The Three-Day Weekend

This Friday is our First Friday Sacred Heart Community Mass.  This will be the Vigil (anticipated, that is) Mass for the Presentation of the Lord.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary:
Gloria: recited or Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Info with links to PDF's)
Sanctus and Agnus Dei: Mass for Christian Unity (Vermulst)
Memorial Acclamation: We proclaim your death, O Lord... - Holy Angels Mass (BMP)

Alleluia: Marier

The rest...

Sacred Heart Community Mass
Presentation of the Lord in the Temple (anticipated)
Friday, II-1, at 6 PM

Entrance Antiphon: The Lord will come to us (Worship hymnal, #1023)

Processional Hymn: Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates (Maroon hymnal, #484)
Psalm 24: R./ Who is this King of glory? It is the Lord! (Laird) (PDF)
Offertory Hymn: Hail to the Lord who comes (Maroon hymnal, #115) (Listen)
Communion Responsory: R./ He would not see death before he had seen Christ the Lord (BMP) (PDF)

Meditation Hymn: In his temple now behold him (Missalette, #126)
- same tune as the "Tantum Ergo" (most popular setting)

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

Sunday IV of the Year
Saturday, II-2, at 5 PM; Sunday, II-3, at 7:30. 9, and 11:15 AM

Entrance Hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling (Worship hymnal, #588)
- same tune as "Alleluia! sing to Jesus"
Psalm 71: R./  I will sing of your salvation (Marier)
Offertory Hymn: I heard the voice of Jesus say (Worship hymnal, #607) (Listen)
- Not as rushed as in the listen link, however. (This is the best one I could find!)
Communion music:
- (11:15): Ubi Caritas (Mode VI)
- (all others): R./ Let your face shine down upon your servant (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation Hymn: How good the Name of Jesus sounds (Worship hymnal, #610) (Listen)
- The text is slightly altered in the Worship hymnal.  The tune is correct.
Recessional Hymn: The Kingdom of God (Worship hymnal, #615) (Listen)
- same tune as "Sing praise to the Lord"

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

Sunday III, plus a slashed RV

Two symbols one should be familiar with when it comes to the Responsorial Psalm and other responsories:

The slashed "R", above left (symbolized as "R./" here in the blog), is not the symbol for a prescription medicine in this case, but for the response, that one- or two-liner sung by the choir and congregation.  The slashed "V", above right (symbolized often as "V./"), is the symbol for the verse(s) sung by a chanter or group of chanters (aka a semi-choir).  The more traditional name for these verses is "versicles" (like "popsicles").  Meanwhile, the verses or a hymn are traditionally named "stanzas".  I, like many others, when announcing particular stanzas, found it so much easier to say "verses", probably because it's been a habit in my 37+ years as an organist, both in speaking and in listening. ;)

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary:
Gloria: recited or Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Info with links to PDF's)
Sanctus and Agnus Dei: Mass for Christian Unity (Jan Vermulst)
Memorial Acclamation: We proclaim your death, O Lord... - Holy Angels Mass (BMP)

Alleluia: Marier

The rest:
Entrance hymn: Christ is made the sure foundation (Worship hymnal, #617)
Psalm 19: R./ Your words, Lord, are spirit and life (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Come, Holy Ghost (Worship hymnal, #482)
Communion music:
- (11:15) In thee is gladness ("In der ist Freude"; Gastoldi)
- (all others) (Psalm 81): R./ Be not sad, for the joy of the Lord is our strength (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: To Christ the Prince of Peace (Worship hymnal, #491)
Recessional hymn: Rejoice, the Lord is King (Worship hymnal, #493)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

Sunday II, plus "Pro Populo" and "Why not 'Sunday I'?"

To answer a couple of questions that have been posed to me in both capacities of my employment at Sacred Heart (organist and now secretary)...

What is "Pro Populo" mean in the Mass Intentions? 

When there is no intention given for a particular Mass, that Mass is usually said for the people of the parish.  In that case, I use the Latin phrase which I learned from a previous parish I worked with, "pro populo", literally translated, "for the people".

Why is there no "First Sunday of the Year"? 

I think I brought this up in a previous post a few years ago about this time, but it's definitely worth repeating.  You see, any numbered week of the year or of any season normally begins on a Sunday.  For example the First Week of Advent begins with the First Sunday of Advent, and the weekdays follow (Monday, Tuesday, etc. of the First Week of Advent).

The First Week of Ordinary Time (or literally translated from the Latin "per Annum", "of the Year"), does not begin on a Sunday, however, but on the day immediately following the Baptism of the Lord.  One must remember that the Baptism of the Lord is not the First Sunday of the Year, but the last day of the Christmas Season.  Thus, the First Week of the Year begins on a Monday, so there is no "First Sunday".  This Sunday, therefore, is the Second Sunday of the Year, as it is the beginning of the Second Week of the Year.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary:
Gloria: recited or Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Info with links to PDF's)
Sanctus and Agnus Dei: Mass for Christian Unity (Jan Vermulst)
Memorial Acclamation: We proclaim your death, O Lord... - Holy Angels Mass (BMP)

Alleluia: Theodore Marier

The rest:
Entrance hymn: Hail, holy Queen enthroned above (Worship hymnal, #702)

Psalm 96: R./ Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB, from his collection of additional Psalms included in the Ignatius Pew Missal)

Offertory hymn: Sing we of the blessed Mother (Worship hymnal, #714) (Listen)

- The listen link comes with fanfares and direct from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

- You may have heard Elaine and I sing this tune to the hymn "Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary", alternating with the original Latin, "Omni Die Dic Mariae".  The tune is listed in the Worship hymnal (and a few other hymnals) as "Omni Die".  It's also listed in other hymnals by its German title, "Alle Tage Sing und Sage".

Music during Communion:
- (11:15): Cantate Domino canticum novum (Vincent d'Indy)
- (all others): Fill the jars with water and bring some to the master of the feast (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: Ave Maria (Worship hymnal, #713)
Recessional hymn: Tell out, my soul (Worship hymnal, #534)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

Baptism of the Lord

For the first time in three years, The Baptism of the Lord falls on a Sunday.  Why the absence of this feast in 2017 and 2018?  That is because when the Epiphany falls on January 7 or 8, the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on Monday (the next day).  Last year, the Epiphany was January 7. and the year before that, January 8.  This year, the Epiphany fell on the traditional date: January 6.  Thus, the Baptism of the Lord falls this year on its traditional date: January 13.  When the Epiphany is celebrated on January 2-6, The Baptism of the Lord is the following Sunday.  Before the "Novus Ordo" first took place in 1969, the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord fell on January 6 and 13, respectively, regardless of which day of the week it fell on.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary of the Mass:

- Mass of the Shepherds (Pietro Yon) (Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus) (11:15)

- Mass VIII (Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus) (all others)

- Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine (Memorial Acclamation)

- Dresden Amen

The rest:
Entrance hymn: On Jordan's Bank (Maroon hymnal, #10)
Psalm 104: R./ O bless the Lord, my soul (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding (Maroon hymnal, #9)
Communion music:
- Psalm 29: R./ All who have been baptized in Christ, you have put on Christ, alleluia (BMP) (PDF)
- (11:15): Blest be the God of Israel (BMP) ("Forest Green"; text by J. Quinn, SJ)
- - NOTE: The 11:15 Communion anthem is a translation of the Canticle of Zechariah ("Benedictus"), one of three canticles from Luke's Gospel that is sung during the Office of the Hours.  The "Benedictus" is sung at Lauds (Morning Prayer).  The other two are the Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary ("Magnificat"), which is sung at Vespers (Evening Prayer), and the Canticle of Simeon ("Nunc Dimittis"), which is sung at Compline (Night Prayer).
Meditation hymn: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Maroon hymnal, #197)
Recessional hymn: Songs of thankfulness and praise (Maroon hymnal, #53)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP