Another BIG Three-Day Weekend (Holy Family and Mary, Mother of God)

This three-day weekend, I will be singing all Masses from the console alone, giving a much-deserved break to our singers and brass.  They will return next weekend (January 6/7) for the Epiphany.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary:

- Mass VIII (Gloria)
- Mass XVIII (Sanctus/Agnus)
- Mortem Tuam and Dresden Amen

Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF)

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

Saturday XII-30 at 5 PM; Sunday XII-31 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Angels we have heard on high (Maroon hymnal, #42)
Psalm 105: R./ The Lord remembers his covenant for ever (BMP) (PDF)
Once in royal David's city (Maroon hymnal, #236)
Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business? (BMP) (PDF)

- The actual Communion proper, which is really in the form of a dialogue between Mary and Jesus.  It's from the Gospel passage where Jesus, at about 12 years old, spent some time in the temple learning from the elders there.  Mary asks, "Son, why have you treated us so?  Your Father and I have been worried and seeking you."  Jesus replies, "How is it that you are seeking me?  Did you know not that I had to do my Father's business?"  His Father's business is something Jesus tended to throughout his life.

O Sion, open wide thy gates (Maroon hymnal, #116)

God rest you merry, gentlemen (Maroon hymnal, #40)

Mary, Mother of God

Monday I-1-18 at 10 AM

While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Maroon hymnal, #13, first tune)

Psalm 67: R./ May God bless us in his mercy (Alstott)

The first Nowell (Maroon hymnal, #30)

Exult, O daughter of Sion (BMP) (PDF)

In the bleak midwinter (Maroon hymnal, #44)

Angels we have heard on high (Maroon hymnal, #42)

Happy and blessed New Year to all who read this!

Peace,
BMP

The BIG Three-Day Weekend (IV Advent and Christmas)

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Saturday, XII-23 at 5 PM; Sunday, XII-24 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

O come, divine Messiah (Worship hymnal, #367)
Kyrie XVII
Psalm 89: R./ For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (adapt. BMP) (PDF)
O come, O come, Emmanuel (Worship hymnal, #357)
Sanctus XVII
Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine
Amen (adapted from the beginning of Sanctus VIII)
Agnus Dei XVII
(except 7:30) Rorate Caeli (Fr. Carlo Rossini)
(7:30 only) Behold, a Virgin shall conceive (BMP) (PDF)
Lo! how a Rose e'er blooming (Worship hymnal, #374)
See, amid the winter's snow (Worship hymnal, #375)

Christmas: The Nativity of the Lord
Sunday, XII-24 at 5 and 10 PM; Monday, XII-25 at 9 and 11:15 AM

Prelude (to begin approximately 20 minutes before each Mass)
1. Tu scendi della stelle (traditional Italian)
2. Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light (Johann Schöp, arr. J.S. Bach)
3. Gaudete, Christus est natus (Piae Cantationes, 1582, arr. BMP)
4. Tollite Hostias (Camille Saint-Saëns)
5. La Pastorale di Couperin (Antonio Allegra)

Mass:
O come, all ye faithful (Worship hymnal, #392; arr. David Willcocks)
Gloria (Mass of the Shepherds) (Pietro A. Yon)
Psalm 96: R./ Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord (R./ Richard Proulx / V./ Pére Joseph Gelineau, SJ)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (adapt. BMP) (PDF)
Hark! the herald angels sing (Worship hymnal, #387; arr. David Willcocks)
Sanctus (Mass of the Shepherds)
Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine
Dresden Amen
Agnus Dei (Mass of the Shepherds)
Hallelujah! (George Frederick Handel, from "Messiah")
Silent Night (Worship hymnal, #379)
Joy to the world (Worship hymnal, #399, verses 1, 2, 4)

Merry and blessed Christmas to all who read this!

Pax!
BMP

III Advent (Gaudete Sunday)

Not much different in the line of music today, especially since the Gospel readings for the Second and Third Sundays are very much related.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary of the Mass:

Mass XVII (Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)

Memorial: Mortem Tuam

Amen: beginning melody of the Sanctus from Mass VIII

Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)

The rest:

Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding (Maroon hymnal, #9)

Resp. Psalm (Magnificat): R./ My soul rejoices in my God (Sam Schmitt) (PDF)

On Jordan's bank (Maroon hymnal, #10)

Magnificat (Tone 8/Grassi)

Hark! the glad sound (Maroon hymnal, #7)

O come, O come, Emmanuel (Maroon hymnal, #2)

Peace,
BMP

Three-Day Weekend II

This Friday: a Holy Day of Obligation - the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patroness of the United States of America.  Masses are at 9 AM and 7 PM 

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary of the Mass:

Mass XVII (Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)

- We rehearsed this Mass setting briefly before each of the Sunday Masses, but not the Saturday Mass, last weekend (mea culpa; I apologize).  This weekend, I will make it a point to rehearse it at the Saturday Mass as well.

Mass VIII (Gloria - Friday only)

Memorial: Mortem Tuam

Amen: beginning melody of the Sanctus from Mass VIII

Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)

The rest:

The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Friday, XII-8, at 9 AM and 7 PM

Immaculate Mary (Worship hymnal, #708)

Psalm 98: R./ Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds (Carroll/Gelineau)

The Angel Gabriel from heaven came (Worship hymnal, #695)

Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)

Lo! how a rose e'er blooming (Worship hymnal, #374)

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord (Worship hymnal, #534)

The Second Sunday of Advent

Saturday, XII-9, at 5 PM; Sunday, XII-10, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding (Maroon hymnal, #9)

Psalm 85: R./ Lord, let us see your kindness, and grand us your salvation (BMP) (PDF)

On Jordan's bank (Maroon hymnal, #10)

(7:30 only): Psalm 147: R./ Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and behold the joy that shall come to you from your God (BMP) (PDF)

(all others) Creator alme siderum (Rossini)

Hark! the glad sound (Maroon hymnal, #7)

O come, O come, Emmanuel (Maroon hymnal, #2)

Peace,
BMP