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Requiem Mass for Charles Edstrom, 7 June 2018

Thursday, 7 June 2018, 10:00 a.m.
Requiem Masss for Charles Edstrom
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Missa pro defunctis
 (plainsong)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
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

Corpus Christi

The most beautiful thing now in Saint Mary’s Church is the Rood and the Rood Beam. The restoration of the Rood was something that I wanted to do as soon as I became pastor. When the renovation of seven years ago began, I suggested to Fr. Markey that we put in a rood beam. This…
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Music for Vespers of the Second Sunday after Pentecost, 3 June 2018

Sunday, 3 June 2018, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Sunday within the Octave of Corpus Christi

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: Exi cito in plateas (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for Corpus Christi, 3 June 2018

Sunday, 3 June 2018
10:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Gregorian Mass of Corpus Christi: Cibavit eos
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Offertory: O sacrum convivium à 6 (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: O salutaris hostia (James MacMillan, b.1959)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Byrd)
Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Jean Titelouze (c.1563-1633)
Hymns at the Procession:
1. Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii)
2. Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
3. Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro Te Devote)
4. Soul of My Saviour (Anima Christi)
5. O Jesus, We Adore Thee (Fulda melody)
6. Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
7. Cantemos al Amor (Ignacio Busca Sagastizábal)
Hymn at Benediction: O Salutaris (Hereford)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Offrande et Alleluia final (from Livre du Saint-Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers

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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