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Free Musical Scores For Catholic Weddings

Jeff Ostrowski · June 3, 2013

ANY PEOPLE have been requesting free musical scores for the Catholic wedding Mass. Below you will find several organ and vocalist scores for use at marriages in the Ordinary Form.

1. Organ Processional [PDF] • This simple arrangement of Pachelbel’s Canon in D allows the organist to watch and time the procession for the bride’s entrance.

2. Introit (“Entrance Chant”) • “Deus Israel”
Vocalist Score:  [PDF]
Practice Video:  [Version 1]  •  [Version 2]
Practice Audio:  [Mp3]
Organ Accompaniment:  [PDF]

Deus Israel conjungat vos, et ipse sit vobiscum, qui misertus est duobus unicis: et nunc, Domine, fac eos plenius benedicere te.  Ps. Beati omnes qui timent Dominum: qui ambulant in viis ejus.
(Tobias 7:15 and 8:19) May the God of Israel join you together; and may he be with you, who took pity upon two only children: and now, O Lord, make them bless thee more fully.  (Ps. 127:1) Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; that walk in his ways.

3. Responsorial Psalm • “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.”   [MORE VERSIONS]
Organist Score:  [PDF]
Vocalist Score:  [PDF]
Practice Video:  [YouTube]
Congregational Insert:  [Modern]  •  [Gregorian]

R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.   (With Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9.)
1. I will bless the LORD at all times; / his praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the LORD; / the lowly will hear me and be glad.
2. Glorify the LORD with me, / Let us together extol his name.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me / And delivered me from all my fears.
3. Look to him that you may be radiant with joy. / And your faces may not blush with shame.
When the afflicted man called out, the LORD heard, / And from all his distress he saved him.
4. The angel of the LORD encamps / around those who fear him and delivers them.
Taste and see how good the LORD is; / blessed the man who takes refuge in him.

4. Gospel Acclamation • “Alleluia before the Gospel”          [AN EASIER VERSION]
Organist Score:  [PDF]
Congregational Insert:  [Gregorian]
Recording for Rehearsal:  [Video]

If we love one another, God remains in us / and his love is brought to perfection in us.

Deus cáritas est; diligámus nos ínvicem, sicut Deus diléxit nos. (Cf. I Jn 4: 8b, 11)
God is love. Let us love one another, as God has loved us. (Cf. I Jn 4: 8b, 11)

*  PDF Download • WEDDING GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

5. Offertory Antiphon • “In Te Speravi”
Vocalist Score:  [PDF]
Recording for Rehearsal:  [Video]
Organ Accompaniment:  [PDF]

“In thee, O Lord, have I hoped: I said, thou art my God, my times are in thy hands.” (Psalm 30:15-16)

6. Offertory Interlude for Organ [PDF] • This gorgeous Adagio by John Bennett (1735-1784) is relatively simple to play.

7. Our Father • “Pater Noster” in English & Latin
Vocalist Score in Latin:  [PDF]
Organ Accompaniments for English Version & Latin Version:  [PDF]

8. Communion Antiphon • “Ecce Sic Benedicetur”
Vocalist score:  [PDF]
Practice file:  [Mp3]
Rehearsal Videos:  [Version 1]  •  [Version 2]
Organ Accompaniment:  [PDF]

Ecce sic benedicetur omnis homo, qui timet Dominum: et videas filios filiorum tuorum: pax super Israel.
Behold, thus shall every man be blessed that feareth the Lord: and mayest thou see thy children’s children: peace upon Israel. (Ps. 127: 4 and 6)

9. Organ Recessional [PDF] • This piece, named in honor of Benedict XVI’s “Spe Salvi” encyclical, is able to be played well by even the most unskilled organist.

The Ordinary Form Nuptial Mass allows for the use of many different options (in terms of the texts). As time goes on, we hope to add resources for these options.

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Michigan. —(Read full biography).

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    “Music List” • 15th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (13 July 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and propers for this Sunday are also provided at the the feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    This coming Sunday—13 July 2025—is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). All the chants have been conveniently assembled and posted at the feasts website. The OFFERTORY, Ad Te Levávi, is particularly beautiful.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music Director Job • $80,000 per year
    Our readers will be interested in this job offering for Music Director at Saint Adalbert’s Basilica, located 40 minutes from where I live. My pastor was recently elevated to this basilica. He is offering $80,000 per year, plus benefits. I’m told Saint Adalbert’s Basilica is utterly gorgeous and contains one of America’s most magnificent pipe organs. It would be fantastic to have a colleague nearby!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Pope Pius XII Hymnal?
    Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

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