A summary of the Midnight Mass Planning Meeting is at the end.
There is a Pastoral Council Meeting at 6pm Tuesday 26 September, so practice will have to be quick and efficient. Please, if at all possible, pre-practice the Introit with the linked mp3 and video below.
Here's the line-up for practice -- my plan is to hit the Feast of St. Michael really quick, then quickly through the new hymn,
Te Gestientem Gaudiis (which I think we all remember well from last year), and finally the Propers for Sunday until I have to leave. That is a tall order, I know.
For Sun 01 Oct: Seventeenth Sunday
- Mass Propers [PDF]
- Mass Parts: Mass VIII -- De Angelis
- After Offertory: Psalm 140 Incensum [PDF]
- After Communion: Te Gestientem Gaudiis [PDF -- Video]
- This will be the hymn for the month of October, in celebration of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Feast 07 Oct). See here for more information about this hymn: [LINK]
- Postlude: Antiphona ad Sanctum Michaelem [PDF -- mp3]
Upcoming Daily Mass Feasts
- Fri 29 Sep: Michaelmas [gdoc]
- Wed 04 Oct: St. Francis (Indulgenced Basilica Feast Day) [gdoc to be posted]
- Sat 07 Oct: Our Lady of the Rosary [gdoc to be posted]
Next Week Preview
The format will be much as last year. Pre-Mass caroling will be two selections by the Schola (I settled on
Corde Natus ex Parentis and
Resonet in Laudbus -- see right for both; I intend both of these to be
a capella), two selections by the 9am Choir, two instrumentals, and three carols with everybody; what those are is to be determined. Finally, we will end with
Cantique De Noel/O Holy Night in both French and English.
The Procession to the Creche will be
Adeste Fideles, verse 1 in Latin then English. After the Blessing of the Creche, we will continue with
Adeste Fideles, verse 2 in English
, as the priests and the servers enter the Sanctuary.
The Mass Parts will be the normal "everyday" Latin
Sanctus and
Agnus Dei, with the
Mortem Tuam Memorial Acclamation printed in the program for the evening so everyone will have it in front of them if Fr. Blake chooses to do it. We're used to not knowing what he's going to do until he introduces it in English or Latin....
The Introit when the priest reaches the altar and incenses it will be the same as last year (the Propers and Readings for Midnight Mass are the same every year) --
Dominus dixit ad me. The 9am Choir has it in modern notation and is indeed already working on it, so they will join in the choir parts. There will be organ accompaniment.
The
Gloria is still a bit up in the air. The 9am Choir is learning a new
Gloria besides the Andrews one they have done forever, but two out of three of us there in the meeting were for the 9am Choir learning the Mass VIII Latin
Gloria, so they are going to give that a shot.
The Responsorial Psalm and the Gospel Acclamation will be the same as last year -- again, we'll just sing along with the melody for the latter.
Fr. Blake requested
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring for the Preparation of Gifts, so we will start learning the melody for that in the coming weeks.
The Communion Antiphon will also be the same as last year,
In splendoribus, and yes, the 9am Choir is working on it as well and will join in, with organ accompaniment. Then there will be instrumental music as the Choir Communicates, after which we will all sing
Of the Father's Love Begotten as the Communion Hymn, followed by
Silent Night as the priest performs the Post-Communion ablutions.
And, as usual, the Recession will be accompanied by
Joy to the World.
A Combined-Choir practice is anticipated for the Thursday prior, 21 December, at 6:30pm. I hope to get Roxanne up for one or two of our Tuesday practices, perhaps the 19th, maybe the 12th as well, so we can go over the carols and hymns we'll join in on as well as practice the Introit and
Communio with the organ.
Overall, I think this is actually a better line-up than last year.
