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Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Fourth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Super muros tuos (Benedictine processional chant for Sundays in November)
Missa Rex Genitor (Vatican Gradual, Mass VI)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Et non intres in judicium (Domine exaudi, secunda pars) (Byrd)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Thirty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: O quam bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Benedic anima mea Domino (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Communion: Notas mihi fecisti (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The 11:30 Mass is offered to the greater glory of God
and for the eternal repose of Vincent Alcaide, a longtime chorister.
Requiescat in pace.

Saturday, 2 November 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (Juan Vasquez, c.1500-c.1560)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Vasquez)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (Vasquez)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Vasquez)
Communion: Lux æterna (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Vasquez)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Friday, 1 November 2013, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Introit: Gaudeamus (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: For All the Saints (Sine nomine)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: For All the Saints (Sine nomine) (continued)

Friday, 1 November 2013, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
At the procession: Vidi Dominum (Benedictine processional chant for All Saints’ Day)
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of All Saints: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Angeli, archangeli (Andrea Gabrieli, 1532-1585)
Motet at the Communion: O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Christe Redemptor omnium (Alonso Dalua, from a Spanish hymnary c.1500)

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Christus vincit (plainsong)
Messe de Toulouse (anon., XIV C.)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Motet at the Offertory: Dominator Domine (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Domini est terra (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Motet at Benediction: O Salutaris (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-1562)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)

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 Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Lauda Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Domine, vivifica me (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: In hymnis et confessionibus (Benedictine processional chant for Sundays in October)
Missa Vecy la danse de Barbarie (Antoine Barbé, 1505-1564)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost: Si iniquitates
Motet at the Offertory: Recordare mei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Inclina Domine aurem tuam (prima pars) (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Twenty-Ninth 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)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Domine Dominus noster (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Your Cross (Orlando Gibbons: Angel's Song)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Saturday, 19 October 2013, 10:00 a.m.
The Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, New York, New York
Music for a Votive Mass of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Benedicamus Domino (Lorenzo Perosi, 1872-1956)
Gregorian Mass of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini: Tenuisti
Hymn at the Offertory: Beata caeli regia (Vespers hymn of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Jacquet de Mantua, 1483-1559)
Postlude: Improvisation

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
This Mass is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 2:30 p.m.
Music for None of Wednesday
Hymn: O God, creation’s secret force (Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor) (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: My God, His mercy shall prevent me (Deus meus, misericordia tua praeveniet me), with Psalms 58 and 59 (plainsong, mode iii)
Commemoration of St. Hedwig
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ

The students of the Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ sing the office of None on one Wendesday afternoon per month. This first month, the entire service will be in English. Over the course of the year, we will gradually introduce more Latin. By the spring, the students will, Deo volente, be singing the office entirely in Latin.

Monday, 14 October 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Carmelite Monastery, Brooklyn, New York
Music for the Vigil of St. Teresa of Avila
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Carmelite Mass of St. Teresa of Avila: Dedit ei Dominus
- Introit: Dedit ei Dominus (mode
- Gradual: Danti mihi sapientiam (mode v)
- Alleluia: Declaratio sermonum tuorum (mode viii)
- Offertory: Factus est in corde meo (mode iv)
- Communion: Misercordias Domini (mode i)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Hymn at the Offertory: Regis superni nuntia (plainsong, mode viii; Vespers hymn for St. Teresa)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Caeciliae

Monday, 14 October 2013, 9:30 a.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
and procession in honor of Christopher Columbus
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa de Beata Virgine (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady: Salve Sancta Parens
Motet at the Offertory: Salve Regina à 5 (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Eia ergo / Et Jesum (Salve Regina, secunda & tertia partes) (Josquin)
Hymns & Antiphons at the Procession: Salve Regina; Ave Maria; Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn); Oh María, Madre Mía; O Sanctissima