Monthly Archives: May 2023

Homily – May 28, 2023

Homilia – Mayo 28, 2023

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #48 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #48

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #48    The Miracle I Witness Every Day  Long before I thought of becoming a priest I went on a pilgrimage to various holy sites in Europe with a good friend from high school, who was by then ordained a priest, and a group of his parishioners.  At…
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Homilia – Mayo 21, 2023

Homily – May 21, 2023

Homilia – Mayo 14, 2023

Homily – May 14, 2023

Music for May 2023

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.
Sunday, May 7, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Il bianco e dolce cigno (Steffano Bernardi)
Regina caeli (Francisco Guerrero)
Christus resurgens (William Byrd)
Ad cenam Agni providi (Johann Stadlmayr)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, May 14, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Octavi toni (Vincenzo Ruffo)
Benedicite gentes (Orlande de Lassus)
Cantate Domino (Orazio Vecchi)
Regina caeli (Diego Ortiz)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Thursday, May 18, 2023: Feast of the Ascension

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum and St. Mary's Youth Schola
Missa O rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Ascendit Deus (Ferdinand Schaller)
Regina caeli (Antonio Lotti)

Sunday, May 21, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa O rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O rex gloriae (Palestrina)
Jesu nostra redemptio (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, May 28, 2023: Pentecost Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messe de Ste. Hildegarde (Hildegard von Bingen)
Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita (Hildegard)
O ignee Spiritus (Hildegard)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #47 –  EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO#47

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #47: Other Christmas Stories As I have written before, Christmas does not evoke many nostalgic memories for me as a priest. I have treasured memories of Christmas from my childhood and early youth, but for many years as a church musician, and later as a priest, I…
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