Below are few ideas for music for forthcoming Sundays and Solemnities.
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Advent 2026 to Baptism of the Lord 2027
You might consider using one or two items throughout Advent – perhaps changing verses – to unify the season. Some of these might be useful:
Advent/Christmas Communion Song – Baty
Bread of life – Farrell
Come, Light of the World – Inwood
Come to set us free – Farrell
Gift of God – Haugen
Longing, Trusting – Foster
Litany of the Word – Farrell
Magnificat Ty Mam Duw – Baty
The Almighty works marvels for me – Jones
Wait for the Lord – Taizé
We know not when our God will come – Olding
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29 November: 01 Advent B | Christ will come again
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 80 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
Bright and clear as a trumpet blast
Come to set us free – Farrell
Dear maker of the starry skies
Eye has not seen – Haugen
God is working his purpose out
God of day and God of Darkness – Haugen
Hark! A herald voice is calling
In God's good time
In the day of the Lord
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Like a sea without a shore
O Jesus Christ remember
Promised Lord and Christ is he
The King shall come when morning dawns
There is a longing – Quigley
Though the mountains may fall
Wait for the Lord – Taizé
Word made flesh
Word of justice – Farrell
Songs from other sources
Lord, make us turn to you – Haugen
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06 December: 02 Advent B | Make his paths straight
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 85 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
A voice cries out
Across the years there echoes still
Behold the Lamb of God – Bell
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Hark! A herald voice is calling
Hills of the north, rejoice
My soul in stillness waits – Haugen
Now watch for God’s coming
O comfort my people
On Jordan’s bank
The day of the Lord shall come
Wait for the Lord – Taizé
When the King shall come again
You shall go out with joy
Songs from other sources
Song of consolation – Jones
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13 December: 03 Advent B | He is there among you
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Luke 1 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
Awake, awake!
Christ is the world's light
City of God – Schutte
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
God has chosen me – Farrell
God of day and God of Darkness – Haugen
Great is the Lord – Inwood
Hail to the Lord's anointed
Our God reigns
Rejoice in the Lord always
Tell out my soul
The Almighty works marvels for me – Jones
The Light of Christ
Songs from other sources
Magnificat Ty Mam Duw – Baty
Rejoice in the Lord always – Olding
Song of consolation – Jones
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20 December: 04 Advent B | You are to conceive and bear a son
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 89 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
Awake, awake!
A noble flower of David
Christ is the world's light
City of God
Come, O divine Messiah
Come, thou long expected Jesus
God has chosen me – Farrell
God of day and God of Darkness – Haugen
Great is the Lord – Inwood
Hail to the Lord’s anointed
Lo! He comes with clouds
Long ago, prophets knew
Magnificat (Woman asked to bear a son) – Ward
Rejoice in the Lord always
Tell out my soul
The Almighty works marvels for me – Jones
The angel Gabriel from heaven
The coming of our God
Songs from other sources
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24/25 December: The Nativity of the Lord
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
There are far too many well-loved songs and hymns to list here. But do think of the difference between Mass at Night (Angels, Shepherds, Gloria) and Mass During the Day (God among us, Come and worship). Some other items are mentioned below:
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms for Christmas Vigil Mass from MusicforLiturgy.online
Psalms for Christmas Mass at Night from MusicforLiturgy.online
Psalms for Christmas Mass at Dawn from MusicforLiturgy.online
Psalms for Christmas Mass during the Day from MusicforLiturgy.online
Gospel Greeting
Alleluia Lucis – Baty (includes verses for Christmas, Eve and Day, and early Sundays of the year)
Christmas Alleluia – Dean
Communion Songs
Christmas Communion Song – Baty
Bread of life – Farrell
Son of God, Saviour – Dean
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27 December: Holy Family | Trust in God and in each other
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 128 from MusicforLiturgy.online
and alternative Psalm 105 for Year B
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
Angels we have heard
Behold the Lamb of God – Bell
Bread of life – Farrell (Christmas verses)
Child in the manger
I wonder as I wander
Infant Holy
In the bleak mid-winter
Like a child rests – Walker
Lord Jesus Christ
Lord of all hopefulness
O the word of my Lord
Sing of Mary pure and lowly
Sleep, holy babe
Unto us is born a Son/a boy is born
What child is this?
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03 January: 2nd of Christmas | The Word lives among us
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 148 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
God is love, his the care
Jesus Christ, yesterday, today and forever
Jesus the Word has live among us
Of the Father's love begotten
Sing to the world of Christ – Lee/Sands
The God whom earth and see and sky
The light of Christ
The race that long in darkness pined
Thou whose almighty Word
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07 January: Epiphany of the Lord (Wednesday) | The glory of the Lord is rising on you
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 73 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
A child is born for us today
All the earth, proclaim the Lord
As with gladness men of old
At the name of Jesus
Bethlehem of noblest cities
Bread of life – Farrell (Christmas verses)
Laudate Dominum – Taizé
Laudate omnes gentes – Taizé
Long ago in depths of winter – Dean
Of the Father’s love begotten
Sing to the world of Christ
The first Nowell (ref v3)
The race that long in darkness pined
The voice of God goes out
We three kings
What child is this?
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10 January: Baptism of the Lord B | Jesus the living water
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 29 from MusicforLiturgy.online
and of the alternative Isaiah 12.
Hymns and Songs from Laudate and Celebration for Everyone
Alleluia, sing to Jesus
Behold the Lamb of God – Bell
Behold the Lamb of God – Dean
Centre of my life – Inwood
Come to the Feast – Haugen
Come to the water – Foley
Hail to the Lord's anointed
Now in this banquet – Haugen
O comfort my people
O praise ye the Lord
On Jordan's bank
Sing of the Lord's goodness – Sands
Sing to the world of Christ – Lee/Sands
The light of Christ
Water of life – Dean
We shall draw water – Inwood
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