Line-Up for 03 JUNE: EXTERNAL SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (plus 31 May Visitation)

This is FIRST SUNDAY, so Vespers and TLM will be with Organ. Roxanne should be up there to practice with us on Tuesday evening.

Apparently the transference of Corpus Christi from the Thursday after Trinity Sunday to the next Sunday was something that began before Vatican II, so it is an option that is preserved in the modern Extraordinary Form. This year we are taking the option. There is therefore a long Sequence after the Gradual-Alleluia. I believe it's actually the longest Sequence of any Mass.

In any case, both because of the long Sequence and the fact that this First Sunday slipped up on me (in part because we had not decided whether to go with Corpus Christi or not) and we haven't "pre-practiced" the Full Introit, we're just sticking with the psalm-toned Introit, at least for this month.

Note that Thursday 31 May is the Feast of the Visitation, which we will as usual commemorate at 06:30 Mass by chanting the Propers and a short hymn -- since it's a Marian feast, we'll pull out the chant Ave Maria again.

Finally, I'm not sure about the Asperges. Fr. Blake has expressed a desire to "dial it back" a bit, leave it for special seasons and feasts, but we also mentioned First Sundays. We likely won't know until Sunday, but going forward have it handy even though we may not use it so often.

Sunday 03 June (music sheet order)

• [Asperges Me]
• MASS PROPERS: CORPUS CHRISTI [LINK] 
• Cibavit Eos [Mass Propers]
• Kyrie VIII De Angelis
• Gloria VIII De Angelis
• Gradual: Oculi Omnium [Mass Propers]
• Alleluia: Caro Mea [Mass Propers]
• Lauda Sion Salvatorem [Mass Propers]
• Credo III 
• Sacerdotes Domini [Mass Propers]
• HYMN: ADORO TE DEVOTE [LINK] 
• Sanctus VIII De Angelis
• Agnus Dei VIII De Angelis
• Communio: Quotiescumque Manducabitis [Propers]
• Antiphona ad S. Michaelem Archangelem (no Alleluia)

Thursday 31 May 06:30 Mass

• FEAST OF THE VISITATION [LINK]

Preview of Sunday 10 June

• MASS PROPERS: THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST [LINK]
• HYMN: COR JESU AMANTISSIMUM [LINK]
• June being the Month of the Sacred Heart, we will continue with this hymn for the next week, and perhaps the week after that although 24 June is the Solemnity of the Birth of John the Baptist, which preempts the Sunday and I may find some hymn more specific to the day.

Line-Up for 27 MAY: TRINITY SUNDAY

In the traditional calendar governing the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, the Season of Easter ends after the Mass of the Ember Saturday [LINK] following Pentecost Sunday. Therefore we return to the Asperges Me [LINK] during the Sprinkling Rite and to Mass VIII De Angelis [LINK] for the Time After Pentecost, beginning with Trinity Sunday.

Sunday 27 May (music sheet order)

• Asperges Me
• MASS PROPERS: TRINITY SUNDAY [LINK] -- NOTE: THIS IS REVISED FROM WHAT I INITIALLY HANDED OUT
• Benedicta Sit [Mass Propers]
• Kyrie VIII De Angelis
• Gloria VIII De Angelis
• Gradual: Benedictus Es [Mass Propers]
• Alleluia: Benedictus Es [Mass Propers]
• Credo III 
• Offertorio: Benedictus Sit [Mass Propers]
• HYMN: O Lux Beata Trinitas [LINK] 
• Sanctus VIII De Angelis
• Agnus Dei VIII De Angelis
• Communio: Benedicimus Deum [Propers]
• Antiphona ad S. Michaelem Archangelem (no Alleluia)

No Preview

There are a couple of options for the next Sunday. Our Master of Ceremonies is still mulling it over and will let me know.

Line-Up for 20 MAY: PENTECOST (plus the new Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church)

Sunday 20 May (music sheet order)

• Vidi Aquam
• MASS PROPERS: PENTECOST SUNDAY [LINK] NOTE: THIS IS REVISED FROM WHAT I INITIALLY HANDED OUT
• Spiritus Domini [Mass Propers]
• Kyrie I Lux et Origo
• Gloria I Lux et Origo
• First Alleluia: Emitte Spiritum [Mass Propers]
• Second Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus [Mass Propers]
• Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus [Mass Propers]
• Credo III 
• Offertorio: Confirma Hoc Deus [Mass Propers]
• HYMN: Veni Creator Spiritus [LINK]
• Sanctus I Lux et Origo
• Agnus Dei I Lux et Origo
• Communio: Factus Est [Propers]
• Antiphona ad S. Michaelem Archangelem

Monday 21 May -- 06:30 Mass

• Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church [LINK]
• This is a brand-new feast, just established in February for the Monday after Pentecost. Even though we normally do not commemorate memorials with chanted propers at Daily Mass, we will this one because we are a "Marian" Basilica, just as we do, e.g., Our Lady of Sorrows and Our Lady of the Rosary.

PREVIEW: Next Week, 20 May

• Trinity Sunday [LINK] -- NOTE: THIS IS REVISED FROM WHAT I HANDED OUT AT PRACTICE
• Hymn: O Lux Beata Trinitas [LINK] 
• Return to Mass VIII: De Angelis [LINK]
• As you may remember, my initial plan was to split the time between Easter and Advent evenly with Mass I until midsummer and then going back to Mass VIII. Nevertheless, a couple of congregants expressed a preference for Mass VIII that I found to be wider than expected when I started asking around. The attraction is based mainly on the latter's "singability," i.e., its familiarity. So, although we had gotten a bit bored with it, we've had almost six months away from it and I've decided we can handle going back to it for the next six months. 

THANK YOU

... to those who showed up last Wednesday evening to celebrate Vespers for the Vigil of the Ascension in the Extraordinary Form. This is something I hope to become a regular occurrence especially to commemorate those centrally important feasts that the modern calendar lamentably moves from their historical dates to the nearest Sunday in another sad concession to the modern world. Since it is unlikely, for the foreseeable future at least, that we will get Mass itself in the Extraordinary Form on those traditional feast days, Vespers in the Extraordinary Form is the next best thing, whether on the feast itself or on its vigil.

Line-up for 13 MAY: SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE ASCENSION (plus 14 May St. Matthias and the Vigil of the Ascension)

Sunday 13 May (music sheet order)

• Vidi Aquam
• MASS PROPERS: Sunday Within the Octave of the Ascension [LINK]
• Exaudi Domine [Mass Propers]
• Kyrie I Lux et Origo
• Gloria I Lux et Origo
• First Alleluia: Regnavit Dominus [Mass Propers]
• Second Alleluia: Non Vos Relinquam [Mass Propers]
• Credo III 
• Offertorio: Ascendit Deus [Mass Propers]
• HYMN: Aeterne Rex Altissime [LINK]
• Sanctus I Lux et Origo
• Agnus Dei I Lux et Origo
• Communio: Pater, Cum Essem [Propers]
• Antiphona ad S. Michaelem Archangelem

Monday 14 May -- 06:30 Mass

• Feast of St. Mattias [TO BE ADDED]

PREVIEW: Next Week, 20 May

• Pentecost Sunday {LINK]
• Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus [LINK]

The Feast of the Ascension

In the Traditional Roman Calendar, the celebration of Ascension Thursday does not transfer to the subsequent Sunday, which will be celebrated in the Extraordinary Form as the Sunday Within the Octave of the Ascension. Desiring to commemorate the traditional date of the Feast in the Extraordinary Form in some way, but the Basilica being unavailable on Thursday because of Confirmation, members of the Schola Cantorum will chant the Latin Vespers for the Vigil on the preceding Wednesday evening, 09 May, at 5:30pm.

• Program [LINK]

Line-up for 06 MAY: FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER -- FIRST SUNDAY IN MAY (plus 03 May Sts. Philip and James)

Sunday 06 May (music sheet order) -- with Organ for First Sunday

• Vidi Aquam
• MASS PROPERS: 5th Sunday after Easter [LINK]
• Introitus: Vocem Jucunditatis [Mass Propers]
• Full Chant: Practice Audio [LINK] -- Organ Sheet Music [LINK]
• Kyrie I Lux et Origo
• Gloria I Lux et Origo
• First Alleluia: Surrexit Christus [Mass Propers]
• Second Alleluia: Exivi a Patre [Mass Propers]
• Credo III 
• Offertorio: Benedicite Gentes [Mass Propers]
• HYMN: Aurora Lucis Rutilat [LINK]
• Sanctus I Lux et Origo
• Agnus Dei I Lux et Origo
• Communio: Cantate Domino [Mass Propers]
• Full Chant: Practice Video [LINK] -- Organ Sheet Music [LINK]
• Antiphona ad S. Michaelem Archangelem

Thursday 03 May -- 06:30 Mass

• Feast of Sts. Philip and James [LINK]

For next week:

• MASS PROPERS: Sunday Within the Octave of the Ascension [LINK]
• HYMN: Aeterne Rex Altissime [LINK]