Liturgical Music

Mass of Peace (1976)
Celebrant [or cantor], unison voices [or SATB choir], congregation and organ. Text Roman Liturgy. Fp 27 February 1977; Carmelite Conference Centre, Ballinteer, Co. Dublin. Pub. Irish Commission for Liturgy, 1976; reprinted in Seóirse Bodley, Three Congregational Masses, ed. Lorraine Byrne Bodley (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2005), 1–14

Hymn to St John of God (1978)
Choir, congregation and organ [with optional instrumental descants]. Text Michael Hidgetts. Fp King David Singers, Patrick Devine (organ), Seóirse Bodley (cond.). Pub. Dublin, 1979.

Mass of Joy (1978)
Celebrant [or cantor], unison voices [or SATB choir], congregation and organ. Text Roman Liturgy. Fp 8 March 1979; Choirs of Clonliffe College & Mater Dei Institute of Education, Seóirse Bodley (cond.), Patrick Devine (organ), St Laurence’s Church, Dublin. This work incorporates Hymn to St John of God Pub. Veritas, Dublin, 1979; reprinted in Seóirse Bodley, Three Congregational Masses, ed. Lorraine Byrne Bodley (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2005), 15–32

O Antiphons (1978)
Collection of settings in English of seven antiphons by Bodley and Gerard Victory [with an additional setting by P. Décha of the Magnificat], Cantor, small choir [or vocal group], congregation and organ. Text Roman Liturgy. Fp 27 February 1977; Carmelite Conference Centre, Ballinteer, Co. Dublin. Pub. Rain Magee and Fr. J. Threadgold, eds (Dublin, 1979) 

Psalm 95; O Sing a New Song to the Lord (1979)
Cantor(s), choir [SA or TB or SATB], congregation, organ [with optional instruments], Fp June 1979; Knock Basilica, Knock, Co. Mayo

Hymn to Our Lady of Knock (1979)
SATB choir [or SSA Choir, or soloists], congregation and organ [with optional instruments]. Text: Michel Hodgetts. Fp June 1979; Knock Basilica, Knock, Co. Mayo

Mass of Glory/ Aifreann na Glóire (1980)
SSATBB [or SSA] choir [or soloists], congregation and organ [with optional instruments]. Text Roman Liturgy. Fp 15 August 1980; Sisters of Loreto Abbey, Dublin, Sr Phillipa (cond.); Loreto Abbey, Dublin. Pub. Hyperion Books, Dublin, 1989; reprinted in Seóirse Bodley, Three Congregational Masses, ed. Lorraine Byrne Bodley (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2005), 33–57

A Concert Mass (1984)
SATB soli, SATB choir, strings. Text Seóirse Bodley, Fp 4 May 1990; Radio Telefís Éireann Chamber Choir, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Seóirse Bodley (cond.); National Concert Hall, Dublin

Hymn for the Congregation of St Louis (1980)
SSA choir [or SATB choir or solo voice] with instrumental or vocal descant, congregation, organ or string quartet [or string orchestra]. Text Michael Hodgetts

Amra Cholum Cille (2007)
SATB choir. Text: Anon [Old Irish, trans. Páraic L. Henry]. Fp. 2 June 2007, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin

Missa Brevis in angustiis for Children’s Choir and organ (2009)
Commissioned by Dublin Choral Foundation for Piccolo Lasso. Fp Westminster Cathedral cond. Ita O’Donovan, 28 October 2009, Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford 13 March 2010; 14 March 2010 St Teresa’s Church, Clarendon Street Dublin; 20 March 2010, St Nicholas’s Church Galway