THREE DAY WEEKEND 1 of 2

Coming up is the first of two consecutive three-day weekends at Sacred Heart.  All Saints (November 1) falls on a Sunday this year and takes place over the regularly-numbered Sunday of Ordered Time (in this case, XXXI).  Then, on Monday, November 2, All Souls (formal name, "Commemoration of All Faithful Departed", from the Latin as it appears in the Missale Romanum to this day, "in Commemoratione Omnium Fidelium Defunctorum").  Masses on All Souls are at 9 AM and 6:30 PM in the church.  The 6:30 Mass is where we have our remembrance for all those parishioners who died between All Souls 2014 and All Souls 2015.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

All Saints
Saturday X-31-15 at 5 PM; Sunday XI-1-15 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Sung Ordinary of the Mass: Messa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe", music by Federico Caudana
Alleluia: from the hymn Christ is the King, Worship, #500 (the versicle, obviously, will be as appointed in the Lectionary for the day, not from the hymn)
These are the settings for All Saints Day, and the three Sundays to follow (Sundays XXXII, XXXIII, and Christ the King, as well as Thanksgiving Day).

Entrance hymn: For all the saints, Worship, #705
Psalm 24: Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face, music by J. Robert Carroll (response) and Père Joseph Gelineau, SJ (versicles)
Offertory hymn: Holy, holy, holy, Worship, #485
Communion motet: Beati qui lugent, music by Lorenzo Perosi
- This motet (titled on Perosi's manuscript simply as "Mottetto") is really a prelude to the actual Proper Communion antiphon of the day.  The motet, from the Beatitudes (which is also the day's Gospel reading) is translated, Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled.  The Communion Proper, continues, Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God; blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God; blessed are those who suffer persecution for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Meditation hymn: Jerusalem, my happy home, Worship, #690
Recessional hymn: Christ is the King, Worship, #500

Commemoration of All Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Monday XI-2-15 at 9 AM and 6:30 PM

The music for this day will have many of the makings of a standard Requiem Mass.  After all, the Masses of All Souls and the Requiem (funeral) Mass are Masses for the Dead.

Sung Ordinary of the Mass: Mass XVIII (with the "pro defunctis" alterations of the Agnus Dei, that is, Dona eis requiem (Grant them rest) in place of Miserere nobis, and Dona eis requiem sempiternam (Grant them eternal rest) in place of Dona nobis pacem.  (Memorial Acclamation is the chant "Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine", and the Amen is adapted from the beginning of the Sanctus from Mass VIII, all of which we've sung and sung often).  The Gloria is omitted.
Alleluia: music by Theodore Marier (which we used last Summer)

Entrance chant: Requiem aeternam, Chant, Mode VI
- Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.  Translation: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.  (I love, by the way, how the Latin ejus, and its forms ei, eis, eum, etc. translates for the third person singular AND plural, masculine AND feminine!)  Unlike our funeral Masses in which we only chant the response as Father and servers process to the back of the church to bless a casket, at today's Mass we will also chant the versicle.
Psalm 23: My shepherd is the Lord, nothing indeed shall I want, music by Père Joseph Gelineau, SJ
Offertory hymn: Jesus, Son of Mary, Maroon, #223 (tune is that of Adoro Te Devote)
Communion proper: Lux aeterna, Chant, Mode VIII
- Translation: May eternal light shine on them, O Lord, with your saints for ever, for you are good.
Communion anthem: Pie Jesu, music by Gabriel Faure (6:30 PM only; 9 AM TBD)
Recessional hymn: In Paradisum, Worship #178, in Latin
- Translation: May the angels lead you into Paradise; may the martyrs come to welcome you and take you to the holy city, Jerusalem.  May choirs of angels welcome you, where Lazarus is no longer poor.  May you have eternal rest.

The second three-day weekend, which will be posted next week, includes First Friday (Sacred Heart Community Mass) on November 6.

Peace,
BMP

SUNDAY XXX

Know your Roman numerals - Sunday XXX as in Sunday 30, not "triple-X rated". ;)

Another style of Responsorial Psalm

In a post a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the style of Psalm settings often used in some larger, more prominent churches, in which the first half of the Psalm versicle is sung in basic chant by a semichoir, followed by the second half sung to a more complex tone in harmony.

Today I will blog here on another style of Psalm setting, and we sang this style last weekend.  That is the "one-beat-per-bar" setting.  In the 1950's and 1960's, Père Joseph Gelineau (1920-2008, no relation to our former bishop that I know of), a Jesuit priest from France, wrote settings of the Psalms in his native French, incorporating musical settings that were meant to be sung "one-beat-per-bar".  These settings were later used for English translations of the Psalms from The Grail.  One of the most popular Gelineau Psalms is used mainly for funeral Masses, Psalm 23: My shepherd is the Lord, nothing indeed shall I want.  These Psalms are found, on the most part, in the red Worship hymnal that we use, in the back half of the hymnal, with the readings.  When I post such a setting, and it's in Worship, I post the number here.

This Sunday's Psalm setting (Psalm 126), though not one-beat-per-bar (it's more chant-like), is by Alfred Calabrese.  The versicles begin with a melody similar to last Sunday's Gelineau Psalm.  The response begins with a melody resembling the Advent chant, Conditor Alme Siderum (Creator of the Stars of Night).

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as previous few weeks (final week)

All numbers given are in the red Worship hymnal.

Entrance hymn: Holy, holy, holy, #485

Psalm 126: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy, music by Alfred Calabrese

Offertory hymn: Your hands, O Lord, in days of old, #750

Communion anthem: O that I had a thousand voices, tune: Metzner.

- Though being sung as a choir anthem, you may join in.  It's in Worship, #546.

Meditation hymn: Mary, how lovely the light of your glory, #711

- The tune, Chance, is composed by Colin Mawby, who wrote this absolutely gorgeous setting of the Ave Verum.  This piece, for your listening pleasure, is performed by the choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah (they are to the west as St. Paul's in Cambridge, MA, is to the east, in terms of having a top notch choir school).

Recessional hymn: Sing praise to the Lord, #539

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY XXIX

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia same as previous two weeks.

Entrance hymn: Praise to the Holiest in the height, Maroon, #343, first tune

Psalm 33: Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you, music by Richard Proulx (response) and Père Joseph Gelineau, SJ (versicles)

Offertory hymn: When I survey the wondrous cross, Maroon, #337

Communion anthem: Soul of my Savior, music by William J. Maher, arr. from the Pius X Hymnal

Meditation hymn: Thou art the way, Maroon, #361 (Listen)

Recessional hymn: Lift high the cross, Worship, #704

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY XXVIII

A little tidbit about the Responsorial Psalm settings we use at Sacred Heart:

As some may notice as of late (at Masses where there are singers other than myself), there are a good amount of Psalm settings in which the verses (properly known as "versicles") are split between myself and the singers.  These settings reflect that pattern used often by a good number of churches that have good, solid music programs (including larger choirs).  Amongst those, as I have witnessed, are prominent churches - St. Paul's in Cambridge, MA (home of the choir school founded by Theodore Marier, whose name I have mentioned in previous posts here), the Church of Our Savior in New York City (their music director, Paul Murray, is an alumnus of the aforementioned St. Paul's), the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC (I've heard such settings as written by their esteemed music director, Dr. Peter Latona), and, of course, at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

In this pattern, the first half of the verse is sung either solo or by a semi-choir, usually a men's schola, in unison (thus my voice).  This is usually one of the basic Gregorian Psalm Tones.  The second half of the verse is then sung by the choir, in harmony (thus our two female singers' voices).  This second half is usually written to more complex tones, often set by the composer of the response.

Such settings used here include those by Sam Schmitt (it is his Psalm 90 setting we will sing this weekend), Theodore Marier, and more recent settings of my own (including the Psalm 19 setting we sang two weeks ago).

Ad Majorem Dei Gloria (For the Greater Glory of God)!

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as last week
Numbers given are in the red Worship hymnal.

Entrance hymn: Sing praise to God who reigns above, #528
Psalm 90: Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy, music by Sam Schmitt
Offertory hymn: Come we that love the Lord, #552 (Listen)
- The listen link is to another hymn text, Rejoice, ye pure in heart, but the tune is correct.
Communion anthem: O sacrum convivium, music by Roberto Remondi
Meditation hymn, O Sanctissima, #712
Recessional hymn: Immaculate Mary, #708

Peace,
BMP

THE THREE-DAY WEEKEND (plus Devotions)

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass: same as previous weeks, that is, my own Holy Angels Mass.  How appropriate (little did I realize until today): this Friday is also the Memorial of the Guardian Angels.  What a coincidence!

Alleluia: music by Robert Twynham (setting for the month of October)

First Friday - Sacred Heart Community Mass
Memorial: Guardian Angels
Friday X-2 at 6 PM

Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine, on sheets provided
Psalm 79: For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us, set to Psalm Tone 8G
Offertory hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones, Worship, #707
Communion anthem: Panis Angelicus, music by Cesar Franck
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning, on sheets provided

Sunday XXVII of Ordered Time
Saturday X-3 at 5 PM; Sunday X-4 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Entrance hymn: Come, now, almighty King, Worship, #487
Psalm 128: May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives, music by Richard Rice
Offertory hymn: O God, our help in ages past, Worship, #579
Communion anthem: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Meditation hymn: Ave Maria (chant, Mode I), Worship, #713
Recessional hymn: Hail, holy Queen enthroned above, Worship, #702

Devotions to Mary - Rosary and Benediction
Tuesdays in October (X-6, 13, 20, and 27) at 7 PM

Entrance hymn: Immaculate Mary, Worship, #708
- O Salutaris Hostia, music by Anthony Werner
Rosary and Litany are prayed.
- Tantum Ergo, music by Oreste Ravanello
As the Blessed Sacrament is returned to the Tabernacle: Adoremus in aeternum Sanctissimum Sacramentum, Chant, Mode V (We adore for ever the Most Holy Sacrament).
Recessional hymn: Hail, holy Queen enthroned above, Worship, #702

Peace,
BMP

SUNDAY XXVI

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Music for the Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as last three weeks

Entrance hymn: At the Name of Jesus, Maroon #356, first tune
Psalm 19: The precepts of the Lord give joy the heart, music original
Offertory hymn: All hail the pow'r of Jesus' Name, Maroon #355, first tune
Communion anthem: Panis Angelicus, music by Cesar Franck
Meditation hymn: Jesus, the very thought of thee, Maroon #462, first tune
Recessional hymn: Long live the Pope, on sheets provided

Peace,
BMP

SUNDAY XXV

Please pray for my family and me as we make our move this week (house, not job - you're not getting rid of me that easily! lol)

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as last two weeks
All numbers given are in the Maroon hymnal.

Entrance hymn: Fight the good fight, text at #560
- sung to the alternate tune Mendon, which we sang as our recessional hymn last Sunday.
Psalm 54: The Lord upholds my life, music by Owen Alstott
- music in missalette with the readings for September 20.
Offertory hymn: When Jesus left his Father's throne, #331
- tune same as I heard the voice of Jesus say and All you who seek a comfort sure
Communion anthem: He shall feed his flock, from Messiah, by George Frederick Handel
- Alto solo: Kate; soprano solo: Elaine
Meditation hymn: Jesus, meek and gentle, #358 (Listen)
Recessional hymn: O Jesus, I have promised, #570, second tune

Peace,
BMP

SUNDAY XXIV

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass: Holy Angels Mass, music by yours truly

Alleluia: music by Lucien Deiss (yes, hard to believe this is the same Holy Ghost Father from France that also wrote Keep in mind and All the earth proclaim the Lord)

Entrance hymn: We sing the praise of him who died, Maroon #340

Psalm 116: I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living, music by Sam Schmitt

Offertory hymn: At the Name of Jesus, Maroon #356, first tune

Communion anthem: My song is love unknown, music by John Ireland

- Though this is being sung as an anthem, feel free to join in.  It's in the Worship hymnal, #439.

Meditation hymn: I need thee every hour, Maroon #438, first tune

Recessional hymn: Fight the good fight with all thy might, Maroon #560 (Listen)

- Tune is an alternate tune, Mendon, found with another hymn in the Maroon hymnal, Thee we adore, Eternal Lord.  

Peace,

BMP

AN ACTION-PACKED FOUR-DAY WEEKEND

A Memorial Mass, A First Friday Mass, a Funeral Mass, and the Sunday Masses.  That's seven Masses in all! ;)

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Memorial Mass

Thursday IX-3 at 6:30 PM

Guest singer: Marissa DiBiase

Ordinary of the Mass: Mass XVIII (the simple chants that we sing in Advent and Lent)

Alleluia: Ted Marier's setting that we did in June and July

Entrance hymn: Lift high the cross, Worship #704

Psalm 23: My shepherd is the Lord, nothing indeed shall I want, Worship #32 (antiphon I)

Offertory anthem: Ave Maria, Franz Schubert

Communion anthem: Panis Angelicus, Cesar Franck

Recessional hymn: Ye watchers and ye holy ones, Worship #707

First Friday - Sacred Heart Community Mass

Friday IX-4 at 6 PM

Ordinary of the Mass: Holy Angels Mass, by yours truly, and Dresden Amen

- We debuted this Mass last fall.

Alleluia: Lucien Deiss' setting (which we've done throughout August)

Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine, on sheets provided

Psalm 100: Arise, come to your God; sing him your songs of rejoicing, Worship #53 (antiphon I)

Offertory anthem: O Sacred Heart, all-holy, tune "Innsbruck"

Communion anthem: Cor Jesu Trinitatis, tune "Gott Soll Gepriesen"

Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning, on sheets provided

Funeral Mass

Saturday IX-5 at 10 AM

Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as the Thursday evening Memorial Mass, above

- Exception: the Agnus Dei for funerals --- in place of "miserere nobis" (have mercy on us) is "dona eis requiem" (grant them rest); in place of "dona nobis pacem" (grant us peace) is "dona eis requiem sempiternam" (grant them eternal rest).

Procession to casket (Introit): Requiem aeternam, Mode VI

Procession to altar: Lift high the cross, Worship #704

Psalm 63: My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord, my God, music by Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB

Offertory anthem: Ave Maria, Jacob Arcadelt

Communion proper: Lux aeterna, Mode VIII

Communion anthem: Panis Angelicus, Hungarian tune

Final Commendation: I believe that my Redeemer Lives, music by Henri St. Louis

Recessional hymn: In Paradisum, Worship #178 (in Latin)

Sunday XXIII of Ordered Time

Saturday IX-5 at 5 PM; Sunday IX-6 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as the First Friday Mass, above

Entrance hymn: Your hands, O Lord, in days of old, Worship #750

Psalm 146: Praise the Lord, my soul, music by yours truly

Offertory hymn: O Christ, the healer, we have come, Worship #747

- Same tune as The glory of these forty days

Communion anthem: Like as the hart, by Vincent Novello (based on Psalm 42)

Meditation hymn: All you who seek a comfort sure, Worship #490

- Same tune as I heard the voice of Jesus say

Recessional hymn: Sing praise to the Lord, Worship #539

WHEW! ;)

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY XXII

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia same as previous few weekends
(Ordinary will change next week for September and October)

Numbers given are in the Maroon hymnal.

Entrance hymn: God, my King, thy might confessing, #280
- Tune is the same as in the familiar Advent hymn, Come, thou long-expected Jesus.
Psalm 15: He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord, music by Sam Schmitt
Offertory hymn: Hail to the Lord's Anointed, #545
- Tune is the same as in the hymns Go, make of all disciples and The day of Resurrection.
Communion anthem: Cantate Domino Canticum Novum, music by Vincent d'Indy
Meditation hymn: Blest are the pure in heart, #418
Recessional hymn: When morning gilds the skies, #367

Peace,
BMP

SUNDAY XXI

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as last weekend
Numbers are in the red Worship hymnal.

Entrance hymn: At the Lamb's high feast we sing, #459
Psalm 34: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord, music by yours truly
- the third of three consecutive Sundays that this Psalm is assigned.
Offertory hymn: God with hidden majesty, #489, one Latin verse, the rest in English

- This is the Adoro Te Devote.  We've used the tune before with Jesus, Son of Mary, and the Adoro Te Devote itself as a Communion anthem.

Communion anthem: Adoro te, O Panis caelice, music from Louvain.

Meditation hymn: To Christ, the Prince of Peace, #491

Recessional hymn: To Jesus Christ, our sov'reign King, #497

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY XX

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary of the Mass:
- Gloria (if sung): Mass VIII
- the rest: Community Mass, music by Richard Proulx
Alleluia: music by Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp.

All numbers given are in the red Worship hymnal.

Entrance hymn: Alleluia! sing to Jesus, #737
Psalm 34: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord, music by yours truly
- This, incidentally, is the second of three consecutive Sundays that this Psalm response is used.  This is also the only time in the three-year liturgical cycle that this happens.
Offertory hymn: At that first Eucharist, #733
Communion anthem: Ave Verum, music by Lorenzo Perosi
Meditation hymn: Tantum Ergo, #758 (in Latin)
Recessional hymn: Lift high the cross, #704

Peace,
BMP

THE THREE-DAY WEEKEND

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Gloria (if sung): Mass VIII (chant, in Latin)
Remainder of the sung Ordinary of the Mass: Community Mass (English), music by Richard Proulx
Alleluia: music by Fr. Lucien Deiss C.S.Sp.

First Friday - Sacred Heart Community Mass
VIII-7-15 at 6 PM

Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine, on sheets provided
Psalm 77: I remember the deeds of the Lord, sung to Psalm Tone 8
Offertory hymn: O Sacred Heart, all-holy, tune: "Innsbruck" (aka, "First Friday")

- This is a staple from the early editions of the famous "People's Mass Book".  The tune is the same as the meditation hymn for the weekend (see "Sunday XIX of Ordered Time", below).

Communion hymn: Panis Angelicus, Hungarian tune from the "Pius X Hymnal"
Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning, on sheets provided

Sunday XIX of Ordered Time
VIII-8-15 at 5 PM; VIII-9-15 at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM
All numbers given are in the red Worship hymnal

Entrance hymn: Lift up your heads, O mighty gates, #363
Psalm 34: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord, music by yours truly
Offertory hymn: The living God my shepherd is, #612 (Listen)
- The listen link uses a different text from the one we are using, but the tune is correct.
Communion anthem: Soul of my Savior, tune "Anima Christi" by Fr. William J. Maher, SJ
- I just learned today that the composer was a Jesuit.
Meditation hymn: O Food of exiles lowly, #729 (Listen)
Recessional hymn: Rejoice, the Lord is King, #493

Peace,
BMP

SUNDAY XVIII and the GREAT ITALIAN FEAST

...of the Patrons of Fornelli, SS. Pietro Martire e Domenico Abate!

The brass trio will be on hand at the 5 PM Mass this Saturday.  Dinner up the street (West Valley Inn) follows.  I hope that stretch of Providence Street near our church is finally paved.  I went to the church this morning, then used Wakefield Street to go to town from there.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Although the Mass honoring SS. Pietro e Domenico is on Saturday, the music will be the same (on the most part) for all the weekend Masses.

Sung Ordinary of the Mass: Messa Populare "Laus Tibi Christe", music by Federico Caudana

- This weekend only.  Next weekend it's back to English (KISS = "Keep it Simple Summer")

- At the 5:00 Mass, the Memorial Acclamation will be in Italian!

Alleluia (for August and September): a rather pompous rendition of an alleluia set to music by Fr. Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp.  (The brass even get a part in this on Saturday!)

Numbers given are in the red hymnal ("Worship").

Entrance hymn: For all the saints, #705

Psalm 78: The Lord gave them bread from heaven, music by Richard Rice

Offertory hymn: By all your saints still striving, #706

Communion anthem: I cieli immensi, music by Benedetto Marcello

- "The heavens declare the glory of God..." (Psalm 19) is the translation.

Meditation hymn: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, #488

Recessional hymn: Holy God, we praise thy Name, #524

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY XVII

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as previous few weeks.
- (Alleluia will change next week!)

All numbers given are in the maroon hymnal, except where noted.

Entrance hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, #279

Psalm 145: The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs, music by Frs. Columba Kelly, OSB, and Joseph Gelineau, SJ, can be followed in Worship, #914

Offertory hymn: Father, we thank thee who hast planted, #195

Communion anthem: O Sacrum Convivium, music by Roberto Remondi

Meditation hymn: O God, unseen, yet ever near, #198, first tune

- Same tune as the familiar Lenten staple, Lord, who throughout these forty days.

Recessional hymn: Now thank we all our God, #276

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY XVI

VII-19-15

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as previous two Sundays

All numbers given are in the maroon hymnal ("The Hymnal").

Entrance hymn: To the Name of our salvation, #326
Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want, music by Owen Alstott
- setting as written in the missalette under "July 19"
Offertory hymn: The King of love my shepherd is, #345 (first tune)
Communion anthem: He shall feed his flock, from "Messiah", by George Frederick Handel
Meditation hymn: God himself is with us, #477 (verses 1 and 3)
Recessional hymn: O Jesus, I have promised, #570 (second tune)

Peace,
BMP

SUNDAY XV

On my composer blog, Christus Vincit Music, I wrote a primer on Roman numerals that might interest some, as I have a tendency of using Roman numerals for dates and feasts.

So, without further ado...

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass:

- Gloria (if sung): Mass VIII (Latin)

- Sanctus through Agnus Dei: Community Mass, music by Richard Proulx (English)

Alleluia: music by Theodore Marier

Numbers given are in the red Worship hymnal.

Entrance hymn: Christ is made the sure foundation, #617

Psalm 85: Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation, music by yours truly

Offertory hymn: Go, make of all disciples, #628

Communion anthem: To you I lift my soul, text based on Psalm 25 by John Dunn (Theodore Marier's assistant, and later successor, at the St. Paul Choir School in Cambridge, MA; Dunn was later succeeded by the current music director and headmaster, John Robinson), music by John Ireland

Meditation hymn: How shall they hear the word of God, #629 (Listen)

Recessional hymn: Christ is the King, #500

Peace,

BMP

THE THREE-DAY WEEKEND

Happy and blessed Independence Day to all reading this!  Enjoy the holiday, but remember to stop in for Mass (after all, it is our obligation as Catholics), bask in our beautiful air conditioning, and thank the Good Lord for his will for us to be free to live as Americans and, most of all, to live as Catholics, while partaking in the Holy Eucharist, the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

First Friday - Sacred Heart Community Mass

Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle

July 3 - 6 PM

Sung Ordinary of the Mass: Community Mass, music by Richard Proulx

- This will be the Mass setting for July and August.  We've used it a few times now.  It is in English.

Alleluia: setting by Theodore Marier (the Alleluia we've been singing the past month)

Entrance hymn: O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine, on sheet provided

Psalm 117: Go out to all the world and tell the Good News, music by yours truly, based on the chant melody most often sung with the Benediction response, Adoremus in aeternum Sanctissimum Sacramentum (We adore for ever the Most Blessed Sacrament).

Offertory hymn: Panis Angelicus, Hungarian tune

Communion hymn: Adoro Te Devote, Worship #489, in Latin

- The fourth verse is an allusion from the Gospel reading of the doubting Thomas: Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor: Deum tamen meum te confiteor.  Fac me tibi semper magis credere, In te spem habere, te diligere.  This verse, as translated by Gerard Manley Hopkins in his translation (Godhead here in hiding), goes thus: I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see, But I plainly call thee Lord and God as he.  This faith each day deeper be my holding of; Daily make me harder hope and dearer love.  Oh, and I should mention that this hymn text, as well as the text of the offertory hymn, are written by another St. Thomas - St. Thomas Aquinas, in the 13th century.

Recessional hymn: To Jesus' Heart, all-burning, on sheet provided

Sunday XIV (of Ordered Time)

July 4 - 5 PM / July 5 - 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: same as above (Gloria, if sung, is from Mass VIII).

Hymn numbers are in the red Worship hymnal.  (Yes, we have some patriotic hymns, too!)

Entrance hymn: God of our fathers, #764

Psalm 123: Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy, music by Theodore Marier

Offertory hymn: America the Beautiful, #763

Communion anthem: Jesu, the very thought of thee, tune: St. Botolph 

- This is the first anthem I got to sing as an 11-year-old (tenor) chorister at the former Holy Trinity Church in Central Falls.  This choir of boys and men sang the 10:45 Mass every Sunday under the direction of longtime colleague and mentor, Reuel Gifford, assisted by another longtime colleague and mentor, Br. Enoch John Valentine.

Meditation hymn: To Christ, the Prince of Peace, #491

Recessional hymn: Battle Hymn of the Republic, #686

Peace,

BMP

SUNDAY XIII

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia: Same as previous few weeks
- NOTE: For July and August we will go to summer mode (English Mass setting).

Numbers given are in the red Worship hymnal.

Entrance hymn: Your hands, O Lord, in days of old, #750
Psalm 30: I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me, music by Sam Schmitt
Offertory hymn: All hail the pow'r of Jesus' Name, #494
Communion anthem: Ave Verum, music by Lorenzo Perosi
Meditation hymn: O God of love, O King of Peace, #652 (Listen)
- The text sung in the listen link is different, but the tune is correct.
Recessional hymn: For all the saints, #705

Peace,
BMP

SUNDAY XII

This weekend is (as Warren Harding's presidential campaign platform said) a "return to normalcy".  And this normalcy will happen (as Father Bucci will sometimes say) "for a time".  We are now in the numbered Sundays of Ordered Time, often referred to as the "green season", where the priest "goes green" (liturgically, and not necessarily ecologically or economically).

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sung Ordinary of the Mass and Alleluia is the same as the previous three weeks.

Numbers given are in the Maroon Hymnal ("The Hymnal").  Please note that the entrance hymn this weekend is new.  I'll be teaching it before Mass this weekend.

Entrance hymn: Give praise and glory unto God, #287 (Listen)

- Our tempo will be a more moderate tempo than what you'll hear in the listen link.

Psalm 107: Give thanks to the Lord; his love is everlasting, music by Richard Rice

Offertory hymn: O worship the King, #288

Communion anthem: In heav'nly love abiding, #431

- The singers will be singing this as an anthem.  However, the number is given if you wish to join in.

Meditation hymn: I sought the Lord, #405

Recessional hymn: Ye holy angels bright, #600

- Same tune as Rejoice! the Lord is King.

Peace,

BMP