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The Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), Year A

7 June 2026
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Entrance

  • Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!—AOV1 191, CWB  619, CWBII 449, G 949, GA 371
  • Come to the feast—AOV1 151, G 585, GA 400
  • Gather your people—AOV1 71, CWBII 490, G 837, GA 530
  • Love is his word—CWB 743, CWBII 553, GA 462

Responsorial psalm (see also music overview for Ordinary Time) 

  • Seasonal Psalm 117 (118): Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia (Willcock)—PFS 70 (using the verses of the day)
  • Psalm 147: Bless the Lord, my soul, who heals (Haugen)—GA 84, DD (GIA)
  • Psalm 147: Praise the Lord, Jerusalem (Boschetti)—CWB 321

Optional Sequence 

  • Come, behold, the bread of angels (Praise, O Zion)—CWBII 396a
  • Laud, O Zion (De Bruyn)—DD (OCP)
  • Lauda, Sion (plainchant)—DD (Corpus Christi Watershed, free)
  • Praise O Zion, Christ our glory—CWBII 396b
  • See, the bread of angels given (Ecce panis angelorum)—CWBII 395

Gospel acclamation (see CWBII 54–61)

John 6:51–52

Alleluia, Alleluia!
I am the living bread from heaven, says the Lord;
whoever eats this bread will live for ever.
Alleluia!

Procession of the gifts/offertory

  • An upper room—CWB 620, CWBII 309, GA 187
  • Christians, let us love one another—CWB 648, CWBII 469, GA 206
  • Lord, to whom shall we go? (Herry)—AOV1 6, CWBII 549, GA 189, DD (Marist Music, free)
  • Lord, we come to your table (Herry)—CWBII 547, DD (Marist Music, free)
  • Open my eyes—AOV1 166, CWBII 582, G 651
  • These alone are enough (Schutte)—DD (OCP)

Communion

  • Bread broken, wine shared—AOV2 155
  • Bread of life (Fisher)—DD (OCP)
  • Bread of life (Stephan)—DD (OCP)
  • Bread of life, hope of the world—AOV1 164, CWBII 459, GA 199
  • Bread of life—AOVNG 15
  • Bread, for the world, broken—AOV1 60
  • Bread of the world in mercy broken—CWBII 460
  • Eat this bread (Taizé)—AOV1 125, CWBII 484, G 941, GA 205
  • Feed us now, bread of life (Mann)—AOV2 93
  • Gift of finest wheat/You satisfy the hungry heart—CWB 685, CWBII 651, G 940, GA 191
  • I am the bread of life (Kaczmarek)—AOVNG 72
  • I am the bread of life (Toolan)—AOV1 49, CWB 718, CWBII 508, G 945, GA 204
  • Make of our hands a throne (Warner)—DD (GIA)
  • One bread, one body—AOV1 129, CWBII 579, G 932, GA 193
  • Our blessing cup (Hurd)—AOV1 7
  • Seed, scattered and sown—CWBII 592, GA 195
  • Taste and see (Hurd)—AOV1 67
  • Taste and see (Moore)—G 930, DD (GIA)
  • Taste and see (Robinson)—AOV1 88
  • Taste and see (Willcock)—CWBII 610, GA 33, PFS 46
  • The cup we bless (Willcock)—GA 67, DD (OCP)

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

  • For the fruits of all creation—CWBII 488, GA 426
  • Life-giving bread, saving cup—G 926, DD (GIA)
  • I receive the living God—G 916, DD (OCP)
  • Now let us from this table rise—CWB 753, CWBII 560
  • O God, beyond all praising—CWBII 566
  • Your grace is enough—AOVNG 156, DD (OCP)

Sending forth

  • Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!—AOV1 191, CWB  619, CWBII 449, G 949, GA 371
  • Go now, you are sent forth—CWB 690, CWBII 494
  • Go out in the world—AOVNG 54
  • Go out, go out (Stephan)—DD (OCP)
  • Go to the world!—CWBII 496
  • Love is his word—CWB 743, CWBII 553, GA 462
  • Now thank we all our God—AOV1 189, CWB 755, CWBII 561, G 636, GA 425
  • O God, beyond all praising—CWBII 566
  • Take the word of God with you—CWBII 607, GA 494, DD (OCP)
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