Ash Wednesday 2023
Greetings all—
As a reminder, mass will be in English at 5:30pm. I know that this is an awkward time; just get there when you can, and we will do the best we can. I will be in the loft by 5pm to warmup with those who are able to come ahead of time.
I also hope to do some minimal prep for the following Sunday (Lent I) after Mass, in the youth room with those who can stick around a few extra minutes. As usual, this will be a very minimal affair.
Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber (transcription into modern notation)
NB: I’m including the old (not so nice) video from two years ago that has the modern-note notation as well as a nicer video that actually has the square notes and is a much better recording.
Psalm: 51 “Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.”
Gospel Acclamation: “Marvelous and great are Your works, O Lord!” This is new this year, and is based on the offertory chant for Lent IV, Oportet te, fili gaudere “You should rejoice, my son…” (which seems a rather fitting genesis, considering the text of the acclamation’s refrain). SATB video embedded below. Here’s a link to the playlist where each voice part has its own video.
Distribution of Ashes: Fr. Weber Antiphons (transcribed to modern notation)
(I will cantor the second one, so you can ignore it in the video. Also, I apologize for the quality which isn’t so great… this was when I was first getting started… and I didn’t revisit this in time to re-record it for this year.)
(Men sing odd / Women even verses.)
Distribution of Ashes Special: Miserere Mei by Lotti if we have critical mass. (no pun intended)
Offertory Hymn: Lord Who Throughout These Forty Days
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #357
Communion Motet: Exaltabo Te
* To be able to sing this well, you will all need to practice it from home at least once.I am working on generating new PT’s for this piece which have all the notes in the proper octaves via a special service which does this with AI. I’ll post them here once I have them.
Communion Hymn: Parce Domine
We will be singing Mass XVIII (what we sing at daily Mass), but I have the scores in the worship aid and you should know it by heart anyway. Previewed below is last year’s worship aid. I haven’t quite finished my edits for this year, but it will almost be identical, save the gospel acclamation and the entrance hymn having music, rather than text blocks (but this applies to the morning Mass only).
7th in OT (A • 2023)
Hello Friends,
Here is our ordo for this weekend. Please be sure to listen to If Ye Love Me once or twice to really refresh & cement it in your mind. Also, at the very bottom, I’m posting a link to the psalm for Ash Wednesday, which, to my shame I forgot to give you at rehearsal. We will try and run through this briefly on Sunday to make sure we have it prepared.
Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune of St. Flavian
Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1091 (option ii)
Psalm 103: The Lord is kind and merciful.
Alleluia de Angelis
Offertory Hymn: Lamb of God, We Follow Thee to the tune of Gott Sei Dank / Lübeck
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1104 (option i)
Communion Motet: If Ye Love Me by Tallis
Communion Hymn: In Thy True Presence Here to the tune of Trentham
Ave Regina Cælorum
*followed by the recessional hymn during which an effigy of the Alelluia will be carried in procession and reposedRecessional Hymn: Alleluia, Song of Gladness to the tune Dulce Carmen.
Here’s my practice track for If Ye Love Me; this one has time-stamps for individual voice parts, which may be helpful for you; that said, this was before I reached my current proficiency level, so the melody is in the male octave, and I had to octave shift a few spots in the alto part (although it should still help you, Altos). I will also link a “normal” performance below my PT track.
(If you’re wondering where I ever got the idea…)
Looking Ahead:
Here’s the promised psalm for Ash Wednesday, followed by a few other Lenten things if you want to be working ahead. And on the bright side, the psalm for Ash Wednesday and Lent I are the same this year! Do peek at Exaltabo Te if you missed rehearsal, as this is for Ash Wednesday as well.
Here is a playlist that contains 4 of the antiphons for feet washing on Holy Thursday.
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A • 2023)
Greetings friends—
First of all: an extra-special and warm welcome to our newest friend Ron! We are so glad that he has joined us, and look forward to getting to know him better in due course, of course!
Here’s our ordo for the weekend:
Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune of ‘Morning Song’.
Fr. Weber #1067
Psalm 119 (I’m sorry there’s no normal practice track as I typically do. I will place a basic Organ demo below.)
Alleluia ‘de Angelis’
Offertory Antiphon Hymn to the tune of ‘Slane’.
Fr. Weber #1083
Palestrina They did eat and were fully satisfied
Communion Hymn: My God, Accept My Heart This Day to the tune of ‘St. Columba’
Ave Regina Cælorum followed immediately by:
O Glorious St. Michæl to the tune of ‘Ellacombe’
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A • 2023)
Hello Friends‚
Here’s our ordo for this weekend.
NB: Just like last week, our psalm based on Office Psalm Tone 3a and will be melody-only with each verse divided in half chanted women/men.
Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune ‘Old Hundredth’ (Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow)
Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1046 (Option ii)
Kyrie from Missa de Angelis with Olbash Gloria
Psalm 112: The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.
*This is set to Psalm Tone IIIA which is the same as last week. There is no practice video for this psalm since it is so similar to the one linked below from last week.‘Alleluia de Angelis’
Offertory: When Morning Guilds the Skies
This is new to us, but such a joyful hymn. We will sing it multiple times this year to learn it well.Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1059
Communion Anthem: Ave Verum Corpus by Elgar
Communion Hymn: Let Your Face Shine Upon Your Servant (Illumina Faciem Tuam
(Refrain hymn which we haven’t done in a long time.)***Ave Regina Cælorum
Since the YT video of our communion hymn dates to the time before I figured out how to convincingly record the melody in the proper octave, here’s an Organ-only demo as well which is a little less “muddy”. On the bright side, there are S.A.T. timestamps for the video.
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A • 2023)
Hello Friends‚
Here’s our ordo for this weekend, which will be a little different from our normal routine. Chief among the changes are the facts that our psalm will be melody-only (based on Office Psalm Tone 3a) and there will be no particular choral anthem (as we are combining this with the offertory “hymn” which is Anglican chant).
Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune ‘MERTONA’ which is a trope of another well-known tune with some additions appended to the end.
Entrance Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1029 (Option iii!)
Kyrie from Missa de Angelis with Olbash Gloria
Psalm 146: Blessed are the poor in spirit…
‘Alleluia de Angelis’
Offertory: The Beatitudes as set to an anglican chant tone that is modeled on James O’Donnell’s Psalm 139 (all masses) NB: There are demo mp3’s of each voice part below.
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1038
Communion Hymn: Blest are the humble souls that see (The Beatitudes) as paired with VENI CREATOR
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Advent IV • A 2022
Hello Friends—
Here is our ordo and resource list for Advent IV.
O Come Divine Messiah (remember, we will only sing the first verse that is a trope of the Entrance Antiphon text, before transitioning to #2)
Rorate Cæli Desuper Motet
Psalm 24: Let the Lord enter; He is the King of Glory.
Offertory Hymn: Oh! What Light and Glory
(Audio track below the image of the hymn posted below)Communion: Ecce Virgo Concipiet motet interspersed with cantored Fr. Weber verses.
As a reminder, our sequence is:Ecce Virgo Concipiet Refrain & Verse (no da capo repeat)
Verse
Ecce Virgo Concipiet refrain only
Verse
Whole motet, as written, with repeat structures.
In other words: Medium, verse, Short, verse, Long
Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Alma Redemptoris Mater, followed immediately by:
Come Thou, Redeemer (O HEILAND REISS)
(Audio track below the image of the hymn posted below)
