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Music for May 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, May 7, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Il bianco e dolce cigno (Steffano Bernardi)
Regina caeli (Francisco Guerrero)
Christus resurgens (William Byrd)
Ad cenam Agni providi (Johann Stadlmayr)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, May 14, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Octavi toni (Vincenzo Ruffo)
Benedicite gentes (Orlande de Lassus)
Cantate Domino (Orazio Vecchi)
Regina caeli (Diego Ortiz)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Thursday, May 18, 2023: Feast of the Ascension

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum and St. Mary's Youth Schola
Missa O rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Ascendit Deus (Ferdinand Schaller)
Regina caeli (Antonio Lotti)

Sunday, May 21, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa O rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O rex gloriae (Palestrina)
Jesu nostra redemptio (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, May 28, 2023: Pentecost Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messe de Ste. Hildegarde (Hildegard von Bingen)
Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita (Hildegard)
O ignee Spiritus (Hildegard)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #47 –  EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO#47

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #47: Other Christmas Stories As I have written before, Christmas does not evoke many nostalgic memories for me as a priest. I have treasured memories of Christmas from my childhood and early youth, but for many years as a church musician, and later as a priest, I…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #46 –  EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO#46

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #46: The Laughing Ladies at the Funeral Home  I have witnessed many strange things during my years as a priest; so many strange things that it takes something particularly novel or extraordinary to stop me in my tracks.  That happened to me recently as I was conducting…
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Homilia – Mayo 7, 2023

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Homily – May 7, 2023

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Homilia – Abril 30, 2023

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Homily – April 30, 2023

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Music for April 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–Sunday, April 9, 2023: Holy Week

See all music for HOLY WEEK 2023

Sunday, April 16, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Regina caeli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Quia vidisti me Thoma (Orlande de Lassus)
Regina caeli (Lassus)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, April 23, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Surrexit pastor bonus (Orlande de Lassus)
Surrexit pastor bonus (Lassus)
Regina caeli (Vicente Lusitano)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, April 30, 2023

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Frère Thibault (Orlande de Lassus)
Lauda anima mea (Lassus)
In illo tempore...Modicum (Cristóbal de Morales)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #45 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #45

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #45: Singing at Mass  In 1991 author and Catholic Church musician Thomas Day published a book entitled Why Catholics Can’t Sing.  In it he proposed many explanations for why Catholics can’t, don’t, or won’t sing at Mass.  It was a book very popular among Catholic musicians at…
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