3rd Sunday of Advent, Year A

Entrance

• City of God—AOV1 57, CWBII 453, G 766, GA 498
• Come Lord Jesus (Connolly)—DD (AOV, Year of Grace collection)
• Come, O long expected Jesus—CWB 657, CWBII 232
• O come, O come, Emmanuel—AOV1 174, CWB 763, CWBII 242, G 395, GA 285
• Emmanuel (Angrisano)—DD (OCP)
• Open the heavens—AOV2 163, CWBII 243
• The coming of our Lord—CWBII 248
• When the King shall come again—CWBII 249
• Wake, O wake, and sleep no longer—GA 282

Responsorial psalm (see also music overview for Advent) 

• Psalm 145 (146): Lord, come and save us (Jones)—CWB 178
• Psalm 145 (146): Praise, praise the Lord (Ancell)—CWB 416, GA 83
• Seasonal Psalm 24 (25): To you, O Lord (Haugen)—G 39
• Seasonal Psalm 24 (25): To you, O Lord (Pishner)—G 40
• Seasonal Psalm 24 (25): To you, O Lord (Thomson)—CWB 168
• Seasonal Psalm 24 (25): To you, O Lord (Willcock)—CWBII 632, GA 26, PFS 2
• Seasonal Psalm 84 (85): Lord, let us see your kindness (Haugen)—G 62, GA 49
• Seasonal Psalm 84 (85): Lord, let us see your kindness (Willcock)—PFS 4
• Seasonal Psalm 84 (85): Lord, show us your mercy and love (Briggs)—CWB 169

Gospel acclamation

Isaiah 61:1 (Luke 4:18)

Alleluia, Alleluia!
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me;
he sent me to bring Good News to the poor.
Alleluia!

Procession of the gifts/offertory 

• I want to walk as a child of the light—CWBII 514, G 593
• There is a longing—CWBII 82
• Wait for the Lord (Taizé)—CWBII 251, G 406, GA 283
• Your light will come, Jerusalem (Hurd)—DD (OCP)

Communion

• Be patient, beloved—Psallite: Sacred Song for Liturgy and Life, DD (Liturgical Press)
• Grant to us, O Lord—CWB 698, CWBII 291, GA 303
• I will lift my eyes (Alonso)—DD (GIA)
• In the breaking of the bread (Hurd)—AOV1 58, G 918, DD (OCP)
• My soul in stillness waits—CWBII 237, G 415, GA 280
• One bread, one body—AOV1 129, CWBII 579, G 932, GA 193
• Ubi caritas (Taizé)—CWBII 633, 634, GA 324
• What you have done for me (Alonso)—G 816, DD (GIA)
• Where there is charity and love—CWB 863, CWBII 638, GA 323

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

• Grant to us, O Lord—CWB 698, CWBII 291, GA 303
• Open the heavens—AOV2 163, CWBII 243
• In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful (Taizé)—AOV2 109, CWBII 522, G 639, GA 429

Sending forth 

• Bring forth the kingdom—AOV2 4, CWBII 647, G 734, GA 478
• Christ is the world’s light—CWB 643, CWBII 467
• Come to set us free—AOV1 39, CWBII 233, GA 277
• Go to the world!—CWBII 496
• God has chosen me (Farrell)—AOV1 21, CWBII 495, G 761, GA 497 
• The voice of God—CWB 835, CWBII 621, GA 476