MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
OCTOBER 2023 AT SACRED HEART
Friday, September 1, 2023
SEPTEMBER 2023 at SACRED HEART
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
Thursday, August 3, 2023
AUGUST 2023 at SACRED HEART
Friday, June 30, 2023
JULY 2023 AT SACRED HEART
Before I post the list, congratulations are in order to our fearless leader of 22 years, Fr. Richard A. Bucci, on his FIFTIETH anniversary of his ordination to the Holy Priesthood! I am honored to be working for this good, holy and fearless priest of God for the last 12 years and hope to remain for many more!
AD MULTOS ANNOS, PATER BUCCI!
And now, without further ado...
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
And now, the rest...
Communion responsory: R./ Christ, rising from the dead, dies no more, alleluia (BMP) (PDF)
Psalm 119: R./ Lord, I love your commands (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB/Pew Missal, page 215 with the readings)
BMP
Thursday, June 22, 2023
SUNDAY XII (June 25, 2023)
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
FIRST THREE WEEKS OF JUNE
BMP
Friday, May 5, 2023
MAY 2023
Thursday, April 20, 2023
REMAINDER OF APRIL 2023
April 16 - Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday/Divine Mercy)
Psalm 118: R./ Give thanks to the Lord for he is good... (Owen Alstott)
April 23 - Third Sunday of Easter
April 30 - Fourth Sunday of Easter (Good Shepherd)
Meditation hymn: Savior, like a shepherd lead us ("Sicilian Mariners"/Maroon hymnal, #247)
Friday, March 31, 2023
HOLY WEEK/EASTER 2023
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
April 2 - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
April 6 - Holy Thursday of the Supper of the Lord - 7 PM
Entrance hymn: Lift high the Cross ("Crucifer"/Pew Missal, #183)
Kyrie and Gloria: Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe" (Federico Caudana)
Psalm 116: Our blessing cup (BMP) (PDF)
Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ... (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
Offertory hymn: Lord, who at thy first Eucharist ("Unde et Memores"/Pew Missal, #190)
Sanctus: Mass XVIII
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)
Amen: adapted from Sanctus VIII
Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Ave Verum (Lorenzo Perosi)
Solemn Translation of the Holy Eucharist: Pange Lingua (Mode III/BMP) (PDF)
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 10 PM.
April 7 - Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord - 7 PM
April 8 - THE EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT - 7 PM
April 9 - Easter Sunday
BMP
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
LENT 2023
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Kyrie: Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe" (Federico Caudana)
Sanctus and Agnus Dei:
- Ash Wednesday and First Friday: Mass XVIII (Pew Missal, #18 and #21, respectively)
- Sundays of Lent: Mass XVII
- St. Joseph Solemnity (March 20): Mass VIII
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world... (ICEL chant) (Pew Missal, #35)
Amen: adapted from Sanctus of Mass VIII
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ... (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
- This setting is inserted with the readings of the day in the Pew Missal in chant notation. It will also appear in the weekly Mass Guide in modern notation.
The rest:
February 22 - Ash Wednesday (9 AM, 12:05 and 7 PM)
Entrance hymn: Lord, who throughout these forty days ("St. Flavian"/Maroon hymnal, #59)
Psalm 51: Be merciful, O Lord... (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB) (Pew Missal, bottom of page 518)
Offertory hymn: Our Father, we have wandered ("Passion Chorale"/Worship hymnal, #755)
- Same tune as "O Sacred Head surrounded"
Communion responsory: Attende, Domine (Mode V/Pew Missal, #93)
During the Imposition of Ashes: Parce Domine
- 9:00 and 7:00: Mode I with Psalm 51 in Latin set to tone adapted to the chant tune by BMP
- 12:05: Fr. Carlo Rossini
February 26 - First Sunday of Lent
Entrance hymn: Praise to the Holiest in the height ("Newman"/Maroon hymnal, #343, first tune)
Psalm 51: Be merciful, O Lord... (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB) (Pew Missal, bottom of page 518)
Offertory hymn: Jesus, Name all names above ("St. Theoctistus"/Maroon hymnal, #342)
Communion responsory: Parce Domine (Mode I/BMP or Rossini, depending on availability of singers)
Meditation hymn: When I survey the wondrous cross ("Rockingham"/Worship hymnal, #433)
Recessional hymn: Lord, who throughout these forty days ("St. Flavian"/Maroon hymnal, #59)
March 3 - Sacred Heart Community Mass/First Friday (6 PM)
Optional Memorial: St. Katharine Drexel
Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine (in Mass Guide)
Psalm 148: Young men and women, praise the Name of the Lord (Tone 8G)
Offertory responsory: Attende, Domine (Mode V/Pew Missal, #93)
Communion responsory: Parce, Domine (Fr. Carlo Rossini)
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning ("Cor Amoris"/in Mass Guide)
March 5 - Second Sunday of Lent
Entrance hymn: The glory of these forty days ("Erhalt Uns, Herr"/Pew Missal, #260)
Psalm 33: Lord, let your mercy be on us... (Proulx/Gelineau/Worship hymnal, #790)
Offertory hymn: O wondrous type, O vision fair ("Wareham"/Maroon hymnal, #119)
Communion hymn: Fairest Lord Jesus ("Schönster Herr Jesu"/Maroon hymnal, #346, first tune)
Meditation hymn: Soul of my Savior ("Anima Christi"/Pew Missal, #247)
Recessional hymn: Fight the good fight ("Mendon"/in Mass Guide)
March 12 - Third Sunday of Lent
Entrance hymn: Jesus, Name all names above ("St. Theoctistus"/Maroon hymnal, #342)
Psalm 95: If today you hear his voice... (Owen Alstott)
Offertory hymn: I heard the voice of Jesus say ("Kingsfold"/Pew Missal, #161)
Communion hymn: My God, my Father, while I stray (Montani/Troyte/in Mass Guide)
Meditation hymn: O Love, how deep... ("Deus Tuorum Militum"/Maroon hymnal, #344, vv. 1-4)
Recessional hymn: There is a green hill far away ("Horsley"/Maroon hymnal, #65, first tune)
March 19 - Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)
Entrance hymn: Your hands, O Lord, in days of old ("Mozart"/Worship hymnal, #750)
Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd... (Owen Alstott)
Offertory hymn: Take up thy cross ("Breslau"/Pew Missal, #253)
Communion:
- Responsory: Psalm 27, I began to see... (BMP)
- or Motet: Jesu, Salvator noster (Fr. Carlo Rossini)
Meditation hymn: Let thy blood in mercy poured ("Jesu, Meine Zuversicht"/Maroon hymnal, #190)
Recessional hymn: The Master came to bring good news ("Ich Glaub an Gott"/Worship hymnal, #752)
- Same tune as "To Jesus Christ, our sovereign King".
March 20 - St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(9 AM and 12:05 PM) Coffee and Zeppoles after the 9 AM Mass!!!
Entrance hymn: Joseph, be our guide and pattern ("Oriel"/Worship hymnal, #693)
Psalm 89: The Son of David will live for ever (BMP)
Offertory hymn: Come now and praise the humble saint ("Land of Rest"/Worship hymnal, #694)
Communion responsory: Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business? (BMP)
Recessional hymn: Holy Patron, thee saluting ("Pleading Savior"/in Mass Guide)
- Same tune as "Sing of Mary, pure and lowly"
March 26 - Fifth Sunday of Lent
Entrance hymn: We sing the praise of him who died ("Breslau"/Maroon hymnal, #340)
Psalm 130: With the Lord there is mercy... (BMP)
Offertory hymn: When I survey the wondrous cross ("Rockingham"/Worship hymnal, #433)
Communion hymn: We give immortal praise ("Love Unknown"/in Mass Guide)
Meditation hymn: Let thy blood in mercy poured ("Jesu, Meine Zuversicht"/Maroon hymnal, #190)
Recessional hymn: There is a green hill far away ("Horsley"/Maroon hymnal, #65, first tune)
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
Saturday, January 14, 2023
THE NEXT SIX WEEKS - "Ordinary?" Time
Sounds so... ordinary... doesn't it? Which is part of the reason I still use the phrase "of the year" instead of "in/of Ordinary Time." Those days that don't fall in a named season anymore. At one time they did fall in named seasons. In the liturgical calendar before the 1969 major tinkering thereof, today would have been Holy Family, which now falls during the Christmas Octave. The Sundays to follow would have been "Sundays after Epiphany", thus giving Epiphany a season, that is, until the last three Sundays before Ash Wednesday, which would have been Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima, respectively (roughly 70, 60, and 50 days, affectionately known as "Pre-Lent"), followed by Ash Wednesday, which begins Lent, which is, in Latin, Quadragesima (40 days). Those Sundays marked as "Ordinary Time" during the summer and fall months were once known as "Sundays after Pentecost", thus that entire stretch was known as the "Season after Pentecost".
The other reason I still use the phrase "of the year", for example, "Second Sunday of the Year," is that "of the year" is almost the literal translation from which the Latin Missal uses even to this day: "per annum." The only difference is the preposition "per," which is "through". For the few years of the 1969 Missal, "of the Year" was used in many of the English language liturgical books. In fact, Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB, the Benedictine priest from the famed St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana whose responsorial Psalms are often sung here, in many of his settings used the phrase "Nth Sunday through the Year" in the headings, literally faithful to the (even present) Latin from which our English Mass is translated.
That said:
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) or recited.
Sanctus and Agnus Dei: Mass for Christian Unity (Jan Vermulst)
Memorial Acclamation: We proclaim your death, O Lord... from Holy Angels Mass (BMP)
Amen: Dresden
Alleluia: setting by Theodore Marier (founder of the famed choir school st St. Paul's in Cambridge, MA, also known for his contributions to the Pius X Hymnal, published in 1953)
January 15: Sunday II through the Year
(stealing the cue of the aforementioned Fr. Weber)
Entrance hymn: On Jordan's bank ("Winchester New"/Maroon hymnal, #10)
Psalm 40: R./ Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ) (Worship hymnal, #868)
Offertory hymn: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding ("Merton"/Maroon hymnal, #9)
Music during Communion:
- Responsory: We shall rejoice... (BMP) (PDF)
- or anthem: In thee is gladness (Giovanni Giacomo Gastaldi)
Meditation hymn: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All ("Sweet Sacrament"/Worship hymnal, #488)
Recessional hymn: Songs of thankfulness and praise ("Salzburg"/Pew Missal, #246)
January 22: Sunday III through the Year
Entrance hymn: To the Name of our salvation ("Oriel"/Maroon hymnal, #326)
Psalm 27: R./ The Lord is my light... (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ) (Worship hymnal, #871)
Offertory hymn: Go, make of all disciples ("Ellacombe"/Pew Missal, #137)
Music during Communion:
- Responsory: Look toward the Lord... (Adam Bartlett)
- or motet: Cantate Domino canticum novum (Vincent d'Indy)
Meditation hymn: I sought the Lord ("Artavia"/Maroon hymnal, #405)
Recessional hymn: Ye holy angels bright ("Darwall's 148th"/Maroon hymnal, #600)
January 29: Sunday IV through the Year
Entrance hymn: Come, thou almighty King ("Italian Hymn"/Pew Missal, #113)
Psalm 146: R./ Blessed are the poor in spirit... (Sam Schmitt)
Offertory hymn: O Love, how deep, how broad, how high ("Deus Tuorum Militum"/Maroon hymnal, #344)
Music during Communion:
- Responsory: Remember, Lord, thy servants (BMP) (PDF)
- or hymn: God is my great desire ("Leoni"/Worship hymnal, #581)
Meditation hymn: Blest are the pure in heart ("Franconia"/Maroon hymnal, #418)
Recessional hymn: Crown him with many crowns ("Diademata"/Pew Missal, #119)
February 3: Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday/6 PM)
Optional Memorial of St. Blaise
Entrance hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning ("Cor Amoris"/in Mass Guide)
Psalm 117: R./ Go out to all the world... (BMP, adapted from Adoremus in Aeternum) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Take up thy cross ("Breslau"/Pew Missal, #253)
Communion hymn: Pange lingua gloriosi (Chant, Mode III/Pew Missal, #226)
Recessional hymn: For all the saints ("Sine Nomine"/Pew Missal, #130)
- NOTE: If the Blessing of Throats is to take place after Mass, the recessional hymn may be dispersed.
February 5: Sunday V through the Year
Entrance hymn: When morning gilds the skies ("Laudes Domini"/Worship hymnal, #675)
Psalm 112: R./ The just man is a light... (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: O Jesus, I have promised ("Day of Rest"/Maroon hymnal, #570, second tune)
Music during Communion:
- Responsory: I will go to the altar of God... (Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ/Worship hymnal, #38)
- or motet: Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck)
Meditation responsory: My shepherd is the Lord (Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ/Worship hymnal, #32, response is Antiphon I)
Recessional hymn: O worship the King (Maroon hymnal, #288)
February 12: Sunday VI through the Year
Entrance hymn: We sing the praise of him who died ("Breslau"/Maroon hymnal, #340)
Psalm 119: R./ Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
Offertory hymn: Jesus, lover of my soul ("Aberystwyth"/Maroon hymnal, #415)
Music during Communion:
- Responsory: They ate, and they were fully satisfied (BMP) (PDF)
- or hymn/motet: Pange lingua gloriosi (Chant Mode III/Pew Missal, #226) alternating with a tone by yours truly (PDF)
Meditation hymn: O God of love, O King of peace ("Hesperus"/Maroon hymnal, #528)
- NOTE: The tune "Hesperus" is known in some hymnals as "Quebec".
Recessional hymn: Sing praise to the Lord ("Laudate Dominum"/Worship hymnal, #539)
February 19: Sunday VII through the Year
Entrance hymn: Father, we thank thee who hast planted (Pew Missal, #129)
Psalm 103: R./ The Lord is kind and merciful (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling (Pew Missal, #192)
Hymn during Communion: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All (Mother Alexis Donnelly, RSM)
- - NOTE: If anyone ever drives through northern Cumberland, if you turn onto Sumner Brown Road from Wrentham Road (Route 121), you will find the Sisters of Mercy residence and a small street, Alexis Donnelly Way, named after the composer.
Meditation hymn: Fairest Lord Jesus ("St. Elizabeth"/Pew Missal, #127)
Recessional hymn: Christ is the King ("Gelobt sei Gott"/Worship hymnal, #500)
- NOTE: On this Sunday before Ash Wednesday, it is customary in some churches to "put the Alleluia away", as "Alleluia" is not sung or said during Lent. In the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, which uses the calendar prior to 1969, this custom would take place on January 29, the Sunday before Septuagesima (thus the aforementioned moniker, "Pre-Lent").
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
THE REST OF ADVENT and CHRISTMAS SEASON
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS for ADVENT SEASON:
Sundays of Advent: Mass XVII (Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus)
First Friday (December 2): Mass XVII (Kyrie), Mass XVIII (Sanctus, Agnus)
Immaculate Conception (December 8): Mass VIII (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus)
Memorial Acclamation Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine
Amen adapted from Sanctus VIII
The rest:
December 2 - Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday) 6 PM
Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine (in Mass Guide)
Psalm 27: The Lord is my light and my salvation (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Creator alme siderum ("Conditor Alme Siderum"/Pew Missal, #118)
Hymn during Communion: Veni, veni, Emmanuel (Mode I/refrain in Mass Guide)
- The Latin from which "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" is translated.
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning ("Cor Amoris"/in Mass Guide)
December 4 - II Advent
Entrance hymn: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding ("Merton"/Maroon hymnal, #9)
Psalm 72: Justice shall flourish in his time... (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: On Jordan's bank ("Winchester New"/Maroon hymnal, #10)
Hymn during Communion: Comfort, comfort, ye my people ("Geneva 42"/Pew Missal, #116)
Meditation hymn: The Lord will come and not be slow ("York"/Maroon hymnal, #312, first tune)
(Listen)
Recessional hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus ("Stuttgart"/Pew Missal, #114)
December 8 - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Thursday) 9 AM and 7 PM in Church
Entrance hymn: Immaculate Mary ("Lourdes Hymn"/Worship hymnal, #708)
- While the Pew Missal contains the more traditional, devotional text, the text in the Worship hymnal tells of the Annunciation by the Angel Gabriel to Mary of the Birth of her Son Jesus)
Psalm 96: Sing to the Lord a new song... (J. Robert Carroll/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ/Worship Hymnal, #1060)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: The Angel Gabriel from heaven came ("Gabriel's Message/Pew Missal, #256)
Communion music:
- Responsory: Glorious things of thee are spoken, O Mary (BMP) (PDF)
- - NOTE: The response is adapted from the beginning and ending of the tune "Austria", often used with the hymn "Glorious things of thee are spoken, Sion, city of our God..."
- or Motet: Ave Maria (Lorenzo Perosi)
Meditation hymn: Lo! how a rose e'er blooking ("Es Ist Ein' Ros"/Pew Missal, #187)
Recessional hymn: Tell out, my soul (Worship hymnal, #534)
December 11 - III Advent (Gaudete)
Entrance hymn: On Jordan's bank ("Winchester New"/Maroon hymnal, #10)
Psalm 146: Lord, come and save us (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB/music in back of the Pew Missal, page 516)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding ("Merton"/Maroon hymnal, #9)
Communion responsory: Magnificat (Tone VIII/Ciro Grassi)
Meditation hymn: The King shall come when morning dawns (Maroon hymnal, #11)
Recessional hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Pew missal, #203)
December 18 - IV Advent (Rorate)
Entrance hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Pew missal, #203)
Psalm 24: Let the Lord enter; he is King of glory (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ/Worship hymnal, #775)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (PDF, see year A)
Offertory hymn: Joseph dearest, Joseph mine (Maroon hymnal, #45) (Listen)
Communion music:
- Responsory: Behold, a Virgin shall conceive... (BMP) (PDF)
- or hymn: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Samuel Webbe)
- - NOTE: Not to be confused with the Benedictine priest, Fr. Samuel Weber, who has given us some lovely Psalm settings.
Meditation hymn: Lo! how a rose e'er blooking ("Es Ist Ein' Ros"/Pew Missal, #187)
Recessional hymn: O come, divine Messiah ("Venez, Divin Messie"/Pew Missal, #201)
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS for CHRISTMAS SEASON:
Mass of the Shepherds (Pietro Yon) (Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus)
Memorial Acclamation Venite, Adoremus
Amen: Dresden
December 25 - Christmas: The Nativity of the Lord
(Christmas Day falls on Sunday this year!)
Christmas Eve 5 and 10 PM; Christmas Day 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
If singers are available, a prelude may be sung, consisting of:
1. Gaudete Christus Natus Est
2. Coventry Carol
3. Nina Nanna di Natale
Mass:
Entrance hymn: O come, all ye faithful ("Adeste Fideles"/Pew Missal, #200)
- Verse 1 to be sung in Latin, Verses 2-4 in English.
Psalm 96: Today is born our Savior... (Richard Proulx/Pérè Joseph Gelineau, SJ/Worship hymnal, #779)
Alleluia: "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Hark! the herald angels sing ("Mendelssohn"/Pew Missal, #152)
Communion hymn: Joseph dearest, Joseph mine (Maroon hymnal, #45)
Meditation hymn: Silent night ("Stille Nacht"/Pew Missal, #240)
Recessional hymn: Joy to the World ("Antioch"/Pew Missal, #176, vv. 1, 2, 4)
January 1 - Mary, Mother of God (falls on Sunday this year!)
Regular Sunday schedule!
Entrance hymn: While Shepherds watched their flocks by night ("Winchester Old"/Maroon hymnal, #13, first tune)
Psalm 67: May God bless us in his mercy (Owen Alstott)
Alleluia: "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF, see Year B)
Offertory hymn: The First Noël (Trad. English/Pew Missal, #259)
Communion music:
- Responsory: Exult, O daughter of Sion (BMP) (PDF)
- or Motet: Ave Maria (Lorenzo Perosi)
Meditation hymn: In the bleak midwinter ("Cranham"/Maroon hymnal, #44)
Recessional hymn: Angels we have heard on high ("Gloria"/Worship hymnal, #376)
January 6 - Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday) 6 PM
Optional Memorial: St. Andre Bessette
Entrance hymn: Angels we have heard on high ("Gloria"/Worship hymnal, #376)
Psalm 1: Blessed are they who hope in the Lord (BMP)
Offertory hymn: Adeste Fideles (in Latin/Pew Missal, #200)
Communion hymn: Puer Natus in Bethlehem (Mode I/refrain in Mass guide)
Recessional hymn: Hark! the herald angels sing ("Mendelssohn"/Pew Missal, #152)
January 8 - The Epiphany of the Lord
Entrance hymn: O come, all ye faithful ("Adeste Fideles"/Pew Missal, #200)
Psalm 72: Lord, every nation on earth... (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia: "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: We three kings of Orient are ("Kings of Orient"/Pew Missal, #277)
Communion music:
- Responsory: We have seen his star... (Adam Bartlett, from "Simple English Propers")
- or Hymn: Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light (Johann Schop)
Meditation hymn: As with gladness men of old ("Dix"/Maroon hynmal, #52)
Recessional hymn: What star is this with beams so bright ("Puer Nobis"/Pew Missal, #280)
Blessed Advent and Christmastide to all who read this!
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
Friday, November 25, 2022
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
More dates to follow. Stay tuned.
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Mass XVII (Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus)
Memorial Acclamation Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine
Amen adapted from Sanctus VIII
ALLELUIA Conditor alme (BMP) (PDF)
The rest:
Entrance hymn: Lo, he comes with clouds descending ("Helmsley"/Pew Missal, #186)
Psalm 122: Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord (BMP) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates ("Truro"/Pew Missal, #184)
Communion hymn: To you I lift my soul ("Love Unknown"/in Mass Guide)
Meditation hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel ("Veni, Emmanuel", Pew Missal, #203, vv. 5-7)
Recessional hymn: Rejoice, rejoice, believers ("Greenland"/Maroon hymnal, #4)
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
Friday, November 4, 2022
Remainder of "Ordinary" Time 2022
Sorry I'm late posting this, but here it is... November (up to Thanksgiving Day:
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
All dates below except November 2:
Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe" and adaptations thereof (Gloria, Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation, Amen, Agnus Dei)
November 2:
Mass XVIII (Pro Defunctis) (Sanctus, Agnus Dei)
Jubilate Deo (Memorial Acclamation Mortem tuam...)
Amen adapted from the Sanctus of Mass VIII
ALLELUIA:
All dates below except November 2: from the hymn Christ Is the King
November 2: setting by Theodore Marier
THE REST:
November 1 - Solemnity of All Saints (Holy Day of Obligation)
Tuesday at 9 AM and 7 PM
Entrance hymn: For all the saints ("Sine Nomine"/Pew Missal, #130)
Psalm 24: Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face (J. Robert Carroll/Pérè Joseph Gelineu, SJ/Worship hymnal, #1053)
Offertory hymn: From all thy saints in warfare ("St. Theodulph"/Pew Missal, #134)
- NOTE: Same tune as the familiar Palm Sunday staple, "All glory, laud, and honor"
Communion hymn: Who are these like stars appearing ("All Saints"/Maroon hymnal, #130)
Recessional hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones ("Lasst Uns Erfreuen"/Pew Missal, #286)
November 2 - Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Wednesday at 9 AM, 12 Noon, and 7 PM
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Mode VI)
Psalm 23:
- 9:00 and 12:00: The Lord is my shepherd (BMP) (PDF)
- 7:00: My shepherd is the Lord (Pérè Joseph Gelineu, SJ/Worship hymnal, #32, antiphon I)
Offertory hymn: Jesus, Son of Mary ("Adoro Te Devote"/Maroon hymnal, #223)
Communion:
- Proper: Lux aeterna (Mode VIII)
- Hymn: Panis angelicus (Lambillotte/Pew Missal, #228)
Recessional: In Paradisum (Mode VII/VIII/Worship hymnal, #178, in Latin)
November 4 - Sacred Heart Community Mass
Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo
Friday at 6 PM
Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love divine (in Mass Guide)
Psalm 89: For ever I will sing... (BMP)
Offertory hymn: Godhead here in hiding ("Adoro Te"/Pew Missal, #142)
Communion anthem: He shall feed his flock (Part I) (George Frederic Handel, from Messiah)
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning ("Cor Amoris"/in Mass Guide)
November 6 - Sunday XXXII through the Year
Entrance hymn: God of our fathers ("National Hymn"/Pew Missal, #139)
Psalm 17: Lord, when your glory appears... (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: O God, our help in ages past ("St. Anne"/Pew Missal, #207)
Communion responsory:
The Lord is my shepherd (BMP) (PDF)
OR: My shepherd is the Lord (Pérè Joseph Gelineu, SJ/Worship hymnal, #32, antiphon I)
Meditation hymn: I vow to thee, my country ("Thaxted"/in Mass Guide)
Recessional hymn: My country, 'tis of thee ("America"/Maroon hymnal, #141)
- NOTE: This tune, of course, is also "God Save the King" in the UK and all other countries where Charles III is King.
November 13 - Sunday XXXIII through the Year
Entrance hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds descending ("Helmsley"/Pew Missal, #186)
Psalm 98: The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB) (PDF)
Offertory hymn: Jerusalem, my happy home ("Land of Rest"/Maroon hymnal, #585, first tune)
Communion:
- Responsory: Whatever you ask in your prayers.. (BMP) (PDF)
- or Hymn: Wake, awake, for night is flying ("Wachet Auf"/Maroon hymnal, #3)
Meditation hymn: Jesus, Son of Mary ("Adoro Te Devote"/Maroon hymnal, #223)
Recessional hymn: Soon may the last glad song arise ("Truro"/Maroon hymnal, #539, second tune)
- NOTE: same tune as "Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates"
November 20 - Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Entrance hymn: Rejoice, the Lord is King ("Darwall's 148th"/Worship hymnal, #493)
Psalm 122: Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord (BMP) (PDF)
- NOTE: This Psalm is used for two consecutive Sundays in accordance with the "Lectionary for Mass." On this Sunday, only the first three versicles are sung. On the following Sunday (First Sunday of Advent), all five versicles are sung.
Offertory hymn: Christ is the King ("Gelobt sei Gott"/Worship hymnal, #500)
Communion responsory: Christus Vincit (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: We praise thee, King of Kings ("Dich König Loben Wir"/in Mass Guide) (Listen)
- I take that a little bit slower and more deliberate than in this video
Recessional hymn: To Jesus Christ, our sovereign King ("Ich Glaub an Gott"/Pew Missal, #269)
November 24 - Thanksgiving Day
Thursday at 9 AM
Entrance hymn: We gather together ("Kremser"/Maroon hymnal, #315)
Psalm 145: I will praise your Name for ever, O Lord (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB) (music in chant notation in the back section of the Pew Missal, page 528)
Offertory hymn: Come, ye thankful people, come ("St. George's Windsor"/Maroon hymnal, #137)
Responsory during Communion: Bring an offering and enter his courts... (Worship hymnal, #52, antiphon II)
Recessional hymn: Now thank we all our God (Pew Missal, #198)
Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP
Friday, September 30, 2022
October 2022
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
Gloria: said, or Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (omitted on First Friday)
Sanctus, Amen, and Agnus Dei: Heritage Mass (Owen Alstott)
Saturday, September 3, 2022
September 2022
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
Gloria: said, or Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (omitted on First Friday)
Sanctus, Amen, and Agnus Dei: Heritage Mass (Owen Alstott)
BMP
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
August 2022
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
Gloria: said, or Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (omitted on First Friday)
Sanctus through Agnus Dei: A Community Mass (Richard Proulx, 1937-2010)
Optional Memorial: The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major
BMP