STATIONS OF THE CROSS at SEVEN (PM) and III LENT at EIGHT (AM)

Lord, you are truly the Savior of the world.  Give me living water that I may never thirst again. (John 4:42, 15, this Sunday's verse to the Gospel Acclamation, which are also excerpts from today's Gospel reading.)

These passages drew me to today's offertory hymn I heard the voice of Jesus say (Breaking Bread hymnal, #524), as the second verse alludes to them.

    I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Behold I freely give

    The living water, thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink and live."

    I came to Jesus, and I drank Of that life giving stream;

    My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, And now I live in him.

That said, I now present to you:

MUSIC FOR STATIONS

Friday, March 6 (7:00 PM)

Entrance hymn: #146 The glory of these forty days ("Erhalt Uns, Herr") (Listen)
Recessional hymn: #712 Lift high the cross ("Crucifer") (Listen)
- Fanfare courtesy of Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, MA, Richard J. Clark, organist/director.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Sunday III in Lent - Sunday, March 8 (8:00 AM)

ORDINARY OF THE MASS:
Kyrie XVI or recited
Sanctus (ICEL chant)
Save us, Savior of the world (Memorial Acclamation/ICEL chant)
Single Amen (do do-re)
Agnus Dei XVIII: #843

PROPER OF THE MASS:

Readings are on page 79 in the Breaking Bread hymnal

Psalm 95: 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 F. Weber, OSB)

Hymns, etc.:

Entrance hymn: #561 Praise to the Holiest in the height ("Newman") (Listen)

Offertory hymn: #524 I heard the voice of Jesus say ("Kingsfold") (Listen)

- I generally play this tune a tad slower, but couldn't resist posting the fanfare from Boston.  I have to admit that I wasn't expecting a "Picardy third" at the end, that is, when a hymn is in a minor key, but the final chord is major.

Communion hymn: #407 There's a wideness in God's mercy ("In Babilone") (Listen)

- Another hymn I play a tad slower.  There is another video from the same channel where the announcer announced "There's a WILDERNESS in God's mercy" (tee hee).  I've heard my share of hymn announcment bloopers ("The strike is o'er", for example), but my first time stumbling onto that one.

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

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
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