THE THREE-DAY WEEKEND

This Friday, May 1, is the First Friday, and our Sacred Heart Community Mass is at 6 PM.  It is also the Optional Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker.  So, some hymns to Saint Joseph will be used at Mass this Friday, along with the seasonal Mass Ordinary (as we've been using since the Easter Vigil) and a seasonal Communion hymn.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS 

The sung Ordinary of the Mass and the Alleluia are the same as what we have sung since the Easter Vigil.  All hymn numbers will be in the red Worship hymnal for the weekend (except where noted).

May 1 - First Friday / Sacred Heart Community Mass

Saint Joseph the Worker (Optional Memorial)

6 PM 

Entrance hymn: Joseph, be our guide and pattern, #693

- Same tune as To the Name of our salvation

Psalm 90: Lord, give success to the work of our hands, sung to Psalm Tone 2

Offertory hymn: Come now, and praise the humble saint, #694

- Same tune as Jerusalem, my happy home

Communion responsory: O filii et filiae (The Latin from which O sons and daughters is translated), Chant, Mode II

Recessional hymn: Holy Patron, thee saluting, hymn section of missalette, #112

- Same tune as Sing of Mary, pure and lowly 

May 3 - Fifth Sunday of Easter

Saturday (V-2) 5 PM; Sunday (V-3) 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Entrance hymn: This joyful Eastertide, #449

Psalm 22: I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people, music by Sam Schmitt

Offertory hymn: Christ is alive, #466 (same tune as Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates)

Communion anthem: Regina Caeli, music by Antonio Lotti

Meditation hymn: Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly Queen, #450 (Listen)

- English paraphrase of Regina Caeli, in the form of a metrical hymn

Recessional hymn: The strife is o'er, #451
UPDATE 8 PM V-1-15:  Tune as written in the hymnal.  Tune is based on a Gloria Patri that was written by the great motet composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.  Three centuries later, William Henry Monk (famous for the tune used with At That First Eucharist) wrote a hymn tune around pieces of Palestrina's Gloria Patri, then added the triple alleluia antiphon.  It is that tune that we will be using this weekend.
Listen to the Palestrina Gloria Patri here.

Listen to The Strife Is O'er here.

ALSO, the postlude, which I used for a funeral on Friday morning and for the First Friday Mass, an improvisation of the hymn tune Victory (that is, The Strife Is O'er as described above) will also be performed as the postlude for the weekend Masses.  I dubbed it Homage de Palestrina.

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY IV of EASTER

This Sunday is also known as "Good Shepherd Sunday", as the Gospel for the day (in all three years) depict Christ as the Good Shepherd.  Much of the music for this day reflects that theme, while keeping with the Paschal Season.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia same as past three weekends.
Numbers given this weekend are in the Maroon hymnal.

Entrance hymn: At the Lamb's high feast we sing, #89
- Tune is the same as the Epiphany hymn Songs of thankfulness and praise

Psalm 118: The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone, music by yours truly, adapted from the Alleluia from O Filii et Filiae (which is our Alleluia for the Easter Season)

Offertory hymn: The King of love my shepherd is, #345, first tune

Communion anthem: He shall feed his flock, from "Messiah" by George Frederick Handel

Meditation hymn: Savior, like a shepherd lead us, #247

- Tune is based on the familiar Marian hymn O Sanctissima, with the first lines repeated, and a more moderate tempo (unlike O Sanctissima, which is taken rather slowly).

Recessional hymn: Crown him with many crowns, #352

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY III of EASTER

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as last weekend

Hymn numbers this weekend are taken from the red Worship hymnal.

Entrance hymn: The strife is o'er, the battle done, #451
- sung to the tune of Christ is the King, #500
Psalm 4: Lord, let your face shine on us, music by Sam Schmitt
Offertory hymn: Crown him with many crowns, #496
Communion anthem: Cantate Domino canticum novum, music by Vincent d'Indy
Meditation hymn: Regina caeli, #443
Recessional hymn: This joyful Eastertide, #449

Peace and good on this joyful Eastertide!
BMP

LOW/QUASIMODO/DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

Any way you slice it, it's the Second Sunday of Easter, the Octave Day of Easter.  Easter and Christmas are the only two days left that have octaves (eighth days).  At one time, Ascension had an Octave, and the Sunday following it was simply the "Sunday in the Octave of the Ascension".  I'm sure there were more feasts with octaves out there at one point, but I'll save that for another discussion (or even save it for those more theologically inclined than I).

As stated in previous years, this Second Sunday of Easter is traditionally known as "Low Sunday", and even more liturgically known as "Quasimodo Sunday", after the beginning of the Latin Introit for this day: Quasimodo geniti infantes, alleluia, rationabiles, sine dolo lac concupiscite, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia (Like newborn babes, alleluia, crave pure spiritual milk, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.).  Then there is "Divine Mercy Sunday", as declared by Pope John Paul II in 2000.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass: Missa "Cristo Risusciti", by Luigi Picchi (the Mass setting we did at the Easter Vigil and on Easter Sunday)

Alleluia: from the chant O Filii et Filiae, which you may have heard in English as Ye sons and daughters.  The melody originated in Paris in the late 15th century.

All numbers given are in the maroon hymnal ("The Hymnal"), except where noted.

Entrance hymn: Jesus lives, thy terrors now, #88

Psalm 118: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love is everlasting, music by Owen Alstott (as written in the missalette under April 12)

Offertory hymn: He is risen, he is risen, #90

Communion anthem: Adoro te devote, text can be followed in Worship, #489, however, the melody will be the actual chant melody, not the metricized version in the hymnal.

Meditation hymn: Christians, to the Paschal Victim, #97 (the Sequence of Easter Day)

Recessional hymn: Jesus Christ is ris'n today, #85

Happy Easter Season!

Peace,

BMP

THE FIVE DAY WEEKEND

In one post, I will include the music for:

April 1 - Spy Wednesday (Sacred Heart Community Mass)
April 2 - Holy Thursday
April 3 - Good Friday
April 4 - The Easter Vigil
April 5 - Easter Sunday
(all of the dates are clickable to eliminate excessive scrolling)

Spy Wednesday - April 1
(Sacred Heart Community Mass) 6:30 PM

Normally this Mass is celebrated on First Friday, but since this First Friday is Good Friday, a day in which no Mass can be celebrated per order liturgical rubrics, this monthly Mass is moved to Wednesday, the first available day in April.  This also is the Wednesday of Holy Week, traditionally known as Spy Wednesday, as the focus seems to be mainly on Judas' betrayal of Jesus.

Entrance hymn: Lift high the cross, Worship, #704

Psalm 69: Lord, in your great love, answer me, response music by yours truly, versicles sung to Psalm Tone 1.  You may follow in the missalette, page 132.

Gospel Acclamation: Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, music by yours truly, based on Vexilla Regis Prodeunt (Mode I)

Offertory hymn: Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory, hymn section of missalette, #52

- Note: this is the text translated from the Latin by Venantius Fortunatus, themed on the Crucifixion, as opposed to the more familiar Latin text of the same title by St. Thomas Aquinas, which is themed on the Eucharist.  The tune is the Mode III chant, which we have sung before.

Sanctus through Agnus Dei: same as the Sundays of Lent

Communion anthem: Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, chant, Mode I

Recessional hymn: O Sacred Head, surrounded, Worship, #434

Holy Thursday - April 2
7 PM

Entrance hymn: Lift high the cross, Worship #704
Gloria: Messa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe", music by Federico Caudana
Psalm 116: Our blessing cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ, music by yours truly

Gospel Acclamation: Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, music by yours truly, based on Vexilla Regis Prodeunt (Mode I)

Offertory hymn: At that first Eucharist, Worship, #733

Sanctus through Agnus Dei: same as the Sundays of Lent

Communion anthem: Ave Verum, music by Camille Saint-Saëns

Solemn Translation of the Holy Eucharist: Pange Lingua Gloriosi, music by Fr. Carlo Rossini

Good Friday - April 3

7 PM

Psalm 31: Father, into your hands, I commend my spirit, music by Richard Rice
Gospel Acclamation: Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, music by yours truly, based on Vexilla Regis Prodeunt (Mode I)
Music during the Veneration of the Cross:
- God so loved the world, by John Stainer (from his "The Crucifixion")
- Parce, Domine, music by Fr. Carlo Rossini
- Jesu, Salvator Noster, music by Fr. Carlo Rossini
- Enthroning: Christ Jesus Victor, Christ Jesus Ruler, Christ Jesus Lord and Redeemer!
Music at Holy Communion:
- Adoro Te, O Panis Caelice, music from Louvain
- O Sacred Head, sore wounded, Maroon, #75
- Solemn Return to the Repository: Tantum Ergo, music by Oreste Ravanello
Meditation hymn: Abide with me, Maroon, #467

The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night - April 4
7 PM

The Brass Trio will be on hand for this Most Holy of Nights!
Service of light and Exsultet: follow missalette
Psalm 104 (after first Old Testament Reading): Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth, music by Owen Alstott
Psalm 16 (after second Old Testament Reading): You are my inheritance, O Lord, music original
Exodus 15 (responsory after third Old Testament Reading): Let us sing to the Lord, he has covered himself in glory, music original
Gloria: Missa Cristo Risusciti, music by Luigi Picchi
Alleluia: based on O Filii et Filiae, adapted and arranged by yours truly
Litany of Saints: follow missalette
Sprinkling of Holy Water (after Renewal of Baptismal Promises, which on Easter and the Vigil, replaces the Creed): Vidi Aquam, music by Joseph Gruber
Offertory hymn: The Day of Resurrection, Maroon, #96, first tune
Sanctus through Agnus Dei: Missa Cristo Risusciti, music by Luigi Picchi
Communion anthem: Hallelujah, music by George Frederick Handel (from his "Messiah")
Meditation hymn: Regina Caeli, Worship, #443
Recessional hymn: Jesus Christ is ris'n today, Maroon, #85

Easter Sunday - April 5
7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

The Brass Trio will be on hand at the 9:00 and 11:15 Masses!
Entrance hymn: The Day of Resurrection, Maroon, #96, first tune
Gloria: Missa Cristo Risusciti, music by Luigi Picchi
Psalm 118: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad, music by Owen Alstott
Alleluia: based on O Filii et Filiae, adapted and arranged by Owen Alstott
Sprinkling of Holy Water (after Renewal of Baptismal Promises, which on Easter and the Vigil, replaces the Creed): Vidi Aquam, music by Joseph Gruber
Offertory hymn: That Easter Day with joy was bright, Maroon, #98

Sanctus through Agnus Dei: Missa Cristo Risusciti, music by Luigi Picchi
Communion anthem: Hallelujah, music by George Frederick Handel (from his "Messiah")
Meditation hymn: Regina Caeli, Worship, #443
Recessional hymn: Jesus Christ is ris'n today, Maroon, #85

Happy and blessed Holy Week and Easter to all!
Peace,
BMP