Diary Entry # 14 Cats One of my favorite short stories of Ernest Hemingway is The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. In it, Francis (the protagonist) is on safari in Africa. His guide sets him up to hunt a big cat (lion), but, at the crucial moment, Francis loses his nerve and runs. The…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #13 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #13
Diary Entry #13: I Have a Dream I have never thought of myself as a writer, though I have been writing for most of my adult life. As I commence this piece, I sense that my skillset is completely inadequate to convey in writing the experience I wish to convey. Nevertheless, I will try, because…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #12 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #12
Diary Entry # 12: The Iguana One may wonder at what the connection may be between an inner-city priest and an iguana. Read on. One Saturday afternoon following the 4:00 pm vigil Mass I was preparing the church for the 7:00 pm Spanish Mass. I usually grab a bite to eat between 5:00 and 5:30…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #11 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #11
Diary Entry # 11: Auld Lang Syne The song Auld Lang Syne is familiar to English speakers as that which is traditionally sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. It is also sung by some at other occasions, as we shall see. The title is a Scots-language phrase popularized in a…
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Music for Holy Week 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, April 2, 2023: Palm Sunday
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Youth Schola and St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
"Dry Mass" of the Palms; Procession of the Palms; Mass of the Passion
Asperges me (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Pueri hebraeorum I & II (Jacob Regnart)
Pueri hebraeorum vestimenta (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Pueri hebraeorum portantes (Victoria)
Ingrediente Domino (George Malcolm)
Chant Mass XVII
Passio secundum Mathaeum (Victoria)
Improperium (Palestrina)
Vexilla regis more hispano (Victoria)
Stabat Mater (Zoltán Kodály)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish (offered downstairs in the lower chapel)
Wednesday, April 5, 2023: Spy Wednesday
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.; Adoration 1–4 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Tenebrae of Maundy Thursday with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Responsoria (Michael Haydn)
Benedictus Dominus Deus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Miserere in D minor (Antonio Lotti)
Thursday, April 6, 2023: Maundy Thursday
7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass in Cena Domini with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messa breve a quattro voci (Giovanni Rovetta)
Dextera Domini (Orlande de Lassus)
In me transierunt (Orlande de Lassus)
O bone Jesu (Loyset Compère)
Ubi caritas (Maurice Duruflé)
Pange lingua (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
9:00 PM: Vespers and Stripping of the Altars.
9:30 PM–12:00 AM: Vigil before the Blessed Sacrament (at the Altar of Repose in the lower chapel).
Friday, April 7, 2023: Good Friday
Stations of the Cross (Latin, English, and Spanish) at 11:00 AM
3:00 p.m. The Mass of the Presanctified with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Passio secundum Ioannem (William Byrd)
Improperia (Ludwig Senfl)
Vere languores (Juan Francés de Iribarren)
Crux fidelis (King John of Portugal)
Vexilla regis (Michael Praetorius)
Adoramus te, Christe (Antonio Lotti)
Miserere (Johannes Martini)
7:00 p.m. Procession of the Cristo Muerto and Burial of the Body of Christ with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Miserere in G minor (Antonio Lotti)
Saturday, April 8, 2023: Holy Saturday
7:00 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Missa Congratulamini mihi (Francisco Guerrero)
Regina coeli (Orlande de Lassus)
Dum transisset Sabbatum (Thomas Tallis)
Magnificat octavi toni (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Followed by a festive reception in the gym at 11:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 9, 2023: Easter
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Congratulamini mihi (Francisco Guerrero)
Congratulamini mihi (Adrian Willaert)
Regina coeli (Henricus Isaac)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Schedule for Holy Week 2023
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2023 ~ View the music schedule for the week ~ ~ PALM SUNDAY ~ (April 2) 8:00 AM: English Sung Mass. 10:00 AM: Solemn Traditional Latin Mass (Procession of the Palms; St. Matthew’s Passion by Victoria). 12:00 PM: Spanish Sung Mass (offered downstairs in the lower chapel). ~ HOLY MONDAY ~ (April…
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