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Lent III (A • 2026)

Greetings all—
Here’s our Ordo for this weekend.

Here is our ordo for this weekend:

  • Entrance Antiphon: Source & Summit (mp3 below)

  • Missa XVII (a full suite of practice tracks are available here or on the Cathedral website here)

  • Psalm 95 (90): If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. (Video)

    NB: the practice track has a different translation, but the music is the same.

  • Gospel Acclamation: Lenten Gospel Acclamation II (Playlist)

  • Offertory Antiphon: Fr. Weber; James will chant.

  • Offertory Antiphon Hymn: The precepts of the Lord are Right to THIRD MODE MELODY (Playlist)

  • Communion Antiphon: Qui Biberit Aquam (Video, mp3 below)

  • Communion Hymn 1: Attende Domine (Video)

  • Communion Hymn 2: My Jesus, As Thou Wilt to the tune PASSION CHORALE

  • Recessional Hymn: From the Depths We Cry To Thee to the tune HEINLEIN

Missa XVII Practice Tracks

Source & Summit; Verse 2 is previewed in the demo.

All voice parts linked in the video description. • This demo also lacks the preparatory “boop”.

Offertory Hymn Tune:

New this week: I’ve made comprehensive practice tracks for Tallis’ Third Mode Melody, sung on “La”, so it will help with any text we sing to this tune.

Playlist

Communion Antiphon:

Communion Hymn Tunes:

Latin version, but same hymn.

The OG.

Recessional Hymn Tune:

Some practice tracks: (piano booping over a recording)

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Lent II (A • 2026)

Greetings all—
Here is our ordo for this weekend:

  • Entrance Antiphon: Source & Summit (mp3 below)

  • Missa XVII (a full suite of practice tracks are available here or on the Cathedral website here)

  • Psalm 33: Lord, let your mercy be upon us as we place our trust in you. (Playlist)

  • Gospel Acclamation: Lenten Gospel Acclamation II (Playlist)

  • Offertory Antiphon: Meditabor in mandatis tuis (Video, mp3 below)

  • Offertory Hymn: Tis Good, Lord, To Be Here to SWABIA

  • Communion Antiphon: Visionem Quam Vidistis (English Adaptation) (Video)

  • Communion Motet: O Salutaris Hostia • Perosi (Playlist)

  • Communion Hymn: On Tabor’s Top the Saviour Stood to the tune VIVIFICA ME (mp3 below)

  • Recessional Hymn: O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair! to the tune DEO GRACIAS (S/A/T/B mp3’s below)

Missa XVII Practice Tracks

Source & Summit

Psalm 33 Playlist

NB: the practice tracks are older, so the verses are not SATB, but the refrains are.

Offertory

Communion

 
Playlist
 

Recessional Hymn

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Lent I (A • 2026)

Greetings all—
Thanks for your had work for Ash Wednesday and for sticking around on empty tummies to get ready for Lent I. You all are troopers and did me proud! Here is our ordo for this weekend:

  • Entrance Antiphon: Source & Summit (see below)

  • Missa XVII (a full suite of practice tracks are available here or on the Cathedral website here)

  • Psalm 51: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. (Practice Track)

  • Gospel Acclamation: Lenten Gospel Acc. II (JJR) Praise to you… (Playlist)

  • Offertory Hymn: Jesus, tempted in the desert, to the tune EBENEZER (Practice Track)

  • Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #380 (see below for special practice tracks)

  • Communion Special: Exaltabo te, Domine (Playlist)

  • Communion Hymn: My Jesus, Say What Wretch Has Dared to the tune THIRD MODE MELODY

  • Recessional Hymn: Forty Days and Forty Nights to the tune HEINLEIN

Missa XVII Practice Tracks

Source & Summit

NB: there are time stamps in the video description for each voice part.

(And don’t forget: this demo is the old translation.)

Gospel Acclamation Playlist

Offertory Hymn Tune

Since this week’s communio is a bit more difficult than is typical, there are a few tracks here which are separated out:

  1. Normal demo of the Communio

  2. a slowed down “repeat after me” style just like we did at rehearsal

  3. a separate quick demo of the first two verses

Avail yourselves accordingly. 😅

As an aside, I challenged myself with the task of making a vernacular adaptation of the original Gregorian Communio for Lent I. Here it is if you’re interested. We will sing it next year.

Exaltabo Te Practice Track Repository (Ad-free mp3’s)

Communion Hymn Tune

Recessional Hymn

 

Lent II Look Ahead

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Ash Wednesday (2026)

Greetings all—

As a reminder, mass will be at 5:00pm. I know that this is an awkward time; just get there when you can, and we will do the best we can with whoever we have. I will be in the loft by 4:30pm to warmup with those who are able to come ahead of time.

  1. Entrance Antiphon: You are merciful to all, O Lord…
    *NB: we will only chant the antiphon.

  2. [No Kyrie, because the Penitential act is omitted, since the distribution of ashes takes its place, and no Gloria, since it is omitted for all of Lent.]

  3. Psalm 51: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. (Video)

  4. Lenten Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory.

  5. Distribution of Ashes:
    The Choir will go down for ashes immediately during the first two antiphons, cutting to the front of the line like during communion.

    1. Antiphon 1: Fr. Weber JJR

    2. Antiphon 2: Fr. Weber JJR

    3. Antiphon 3: Dele, Domine, Iniquitatem Meam – English transcription of the chant from the Graduale Simplex (see below). Men chant odd verses, women chant even verses.

  6. Offertory Hymn: O Lord, You Gaze with Mercy (PASSION CHORALE)

  7. Ordinary (a.k.a. “Mass Parts”): Missa Simplex (Mass XVIII)

  8. Communion Antiphon: He who ponders the law of the Lord…
    *NB: the antiphon is in the worship aid for all to sing.

  9. Communion “Hymn”: Parce Domine (harmonized chant with cantored verses)

  10. Recessional Hymn: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (ST. FLAVIAN)

Entrance Antiphon

(Source: Source & Summit Missal)

Psalm

Gospel Acclamation

 

Distribution of Ashes:
I will chant the first two antiphons from Fr. Weber while the choir receives ashes, and then we will chant the english transcription of Dele, Domine, iniquitatem meam (“Blot out, Lord, all my iniquities.”) with men on odd verses and women on even.

Offertory Hymn Tune

Ordinary

 

(only if intoned by the priest)

 

Communion Antiphon

(Source: Source & Summit Gradual)

Communion (Part II)

Recessional Hymn

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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A • 2026)

Greetings All—
Thanks for a great first rehearsal back post-op. I’m very pleased that we were able to work on two whole Masses’ worth of music in one rehearsal. Bravo e brava!

Here’s our Ordo for Sunday, and here is the link for Ash Wednesday if you want to do further look ahead.

  1. Entrance Antiphon Hymn: to the tune LASST UNS ERFREUEN

  2. Entrance Antiphon: Source & Summit (see below)

  3. Psalm: 119, Blessèd are they who follow the law of in the Lord.   (Playlist, add-free mp3’s below)

  4. Gospel Acclamation: Festal Alleluia (II) (Playlist)

  5. Offertory Antiphon: Source & Summit (see below)

  6. Offertory Hymn: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus to the tune HYFRYDOL

  7. Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1038 (see below)

  8. Communion Hymn: Thee We Adore to the tune EVENTIDE

  9. Communion Special: Magnificat cum Alleluia (English transcription) (Video, ad-free mp3 below)

  10. Recessional Hymn: Alleluia, Song of Gladness to the tune ALLELUIA DULCE CARMEN

 

Entrance Antiphon Hymn Tune:

 
Psalm 119 Playlist
 
 

Gospel Acclamation

Offertory Antiphon

Offertory Hymn

Communion Antiphon

Communion Hymn Tune

 

Communion Special

Recessional Hymn

 

Lenten Lookahead:

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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A • 2026)

Greetings All—
I’m sorry that I couldn’t get our ordo out in time for normal choir rehearsal time. I had some significant computer troubles today. Nevertheless, here it is, and better late than never!

This week will be a fun week of good “warhorse” hymns. Two melodies will either be new or less familiar, and I will be sure to point those out below. (But they are Oooooh so lovely! — we only have two more weeks to sneak in some fun ones before Lent starts!)

  1. Entrance Hymn: Entrance Antiphon Trope to the tune ITALIAN HYMN (a.k.a. “Come Thou, Almighty King”)

  2. Entrance Antiphon: (See below)

  3. Psalm: 112, The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.   (Video; mp3 below)

  4. Gospel Acclamation: Festal Alleluia (II) (Playlist)

  5. Offertory Antiphon: “Keep my footsteps firmly in Your paths…” (see below)

  6. Offertory Hymn: O Breath of Life come Sweeping Through Us to the tune ST. CLEMENT (a.k.a. The Day Thou, Gavèst Lord, is Ended)

  7. Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1059 (see below)
       *NB: we will sing from printed handouts which feature rhythmic modifications from the original to help it flow better. V3 Men, V4 Women

  8. Choral Anthem: Cantate Domino by Pitoni (Link to CMAA practice tracks)

  9. Communion Hymn: Praise My Soul the King of Heaven to the tune LAUDA ANIMA

  10. Recessional Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling to the tune BLÆNWERN.

Psalm & Alleluia:

 

Offertory Hymn (NEW!)

The first video is it’s original context, although we are singing an alternate text:

And here is an organ-only version which might be a little easier to learn from:

Our text:

Communion Antiphon:

NB: the rhythms displayed in this image have been slightly altered from their original form to suit a more pleasing interpretation.

Communion Motet:

I’m going to reproduce the CMAA practice tracks for Cantate Domino by Pitoni here. The source documents are all found here.

Below is a nice rendition, although we will sing it through twice.

Communion Hymn:

Recessional Hymn: (NEW!…ish)

(We’ve done this before, but it’s been a minute.)

 

Lenten Lookahead:

The Lotti Miserere track (above) is organ-only, but there are time stamps to hear your part at a louder volume. I intend to make a proper PT of this, time permitting.

Another version:

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