Ooh! We're singing our first Sunday mass this week, extraordinary form. Nothing fancy, but here it is:
Asperges me (PBC p. 22) SCHOLA INTROIT Laetare Jerusalem SCHOLA Kyrie XVII-B SCHOLA + CONGREGATION GRADUAL Laetatus sum QUARTET TRACT Qui confidunt QUARTET Credo III SCHOLA + CONGREGATION OFFERTORY Laudate Dominum SCHOLA *Hymn: Audi, benigne Conditor (from Vespers) SCHOLA Sanctus XVII SCHOLA + CONGREGATION Agnus Dei XVII SCHOLA + CONGREGATION COMMUNION Jerusalem Quae Aedificatur w/psalm verses SCHOLA
Saint Edward, Newark CA 10:00 Missa Cantata (OF) LAETARE SUNDAY
Prelude "Toccata in G Minor" ... Pachelbel (Played by a student)
Introit "Laetare Jerusalem" Graduale, Tone 5
Mass XVII w/ Kyrie "C"
Responsorial Psalm setting by Rev. Jeffrey Keyes, CPPS
Offertory "Laudate Dominum" Graduale, Tone 2
Anthem: "I Will Arise and Go to My Father" ... Charles Wood
Communio "Oportet te fili guadere" Graduale, Tone 8 w/ Psalms verses from Richard Rice
After Dismissal: "Ave Regina Caelorum" ... Antonio Lotti
Postlude "Toccata in D Major" ... Pachelbel (Played by student.)
Prelude: Laetare Jerusalem, proper Gregorian introit Entrance: translation of Laetare sung to a Byzantine chant tone (no offertory at this Mass, holdover from previous pastor who retired in December) Communion: Psalm 34 ("Taste and see....") Recessional: "The Glory of These Forty Days"
Entrance: Rejoice the Lord is King
Offertory: Our Father We Have Wandered
Communion: Proper (from Mass Propers for Lent, CanticaNova publications)
Meditation: Ave Regina Caelorum (chant)
Recessional: Lord Who Throughout These Forty Days
(All from Worship III except Communion)
Ordinary: Missa Jubilate Deo
Processional: Rejoice the Lord is King
Responsorial: Taste and see...Richard Rice
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ...Fr. Weber
Offertory: Illumina oculos
Communion: Oportet te; O, Jesus we adore thee; Staber Mater
Recessional: Blessed by your sacrifice
Organ Prelude: J.S. Bach - O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
Introit: Laetare Jerusalem
Asperges Me: Polyphonic setting by Montani
Responsorial Psalm: Marier
Tract: Miserere Mei
Credo III
Offertory: J. Stainer - God So Loved The World
Sanctus/Agnus Dei - Missa XVII
Communion: Oportet te
Communion Motet: F.J. Haydn - Sancta Mater from Stabat Mater
Recessional Hymn: Sole Hope of All the World (Collegeville)
After Mass: Ave Regina Caelorum
Prelude: Variations on "Wondrous Love" Robert Lau
Introit Hymn: Rejoice, Jerusalem! (Tietze)
Kyrie: Mass XVI with tropes
(Choir Mass) Modal Mass Calvert Shenk
Psalm 34 Gelineau
Gospel Acc.: Glory to You, O Word of God Richard Proulx
Preparation of the Gifts: Amazing Grace
(Choir Mass) Create in Me A Clean Heart, O God Mueller
Eucharistic Acclamations: Corpus Christi Mass
Fraction Rite: Agnus Dei Mass XVIII
Communion: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful
(Choir Mass) O Taste and See Vaughan Williams
Communio: (Schola) Oportet te Graduale
(Choir Mass) Modal Mass Calvert Shenk
Closing Hymn: What Wondrous Love
Notre Dame des Victoires, French national church (San Francisco, CA) [N.B. Optional Year A readings used for the Scrutinies]
Entrance: Attende Domine (English) Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 23 (Marier) Gospel acclamation: Glory and praise (based on Kyrie orbis factor) Offertory: Laudate Dominum (Eberlin) Sanctus XVIII Memorial acclamation A (English, Sacramentary) Lord's Prayer (ed. Snow) Lamb of God XVII (ed. Columba Kelly) Communion: Lutum fecit Marian hymn after Mass: Ave Regina Caelorum (Lotti)
so I was reading many of these entries, and thinking, "Oh how silly I am!" (I use Ritual Song,) "We have 'Rejoice, the Lord is King' in our hymnal, too! so of course I should use it this weekend!" Then I went and looked at it, and I wanted to compare it to the introit, to see how similar there are, and here is, briefly, the text of the hymn, " Rejoice the Lord is King! your Lord and King adore, Rejoice give thanks, and sing, and triumph evermore, Life up your hear, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!"
CONTRASTED to the actual introit... "Rejoice, O Jerusalem: and come together all you that love her: rejoice with joy you that have been in sorrow: that you may exult, and be filled from the breasts of your consolation."
(since my congregation does not know this tune, I was particularly musing on whether it would be worth it to teach it to them or not,) and so I really was thinking about--how similar ARE these two texts?
and I concluded...yes, they both emphasize "rejoicing;" but while the hymn is basically "praise to the Lord," the introit is actually more focused on THOSE who rejoice--whether they are sad or loving or exulting...!
This is certainly meant as NO criticism on those of you who chose it, but rather, a continuing *frustration* on the inability of hymns to "fit" the propers! argh!
I find that odd as well. Is it listed in RitualSong as a suggestion for this Sunday? When it comes to propers, you always have to look at the complete text. I remember last year we sang "Illumina faciem" instead of "Illumina oculos" (or the other way around - they're both listed as "Illumina" in the index to thee Gregorian Missal). I mean, it could have been worse... but it wasn't the proper. "Laudate dominum (omnes /quia)" comes to mind, as do "Ego sum (pastor / vitis)," "Amen (quidquid / quod)" and "Jubilate Deo (universa / omnes)."
Too late now, but I just remembered the composer of a nice setting- Peter Halleck(sp) Anyway, GIA- It's for two voices with handbell clusters- A chant setting of Psalm 122. We do it a few times a year as an Introit- using some sort of bell stop on the organ since we have no handbells.
I would recommend "Introit Hymns" by Christopher Tietze, published by WLP if you want to find the appropriate Introit for a given Sunday (and principal feasts), translated to English and metrically set. Most are set to familiar hymn tunes. This week's Introit Hymn is easily sung to the tune OLD HUNDREDTH or TRURO.
Saint Mary’s Parish, Visalia, California Order of Music-March 14, 2010 Fourth Sunday of Lent-C
Introit Antiphon:S “Rejoice, Jerusalem” Simple Choral Gradual/R.Rice Entrance: S JERUSALEM, MY HAPPY HOME (Land of rest) E YOUR LIGHT WILL COME, JERUSALEM (Hurd)
Opening Rites: S E Kyrie-plainsong
Responsorial: SE Respond & Acclaim "Taste and see..." Alstott
Gospel Accl.: SE Lenten Gospel Acclamation (Culbreth)
Offertory: S DWELLING PLACE (Foley) E THESE ALONE ARE ENOUGH (Schutte)
Eucharistic Accl.: S Chanted “Sanctus”/Christ has died/Amen/Agnus Dei EHoly/Chri st/ Amen (Hurd “Roll Down Ages) chanted Agnus Dei
Communion Procession:SE Antiphon “My son, you should rejoice…” Simple Choral Gradual/R.Rice S CHRISTIANS, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER (Picardy) E O GOD, YOU SEARCH ME (B.Farrell)
Communion Anthem: S GOD OF MERCY (Monteverdi) E PRODIGAL SON (Culbreth)
Prelude: early keyboard works from the 1500's Ecossaise (with trumpet) Introit: Laetare Jerusalem (AUG with slight text alteration) Penitential Rite: Kyrie (Jubilate Deo) Psalm: WLP Gospel Acclamation: Koerber plainchant with organ Offertory: (AUG proper) Offertory: Jesu Joy, Bach (with flugelhorn) Sanctus: (Jubilate Deo) Agnus Dei: (Jubilate Deo) Communion Antiphon: Oportet te Communion Hymn: Humbly We Adore Thee Recessional Hymn: I Want To Walk Postlude: Praeludium 10, Bach
Missa Cantata (EF) Saint Joseph's Church York, Pennsylvania Diocese of Harrisburg
Organ: Christe, du Lamm Gottes (Orgelbuchlein) Hymn: The glory of these forty days Propers: Rossini Ordinary: Mass XVII at Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (chant) at Communion: Jesu Salvator mundi (arr. Montani) at conclusion: Adoramus te, Christe (Dubois)
Father Joseph Tuscan, OFM Cap, celebrant Schola of Saint Joseph's Church Daniel Bennett Page, director
[sung music for this Mass selected by schola before director came on board]
I think "There's a Wideness in God's Mercy" is common even in Catholic churches, and it fits quite well with the Prodigal Son gospel. We used it at my Episcopal Church, and also "Now Quit Your Care" (which is less likely to be familiar, but a wonderful text and hymn!).
I do use Rejoice the Lord is King twice per year - Gaudate and Laetare. While it certainly fits Gaudete better, I think it does add something to Laetare and is a very sturdy piece of hymnody.
And on another topic entirely, Gavin mentions There's a Wideness in God's Mercy.... I have a hymnal that printed it "There's a Wildness in God's Mercy," on its first release... It was fixed in the next printing.
Gavin, Do you sing 'There's a wideness' to In Babilone? That's the one in Ritualsong, . We use it pretty regularly. There's also an old Baptist tune that I learned as a kid.
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