I made a somewhat strategic "switch-a-roo" in the usual selection of hymns for this weekend. Normally, O God, almighty Father was placed at the recessional and Father Bucci would give us all three verses, not processing out until the third verse. This enabled all three Persons of the Trinity to get their rightful praise, especially on this feast, as each Person (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) got his own verse in which he is praised. Not many priests will hang around for even one verse these days. I think in my 43 years as an organist only two would give at least a three-verse recessional. Father Bucci was one of those two. This year, with no Father Bucci, I felt it proper to move O God, almighty Father to the Offertory, where all three verses have a much better chance of being sung.
I moved Holy, holy, holy, previously programmed for the Offertory, to the Entrance slot, so that even if we do get just one verse, at least the first verse ends with "God in three Persons, blessed Trinity," and it isn't "one verse per Person of the Trinity" like O God, almighty Father.
As for the Recessional hymn, I went with Go, make of all disciples, which meshes well with the day's Gospel in which Jesus sends forth his disciples thus, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations. Baptize them in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe" (Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)
- The music for the Memorial Acclamation and Amen are adaptations thereof, just as they were to the Mass setting we did throughout Easter. Why do I say that? Because at the time these two settings were written (late 1930s-early 1940s), there was no Memorial Acclamation in the Mass, nor an Amen to end the Canon (Eucharistic Prayer) other than a single simple Amen with a slight slur in the "men" syllable. Those didn't become part of the Mass until 1969.
ALLELUIA: setting by Dom Anthony Gregory Murray, OSB (1905-1992)
The rest:
Entrance hymn: Holy, holy, holy ("Nicaea"/Pew Missal, #155)
Psalm 33: R./ Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own (Columba Kelly, OSB and Joseph Gelineau, SJ) (Worship hymnal, #860)
Offertory hymn: O God, almighty Father ("Gott Vater, sei Gepriesen/Pew Missal, #205)
Music during Communion:
- responsory: Psalm 78, R./ Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, alleluia (BMP) (PDF)
- or motet: Psalm 150 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
Recessional hymn: Go, make of all disciples ("Ellacombe"/Pew Missal, #137)
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
