Greetings, and a happy and blessed 248th anniversary of our Independence!
This Friday is our First Friday Sacred Heart Community Mass at 6 PM. In consultation with Msgr. Montecalvo, who will be celebrating Mass Friday evening, given there are four options for the day (Friday of Week XIII of the Year, St. Anthony Zaccharia, St. Elizabeth of Portugal, and the Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart), Monsignor chose the Votive Mass for our patron, the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. I printed the readings and Psalm (that is, Epistle, Psalm and Gospel from last month's Solemnity), along with the hymns, in the Mass Guide found at the entrances of the church.
The weekend's hymns, Psalm and other Mass music is also printed in its Mass Guide, which will be attached to the bulletin. All are encouraged to take one as you enter the Church.
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Gloria, if sung, omitted on Friday)
Community Mass (Richard Proulx) (Sanctus, Memorial, Amen, Agnus)
ALLELUIA: Dom Anthony Gregory Murray, OSB
The rest:
July 5 - Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday)
Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart
Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love divine
Responsorial Psalm (Isaiah 12): R./ You will draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation (Samuel A. Schmitt, b. 1970)
Offertory hymn: Cor Jesu Trinitatis ("Gott Soll Gepriesen", alt.)
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NOTE: Some (not many) may remember a hymn, "Accept, almighty Father", which was set to this tune. In the case of "Cor Jesu Trinitatis", the alteration is a one-line extension at the end. Click here to listen to "Accept, almighty Father". Some of the First Friday regulars might recognize the tune.Hymn during Communion:
Panis Angelicus (Hungarian tune) (
Listen)
- NOTE: Both this "Panis Angelicus" and the offertory "Cor Jesu Trinitatis" come from the Pius X Hymnal, published by McLaughlin and Reilly of Boston in 1953.
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning ("Cor Amoris")
July 7 - Sunday XIV of the Year
Entrance hymn:
Hail to the Lord's Anointed ("Ellacombe") (
Listen)
- NOTE: Same tune as two other familiar hymns, "Go, make of all disciples" and "The day of Resurrection".
Psalm 123: R./ Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy (Theodore Marier, 1912-2001)
Offertory hymn:
Jesus, the very thought of thee ("St. Agnes") (
Listen)
- NOTE: Same tune as a familiar Eucharistic hymn, "Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless". I picked this listen link as we've had a couple of Nigerian priests (Fr. Emmanuel and Fr. Joseph) celebrate some of our Masses over the last couple of months. In this video, the hymn is being sung at an Anglican cathedral in Nigeria.
Communion responsory: Psalm 34, R./
Taste and see the goodness of the Lord (BMP) (
Listen)
- I love it when one of my own Psalm settings is done by another church and put up on YouTube. In this case, Gate of Heaven Church in South Boston, Massachusetts. :)
- OR anthem: Adoramus te, Christe (Theodore Dubois, 1837-1924, from his Seven Last Words of Christ)
Meditation hymn:
I vow to thee, my country ("Thaxted") (
Listen)
- Though an English anthem, the text is very much effective here in America. The second verse is very strong.
Recessional hymn:
God of our fathers ("National hymn") (
Listen)
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
