Mass of St. Cecilia - Gloria

Next in the series of posts on Mass Settings is the "Mass of St. Cecilia" by Estela García-López and Rodolfo López. It is actually written for a bi-lingual assembly, to be sung partly in Spanish and partly in English. St. Cecilia is known as the patron saint of music and in my (humble) opinion, this tune does justice to her!

I recently happened to stumble upon this setting and was immediately drawn to it on account of its simple, catchy and energetic tune!  I changed the tune (albeit very slightly) to make it easier for the kids to sing along.  A requisite for children's hymns is that they should be simple, easy to pick-up and easy to memorize. This tune definitely ticks the boxes for each of those.

I ended up creating a midi version for myself to share with the children as it helps in learning the tune correctly. All you choir animators, feel free to put it to some good use :)

Find below the lyrics, the midi version, the video and sheet music for the same.

Lyrics:

Gloria - Mass of St. Cecilia  

Glory, glory to God, in the highest

And on earth peace to people, people of good will.

 1. We praise you, we bless you, 

 We adore you, we glorify you, 

 We give you thanks, for your gre-at glory, 

Lord God, Heavenly King, 

O God, almighty Father.

Glory, glory to God in the highest,  

And on earth peace to people, to people of good will.

 2. Lord Jesus Christ, Only begotten Son, 

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, 

You take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us; 

You take away the sin of the world, receive our prayer; 

You are seated, at the right hand of the Father, have mercy(3) on us.

Glory, glory to God, in the highest

And on earth peace to people, people of good will.

3. For you alone are the Holy One; 

You alone are the Lord. 

You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, 

With the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God, the Father. 

Amen

Glory, glory to God in the highest,

And on earth peace to people, people of good will.

Here's the midi version : (English translation)
I've put in the English translation for the same. You can sing along with the tune using the sub-titles. If you wish to sing along, make sure you turn on captions and view the video in full screen mode. To hear the bilingual (Spanish-English) version, click on the second video on this page.

Give it a listen here : (Spanish-English version)

Sheet music: (English version)

To buy the sheet music, please click here. It includes choral arrangements, guitar and piano accompaniments etc. for the bilingual (Spanish-English) version.

Below is a minimalistic arrangement that you could use. Pair it with a good beat on the organ, play the right hand accompaniment and you should be good to go!

To save the music, right click the image for the sheet music below, click  "Save As" and download it to a location on your computer.

Mass of St. Cecilia (English) - page 1

Mass of St. Cecilia (English) - page 2

Hope you enjoyed this Gloria taken from mass settings for the "Mass of St. Cecilia". For many other mass settings click here.

Mass of Creation - Lamb of God

Coming to my favourite part of the mass, from this setting! The "Lamb of God" from the "Mass of Creation" by Marty Haugen. A simple tune, with a haunting harmony. Pay attention to the alto harmony for this one. It's truly enchanting!

Here are the lyrics :

Mass of Creation - Lamb of God

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world

Have mercy on us (2)

Lamb of Go , you take away the sins of the world

Have mercy on us (2)

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world 

Grant us your peace

Give it a listen here : 

Mass of Creation - Proclamation/Mystery of Faith (Save us Saviour)

Next in line, in the series of posts on Mass Settings for the "Mass of Creation" by Marty Haugen is the Proclamation - Save us Saviour. A sombre tune which perfectly supplements the other parts of the mass.

Here are the lyrics:

Save us Saviour

Save us Saviour of the world

For by your cross and resurrection 

You have set us free (2)

Give it a listen here :

Mass of Creation - Proclamation (When we eat)

Next in the series of posts on the Mass of Creation by Marty Haugen, is the "Proclamation - When we eat". A nice solemn melody accompanying the proclamation.
Find the audio and the lyrics below.

Lyrics :

When we eat this bread

When we eat this bread and drink this cup

 We proclaim your death, Oh Lord

Until you come again

Give it a listen here : 

Mass of Creation - Amen

Continuing with the series of posts on the mass settings for the "Revised Mass of Creation" by Marty Haugen is this post, which covers the audio and the video for the great "Amen". It's quite a simple melody , sounds wonderful if you sing the S-A-T-B harmonies! Do give it a try.

Here are the lyrics :

Mass of Creation - Amen

Amen (3),

Amen (3)

Listen to the tune here :

Mass of Creation - The Mystery of Faith/Proclamation

Next in line in the series of posts on the "Mass of Creation" by Marty Haugen,  is the Proclamation/Mystery of faith. Below is the audio and the lyrics to "We proclaim your death ". Stay tuned for the next posts in this series for the tunes to "Save us Saviour" and "When we eat this bread".

Lyrics : 

Mass of Creation - We proclaim your death 

We proclaim your death, Oh lord

And profess your resurrection

Until you come again (2)

Give it a listen here :

Mass of Creation - Holy Holy

A hymn of praise, the "Holy Holy" taken from the Mass of Creation, by Marty Haugen.
If you ever sing this, do try it out with the S-A-T-B voices. Its got an awesome tune and an awesome sound!

Here are the lyrics :

Holy, Holy

Holy(3), Lord God of Hosts

Heaven and earth are full of your glory

Hosanna in the highest

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord

Hosanna in the highest(2)

Give it a listen here :

Mass of Creation - Alleluia/Acclamation

Continuing the series of posts on mass settings based on the New Roman Missal, this is the second post in the series for the "Mass of Creation" mass settings, composed by Marty Haugen. Below is the Acclamation to be sung during Ordinary Time.
Personally, I find this setting apt for a mass where the crowd includes mostly the  religious and clergy. I would say it is fit for an ordination mass or a mass where a nun takes her final vows!

Here are the lyrics: 

Alleluia/Acclamation - Mass of Creation
Alleluia (4)

Alleluia (4)

Open our hearts Oh Lord,

To listen to the words of your Son

Alleluia (4)

Alleluia (4)

Give it a listen here :

Gloria - Mass of Creation

I love the arrangement of the Gloria from this setting. The harmonies are so well written that it indeed takes the mass to an altogether different level. This Gloria takes a bit of effort to master, in terms of getting each of the voices right. However, the end result is worth every bit of effort and is very rewarding. We've sung it a quite a few times now and it has slowly but surely turned into one of our favourites. Give it a listen soon, you may just add it to your list of favourites too!


Here are the lyrics :

Gloria - Revised Mass of Creation 

Glory to God in the highest

And on earth peace to people of good will. 

 1. We praise you, we bless you, 

 We adore you, we glorify you, 

 We give you thanks for your great glory, 

Lord God, Heavenly King, 

O God, almighty Father.

Glory to God in the highest

And on earth peace to people of good will. 

2. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, 

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, 

You take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us; 

You take away the sin of the world, receive our prayer; 

You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. 

Glory to God in the highest

And on earth peace to people of good will. 

3. For you alone are the Holy One; 

You alone are the Lord. 

You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, 

With the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God, the Father. 

Amen 

Glory to God in the highest

And on earth peace to people of good will.

Give it a listen here :

Mass Settings : Mass of Light

Starting today, I am going to be posting an entire series of the different arrangements of the Mass Settings, based on the New Roman Missal.

Each of these would include the Gloria, Gospel and Lenten Acclamation, Holy Holy, Memorial Acclamations, Amen and Lamb of God.

I've been scouting for easy-to-learn, easy - to- teach mass settings based on the New Roman Missal over the last year. All those will find a mention here! I hope this would aid the choir animators world-wide! If you have some other versions in mind that I could include here( perhaps even your own composition), do write to me here.

To start the series, here's the "Mass of Light" composed by David Haas.

Click on each of the links below to take you to a detailed post on each section of the mass, comprising of the  audio and the lyrics pertaining to it. If you wish to listen to the settings for the entire mass, click on the video below. For the lyrics though, you would have to navigate to the particular post.

Mass Settings - Mass of Light ( David Haas )

Gloria

 Ordinary Time Acclamation

Lenten Time Acclamation

Holy Holy

Proclamation - We proclaim

Proclamation - When we eat

Proclamation - Save us savior

Lamb of God

You can listen to the entire mass here : 

Mass of Light - Lamb of God

This is the last post in the series of posts covering the Mass of Light by David Haas. Below is the audio and the lyrics for the Lamb of God. A very soothing tune, it would be ideal to have a violinist play the entire melody line, with a light piano accompaniment before you get the congregation to join in. It is a must-hear, must-adopt, must-sing tune! This is an ideal example of what church music is all about !

Here are the lyrics :

Mass of Light - Lamb of God 

Lamb of God, you take away, 

The sins of the world

Have mercy on us (2)

Lamb of God, you take away, 

The sins of the world, 

Have mercy on us(2)

Lamb of God, you take away,

The sins of the world, 

Grant us peace

Give it a listen here:

Mass of Light - Proclamation (Save us savior)

This is the last post in the series of posts, enlisting the proclamations included in the "Mass of Light".
This arrangement is by David Haas. Stay tuned for the Lamb of God coming up in the next post!

Here are the lyrics:

Proclamation - Mass of Light

 

The Mystery of Faith

 

Save us savior of the world
Lord by your cross and resurrection
You have set us free (3)

Give it a listen here: 

Mass of Light - Proclamation (When we eat)

Continuing with the series of posts on the mass settings for the Mass of Light (David Haas), this is the second proclamation from the same collection.

Here are the lyrics :

Proclamation - When we eat this bread 

The mystery of faith
When we eat this bread and drink this cup
We proclaim your death Oh lord
Until you come (3) again

Give it a listen here :

Mass of Light - Proclamation (We proclaim your death.. )

Continuing with the series of posts on the mass settings for the "Mass of Light", this is one of the settings for "Proclamation" from the same collection. The other two will follow in the coming posts.

Here are the lyrics:

Proclamation - We Proclaim..

The mystery of faith
We proclaim your death Oh Lord
And profess you resurrection
Until you come (3) again

Give it a listen here: 

Mass of Light - Holy Holy

This is the next post in the series of posts for the mass settings based on the New Roman Missal.
Below is the "Holy Holy" taken from the "Mass of Light" composed by David Haas.

Here are the lyrics :

Mass of Light - Holy Holy

Holy, Holy
Holy Lord, God of Hosts
Heaven and earth are full of your glory
Hosanna in the highest
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
Hosanna in the highest(3)

Give it a listen here : 

Mass of Light - Lenten Time Acclamation

This post is the third post covering Mass Settings for the "Mass of Light" by David Haas.
Below is the audio and the lyrics for the Lenten Acclamation/Alleluia.

Here are the lyrics :

Mass of Light - Acclamation (Lenten Time)

Ch : Glory to you, Oh word of God
Lord Jesus Christ (2)

I am the light of the world, says the Lord
Whoever follows me, will have the light of life

Give it a listen here :

Mass of Light - Acclamation/Alleluia ( Ordinary Time)

Continuing the series of posts on mass settings based on the New Roman Missal, this is the second post in the series for the "Mass of Light". Below is the "Alleluia" from the same setting, composed by David Haas to be sung during ordinary time.


Here are the lyrics :

Alleluia (Ordinary Time) 

Mass of Light- David Haas

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia (2)

Speak Lord, your ser-vant is listening

You have the words of everlasting life.

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia (2)

Mass Of Light - Gloria

A vibrant, majestic Gloria based on the New Roman Missal.  The arrangement is by David Haas and is a part of the settings for the "Mass Of Light". Stay tuned for an entire series of posts for Mass Settings based on the New Roman Missal!
The tune is quite repetitive, so  I'd classify it as a must learn,easy-to-pick-up Gloria. I am going to attempt teaching the kids from the children's choir the same!
The tune is rich and has a truly majestic aura about it. It would be a good choice for nuptial masses. The tune being easy, it wouldn't take much effort for the congregation to join in at the verses.

Here are the lyrics : 

Gloria - Mass of Light 

Glory to God in the highest,  glory to God

And on earth peace to people, to people of good will. (2)

 We praise you, we bless you, 

 We adore you, we glorify you, 

 We give you thanks for your great glory, 

Lord God, Heavenly King, 

O God, almighty Father.

Glory to God in the highest,  glory to God

And on earth peace to people, to people of good will. 

 Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be-g-ot-ten Son, 

Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, 

You take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us; 

You take away the sin of the world, receive our prayer; 

You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. 

Glory to God in the highest,  glory to God

And on earth peace to people, to people of good will. 

For you alone are the Holy One; 

you alone are the Lord. 

You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, 

With the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God, the Father. 

Amen 

Glory to God in the highest,  glory to God

And on earth peace to people, to people of good will.

Give it a listen here :