With more than 840 titles and a perfectly balanced repertoire of traditional, contemporary and multicultural music,
Journeysongs, Second Edition, is the permanent hymnal that gives voice to every worshiping community.
Features- Complete Order of Mass with music (Celtic Mass)
- Eight additional Mass settings and a comprehensive section of supplemental service music, including a setting of the Eucharistic Prayer II for Children
- Contemporary Psalter, with more than 100 psalms and canticles
- More than 840 titles! A large section of general music for the liturgical year, including over 400 new hymns and songs
- A generous selection of music for seasons, solemnities and feasts throughout the year
- An expanded section for the rites, including ritual texts and music: Order of Christian Funerals, Christian Initiation/RCIA and benediction, plus a substantial amount of music for marriage, pastoral care of the sick and penance (reconciliation)
- Assembly Edition with Lectionary Readings includes verbatim musical settings of the responsorial psalms and Gospel acclamations
- Musical settings for morning and evening prayer
- Well organized, easy-to-follow topical arrangement
- Full set of indexes, including metrical, scriptural and topical indexes, as well as an index of suggested psalms for the liturgical year
- Large-print format
- Beautifully bound, elegant, durable, hardbound cover
- Plastic pocket on inside back cover of hymnals to accommodate Music Supplements
More Traditional MusicTraditional music accounts for more than 35% of the contents, and includes:
- Traditional hymns -- now with complete-text versions!
- Traditional Latin chant, with English translations
- Well-known American folk tunes
- Spirituals
- Hymns by respected hymn text writers, including Delores Dufner, OSB; Harry Hagan, OSB; Genevieve Glen, OSB; and others
Meets the needs of multicultural parishes- Offers a well-balanced repertoire, with songs drawn from a variety of cultures
- Every common psalm is bilingual, with verses in both English and Spanish
