31st Sunday in OT

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

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn: Lord, my God forsake me not Tune: Beach Spring

• Entrance Antiphon: Simple English Propers

• Psalm 18 — “I love You, Lord, my strength.”
  I’ve based this arrangement on the ancient chant, Diligam te, Domine. Make sure you give this a once over before Sunday.

• Alleluia IV (Yes, I have a new printed version with the next three week’s worth of verses for you.)

• Offertory Antiphon: Bless the Lord, O my soul (Benedic, anima mea) — in the worship aid.

• Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1656 — (Mark your diaries… option iii; this is a formula and very easy; I’m not making a recording of it.)

Communion Hymn: Anima Christi by Marco Frisina

• Recessional Hymn: Salve Regina

See you 10:20 in the Youth Room.

Confirmation 2021

Greetings friends—
Confirmation is this coming Wednesday, Oct. 27th at 7pm. If you are able, I’d like to meet no later than 6:30 to briefly warm up before Mass. I will be up in the loft earlier than that, so if you can make it or you’d like to go over anything personally before then, I will be there.

Here is our ordo for that Mass:

• Ordinary: Olbash

• Procession of the Confirmands: Dum Sanctificatus

• Processional Hymn: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (Tune: Lambilotte)

• Psalm 117 “You will be My witnesses to all the world.”

• Gospel Acclamation: “Alleluia for the Feast of Christ the King” with the special tag / coda at the end. (We will obviously sing the version with the confirmation verse; the video below omits the verses all together and simply plays a short intro, sings the refrain the last time and segues directly into the choral tag/coda.)

• During the anointing of the confirmands: Veni Creator chant in alternatum with organ, every other verse.

• Offertory: Lead Me, Lord by SS Wesley.

• Communion Antiphon 1: Confirma Hoc Deus

• Communion Antiphon 2: Qui vult venire post me (Latin, with English verses)

• Communion Antiphon 3: Factus Est (we will sing this only if if is needed; I’ve decided that since it’s a bit involved and we only had one refresher with it, I’ll chant the refrain and the choir will do the verses.)

• Communion Hymn: O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God

• Recessional Hymn: Sing Praise to the Lord

30th Sunday in OT

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

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn: Now Let Those Hearts Rejoice Tune: Nun Danket (“Now thank we, all our God.”) If you’d like to hear how Bach intended it to be sung, watch this. He composed cantatas like this every single week for years. It’s mind-boggling. He would write the music on Monday & Tuesday, it would be copied out hastily after that, and then the choir and orchestra would have 2-3 days to rehearse it before Sunday. Can you even imagine? (Seriously; go back and listen to the first movement in that recording.)

• Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1614
  NB: we will sing verse 1 which is not common for our introits; men will sing the first half up to the asterisk and women will respond with the second half before we repeat the antiphon again.

• Psalm 126 — “The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.”
  I’ve based this arrangement on the melody chanted by the Psalterium Currens schola.

• Alleluia IV

• Offertory Antiphon Hymn: O grant me life in accord with Thy word. Tune: SLANE (“Be Thou my vision”)

• Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1629 — Just like the entrance antiphon, we will split the verses at the asterisk, with men leading the first half and women responding the second half. (with a nice lift in between!) We will also pair verses 1&2, and 3&4 together to economize our time.

Communion Motet: O Salutaris Hostia by Anerio

• Communion Hymn: In Your True Presence Here Tune: TRENTHAM

• Recessional Hymn: Maria! Maria!

See you 10:20 in the Youth Room.

29th Sunday in OT

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

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn: To You I call. Tune: Third Mode Melody (last week for this melody for a while).

• Entrance Antiphon: Anglican Chant! (Handout)

• Psalm 33 — Again, we will sing to an Anglican Chant formula. Please review before Sunday morning if you are able. Please note—there is one little area in the recording in verse 2 that shifts the syllables differently from the score you received at rehearsal (the score is correct).

• Alleluia IV — Each voice part’s audio track is below, as well as the usual YouTube video with the animate score.

• Offertory Antiphon Hymn: I meditate upon Thy law. Tune: Azmon (Worship Aid)

• Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1607

Communion Motet: They did eat and were satisfied

• Communion Hymn: Thy Faithful Servant, Lord, Doth Yearn Tune: St. Flavian (Worship Aid)

• Recessional Hymn: Salve Regina

See you 10:20 in the Youth Room.

28th Sunday in OT

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

• Entrance Hymn: If You Should Mark Iniquities. Tune: Third Mode Melody (Handout)

• Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1570

• Psalm 90 — Remember: we will have everyone sing melody only. I have reprinted this for you so that it is easier to read as well. (NB: if you study the lower half of the thumbnail image below, you’ll see it says, “repliti sumus…” followed by the descending neumes right in the middle below the play button. That is the line of music I referenced to derive the verse melody. It is a Portuguese Cistercian manuscript dating to approximately the year 1200.)

• Alleluia IV — Each voice part’s audio track is below, as well as the usual YouTube video with the animate score.

• Offertory Hymn: Remember me, O Lord. Tune: Trentham

• Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1583

• Communion Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is

• No communion motet today.

• Recessional Hymn: Holy Michæl, Great Archangel. Tune: Lauda Anima

Lastly: So begins the month of October, if you can come a smidge early, we will briefly refresh our memory about the chants IN THE LOFT at 10:15. We have been asked to lead the rosary this Sunday, so we won’t have our usual time.

See you Sunday morning at 10:15 in the loft if you can swing it!

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!