There will be a meeting for the upcoming International Festival on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 7:00pm in the gymnasium. We are expecting all of the coordinators of the countries participating this year to be present at this meeting. We are also inviting others who may wish to be the coordinator of a country not…
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St. Leo the Great
I write this on the feast of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Confessor. Only two popes carry the designation “Great”: St. Leo and St. Gregory. They were bishops of Rome during a most trying time in the history of the West, when the Roman Empire was falling apart and the barbarian invasions were beginning…
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Music for the Second Sunday after Easter, 15 April 2018
Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Schafe können sicher weiden (from BWV 208) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: The Strife Is O'er (Victory)
issa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (prima pars) (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (secunda pars) (Byrd)
Postlude: Concerto in G Major (BWV 592) (Bach)
Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The Strife Is O'er (Victory)
Introit: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode viii)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Cognoverunt discipuli (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: O For a Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Communion: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Most Glorious Lord of Life (William H. Harris, 1883-1973)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Year’s Mind Mass for Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula, 14 April 2018
Saturday, 14 April 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Requiem Masss for Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
Kyrie: Messe de Tournai (anon., XIV C.)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Oriamendiko Soñuba (Marcha de Oriamendi)
Music for the Feast of St. Leo the Great, 11 April 2018
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Leo I
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Sovereign Pontiff: Si diligis me
Postlude: Improvisation
Dominica in Albis
This Sunday has many names. The first is Dominica in Albis, meaning Sunday in white, because the newly baptized wore their white garments to Mass on this Sunday. This is also called Low Sunday. No one is quite sure where this name comes from, but it would seem that this Sunday of the Octave of…
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Annunciation: Monday, April 9
Feast of the Annunciation Monday, April 9, 2018 Masses: 7:30 a.m. Low Mass 12:10 p.m. English Mass 6:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with orchestra 7:30 p.m. Lecture by Roberto di Mattei sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny, followed by a reception (find out more)
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Easter Sunday
Whatever I can say about the glory of Easter pales to what George Herbert, Anglican priest and poet, said in his wonderful poem I have oft quoted. So read, meditate and enjoy this Easter Gift, all who love and support our wonderful parish dedicated to Our Lady! Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise…
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Music for the Feast of the Annunciation, 9 April 2018
Monday, 9 April 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Annunciation
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Ave Maris Stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Mass in B-flat (Santiago Billoni, c.1700-c.1763)
Gregorian Mass of the Annunciation: Vultum tuum
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (José de Torres y Martínez Bravo, c.1670-1738)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Postlude: Benedicta es Regina caelorum (Antonio de Cabezón, 1510-1566)
This Mass, sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny,
will be followed by a lecture by Roberto de Mattei in the parish hall at 7:30 p.m.
Music for the Octave Day of Easter, 8 April 2018
Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ (BWV 628) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ)
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Stetit Jesus (Jacob Regnart, c.1540-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Conturbati (Stetit Jesus, secunda pars) (Regnart)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)
Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Llanfair)
Introit: Quasi modo (plainsong, mode vi)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: In die resurrectionis (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above