Las Posadas ("The Inns"): Christmas is coming, and with it the traditional Posadas. As in previous years, we will begin on December 15 and end on the 23rd.
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Know Your Faith
Death/La Muerte: At the end of the liturgical year the Church traditionally reflects on the “last things”, i.e. death, judgment, heaven, and hell. Tradicionalmente, al terminar el Año Litúrgico, la Iglesia medita sobre Los Novísimos: Muerte, Juicio Final, Cielo e Infierno.
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Mass Confusion: My Space
One Saturday afternoon I went to the church well before I was to hear Confessions. With the exception of Our Lord and me, our rather large church was completely empty. Sitting in the silence in a pew near the confessional I heard the door open and footsteps approach me from behind. It sounded like more than…
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Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 11 November 2018
Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Fifth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not (BWV 687) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Happy Are They (Binchester)
Missa De profundis (Vincenzo Ruffo, c.1508-1587)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Orazio Vecchi, 1550-1605)
Postlude: Ciacona in C minor (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Introit: Intret oratio mea (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Gradual: Dirigatur oratio mea (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Qui posuit fines (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Gressus meos (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: The King of Love My Shepherd Is(Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
Music for the Feast of St. Andrew Avellino, 10 November 2018
Saturday, 10 November 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Andrew Avellino
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor not a Bishop: Os justi
Postlude: Improvisation
The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.
Music for a Votive Requiem Mass, 7 November 2018
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Votive Requiem Mass for All Souls
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
All Souls Day/Día de Todos los Fieles Difuntos
On November 2nd we celebrate the Feast of All Souls, taking the opportunity to pray in a special way for all the faithful departed who do not yet stand in the presence of God, but who are undergoing the state of final purification which we call Purgatory. While there is no explicit mention of “Purgatory”…
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All Saints Day/Día de Todos los Santos
On November 1st each year the Universal Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints, also known as All Saints Day, and a holy day of obligation. On this day, for several reasons, we turn our attention to the souls of all those who are in heaven.
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A Day With Mary/Un Día con María: Sat. Nov. 17
Please come and bring your friends to this prayerful retreat day to inspire love of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and consecration to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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