Christ the King (2025)

Greetings All—
Here’s our ordo and our practice track resources for the Solemnity of Christ the King.

PS—please consider bringing a tissue box to the loft. It’s now “that time of year” and I suspect we will be going through them much faster than. Thank you to those of you who already stashed a couple of boxes for everyone!

PPS—Here is the master page with all of our Advent things:

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1. Prelude: Choral Fanfare for Christ the King by H. Hamilton Smith (Video)

2. Entrance Hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns (V4 = antiphon trope)

3. Entrance Antiphon: Dignus est, Latin, JJR

4. Ordinary: Mass in Honor of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, by Olbash*

   • NB: The Gloria will be from the Missa Simplex by Proulx (see worship aid)

5. Psalm: 122, “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.” (Playlist)

6. Gospel Acclamation: Gospel Acclamation for the Feast of Christ the King (Video)

7. Offertory Hymn: Lo He Comes With Clouds Descending (HELMSLEY)

8. Offertory Antiphon: Latin, JJR, time permitting

9. Communion Antiphon: Sedebit Dominus (see below)

10. Communion Chant: Laudes Regiæ (Video)

11. Recessional Hymn: To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King (ICH GLAUB AN GOTT)

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Sing it with gusto!

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(Sans organ toccata intro & bells)

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Short demo of the final refrain and Coda; voice parts time-stamped in the description.

Longer, organ-only demo which features the psalm-tone formula (different text).

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Below is the “repeat after me” video for Sedebit Dominus (Communion Antiphon), followed by a demo sung by monks, and then a demo of verse 2 for the ladies.

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You can skip ahead past the introduction if you like; chanting starts at 1:48. (time-stamped)

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