Four-Day Weekend 2 of 2 at Sacred Heart

This four-day weekend will consist of three Masses for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (January 1, a holy day of obligation), and the Epiphany of the Lord (January 3).  The "Plumbers" (see previous four-day weekend post) will be here for three of the four Epiphany Masses.

The schedule is as follows:

MARY, MOTHER OF GOD 

Thursday, December 31, 2015: 5 PM

Friday, January 1, 2016: 9 and 11:15 AM

- (11:15 is the monthly First Friday Sacred Heart Community Mass)

EPIPHANY OF THE LORD 

Saturday, January 2, 2016: 5 PM (with the Plumbers)

Sunday, January 3, 2016: 7:30, 9, and 11:15 (with the Plumbers at 9 and 11:15)

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Mary, Mother of God

Entrance hymn: While shepherds watched their flocks by night, "Winchester Old"

Gloria: Mass VIII

Psalm 67: May God bless us in his mercy, Owen Alstott

Alleluia: Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (Mode V, adapted by BMP)

Offertory hymn: The first Nowell, traditional English carol

Sanctus: Mass XVIII

Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, chant
Amen: Dresden, arr. Theodore Marier

Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII

Communion anthem: Ave Maria, melody by Charles Gounod, over Prelude and Fugue in C by Johann Sebastian Bach

Post-Communion hymn: In the bleak midwinter, "Cranham"

Recessional hymn: Angels we have heard on high, "Gloria", traditional French

Epiphany of the Lord

Entrance hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful (vv. 1, 2, 3, 6), arr. David Willcocks

Gloria: Mass of the Shepherds, Pietro Yon (except 7:30: Gloria VIII)

Psalm 72: Lord, every nation on earth will adore you, BMP

Alleluia: Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (Mode V, adapted by BMP)

Offertory hymn: We three kings of Orient are, "Kings of Orient"
Sanctus: Mass of the Shepherds (except 7:30: Sanctus XVIII)
Elevation fanfares: Fanfare in B-flat, John Ferguson
Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, chant
Amen: Dresden, arr. Theodore Marier
Agnus Dei: Mass of the Shepherds (except 7:30: Agnus XVIII)

Communion anthem: Tollite hostias, Camille Saint-Saëns

Post-Communion hymn: As with gladness men of old, "Dix"

Recessional hymn: What star is this with beams so bright, "Puer Nobis"

Happy and blessed New Year!
BMP