Palm Sunday and Holy Week

tomjaw

I have been putting together a weekly e-mail for those that cannot get to Mass or church in Covidtide, as some of you may have more time this year this set of links may be of use.

One of the busiest weeks of the Church year, I have put together all the resources that can help you enter more fully into the sublime Liturgy over this week.

Palm Sunday
Propers booklet https://societyofstbede.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/palmsunday52.pdf

Commentary
History https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n205/mode/2up
Blessing https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n215/mode/2up
Mass https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n231/mode/2up

In French
http://www.introibo.fr/Dimanche-des-Rameaux
https://archive.org/details/lanneliturgiqu06gu/page/232/mode/2up

Music http://www.gregorianbooks.com/propers.html#palm_sunday
http://www.gregorianbooks.com/p.php?p=JO150,JO151,JO152,JO153,JO154,JO155,JO156,JO157,JO158,JO159,JO160,JO161|0|88|740|540

Live Stream Mass
Paris https://schola-sainte-cecile.com
Link will be found here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9yB-irArs
They also stream on faceache. https://www.facebook.com/Schola.Sainte.Cecile/

Ramsgate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiYMeLDgIGY
https://www.facebook.com/stethelbertsramsgate

Holy Week,
Fig Monday
Propers booklet https://societyofstbede.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/mondayinholyweek.pdf

Commentary https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n257/mode/2up

In French http://www.introibo.fr/Lundi-Saint,273

Music http://www.gregorianbooks.com/propers.html#monday_holy_week

Live Stream Mass
Paris, https://schola-sainte-cecile.com
Link will be found here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9yB-irArs
They also stream on faceache. https://www.facebook.com/Schola.Sainte.Cecile/

Ramsgate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMLAKi3na8
https://www.facebook.com/stethelbertsramsgate

Temple Tuesday
Propers booklet https://societyofstbede.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/tuesdayinholyweek.pdf

Commentary https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n269/mode/2up

In French http://www.introibo.fr/Mardi-Saint,274

Music http://www.gregorianbooks.com/propers.html#tuesday_holy_week

Live Stream Mass
Paris, https://schola-sainte-cecile.com
Link will be found here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9yB-irArs
They also stream on faceache. https://www.facebook.com/Schola.Sainte.Cecile/

Ramsgate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g91fFXnwbjo
https://www.facebook.com/stethelbertsramsgate

Spy Wednesday
Propers booklet https://societyofstbede.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/wednesdayinholyweek.pdf

Commentary https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n287/mode/2up

In French http://www.introibo.fr/Mercredi-Saint,581

Music http://www.gregorianbooks.com/propers.html#wednesday_holy_week

Live Stream Mass
Paris, https://schola-sainte-cecile.com
Link will be found here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9yB-irArs
They also stream on faceache. https://www.facebook.com/Schola.Sainte.Cecile/

Ramsgate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZPqQBSClKs
https://www.facebook.com/stethelbertsramsgate

Tenebrae https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n311/mode/2up

Maundy Thursday
Propers booklet https://societyofstbede.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/maundythursday.pdf

Commentary https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n363/mode/2up
Mass Commentary https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n379/mode/2up
Mass https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n389/mode/2up

In French http://www.introibo.fr/Jeudi-saint-en-la-Cene-du-Seigneur

Music http://www.gregorianbooks.com/propers.html#maundy_thursday
http://www.gregorianbooks.com/p.php?p=JO161|0|624|740|390,JO162,JO163,JO164,JO165,JO166,JO167|0|120|758|710

Live Stream Mass
Paris, https://schola-sainte-cecile.com
Link will be found here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9yB-irArs
They also stream on faceache. https://www.facebook.com/Schola.Sainte.Cecile/

Ramsgate https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQMSUzNOGgqfGNmhMGbRPyA
https://www.facebook.com/stethelbertsramsgate

Tenebrae https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n415/mode/2up

Good Friday
Propers booklet https://societyofstbede.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/goodfriday55.pdf

Commentary https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n465/mode/2up
Liturgy https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n479/mode/2up
Afternoon https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n517/mode/2up

In French http://www.introibo.fr/Vendredi-Saint,594

Music http://www.gregorianbooks.com/propers.html#good_friday
http://www.gregorianbooks.com/p.php?p=JO167|0|814|758|222,JO168,JO169,JO170,JO171,JO172,JO173|0|90|766|715,JO173|0|958|766|50

Live Stream
Paris, https://schola-sainte-cecile.com
Link will be found here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9yB-irArs
They also stream on faceache. https://www.facebook.com/Schola.Sainte.Cecile/

Ramsgate https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQMSUzNOGgqfGNmhMGbRPyA
https://www.facebook.com/stethelbertsramsgate

Tenebrae https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n527/mode/2up

Holy Saturday
Propers booklet https://societyofstbede.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/holysaturday52.pdf

Commentary https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n563/mode/2up
Vigil https://archive.org/details/V06TheLiturgicalYear/page/n567/mode/2up

In French http://www.introibo.fr/Vigile-Pascale

Music http://www.gregorianbooks.com/propers.html#hs_vigil
http://www.gregorianbooks.com/p.php?p=JO173|0|784|766|184,JO174,JO175,JO176,JO177

Live Stream Mass
Paris, https://schola-sainte-cecile.com
Link will be found here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9yB-irArs
They also stream on faceache. https://www.facebook.com/Schola.Sainte.Cecile/

Ramsgate https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQMSUzNOGgqfGNmhMGbRPyA
https://www.facebook.com/stethelbertsramsgate

Chris Garton-Zavesky

Fig Monday? That's a new one on me.

tomjaw

@Chris Garton-Zavesky
According to the Gospels, on this day Jesus cursed the fig tree.
Matthew 21:18–22,

The Barren Fig Tree(Mark 11:12-14; Mark 11:20-26)
And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry. And seeing a certain fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only, and he saith to it: May no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How is it presently withered away? And Jesus answering, said to them: Amen, I say to you, if you shall have faith, and stagger not, not only this of the fig tree shall you do, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Take up and cast thyself into the sea, it shall be done. And in all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

Mark 11:12-14

Jesus Curses the Fig Tree(Matthew 21:18-22; Mark 11:20-26)
And the next day when they came out from Bethania, he was hungry. And when he had seen afar off a fig tree having leaves, he came if perhaps he might find any thing on it. And when he was come to it, he found nothing but leaves. For it was not the time for figs. And answering he said to it: May no man hereafter eat fruit of thee any more for ever. And his disciples heard it.

Mark 11:20–26

The Withered Fig Tree(Matthew 21:18-22; Mark 11:12-14)
And when they passed by in the morning they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter remembering, said to him: Rabbi, behold the fig tree, which thou didst curse, is withered away. And Jesus answering, saith to them: Have the faith of God. Amen I say to you, that whosoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed and be cast into the sea, and shall not stagger in his heart, but believe, that whatsoever he saith shall be done; it shall be done unto him. Therefore I say unto you, all things, whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive; and they shall come unto you. And when you shall stand to pray, forgive, if you have aught against any man; that your Father also, who is in heaven, may forgive you your sins. But if you will not forgive, neither will your Father that is in heaven, forgive you your sins.

Chris Garton-Zavesky

Tomjaw,

Fair enough. I had heard of Maundy Thursday and Spy Wednesday, but I hadn't heard the moniker Fig Monday. I've learned something today, and I'm enriched because of it.

Does one eat figs on this day, by chance?

M. Jackson Osborn

Palm Sunday high mass at Walsingham may be seen and heard at olwcatholic.org.
Our oxblood vestments are nice, though they appear on the screen somewhat brighter than they really are - they really are a profound shade of oxblood.
Palmer-Burgess propers, etc.
The thuribler today is one of our more talented ones, what with all the Queen Annes.
The homilies at Walsingham are always exceptional.

Our St Aelred's Church in Georgia has recently put up riddle curtains all about the altar. These are rare in the US, but quite common in Canada, and may be more prevalent in the UK - if anyone over there could verify this.

Chris Garton-Zavesky

Never having slaughtered an ox, nor been close enough to one recently enough after its demise, I can't tell what color oxblood is, except some deep shade of red. How would you suggest I educate myself on this question?

CHGiffen

I can't tell what color oxblood is ...

Hie thee to a shoe-store and ask to see a pair of oxblood shoes.

M. Jackson Osborn

(Except that osblood vestments are somewhat rosy-redder than oxblood shoes, such as one sees on saddle oxfords.)

I can't really describe it to you, Chris. It is, indeed, a very, very deep shade of red, or a very slightly reddish dark rose. It is a traditional colour for Palm Sunday, particularly, I think, in the Sarum use - though I suspect it is/was not limited to Sarum. As seen on Walsingham's live streamed mass, it appears more reddish than it really is.

(If only we could get rid of those hideous salmon coloured vestments for gaudete and laetare and replace them with true rose. (It's not called 'rose Sunday' for nothing.) I may have seen actual rose coloured 'rose' vestment two times in my life - and they were wonderful to behold. How in the world did all these ubiquitous and ugly salmon vestments become the standard?)

Chris Garton-Zavesky

I've heard of (and seen) vestments which were described as rosacea (if I spelled that correctly). They were a sort of a cross between crimson and violet, or something like the color of Port.

M. Jackson Osborn

Maybe, Chris, more like a claret with just a tincture of violet - but definitely roseate.

trentonjconn

MJO, I live down the street (two or three minutes by car since my recent move) from St. Aelred's in Georgia, and played for them here and there for a spell after they were first established. I am good friends with several of their congregants. They have used a riddle for as long as they've had their own space in which to celebrate Mass. Fr. Gregory Tipton has positively medieval taste in liturgy, and it's great to see that in practice during the Holy Sacrifice (when I rarely get to go).

MatthewRoth

(If only we could get rid of those hideous salmon coloured vestments for gaudete and laetare and replace them with true rose. (It's not called 'rose Sunday' for nothing.)

That's exactly what is considered "rose" in Italy. It's a spectrum, in other words, and these simply have more red than white in the balance of the dyes. The very Roman set which is the last in the salmon section of this article is my favorite among the ones pictured.

Pastel colors are called "pink" in English, but German makes no difference, and the Latin doesn't make any distinctions. I tend to dislike these, but I've seen wonderful eighteenth century examples that make me reconsider, even if I prefer the salmon or coral shades more, and I've even seen shades that were not red upon comparison to the parish's red set, but they had a much more red coloring than my beloved orangey sets.

CharlesW

Given my lifelong tendency to stir up trouble, I used to have as many as would participate wear pink shirts/blouses on the supposed "rose" Sundays. I always wore a blazing pink shirt which actually matched the tabernacle veil.

M. Jackson Osborn

I read years ago that in some past era it was customary for the pope to give a golden rose on Lent IV to his favourites that year. Hence the German 'Rosensontag' for that Sunday.

MatthewRoth

The church cared for by the FSSP in Lyon, Saint-Juste, had one dating back to the 13th century (the article's in French, but the machine translation should do the trick), which disappeared, probably during the French Revolution.

Sorry, the link is below because I can't get the formatting to work the way that I'd like.

http://museedudiocesedelyon.com/MUSEEduDIOCESEdeLYONsaintjustrosedor.htm

tomjaw

@MJO

More on the Golden rose can be found here, https://archive.org/details/liturgicalyear05gu/page/326/mode/2up
At our parish we bless roses after Mass and hand them out to all the mothers on Laetare Sunday.

M. Jackson Osborn

Very informative, Tomjaw.The custom of the deacon and sub-deacon setting aside their vestments for the season is new to me.

Jeffrey Quick

I used to have the perfect rose shirt, but I wore it out. They aren't easy to find, unlike "pink" dress shirts.

M. Jackson Osborn

You could take a cue from Prince Charles and take it to a tailor's for repair. It's rather impressive what a tailor can do with frayed fabrics. Ditto what a good cobbler can do with badly scuffed and dried out leather.

tomjaw

St Bede's Clapham Park 10.45am Mass Palm Sunday 2021
Two sets of Male cantors for the Propers and one set of Lady Cantrix? for the Ordinary.
5 men, 3 ladies and 3 children in the choir. (Following Covid guidelines!)

Blessing of Palms (all Chant sung in full according to the G.R. 1924)
Asperges mode 7
ANT. Hosanna filio David.
GRAD. In Monte Oliveti.
SANTUS. XVIII
ANT. Pueri Hebraeorum
ANT. Pueri Hebraeorum
ANT. Occurrunt turbae.
ANT. Cum Angelis.
ANT. Turba multa.
HYMN. Gloria Laus.
RESP. Ingrediente.

Mass
INT. Domine ne longe.
KYR. XVII first version
GRAD. Tenuisti.
TRACT. Deus deus. (alternated Cantors 1, choir, Cantors 2 etc.)
PASSION. Victoria setting
GOSPEL. Solemn ancient tone
CREDO. I
OFF. Improperium
OFF. Hymn Magnum Salutis Gaudium
SAN. XVII
AGNUS. XVII
COM. Pater si, Chant setting alternated with the Isaac polyphonic setting, with psalm verses.
BENE. XVII first version
Marian Anthem. Ave Regina Caelorum (solemn tone)

Maundy Thursday
St Bede's, London 5.30pm EF Mass, all Propers sung in Full From the Graduale Romanum.

INT.: Nos Autem
K: Byrd 3 part Mass
G: Byrd 3 part Mass
GRAD.: Christus factus est
Credo: Byrd 3 part Mass
OFF.: Dextera Domine (Palestrina setting)
S: Byrd 3 part Mass
B: Byrd 3 part Mass
A: Byrd 3 part Mass
COM: Dominus Jesus
Comm. motet: Ave Verum, Byrd
Procession: Pange Lingua gloriosi atrib. Palastrina?

M. Jackson Osborn

The Good Friday Liturgy may be seem live streamed at olwcatholic.org

tomjaw

Good Friday at St Bede's

Solemn Liturgy 5pm
All as in the G.R. 1924
Sung Passion, Victoria setting
Popule Meus and Crux Fidelis, Chant
Vexilla Regis, Chant
Com: In monteo livis consito (Sorrowful Mysteries Office Hymn)
Com. motet, O caput Cruentatum (Hassler setting/ are. Bach)

tomjaw

EDIT, This post disappeared into the ether after clicking Post, so I added this information to the post above, now it has appeared several days later!

St Bede's, London
Maundy Thursday EF 5.30pm Mass, all Propers sung in full from the Graduale Romanum 1924.

INT.: Nos Autem.
K: Byrd 3 part Mass.
G: Byrd 3 part Mass.
GRAD.: Christus factus est.
Credo: Byrd 3 part Mass.
OFF.: Dextera Domine (Palestrina setting).
S: Byrd 3 part Mass.
B: Byrd 3 part Mass.
A: Byrd 3 part Mass.
COM: Dominus Jesus.
Com. motet: Ave Verum, Byrd.
Procession: Pange Lingua gloriosi atrib. Palastrina.

CatherineS

recently put up riddle curtains all about the altar

Just saw this and wondered if "riddle curtains" are the same kind of purple curtains I ask about in the thread about dropping the curtain at the Gloria during the Easter Vigil?

MatthewRoth

They're the ones on the back and side of an altar set up in the more medieval fashion (not only English, though the English did revive this at the end of the nineteenth century).

liampmcdonough

Presentation of the Lord Catholic Church, Montgomery, TX
The Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter
Propers, tracts, and antiphons ordinarily drawn from Divine Worship: The Gradual (working draft)

Palm Sunday
At the Blessing- Hosanna Filio David
At the Distribution- Hosanna Filio David, Confitemini Domino
At the Procession- All Glory Laud and Honor
At the Entrance of the Church- Ingrediente
Sung Propers
Offertory- Adoramus Te (Dubois)
Communion-
Popule Meus (Victoria, minus the Hagios choruses)
Glory Be to Jesus (WEM IN LEIDENSTAGEN)
Recession- O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN)

Maundy Thursday
Sung Propers
Procession- Ave Verum Corpus (trad)
Gradual- Christus Factus Est (Palmer Burgess)
At the Maundy- Ubi Caritas (trad)
Offertory- Anima Christi (Cherion)
Communion- Adoro Te Devote (trad)
Stripping of the Altar- Psalm 22
Procession to the Altar of Repose- Pange lingua gloriosi Corporis mysterium (trad Sarum)

Good Friday
Sung Propers
At the Veneration
-Crucem Tuam Adoramus
- Reproaches (Victoria) with verses of Palmer Burgess
-Adoramus Te (Dubois)
At Communion
-O Bone Jesu (Ingegneri)
-Vexilla Regis (trad)
Post Communion
-O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN)

Easter Vigil
Sung Propers
-Antiphons, Litanies, and Tracts as designated in the Gradual
-Psalms (from St. Dunstan's Psalter)
At the Sprinkling- Vidi Aquam
Offertory- Now the Green Blade Rises (Arr. Bullard)
At Communion-
This Joyful Eastertide (Arr. Wood)
At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (SALZBURG)
Recessional- Jesus Christ is Ris'n Today (EASTER HYMN), + descant (anon)

Easter Sunday
Sung Propers
Merbecke Ordinary
Processional- Jesus Christ is Ris'n Today (EASTER HYMN) + descant (anon)
Sprinkling- Vidi Aquam
Offertory- Now the Green Blade Rises (Arr. Bullard)
At Communion-
This Joyful Eastertide (Arr. Wood)
At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (SALZBURG)
Recessional- The Strife is O'er (VICTORY)
Postlude- Improvised Sortie on NOEL NOUVELET and VICTIMAE PACHALI LAUDES

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