MAGNA OPERA DOMINI -
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    That is the chosen motto of Bishop-elect Lopes of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter. His ordination will take place on Candlemas, next Tuesday, the 2nd February, at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, in Houston. Our Lady of Walsingham will now be a cathedral! About half-a-dozen cardinals and thirty bishops are supposed to be present, as well as ordinariate folk from England and Australia, and throughout the US and Canada. The co-cathedral will resound with music the like of which is very rarely heard in Catholic-dom, for a profoundly historic event in the life of the Church.

    Here is the music for the ordination -

    Choirmaster - Edmund Murray, Choirmaster of the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Walsingham.
    Organists - Crista Miller (co-cathedral music director) and Kevin Clark will play the anthems and service music
    Edmund Murray will play the Bach 'St Anne' and I will play the Langlais Te Deum during the prelude music.
    Choirs - Our Lady of Walsingham Parish Choir, the co-cathedral choir, the Arch-diocesan Choir, Chorus Angelorum, and friends.
    A Consort of Brass and Timpani -
    The Lesser Propers - Palmer-Burgess
    The Order of Mass - Divine Worship: the Missal

    PRELUDE MUSIC -

    Te Deum - Jean Langlais
    'I Was Glad' - Sir C.H.H. Parry
    Beati quorum via - C.V. Stanford
    Fugue in E-flat ('St Anne') - J.S. Bach
    'Greater Love Hath No Man' - John Ireland
    Exsultate justi - L. Viadana

    THE MASS OF ORDINATION -

    At the Procession -
    Entrata Festiva - Flor Peeters
    Hymn - 'Christ is Made the Sure Foundation' - Westminster Abbey, arr, Robert Powell

    Introductory Rites -
    Introit - Suscepimus - Mode I
    Kyrie - Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena - H. Willan
    Gloria - Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena - H. Willan

    The Liturgy of the Word -
    Psalm XXIV: Ad tollite portas - Anglican Chant, F.E. Gladstone
    Alleluya and Verse: Senex puerum - Theodore Marier

    The Rite of Ordination -
    Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus - Plainsong, Mode VIII
    Litany of Supplication -
    Psalm XCV: Venite, exultemus - Anglican Chant, Sir John Goss
    Motet: Ecce quam bonus - William Byrd

    Liturgy of the Eucharist -
    Offertory Hymn: 'To Thee, O Gracious Father' - Thaxted, Arr., Richard Proulx
    (This hymn was penned by the Rev. Christopher G. Philips, pastor of Atonement, in San Antonio)
    The Offertory Antiphon - Diffusa est gratia - Mode VIII
    Sanctus - Missa super Dixit Maria - H.L. Hassler
    Agnus Dei - Missa super Dixit Maria - H.L. Hassler
    The Communion Antiphon - Responsum accepit Simeon - Mode VIII
    Responsory - Magna Opera Domini - Richard J. Clark (Bishop Lopes' motto, composed for this ordination.)
    Anthem - 'Draw Us In the Spirit's Tether' - Harold Friedell
    Motet - Anima Christi - Michael Burgo
    Motet - Alma Redemptoris Mater - G.P. da Palestrina

    Solemn Te Deum -
    Te Deum in B-flat - C.V. Stanford

    At the Dismissal -
    Hymn - 'Praise to the Holiest' - Newman, Arr., Andrew Wright


    Thanked by 5Kathy CHGiffen JulieColl Andrew_Malton Heath
  • Kathy
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    Stunning! True musical leadership. Best wishes, and many years to Bishop Lopes!
    Thanked by 1M. Jackson Osborn
  • chonakchonak
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    For those unable to attend in Houston, the event will be broadcast on EWTN:
    http://ordinariate.net/news/ewtn-to-broadcast-mass-of-ordination-of-bishop-elect-steven-j-lopes
    Thanked by 4M. Jackson Osborn CHGiffen JulieColl Spriggo
  • JulieCollJulieColl
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    Truly splendiferous! Congratulations and best wishes to Bishop Lopes.
  • MatthewRoth
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    Is Mass according to the MR2002 or Divine Worship?
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    Matthew -
    The mass is the successor to Divine Worship. This is Divine Worship: The Missal, which became official for all three ordinariates (US-Canada, England, Australia) as of last Advent Sunday.
  • kevinfkevinf
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    Wow...fabulous stuff. I especially love the Byrd and the Stanford. Congratulations for a wonderful program.
  • CharlesW
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    Excellent. Remind the dear bishop that there is mission territory to the east anxiously awaiting deliverance. :-)
    Thanked by 2M. Jackson Osborn CHGiffen
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    Charles -
    I'm sure he'd appreciate a note from you about just that!
    Thanked by 1CharlesW
  • MatthewRoth
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    Well, yes, I know that it isn't the BDW. I think the Ordinariate needs a more fluid way of referring to the Mass than “Divine Worship: the Missal.”
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    Matthew -
    I think that it's called DW:TM because a revision of the offices is forthcoming at a future date - so maybe (?) it will be called Divine Worship: The Office? I do agree with you, though, that a more fluid locution could have been thought of.
  • MatthewRoth
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    That is my understanding as well, as Msgr. Burnham said the whole liturgy is to be called “Divine Worship.”
  • chonakchonak
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    Incidentally, the Ordinariates do not have their own edition of the rite of Ordination of a Bishop, and do not plan to create one; they have said they intend to use the standard (modern) Roman Rite for consecrations, as an expression of unity with the See of St. Peter.
    Thanked by 2M. Jackson Osborn CHGiffen
  • MatthewRoth
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    Do they have a unique priesting and deaconing rite?

  • chonakchonak
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    I believe all their ordinations are done according to the Roman Rite, ordinary form.

    E.g.: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2013/09/anglican-ordinariate-priestly.html
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