Monthly Archives: October 2017

Teen Catechism Thurs. Nov. 9

St. Mary's Teen Catechism for * Teens and Young Adults of College Age * Thursday Nov. 9, 2017 6:00 p.m. Rosary in the Chapel 6:30 p.m. Conversation, Pizza & Salad in the Parish Hall 7:00–8:00 p.m. Talk led by Fr. Cipolla in the Parish Building 8:15 p.m. Evening ends promptly The topic this month: Our…
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Music for Vespers of the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, 5 November 2017

Sunday, 5 November 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Magna opera Domini & Psalm 110 (mode iii)
Qui timet Dominum & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Sit nomen Domini & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Deum autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator optime (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Reddite ergo (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, 5 November 2017

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Saraband (In Modo Elegiaco) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Hymn at the procession: God of Mercy, God of Grace (Heathlands)
Missa brevis (Andrea Gabrieli, 1533-1585)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost: Si iniquitates
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (prima pars) (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O salutaris hostia (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Paean (Howells)

Music for the Thirty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: God of Our Fathers (National Hymn)
Introit: Ne derelinquas me (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Suscepimus Deus (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Verbo Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedic anima mea (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come, Thou Almighty King (Italian Hymn)
Communion: Notas mihi (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for All Souls’ Day, 2 November 2017

Thursday, 2 November 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Missa pro defunctis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode vi)
Alleluia: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)

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Thursday, 2 November 2017, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (Pierre de la Rue, c.1452-1518)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (La Rue)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux aeterna (La Rue)
Motet at the Communion: Parce mihi (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum

Music for All Saints’ Day, 1 November 2017

Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Gaudeamus (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: For All the Saints (Sine nomine)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: For All the Saints (Sine nomine) (continued)
Postlude: Improvisation

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Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of All Saints: Gaudeamus
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Motet at the Offertory: O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Justorum animae (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BWV 540/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum

Feast of Christ the King

“We no longer live in Christendom. We really have to accept that it’s a thing of the past.” This was a quote from an article sent to me published by the Washington Post about the decline of the number of Americans who go to church on a regular basis or even at all. The article…
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Music for the Feast of Christ the King, 29 October 2017

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Symphony No. 6 (Op. 42, No. 2): Adagio, Intermezzo (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Missa Che fa oggi (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Motet at the Offertory: Adoramus te Christe (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: O quam gloriosum (Byrd)
Postlude: Symphony No. 6: Allegro (Widor)

Music for the Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Unam petii (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Lauda Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Domine, vivifica me (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: A New Commandment (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: The Beatitudes (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above