Wedding Music
Congratulations! This is a very exciting time in your life that I am hoping to make easier for you! Here is a Music Selection Form If you need anything, please contact me at music@st-henrys.org or 218-346-7030. In the meantime, here are a few notes about this page.
God Bless,
Michael Mettler
Director of Music and Liturgy
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Below is the approved list of wedding music for here at St. Henry.
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This list is not exhaustive. If you have a song/setting you would like to do that is not on this list, we can approve or deny its use in a timely manner if you send us the title and composer of the piece.
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However, according to Diocesan Guidelines, Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream (Felix Mendelssohn) and Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin" (Wagner's "Here Comes the Bride") are never to be used for a Catholic Wedding.
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You can click on any of the underlined titles to open a YouTube video of that song.
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Keep in mind that our musicians may not be able to replicate the content of these videos.
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Also keep in mind that these videos are for purely informational purposes.
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The Preparation of Gifts songs can also be used for Communion.
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If the song has a number next to it, it can and probably should be sung with the congregation.
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The numbers are for Journeysongs Third Edition.
Prelude/Solo
A Wedding Blessing (Hayes)
Ave Maria (Wiegand)
Come and Journey With Me (Haas)
Faith, Hope, and Love (O'Brien)
He Has Chosen You For Me (Terry)
Join Us Now (Dyer)
My Song Will Be for You Forever (Haas)
On This Day (Arr. Lambillotte)
Surely the Presence of the Lord Is in This Place (Wolfe)
When Two Become One (Dyer)
When You Created Love (Fettke)
Processional/Recessional
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Joyful, Joyful (Beethoven/ Arr. Lorie Line)
Jupiter, from The Planets (Holst)
Sinfonia from Solomon (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) (Handel)
Spring, from Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
The Gift of Love (O Waly Waly)
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Boyce)
Trumpeting in B-flat Major (Melby)
Variations from Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 1 (Handel)
Water Music Suite (Handel)
Gathering Song
All Creatures of Our God and King #578
God, Who Created Hearts to Love #542
All People That on Earth Do Dwell #570
For the Beauty of the Earth #609
Glory and Praise to Our God #574*
Hear Us Now, Our God and Father #539
Love Divine, All Love's Excelling #709
Praise My Soul the King of Heaven #586
Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens #584
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 34 #39(Espanol/Bilingual/English)
Gospel Acclamation
1 John 4:7b
"Everyone who loves is begotten of God and knows God."
1 John 4:8b, 11
"God is love. If God loved us, we also must love one another."
1 John 4:12
"If we love one another,
God remains in us and his love
is brought to perfection in us."
1 John 4:16
"Whoever remains in love,
remains in God and God in him."
*Possibilities for musical settings include:
**Note that these videos do not have the correct verses.
Hymn of Praise (Optional)
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name #566
I Sing the Mighty Power of God #618
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You #575
Let All Things Now Living #608
Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow #569
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones #505
Preparation of Gifts
On This Day, O Beautiful Mother #497
The King of Love My Shepherd Is #690
Where Charity and Love Prevail #720
Communion
In the Breaking of the Bread/Cuando Partimos el Pan del Senor #779
Let Us Break Bread Together #800
Taste and See (Angrisano) #782
Mass Settings
Mass of Christ the Savior (Schutte) #186
Mass of Glory (Canedo/Hurd) #244
Mass of Renewal (Stephan) #176
Mass of Spirit and Grace (Manalo) #196
Mass of the Resurrection (DeBruyn) #216
* = also found in Holy Cross' Glory and Praise Hymnal.