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Resources for Advent and Christmas

 

Resources for Advent and Christmas

Discover music, choir resources, events and more to help you celebrate these joyful seasons.

 
 

Resources for your music ministry

Find octavos of Advent and Christmas music suited to both choir and assembly in the OCP Christmas Series, and anthems and motets for more accomplished choirs in the Trinitas series.

 
OCP Christmas Series
Christmas Series (OCP): Octavos for Advent and Christmas for choir and assembly
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Trinitas Christmas Series
Christmas Series (Trinitas): Christmas anthems and motets for accomplished choirs
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Advent & Christmas music for small choirs

Discover exciting choral arrangements that can be sung with limited personnel — including English, Spanish and bilingual titles, in 2-part, 3-part, SAB, SAT and unison.

 
 
 
 

Want help selecting the right music for your parish?

OCP’s Choral Review Service delivers choral octavos to your door three times a year, providing a range in style, difficulty and instrumentation for each liturgical season. Explore the Advent and Christmas music featured in the recent Choral Packet 108.

 
Hear music from Choral Packet 108
 
 
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New! OCP Choral

Easily find seasonal octavos suited to any choir size and skill level on choral.ocp.org – OCP’s new sheet music website offering smart search filters and convenient checkout.

 
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Preparing for the season

 
The Liturgical Environment
 

The Liturgical Environment

Learn how to create a beautiful, reverent and seasonally appropriate liturgical environment for Advent and Christmas.

Preparing for Advent and Christmas
 

Preparing for Advent and Christmas

Get a jump start on planning this year with thoughtful reflection and practical advice from OCP's Matt Reichert.

Checklist
 

A Checklist of Liturgical Resources

Make sure your parish ministry teams have everything they need for Advent and Christmas with this useful checklist.

Flor y Canto Catálogo Digital
 

Flor y Canto Catálogo Digital

Find beloved Spanish-language titles for Advent and Christmas titles in this new digital music library. Flor y Canto Catálogo Digital provides easy access to accompaniments for the music in the Flor y Canto hymnal – making planning music and rehearsals for Advent and Christmas that much easier. Subscribe now on Liturgy.com.

The Liturgy Forecast
 

The Liturgy Forecast

Learn everything you need to know to prepare beautiful liturgies during Advent and Christmas 2025 with a subscription to The Liturgy Forecast. Hosted by a panel of liturgical experts, The Liturgy Forecast provides essential, season-specific formation and resources for anyone who helps prepare liturgies, select music and more.

 
 

Playlists

Select a playlist below and start listening on your favorite streaming service. Be sure to follow OCP on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music.

Healing in Christ
 
Healing in Christ
 
Healing in Christ
 
Thomas Christmas
 
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • YouTube
Huval Christmas
 
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • YouTube
Huval Christmas
 
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • YouTube
Healing in Christ
 
Healing in Christ
 
Healing in Christ
 
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • YouTube
Grief
 
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • YouTube
Hop
 
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • YouTube
Hop
 
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • YouTube
 
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Amazon Music
  • YouTube
 
 

Advent Meditation

This hour-long meditative playlist features contemporary songs for the season of Advent from some of today's most popular Catholic artists.

This 30 minute long meditation for the season of Advent is filled with beautiful choral arrangements of some of the most beloved hymns and songs.

 
 

Advent events

 
 

Help your parish prepare for the coming of Christ with a night of Advent music, testimony and worship led by Catholic artist Dan Schutte.

 
 

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Seasonal collections and resources