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Requiem Mass for Patrick O’Brien
Monday, 28 July 2014, 6:00 p.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis à 5 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Introit: Requiem æternam (Morales)
Gradual: Requiem æternam (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies iræ (plainsong, mode i; Pie Jesu Domine from Morales)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Morales)
Communion: Lux æterna (Morales)
Motet at the Communion: Manus tuæ Domine (Morales)

Monday, 28 July 2014, 12:10 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass for Refugees and Exiles
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Missae Orbis factor & Jubilate Deo (Vatican Gradual, Masses XI & XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Inviolata (plainsong, mode vi)
Communion: Dominus firmamentum meum (plainsong, mode ii)
Postlude: An Wasserflüssen Babylon (BWV 653) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2014.

Music for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun lob mein Seel’ den Herren (BuxWV 213) Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa L’homme armé à 5 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Omnes gentes
Motet at the Offertory: Paratum cor meum (Ascanio Trombetti, 1544-1590)
Motet at the Communion: Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons (Op. 12) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Introit: Deus in loco sancto suo (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Exsultate Deo (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Exaltabo te Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Communion: Simile est regnum caelorum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Canzona in C Major (BuxWV 166) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Rex Genitor (Kevin Allen, b.1964)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus fortitudo plebis
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce nunc benedicite (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Qui manducat meam carnem (Claudio Merulo, 1533-1604)
Postlude: Præludium in G minor (BuxWV 163) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Introit: Ecce Deus adjuvat me (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Eripe me (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Justitiae Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
Communion: Acceptabis (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesu, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts (Exultet caelum laudibus, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Ave Maria à 4 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria… Virgo serena (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Fantasie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

The music for this Mass is sponsored by Stuart & Jill Chessman,
in thanksgiving for their 25th anniversary of marriage.

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aubade (from Pièces de fantaisie) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Missa Deus sempiterne (Vatican Gradual, Mass III)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Praeparate corda vestra (Constanzo Porta, c.1529-1601)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium à 4 (Tomas Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Cathédrales (from Pièces de fantaisie) (Vierne)

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On This Day, the First of Days (Lübeck)
Introit: Dum clamarem (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Te decet hymnus (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Firmly I Believe and Truly (Shipston)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Saturday, 12 July 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. John Gualbert
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of an Abbot: Os justi
Improvisation at the Offertory
Motet at the Communion: Oculus non vidit (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
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.

Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Votive Requiem Mass for Kathryn M. Luff
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Fa re ut fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: O bone Jesu, illumina oculos meos (Loyset Compère, c.1445-1518)
Motet at the Communion: Jubilate Deo (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director for this Mass.
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Music for the Fourteenth 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)
Introit: Suscepimus Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Populum humilem (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Communion: Gustate et videte (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)