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Curated Selections for the

1st Sunday of Lent

I Domingo de Cuaresma

9 March 2025

Tried and True
A work that that has shown the test of time and is a staple in the libraries of many parish choirs.
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
G-8109 - Arranger: Stanley T. Thurston
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Staff Pick
Highlights a selection as being of particular interest for this liturgy.
Passion Chorale
Lenten Processional
G-4354 - Composer: Jeremy Young, Text Author: Jeremy Young
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More great choral pieces for this liturgy
SATB
O Lord, Who Fasted for Our Sake
G-10776 - Composer: Thurlow Weed
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Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
G-4447 - Arranger: John Reager
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Emendemus in melius
G-8988 - Composer: William Byrd
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O God of Light
G-5931 - Composer: Richard Kenneth Fitzgerald, Text Author: Sarah Taylor
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Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
G-7250 - Arranger: Jerome Lenk
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Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
G-9046 - Text Author: Jerrell R. Gray, Arranger: Jerrell R. Gray
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Amazing Grace
008803 - Arranger: Robert W Schaefer
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3-Part
Psalm 91
G-7392 - Composer: Glenn Wonacott
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2-Part
Before the Fruit Is Ripened by the Sun
G-4027 - Composer: Randall Sensmeier, Text Author: Thomas Troeger
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Shadows from the Cross
G-6173 - Composer: Randall Sensmeier, Text Author: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.
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Resources from GIA and WLP Hymnals and missals for this liturgy as found in the GIA Quarterly Magazine.

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Responsorial Psalms for Mass

Responsorial Psalms with verses from the Abbey Psalms and Canticles

First Sunday of Lent C - PDF
D-10374027 - Composer: Michel Guimont
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Responsorial Psalms with verses from the Revised Grail Psalter

First Sunday of Lent C - PDF
D-9260026 - Composer: C. Alexander Peloquin
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Responsorial Psalms with verses from the Lectionary For Mass

Thanks to your feedback, better instrumental suggestions for each sunday are on the way! in the mean time, check out this page: Music for Keyboard and Instruments

For decades GIA has been a leading publisher of texts and tunes for congregational singing. Unbound makes thousands of those hymns available at the click of a button. Selections previously published in text and tune collections can now be purchased as PDF downloads with full accompaniment included. New material will be added on a rolling basis, featuring works by today's best writers and composers. While OneLicense.net provides permissions for congregational use, Unbound provides full scores for instrumentalists and music leaders.
Here are hymns from the Unbound Series that may be suitable for this celebration.
For Days within the Wilderness - PDF
D-877510 - Text Author: Jacque B. Jones
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From Ashes to the Living Font - PDF
D-00643315 - Text Author: Alan J. Hommerding, Arranger: J. Clifford Sever
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The Strong and Gentle Voice - PDF
D-754239 - Composer: Walter William H., Text Author: Adam M. L. Tice
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From the River to the Desert - PDF
The Temptation
D-U01502 - Composer: Sally Ann Morris, Text Author: Sylvia Dunstan
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Be with Those Who Wander - PDF
D-U01792 - Composer: Benjamin Brody, Text Author: Hannah C. Brown
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My Wandering Heart - PDF
D-U01799 - Text Author: Hannah C. Brown
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God, Bless Our "No" - PDF
D-U01869 - Composer: Kate Williams, Text Author: Hannah C. Brown, Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Other Editions for Assembly

Entrance Antiphons for Lent
G-8521 - Composer: Normand J. Gouin
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Bring Us Home
G-6296 - Composer: Deanna R. Light
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Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
G-3279 - Arranger: John Ferguson
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Be with Me, Lord
G-6662 - Composer: Ken Macek, Arranger: Paul A. Tate
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Be with Me
G-3551 - Composer: Marty Haugen
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Two Simple Songs of Hope
For God, My Soul Waits in Silence / Sheltered in the Arms of God
G-6935 - Composer: Marty Haugen
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Let Our Hearts Be Transformed
G-7839 - Composer: Lori True, Text Author: Lori True, Arranger: Mary Howarth
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God Knows the Very Heart of You
G-9134 - Composer: Paul A. Tate, Text Author: Paul A. Tate
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My God in Whom I Trust
G-4516 - Text Author: Francis Patrick O'Brien
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Not by Bread Alone
G-2648 - Composer: Donald J. Reagan
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Return to God
008340 - Composer: John Angotti, Text Author: Alan J. Hommerding, Arranger: Ed Bolduc
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The Spirit of God
002568 - Composer: Lucien Deiss
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Shepherd of Souls
Concertato on ST. AGNES
G-3170 - Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, Text Author: James Montgomery, Arranger: Cindy Johnston Favreau
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Take, O Lord, and Receive
008380 - Composer: Lorraine Hess, Arranger: Ed Bolduc
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Spirit of God
008822 - Composer: Louis S. Valenzi
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Have Mercy On Us For We Have Sinned
Psalm 51
001213 - Composer: W. Clifford Petty
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Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ
003689 - Composer: Joe Mattingly
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Be With Me, Lord
Psalm 91
008341 - Composer: John Angotti, Arranger: Ed Bolduc
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Be with Me, Lord
Psalm I for Lent
G-2597 - Composer: C. Alexander Peloquin
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On the Wings of Change
005209 - Composer: Jerry Galipeau
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Ask A Question of the Earth
007283 - Composer: Steven C. Warner, Text Author: St. Augustine of Hippo
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Be With Me, Lord, When I Am in Trouble
G-10464 - Composer: Rob Galea
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Be With Me, Lord
Psalm 91
006221 - Composer: William Ferris
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