2nd Sunday After Easter - Good Shepherd Sunday 2018

Today’s post is for the 2nd Sunday after Easter, or Good Shepherd Sunday in the Extraordinary Form calendar for April 15, 2018. In the current Novus Ordo calendar changed with the 1969 revision, this introit is scheduled for the 4th Sunday of Easter, as is the celebration of Good Shepherd Sunday. The observation of “Good Shepherd Sunday,” is reflected both in the reading from John and the Alleluia and Communion Song which both use the text Ego sum Pastor bonus – “I am the Good Shepherd.”

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Translation: The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord, alleluia; by the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, alleluia, alleluia. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praising befits those who are upright.

Listed today are the choral selections which our choir will sing for this Sunday’s liturgy.

Love’s Redeeming Work Is Done
Tota Pulchra Es
Panis Angelicus (Lambilotte)
Jesu Redemptor Omnium
Bone Pastor
In Our Risen Lord Rejoice

Organ selections scheduled for today include:

JS Bach: Pastorella BWV 590
Marian Festival at Lourdes (Kreutz)
Handel: Arioso
Buxtehude Fuga in C, BWV 174

Get your propers here: http://www.ccwatershed.org/goupil/

Recommended listening: Easter Sunday Mass – Gregorian Chant, performed by the Monks Choir of the Benedictine Abbey of St.Martin. My version is streaming as a DSD file recorded from the vinyl. You can still find the vinyl record at time on Amazon, or on Discogs.