, 1919-2010. © 1989. Used by permission of Selah Publishing Co., Inc.; Refrain - Michael Joncas, b. 1951. © 1989, GIA Publications, Inc. Music: Michael Joncas b.1951; © 1989, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-700639.
#23 - Ubi Caritas Bob Hurd
1. The love of Christ joins us together, Let us rejoice in him, and in our love and care for all now love God in return. 2. In true communion let us gather. May all divisions cease, and in their place be Christ the Lord, our risen Prince of Peace. Text: Based on Ubi Caritas, 9th century; Bob Hurd. Text and music © 1996, Bob Hurd. Published by OCP. All rights reserved. Used with permission. LicenSing #623948.
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Recessional Music
#24 - Ode to Joy Ludwig Van Beethoven #25 - Rigadoun Andre Campra #26 - Rondeau Jean-Joseph Mouret #27 - Trumpet Tune Henry Purcell #28 - Wedding March Felix Mendelssohn
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Music Ministry Mr. Christopher Ferraro, Director of Music 210 South Wellwood Avenue Lindenhurst, New York 11757
(631) 226-7725 ext. 210
www.olphlindenhurst.org
