MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
April 17 - Holy Thursday of the Supper of the Lord (7 PM)
Entrance hymn: Lift high the Cross ("Crucifer")
Gloria: Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe" (Federico Caudana)
Psalm 116: R./ Our blessing cup is a communion with the blood of Christ (BMP) (PDF)
Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ... (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
Offertory hymn: Ubi Caritas (Mode VI) (Listen)
Sanctus XVIII
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)
Amen: single (do do-re)
Agnus Dei XVIII
Communion motet: Ave Verum (Lorenzo Perosi)
Solemn Translation of the Holy Eucharist: Pange Lingua (Mode III) (Listen)
April 18 - Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord (7 PM)
ALL ENTER IN SILENCE
Psalm 31: R./ Father, into your hands I commend my spirit (Theodore Marier)
Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ... (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
During the kneel/pause: Adoramus te, Christe (Theodore Dubois, from his Seven Last Words of Christ)
During the Adoration of the Holy Cross:
1. Vexilla Regis Prodeunt (Fr. Carlo Rossini, alternating with Mode I)
2. O sacred Head surrounded ("Passion Chorale")
At the throning of the Holy Cross, the refrain Christ Jesus, Victor (from "To Jesus Christ, our sov'reign King") is sung once.
Holy Communion:
As the Holy Eucharist is brought from the repository to the sanctuary in procession: Tantum Ergo (Oreste Ravanello)
At the Communion procession:
1. Adoro Te, O Panis Caelice (from Louvain)
2. Jesu, Salvator Noster (Fr. Carlo Rossini)
As the Holy Eucharist is returned to the repository: the Ravanello Tantum Ergo is repeated.
ALL DEPART IN SILENCE
April 19 - The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night (7 PM)
Responsorial Psalms (Readings I, II, and III from the Old Testament are read):
I. Psalm 104: Lord, send out your Spirit... (Owen Alstott)
II. Psalm 16: You are my inheritance, O Lord... (BMP) (PDF)
III. Exodus 15: Let us sing to the Lord... (Theodore Marier)
Gloria: Missa Cristo Risusciti (Luigi Picchi)
Alleluia "O Filii" (Mode II/BMP) (PDF)
Litany of Saints: Missal chant
Rite of Sprinkling: Vidi Aquam (Joseph Gruber)
Offertory hymn: The day of Resurrection ("Ellacombe") (Listen)
Sanctus through Agnus: Missa Cristo Risusciti (Luigi Picchi)
- NOTE: The Memorial Acclamation "We proclaim your death, O Lord" and Amen are adapted from "Missa Cristo Risusciti". As this Mass was published around 1938, there was no such thing as a Memorial Acclamation at that time.
Meditation hymn: Regina Caeli (Mode VI in English and Latin) (Listen)
Recessional hymn: Jesus Christ is ris'n today ("Easter Hymn") (Listen)
April 20 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord (10 AM)
Entrance hymn: Alleluia, alleluia! Let the holy anthem rise ("Holy Anthem") (Listen)
Gloria: Missa Cristo Risusciti (Luigi Picchi)
Psalm 118: This is the day the Lord has made... (Owen Alstott)
Sequence: Christians, to the Paschal Victim (Mode I)
Alleluia "O Filii" (Mode II/BMP) (PDF)
Rite of Sprinkling: Vidi Aquam (from the Liber Cantualis, 1983)
From the Offertory to the end of Mass: same as at the Easter Vigil, except:
- Responsory during Communion: Psalm 118, Christ our Pasch... (BMP) (PDF)
Happy and blessed Easter!
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
