MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS for ADVENT SEASON:
Sundays of Advent: Mass XVII (Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus)
First Friday (December 2): Mass XVII (Kyrie), Mass XVIII (Sanctus, Agnus)
Immaculate Conception (December 8): Mass VIII (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus)
Memorial Acclamation Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine
Amen adapted from Sanctus VIII
The rest:
December 2 - Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday) 6 PM
Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine (in Mass Guide)
Psalm 27: The Lord is my light and my salvation (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Creator alme siderum ("Conditor Alme Siderum"/Pew Missal, #118)
Hymn during Communion: Veni, veni, Emmanuel (Mode I/refrain in Mass Guide)
- The Latin from which "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" is translated.
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning ("Cor Amoris"/in Mass Guide)
December 4 - II Advent
Entrance hymn: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding ("Merton"/Maroon hymnal, #9)
Psalm 72: Justice shall flourish in his time... (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: On Jordan's bank ("Winchester New"/Maroon hymnal, #10)
Hymn during Communion: Comfort, comfort, ye my people ("Geneva 42"/Pew Missal, #116)
Meditation hymn: The Lord will come and not be slow ("York"/Maroon hymnal, #312, first tune)
(Listen)
Recessional hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus ("Stuttgart"/Pew Missal, #114)
December 8 - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Thursday) 9 AM and 7 PM in Church
Entrance hymn: Immaculate Mary ("Lourdes Hymn"/Worship hymnal, #708)
- While the Pew Missal contains the more traditional, devotional text, the text in the Worship hymnal tells of the Annunciation by the Angel Gabriel to Mary of the Birth of her Son Jesus)
Psalm 96: Sing to the Lord a new song... (J. Robert Carroll/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ/Worship Hymnal, #1060)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: The Angel Gabriel from heaven came ("Gabriel's Message/Pew Missal, #256)
Communion music:
- Responsory: Glorious things of thee are spoken, O Mary (BMP) (PDF)
- - NOTE: The response is adapted from the beginning and ending of the tune "Austria", often used with the hymn "Glorious things of thee are spoken, Sion, city of our God..."
- or Motet: Ave Maria (Lorenzo Perosi)
Meditation hymn: Lo! how a rose e'er blooking ("Es Ist Ein' Ros"/Pew Missal, #187)
Recessional hymn: Tell out, my soul (Worship hymnal, #534)
December 11 - III Advent (Gaudete)
Entrance hymn: On Jordan's bank ("Winchester New"/Maroon hymnal, #10)
Psalm 146: Lord, come and save us (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB/music in back of the Pew Missal, page 516)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding ("Merton"/Maroon hymnal, #9)
Communion responsory: Magnificat (Tone VIII/Ciro Grassi)
Meditation hymn: The King shall come when morning dawns (Maroon hymnal, #11)
Recessional hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Pew missal, #203)
December 18 - IV Advent (Rorate)
Entrance hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Pew missal, #203)
Psalm 24: Let the Lord enter; he is King of glory (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ/Worship hymnal, #775)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF, see year A)
Offertory hymn: Joseph dearest, Joseph mine (Maroon hymnal, #45) (Listen)
Communion music:
- Responsory: Behold, a Virgin shall conceive... (BMP) (PDF)
- or hymn: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Samuel Webbe)
- - NOTE: Not to be confused with the Benedictine priest, Fr. Samuel Weber, who has given us some lovely Psalm settings.
Meditation hymn: Lo! how a rose e'er blooking ("Es Ist Ein' Ros"/Pew Missal, #187)
Recessional hymn: O come, divine Messiah ("Venez, Divin Messie"/Pew Missal, #201)
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS for CHRISTMAS SEASON:
Mass of the Shepherds (Pietro Yon) (Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus)
Memorial Acclamation Venite, Adoremus
Amen: Dresden
December 25 - Christmas: The Nativity of the Lord
(Christmas Day falls on Sunday this year!)
Christmas Eve 5 and 10 PM; Christmas Day 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
If singers are available, a prelude may be sung, consisting of:
1. Gaudete Christus Natus Est
2. Coventry Carol
3. Nina Nanna di Natale
Mass:
Entrance hymn: O come, all ye faithful ("Adeste Fideles"/Pew Missal, #200)
- Verse 1 to be sung in Latin, Verses 2-4 in English.
Psalm 96: Today is born our Savior... (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ/Worship hymnal, #779)
Alleluia: "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Hark! the herald angels sing ("Mendelssohn"/Pew Missal, #152)
Communion hymn: Joseph dearest, Joseph mine (Maroon hymnal, #45)
Meditation hymn: Silent night ("Stille Nacht"/Pew Missal, #240)
Recessional hymn: Joy to the World ("Antioch"/Pew Missal, #176, vv. 1, 2, 4)
January 1 - Mary, Mother of God (falls on Sunday this year!)
Regular Sunday schedule!
Entrance hymn: While Shepherds watched their flocks by night ("Winchester Old"/Maroon hymnal, #13, first tune)
Psalm 67: May God bless us in his mercy (Owen Alstott)
Alleluia: "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF, see Year B)
Offertory hymn: The First Noël (Trad. English/Pew Missal, #259)
Communion music:
- Responsory: Exult, O daughter of Sion (BMP) (PDF)
- or Motet: Ave Maria (Lorenzo Perosi)
Meditation hymn: In the bleak midwinter ("Cranham"/Maroon hymnal, #44)
Recessional hymn: Angels we have heard on high ("Gloria"/Worship hymnal, #376)
January 6 - Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday) 6 PM
Optional Memorial: St. Andre Bessette
Entrance hymn: Angels we have heard on high ("Gloria"/Worship hymnal, #376)
Psalm 1: Blessed are they who hope in the Lord (BMP)
Offertory hymn: Adeste Fideles (in Latin/Pew Missal, #200)
Communion hymn: Puer Natus in Bethlehem (Mode I/refrain in Mass guide)
Recessional hymn: Hark! the herald angels sing ("Mendelssohn"/Pew Missal, #152)
January 8 - The Epiphany of the Lord
Entrance hymn: O come, all ye faithful ("Adeste Fideles"/Pew Missal, #200)
Psalm 72: Lord, every nation on earth... (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia: "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: We three kings of Orient are ("Kings of Orient"/Pew Missal, #277)
Communion music:
- Responsory: We have seen his star... (Adam Bartlett, from "Simple English Propers")
- or Hymn: Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light (Johann Schop)
Meditation hymn: As with gladness men of old ("Dix"/Maroon hynmal, #52)
Recessional hymn: What star is this with beams so bright ("Puer Nobis"/Pew Missal, #280)
Blessed Advent and Christmastide to all who read this!
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
