Greetings all—
How exciting that we finally get to make our debut this season! Here is a list of resources to help prepare for Mass. I will list everything as a simple hyperlink first, so that it is easier to put your folder in order, and so that you still have links if some of the embedded youtube windows don’t load properly on your mobile devices.

A few additional notes:

We will begin warmups at 8:45.
Below there is also a recording of an Offertory Antiphon for your convenience. You will not be expected to chant this as we are with the Introit or Communio. You will simply sing the refrain with the congregation once the Offertory Hymn has concluded.
We did not have time to go over all of the hymns at rehearsal, and I apologize for that. We are still finding our stride, and we just have so much music to be learning… For any of the hymns, you may sing the melody, or parts if you know/can read them. You are not expected to sing parts right away if you aren’t ready for that.
All chanted antiphons will follow the same pattern which is the same as a responsorial psalm:
- Organ lightly intones the melody
- Cantor sings the antiphon the first time
- we repeat the antiphon as a group (and with the people)
- Verse - Refrain - Verse - Refrain, etc.
- (On antiphons that have a doxology such as the Introit and Communio, we will proceed from the final verse directly into the doxology, before the final refrain.)
- Women sing the first half of each verse, Men respond with the second couplet.
Please listen to the recording of the recessional hymn “Alleluia, Song of Gladness”. It is not a difficult melody by any means, but it may be new to you. This hymn is traditionally sung the last Sunday before Lent as an homage to the Alleluia which will now be dormant until Easter.

Lastly, I created a dedicated page with the practice resources for learning the Latin chant mass parts for Lent. You can access all of those resources here.

Entrance Hymn: Be My Protector, Mighty God, to the tune of MORNING SONG
Introit (Entrance Antiphon): Be my protector, O God… (see below)
Kyrie: (same as last few weeks, led by cantor; the choir responds with the people)
Gloria: Belmont Mass
Psalm 32: I turn to You, Lord, in time of trouble…
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia ‘de Angelis’ (demo) *we sing the last verse
Offertory Hymn: Unto the Lord a Leper Came to the tune of LAND OF REST
Offertory Antiphon: Blessèd are You, O Lord; teach me Your precepts. (see below; you will simply lead the congregation in the refrains)
Sanctus (“Holy, Holy, Holy…”): Belmont Mass
“Great Amen”: simple chanted Amen.
Agnus Dei (“Lamb of God”): Belmont Mass
Communion Antiphon: God so loved the world that He gave His Only Son. (see below)
Communion Hymn: O Breathe on me, O Breath of God, to the tune of ST. COLUMBA (same melody as last week’s communion hymn, but set with a different text)
[At the end of Mass] St. Michæl the Archangel Prayer
Recessional Hymn: Alleluia, Song of Gladness to the tune of ALLELUIA DULCE CARMEN *this tune may be new to you, but it is not difficult to sing