7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

(2022)

• Ordinary: Olbash

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn Tune: LAND OF REST (a.k.a. “Jerusalem, my happy home”)

• Entrance Antiphon: Simple English Propers
  NB: dont forget that the men will sing the first half of verse 1, and women will sing the second half beginning at “how long must I…” but there is a ‘flex’ on the first line. (This is demonstrated in the recording and video.)

• Psalm 103: “The Lord is kind and merciful.”

• Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia V

• Offertory Hymn: Offertory Antiphon Text, sung to the tune of Tallis’ Third Mode Melody. Click here to view the score.

• Our Father (Roman tone transcription)

• Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1104
  NB: I have re-printed this for the choir with corrected verses. You will not need your Fr. Weber books at all this weekend. Click here to view the corrected version.

• Communion Motet: Cantate Domino by Pitoni
  NB: we will sing it through twice, as is our custom.

• Communion Hymn: Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven. Sung to the tune ALLELUIA DULCE CARMEN. Click here to view the score.
  
  NB: learn this harmonization well, as we will repeat it next Sunday for the “burial of the alleluia”. (Also, I apologize that there is a bit of a delay at the start of each track.)

• Recessional Hymn: Ave Regina Cælorum

PS—Ash Wednesday is March 2, and we have the 5:30pm Mass… (sorry…) Usual conditions apply: we’ll do the best we can; get there when you can.

PPS—I’ve recently spoken to Doug. He said that he is able to walk more and is regaining some feeling and function in his left hand, the latter of course being a rather huge development. Please keep praying for him.

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

(2022)

Greetings all—
As discussed on Wednesday, this weekend will be slightly different from normal in that we will be singing the text of the St. Michæl prayer as a hymn at the end of Mass, rather than doing our typical byzantine chant version before Mass. That said, here is the rest of our ordo:

• Ordinary: Olbash

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn Tune: ST. ANNE
  (SATB and BASS Solo mp3s below)

• Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1067

• Psalm 1 “Blessèd are they who hope in the Lord!
  (SATB & Melody only versions below)

• Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia V

• Offertory Hymn: Offertory Antiphon Text, sung to the tune of SLANE
  (a.k.a. “Be Thou My Vision”; melody, and bass solo versions below)

• Our Father (Roman tone transcription)

• Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1083

• Communion Motet: Humbly I Adore Thee by Liam McDonough
  (We will do 2 verses of the chant.)

• Communion Hymn: My God, Accept My Heart This Day, Sung to the tune ST. COLUMBA (a.k.a. – The King of Love My Shepherd Is)

• Recessional Hymn: O Glorious St. Michæl, to the tune ELLACOMBE (recordings below).

Advent I

• Ordinary: Liturgical seasons have changed! Now we return to Missa XVII which is traditionally sung on Sundays in Advent & Lent.

• Entrance Antiphon Hymn: My Spirit Unto Thee I Raise
  Tune: Puer Nobis Nascitur (see below)

• Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #10 (NB: this is actually the “offertory ii” antiphon, but we will sing it as the entrance antiphon since the text is the same as the entrance antiphon and the melody is nicer.)

• Psalm 25 — “To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.”
  (This is based on the Gregorian introit for Advent I “Ad te levavi anima mea.”)

• Alleluia ‘Rorate Cæli’ — This is based on the Advent Antiphon ‘Rorate Cæli’ (“Drop down dew from above, ye heavens, and let the clouds rain down the Savior!”) We will sing this throughout Advent (with the possible exception of Gaudete Sunday where we may do something more festive).

• Offertory Hymn — Come, Thou, Long-expected Jesus

• [11am only] Our Father — Roman Tone Transcription

• Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #17
  •••• We will sing the verses in immediate succession. ••••

• Communion Special: The Call by Ralph Vaughan Williams
  •••• First part: Women, 2nd Part: Men, 3rd Part: All ••••

• Communion Hymn: Savior of the Nations, Come Tune: Nun Komm der Heidan Heiland (NB: we will sing a full SATB version, but the harmonization will be nearly identical.)

• Recessional Hymn: Alma Redemptoris Mater

32nd Sunday in OT

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

• Entrance Antiphon: Intret oratio mea

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

• Alleluia Qui Posuit (For those who didn’t make it to rehearsal: the cantor sings up to the asterisk, and then we all repeat from the beginning continuing through the asterisk together.)

• Offertory Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1667
  •••• LADIES: don’t forget we are skipping verse 2 (#1669); you are instead singing VERSE 3 ••••

• Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1674
  •••• Men sing V1, Ladies V2 as usual, then we SPLIT V3 in half: men first half, ladies after the asterisk••••

• Communion Special: Salve Regina by Alvez Barkoskie IV

• Communion Hymn: My God, and is Thy Table Spread? Tune: Conditor Alme Siderum (all sing in unison)

• Recessional Hymn: Press On, Renew the Battle! (We did this a few weeks ago so it should be familiar to you.)

Don’t forget we are back up in the loft this week! (woohoo!)

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