While the Feast of the Epiphany has been traditionally celebrated on January 6th (thus completing the course of the Twelve Days of Christmas), it is in our day celebrated on the Sunday nearest January 6th. The Feast of the Epiphany is a very ancient one, and it seems that the Nativity of the Lord was…
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New Year’s Mass Schedule (Dec. 31-Jan. 1)
NEW YEAR'S EVE (Day) Thursday, December 31, 2020 8:00AM (Latin) 12:10 Noon (English) SOLEMNITY OF MARY Octave Day of Christmas Masses: Friday, January 1, 2021 8:00AM (English) 9:30AM (Solemn Latin Mass) 11:15AM (Sung Latin) 1:00PM (Spanish) MISAS DE AÑO NUEVO (DURANTE EL DÍA) Jueves, diciembre 31, 2020 8:00AM (Latín) 12:10Noon (Ingles) SOLEMNIDAD DE LA VIRGEN…
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Christmas—La Navidad
Most of us have seen many Nativity scenes or images of the Nativity during the course of our lives and we look forward each year to unpacking our favorite scene and setting it up at Christmas time to remind us of the mystery of the Lord’s birth. This week we will consider the spiritual meaning…
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Rorate Mass: Sat. Dec. 19 at 6:00 a.m.
The Rorate Mass is a Mass celebrated in honor of our Lady on a Saturday in Advent. “Rorate” comes from the Introit of the day: “Drop down ye heavens from above...” This Mass is always done in darkness with only candlelight. Ideally the sun should begin to rise at the Consecration.
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Advent “O” Antiphons—Antífonas de Adviento “O”
The Church’s “other” liturgy, the Liturgy of the Hours (LOH), also known as the “Breviary” or the “Divine Office,” consists of hymns, psalms, and short readings from the Scriptures, and is prayed daily by priests and religious. Until recently the LOH was always prayed in Latin, and although the prayer is now much more accessible…
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ADVENT & CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2020
ADVENT & CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2020—HORARIO DE ADVIENTO Y NAVIDAD 2020
IGLESIA SANTA MARÍA, NORWALK, CT. CONFESSIONS: Monday, December 21 11:30-12:00 Noon; Tuesday, December 22 11:30-12:00 Noon; Wednesday, December 23 11:30-12:00 Noon; Thursday, December 24 11:30-12:00 Noon.
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Music for December 2020
| All sung Masses at St. Mary's feature the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony. |
Sunday, December 6, 2020: Second Sunday of Advent
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Guillaume Dufay)
11:15 a.m. Missa cantata with cantors
1:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María
Tuesday, December 8, 2020: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
6:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Benedicta es (Cristóbal de Morales)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Sunday, December 13, 2020: Third Sunday of Advent
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa carminum (Heinrich Isaac)
Alma Redemptoris Mater, prima pars (Johannes Ockeghem)
11:15 a.m. Missa cantata with cantors
1:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
6:00 a.m. Rorate Mass with cantors
Sunday, December 20, 2020: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Mi mi (Johannes Ockeghem)
Alma Redemptoris Mater, secunda pars (Ockeghem)
11:15 a.m. Missa cantata with cantors
1:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María
Thursday, December 24, 2020: Vigil of Christmas
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
4:00 p.m. Mass in English with cantors
7:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María
11:30 p.m. Choral Prelude with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Sweet was the song (Anonymous, 16th c.)
Est ist ein Ros, op. 122, no. 8 (Johannes Brahms)
Est ist ein Roeß (Michael Praetorius)
Dost Thou in a Manger Lie? (T. Tertius Noble)
Que bonito niño chiquito (Anonymous, 16th c.)
In dulci jubilo (arr. R. L. Pearsall/R. R. Terry)
In dulci jubilo, op. 28 (Marcel Dupré)
Stille Nacht (Franz Gruber)
Friday, December 25, 2020: Christmas Day
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
12:00 a.m. Midnight Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Saeculorum (Francisco Guerrero)
Hodie Christus natus est (Adrian Willaert)
11:15 a.m. Missa cantata with cantors
1:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María
Sunday, December 27, 2020: Holy Family/Sunday in the Octave of Christmas
Sung Masses (*reservations required—livestream also available*)
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Fa re ut fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales)
A solis ortus (Thomas Stoltzer)
11:15 a.m. Missa cantata with cantors
Beata viscera (Gabriele Fattorini)
1:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María
Cantate hymnum ad Virginem contra plagam!
Stella caeli—A prayer to the Virgin in the time of contagion