III EASTER at 8:00 and C'EST LE MOIS DE MARIE

C'est le mois de Marie, French for This is the month of Mary, was a hymn often heard in churches in Woonsocket, including Precious Blood (where I was music director for eight years).  Each Sunday in May there will be at least one hymn or motet dedicated to Mary.  These may be lesser-known and will be sung during Communion, but Mary-themed just the same.

This week's Communion is Daily, daily, sing to Mary.  The tune is "Omni Die Dic Mariae", also known in German as "Alle Tage Sing und Sage", which is used in most American hymnals that include Daily, daily.  I will be singing the verses in English in alternation with verses in Latin.  In the United Kingdom, there is a tune simply titled "Daily, Daily", which is used for the same hymn.  I will improvise on that tune as part of the prelude and postlude at both Masses this weekend.

Last Sunday before Mass we rehearsed two short acclamations: the Memorial Acclamation We proclaim your death, O Lord and the Amen.  These are adapted from a Mass setting published in Italy in 1938, Missa Cristo Risusciti, based on an Italian hymn of the same name.  The tune is known in most hymnals here by its German title, Christ ist erstanden and is found in the Breaking Bread hymnal at #173 with the hymn Christ the Lord is ris'n again.  It should also be noted that at the time this Mass setting was published, there was no such thing as a "Memorial Acclamation" nor big triple Amen or "Great Amen", so I made this adaptation a few years ago for my other parish and took the liberty of bringing them here.

That said...

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Entrance hymn: #178 At the Lamb's high feast we sing ("Salzburg") (Listen)

- NOTE: The tune is the same as "Songs of thankfulness and praise", which we sang for three weeks back in January.

Gloria: Holy Angels Mass (BMP) (Listen) or recited

Psalm 30: R./ I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me (Theodore Marier)

Alleluia "O Filii et Filiae" (Mode II/arr. and verse music by BMP)

- NOTE: The alleluia itself is the same as the one we sang last week with the hymn "Ye sons and daughters".

Offertory hymn: #369 Shepherd of souls ("St. Agnes") (Listen)

Sanctus: #874 Heritage Mass (Owen Alstott)

Memorial Acclamation and Amen: Missa Cristo Risusciti (Luigi Picchi, adapted by BMP)

Agnus Dei: #879 Heritage Mass (Owen Alstott)

Hymn during Communion: Daily, daily, sing to Mary ("Omni Die")

- I will sing this in English and Latin, alternating.

Meditation hymn: #191 Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly Queen ("Regina Caeli, Jubila")

Recessional hymn: #180 Christ the Lord is ris'n today ("Llanfair") (Listen)

- Not to be confused with "Jesus Christ is ris'n today", which we sang the past two Sundays to the tune "Easter Hymn".

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP