Top Catholic Songs

I have used GIA and OCP song selection resources for many years. I am familiar with GIA Gather series, RitualSong and Grail Psalms by Michel Guimont. I have also been using OCP's Heritage Missal and Respond and Acclaim. 

One obvious starting point is to use the indices that are contained in the hymnal used by a given church. There is usually a seasonal index as well as an index by topic.

Beyond that, you can obtain free or subscription access to planners such as those listed below. More info here: topcatholicsongs.com/Resources

Catholic song planning and liturgical texts

Catholic Funeral Hymns

Lyrics, videos and a lot of useful information presented in a very user-friendly way. Discover more: Catholic funeral hymns (with user-friendly lyrics)

Liturgical Press

The Liturgical Press operates under the guidance of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. The Celebrating the Eucharist Music Planner is available for you to download for free as an Adobe PDF file. The Music Planner is updated quarterly. It also includes suggested music for both Sacred Song 2011 and Sacred Song 2016 as well as for our classic hymn resource book, The Collegeville Hymnal. litpress.org/Missals-For-Mass/music-planner

Liturgical Press Psalter Index by Psalm Number

Liturgical Song

LiturgicalSong.com works with authors, composers, Church organisations and other publishers to provide Christian liturgy and music resources to pastors, musicians, singers and teachers in parishes, schools and other religious communities throughout Australia and New Zealand. liturgicalsong.com/suggestions

GIA Music

GIA hymnals comparative listing of songs: topcatholicsongs.com/gia-hymnals-comparative-listing-2021

GIA Hymnal collection: giamusic.com/sacred-music-hymnals

See site for costs.

Revised Grail Psalms (text only): 
giamusic.com/resource/the-revised-grail-psalms-singing-version-book-g7984

GIAPlanner Plus. Sunday-by-Sunday music suggestions from the most popular and highly respected GIA hymnals representing a wide range of publishers. Need help teaching your cantors the psalm of the week? Want to familiarize your choir with a new anthem? How about encouraging practice outside of rehearsals? Note pricing options below. Only the Gold plan allows you to listen to audio samples. 

Bronze: free • Silver: $39/yr • Gold: $129/yr

Quarterly Planning Pages – free

Choral music weekly suggestions – free

GIA Quarterly - planning magazine – see site for cost

ECS Publishing Group

ECS Publishing Group is the corporate parent of music publishers E. C. Schirmer, Galaxy, and MorningStar. Weekly music suggestions for the Catholic lectionary – notably hymns for unison and mult-part chorus – are here: morningstarmusic.com/catholic-lectionary.html

Liturgy Help

Liturgyhelp.com – For over 20 years, LiturgyHelp has been helping priests, teachers, catechists, musicians, and everyone involved in Catholic ministry to quickly and creatively prepare for liturgy and prayer. LiturgyHelp is a subscription website that gives you access to the official Lectionary and Missal which are fully integrated with national Liturgical Calendars and a wealth of other liturgical resources. We provide easy online access for parishes, schools and other Catholic communities to the wealth of the Church’s liturgical texts; making it faster and easier to prepare materials for liturgy and prayer.

Liturgy Resources

Responsorial psalms and Mass settings. Liturgy Resources is a platform created for and by musicians in the Catholic Church. We are a community of music directors, worship leaders, composers, and recording artists from around the world. www.liturgyresources.com

OCP

Planning tools, tips and resources for your music ministry and liturgy preparation: www.ocp.org/en-us/liturgy-planning

OCP Hymnals - Choose from the wide variety of OCP hymnals to lift the voices of your assembly in song! See site for costs.

Support materials for your missal program
Accompaniment books, resources for music and prayer, quarterly planning tools and more. See site for costs.

Today's Liturgy - planning magazine (paper and electronic). See site for costs.

Liturgy.com - comprehensive liturgical planning site. Basic (free), Plus and Premium plans. liturgy.ocp.org

Free liturgy planning resources: www.ocp.org/en-us/free-planning-tools

Sacred Music Library

We believe every church musician—regardless of skill level—deserves the tools to serve confidently and faithfully. That’s why we offer a rich library of free, sacred music, including traditional hymns, Gregorian Chant, and timeless choral anthems. sacredmusiclibrary.com

WorshipNOW

Timeless Liturgy. Modern Worship Music. WORSHIPNOW's FREE Liturgical Music Planner is designed to assist you in selecting music to create rich, worshipful and balanced liturgies that make the scriptures come to life while engaging the faithful into full and active participation at Mass. Emphasis is on contemporary liturgical music selections. worshipnowpublishing.com/pages/liturgical-music-planner

LiturgyTools.net

Weekly music suggestions: liturgytools.net. List of music resources for church services: liturgytools.net/2011/03/finding-music-suggestions-for-church.html

CanticaNOVA

Liturgical planning guide with traditional hymn suggestions. www.canticanova.com/pln_main.htm

Please feel free to suggest additional resources or alert us to broken links by sending a note to info@topcatholicsongs.com.