SUNDAY XXII, "COMING NEXT WEEK" and "ORDINARY VS. PROPER"

Next week: People's Mass, as I mentioned in last week's post.  Last Monday, I had some time and recorded an instructional video from the organ bench.  I later played this for the two ladies that were counting the money from last weekend's collections and they were very familiar with the melodies of both the Sanctus and Agnus Dei from People's Mass.  Click here for a sneak preview of the Mass.

The Memorial Acclamation next week should be no stranger: Save us, Savior of the world, for by your cross and resurrection you have set us free, which we have sung before.  Why did I select this?  Next Sunday's Gospel reading (September 7, that is) tells about "taking up your cross", and the following Sunday (September 14) is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, one of those feasts that replaces the regularly numbered Sunday of the Year when it does fall on a Sunday.

Finally, that reminder of "Ordinary" vs. "Proper": The Ordinary of the Mass is that set of elements that are the same at every Mass.  This includes items like the Kyrie, Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, etc.  The Proper of the Mass is that set of elements that change from day to day.  This includes the readings, the Responsorial Psalm, the Alleluia and certain prayers like the Collect (just before the Readings begin), the Prayer over the Gifts (once known as the "Secret"), and the Post-Communion Prayer.

That said: here it is...

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Gloria, unless recited)
A Community Mass (Richard Proulx) (Sanctus through Agnus) (for a final time till next year)

PROPER OF THE MASS:
Psalm 68: R./ God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor. (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
Alleluia: Mode VI

HYMNS, etc.
Entrance hymn: Pew Missal, #104 Christ is made the sure foundation ("Westminster Abbey") (Listen)
- Nifty trumpet fanfares in this listen link, courtesy of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
Offertory hymn: Maroon hymn: #455 How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds ("St. Peter") (Listen)
Communion music:
- Responsory: Psalm 71, R./ O Lord, I will be mindful of your justice alone (BMP) (PDF)
- or motet: Cantate Domino canticum novum (Vincent d'Indy)
Recessional hymn: Pew Missal, #268 To Jesus Christ, our sov'reign King ("Ich Glaub an Gott") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

SUNDAY XXI

COMING SOON:  On the weekend of September 7 (Sunday XXIII), we will "revive" a Mass setting that was used mainly in the 1970s and 1980s.  That is, the Sanctus and Agnus Dei from Jan Vermust's People's Mass.  Written in 1970, I used this particular Sanctus and Agnus when I was organist/choir director here during the early part of 1989 (I was 24 then - 61 now!  Tempus fugit!).  While the Agnus Dei text remained the same when the Mass was re-translated in 2011, the first line of the Sanctus, of course, changed, and has been musically adapted accordingly by the publisher (World Library Publications) 17 years after the composer's death.  We will also revive the Danish Amen.  This will begin in two weeks and will continue through September and October.

Hymns today taken mostly from the archives of hymns selected for this day by the late great Fr. Bucci!

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Gloria, unless recited)

A Community Mass (Richard Proulx) (Sanctus through Agnus)

ALLELUIA: Mode VI

Hymns, etc

Entrance hymn: Pew Missal, #80 All people that on earth do dwell ("Old Hundredth") (Listen)

- The listen link is to the aforementioned "The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune", Ralph Vaughan Williams' "mess-up of Old Hundredth", complete with brass.  As the hymn was written for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, it was only fitting that his "mess-up" was encored for her 50th Anniversary of her Coronation.
Psalm 117 R./ Go out to all the world and tell the good news (Mode V, adapted by BMP) (PDF)

- The music is adapted from a chant some may remember: "Adoremus in aeternum Sanctissimum Sacramentum" (Forever we adore the Most Blessed Sacrament).  This is the chant traditionally sung after Benediction, when the Monstrance is being returned to the Tabernacle.

Offertory hymn: Maroon hymnal, #585 Jerusalem, my happy home ("Land of Rest") (Listen)

- Neat little Early American tune!

Anthem during Communion: O esca viatorum (Johann Michael Haydn) (Listen)

Recessional hymn: Pew Missal, #137 Go, make of all disciples ("Ellacombe") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!

BMP

THE THREE DAY WEEKEND

Let's start with this Friday - August 15 - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - a Holyday of Obligation.  We have Mass at 10 AM in the Church, followed by coffee an' downstairs in the hall.  See?  Come to Mass on the Holyday and get rewarded! ;)

Then the weekend - Sunday XX through the Year!

On Friday and on the weekend, we will be singing the hymn Tell out, my soul (Red Worship, #534).  This is a paraphrase the joyful hymn that Mary sang when visiting Elizabeth, who at the time was carrying John the Baptist in her womb.  That hymn is the Magnificat, and is proclaimed in Luke's Gospel on Friday.

    Magnificat anima mea Dominum, et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.

Which translates:

    My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

That said:

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Gloria, unless recited)

A Community Mass (Richard Proulx) (Sanctus through Agnus)

ALLELUIA: Mode VI

Hymns, etc

August 15 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Friday, 10 AM)

Entrance hymn: Red Worship, #702 Hail, holy Queen enthroned above ("Salve Regina Caelitum") (Listen)
Psalm 45: R./ The queen stands at your right hand arrayed in gold (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Pew Missal, #215 O Sanctissima ("Sicilian Mariners") (Listen)
- The listen link here comes from a Christmas album my parents had when I was growing up (yes, "O Sanctissima" can be sung year round), this nifty little arrangement is sung by the Roger Wagner Chorale, and most likely arranged by Roger Wagner himself.
Responsory during Communion: Magnificat, R./ All generations shall call me blessed (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: Pew Missal, #236 Salve Regina (Mode V) (Listen)
Recessional hymn: Red Worship, #534 Tell out my soul ("Woodlands") (Listen)

August 16/17 - Sunday XX (Saturday, 5 PM and Sunday, 10 AM)

Entrance hymn: Maroon hymnal, #315 We gather together ("Kremser") (Listen)
Psalm 40: R./ Lord, come to my aid (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
Offertory hymn: Pew Missal, #128 Faith of our fathers ("St. Catherine") (Listen)
Communion Motet: Panis angelicus (Cesar Franck)
Recessional hymn: Red Worship, #534 Tell out my soul ("Woodlands") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

SUNDAY XIX

The Bridegroom is arising, and soon he will draw nigh.

Up, watch in expectation, at midnight comes the cry.

See that your lamps are burning, replenish them with oil...

All part of this Sunday's Gospel reading, and found in the day's Offertory hymn, Rejoice, rejoice, believers (Maroon hymnal, #4).  While it's indexed in the Advent section, it's very much appropriate this Sunday.

With that, here is this Sunday's...

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Key:            PM = Ignatius PEW MISSAL (the paperback missal)

                    MH = MAROON HYMNAL (simply titled "The Hymnal")
                    RW = RED WORSHIP hymnal

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Gloria on Sunday unless recited)

A Community Mass (Richard Proulx) (Sanctus through Agnus)

ALLELUIA: Mode VI

Hymns, etc.

Entrance hymn: PM 104 Christ is made the sure foundation ("Westminster Abbey") (Listen)

- This listen link has a really cool trumpet fanfare at the beginning!

Psalm 33: Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own (Columba Kelly, OSB/Joseph Gelineau, SJ)

Offertory hymn: MH 4 Rejoice, rejoice, believers ("Greenland") (Listen)

Hymn during Communion: Tantum Ergo (Oreste Ravanello)

Recessional hymn: PM 92 At the Name of Jesus ("King's Weston") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP