The Next Two Action-Packed Weeks

Following are the music lists for the Most Holy Trinity (Solemnity, weekend of May 27), First Friday (Sacred Heart Community Mass/Memorial of St. Justin, Martyr, June 1), the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus et Sanguis Christi, Solemnity, weekend of June 3, with First Holy Communion at the 11:15 Mass), and the Most Sacred Heart (Solemnity and Patronal Feast, June 8).

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary of the Mass (all dates listed below): Messa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe" (Federico Caudana)

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Saturday, V-26, at 5 PM; Sunday, V-27, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Entrance hymn: Come now, almighty King (Worship hymnal, #487)
Psalm 33: R./ Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own (R./ by Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB; V./ by Père Joseph Gelineau, SJ)
Alleluia "Pange Lingua" (BMP) (PDF)
- Yes, this is based on the familiar Mode III Pange Lingua chant.
Offertory hymn: Holy, holy, holy (Worship hymnal, #485)
Communion music:
- Responsory (7:30): Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, alleluia (BMP) (PDF)
- Anthem (all others): Psalm 150 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
Hymn after Communion: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All (Worship hymnal, #488)
Recessional hymn: O God, almighty Father (Worship hymnal, #484)

First Friday (Sacred Heart Community Mass)
Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr
Friday, VI-1, at 6 PM

Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine (on sheets provided)

Psalm 96: R./ The Lord comes to judge the earth (Tone 8)
Alleluia "Pange Lingua" (BMP) (PDF as in Most Holy Trinity, above, but with the versicle of the day in the missalette chanted to Psalm Tone 8G)
Offertory anthem: Panis Angelicus (Hungarian tune)
Communion responsory: What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light, says the Lord (BMP) (PDF)
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning (on sheets provided)

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
(Corpus et Sanguis Christi)
Saturday, VI-2, at 5 PM; Sunday, VI-3, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
Brass trio at all Masses except 7:30.
First Holy Communion at 11:15 Mass.

Entrance hymn: Lift up your heads, O mighty gates (Worship hymnal, #363)
Psalm 116: R./ I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord (Sam Schmitt) (PDF)
Alleluia "Pange Lingua" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Alleluia! sing to Jesus (Worship hymnal, #737)
Communion music:
- Responsory (7:30): He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood... (BMP) (PDF)
- Motet (all others): Ave Verum (Camille Saint-Saëns or Lorenzo Perosi, depending on availability of singers)
Hymn after Communion: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All (Worship hymnal, #488)
Recessional hymn: Holy God, we praise thy Name (Worship hymnal, #524)

Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Parish Patronal Feast)
Friday, VI-8, at 6:30 PM, with brass trio

Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine (on sheets provided)
Psalm (Isaiah 12: 2-6): R./ You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia "Pange Lingua" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory anthem: Cor Jesu Trinitatis ("Gott Soll Gepriesen", alt.)
Communion motet: I cieli immensi (Marcello)
Benediction music: O Salutaris Hostia (Anthony Werner) and Tantum Ergo (Oreste Ravanello)
- Those who attend Marian devotions on Tuesdays in May and October will be very familiar with these two settings.
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning (on sheets provided)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

Ascension, VII Easter, and Pentecost

Yes, we are fortunate to live in a diocese where the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ is still celebrated on the Thursday that is 40 days after Easter and is still a holy day of obligation.  Masses this Thursday are at 9 AM and 7 PM, both in the Church.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary of the Mass (all dates in this post): Cristo Risusciti (Picchi)

Ascension of the Lord
Thursday V-10 at 9 AM and 7 PM

Entrance hymn: Hail the day that sees him rise (Worship hymnal, #471)
Psalm 47: R./ God mounts his throne to shouts of joy, a blare of trumpets for the Lord (Kreutz/Gelineau)
Alleluia O Filii et Filiae (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Crown him with many crowns (Worship hymnal, #496)
Communion responsory: R./ They shall lay their hands upon the sick... (BMP) (PDF)
Post-Communion antiphon: Regina Caeli (Worship hymnal, #443, English/Latin)
Recessional hymn: Go, make of all disciples (Worship hymnal, #628)

Seventh Sunday of Easter
Saturday V-12 at 5 PM; Sunday V-13 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Note: At the 7:30 Mass, as part of the entrance procession, the Blessed Virgin Mary will be crowned by our First Communion class.

Entrance hymn:
(7:30 only) Hail, holy Queen enthroned above (Worship hymnal, #702)
(all others) Hail the day that sees him rise (Worship hymnal, #471)
Psalm 103: R./ The Lord has set his throne in heaven (BMP; response adapted from "Lauda Anima") (PDF)
Alleluia O Filii et Filiae (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: A hymn of glory let us sing (Worship hymnal, #469)
- NOTE: Same tune as "Ye watchers and ye holy ones", which we sang last weekend.

Communion music:

(7:30 only) responsory: R./ Father, now I come to you, alleluia, alleluia (BMP) (PDF)

(all others) The above responsory, or a setting of Ave Maria, depending on singers' availability.

Post-Communion antiphon: Regina Caeli (Worship hymnal, #443, English/Latin)
Recessional hymn:

(7:30 only) Hail the day that sees him rise (Worship hymnal, #471)

(all others) Hail, holy Queen enthroned above (Worship hymnal, #702)

Pentecost (Whitsunday)

Saturday V-19 at 5 PM; Sunday V-20 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Note: The brass trio (this time, two trumpets and a trombone) will be on hand for all Masses except 7:30.

Entrance hymn: Come, holy Ghost (Worship hymnal, #482)

Psalm 104: R./ Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth (music in missalette, page 102)

Sequence: Come, O Holy Spirit, come (music in missalette, page 104, in English)

Alleluia O Filii et Filiae (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Fire of God, undying flame (Worship hymnal, #474)

Communion music:

(7:30 only) responsory: R./ All were filled with the Holy Spirit, alleluia, alleluia (BMP) (PDF)

(all others) hymn/motet: Veni, Creator Spiritus (Mode VIII/Ravanello)
- Feel free to join in the even-numbered verses, which are in the Worship hymnal at #479.

Post-Communion antiphon: Regina Caeli (Worship hymnal, #443, English/Latin)
Recessional hymn: Now thank we all our God (Worship hymnal, #560)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

The Three-Day Weekend

First Friday (Sacred Heart Community Mass) and the Sixth Sunday of Easter!

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary: Missa Cristo Risusciti (Luigi Picchi)
Alleluia O Filii et Filiae (Mode II/BMP)
- Friday versicle in missalette, page 146, to Tone 2
- Weekend versicle (PDF)

First Friday (Sacred Heart Community Mass)
Feria VI of the Fifth Week of Easter
Friday V-4 at 6 PM

The rest:
Crown him with many crowns (Maroon hymnal, #352)
Psalm 57: R./ I will give you thanks among the peoples, O Lord (missalette, page 146, Tone 2)
Ave Maria (Jacques Arcadelt) (credited also as "Jacob Arcadelt")
Ubi Caritas (Worship hymnal, #598, in Latin)
Regina Caeli (Worship hymnal, #443, English/Latin)
At the Lamb's high feast we sing (Maroon hymnal, #89)

Sixth Sunday of Easter
Saturday V-5 at 5 PM; Sunday V-6 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

The rest:
Jesus lives! thy terrors now (Maroon hymnal, #88)
Psalm 98: R./ The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving pow'r (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB) (PDF)
Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Maroon hymnal, #599)
(7:30 only): R./ I have chosen you from the world, alleluia (BMP) (PDF)
(except 7:30): Daily, daily, sing to Mary/Omni die dic Mariae ("Omni Die")
Regina Caeli (Worship hymnal, #443, English/Latin)
Hail the day that sees him rise (Maroon hymnal, #104, second tune)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP