SUNDAY XXVIII at VIII O'CLOCK

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (or recited, celebrant's discretion)

Sanctus and Agnus Dei: People's Mass (Jan Vermulst) (Listen)
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)

Amen: Danish Amen

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Pew Missal, page 220

Psalm 95: R./ If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Owen Alstott)

Alleluia: Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp.

HYMNS, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #212 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty ("Lobe den Herren")

Offertory hymn: #471 I sing the mighty pow'r of God ("Ellacombe") (Listen)

Anthem during Communion: Lead, kindly light ("Sandon") (Listen)

- Like "Praise to the Holiest in the height", which we sang for a couple of weeks last month, the text comes from Saint John Henry Newman.

Meditation hymn: #345 Gift of Finest Wheat ("Bicentennial") (vv. 1, 2, 5)

Recessional hymn: #721 All hail the pow'r of Jesus' Name ("Coronation") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

SUNDAY XXVII at EIGHT O'CLOCK

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (or recited, celebrant's discretion)

Sanctus and Agnus Dei: People's Mass (Jan Vermulst) (Listen)
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)

Amen: Danish Amen

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Pew Missal, page 218

Psalm 95: R./ If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Owen Alstott)

Alleluia: Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp.

HYMNS, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #576 O God, our help in ages past ("St. Anne") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #473 Faith of our fathers ("St. Catherine") (Listen)

Hymn during Communion: Ave Verum (Chant, Mode I with brief intervening organ improvisations)

Meditation hymn: #372 Lord, who at that first Eucharist ("Unde et Memores"/vv. 1-3) (Listen)

Recessional hymn: #471 I sing the mighty pow'r of God ("Ellacombe") (Listen)

- Same tune as such hymns as "Go, make of all disciples" and "The day of Resurrection", which we've sung before.

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

SUNDAY XXVI at EIGHT O'CLOCK

 ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (or recited, celebrant's discretion)

Sanctus and Agnus Dei: People's Mass (Jan Vermulst) (Listen)
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)

Amen: Danish Amen

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Breaking Bread, page 216

Psalm 146: R./ Praise the Lord, my soul (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)

Alleluia: Chant, Mode VI

HYMNS, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #534 Praise the Lord, ye heav'ns, adore him ("Hymn to Joy") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #556 Praise to the holiest in the height ("Newman") (Listen)

Responsory during Communon: Psalm 119, R./ Remember your word to your servant, O Lord (Adam Bartlett)

Meditation hymn: #221 Soul of my Savior ("Anima Christi") (Listen)

Recessional hymn: #710 Ye watchers and ye holy ones ("Lasst uns Erfreuen") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

SUNDAY XXV at EIGHT O'CLOCK and A NEW HYMN

And today we're back to "normalcy" (quoting Warren Harding), but only "for a time" (quoting the late great Father Richard A. Bucci, the pastor of my other parish for nearly 23 years until his death a year and a half ago) as we return to numbered Sundays of the Year.  Come November there will be two consecutive Sundays that go unnumbered (and I'm not even counting Christ the King).  November 2 and 9 are All Souls Day (formal name: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed) and the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.  I'll post more on those before the time comes.

This Sunday we will be introducing a new hymn, a hymn that I've been doing at Sacred Heart for pretty much all of the 14+ years I've been there, and I'm extremely happy to see that it FINALLY got included in the Breaking Bread hymnal.  The hymn is Praise to the Holiest in the Height.  The tune is known as two different names.  The Breaking Bread hymnal (and other hymnals) calls the tune "Billing", while  several other hymnals, including the one I work with at Sacred Heart, call it "Newman", after the author of the hymn text, Cardinal John Henry Newman, now Saint John Henry Newman.  The tune is by the English composer Richard Runciman Terry.

That said, let's jump to...

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (or recited, celebrant's discretion)

Sanctus and Agnus Dei: People's Mass (Jan Vermulst) (Listen)
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)

Amen: Danish Amen

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Breaking Bread, page 214

Psalm 113: R./ Praise the Lord, who lifts up the poor (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)

Alleluia: Chant, Mode VI

HYMNS, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #212 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty ("Lobe den Herren")

Offertory hymn: #556 Praise to the holiest in the height ("Newman") (Listen)

Anthem during Communion: Those who love and those who labor ("Dohmnach Trionoide") (Listen)

Meditation hymn: #479 O Lord, I am not worthy ("Non Dignus") (Listen)

- Reviving yet another classic.

Recessional hymn: #206 Holy God, we praise thy Name ("Grosser Gott")

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

THIS SUNDAY AT 8: THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

It's been a long time since September 14 fell on a Sunday - 11 years, for that matter.  The reason I say that:  September 14 is the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which is considered a Feast in the liturgical calendar.  Now, while most Feasts do not trump the regularly numbered Sunday of the year like Solemnities do, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is one that does.  So, as the networks say when a special is about to air on TV, "The Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year will not be seen this Sunday so we can bring you the Exaltation of the Holy Cross."

That said:

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (or recited, celebrant's discretion)

Sanctus and Agnus Dei: People's Mass (Jan Vermulst) (Listen)
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)

Amen: Danish Amen

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Breaking Bread hymnal, page 212

Psalm 78: R./ Do not forget the works of the Lord (Fr. Samuel F. Weber, OSB)
Alleluia: Chant, Mode VI

HYMNS, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #723 Crown him with many crowns ("Diademata") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #704 Take up your cross ("Erhalt uns, Herr") (Listen)

Motet during Communion: Adoramus te, Christe (Theodore Dubois)

- The translation is something we proclaim at the beginning of every Station of the Cross, "We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee, because by thy Holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world."

Meditation hymn: #221 Soul of my Savior ("Anima Christi") (Listen)

Recessional hymn: #705 Lift high the Cross ("Crucifer") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

SUNDAY XXIII at 8, "PEOPLE'S MASS" RETURNS and THE CROSS IN SONG

At long last, the return of People's Mass by Jan Vermulst!  This Mass was sung at many a parish in the late 70s/early 80s.  This time, it returns, and with the proper adaptation in the Sanctus for the 2011 Missal translation (the Agnus Dei remains the same).

Click here to listen to the Sanctus and Agnus Dei from People's Mass.

For these next two weekends, we will be singing Cross-themed hymns (two this weekend, three next weekend).  In addition, the Memorial Acclamation Save us, Savior of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free will be sung for September and October.  In this weekend's Gospel according to Luke, Jesus tells is disciples, "Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple."  In addition, the following Sunday (September 14) is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, one of those feasts which, while not a Holyday of Obligation when on a weekday, takes place over the 24th Sunday of the Year when on a Sunday.

A funny note: When I was working at a church in Tiverton, a visiting priest came to say Mass.  I don't remember what year (was either 2005, 2006 or 2007 - Year A, B or C, respectively, and yes, "taking up your cross" was also rendered in Gospel readings according to Matthew and Mark; Luke's rendition is this year) - but nonetheless, two of the hymns just happened to be two of the hymns we will be singing these next two weeks.  At the end of Mass, the visiting priest exclaimed (in a not-so-happy tone), "I feel like I'm in LENT!"  Hint for the locals: this priest made a few records and one could often see him with his signature 12-string guitar, especially in nearby Massachusetts.

That said:

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:

Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (or recited, celebrant's discretion)

Sanctus and Agnus Dei: People's Mass (Jan Vermulst)
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)

Amen: Danish Amen

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings: Breaking Bread hymnal, page 210

Psalm 90: R./ In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge (BMP)
Alleluia: Chant, Mode VI

HYMNS, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #705 Lift high the Cross ("Crucifer") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #576 O God, our help in ages past ("St. Anne") (Listen)

Communion responsory: Psalm 76, R./ Make your vows unto the Lord and accomplish them (BMP)

Meditation hymn: #704 Take up your cross ("Erhalt uns, Herr") (Listen)

Recessional hymn: #205 Now thank we all our God ("Nun Danket") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

SUNDAY XXII at 8, "COMING NEXT WEEK" (also at 8 ) and "ORDINARY VS. PROPER"

Next week: People's Mass, as I mentioned in last week's post.  Last Monday, I had some time and recorded an instructional video from the organ bench at Sacred Heart (my other parish).  I later played this for the two ladies that were counting the money from last weekend's collections and they were very familiar with the melodies of both the Sanctus and Agnus Dei from People's Mass.  I think there's a good chance some of you at St. Eugene's might be familiar as well.  Click here for a sneak preview of the Mass.

The Memorial Acclamation next week should be no stranger: Save us, Savior of the world, for by your cross and resurrection you have set us free, which we have sung before.  Why did I select this?  Next Sunday's Gospel reading (September 7, that is) tells about "taking up your cross", and the following Sunday (September 14) is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, one of those feasts that replaces the regularly numbered Sunday of the Year when it does fall on a Sunday.

Finally, a primer on that distinction of "Ordinary" vs. "Proper": The Ordinary of the Mass is that set of elements that are the same at every Mass.  This includes items like the Kyrie, Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, etc.  The Proper of the Mass is that set of elements that change from day to day.  This includes the readings, the Responsorial Psalm, the Alleluia and certain prayers like the Collect (just before the Readings begin), the Prayer over the Gifts (once known as the "Secret"), and the Post-Communion Prayer.

That said:

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Gloria, unless recited)
#'s 874, 875, 878 and 879 respectively Heritage Mass (Owen Alstott) (from Sanctus through Agnus Dei) (final week of this setting for a time)

PROPER OF THE MASS:
Psalm 68: R./ God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor. (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
Alleluia: Mode VI

HYMNS, etc.
Entrance hymn: #446 The Church's one foundation ("Aurelia") (Listen)
Offertory hymn: #667 Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All ("Sweet Sacrament") (Listen)
Responsory during Communion: Psalm 71, R./ O Lord, I will be mindful of your justice alone (BMP) (PDF)
Meditation hymn: #370 Godhead here in hiding ("Adoro Te Devote"/vv. 1-4 in English) (Listen)
Recessional hymn: #717 To Jesus Christ, our sov'reign King ("Ich Glaub an Gott") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP