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Music for the Feast of the Visitation, 31 May 2018

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 10:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: O gloriosa Virginum (Op. 77, No. 3) (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Savior)
Kyrie: Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Felix es, sacra Virgo (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation on Chez nous

This Mass marks the end of the school year for the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Trinity Sunday

The Easter Cycle feasts of the Church are all glorious in their very own way. We celebrated the feast of Pentecost last weekend: the empowerment of the Church by the descent of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles in the Upper Room. And it is that same Spirit who empowers the Church to…
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Music for Trinity Sunday, 27 May 2018

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude in E-flat Major (BWV 552/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Processional Hymn: Ancient of Days (Albany)
Messa a cappella (Giovanni Rovetta, c.1596-1668)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: Benedicta sit (Giaches de Wert, 1535-1596)
Motet at the Communion: O beata et benedicta (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (“St. Anne”) (BWV 552/2) (Bach)

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Introit: Benedicta sit (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedictus sit (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Quicunque vult (The Athanasian Creed) (Tonus peregrinus)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Ember Wednesday of Pentecost, 23 May 2018

Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Ember Wednesday of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lux et origo
 (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Wednesday of Pentecost: Deus, dum egredereris
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Sancte Spiritus (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Versets on Veni Creator Spiritus (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, 21 May 2018

Monday, 21 May 2018, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Sing We of the Blessed Mother (Omne die)
Kyrie: Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Alleluia: O felix Virgo (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the May Crowning: O Sanctissima
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Hymn at the Offertory: Regina caeli jubila (plainsong, mode v)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Versets on Pange lingua (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

This Mass includes the annual May Crowning
by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Pentecost Sunday

Our Bible Study group this year studied Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans. When we finished this study of this truly seminal text, we decided to read the first 9 chapters of The Confessions of Saint Augustine. I suggested this because this book has meant so much to me personally, and also because I taught…
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