Monthly Archives: August 2023

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #63 -DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #63

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #63   The Unity Candle  In the late 1970s and early ‘80s, while I was working as a musician, long before I was ordained to the priesthood, the Unity Candle was not only a staple at every wedding, but a sine que non.  A wedding without a Unity…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST # 62 – DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO # 62

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #62       A Long Story Having completed some of the most pleasant years of my priestly life at my first assignment at a suburban parish, I was sent to teach in an inner-city Catholic high school.  I continued to live at the first parish, about a…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST # 61 – DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO # 61

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #61            The Weird Smile  There have been numerous unintended negative consequences of the historically relatively recent push for versus populum i.e., “priest facing the people” celebration of the Mass in the Novus Ordo Missae.  (For the uninitiated, the New Order of Mass, which…
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Homilia – Agosto 27, 2023

Homily – August 27, 2023

Homilia – Agosto 20, 2023

Homily – August 20, 2023

Music for August 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, August 6, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Papae Marcelli ridotto a quattro (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, adapted by Giovanni Battista Anerio)
Salvatorem expectamus (Tiburtio Massaino)
Quicumque Christum quaeritis (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, August 13, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa D'ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez)
Exaltabo te Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Salve Regina (Philippe Basiron)
Tu solus qui facit mirabilia (Josquin)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Tuesday, August 15, 2023: Feast of the Assumption

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Assumpta est Maria (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Vidi speciosam (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Assumpta est Maria in coelum (Palestrina)

Sunday, August 20, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Chant Mass IX "Cum jubilo"
Ave maris stella (chant)
Ave Maria...virgo serena (chant)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, August 27, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Saeculorum (Francisco Garro)
In te speravi Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Panem de caelo (Heinrich Isaac)
Beati qui ad coenam nuptiarum (Tiburtio Massaino)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Homilia – Agosto 13, 2023