27th Sunday in OT

• Ordinary: Mass in Honor of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, by Michæl Olbash •••AND••• Missa Tribus Vocibus by Christoph Dalitz.

• Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1548

• Dalitz Kyrie

• GRADUAL: Domine Refugium [Dominican, altered]

• Alleluia Qui Timent Dominum (we will sing this for the next few weeks)

• Offertory Motet: If Ye Love Me (Tallis) ***NB: we will sing up to the first ending and then REPEAT DA CAPO (to the beginning) before singing the second page as normal.

• Dalitz Agnus Dei

• Communion Chant: In Salutari Tuo

• No communion motet today.

• Communion Hymn: Anima Christi by Marco Frisina

• Recessional: Salve Regina

Lastly: So begins the month of October, so don’t forget we must warmup down in the Youth Room in the church basement.

See you Sunday morning at 10:25!

25th Sunday in OT

• Ordinary: Mass in Honor of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, by Michæl Olbash

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn (Tune: Nettleton) followed immediately by Fr. Weber1505. (Cantor begins verse, men respond after the asterisk.)

• Psalm 54 “The Lord upholds my life.” (Based on the Alleluia for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, as shown in the Gregorian Missal.)

• Alleluia Sancte Jacobe — Make sure you’re looking at the new version with the simpler verse harmonization! (Not show in the video)

• Offertory Antiphon Hymn: Though I Should Walk Through Bitter Strife (hymn tune: Tallis’ Third Mode Melody, see below ).

• Communion Chant: Fr. Weber #1519

• No communion motet today.

• Communion Hymn: Thy Faithful Servant, Lord, Doth Yearn (melody: St. Flavian; NB: this harmony is slightly different than the one we will sing.)

• Recessional: Salve Regina

See you Sunday morning at 10:25!

23rd Sunday in OT (Ordo)

• Ordinary: Mass in Honor of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, by Michæl Olbash

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn (Tune: Kingsfold) followed immediately by Fr. Weber1462. (Women chant the verse.)

• Psalm 146 “Praise the Lord, my soul.”

• Alleluia Sancte Jacobe — Make sure you’re looking at the new version with the simpler verse harmonization! (Not show in the video)

• Offertory: Cunctipotens Genitor — this is the “new” version where each refrain is chanted in English first, with the Latin you are used to coming second. I’ve also transposed it down a whole step; I will pass this new score out tomorrow morning.

• Communion Chant: Fr. Weber #1475 — don’t forget we will SKIP VERSE 2 and the women will instead sing VERSE 3. (No verse 4)

• No communion motet today.

• Communion Hymn: Sweet Sacrament – This video is from the end of last season, and has the Alto, Tenor, and Descant verses. I will hand this out tomorrow morning.

• Recessional: Salve Regina

See you Sunday morning at 10:25!

22nd Sunday in OT

Thanks again for a wonderful rehearsal on Wednesday. We powered through quite a bit of music in spite of my harried preparation. Thank you!

Here is our ordo for OT 22:

• Ordinary: Mass in Honor of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, by Michæl Olbash

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn: “Have mercy, Lord, on Me.” (Tune: Conditor Alme Siderum) followed immediately by:

  • Fr. Weber1439

• Psalm 15 “The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.”

• Alleluia Sancte Jacobe — we will sing the verse unison a cappella just like last week.

• Offertory Chant: Fr. Weber 1447 — Don’t forget that we changed the notes on the word “down” (which is shown in the video). Sorry I sound so stuffy.

• Communion Chant: Fr. Weber #1453 — don’t forget we will pair verses 1&2, and 3&4 (men odd, women even) between repetitions of the refrain.

• Communion Motet: Cantate Domino

• Communion Hymn: Just as I am — I believe we sang this particular hymn one other time (the text is familiar, the melody less-so)

• Recessional Hymn: Maria, Maria! — this is a Czech hymn that we did relatively recently (sometime this summer). We will only do two verses.

See you Sunday morning at 10:25!

Corpus Christi

Greetings all,
We have an exciting roundup for the Feast of Corpus Christi!

First, our Mass music:

Entrance Hymn: In Thy True Presence Here (eucharistic text with the hymn tune linked below)

Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1749 (immediately after the entrance hymn / during incense)

Psalm: 116 • “I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.”

Sequence!!

(Weirdly, this was the best version I could find. I’ll make a different one for next year.)

Alleluia:

Offertory Antiphon: Simple English Propers (printout)

Communion Antiphon: Simple English Propers (worship aid)

Communion Motet “Hymn”: Anima Christi by Marco Frisina. The melody of the refrain is printed in the worship aid for people to sing along.

At the end of Mass we have a special procedure: Father will first purify the sacred vessels whilst we sing the Frisina, and then he will place the pyx into the mostrance on the altar. He will then return to the presider’s chair where he will say the closing prayer. At that time he will proceed to vest in a cope (cape) and humeral veil (special shoulder shroud that he uses to pick up the monstrance) whilst we sing the familiar hymn O Salutaris Hostia. (We will sing this version which is slightly different than you are used to.) The procession will then begin and we will follow him out of the church.

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Procession

We will alternate with the Hispanic choirs singing between stops of the procession. We will sing the following works during the procession:

1. Adoro Te Devote plainchant (you can sing this in your sleep!)

2. Cor Jesu Sacratissimum — make sure you prepare if you weren’t at rehearsal Wednesday, since we will sing it a cappella. I will start it by intoning the melody of the refrain, which we will then repeat à la psalm and then proceed to alternate with the chanted verses. Remind me to give you notes about lifts in the verses Sunday morning.

Upon returning into the church, Father will lead us in chanting the Tantum Ergo. Then we’ll be done! Please leave your folders in the cabinet if you can, and return any copies of Fr. Weber that you have. I need to take inventory to see which books are missing. We will reconvene for an informal choir Sunday later in June, but we’ll enjoy a couple of weeks off until then.

If anyone would like to cantor, let me know!