Category Archives: Music

Music for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude (from Messe basse pour tous les temps) (Gaston Litaize, 1909-1991)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee (St. Botolph)
Missa Iste sanctus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Salus populi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce prandium meum (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Motet at the Communion: Comedite panem meum (Ecce prandium, secund pars) (Sweelinck)
Postlude: Prière d’action de grâces (from Messe basse pour tous les temps) (Litaize)

Music for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: How Good the Name of Jesus Sounds (St. Peter)
Introit: Omnia quae fecisti (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gradual: Oculi omnium (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Paratum cor meum (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Super flumina Babylonis (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: My Eyes for Beauty Pine (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Memento verbi tui (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O How Amiable (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week after the Octave of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Vatican Gradual, Mass XVI
Gregorian Mass of the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Da pacem Domine
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Chant de Paix (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Hymn at the Procession: God Everlasting, Wonderful and Holy (Diva Servatrix)
Missa Scarco di doglia (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Da pacem Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Ave verum corpus (prima pars) (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Cujus latus / O dulcis (Ave verum, secunda et tertia pars) (Josquin)
Postlude: "Big" Praeludium in E minor (BWV 847) (Nicolaus Bruhns, 1665-1697)

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise to the Lord (Lobe den Herren)
Introit: Salus populi (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gradual: Prope est Dominus (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Si ambulavero (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Communion: Tu mandasti (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Intermezzo and Adagio from Symphony No. 3 (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Thus Saith the First, the Great Command (Germany)
Missa Ecce quam bonum (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost: Justus es Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Hassler)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Stefano Felis, 1538-1603)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 (Vierne)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Introit: Da pacem Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Sanctificavit Moyses (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: The secret of Christ (Richard Shephard, b.1949)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 12 September 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Name of Mary: Vultum tuum
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 682) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: All My Hope On God Is Founded (Michael)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Miserere mihi Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Domine non sum dignus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
At the Communion: Ego sum panis vivus (Lodovico Agostini, 1534-1590)
Postlude: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 538) (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Introit: Justus es Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Beata gens (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Oravi Deum meum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe fen) (Kenneth Naylor, 1931-1991)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: All My Hope On God Is Founded (Michael)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 8 September 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Nativity of Our Lady: Salve sancta parens
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Wednesday, 5 September 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Lawrence Justinian
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor Bishop: Statuit ei
Postlude: Improvisation