Advent II (A • 2025)
Greetings all—
Here’s our ordo for Advent II.
Please make sure you listen to Vox Clamantis in Deserto by de las Muelas. We really need notes to be secure if we are going to be able to pull it off.
Ordinary: Missa XVII (click here for comprehensive practice tracks / videos)
Entrance [Antiphon] Hymn: On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry to WINCHESTER NEW
Entrance Antiphon: “O people of Sion, behold, the Lord will come to save the nations!” (adapt. JJR)
Psalm: 72 “Justice shall flourish in his time and fullness of peace for ever.” (Link)
*all sing unison throughoutGospel Acclamation: Advent Alleluia (Playlist)
Offertory Antiphon: “You will turn to us, O God, and restore our life, and Your people shall rejoice in You.” (Source & Summit)
Offertory Hymn: Hark! a Thrilling Voice is Sounding, to the tune MERTON
Communion Antiphon: “Jerusalem, arise and stand upon the heights…” (Fr. Weber #40)
Communion Motet: Vox Clamantis by de las Muelas (Link)
Communion Hymn: Wake, Awake! for Night is Flying to WACHET AUF
Recessional Hymn: The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns to MORNING SONG
Entrance Antiphon Hymn: On Jordan's Bank
NB: we plan on singing the refrain unison
Offertory Hymn: Hark a Thrilling Voice is Sounding
Click on the image to be taken to an animated YouTube Version.
Communion Motet:
Communion Hymn:
Recessional Hymn:
All psalms & motets for ALL OF ADVENT 2025 are available by clicking this button:
And our backup plan just in case:
Advent I (A • 2025)
Greetings all—
Thanks to those of you who made it out for rehearsal on Tuesday. I really appreciate it! For those who couldn’t be there with us, you have some homework to do! In particular, we need everyone to really know their part to Ad Te Levavi by Witt.
Good luck with Snowmageddon!
Ordinary: Missa XVII (click here for comprehensive practice tracks / videos)
Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the tune of PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Entrance Antiphon: “To You I lift up my soul…” (S&S, see below)
Psalm: 122 “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord!” (Playlist)
Gospel Acclamation: Advent Alleluia (Playlist)
Offertory Antiphon: “To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.” (S&S, see below)
Offertory Hymn: Savior of the Nations, Come to the tune NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND
Communion Antiphon: “The Lord will bestow His bounty…” (Fr. Weber 17)
Communion Anthem: Ad Te Levavi • Witt (Playlist)
Communion Hymn: Creator of the Stars of Night to CREATOR ALME SIDERUM
Recessional Hymn: O Come Divine Messiah to VENEZ DIVIN MESSIE
Offertory Hymn:
Communion Hymn:
Christ the King (2025)
Greetings All—
Here’s our ordo and our practice track resources for the Solemnity of Christ the King.
PS—please consider bringing a tissue box to the loft. It’s now “that time of year” and I suspect we will be going through them much faster than. Thank you to those of you who already stashed a couple of boxes for everyone!
PPS—Here is the master page with all of our Advent things:
Prelude: Choral Fanfare for Christ the King by H. Hamilton Smith (Video)
Entrance Hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns (V4 = antiphon trope)
Entrance Antiphon: Dignus est, Latin, JJR
Ordinary: Mass in Honor of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, by Olbash*
NB: The Gloria will be from the Missa Simplex by Proulx (see worship aid)
Psalm: 122, “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.” (Playlist)
Gospel Acclamation: Gospel Acclamation for the Feast of Christ the King (Video)
Offertory Hymn: Lo He Comes With Clouds Descending (HELMSLEY)
Offertory Antiphon: Latin, JJR, time permitting
Communion Antiphon: Sedebit Dominus (see below)
Communion Chant: Laudes Regiæ (Video)
Recessional Hymn: To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King (ICH GLAUB AN GOTT)
Below is the “repeat after me” video for Sedebit Dominus (Communion Antiphon), followed by a demo sung by monks, and then a demo of verse 2 for the ladies.
Advent 2025 • St. Augustine Cathedral
Greetings all—
Here are the major pieces for Advent 2025, collated into one handy list.
Advent Alleluia
Advent I
Advent II
NB: the practice tracks are still note-accurate, however I have transposed this psalm up so it sits in a better range for everyone.
Option i vs Option ii TBD
Check time stamps for alternate voice parts.
Advent III
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Advent IV
Live performance:
Voice parts time stamped in the description:
Christmas
33rd in Ordinary Time (C • 2025)
Greetings all—
Here is our ordo for Sunday. NB: one difference this week is that we will sing our choral anthem (the Davies De Profundis) during the offertory, since it is the offertory antiphon of the day.
I am also adding a “look ahead” section at the bottom that has some of our special things for Christ the King and Advent I.
Pax,
J
Prelude: St. Michael the Archangel Prayer (Practice Track Playlist)
Processional Hymn: Trope of the Entrance Antiphon set to NETTLETON
Entrance Antiphon: (mp3 below below)
Psalm 98, “The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.” (Playlist)
Alleluia ‘cum Magnificat’ (PT Playlist)
Offertory: De Profundis by HW Davies (Video)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1697 (Video)
Communion Hymn: Arise, My Soul, Arise to LOVE UNKNOWN
Recessional Hymn: Dies Iræ (Hymn) to (Video)
Entrance
Psalm & Alleluia
Please note: for the psalm, we will all sing the refrain unison on the melody. The parts are relatively low and difficult to hear anyway. We will sing parts on the verses, however.
Offertory
NB: our translation is different from this recording.
Communion
Recessional
LOOK AHEAD:
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Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Greetings All,
Thanks for yet another wonderful rehearsal on Thursday! I’m so pleased that we made good progress on some of the bigger rep that we are tackling. Below are our Ordo & resources for this Sunday, the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica.
Fun fact: did you know that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is not the pope’s cathedral? It’s true! The Lateran Basilica is actually where the pope’s Cathedra is located, so it is technically the seat of his diocese. This is the true Papal Cathedral, which is why it is a universal Feast day that trumps a Sunday; in effect, it is the “Cathedral of all cathedrals”.
Entrance Antiphon Hymn to the hymn tune ST. MICHÆL’S (Video)
Entrance Antiphon
Kyrie (Olbash)
Gloria from Proulx’s Missa Simplex (Video)
Psalm 46: The waters of the river gladden… (Playlist)
Festal Alleluia (Alleluia for the Feast of Christ the King) (Video)
Offertory Hymn: Only Begotten Word of God, Eternal to the tune ISTE CONFESSOR (Video)
Offertory Antiphon: Fr. Weber #2138 (Matt R, Ron, & JJR; time permitting; Video)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei (Olbash)
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #2146 (Video)
Communion Anthem: Laudate Nomen Domini by Tye (Playlist)
Communion Hymn: Lord of Hosts, How Lovely Thy Tabernacles Are to the tune AURELIA (Video)
Recessional Hymn: Christ is Made the Sure Foundation to WESTMINSTER ABBEY (Video)
Entrance Hymn & Gloria:
Psalm & Alelluia:
Festal Alleluia:
Please note that this demo is truncated; it simply sings the alleluia once, and goes right into the coda. There are time stamps for subsequent voice parts in the video description.