Easter Vigil, Year A

Blessing of the fire and preparation of the candle

• May the light of Christ—CWBII 331

The procession

• People of God—GA 338
• The light of Christ/Lumen Christi—CWBII 332  a or b

Suggested Exsultet settings

• Exsultet (long version, free training video)—www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEAsiDjFP4
• Exsultet (short version, ICEL)—www.icelweb.org/musicfolder/openpdf.php?file=ExsultetShort.pdf
• Exsultet (short version, Marshall)—DD (Willow Publishing)
• Exsultet (Willcock)—in Your Kingdom Come (ship from OCP)
• Responses during the Exsultet—CWBII 333

Responsorial psalm after the first reading (see also music overview for Holy Week and Easter) 

• Psalm 103 (104): Lord, send out your Spirit (Alonso)—DD (GIA)
• Psalm 103 (104): Lord, send out your Spirit (Guimont)—G 77
• Psalm 103 (104): Lord, send out your Spirit (Heagney)—GA 63, Psalms for the Church’s Year (Liturgical Song)
• Psalm 103 (104): Lord, send out your Spirit (Jones)—CWB 267, GA 62
• Psalm 103 (104): Lord, send out your Spirit (Proulx)—G 77
• Psalm 103 (104): Lord, send out your Spirit (Willcock)—PFS 34
• Psalm 103 (104): Send forth your Spirit, O Lord (Walker)—DD (OCP)
• Psalm 32 (33): The earth is full (Heagney)—CWB 268

Responsorial psalm after the second reading 

• Psalm 15 (16): Keep me safe, O God (Foley)—G 29
• Psalm 15 (16): Keep me safe, O God (Haugen)—G 30 (refrain II)
• Psalm 15 (16): Keep me safe, O God (Mews)—CWB 269

Responsorial psalm after the third reading 

• Exodus 15: Let us sing to the Lord (Alonso)—The Lyric Psalter (Willow Publishing)
• Exodus 15: Let us sing to the Lord (Mews)—CWB 270, GA 340
• Exodus 15: Let us sing to the Lord/Song at the Sea (O’Kelly-Fischer)—G 95, DD (GIA)

Responsorial psalm after the fourth reading 

• Psalm 29 (30): I will praise you, Lord (Inwood)—G 42, DD (OCP)
• Psalm 29 (30): I will praise you, Lord (Mews)—CWB 271
• Psalm 29 (30): I will praise you, Lord (O’Brien)—GA 29

Responsorial psalm after the fifth reading 

• Isaiah 12: We shall draw water joyfully (Inwood)—GA 341
• Isaiah 12: With joy you shall draw water (Haugen)—G 97
• Isaiah 12: You will draw water joyfully (Batastini)—CWB 272

Responsorial psalm after the sixth reading 

• Psalm 18 (19): The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart (Herry)—DD (Marist Music, free)
• Psalm 18 (19): Lord, you have the words (Hurd)—DD (OCP)
• Psalm 18 (19): Lord, you have the words (Peloquin)—CWB 273

Responsorial psalm after the seventh reading 

• Psalm 41 (42): As the deer longs (Hurd)—GA 38, DD (OCP)
• Psalm 41 (42): Like a deer that longs (Boschetti)—CWB 274
• Psalm 41 (42): My soul is thirsting (Gelineau)—GA 37

Responsorial psalm (with verses of the day) 

• Psalm 117 (118): Let us rejoice (Haugen)—G 81, GA 71
• Seasonal Psalm 117 (118): Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia (Willcock)—PFS 70

Litany of the Saints

• Litany of the saints (Becker)—DD (OCP)
• Litany of the saints (Easter Vigil)—CWBII 336

Rite of the blessing and sprinkling of water

• Baptised in water—G 903, GA 179, CWBII 99
• I saw water flowing (Hurd)—DD (OCP)
• If we have died to ourselves in Jesus—CWBII 30, GA 87
• Thirsting for God—AOV2 97, CWBII 529, GA 450
• Springs of living water—CWBII 32
• Springs of water, bless the Lord (Jones)—CWBII 337
• Springs of water, bless the Lord (Proulx)—CWBII 338, GA 344
• You springs and all that moves—CWBII 31

Procession of the gifts

• Alleluia No. 1—AOV1 15, CWBII 350, G 524, GA 360
• Goodness is stronger than evil—G 528, DD (GIA)
• Receive the light of Christ—CWBII 106, GA 256
• Surrexit Christus (Taizé)—CWBII 365, G 529, GA 363
• There is one Lord (Alstott)—AOV2 148
• There is one Lord (Taizé)—GA 346

Communion

• At the Lamb’s high feast we sing—CWBII 341
• Bread of life (Stephan)—DD (OCP)
• Bread of life, hope of the world—AOV1 164, CWBII 459, GA 199
• Bread of life—AOVNG 15
• Christ has no body now but yours (Lawton)—DD (GIA)
• Now the green blade rises—AOV2 131, CWB 756, CWBII 363, G 534, GA 364
• One bread, one body—AOV1 129, CWBII 579, G 932, GA 193
• We know that Christ is raised—CWBII 343

Thanksgiving hymn/song/canticle (optional, sung by all)

• At the Lamb’s high feast we sing—CWBII 341
• Christ is risen (Maher)—DD (OCP)
• How great is our God—AOVNG 70
• I know that my Redeemer lives (Soper)—AOV2 34, CWBII 145, DD (OCP)
• I know that my Redeemer lives! (DUKE STREET)—G 527
• I know that my Redeemer lives (WINCHESTER NEW)—CWBII 144
• Through the Red Sea brought at last—CWBII 342

Sending forth

• Alleluia! Raise the gospel (Alstott/Farrell)—DD (OCP)
• Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!—AOV1 191, CWB  619, CWBII 449, G 949, GA 371
• By your kingly power, O risen Lord—CWB 633, CWBII 352, GA 352
• Christ is alive, with joy we sing—CWB 639, CWBII 353, GA 365
• Christ is here (Walker)—GA 351, DD (OCP)
• Christ is risen (Maher)—DD (OCP)
• Christ is the King! O friends rejoice—CWB 641, CWBII 398, GA 389
• Christ the Lord is risen today/Jesus Christ is risen today—CWBII 360, G 523, GA 361
• Go out in the world—AOVNG 54
• Go out, go out (Stephan)—DD (OCP)
• Go to the world!—CWBII 496
• I send you out (Angotti)—AOVNG 75, DD (OCP)
• O sons and daughters—G 532
• Sing to the mountains—AOV1 92, CWBII 604, G 519, GA 362
• Siyahamba (We are marching)—AOV2 113, G 594
• Thine be the glory—CWBII 368
• This joyful Eastertide—CWB 845
• We walk his way/Ewe, thina—G 517, DD (GIA)