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Music for Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Antiphon at the blessing of ashes: Exaudi nos, Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur / Juxta vestibulum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Responsory at the imposition of ashes: Emendemus in melius (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of Ash Wednesday: Misereris omnium
Motet at the Offertory: Tribulationes civitatum (prima pars) (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Timor et hebetudo mentis (Tribulationes, secunda & tertia pares) (Byrd)

Sunday, 6 March 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of Quinquagesima Sunday
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)
Deus autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Stans autem Jesus (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (Werner)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Praeludium in D minor (BuxWV 140) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

The sermon will be preached by Fr. Shawn Cutler.

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt (BWV 637) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier)
Missa Christe Jesu (William Rasar, b. c.1491)
Kyrie Stelliferi conditor orbis (plainsong, mode i)
Gregorian Mass of Quinquagesima: Esto mihi
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Alessandro Grandi, 1586-1630)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce ascendimus Hierosolymam (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Postlude: "Little" Fugue in G minor (BWV 578) (Bach)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Introit: Venite, adoremus Deum (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: ’Twas in the Year that King Uzziah Died (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Communion: Introibo ad altare Dei (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas)
Blessing of Candles, Procession, & Mass
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf (BWV 617) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (attrib. G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi), etc.
Missa de Beata Virgine à 5 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Hodie beata Virgo Maria (prima pars) (Nicolas Gombert, c.1495-c.1560)
Motet at the Communion: Responsum accepit Simeon (Hodie beata, secunda pars) (Gombert)
Postlude: Les enfants de Dieu (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ballade en mode phrygien (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Hymn at the Procession: Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Missa Che fa oggi il mio sole (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: Conserva me Domine (prima pars) (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Motet at the Communion: Cum turba plurima (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Postlude: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain (Op. 7) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Illumina (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Verily, Verily I Say Unto You (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

A reception will be held after the 11:30 Mass to bid a fond farewell to Fr. Paul N. Check.

Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Fight the Good Fight (Duke Street)
Missa super Mon coeur se recommande à vous (Johannes Eccard, 1553-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Bonum est confiteri (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Illumina faciem tuam (Carlo Gesualdo, 1566-1613)
Postlude: Organ Sonata No. 1 (Paul Hindemith, 1895-1963)

Music for the Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier)
Introit: Adorate Deum (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
Communion: Comedite pinguia (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilène from Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Missa Amor ecco colei (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnis terra
Motet at the Offertory: Nuptiae factae sunt (prima pars) (Lasso)
Motet at the Communion: Dixit Mater / Et dicit ei Jesu / Omnis homo (Nuptiae factae sunt: secunda, tertia & quarta pares) (Lasso)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor (Op. 28) (Vierne)

Music for the Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Introit: Omnis terra (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laudate Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O be joyful in the Lord (William Boyce, 1711-1779)
Communion: Dicit Dominus: Implete hydrias (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 16 January 2016, 11:30 a.m.
The Convent of St. Birgitta, Darien, Connecticut
Music for the Feast of St. Marcellus I
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of Holy Popes: Si diligis me
Hymn at the Offertory: Deus tuorum militum (plainsong, mode iii)

This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Rhosymedre (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Hymn at the Procession: Once In Royal David's City (Irby)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Family: Exsultet gaudio
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Motet at the Communion: Fili, quid fecisti nobis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Eric Dolch as the guest organist for this Mass.

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Music for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: As With Gladness Men of Old (Dix)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Communion: Omnes qui in Christo (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Of the Father’s Love Begotten (Divinum mysterium, plainsong, mode v)
Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

We welcome Eric Dolch as the guest director & organist for this Mass.

Saturday, 9 January 2016, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady in Christmastide: Vultum tuum
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

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Saturday, 9 January 2016, 11:30 a.m.
The Convent of St. Birgitta, Darien, Connecticut
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady in Christmastide: Vultum tuum
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella

This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.