STATIONS (at 6:30) and III LENT (at 8:00), and a little more on TUNES and METERS

If you remember in last week's post, we discussed the interchangeablilty of hymn tunes.  As you will see, two hymns within these lists carry the exact same tune: The glory of these forty days (Entrance hymn for Stations this Friday) and Take up your cross (Meditation hymn for this Sunday).  The tune here is "Erhalt uns, Herr".

By the way, for those curious, the title given in quotes and parentheses is the name of the tune.  When singing from the Breaking Bread hymnal, you will find the tune name on the top right corner of the hymn - that is, for traditional hymnody like that we normally sing at 8:00 Mass.  The meter (the number of syllables in each line) is given at the bottom at the beginning of the "Text" credits.  Ah yes, another new term: Text.  Where in most secular music and contemporary pieces you have Lyrics and Music, in standard hymnody you have Text and Tune.

And remember the acronymns I mentioned last week as well: in the case of the two "Erhalt uns, Herr" hymns, the meter is given as "LM", that is, "long meter" or 88 88.  In the case of this Sunday's recessional hymn, the tune being "St. Flavian", the meter is given as "CM", that is, "common meter" or 86 86.  The rest of the hymn meters for the hymns listed here are numeric.

Stations of the Cross (Fridays in Lent at 6:30 PM)

Entrance hymn: #141 The glory of these forty days ("Erhalt uns, Herr") (Listen)
For each station: the aforementioned Stabat Mater verses in English provided in the Stations booklet
Recessional hymn: #705 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer") (Listen)
- Should be familiar, but I think the organ fanfare at the beginning in this link is quite nifty.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

March 23 - Third Sunday of Lent (8:00 AM)

Repent, says the Lord, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!

Entrance hymn: #132 Forty days and forty nights ("Heinlein") (Listen)

Kyrie XVI (simplified form) or recited.

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

Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ, King of endless glory (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)

Offertory hymn: #138 Have mercy on us, Lord ("Attende, Domine"/Mode V) (Listen)
- We will sing the text in English.

Sanctus: #874 Heritage Mass

Memorial Acclamation: #12 (on page 17) Save us, Savior of the world (Official ICEL chant)

Amen: single Amen found on page 22.

Agnus Dei XVIII: #846

Communion responsory: Psalm 84, R./ Blessed are they who dwell in your house, for ever singing your praise. (Adam Bartlett)

- Adam Bartlett's initial rise to fame came with the hardbound "Lumen Christi Missal" and Illuminati Publications, which has since become "Source and Summit", now publishing the "Source and Summit Missal" along with a "digital platform" for liturgy planning as well.

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

- The listen link is to the aforementioned "The glory of these forty days", which is the exact same tune.

Recessional hymn: Lord, who throughout these forty days ("St. Flavian") (Listen)

Quod scripsi, scripsi! (You'll hear these words in English in the Good Friday Passion in just a few weeks - "What I have written, I have written!")
BMP