THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #61 The Weird Smile There have been numerous unintended negative consequences of the historically relatively recent push for versus populum i.e., “priest facing the people” celebration of the Mass in the Novus Ordo Missae. (For the uninitiated, the New Order of Mass, which…
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Music for August 2023
| All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony. |
Sunday, August 6, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Papae Marcelli ridotto a quattro (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, adapted by Giovanni Battista Anerio)
Salvatorem expectamus (Tiburtio Massaino)
Quicumque Christum quaeritis (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, August 13, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa D'ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez)
Exaltabo te Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Salve Regina (Philippe Basiron)
Tu solus qui facit mirabilia (Josquin)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Tuesday, August 15, 2023: Feast of the Assumption
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Assumpta est Maria (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Vidi speciosam (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Assumpta est Maria in coelum (Palestrina)
Sunday, August 20, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Chant Mass IX "Cum jubilo"
Ave maris stella (chant)
Ave Maria...virgo serena (chant)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, August 27, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Saeculorum (Francisco Garro)
In te speravi Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Panem de caelo (Heinrich Isaac)
Beati qui ad coenam nuptiarum (Tiburtio Massaino)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #60 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #60
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #60 “Too Many Rules.” From time to time, priests receive letters of complaint from dissatisfied customers. I have received more than my fair share of those letters. The reason I have received more than my fair share of those letters is probably that I insist on upholding…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #59 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #59
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #59 The Motor Scooter One of the crosses most inner-city pastors must bear is the presence of a dumpster on his property. At first thought, it might seem attractive to the average homeowner or apartment dweller to have a dumpster handy; after all, one can throw a…
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