Line-up for SUN 03 SEP: THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (and Fri 08 Sep: Nativity of Our Lady; plus preview of Sun 10 Sep: 14th Sunday after Pentecost)

Here’s the line-up. We practiced the Thirteenth Sunday on Tuesday night, spending a lot of time on the Introit. I’m linking the practice video and mp3 for that below as well; keep working with it. I think we can do this!

As a heads-up, I’m also including the next-coming Friday, 08 September: Nativity of Our Lady, as well as the practice video and mp3 for the Introit of the Fourteenth Sunday as well, under the assumption we’re going to continue with these. We can do this! Just try to listen to it, pre-practice it a bit before we practice on Tuesday … I think it helped last Tuesday night.

For Sun 03 Sep: Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

• Mass Propers [PDF]
• Full Introit [Youtube – mp3]
• Mass Parts: Mass VIII -- De Angelis
• Kyrie VIII [PDF -- Youtube -- mp3 ]
• Gloria VIII [PDF – mp3)
• Credo III [PDF - mp3]
• Sanctus VIII [PDF - mp3]
• Agnus Dei VIII [PDF - mp3]
• After Offertory: Psalm 140 Incensum [PDF]
• After Communion: Vexilla Regis [PDF – Youtube]
• This will be our hymn for the month of September, in celebration of the Triumph of the Cross (Feast: 14 Sep)
• Postlude: Antiphona ad Sanctum Michaelum [PDF – mp3]

Daily Mass feast celebrated with chant this coming week:

Fri 08 Sep: Nativity of Our Lady

• Line-up [gdoc]

For Sun 10 Sep: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

• Full Introit [PDF – Youtube – mp3]

Line-up for SUN 27 AUG: TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (and Tue 22 Aug: Queenship of Mary; Thu 24 Aug: St. Bartholomew)

Here's the line-up for practice tomorrow night, back at our regular time in our regular place:

For Sun 27 Aug: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

• Mass Propers [PDF]
• Note that I am changing the Alleluia slightly to match the style we used with Tommy at the St. Philomena Mass a couple of weeks ago.
• I'm also leaving out the extended Psalm-verses for incensation. I'll try pacing the Introit and the Offertory better, beginning the Kyrie when the incensation begins during the opening rites and reserving extra music for the chanting of Psalm 140 when incensation begins afteer the Offertory.
• Mass Parts: Mass VIII De Angelis [see at right]
• Psalm 140 Incensum [PDF]
• After Communion: Salve Regina [PDF -- Youtube]
• Postlude: Antiphona ad Sanctum Michaelem [PDF -- mp3]

Daily Mass feasts celebrated with chant this week are:

Tue 22 Aug: Queenship of Mary

• Line-up [PDF]
• Of course, 6:30am Mass is before our 5:30pm practice. I put up an announcement on Facebook a while ago.

Thu 24 Aug: St.  Bartholomew

• Line-up [PDF]

Finally, we'll start looking at the Post-Communion hymn for the month of September, the Month of the Holy Cross: Vexilla Regis Prodeunt [PDF -- Youtube]

Line-up for Sun 20 Aug: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

With Fr. Blake leaving on vacation today, there was quite a bit of uncertainty what the 5pm Mass on this coming Sunday would be -- TLM or Novus Ordo. On the other hand, with Tuesday being a Holy Day of Obligation with a 6pm Mass (covered by another choir since the Schola covered the 6:30am Mass), our practice was delayed until tonight. Things worked out at the last minute, however, with news that the Mass will be said by Fr. Seiler as a Novus Ordo -- but predominately in Latin much like Fr. Blake did for the month of July 2016, immediately after his appointment to the Basilica, when he was still working on learning the TLM well enough to say it with appropriate dignity. Ultimately, the difference in language between the "English Mass" and the Traditional Latin Mass is the least of the differences, it seems! In any case, I had just enough time before practice began to clear the core of the following line-up with him....

• Mass Propers in Latin (Introit, Offertory, and Communion Antiphon) [PDF]
• Responsorial Psalm and Gospel Acclamation in English [PDF]
• Mass Parts: Mass VIII De Angelis [as at right, including Gloria and Credo III]
• Incensation Psalm 140 [PDF]
• Post-Communion: Salve Regina [PDF -- Youtube]
• Postlude: Antiphona ad Sanctum Michaelem [PDF -- mp3]

I really haven't looked ahead to next week, but presumably Fr. Blake will be back with the TLM for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost.

In the meantime, come Tuesday night we will be back to our normal night for practice, and we will go over the upcoming week's daily-Mass feast day, St. Bartholomew on Thursday the 24th.

Line-up for SUN 13 AUG: TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (plus Thu 10 Aug St. Lawrence, Fri 11 Aug St. Philomena, and Tue 15 Aug Assumption)

Here’s what I’m planning on us practicing tomorrow night …

Sun 13 Aug: Tenth Sunday:

• Mass Propers, including extra verses for the Introit and the Offertory [PDF]
• Mass Parts: Mass VIII De Angelis [see at right]
• Incensation Psalm 140 REVISED [PDF] – I’ve changed the termination
• Post-Communion: Salve Regina [PDF – Youtube]

Also…

• Thu 10 Aug – 6:30 am Feast of St. Lawrence [gdoc]

• Fri 11 Aug – 6pm at St. Frances Cabrini Church in Alexandria – See last week for Propers 
• Tommy is planning to be here tomorrow night to practice with us. He’s also bringing a hymn to St Philomena that Fr. Partain has requested for a prelude.
• Let’s bring our robes with us Friday night.

• Tue 15 Aug – 6:30 am Feast of the Assumption – Holy Day of Obligation [gdoc]
• We will not be doing double-duty for this feast. The 9am choir will be handling the 6pm Mass in the evening … which of course means we will not be able to practice at 5:30pm per usual. We’ll talk about an alternate time.

Line-up for Sun 06 Aug: Feast of the Transfiguration (plus Sat 05 Aug St. Mary Major and Fri 11 Aug St. Philomena)

First, I apologize for my negligence in posting these line-ups over the past month. I have no good reason to plead, just that I didn't do it one week, then another, then another....

But, not in time for it to be seen before practice earlier this evening but for later reference, here is the line-up for next Sunday -- 06 August, therefore the Feast of the Transfiguration:

• Mass Propers, including extra verses for the Introit and the Offertory [PDF]
• Mass Parts: Mass VIII De Angelis [see previous posts]
• Hymn after Communion: Quicumque Christum [PDF - mp3]
• I'm also introducing a "Psalm for Incensing" after the Offertory, which we will go over this evening  - Psalm 140 Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum [PDF]

Also, please remember that this coming 8am Saturday is another Basilica Feast Day, 05 August, The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major ("Our Lady of the Snows"):

• Mass Propers [gdoc]
• Hymn after Communion: Salve Regina [PDF - Youtube] -- Hang on to it as we will use it after Communion through August starting the 13th.

Finally, on Friday 11 August, we will continue our tradition of going and singing for the special Mass for the Feast of St. Philomena at St. Frances Cabrini Church in Alexandria, 6pm. Here are the propers:

• Mass Propers
• Introit through Offertory [PDF]
• Communio [PDF]
• Mass Propers (all) [mp3]: Time-stamps --
• 00:00 Introit begins a few seconds in, during "testimonibus"
• 03:00 Gradual
• 04:00 Alleluia
• 05:05 Offertory
• 05:55 Communio -- Antiphon and verse 1 only