Music for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on Ut queant laxis
Missa Puer qui natus est (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist: De ventre matris meae
Motet at the Offertory: Puer qui natus est (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Elisabeth Zachariae (Guerrero)
Postlude: Variations sur Lucis Creator (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Music for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: From All Thy Saints in Warfare (St. Theodulph)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Tu puer (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Justus ut palma (plainsong, mode iv, with verses)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Tu puer (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Hymn at the Communion: Ut queant laxis (plainsong, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
The 11:30 Mass is the first Mass of Deacon Ralph Segura, who is the homilist.
St. Mary’s extends to him warmest prayerful congratulations on his diaconal ordination.
