MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
Christmas - The Nativity of the Lord (Solemnity)
Friday, XII-24 at 5 and 10 PM; Saturday, XII-25 at 9 and 11:15 AM
Brass trio at all Masses except 10 PM.
PRELUDE (5 PM and 11:15 AM)
1. Tu scendi dalle stelle (traditional Italian) (11:15 AM)
2. Joseph dearest, Joseph mine (Resonet in Laudibus)
3. brass number TBD
4. Gaudete Christus est Natus (Piae Cantationes, 1582, arr. BMP)
5. brass number TBD
MASS:
ORDINARY:
(10:00 PM) Mass VIII
(all other Masses) Mass of the Shepherds
(all Masses): Memorial: Mortem tuam... / Amen: Dresden
The rest:
(5:00) Tu scendi dalle stelle (as the Infant Jesus is carried in procession)
Entrance hymn: O come, all ye faithful/Adeste Fideles (Adeste Fideles/Pew Missal, #200) (v. 1 in Latin, v. 2-4 in English)
Psalm 96: Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord (Proulx/Gelineau) (Worship hymnal, #779)
Alleluia Divinum Mysterium (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Hark! the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn/Pew Missal, #152)
Communion:
- (10:00) Psalm 96, R./ The Word of God became man, we have seen his glory (Fr. Samuel Weber)
- (all other Masses): Nina nanna di Natale (traditional Italian)
Meditation hymn: Silent night (Stille Nacht/Pew Missal, #240)
Recessional hymn: Joy to the world (Antioch/Pew Missal, #176) (vv. 1, 2, 4)
NOTE: THERE IS NO 5 PM MASS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25!
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Feast)
Sunday XII-26 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
ORDINARY: Mass VIII / Mortem tuam... / Dresden Amen
Entrance hymn: Once in royal David's city (Irby/Maroon hymnal, #236)
Psalm 84: Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord (Richard Rice)
Alleluia Divinum Mysterium (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Winchester Old/Maroon hymnal, #13)
Communion responsory: Psalm 27, R./ Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: What Child is this (Greensleeves/Pew Missal, #279)
Recessional hymn: Angels we have heard on high (Gloria/Worship hymnal, #376)
Mary, Mother of God (Solemnity)
Saturday I-1-22 at 10 AM
ORDINARY: Mass VIII / Mortem tuam... / Dresden Amen
Entrance hymn: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Winchester Old/Maroon hymnal, #13)
Psalm 67: May God bless us in his mercy (Owen Alstott)
Alleluia Divinum Mysterium (BMP) (PDF) (versicle is same as Holy Family, ad libitum Year B)
Offertory hymn: The first Noël (English carol/Pew Missal, #259)
Communion responsory: Psalm 34, R./ Exult, O daughter of Sion (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: In the bleak midwinter (Cranham/Maroon hymnal, #44)
Recessional hymn: Angels we have heard on high (Gloria/Worship hymnal, #376)
The Epiphany of the Lord (Solemnity)
Saturday, I-1 at 5 PM; Sunday, I-2 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
Brass trio at all Masses except 7:30 AM.
ORDINARY:
(7:30 AM) Mass VIII
(all other Masses) Mass of the Shepherds
(all Masses): Memorial: Mortem tuam... / Amen: Dresden
Entrance hymn: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fideles/Pew Missal, #200)
Psalm 72: Lord, every nation on earth will adore you (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia Divinum Mysterium (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: We three kings of Orient are (Kings of Orient/Pew Missal, #277)
Communion:
- (7:30) Psalm 72, R./ We have seen his star in the east and have come with gifts to worship the Lord (BMP) (PDF)
- (all other Masses) Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light (Emuntre Dich, Johann Schop, arr. J.S. Bach)
Meditation hymn: As with gladness men of old (Dix/Maroon hymnal, #52)
Recessional hymn: What star is this with beams so bright (Puer Nobis/Pew Missal, #280)
Blessed Christmas Season and New Year to all who read this!
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
