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Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Good Health, 9 September 2017

Saturday, 9 September 2017, 11:45 a.m.
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)

Hymn at the Procession: Iṇaintiṭuvōm iṟaimakkaḷē
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Roti aur dakhras
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Tu mera paramatma
Hymn at the Communion: Entaṉ sonthamē iyēcuvē
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)

Music for the Feast of St. Peter Claver, 9 September 2017

Saturday, 9 September 2017, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Peter Claver
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of St. Peter Claver: Satiavit Dominus
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
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 the Funeral of Mary Grace Hutter, 8 September 2017

Friday, 8 September 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Music for the Funeral of Mary Grace Hutter
Mass of the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady
(
Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Nativity of Our Lady: Salve sancta Parens
Motet at the Offertory: Stabat Mater (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, 1710-1736)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Antiphon at the Commendation: Hic accipiet, with Psalm 23 (mode vi)
Postlude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

We are happy to announce that Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will begin again on Wednesday, September 23 and will continue from then every Wednesday and Friday in St. Patrick’s chapel after the morning Mass. Many have missed this wonderful opportunity to adore the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and to pray in His presence.…
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The Bells of St. Mary’s

We are very fortunate to have a real bell in our steeple that actually functions, thanks to one of our parishioners, Gerhard Hutter. Probably the original function of the steeple bell was to announce the beginning of Mass or Vespers to the townspeople. St. Paulinus of Nola in the fourth century is credited with first…
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Music for Vespers of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 3 September 2017

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Thirteenth 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: Unus autem ex illis (mode i)
Commemoration of St. Pius X: Dum esset Summus Pontifex (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation