Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of Ss. John and Paul
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Gregorian Mass of Ss. John and Paul: Multae tribulationes
Postlude: Improvisation
Feast of Corpus Christi: Sun. June 23, 2019
Solemn Mass at 9:30AM, followed by an outdoor procession. Everyone in the parish is welcome to attend a festive reception in the Church hall following the procession. We need volunteers to bring refreshments: sandwich platters, salads, appetizers, drinks, and desserts. Please contact Jill Chessman, jmchessman@verizon.net 11:30AM Mass will be in the Chapel.
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Learn Your Faith/Conozca Su Fe: Corpus Christi
The symbolism of the crucifix, which we see in the church every Sunday, reminds us of the fact that the same sacrificial offering of Himself, which Jesus made for us on the Cross, is continued for us in the sacrifice of the Mass. Ultimately, the same symbolism of the crucifix prompts us to consider how…
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RELIGIOUS ED NEWS/NOTICIAS DE LA ESCUELA DE RELIGIÓN
Religious Education Office will be closed for the summer. If you would like to register your children for the 2019–2020 RCIA Program, please call the office at (203) 866-7429 Ext 112 and leave a message for Deacon Steve. Or email him directly at dngenovese@diobpt.org. The office will reopen on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Have a blessed…
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Music for Corpus Christi, 23 June 2019
Sunday, 23 June 2019
9:30 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Le banquet céleste (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Gregorian Mass of Corpus Christi: Cibavit eos
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Sequence: Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Offertory: Ego sum panis vivus (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Hymns at the Procession:
1. Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii)
2. Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
3. Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro Te Devote)
4. Soul of My Saviour (Anima Christi)
5. O Jesus, We Adore Thee (Fulda melody)
6. Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
7. Cantemos al Amor (Ignacio Busca Sagastizábal)
Hymn at Benediction: O Salutaris (Hereford)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Postlude de Fête 'Te Deum Laudamus' (Op. 21) (Léonce de Saint-Martin, 1886-1954)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
Music for the Feast of St. Juliana Falconieri, 19 June 2019
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Juliana Falconieri
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII)
Gregorian Mass of a Virgin Not a Martyr: Dilexisti justitiam
Postlude: Improvisation
Music for Trinity Sunday, 16 June 2019
Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: La relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l'essence (from Meditations Sur Le Mystère De La Sainte Trinité) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Processional Hymn: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Missa Deus semipterne (Vatican Gradual, Mass III)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: Duo Seraphim (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Sancta Trinitas unus Deus (Antoine de Févin, c.1470-c.1512)
Postlude: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr (BWV 663) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Introit: Caritas Dei (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedictus sit (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Quicunque vult (The Athanasian Creed) (Tonus peregrinus)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
June: Month Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Saint Margaret Mary and the Sacred Heart/Santa Margarita María Alacoque y el Sagrado Corazón
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Clouds of Mass Confusion/Nubes de Confusión Masiva
It was a magnificent cloud resembling a cumulonimbus. As it wafted up and leveled out it assumed the characteristics of a stratocumulus. By the dismissal it was almost gone, dispersed by the currents into wisps of cirrus which old southern farmers call “switchin’mares’ tails”. No confusion here; it was a beautiful cloud of incense. Incense…
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Music for Vespers of Pentecost, 9 June 2019
Sunday, 9 June 2019, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of Pentecost
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Dum complerentur & Psalm 109 (mode iii)
Spiritus Domini & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Repleti sunt omnes & Psalm 111 (mode viii)
Fontes et omnia & Psalm 112 (mode i)
Loquebantur & Psalm 116 (mode vii)
Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Hodie competi sunt (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)