30th in OT (B • 2024)
Hi Friends—
Here’s our ordo for the weekend.
Prelude: St. Michæl the Archangel
Entrance Antiphon (Processional) Hymn: Let the Hearts of Those Rejoice Who Search Unfailing for the Lord to the tune BEACH SPRING
Entrance Antiphon: LEt the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice. (Source & Summit)
Psalm: 126 – The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia ‘cum Magnificat’
Offertory Antiphon Hymn: IAccording to Your Word, O Lord to the tune VIVIFICA ME
Offertory Special: Salve Regina (plainchant, simple)
Communion Antiphon: We will exult in the name of our God. (Source & Summit)
Communion Motet: O Salutaris Hostia by Lorenzo Perosi
Communion Hymn: Let All Mortal Flesh to the traditional tune of PICARDY
Recessional Hymn: Maria, Maria! (Czech trad.)
Entrance Antiphon Hymn Melody:
Psalm 126
(Refrain-only demos)
Offertory Hymn
Offertory Special: Salve Regina
Communion Antiphon:
Communion Motet
Here is a lovely recording of a real choir singing it, that is well worth the listen:
And for kicks and giggles, here’s the Sistine Chapel Choir singing it under Lorenzo Perosi himself in 1908. It’s not the style we are going for… but it’s a fun historical artifact just the same. But please, PLEASE do not do the operatic wailing thing that a few of his singers are doing…
Communion “Hymn”
Recessional Hymn:
29th in OT (B • 2024)
Hi Friends—
Here’s our ordo for the weekend.
Prelude: St. Michæl the Archangel
Entrance Antiphon (Processional) Hymn: To You I call for help, O God to the tune KINGSFOLD
Entrance Antiphon: Turn Your ear to me, O God; hear my words. (Source & Summit)
Psalm: 33 Lord, let Your mercy be on us as we place our trust in You (Fiat misericordia tua)
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia ‘cum Magnificat’
Offertory Antiphon: I will ponder Your statutes… (Source & Summit)
Offertory Hymn: Totus Tuus by Fr. Michæl O’Connor
A Note On This: since we seemed to struggle with alternating between Latin & English on the refrain, I have printed new versions of the score that have taken out the English, and have the proper markings for you (Men/Women/SATB) on the verses. We will only sing the refrain in Latin to avoid any and all confusion.
Communion Antiphon: Behold, the eyes of the Lord… (Source & Summit)
Communion Hymn: Filius Hominis (a.k.a. “The Son of Man did not come to be served…”)
Recessional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus to HYFRYDOL
Entrance Antiphon Hymn Melody:
Offertory Antiphon:
Offertory “Hymn”
Communion Antiphon:
Communion “Hymn”
Dont forget: we are omitting the “Alleluia” since it is not Tempus Paschualis (Eastertide).
Recessional Hymn:
28th in OT (B • 2024)
Hi Friends—
Here’s our ordo for the weekend.
Prelude: St. Michæl the Archangel
Entrance Antiphon (Processional) Hymn: If You, O Lord, Laid Bare Our Guilt to the tune THIRD MODE MELODY
Entrance Antiphon: If You, O Lord, should mark iniquities…(Tonus Peregrinus)
Psalm: 90 Fill us with Your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! (Ecce panis angelorum)
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia ‘cum Magnificat’
Offertory Antiphon: Remember me, O Lord… (Source & Summit)
Offertory Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excellingto the tune BLÆNWERN
Communion Antiphon: The rich suffer want and go hungry… (Tonus Peregrinus)
Communion Hymn: A Man Who Sought the Ways of Truth to JESU DULCIS MEMORIA
Motet: Lead Me, Lord by Wesley
Recessional Hymn: Tell Out, My Soul to WOODLANDS (trope of the Magnificat)
Entrance Antiphon Hymn Melody:
Offertory Antiphon:
Offertory Hymn Melody:
Communion Antiphon:
(Yes, we will do our usual Men/Women divisi for each couplet.)
Communion Hymn Melody:
Special Motet: Lead Me Lord • Wesley
Here’s a lovely professional recording that begins 1 minute into the video:
Recessional Hymn:
27th in OT (B • 2024)
Hi Friends—
Here’s our ordo for the weekend. We will just take it easy, and the psalm is based on a simple psalm tone, no harmony.
Prelude: St. Michæl the Archangel
Entrance Antiphon (Processional) Hymn: In Your Will, Lord, All is Fashioned to the tune LAUDA ANIMA
Entrance Antiphon: Within Your Will, O Lord…
Psalm: 128 May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives. (Psalm tone VIII G)
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia ‘cum Magnificat’
Offertory Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excellingto the tune BLÆNWERN
Communion Antiphon: My soul yearns for Your salvation…
Communion Hymn: Thou, Lord, by Mortal Eyes Unseen to CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM
Motet: Let’s repeat Laudate Dominum by Perosi which we sang a few weeks ago.
Recessional Hymn: O Queen of the Holy Rosary to ELLACOMBE
Entrance Antiphon Hymn Melody:
Offertory Hymn:
Communion Antiphon:
Communion Hymn Melody:
Special Motet: Laudate Dominum • Perosi
Recessional Hymn Melody:
26th in OT (B • 2024)
Prelude: St. Michæl the Archangel
Entrance Antiphon (Processional) Hymn: All That You Have Done To Us, Lord to the tune RUSTINGTON
Entrance Antiphon: (simple psalm tone)
Psalm: 19 The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart. (ft. Justitiæ Domini)
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia ‘cum Magnificat’
Offertory Antiphon: Upon the rivers of Babylon…(from Simple English Propers)
Communion Antiphon: Be Thou Mindful of Thy Word… (Memento verbi tui)
Communion Hymn: God of All Pow’r and Truth, and Grace to TALLIS’ CANON
Motet: I’ll Bless the Lord at all Times (Telemann, adapt. Morber / EnglishMotets.com)
Recessional Hymn: Christ, the Splendor of the Father to WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Entrance Antiphon Hymn Melody:
Offertory Antiphon:
Communion Antiphon:
NB: our final sequence will be:
James intones “Memento”
All join in at “verbi…”
Repeat antiphon in English
Verse / English Antiphon / Verse / English Antiphon
LATIN antiphon LAST TIME (no English).
Communion Hymn Melody:
Special Motet: I’ll bless the Lord all the days of my life.
(Ich Will den Herrn Loben, Telemann, arr. Morber)
Recessional Hymn Melody:
25th in OT (B • 2024)
Greetings all—
Here’s our ordo for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. As with last week, warmups will be in the loft at 8:45am. This weekend, we will dress in our choir robes. If you missed Wednesday’s rehearsal, come a few minutes early and we will find you a robe.
Prelude: Saint Michæl the Archangel Prayer
Entrance Antiphon Hymn: Truly I Am the Salvation of All People to the tune EBENEZER.
Entrance Antiphon: I am the salvation of the people… to a simple psalm tone.
Kyrie & Gloria from Mass in Honor of Our Lady, Star of the Sea by Michæl Olbash
Psalm 54: The Lord upholds my life.
Alleluia ‘cum Magnificat’ (verse for the 25th Sunday)
Offertory Hymn: Be Thou My Vision (to SLANE)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei by Olbash
Communion Antiphon: You have laid down Your precepts…
Communion Hymn: O Thou, Who Gav’st Thy Servant Grace to the tune O WALY WALY
SPECIAL: Laudate Dominum by Lorenzo Perosi
**NB: we will do this either after the offertory hymn, or at the end of communion, as timing permits.
Recessional Hymn: Tell Out My Soul to WOODLANDS
Entrance Hymn: MELODY (different text)
Kyrie:
Gloria:
Psalm: (Click here for a dedicated practice track repository with recordings of all individual voice parts)
And just in case you’re curious, here’s a closeup of the manuscript from which the melody of this arrangement is derived. It is dated “prior to 1314” which means this melody is at least 700 years old. Amazing!
Antiphonarium pro Ecclesia Einsidlensi, folio 88r.
Alleluia: (Click here for a dedicated practice track repository with recordings of all individual voice parts)
Offertory Hymn: Be Thou My Vision (SLANE)
SPECIAL: Laudate Dominum by Perosi. **This will either pad the end of offertory, or the end of communion, depending on timing.
Sanctus:
Agnus Dei:
Communion Hymn: O Thou, Who Gav’st Thy Servant Grace to the tune O WALY WALY
Recessional Hymn: Tell Out, My Soul! (WOODLANDS)