Monthly Archives: April 2019

Music for Palm Sunday, 14 April 2019

Sunday, 14 April 2019, 9:30 a.m.
Music for Palm Sunday

At the Consecration and Reception of Palms
Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon: Hosanna filio David (plainsong, mode vii)
Sanctus XVIII
Antiphon at the reception of palms: Pueri Hebraeorum portantes (mode i)
Antiphon at the reception of palms: Pueri Hebraeoum vestimenta (mode i)
Motet at the reception of palms: Pueri Hebraeorum portantes (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the reception of palms: Pueri Hebraeoum vestimenta (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)

At the Procession
Antiphon: Cum audisset populus (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn: Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (Ellacombe)
Antiphon: Ante sex dies (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn: To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King (Ich glaub an Gott)
Antiphon: Occurrunt turbae (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Agincourt)
Antiphon: Cum Angelis et pueris (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn: Christus vincit (traditional melody)
Antiphon at the entrance into the church: Gloria, laus, et honor (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory: Ingrediente

At the Mass of the Passion
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthaeum (polyphonic turba settings by Victoria)
Motet at the Offertory: Improperium (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: O Domine Jesu Christe (Victoria)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir

International Festival 2019

Our annual International Festival this year will be Saturday, May 4, 2019. We will have our first meeting for this year’s festival on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at 7:00pm in the Gymnasium. If you are interested in helping out with a particular Country, or the set up and clean up process, please join us at…
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Learn Your Faith/Aprenda Su Fe: The Sign of the Cross

As Catholics we begin all things with the Sign of the Cross. Our prayers usually begin and end with this sign as do the Mass and the sacraments of Confession/Penance/Reconciliation, Baptism, Confirmation, and the Anointing of the Sick, as well as the Sacrament of Holy Orders (Ordination) all include anointing with Holy Oil tracing the…
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Funerals at the Parish/Funerales en la Parroquia

The death of a loved one, even when it is expected, is always a traumatic event. The Church has understood this very well for two millennia and has provided for Her children the funeral rites. The funeral rites (rituals, or liturgies) consist of three parts. The wake service (or Vigil), the Funeral Mass, and the…
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Music for the Saturday of Passion Week, 13 April 2019

Saturday, 13 April 2019, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Saturday of Passion Week
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Saturday of Passion Week: Miserere mihi Domine
Hymn at the Offertory: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i)

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Music for Vespers of Passion Sunday, 7 April 2019

Sunday, 7 April 2019, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of Passion Sunday
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)
Deus autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Vexilla Regis prodeunt (plainsong, mode i)
Magnificat antiphon: Abraham pater vester (mode ii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (Werner)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)