This week we will attempt to disperse the clouds of Mass Confusion swirling around the variety of names for the Mass. The Mass has been known by many names throughout history. The word “Mass” probably comes from the words used at the dismissal, “The Mass is ended, go in peace”. The Latin words are “Ite,…
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Learn Your Faith: Pro-Life Month and the Immaculate Conception
It is no coincidence that we are asked to pay special attention to Mary and to human life during this month...No es ninguna coincidencia que se nos pida prestar atención especial a María y la vida humana durante este mes.
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Notes from Fr. Ringley/Apuntes del Padre Ringley
This Sunday evening, October 7th, we will pray sung vespers in the church at 5:00 PM. All are welcome. This Sunday, October 7th, the Norwalk Columbus Day Parade will pass in front of the church at about 12:00 noon. West Avenue will be closed for about a half an hour. Plan ahead! Please pick up…
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Music for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, 14 October 2018
Music for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Trivium (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Hymn at the Procession: Soldiers of Christ, Arise (Diademata)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: In voluntate tua
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Motet at the Communion: Adoramus te Christe (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Op. 54, No. 6) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Music for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All You Who Seek a Comfort Sure (Kingsfold)
Introit: Si iniquitates (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Ecce quam bonum (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Qui timent Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Recordare mei (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O God of Loveliness (Schönster Herr Jesu)
Communion: Aufer a me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: De profundis (Pärt)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
Music for the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, 13 October 2018
Saturday, 13 October 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor
(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
Music for the Feast of St. Francis Borgia, 10 October 2018
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Francis Borgia
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of an Abbot: Os justi
Hymn at the Offertory: Iste confessor (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Improvisation
Requiem for Jean-Pierre Bourtin, 8 October 2018
Monday, 8 October 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Requiem Masss for Jean-Pierre Bourtin
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Jean Mouton, 1459-1522)
Motet at the Communion: Pie Jesu (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)
At the procession to the cemetery: In paradisum (plainsong, mode vii)
At the procession to the cemetery: Ego sum resurrectio, with the Benedictus
Music for Vespers of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, 7 October 2018
Sunday, 7 October 2018, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Magna opera Domini & Psalm 110 (mode iii)
Qui timet Dominum & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Sit nomen Domini & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Deum autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator optime (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Cognovit autem pater
Commemoration of Our Lady of the Rosary: Beata Mater
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, 7 October 2018
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)
Missa de Beata Maria (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of the Rosary: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Salve Regina (Christopher Tye, c.1505-1572)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Jean L'Heritier, 1480-1551)
Postlude: Prelude, Fugue, & Chorale on Ave maris stella (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)
Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God of Loveliness (Schönster Herr Jesu)
Introit: In voluntate tua (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa cum jubilio (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Domine, refugium factus es (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: In exitu Israel (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Vir erat in terra (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Beati omnes (prima pars) (Cipriano de Rore, c.1515-1565)
Communion: In salutari tuo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
Requiem Mass for Gertrude Catherine Schmitt, 4 October 2018
Thursday, 4 October 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Requiem Masss for Gertrude Catherine Schmitt
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Missa pro defunctis à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Introit: Requiem æternam (Morales)
Kyrie: Missa pro defunctis (Morales)
Gradual: Requiem æternam (Morales)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Morales)
Sanctus: Missa brevis (Gertrude Schmitt, 1932-2018)
Agnus Dei: Missa brevis (Schmitt)
Communion: Lux æterna (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
At the absolution: Subvenite (plainsong, mode iv)
At the procession to the cemetery: In paradisum (plainsong, mode vii)
At the procession to the cemetery: Credo quod Redemptor (plainsong, mode viii)
At the cemetery: Ego sum resurrectio, with the Benedictus
Requiescat in pace.