Thursday, December 26, 2019

Holy Family and Mary, Mother of God

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary of the Mass:
Kyrie/Gloria/Sanctus/Agnus: Mass of the Shepherds (Pietro Yon) or Mass VIII, depending on the availability of singers
Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam... (Jubilate Deo chant)
Amen: Dresden

The rest:

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Saturday, XII-28-19, at 5 PM; Sunday, XII-29-19, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

At the 5 PM Saturday Mass, we will also remember all those parishioners who have died the past year.

Entrance hymn: Once in royal David's city (Worship hymnal, #402)
Psalm 128: O blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways (Gelineau)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: The First Nowell (Worship hymnal, #408)
Communion music:
- (11:15) Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine ("Resonet in Laudibus")  (This setting includes a third verse which the maroon hymnal does not include.)
- (all others) Responsory: Take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: See, amid the winter's snow (Worship hymnal, #375)
Recessional hymn: Angels we have heard on high (Worship hymnal, #376)

The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
(A Holy Day of Obligation)
Tuesday, XII-31-19, at 5 PM; Wednesday, I-1-20, at 9 and 11:15 AM

Entrance hymn: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Maroon hymnal, #13)
Psalm 67: May God bless us in his mercy (music in missalette at the bottom of page 42)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF as above, versicle for "Optional B")
Offertory hymn: The First Nowell (Maroon hymnal, #30)
Communion music: Ave Maria (Perosi) or responsory: Exult, O daughter of Sion (BMP) (PDF), depending on availability of singers
Meditation hymn: In the bleak midwinter (Maroon hymnal, #44)
Recessional hymn: Angels we have heard on high (Maroon hymnal, #42)

Best wishes for a happy and blessed Year of Our Lord MMXX.

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP