Tuesday, March 29, 2016

THE THREE DAY WEEKEND

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

First Friday - Sacred Heart Community Mass
Friday IV-1-16 at 6 PM

Normally we'd open and close with Sacred Heart hymns, but since we're in the Octave of Easter, we will sing the great hymns of Paschaltide.

Entrance hymn: The day of Resurrection, Maroon hymnal, #96, first tune
Psalm 118: R./ The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone, music by yours truly, adapted from O Filii et Filiae, Mode II.
Alleluia: from O Filii et Filiae, Mode II.
Offertory hymn: The strife is o'er, Maroon hymnal, #91
Liturgy of the Eucharist: Missa "Christo Risusciti", Luigi Picchi, and adaptations thereof
Communion responsory: O Filii et Filiae, Mode II (sung in Latin)
- For translation, you may follow the Worship hymnal, #447.
Recessional hymn: Jesus Christ is ris'n today, Maroon hymnal, #85

Second Sunday of Easter
Saturday IV-2-16 at 5 PM; Sunday IV-3-16 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Traditionally known as Low Sunday or Quasimodo Sunday (after the assigned Introit of the Day), also declared by Pope John Paul II in 2000 as Divine Mercy Sunday.

Entrance hymn: Jesus lives, thy terrors now, Maroon hymnal, #88
Gloria: Missa "Christo Risusciti", Luigi Picchi
Psalm 118: R./ Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; his love is everlasting, Owen Alstott
- Music for this Psalm is as written in the missalette with the readings of the day.
Sequence: Christians, to the Paschal Victim, missalette, page 81
- The Sequence of Easter Day, which can be sung every day within the Easter Octave, including this day, the Octave Day itself.
Alleluia: from O Filii et Filiae, Mode II.
Offertory hymn: The strife is o'er, Maroon hymnal, #91
Liturgy of the Eucharist: Missa "Christo Risusciti", Luigi Picchi, and adaptations thereof
Communion anthem: Adoro Te Devote, Mode V (sung in Latin)
- This hymn is also in the Worship hymnal, #489.
Post-Communion hymn: Regina Caeli, Worship hymnal, #443
Recessional hymn: Jesus Christ is ris'n today, Maroon hymnal, #85

Peace,
BMP