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Thursday, 20 November 2014, 3:00 p.m.
Music for None of Thursday
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Invocabimus nomen tuum, with Psalms 74 and 75 (plainsong, mode vi)
Commemoration of St. Felix of Valois
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The office of None is sung by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa L’homme armé (Marbrianus de Orto, c.1460-1529)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Michael La Barre as the guest organist for this Mass.

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Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Out of the Depths, to You, O Lord, We Cry (Alberta)
Communion: Domine, quinque talenta (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro te devote)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

We welcome William V. Riccio, Jr., as the guest director & organist for this Mass.

Thursday, 13 November 2014, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Præludium in C Major (BuxWV 136) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Hymn at the Offertory: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Mass XVIII)
Communion: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Mass is sung approximately once per month by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Urbs Jerusalem (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Dedication of a Church: Terribilis est locus iste
Motet at the Offertory: Urbs beata Jerusalem (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Nisi Dominus aedificaverit (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Concerto del Sig.r Meck appropriato all’Organo [in B minor] (Johann Gottfried Walther, 1684-1748)

Music for the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Deus in loco sancto suo (plainsong, mode v)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Bene fundata est (plainsong, mode v)
Offertory: Domine Deus, in simplicitate (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Sarum plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Jerusalem quae aedificatur (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O How Amiable (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 8 November 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Madonna (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Motet at the Communion: Tota pulchra es Maria (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Ricercare dopo il Credo (per la Messa “In Festis Beatae Mariae Virginis”) (Frescobaldi)

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

Monday, 3 November 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (Antoine Brumel, c.1460-c.1512)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Brumel)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (Brumel)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Communion: Lux aeterna (Brumel)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Alle Menschen müssen sterben (BWV 643) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: In voluntate tua
Motet at the Offertory: Vir erat in terra (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain (Op. 7) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa pro defunctis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Alleluia: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Saturday, 1 November 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Prélude (pour la fête de la Toussaint) (from L’Orgue mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)
Kyrie Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II) [Student Schola] Gloria: Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of All Saints: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Placare Christe servulis (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Sancti Dei omnes (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Motet at the Communion: O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Postlude: Choral (Pièce terminale) (pour la fête de la Toussaint) (Tournemire)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Gregory Student Schola

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Kyrie, Gloria: Missa Ego flos campi for double choir (Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, c.1590-1664) [Student Schola] Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Papae Marcelli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Offertory: Postula a me (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Vexilla Regis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Domini est terra (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
At the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O Salutaris (Hereford)
Litany & Consecration to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F# minor (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola

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Music for the Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Domine, vivifica me (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: O, Praise God in His Holiness (C. Armstrong Gibbs, 1889-1960)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above