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Thursday, 17 September 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Tu es sacerdos (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: This Is The Feast Day of the Lord’s True Witness (Iste confessor)
Communion: Qui meditabitur (plainsong, mode iii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Christopher Mueller as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Partitas on O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Faith of Our Fathers (St. Catherine)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Miserere mihi Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Tribue Domine (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Te deprecor (Byrd)
Postlude: Partitas on O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Faith of Our Fathers (St. Catherine)
Introit: Da pacem Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Sanctificavit Moyses (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 12 September 2015, 12:00 noon
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Tune Bulaaya
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Kanikkai Tantom
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Mujhe Na Chaha Koi
Hymn at the Communion: Yaaritam Selvom Iraivaa
Hymns at Benediction: O Salutaris (Werner); Tantum ergo (St. Thomas)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)

Saturday, 12 September 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Name of Mary: Vultum tuum
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
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 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Repleatur os meum laude tua (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Inclina Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium à 6 (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Præludium in the Phrygian Mode (BuxWV 152) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Introit: Justus es Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Oravi Deum meum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe fen) (Kenneth Naylor, 1931-1991)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Mille regretz (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Protector noster
Motet at the Offertory: Immittet angelus Domini (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Pater noster (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Introit: Miserere mihi Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, in auxilium meum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Sing the Mighty Power of God (Mozart)
Communion: Domine memorabor (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Creator Sancte Spiritus (David Adam Smith)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun danket Alle Gott (BWV 657) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Assumpta est Maria (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Offertory: O Lux beata Trinitas (Robert Fayrfax, 1464-1521)
Communion: Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Toccata & Fugue in E Major (BWV 566) (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Hyfrydol)
Introit: Inclina Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Spiritus est qui vivificat (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Food of Exiles Lowly (Innsbruck)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica; Kyrie della Domenica (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: Deus in adjutorium meum
Motet at the Offertory: Precatus est Moyses (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Spem in alium (Jacquet de Mantua, 1483-1559)
Postlude: Canzona post il Communio (Messa della Domenica) (Frescobaldi)

Music for the Twentieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts (Wareham)
Introit: Protector noster (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Caro mea (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Immitet angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Qui manducat (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Love bade me welcome (from Five Mystical Songs) (Vaughan Williams)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 15 August 2015, 5:00 p.m.
Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn (BWV 648) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Ave maris stella (Cristóbal de MOrales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Assumption: Signum magnum
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina coelitum)
Kyrie: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Motet at the Offertory: Salve Regina (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Eja ergo (Salve Regina, secunda pars) (Philips)
Hymn at Benediction: O Salutaris (Hereford)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Fantasie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Vater unser im Himmelreich (BuxWV 219) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa In te Domine speravi (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Deus in loco sancto suo
Motet at the Offertory: Exsultate Deo (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Andrea Gabrieli, 1532-1585)
Postlude: Passacaglia in D minor (BuxWV 161) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Nineteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Faith of our Fathers (St. Catherine)
Introit: Respice Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, refugium factus es nobis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: In te Domine speravi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God of Abraham Praise (Leoni)
Communion: Panis quem ego dedero (plainsong, mode I)
Motet at the Communion: O Jesu in Sanctissimo (David Adam Smith)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above