Monthly Archives: September 2017

Sermon: The Special Mission of St. Mary’s Church

I am preaching at all Masses this weekend to talk about the special mission of St. Mary’s church. To be sure St. Mary’s shares in the mission of every parish church: to worship God reverently in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to hear the word of God preached authentically, never based on the preacher’s…
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Pastor’s Book Recommendations

From time to time I recommend books that I think would be beneficial to read intellectually and spiritually. The first is Out of the Ashes by Anthony Esolen, which analyzes the real and deep problems in contemporary culture and offers strong suggestions as to how to turn things around. The second is The Power of Silence…
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Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 17 September 2017

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude et Fugue (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Hymn at the Procession: Angel Voices
Messe de Sainte Hildegarde (St. Hildegard von Bingen, 1098-1179)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Inclina Domine
Motet at the Offertory: O virtus Sapientiae (Hildegard)
Motet at the Communion: O orzchis Ecclesia (Hildegard)
Postlude: Intermezzo (Alain)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Introit: Da pacem Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Sanctificavit Moyses (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Love Bade Me Welcome (from Five Mystical Songs) Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Tollite hostias (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

The Special Mission of St. Mary’s Church

This past Tuesday we began the regular celebration of the Traditional Mass (Extraordinary Form) at the daily Mass at 7:30 a.m. For me this was a moving event in so many ways. There is a straight line from when Fr. Markey introduced Solemn Mass in the parish over seven years ago to making the Traditional…
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Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 10 September 2017

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilène and Intermezzo from Symphony No. 3 (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Lord of the Worlds Above (Darwall’s 148th)
Kyrie (John Dunstaple, c.1390-1453)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Protector noster
Motet at the Offertory: Quam pulchra es (Dunstable)
Motet at the Communion: Quem terra, pontus, æthera (Byrd)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 (Vierne)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Introit: Justus es Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Beata gens (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Oravi Deum meum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe fen) (Kenneth Naylor, 1931-1991)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Good Health, 9 September 2017

Saturday, 9 September 2017, 11:45 a.m.
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)

Hymn at the Procession: Iṇaintiṭuvōm iṟaimakkaḷē
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Roti aur dakhras
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Tu mera paramatma
Hymn at the Communion: Entaṉ sonthamē iyēcuvē
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)

Music for the Feast of St. Peter Claver, 9 September 2017

Saturday, 9 September 2017, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Peter Claver
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of St. Peter Claver: Satiavit Dominus
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Postlude: Improvisation

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