The Music Planner
Below are few ideas for music for forthcoming Sundays and Solemnities.
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Lent 2026
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18 February 2026: Ash Wednesday | Come back to me with all your heart
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 51 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Songs for the Imposition of Ashes
Come back to the Lord – Dean
From ashes to ashes – Brown (Imposition of ashes)
Miserere Nobis – Taizé
Songs from Psalm 51, Give me a new heart, O Lord etc
Songs for other parts of the liturgy
A broken heart – Mayernik
Come back to me – Norbert
Give me a new heart – Walker
Grant to us, O Lord – Deiss
Lord Jesus think on me
Remember your mercy, Lord – Inwood
Return to God – Haugen
Turn to me – Foley
Worth exploring
Make us turn to you – Inwood
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22 February 2026: 1 Lent A | We do not live on bread alone
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 51 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs
A broken heart – Mayernik
Be not afraid
Come back to me – Norbert
Come back to the Lord – Dean
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Grant to us, O Lord
I will walk in the presence of God – Haugen
Lord Jesus, think on me
Make us turn to you – Inwood
On bread alone – Baty (Communion Song)
On eagle's wings
Remember your mercy, Lord – Inwood
Return to God – Haugen
Worth exploring
We remember – Haugen
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01 March 2026: 2 Lent A | The sinless one who must suffer
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 33 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs
Adoramus te, Domine – Taizé
At the name of Jesus
Be still for the presence of the Lord
Be thou my vision
Father we come to you – Walsh
Godhead here in hiding
God, your glory we have seen
Immortal Invisible God only wise
O praise our great and gracious Lord
One thing I ask of the Lord – Dean
Remember your mercy, Lord – Inwood
Shine, Jesus, shine
We behold the splendour of God
Worth exploring
Eye has not seen – Haugen
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17 March 2026: 3 Lent A | A spring welling up to eternal life
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 95 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs
Come to the Feast – Haugen
Give me a new heart, O Lord – Walker
Grant to us, O Lord
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
In the Lord I'll be ever thankful – Taizé
O God, you search me – Farrell
O Lord (Yahweh) I know you are near
Praise my soul the King of heaven (NOT the version with Alleluias)
To God be the glory
We shall draw water joyfully – Inwood
You know me, Lord – Walsh
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15 March 2026: 4 Lent A | I was blind and now can see
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 23 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs
Amazing Grace
Awake, O Sleeper – Haugen
Bread of Life – Farrell (Lent verses)
God forgave my sin in Jesus name
Blessing Cup – Baty (Communion Song)
How can I repay the Lord – Dean
Lord, who may enter your house – Bell
Love divine, all loves excelling
Now in this banquet – Haugen
Out of darkness – Walker
Praise my soul the King of heaven (NOT the version with Alleluias)
Praise we our God with joy
Shepherd me, O God – Haugen
We remember – Haugen
We shall draw water joyfully – Inwood
Worth exploring
Our hearts are restless – Feeley
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22 March 2026: 5 Lent A | I am the resurrection and the life
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 130 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs
Breathe on me, breath of God
Grant to us, O Lord
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Neither death, not life – Haugen
Sing to the mountains
There's a wideness in God's mercy
Unless a grain of wheat – Bernadette Farrell
Worth exploring
In deep distress my soul declares – Bell
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29 March 2026 2026: Palm Sunday | Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord
Today's Mass has a different opening rite – in fact, there are three differing forms to choose from. But you could simply gather outside the church, or in an adjoining space, while the priest or deacon blesses the palms and proclaims the story of Jesus' procession into Jerusalem. Then all process into the church, waving palms aloft.
Songs for the procession include:
All glory, praise and honour
Hosanna Filio David – Tamblyn
Hosanna to the King – Baty
Hosanna to the Son of David – Schutte
Ride on, ride on in majesty
Sing Hosanna – Walker
Responsorial Psalm
Settings of Psalm 22 from MusicforLiturgy.online
Hymns and Songs
From heaven you came
God’s love for us – Feeley
Jesus, remember me – Taizé
Meditation on the Passion – Baty
My song is love unknown
O sacred head ill-used/sore wounded
Ours were the griefs he bore – Dean
The royal banners forward go
Worth exploring
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