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Las Posadas Navideñas: Dec. 15-23

Please come to our first Posada in the chapel of St. Mary, on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 5 p.m. for prayers and then refreshments in the hall. Familias y sus respectivas direcciones para las Posadas de Diciembre, 2018 -Sábado 15: Patrocinadas por las Franciscanas de María en la capilla de Saint Marys. **5:00 PM.…
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A Christmas Legend

[caption id="attachment_8068" align="alignright" width="300"] This classic icon has several interesting details. You can read about the ox and the ass in this article. Notice that the Baby Jesus is wrapped up like a mummy. This foreshadows his burial in the tomb. Notice, too, that the manger resembles a crown of thorns, which foreshadows the Lord’s…
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Music for the Third Sunday of Advent, 16 December 2018

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers (Llangloffan)
Missa Veni Domine (Manuel Cardoso, 1566-1650)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete
Motet at the Offertory: Festina ne tardaveris (anonymous)
Motet at the Communion: Gaudete (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Postlude: Partita "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (Op. 8, No. 1) (Hugo Distler, 1908-1942)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Introit: Gaudete (plainsong, mode i)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Qui sedes (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Benedixisti (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Wachet auf)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Never Weather-Beaten Sail (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

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Advent Lessons & Carols, 14 December 2018

St. Mary's warmly invites you & your family
to its annual service of
Advent Lessons & Carols
Friday, 14 December 2018, 7:00 p.m.

The St. Mary's Choir
El Coro Hispano de Santa María

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David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster
Welder Gomez, Spanish Choir Director
Heitor Caballero, Associate Organist

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Traditional carols from England, Spain & Germany;
motets of Palestrina, Praetorius, Wood, Ord & Distler;
organ music of Scheidemann & Dupré;
& Gregorian chants of Advent.

Seven readings from Sacred Scripture & the writings of the saints
on the Advent of Our Lord will be interspersed with
carols, chants, hymns & organ music of the season,
concluding with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Concerts at St. Mary's, Music
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Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12 December 2018

Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Gaudalupe
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Gaudalupe: Salve sancta Parens
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

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Learn Your Faith: The “O” Antiphons

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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