tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70027452024-03-12T19:35:47.220-04:00EPISTLES FROM THE SCRIPTORIUM<center><i>Quod scripsi, scripsi! (What I have written, I have written!)</i></center>Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2746125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-33402541435087083392020-12-30T23:57:00.001-05:002021-05-24T20:56:19.028-04:00The Twelve Days of Christmas<p style="text-align: justify;">My first Epistle since the Kung Flu broke loose here in the States...</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ever since I was about five years old, I fell in love with <i>The Twelve Days of Christmas</i>. I think most of the reason I liked it so much is that I was always fascinated with numbers. I was so fascinated with numbers that math was my strong suit throughout grade school Not just in the schoolwork involved at that time, but channels on the TV (when you had big console TV's and you had to actually get up off your gluteus maximus, approach the TV, then change the channels), the dial on my mom's washing machine (I had the dial memorized when I was in kindergarten, or as the kids at that school called it then, "junior first"), and the thing that drove my mom absolutely bonkers, speedometers. I used to draw so many different styles of speedometers when I was a kid that my mother couldn't stand it. I filled almost a whole scratch pad with speedometers one time on our way back from Syracuse, NY (six hour drive, just about 300 miles-give or take). She was PO'd, to say the least!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyhoo, <i>The Twelve Days of Christmas</i>, to me in illo tempore, was about numbers. This was even cooler than <i>Sesame Street</i>! I'm going to share the five versions I've always enjoyed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The first version I remember listening to was sung by the Ralph Hunter Choir and part of an album my parents had called <i>RCA Victor Presents Music For the Twelve Days of Christmas</i>. And the back cover had all 12 gifts which "my true love sent to me" (that is, the Lord). I might have been even more amazed that the guy who sang the "six geese a-laying" part sounded a bit like Tony the Tiger. HEY! I WAS FIVE THEN!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Of course, later in life, there were the Muppets and the Chipmunks. The Chipmunks' version of <i>XII Diebus in Nativitate</i> is highlighted, of course, by Alvin eventually letting Dave Seville know in no uncertain terms that he's getting tired in days 8, 9, and 10, with all the Chipmunks messing around in day 11 (Eleven pipers peeping, ten milking jumpers, and a whole bunch of giggling).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Muppets' version of <i>12 Days</i> is highlighted (to me) by Miss Piggy's "ba dum bum bum" after the "five gold rings" is sung out. In fact, I liked it so much, that when I was music director at St. Teresa's in Pawtucket (August 1998-June 1999), our children's choir was invited to sing at two different Hasbro locations. My cousin's wife (little did I know at the time she worked for Hasbro) coordinated the event. So, while we did do serious religious Christmas carols (<i>O Come, All Ye Faithful</i>, and the like), we added <i>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</i> (inserting, on the repeat, such things as "you would even say it glows LIKE A LIGHT BULB!") and <i>The Twelve Days</i>, at which, on the 12th day, I let them do the "ba dum bum bum". It was well-received.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A lesser known version, my mom picked up this record at Ann & Hope, was Tennessee Ernie Ford's <i>Sing We Now of Christmas</i>, which had his own version of <i>The 12 Days</i>, with a chorus to help him out. My highlights of that one were Ford's "two turtle doves" in his best basso profundo, and the run-right-through-em-all top speed 12th day. Not even a pause at "five gold rings!"</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The award for the most seriously-orchestrated-and-arranged version of <i>The Twelve Days</i> (that I've ever heard in my 56 years anyways) comes shortly after hearing the Ralph Hunter Choir version (scroll up four paragraphs). This wicked serious but sometimes even haunting version comes from one of the two Firestone albums my parents had. This one was <i>Your Favorite Christmas Carols, Volume 2</i>. (They also had <i>Your Favorite Christmas Music, Volume 4</i>, and two Goodyear albums, <i>The Great Songs of Christmas, Volumes 3 and 4.</i>) The Firestone album featured mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens, tenor Brian Sullivan, the Columbus Boychoir (now the American Boychoir since moving to New Jersey), along with the Firestone Orchestra and Chorus. This version goes through several key changes and finally a modulation, different voices and arrangements for each little phrase (and hardly the same phrase twice after the "five gold rings"). Here are the keys for each "day"...<br />Days 1 and 2 - E-flat<br />Days 3 and 4 - A-flat<br />Day 5 - F<br />Day 6 - B-flat<br />Day 7 - E-flat<br />Day 8 - A-flat (the counterclockwise joy ride of the circle of fifths stops here)<br />Days 9, 10, and 11 - F<br />Day 12 - the GRAND modulation to G (the horn parts at the start of the verse and after the "six geese a-laying" gave me goosebumps back then, and still do now).<br /><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Mz_1IjVxs">Give it a listen</a></b>! <i>Duodecim Diebus </i> begins at about the 30:24 mark.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And on this moment, five minutes shy of entering the seventh day of Christmas, in which the swans are a-swimming ever so gracefully, I say, "good night!"</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Happy and blessed Christmas season, and my prayers to all for an IMPROVED 2021.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />BMP</p>Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-37869886442062351482020-03-10T16:37:00.001-04:002020-03-10T17:19:30.883-04:00The Remainder of Lent<div style="text-align: justify;">
Before I begin my post, any and all prayers for the full recovery of our pastor, Fr. Richard Bucci, will be greatly appreciated. Fr. Bucci was in a very bad car crash on Tuesday, March 3. The good news is that he's coming along very well - better than many expected!</div>
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Usually the working agreement is that Fr. Bucci selects the hymns for Holy Mass, while I select the rest (Psalm, Communion, Mass Ordinary, etc.). I have taken over hymn-picking duties until his return. Many of the hymns I have chosen are based on what he chose three years ago and six years ago (the last time these feasts fell in Year A, the year we are currently in).</div>
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:</div>
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Kyrie: recited or <i>Laus Tibi Christe</i> (Caudana)</div>
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Gloria: recited or Mass VIII (St. Joseph Day ONLY; omitted on all other dates listed here)</div>
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The Credo will be RECITED for the time being</div>
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Sanctus and Agnus Dei: Mass VIII on St. Joseph Day; Mass XVII on the Sundays; Mass XVIII on First Friday</div>
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Memorial Acclamation: <i>Save us, savior of the world</i> (ICEL chant)</div>
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Amen: adapted from Sanctus VIII</div>
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<i>Saturday, III-14, at 5 PM; Sunday, III-15, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i></div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>Praise to the Holiest in the height</i> ("Newman")</div>
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Psalm 95: R./ <i>If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts</i> (Alstott)</div>
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Gospel Acclamation "Vexilla Regis" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/174.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Offertory hymn: <i>I heard the voice of Jesus say</i> ("Kingsfold")</div>
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Communion music:</div>
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- (11:15) <i>My God, my Father, while I stray</i> (Montani/Troyte)</div>
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- (all others) R./ <i>He who drinks the water I shall give shall have a well within him springing unto eternal life, says the Lord</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/178.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Recessional hymn: <i>Jesus, Name all names above</i> ("St. Theoctistus")</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary</span></div>
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<i>Thursday, III-19, at 9 AM, followed by ZEPPOLES!</i></div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>Joseph, be our guide and pattern</i> ("Oriel")</div>
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Psalm 89: R./ <i>The Son of David will live for ever</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/67b.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Gospel Acclamation "Vexilla Regis" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/67d.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Offertory hymn: <i>Come now and praise the humble saint</i> ("Land of Rest")</div>
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Communion responsory: Psalm 27, R./ <i>Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/67h.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Recessional hymn: <i>Holy Patron, thee saluting</i> ("Pleading Savior")</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)</span></div>
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<i>Saturday, III-21, at 5 PM; Sunday, III-22, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i></div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>God, whose almighty word</i> ("Italian Hymn")<br />
Psalm 23: R./ <i>The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want</i> (Alstott)<br />
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Gospel Acclamation "Vexilla Regis" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/197.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Offertory hymn: <i>The King of love my shepherd is</i> ("St. Columba")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Jesu, salvator noster</i> (Rossini)<br />
- (all others) R./ Psalm 27. <i>I began to see, and I put my faith in God</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/202.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Your hands, O Lord, in days of old</i> ("Mozart")<br />
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<i>Saturday, III-28, at 5 PM; Sunday, III-29, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i></div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>When I survey the wondrous cross</i> ("Rockingham")<br />
Psalm 130: R./ <i>With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption</i> (Schmitt) (<b><a href="http://archive.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/14/08/11/14-55-14_0.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
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Gospel Acclamation "Vexilla Regis" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/197.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Offertory hymn: <i>Abide with me</i> ("Eventide")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>We give immortal praise</i> (Watts/"Love Unknown")<br />
- (all others) Psalm 130, R./ <i>Out he came, hands and feet bound, he who had been dead four days</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/225.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>There is a green hill far away</i> ("Horsley")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMP</div>
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Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-85000873117833430912020-03-05T16:04:00.001-05:002020-03-05T16:08:07.777-05:00The Three-Day Weekend<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday)</span><br />
<i>Friday, III-5, at 6 PM</i><br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine</i><br />
Kyrie "Laus Tibi Christe" (Caudana)<br />
Psalm 130: R./ <i>If you, O Lord, should mark our sins, Lord, who would survive</i> (Howell/Gelineau)<br />
Gospel Acclamation "Vexilla Regis" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/130.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Lord, who throughout these forty days</i> ("St. Flavian")<br />
Sanctus and Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII<br />
Memorial: <i>Save us, Savior of the world</i> (ICEL chant)<br />
Amen: adapted from the Sanctus of Mass VIII<br />
Communion responsory: <i>Attende, Domine</i> (Mode I)<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>To Jesus' Heart, all-burning</i> ("Cor Amoris")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Second Sunday of Lent</span><br />
<i>Saturday, III-6, 5 PM; Sunday, III-7, 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>The glory of these forty days</i> ("Erhalt uns, Herr")<br />
Kyrie "Laus Tibi Christe" (Caudana)<br />
Psalm 33: R./ <i>Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you</i> (Proulx/Gelineau)<br />
Gospel Acclamation "Vexilla Regis" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/152.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Credo III in English (ICEL chant)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>O wondrous type, O vision fair</i> ("Wareham")<br />
Sanctus and Agnus Dei: Mass XVII<br />
Memorial: <i>Save us, Savior of the world</i> (ICEL chant)<br />
Amen: adapted from the Sanctus of Mass VIII<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Fairest Lord Jesus</i> ("Schönster Herr Jesu")<br />
- (all others) Psalm 27, R./ <i>Tell no one about the vision you have seen until the Son of Man has risen from the dead</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/156.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>O God, unseen, yet ever near</i> ("St. Flavian")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-71533337694149151312020-02-28T16:10:00.000-05:002020-02-28T16:16:13.175-05:00Stations of the Cross and I Lent<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Fridays during Lent and Holy Week at 12:05 PM in the Chapel, and on Tuesdays during Lent and Holy Week at 7:00 PM in the Church. The Tuesday Stations of the Cross contains music accompanied by the organ.</div>
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At the entrance, and at each station we sing selected verses of the <i>Stabat Mater (At the Cross Her Station Keeping)</i> in English, as given in the booklet provided.</div>
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Holy Communion is also included in the Stations.</div>
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We chant the Agnus Dei from Mass XVIII (the simple chant).</div>
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During Communion, we alternate by week:</div>
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- <i>Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All</i> ("Sweet Sacrament") (on Weeks I, III, and V of Lent)</div>
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- <i>Let thy Blood in mercy poured</i> ("Jesu Meine Zuversicht") (on Weeks II and IV of Lent and in Holy Week)</div>
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The recessional hymn is <i>Lift High the Cross</i> ("Crucifer")</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First Sunday of Lent</span></div>
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The 5:00 PM Saturday Mass and the 7:30 and 9:00 AM Masses are in the Ordinary Form. The 11:15 AM this weekend will be the Anglican Use Mass. Traditional Mass texts, but in English (though some sung Ordinary in Latin).</div>
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Ordinary of the Mass:</div>
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- Asperges Me (Mode VII) (11:15)</div>
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- Kyrie: <i>Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe"</i> (Caudana) (all Masses)</div>
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- Credo III in English (all Masses) (ICEL adaptation of the chant)</div>
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- Sanctus and Agnus Dei: <i>Mass XVII</i> (all Masses)</div>
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- Memorial Acclamation: <i>Save us, Savior of the world...</i> (ICEL chant)</div>
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- Amen: adapted from the Sanctus of <i>Mass VIII</i> </div>
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Proper of the Mass:</div>
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- - Psalm 51: R./ <i>Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned</i> (Peloquin)</div>
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- - Gospel Acclamation <i>Vexilla Regis</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/130.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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- (Anglican Use 11:15 AM Sun.)</div>
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- - Introit, Gradual, Tract, Offertory, and Communion from the <i>Anglican Use Gradual</i>.</div>
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Hymns, etc.</div>
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Entrance: <i>Lord, who throughout these forty days</i> ("St. Flavian")</div>
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Offertory: <i>The glory of these forty days</i> ("Erhalt Uns, Herr") (At 11:15, this is after the proper)</div>
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Communion:</div>
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- (11:15, after the proper): <i>Parce Domine</i> (Fr. Carlo Rossini)</div>
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- (all other Masses): <i>Parce Domine</i> (Mode I/BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/106.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Meditation: <i>When I survey the wondrous cross</i> ("Rockingham")</div>
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Recessional: <i>Forty days and forty nights</i> ("Heinlein")</div>
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!</div>
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BMP</div>
Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-28131598935523512202020-02-19T20:18:00.000-05:002020-02-19T20:18:01.162-05:00Sunday VII and Ash Wednesday at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday VII through the Year</span><br />
<i>Saturday, II-22, at 5 PM; Sunday, II-23, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/holyangels/gloria.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Sanctus/Agnus: <i>Mass for Christian Unity</i> (Vermulst)<br />
Memorial: We proclaim your death... (<i>Holy Angels Mass</i>/BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/holyangels/memorial.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Dresden Amen<br />
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Alleluia: Marier<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>Father, we thank thee who hast planted</i> ("Rendez a Dieu")<br />
Psalm 103: R./ <i>The Lord is kind and merciful</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/38b.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Love divine, all loves excelling</i> ("Hyfrydol")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15): <i>Fairest Lord Jesus</i> ("Schönster Herr Jesu")<br />
- (all others): Psalm 9, R./ <i>I will sing to your Name, O Most High</i> (Bartlett)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>What wondrous love is this</i> ("Wondrous Love")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Christ is the King</i> ("Gelobt sei Gott")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ash Wednesday</span><br />
<i>Wednesday, II-26, at 9 AM and 7 PM</i><br />
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:<br />
Kyrie: <i>Messa Popolare Laus Tibi Christe</i> (Caudana)<br />
Sanctus Agnus: Mass XVII<br />
Memorial: Save us, Savior of the world... (ICEL chant)<br />
Amen: adapted from <i>Sanctus VIII</i><br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>Lord, who throughout these forty days</i> ("St. Flavian")<br />
Psalm 51: R./ <i>Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned</i> (Peloquin)<br />
Gospel Acclamation "Vexilla Regis" (BMP) (<a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/105.pdf"><b>PDF</b></a>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Our Father, we have wandered</i> ("Passion Chorale")<br />
Communion responsory: <i>Attende, Domine</i> (Mode V)<br />
Imposition of Ashes: <i>Parce, Domine</i> (Mode I/BMP or Rossini)<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-6967892100054073322020-02-12T16:50:00.000-05:002020-02-12T16:50:12.284-05:00Sunday VI at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/holyangels/gloria.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Sanctus/Agnus: <i>Mass for Christian Unity</i> (Vermulst)<br />
Memorial: We proclaim your death... (<i>Holy Angels Mass</i>/BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/holyangels/memorial.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Dresden Amen<br />
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Alleluia: Marier<br />
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The rest:<br />
Entrance hymn: <i>We sing the praise of him who died</i> ("Breslau")<br />
Psalm 119: R./ <i>Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord</i> (Weber)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Jesus, Lover of my soul</i> ("Aberystwyth")<br />
Communion music:<br />- (11:15) <i>Pange Lingua</i> (alternating between Mode III and an original setting)<br />
- (all others) Psalm 78, R./ <i>They ate, and they were fully satisfied</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/com/78a.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>I sought the Lord</i> ("Artavia")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Sing praise to the Lord</i> ("Laudate Dominum")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-34429956957176608882020-02-07T23:58:00.000-05:002020-02-07T23:58:30.178-05:00The Three-Day Weekend at Sacred HeartSorry so late. Mea culpa!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary:<br />
Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Gl/Mem)<br />
Mass for Christian Unity (Vermulst) (Sa/Ag)<br />
Dresden Amen<br />
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Alleluia: Marier<br />
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The rest:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First Friday (Sacred Heart Community Mass)</span><br />
<i>Friday, II-7, at 6 PM</i><br />
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Entrance: <i>O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine</i><br />
Psalm 18: R./ <i>Blessed be God, my salvation</i> (Tone 8G)<br />
Offertory: <i>Cor dulce, Cor amabile</i><br />
Communion: <i>Panis Angelicus </i>(Franck)<br />
Recessional: <i>To Jesus' Heart, all-burning</i> ("Cor Amoris")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday V of the Year</span><br />
<i>Saturday, II-8, at 5 PM; Sunday, II-9, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
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Entrance: <i>When morning gilds the skies</i> ("Laudes Domini")<br />
Psalm 112: R./ <i>The just man is a light in darkness to the upright</i> (BMP) (<a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/36b.pdf"><b>PDF</b></a>)<br />
Offertory: <i>O Jesus, I have promised</i> ("Day of Rest")<br />
Communion:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Laudate Dominum</i> (Pitoni)<br />
- (all others) Ps. 42, R./ <i>I will go to the altar of God; praise the God of my joy</i> (Gelineau)<br />
Meditation: <i>Blest are the pure in heart</i> ("Franconia")<br />
Recessional: <i>O worship the King</i> ("Hanover")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-48816804889271198482020-01-30T18:40:00.001-05:002020-01-30T18:40:28.069-05:00PRESENTATION OF THE LORD at Sacred HeartThe 11:15 Mass this Sunday will be the traditional Anglican Use Mass.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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HYMNODY for ALL Masses:<br />
Procession: <i>Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates</i> ("Truro")<br />
Offertory: <i>Hail to the Lord who comes </i>("Old 120th")<br />
Meditation: <i>In his temple now behold him</i> ("St. Thomas")<br />
Recessional: <i>O Sion, open wide thy gates</i> ("Bedford")<br />
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ORDINARY of the Mass:<br />
(Saturday 5:00 PM; Sunday 7:30 and 9:00 AM)<br />
- Mass VIII (Gloria/Sanctus/Agnus Dei)<br />
- Memorial Acclamation: <i>Mortem tuam...</i> (from <i>Jubilate Deo</i>)<br />
- Amen: Dresden<br />
(Sunday 11:15 AM)<br />
- Asperges Me: Mode VII<br />
- Mass of the Shepherds (Yon) (Kyrie/Gloria/Sanctus/Agnus Dei)<br />
- Credo III<br />
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PROPER of the Mass:<br />
(Saturday 5:00 PM; Sunday 7:30 and 9:00 AM)<br />
- Entrance Antiphon: <i>The Lord will come to us with mighty power... </i>(Mode VIII)<br />
- Responsorial Psalm: <i>Who is this King of glory? It is the Lord!</i> (Jon Laird)<br />
- Alleluia: Marier<br />
(Sunday 11:15 AM)<br />
- Entrance Antiphon, Blessing of the Candles, Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, and Communion are all taken from the <i>Anglican Use Gradual</i>.<br />
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COMMUNION MUSIC:<br />
(Saturday 5:00 PM; Sunday 7:30 and 9:00 AM)<br />
- Responsory: <i>Guard us, O Lord, while we sleep, and keep us in peace</i> (Nunc Dimittis) (Gelineau)<br />
(Sunday 11:15 AM)<br />
- Anthem: <i>Alma Redemptoris Mater</i> (Webbe)<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-20981948401675588162020-01-22T16:53:00.002-05:002020-01-22T16:53:49.249-05:00Sunday III at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/holyangels/gloria.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Sanctus/Agnus: <i>Mass for Christian Unity</i> (Vermulst)<br />
Memorial: We proclaim your death... (<i>Holy Angels Mass</i>/BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/holyangels/memorial.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Dresden Amen<br />
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Alleluia: Marier<br />
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The rest:<br />
Entrance hymn: <i>To the Name of our salvation</i> ("Oriel")<br />
Psalm 27: R./ <i>The Lord is my light and my salvation</i> (Proulx/Gelineau)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Go, make of all disciples</i> ("Ellacombe")<br />
Communion music:<br />
(11:15): <i>Cantate Domino canticum novum</i> (d'Indy)<br />
(all others): Psalm 34: R./ <i>Look toward the Lord and be radiant, let your faces not be abashed.</i> (Bartlett)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>I sought the Lord</i> ("Artavia")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Ye holy angels bright</i> ("Darwall's 148th")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-32333756483470206952020-01-17T17:44:00.002-05:002020-01-17T17:44:53.975-05:00Sunday II at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/holyangels/gloria.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Sanctus/Agnus: <i>Mass for Christian Unity</i> (Vermulst)<br />
Memorial: We proclaim your death... (<i>Holy Angels Mass</i>/BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/holyangels/memorial.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Dresden Amen<br />
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Alleluia: Marier<br />
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The rest:<br />
Entrance hymn: <i>On Jordan's Bank</i> ("Winchester New")<br />
Psalm 40: R./ <i>Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will</i> (Proulx/Gelineau)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding</i> ("Merton")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- Psalm 20: R./ <i>We shall rejoice in your salvation</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/448.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
- (11:15) <i>In thee is gladness</i> (Gastoldi)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All</i> ("Sweet Sacrament")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Songs of thankfulness and praise</i> ("Salzburg")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-35304698604854361062020-01-08T16:52:00.001-05:002020-01-08T16:52:52.267-05:00Baptism of the Lord at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:<br />
Mass VIII (Gl/Sa/Ag)<br />
- (11:15) Mass of the Shepherds (Gl/Sa/Ag)<br />
Mortem tuam...<br />
Dresden Amen<br />
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The rest:<br />
Entrance hymn: <i>On Jordan's Bank</i> ("Winchester New")<br />
Psalm 29: R./ <i>The Lord will bless his people with peace</i> (Gregory Evans) (<b><a href="http://archive.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/14/08/26/23-53-18_0.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/100.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding</i> ("Merton")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- Psalm 29: R./ <i>All who have been baptized in Christ, you have put on Christ, alleluia</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/102.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
- (11:15) <i>Blest be the God of Israel</i> ("Forest Green")<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>Let all mortal flesh keep silence</i> ("Picardy")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Songs of thankfulness and praise</i> ("Salzburg")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-26938909348071467562020-01-03T21:02:00.002-05:002020-01-03T21:07:07.974-05:00The Three-Day Weekend (Holy Name in OF, Epiphany in OF AND EF)Sorry so late. Been a busy little bee. This is an action-packed weekend in which we have:<br />
- First Friday Mass (Optional Memorial of the Holy Name of Jesus)<br />
- Epiphany (Four ordinary form Masses, three of them with brass, and one extraordinary form Mass).<br />
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Starting with this Sunday, we are celebrating Mass in the Extraordinary Form, that is, the Traditional Latin Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962, on the first Sunday of each month at 12:30 PM. What makes these really special is that the first three of four "first Sundays" are:</div>
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- January 5: External solemnity of the Epiphany (the traditional calendar sets Epiphany on the fixed date of January 6, but can be celebrated as an external solemnity on Sunday)</div>
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- February 2: The Purification of Mary (name changed to "Presentation of the Lord" in the modern liturgical calendar, but the Roman Gradual propers are pretty much the same)</div>
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- April 5: Palm Sunday</div>
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March 1, the First Sunday of Lent, is the only numbered Sunday of any season in this four-month span.</div>
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So, without further ado...</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First Friday (Sacred Heart Community Mass)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Holy Name of Jesus (Optional Memorial)</span></div>
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<i>Friday, I-3, at 6 PM</i></div>
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Ordinary: Mass VIII</div>
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- Mortem Tuam</div>
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- Dresden Amen</div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>At the Name of Jesus</i> ("King's Weston")</div>
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Psalm 8: R./ <i>How great is your Name, O Lord, our God, through all the earth</i> (Murray/Gelineau)</div>
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Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium", with versicle for January 3</div>
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Offertory hymn: <i>Christians, sound the Name that saved us</i> ("All Saints")</div>
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Communion hymn: <i>Puer Natus in Bethlehem</i> (Mode I)</div>
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Recessional hymn: <i>Hark! the herald angels sing</i> ("Mendelssohn")</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Epiphany of the Lord (Ordinary Form)</span></div>
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<i>Saturday, I-4, at 5 PM; Sunday, I-5, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i></div>
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Brass trio at all Masses except 7:30 AM.</div>
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Ordinary: Mass VIII (7:30); Mass of the Shepherds (Yon) (all others)</div>
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- Mortem Tuam</div>
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- Dresden Amen</div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>O come, all ye faithful</i> ("Adeste, Fideles")</div>
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Psalm 72: R./ <i>Lord, every nation on earth will adore you</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/89.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/90.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Offertory hymn: <i>We three kings of Orient are</i> ("Kings of Orient")</div>
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Communion music:</div>
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- (7:30) R./ <i>We have seen his star in the East and have come with gifts to worship the Lord</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/92.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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- (all others) <i>Tollite Hostias</i> (Saint-Saëns)</div>
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Meditation hymn: <i>As with gladness men of old</i> ("Dix")</div>
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Recessional hymn: <i>What star is this with beams so bright</i> ("Puer Nobis")</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Epiphany of the Lord (Extraordinary Form/External Solemnity)</span></div>
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<i>Sunday, I-5, at 12:30 PM</i></div>
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Solemn High Mass</div>
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Ordinary: Mass of the Shepherds (Yon)</div>
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- Asperges Me (Mode VII)</div>
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- Credo III</div>
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Proper of the Mass settings by A. Edmonds Tozer</div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>We three kings of Orient are</i> ("Kings of Orient")</div>
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Offertory hymn: <i>Adeste Fideles</i> (in lingua latina)</div>
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Communion motet: <i>Tollite Hostias</i> (Saint-Saëns)</div>
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Recessional hymn: <i>What star is this with beams so bright</i> ("Puer Nobis")</div>
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!</div>
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BMP</div>
Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-976659042485170822019-12-26T19:30:00.001-05:002019-12-26T19:42:02.334-05:00Holy Family and Mary Mother of God at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary of the Mass:<br />
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Kyrie/Gloria/Sanctus/Agnus: <i>Mass of the Shepherds</i> (Yon) or Mass VIII, depending on the availability of singers</div>
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Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam... (<i>Jubilate Deo</i> chant)</div>
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Amen: Dresden<br />
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The rest:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph</span><br />
<i>Saturday, XII-28-19, at 5 PM; Sunday, XII-29-19, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
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At the 5 PM Saturday Mass, we will also remember all those parishioners who have died the past year.</div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>Once in royal David's city</i> ("Irby")</div>
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Psalm 128: <i>O blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways</i> (Gelineau)</div>
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Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/75.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>The First Nowell</i> (Trad. English)<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine</i> ("Resonet in Laudibus") (This setting includes a third verse which the maroon hymnal does not include.)<br />
- (all others) Responsory: <i>Take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead </i>(BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/77.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>See, amid the winter's snow</i> ("Humility")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Angels we have heard on high</i> ("Gloria")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God</span></div>
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<i>Tuesday, XII-31-19, at 5 PM; Wednesday, I-1-20, at 9 and 11:15 AM</i></div>
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Entrance hymn: <i>While shepherds watched their flocks by night</i> ("Winchester Old")<br />
Psalm 67: <i>May God bless us in his mercy</i> (Alstott)<br />
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (PDF as above, versicle for "Optional B")<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>The First Nowell</i> (Trad. English)<br />
Communion music: <i>Ave Maria</i> (Perosi) or responsory: <i>Exult, O daughter of Sion</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/64.pdf">PDF</a></b>), depending on availability of singers<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>In the bleak midwinter</i> ("Cranham")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Angels we have heard on high</i> ("Gloria")<br />
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Best wishes for a happy and blessed Year of Our Lord MMXX.<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMP</div>
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Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-29533367978605364062019-12-20T17:43:00.002-05:002019-12-20T17:43:51.542-05:00IV Advent and Christmas at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday IV of Advent</span><br />
<i>Saturday, XII-21, at 5 PM; Sunday, XII-22, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:<br />
Ordinary of the Mass:<br />
- Mass XVII (Kyrie/Sanctus/Agnus)<br />
- Mortem Tuam (Memorial)<br />
- Amen, adapted from Sanctus VIII<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>O come, O come, Emmanuel</i> ("Veni, Veni, Emmanuel")<br />
Psalm 24: <i>Let the Lord enter; he is King of glory</i> (Proulx/Gelineau)<br />
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/44.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory: <i>Joseph dearest, Joseph mine</i> ("Resonet in Laudibus"; arr. Vaughan Williams)<br />
Communion music:<br />
(11:15): <i>Alma Redemptoris Mater</i> (Samuel Webbe)<br />
(all others): <i>Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and his Name shall be called Emmanuel</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/48.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>Lo! how a rose e'er blooming</i> ("Es ist ein Ros entsprungen")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>O come, divine Messiah</i> ("Venez, Divin Messie")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas: The Nativity of the Lord</span><br />
<i>Tuesday, XII-24, at 5 and 10 PM; Wednesday, XII-25, at 9 and 11:15 AM</i><br />
<i>Preludes approximately 15 minutes before each Mass. Brass trio will also be on hand for all Masses.</i><br />
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PRELUDE:<br />
1. Carol by brass TBD<br />
2. Gaudete, Christus Est Natus (<i>Piae Cantationes</i>, 1582; arr. BMP)<br />
3. La Pastorale di Couperin (Antonio Allegra)<br />
4. Carol by brass TBD<br />
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ORDINARY OF THE MASS:<br />
- Mass of the Shepherds (Pietro Yon) (Kyrie/Gloria/Sanctus/Agnus)<br />
- Mortem Tuam (Memorial)<br />
- Dreseden Amen<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>O come, all ye faithful</i> ("Adeste Fideles", arr. Willcocks)<br />
- Verse 1 in Latin, followed by verses 1-4 in English)<br />
Psalm 96: <i>Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord</i> (Proulx/Gelineau)<br />
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/6c.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Hark! the herald angels sing</i> ("Mendelssohn", arr. Willcocks)<br />
Communion anthem: <i>Tollite Hostias</i> (Saint-Saëns)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>Silent night</i> ("Stille Nacht")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Joy to the world</i> ("Antioch", vv. 1, 2, 4)<br />
Postlude: <i>Angels we have heard on high</i> (organ/brass)<br />
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Merry Christmas and a blessed MMXX to all who read this!<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-28254088006220448042019-12-12T18:47:00.002-05:002019-12-12T18:51:17.116-05:00Gaudete Sunday at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary of the Mass:<br />
- Mass XVII (Kyrie/Sanctus/Agnus)<br />
- Mortem Tuam (Memorial)<br />
- Amen, adapted from Sanctus VIII<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>On Jordan's Bank</i> ("Winchester New")<br />
Psalm 146: <i>Lord, come and save us</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/24.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP; Mode IV) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/30.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding</i> ("Merton")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Magnificat</i> (Tone 8g; Ciro Grassi)<br />
- (all others): Isaiah 35 - <i>Say to the faint of heart, "Be strong, fear not; behold the Lord will come, and he will save us"</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/32.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>The King shall come when morning dawns</i> ("St. Stephen")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>O come, O come, Emmanuel</i> ("Veni, Veni, Emmanuel")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-41039990183457093102019-11-30T15:28:00.000-05:002019-11-30T15:30:44.699-05:00I Advent and Immaculate Conception at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary of the Mass:<br />
- Mass XVII (Kyrie/Sanctus/Agnus)<br />
- Mortem Tuam (Memorial)<br />
- Amen, adapted from Sanctus VIII<br />
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The rest:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday I of Advent</span><br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>Lo! he comes with clouds descending</i> ("Helmsley")<br />
Psalm 122: <i>Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/2.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP/Mode IV) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/7.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>The King shall come when morning dawns</i> ("St. Stephen")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>To you I lift my soul</i> ("Love Unknown")<br />
- (all others) <i>The Lord will bestow his goodness, and our land shall yield its fruit</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/9.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>O come, O come, Emmanuel</i> ("Veni, Emmanuel") (vv. 1-3)<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Rejoice, rejoice, believers</i> ("Greenland")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary</span><br />
<i>Celebrated on the weekend of II Advent as an external solemnity</i><br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>Immaculate Mary</i> ("Lourdes Hymn")<br />
Psalm 98: <i>Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds</i> (Carroll/Gelineau)<br />
Alleluia "Conditor Alme" (BMP/Mode IV) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/78d.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>The angel Gabriel from heaven came</i> ("Gabriel's Message")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Ave Maria</i> (Perosi)<br />
- (all others) <i>Glorious things of you are spoken</i> (BMP; based on "Austria") (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/78f.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>Lo! how a rose e'er blooming</i> ("Es ist ein' ros entsprungen")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Tell out, my soul</i> ("Woodlands")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-45830674058999842822019-11-15T21:45:00.000-05:002019-11-15T21:45:05.807-05:00Sunday XXXIII, Christ the King, and Thanksgiving Day<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Mass Ordinary: <i>Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe"</i> (Federico Caudana) and adaptations thereof<br />
Alleluia: <i>Gelobt sei Gott</i> (from the hymn <i>Christ is the King</i>)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday XXXIII of the Year</span><br />
<i>Saturday, XI-16, at 5 PM; Sunday, XI-17, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>Lo, he comes with clouds descending</i> ("Helmsley")<br />
Psalm 98: <i>The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice</i> (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB) (<b><a href="http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/14/08/22/13-22-41_0.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Jerusalem, my happy home</i> ("Land of Rest")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Wake, awake, for night is flying</i> ("Wachet Auf")<br />
- (all others) <i>Whatever you ask in your prayers, believe that you shall receive it, and it shall be granted unto you.</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/64i.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>Jesus, Son of Mary</i> ("Adoro Te Devote")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Soon may the last glad song arise</i> ("Truro")<br />
- same tune as <i>Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe</span><br />
<i>Saturday, XI-23, at 5 PM; Sunday, XI-24, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
<i>BRASS TRIO will be with us for all Masses except 7:30</i><br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>Rejoice, the Lord is King</i> ("Darwall's 148th")<br />
Psalm 122: <i>Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/gradual/2.pdf">PDF</a></b> - V/. 1-3)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Christ is the King</i> ("Gelobt sei Gott")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (7:30) <i>The Lord will bless his people with peace</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/65i.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
- (all others) <i>Christus Vincit </i>(BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/music/christusvincit.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>We praise thee, King of Kings</i> ("Dich König Loben Wir") (<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAsJfOnz7Jc">Listen</a></b>)<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>To Jesus Christ, our sov'reign King</i> ("Ich Glaub an Gott")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving Day</span><br />
<i>Thursday, XI-28, at 9 AM</i><br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>We gather together</i> ("Krenser")<br />
Psalm 113: <i>Blessed be the Name of the Lord for ever</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/77c.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Come, ye thankful people, come</i> ("St. George's Windsor")<br />
Communion responsory: <i>Bring your offering and enter his courts; adore the Lord in his holy temple</i> (BMP) (<a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/77h.pdf"><b>PDF</b></a>)<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Now thank we all our God</i> ("Nun Danket")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-86222540644449497342019-11-08T19:34:00.000-05:002019-11-08T19:41:34.011-05:00Sunday XXXII at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Mass Ordinary: <i>Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe"</i> (Caudana) and adaptations thereof<br />
Alleluia: <i>Gelobt sei Gott</i> (Vulpius)<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>God of our fathers</i> ("National Hymn")<br />
Psalm 17: R./ <i>Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full</i> (Fr. Weber, OSB) (<b><a href="http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/14/08/22/12-43-33_0.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>O God, our help in ages past</i> ("St. Anne")<br />
Communion: Psalm 23<br />
- (11:15) R./ <i>My shepherd is the Lord; nothing indeed shall I want</i> (Gelineau)<br />
- (all others) R./ <i>The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/63i.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>I vow to thee, my country</i> ("Thaxted")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>My country, 'tis of thee</i> ("America", or, if you're on the other side of the Atlantic, "God Save the Queen")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-50281183291729718822019-11-01T16:00:00.002-04:002019-11-01T16:00:32.133-04:00The Three-Day Weekend at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Solemnity: All Saints</span><br />
<i>Friday, XI-1, at 9 AM and 7 PM</i><br />
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Mass Ordinary: <i>Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe"</i> (Caudana) and adaptations thereof<br />
Alleluia: <i>Gelobt sei Gott</i> (Vulpius)<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>For all the saints</i> ("Sine Nomine")<br />
Psalm 24: R./ <i>Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face</i> (Carroll/Gelineau)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>By all your saints still striving</i> ("St. Theodulph")<br />
Communion responsory: Beatitudes, R./ <i>Remember, Lord, thy servants, when thou dost take thy throne</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/74f.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Ye watchers and ye holy ones</i> ("Lasst uns Erfreuen")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Commemoration of All Faithful Departed (All Souls)</span><br />
<i>Saturday, XI-2, at 10 AM and 5 PM</i><br />
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Music at the 5 PM Mass provided by a men's quartet from St. Joan of Arc Church, Cumberland, RI<br />
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Mass Ordinary:<br />
- (10 AM): <i>Mass XVIII, pro defunctis</i> (Sanctus, Agnus)<br />
- (5 PM): <i>Missa et Absolutio Pro Defunctis</i> (Yon) (Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus)<br />
Memorial Acclamation (both Masses): <i>Mortem tuam annuntiamus Domine</i> (chant)<br />
Amen (both Masses): <i>Sanctus VIII </i>adaptation<br />
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Alleluia: chant, Mode VI<br />
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Introit: <i>Requiem Aeternam</i><br />
- (chant setting at 10 AM; Yon setting at 5 PM)<br />
Psalm 23: R./ <i>My shepherd is the Lord; nothing indeed shall I want</i> (Gelineau)<br />
Offertory:<br />
- (10 AM) hymn - <i>Jesus, Son of Mary</i> ("Adoro Te Devote")<br />
- (5 PM) motet - <i>Ave Maria</i> (Arcadelt)<br />
Communion:<br />
- (10 AM) Psalm 130, R./ <i>Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine; cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.</i> (<i>Graduale Simplex</i>)<br />
- (5 PM) hymn - <i>Panis Angelicus</i> (Lambillotte)<br />
Recessional hymn:<br />
- (10 AM) <i>In Paradisum</i> (Mode VII/VIII)<br />
- (5 PM) <i>For all the saints</i> ("Sine Nomine")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday XXXI of the Year</span><br />
<i>Sunday, XI-3, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
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Mass Ordinary: <i>Messa Popolare "Laus Tibi Christe"</i> (Caudana) and adaptations thereof<br />
Alleluia: <i>Gelobt sei Gott</i> (Vulpius)<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>Sing prise to God who reigns above</i> ("Mit Freuden Zart")<br />
Psalm 145: R./ <i>I will praise your Name for ever, my King and my God</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/62e.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Our Father, we have wandered</i> ("Passion Chorale")<br />
Communion:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Those who love and those who labor</i> ("Domhnach Trionoide")<br />
- (all others) Psalm 16, R./ <i>Lord, you will show us the path of life</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/62i.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>Jesus, Son of Mary</i> ("Adoro Te Devote")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>For all the saints</i> ("Sine Nomine")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-55276171357452063792019-10-25T20:20:00.000-04:002019-10-27T21:43:42.100-04:00Sunday Triple-X at Sacred HeartAh yes, Sunday XXX, or "30" if you're using Arabic numerals, lol.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP)<br />
Sanctus through Agnus: <i>A Community Mass</i> (Proulx)<br />
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Alleluia: Dom A.G. Murray, OSB<br />
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The rest:<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>Praise, my soul, the King of heaven</i> ("Lauda Anima")<br />
Psalm 34: R./ <i>The Lord hears the cry of the poor</i> (BMP) (<a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/61d.pdf"><b>PDF</b></a>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Fight the good fight</i> ("Mendon")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15): <i>Magnificat</i> (Tone 8g; Ciro Grassi)<br />
- (all others): Psalm 20, R./ <i>We shall rejoice in your salvation</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/61i.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>O Salutaris Hostia</i> ("Duguet")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Go, make of all disciples</i> ("Ellacombe")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMP<br />
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Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-18014935901906362702019-10-18T18:43:00.000-04:002019-10-18T18:43:18.286-04:00Sunday XXIX at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP)<br />
Sanctus through Agnus: <i>A Community Mass</i> (Proulx)<br />
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Alleluia: Dom A.G. Murray, OSB<br />
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The rest:<br />
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Entrance hymn: <i>To the Name of our salvation</i> ("Oriel")</div>
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Psalm 121: R./ <i>Our help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth</i> (Fr. S. Weber, OSB) (<b><a href="http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/14/08/21/14-48-35_0.pdf">PDF</a></b>)</div>
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Offertory hymn: <i>God himself is with us</i> ("Tysk") (omit verse 2)</div>
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Communion music:</div>
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- (11:15) <i>Ave Maria</i> (L. Perosi)</div>
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- (all others) Psalm 8, R./ <i>How great is your Name, O Lord, our God, through all the earth</i> (Murray/Gelineau)</div>
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Meditation hymn: <i>At the Name of Jesus</i> ("King's Weston")</div>
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Recessional hynm: <i>Christ for the world, we sing</i> ("Italian Hymn")</div>
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />BMP</div>
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Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-67064937532240310422019-10-10T17:08:00.000-04:002019-10-12T20:28:26.850-04:00Sunday XXVIII at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP)<br />
Sanctus through Agnus: <i>A Community Mass</i> (Proulx)<br />
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Alleluia: Dom A.G. Murray, OSB<br />
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The rest:<br />
Entrance hymn: <i>Your hands, O Lord, in days of old</i> ("Mozart")<br />
Psalm 98: R./ <i>The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving pow'r</i> (Fr. Weber, OSB) (<b><a href="http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/pdfs/14/08/21/13-49-16_0.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Now thank we all our God</i> ("Nun Danket")<br />
Communion hymn: <i>Lead kindly, light </i>("Sandon") (text by the newly-canonized St. John Henry Newman)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i>To Christ, the Prince of Peace</i> ("Narenza")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Hail, holy Queen enthroned above</i> ("Salve Regina Caelitum")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-28280510259847794252019-10-03T23:07:00.002-04:002019-10-03T23:11:14.796-04:00The Three-Day Weekend at Sacred Heart, and Devotions, Too!<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP) (omitted on Friday)<br />
Sanctus through Agnus: <i>A Community Mass</i> (Proulx)<br />
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Alleluia: Dom A.G. Murray, OSB<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sacred Heart Community Mass (First Friday)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi</span><br />
<i>Friday, X-4, at 6 PM</i><br />
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Entrance: <i>O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine</i><br />
Psalm 16: R./ <i>You are my inheritance, O Lord</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/44d.pdf">PDF</a></b>) (verses 1, 2, and 4 in the .pdf)<br />
Offertory: <i>Cor dulce, Cor amabile</i><br />
Communion: R./ <i>Blessed are the poor in spirit, the kingdom of heaven is theirs</i> (Bartlett)<br />
Recessional: <i>To Jesus' heart, all burning</i> ("Cor Amoris")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday XXVII of the Year</span><br />
<i>Saturday, X-5, at 5 PM; Sunday, X-6, at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM</i><br />
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Entrance: <i>Jesus, Lover of my soul</i> ("Aberystwyth")<br />
Psalm 95: R./ <i>If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts</i> (Alstott)<br />
Offertory: <i>O God, our help in ages past</i> ("St. Anne")<br />
Communion:<br />
- (11:15) <i>Ave Verum</i> (Perosi)<br />
- (all others): R./ <i>The Lord is good to all who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him</i> (Bartlett)<br />
Meditation: <i>I sought the Lord</i> ("Artavia")<br />
Recessional: <i>O Jesus, I have promised</i> ("Day of Rest")<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary</span><br />
<i>All Tuesdays in October (X-1, 8, 15, 22, and 29) at 7 PM</i><br />
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Entrance: <i>Immaculate Mary</i> ("Lourdes Hymn")<br />
- followed immediately by <i>O Salutaris Hostia</i> (Werner)<br />
Rosary is recited<br />
Litany of Loreto is recited<br />
<i>Tantum Ergo</i> (Ravanello)<br />
<i>Adoremus in Aeternum</i> (Mode V)<br />
Recessional: <i>Hail, holy Queen enthroned above</i> ("Salve, Regina Caelitum")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-70504175565717318142019-09-29T20:03:00.001-04:002019-09-29T20:31:58.931-04:00Why, O Why???<div style="text-align: justify;">
Finally, I decided to break down and post something here that's not merely a music list.</div>
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This weekend, we sang hymns relating to angels. One of them related particularly to St. Michael the Archangel. Another related to Michael and his cohorts Raphael and Gabriel. This was because this day (September 29 as I write this post) is also the feast of the Archangels SS. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael (or in the Extraordinary Form, St. Michael the Archangel, or in the Anglican calendar, St. Michael and All Angels).</div>
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Our recessional hymn has seen its way into some (not many) Catholic hymnals. That is <i>Ye Holy Angels Bright</i>, set to the tune "Darwall's 148th" (widely known with <i>Rejoice, the Lord is King</i>).</div>
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Our hymn after Communion (call it a meditation hymn, hymn of praise, hymn after Communion, whatever), was a nice little 2-verse <b><a href="https://tosingistopraytwice.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/hymn-to-saint-michael-the-archangel/">hymn based on the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel</a></b> (link to the text in the hymn author's own blog) sung to the tune "Madrid" (widely known with <i>Come, Christians, Join to Sing</i>).</div>
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The other two hymns, the entrance and offertory, came from obvious Catholic sources. Yet I've not seen either one in any Catholic hymnal past or present. We had to delve into the <i>Hymnal 1940</i> to get these gems. These beautiful texts should be in many Catholic hymnals.</div>
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The entrance hymn was <i><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bgiF9oqhgg">Christ, the Fair Glory of the Holy Angels</a></b></i>, which is a translation of <i>Christe Sanctorum Decus Angelorum</i> by Rabanus Maurus - yes, the same Rabanus Maurus that gave us <i>Veni, Creator Spiritus</i>, from which the familiar <i>Come, Holy Ghost</i> (that's <i>Come, Holy Ghost</i> and not that insipid <i>One Spirit, One Church</i>, which has infested many an OCP hymnal for the last two to three decades) is translated. The tune is the very rousing <i>Coelites Plaudant</i>.</div>
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The offertory hymn was <i><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9tzrXqby1w">Hark, Hark, My Soul! Angelic Songs Are Swelling</a></b></i> authored by Fr. Frederick Faber, the Catholic priest who is most widely known for <i>Faith of Our Fathers</i> (not that goofy "A Living Faith" which has infested every GIA hymnal since the 1997 <i>RitualSong</i>) and <i>There's a Wideness in God's Mercy</i>, set to the tune "Pilgrims" by Henry Smart (who is best known for his tune "Regent Square", most commonly associated with the Christmas carol <i>Angels from the Realms of Glory</i>).</div>
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WHY, OH WHY are these two hymns of high quality in both text and tune not in any Catholic hymnals? Instead we get <i>One Spirit, One Church</i>, <i>A Living Faith</i>, <i>All Are Welcome</i>, <i>Here Me Is, Lord</i>, <i>Eagle's Claws</i>, and <i>One Fred, One Barney</i>. Enough said... for now!<br />
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(Side note regarding Father Faber: over a decade ago, when I was working for the iPadre, I chose both <i>Faith of Our Fathers</i> and <i>There's a Wideness</i> one Sunday when after Mass, a former organist of the neighboring Fall River diocese approached me and asked me, "Hey Brian, what's with all the Protestant hymns, <i>Faith of Our Fathers</i>?" Yes, this was a Catholic organist who posed that question to me. I tried my damnedest to keep a straight "professional" face, if there is such a thing, while explaining to her that <i>Faith of Our Fathers</i> was written by a Catholic priest. I afterward slipped into my van and laughed my head off, sounding like the Joker in the 60's TV series version of <i>Batman</i>.)</div>
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!</div>
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BMP</div>
Brian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-46977844173471819232019-09-26T20:55:00.000-04:002019-09-27T15:26:39.910-04:00Sunday XXVI at Sacred Heart<b><span style="font-size: large;">MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS</span></b><br />
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Ordinary:<br />
Gloria: recited or <i>Holy Angels Mass</i> (BMP)<br />
Sanctus through Agnus: <i>A Community Mass</i> (Proulx)<br />
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Alleluia: Dom A.G. Murray, OSB<br />
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The rest:<br />
Entrance hymn: <i>Christ the fair glory</i> ("Coelites Plaudant")<br />
Psalm 146: R./ <i>Praise the Lord, my soul</i> (BMP) (<b><a href="http://www.christusvincit.com/151/57e.pdf">PDF</a></b>)<br />
Offertory hymn: <i>Hark, hark my soul</i> ("Pilgrims")<br />
Communion music:<br />
- (11:15) <i>O Sacrum Convivium</i> (Remondi)<br />
- (all others) R./ <i>Remember your word to your servant, O Lord</i> (Bartlett)<br />
Meditation hymn: <i><a href="https://tosingistopraytwice.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/hymn-to-saint-michael-the-archangel/">Hymn to St. Michael</a> (Michael, Archangel blest)</i> ("Madrid")<br />
Recessional hymn: <i>Ye holy angels bright</i> ("Darwall's 148th")<br />
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Quod scripsi, scripsi!<br />
BMPBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.com0