Category Archives: Music

Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Suscepimus Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Populum humilem (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Gustate et videte (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Introit: Ecce Deus adjuvat me (plainsong, mode v)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Eripe me (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Justitiae Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
Communion: Acceptabis (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

We welcome Mr. James Wetzel as the guest organist & director for these Masses.

Thursday, 16 July 2015, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa de Beata Virgine à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave Maria… Virgo serena (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Ave maris stella (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)

We welcome Mr. James Wetzel as the guest organist & director for this Mass.

Music for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Præludium in F Major (BuxWV 145) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Omnes gentes
Motet at the Offertory: Laudate Dominum (Andrea Gabrieli, 1532-1585)
Motet at the Communion: Caro mea (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Postlude: Præludium in A minor (BuxWV 153) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On This Day, the First of Days (Lübeck)
Introit: Dum clamarem (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Te decet hymnus (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 11 July 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Kyrie: Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Improvisation at the Offertory
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Postlude: Improvisation

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Music for a Votive Mass of the Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Passacaglia in C minor (BWV 582/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Messa a 4 voci da Cappella (1641) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Precious Blood of Jesus: Redemisti nos
Motet at the Offertory: Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore (Heinrich Schütz, 1585-1672)
Motet at the Communion: O quam tu pulchra es (Schütz)
Postlude: Fugue in C minor (BWV 582/2) (Bach)

This Mass will be celebrated in thanksgiving by the newly ordained Fr. Carl McIntosh

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Introit: Suscepimus Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Magnus Dominus (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Populum humilem (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Communion: Gustate et videte (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 34:6 (Op. 32, No. 1) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Missa super Ecce quam bonum (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Salve Regina (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 23:4 (Op. 32, No. 3) (Howells)

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Introit: Omnes gentes (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Omnes gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Sicut in holocausto (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise to the Lord (Lobe den Herren)
Communion: Inclina aurem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: All My Hope on God Is Founded (Michael)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Pavan in A minor (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: O nata lux (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in F Minor (BWV 534) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Twelfth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Dominus fortitudo plebis suae (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: In te Domine speravi (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Communion: Circuibo (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ach Gott und Herr (BuxWV 177) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Domini est terra (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina à 6 (Jacob Obrecht, c.1458-1505)
Postlude: Præludium in G Minor (BuxWV 148) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe den Herren)
Introit: Exaudi Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Alleluia: Domine, in virtute (plainsong, mode vi)
Offertory: Benedicam Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Communion: Unam petii (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Father of Heaven, Whose Love Profound (Gibbons: Song 5)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 13 June 2015, 10:30 a.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Mary Jennings & Anthony Gatti
Mass of the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Præludium in D Major (BuxWV 139) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
At the Procession: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
At the Bridal Procession: Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke, c.1674-1707)
Introit: Meditatio cordis mei (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Paratum cor meum (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Sanctissima
Communion: Narrabo omnia (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532) (Bach)

Saturday, 13 June 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Doctor of the Church: In medio Ecclesiae
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Iste Confessor (plainsong, mode ii)
Postlude: Iste Confessor (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.