Thursday, December 31, 2020

More Past, Present, and Future...TWO Four-Day Weekends!

Last weekend (Christmas, updated list, and Holy Family, which I forgot to post last week, mea maxima culpa) and this weekend (Mary, Mother of God and Epiphany).

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Christmas - The Nativity of the Lord (updated)
Thursday, XII-24, at 5 and 10 PM; Friday, XII-25, at 9 and 11:15 AM

Ordinary of the Mass:
10:00 PM Mass only: Mass VIII
All other Masses: Mass of the Shepherds (Pietro Yon)

PRE-MASS (5:00 Christmas Eve and 11:15 Christmas Day):
1. Away in a Manger (William J. Kirkpatrick, arr. by David Willcocks)
2. Ninna Nanna di Natale (Traditional Italian)
3. Gaudete Christus est Natus (Piae Cantationes, 1582, arr. BMP)

Mass (ALL Masses):
Tu scendi dalle stelle (Traditional Italian: except 10:00)
O come, all ye faithful ("Adeste Fideles": ALL Masses)
Psalm 96: Today is born our Savior (Richard Proulx/Joseph Gelineau)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP, adapted from Mode V) (PDF)
Hark! the herald angels sing ("Mendelssohn")
Communion:
- (5:00, 9:00, 11:15): Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light (Johann Schop, arr. J.S. Bach)
- (10:00): The word of God became Man; we have seen his glory (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
Silent Night ("Stille Nacht")
Joy to the world ("Antioch")

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Saturday, XII-26, at 5 PM; Sunday, XII-27, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Ordinary of the Mass: Mass VIII

Angels we have heard on high ("Gloria")
Psalm 105: The Lord remembers his covenant for ever (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP, adapted from Mode V) (PDF)
Once in royal David's city ("Irby")
Communion: Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business? (BMP) (PDF)
What Child is this ("Greensleeves")
Hark! the herald angels sing ("Mendelssohn")

Mary, Mother of God
Thursday, XII-31-20 at 5 PM; Friday, I-1-21, at 9 and 11:15 AM

Ordinary of the Mass: Mass VIII

While shepherds watched their flocks by night ("Winchester Old")
Psalm 67: May God bless us in his mercy (Owen Alstott)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP, adapted from Mode V) (PDF)
The first Nowell (Traditional English)
Communion: Exult, O daughter of Sion (BMP) (PDF)
In the Bleak Midwinter ("Cranham")
O Mater Alma Providentiae (Rev. Norman LeBeouf, +1984, a priest of the Diocese of Providence)

The Epiphany of the Lord
Saturday, I-2, at 5 PM; Sunday, I-3, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Ordinary of the Mass:
7:30 PM Mass only: Mass VIII
All other Masses: Mass of the Shepherds (Pietro Yon)

O come, all ye faithful ("Adeste Fideles")
Psalm 72: Lord, ever nation on earth will adore you (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP, adapted from Mode V) (PDF)
We three kings of Orient are ("Kings of Orient")
Communion:
- (5:00, 9:00, 11:15): Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light (Johann Schop, arr. J.S. Bach)
- (7:30): We have seen his star in the East, and have come with gifts to worship the Lord (BMP) (PDF)
As with gladness men of old ("Dix")
What star is this ("Puer Nobis")

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas season (ha! not too late, still in Christmas season until January 10, or for many others, February 2) and a blessed, prosperous, and HOPEFULLY IMPROVED New Year MMXXI.

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP