As many may have noticed this week, our two hymnals have returned to the pews, thanks to our diocesan liturgical restrictions being pretty much lifted. And some may have even read that Bishop Tobin has rescinded the dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass as of the weekend of June 6, which is (appropriately enough), the Solemnity of the Most Body and Blood of Christ ("Corpus Christi").
As a result, the Mass guides have been reduced to the readings, the music to the Psalm, Alleluia, and Communion responsory, and the hymn titles and where you can find them in the hymnals. I listed the hymn references in the Mass guides so that, just like we have with the full-blown Mass guides, the need to "announce" the hymns continues to be eliminated. This keeps the Mass flowing more smoothly, and it seems that a number of people caught on nicely on Ascension Thursday, especially at the evening Mass.
We are in the process of getting missalettes. The Ignatius Pew Missal will be our new missalette, and instead of three separate books each year, this is one missal for the entire year which contains the Order of Mass, the readings for the Sundays and Holy Days, the antiphons (Entrance, Responsorial Psalm, and Communion) for the weekday Masses, and over 200 hymns. Once these come in, I'll only have to list the hymns and where to find them, the musical setting of the Psalm, Alleluia, and Communion responsory, and the page on which the readings will be found. Yes, there are some hymns that we continue to blacklist (those hymns that don't fit the criteria of what is called for in the Church's liturgy documents), but the ratio of good hymns to bad songs is far better (about 80-90% good music in the Ignatius Pew Missal, compared to about 20-30% in the previous missalette, Today's Missal and its companion still found in many parishes, the Music Issue). Overall, add on the savings of having one shipment per year instead of three, and this is a very pleasing improvement.
Our two hardbound hymnals, the red hymnal, Worship, and the maroon hymnal, The Hymnal, will continue, of course, to be the source of the bulk of our hymns.
That said, here is the music for the next two weekends.
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS: Messa "Cristo Riscuciti" and adaptations thereof (Luigi Picchi)
Sunday VII of Easter
Saturday, V-15, at 5 PM; Sunday, V-16, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
Entrance hymn: Hail the day that sees him rise ("Llanfair"/Worship, #471)
Psalm 103: The Lord has set his throne in heaven (BMP, adapted from "Lauda Anima") (PDF)
- "Lauda Anima" is the tune used for a hymn we've sung numerous times, "Praise, my soul, the King of heaven".
Alleluia "O Filii et Filiae" (Mode II/BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: A hymn of glory let us sing ("Lasst uns Erfreuen"/Worship, #469)
- same tune as "Ye watchers and ye holy ones", which we sang last Sunday.
Communion responsory: Christus Vincit (BMP) (PDF)
- OR anthem: Ave Maria (Lorenzo Perosi)
Meditation hymn: Regina caeli (Mode VI/Worship, #443)
Recessional hymn: Hail, holy Queen enthroned above ("Salve Regina Caelitum"/Worship, #702)
The Solemnity of Pentecost (Whitsunday)
Saturday, V-22, at 5 PM; Sunday, V-23, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
Our brass trio (two trumpets and horn) will join us for all Masses of Pentecost except the 7:30 AM Mass.
Entrance hymn: Come, holy Ghost ("Lambillotte"/Worship, #482)
Psalm 104: Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth (Owen Alstott)
Alleluia "O Filii et Filiae" (Mode II/BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Fire of God, undying flame ("Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland"/Worship, #474)
Communion motet: Veni, Creator Spiritus (Mode VIII/Oreste Ravanello)
- (7:30 responsory): All were filled with the Holy Spirit (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: Regina caeli (Mode VI/Worship, #443)
Recessional hymn: The Oath against Modernism ("Diademata"/Text will be provided in the bulletin)
- NOTE: same tune as "Crown him with many crowns".
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
