Triduum-The Great Vigil of Easter

The Great Vigil of Easter

• Blessing of the New Fire
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• Preparation of the Pascal Candle
  
  Celebrant: Christ our Light.
  All: Thanks be to God!
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  The Exultet
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• Liturgy of the Word
  
  Reading I: And God saw all that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Genesis 1:1-2;2.
  Psalm: LORD send out your spirit and renew the face of the earth.
  
  Reading II: I will greatly multiply your seeds as the stars of the heavens. Genesis 22:1-18.
  Psalm: Preserve me God, I take refuge in you.
  
  Reading III: And the children of Israel went through the midst of the sea on dry land. Exodus 14:15-15:1
  Psalm: I will sing to the LORD, glorious is his triumph.
  
  Reading IV: My loving kindness will not be removed from you. Isaiah 54:5-14
  Psalm: I will praise you LORD, you have rescued me.
  
  Reading V: I will make an everlasting covenant with you. Isaiah 55:1-11.
  Psalm: With joy you shall draw water from the wells of salvation.
  
  Reading VI: Approach the splendour of the LORD.
  Baruch 3:9-15,32-4:4.
  Psalm: You have the message of eternal life, O LORD.
  
  Reading VII: I will sprinkle clean water on you. Eziekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28
  Psalm: As a deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God.
• Gloria: Mass of Creation M. Haughen
  
  Epistle: Christ having been raised from the dead, is never to
  die again. Romans
• Gospel Psalm: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
  Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, for his love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say, “his love has no end.”
  The LORD’s right hand has triumphed; his right hand has raised me up.
  I shall not die, I shall live and recount his deads.
  The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner-stone.
  This is the work of the LORD, a marvel in our eyes.
  Alleluia!
  Gospel: Jesus the Nazarene who has been crucified, has risen.
  Mark 16:1-7
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• Blessing of Baptismal Water and renewal of baptismal promises
• Acclamation: Sprints of water bless the LORD; give him glory and praise forever.
• Antiphon: Vidi Aquam Gregorian
  I saw water flowing forth from the temple on the right side, alleluia: and to those to whom this water came obtained salvation and they all exclaimed, alleluia, alleluia
  
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• Liturgy of the Eucharist
• Offertory The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord
• Antiphon: as struck with power. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. Psalm 118:16-17
• Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today
• Sanctus: Mass of Creation M. Haughan
• Acclamation Christ has died, M. Haughan
  & Amen: Christ is Risen,
  Christ will come again.
• The LORD’s Prayer
• Agnus Dei: Mass of Creation M. Haughan
• Communion Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Pascha Nostrum. Gregorian
  Antiphon: Christ, our Paschal Lamb, has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore, let us keep the feast by sharing the unleavened bread of uprightness and truth, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
• Anthem: Regina Caeli
  O Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For he whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia; has risen as he said, alleluia. Pray for us to God. Alleluia.
• Hymn: Christ the LORD is Risen Today
• Dismissal: Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia.
• Recessional: That Eastertide with Joy was Bright

Triduum-Good Friday

Good Friday Celebration of the Passion of the LORD

• Choral Preludes to the Service
  + O Come and Mourn with me a While + Lord Jesus, When I think of Thee +
  + Ah, Holy Jesu + Vexilla Regis +
• Entrance Rite
  Celebrant prostrates himself before the altar
• Liturgy of the Word
• Reading I: Surely our griefs He Himself bore and our sorrows He carried. (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)
• Psalm: Father, into your hands, I commend my spirit. arr. D. A. Domet
• Reading II: Although he was a son, he learned obedience from the
  things he suffered. (Hebrews 4:14-16:5,7-9)
• Acclamation: Praise to You LORD, King of Eternal Glory Tonus Peregrinus
  Christus Factus est Gregorian
• Christ became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and given Him a Name which is above every Name.)
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  The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, According to John
  
  Universal Prayers of the Faithful
  
  Cantor: We pray to the LORD;
  Response: For the sake of your Son, have mercy, LORD.
  Cantor: Let us kneel (for a few moments in silent prayer)
  Cantor: Arise
  I. For the Church.
  II. For the Pope.
  III. For the clergy and laity of the Church.
  IV. For those preparing for baptism.
  V. For the unity of Christians.
  VI. For the Jewish people.
  VII. For those who do not believe in Christ.
  VIII. For those who do not believe in God.
  IX. For all those in public office.
  X. For those in special need.
• Choral Offering: Adoramus Te, Christe D.A. Domet
  (We adore You, O Christ and we bless You, because
  by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.)
  
  Veneration of the Cross
  
  Priest: This is the wood of the Cross, on which hung the Saviour of the World
  Response: Venite Adoremus
  Antiphon: We glory in your cross, O Lord Gregorian
  Improperia: O My People, what have I done to you?
  (The Reproaches) How have I offended you? Answer me!
  I led you out of Egypt, from slavery to freedom, but you led your Saviour to the Cross.
  Trisagion: Hagios OTheos, Sanctus Deus, Holy is God;
  Hagios ichyros, Sanctus fortis, Holy and Strong; Hagios athanatos, eleison hymas, (Greek)
  Sanctus et immortalis, miserere nobis. O Holy and Immortal One, Have mercy on us.
  welcome For forty years I led you safely through the desert. I fed you with manna from heaven and brought you to a land of plenty; singing but you led your Saviour to the Cross. Hagios…
  the bold I gave you a royal sceptre, but you gave me a crown of thorns. O My people…
• Crux Fidelis: Crux fidelis inter omnes Arbor una nobilis:
  Nulla talem silva profert. Fronde, flore, germine.
  O Faithful Cross, incomparable Tree, the most noble of all; no forest has ever put forth the likes of your own leaves, your flowers, your fruits;
  welcome Dulce lignum, dulci clavo. Dulce pondus sustinens.
  to join in Gentle wood with a gentle nail, to support so gentle a burden!
  singing Pange lingua, gloriosa praelium certaminis, et super crucis trophaeo dic the bold triumphum nobilem: Qualiter Redemptor orbis immolatus viscerit.
  text. Sing, O my tongue, of the battle, of the glorious struggle; and over the trophy of the Cross, proclaim the noble triumph; tell how the redeemer of the world won victory through his sacrifice.
  Crux fidelis…
  De parentis protoplasti fraude factor condolens, quando pomi noxialis morte morsu corruit: ipse lignum tunc notavit. Damna ligni ut solveret.
  The Creator looked on sadly as the first man, our forefather, was deceived, and as he fell into the snare of death, taken a bite of a lethal fruit; it was then that God chose this blessed piece of wood to destroy the other tree's curse.
  Dulce lignum…
  Aequa Patri Filoque, inclito Paraclito, sempiterna sit beatae Trinitas gloria: Cuius alma nos redemit atque servat gratia. Amen.
  Equal and eternal glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Illustrious Paraclete, the Blessed Trinity whose divine grace redeems and conserves us always. Amen.
  Dulce lignum… Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (530-609)
• Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
• Mass of the Pre-sanctified-Holy Communion
• The Lord’s Prayer
• Anthem: Stabat Mater D.A. Domet
  Hymn: O Sacred Head Surrounded
• Recessional: Were You There? arr. D.A. Domet
• Were You There
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  Do you think that those who saw these things had much heart for eating or drinking or enjoying themselves? On the contrary, we are told that even "the people who came together to that sight, smote their breasts and returned." If these were the feelings of the people, what were St. John's feelings, or St. Mary Magdalene's, or St. Mary's, Our Lord's Blessed Mother? Do we desire to be of this company? Do we desire, according to His own promise, to be rather blessed than the womb that bore Him, and the paps that He sucked? Do we desire to be as His Mother? Then, surely, ought we to have some portion of that mother's sorrow! When He was on the cross and she stood by, then, according to Simeon's prophecy, "a sword pierced through her soul." What is the use of our keeping the memory of His Cross and Passion, unless we lament and are in sorrow with her? I can understand people who do not keep Good Friday at all; they are indeed very ungrateful, but I know what they mean; I understand them. But I do not understand at all, I do not at all see what men mean who do profess to keep it, yet do not sorrow, or at least try to sorrow. Such a spirit of grief and lamentation is expressly mentioned in Scripture as a characteristic of those who turn to Christ. If then we do not sorrow, have we turned to Him? "I will pour upon the house of David," says the merciful Saviour Himself before He came on earth, speaking of what was to come, "upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born."
  …from a sermon on the Crucifixion by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  
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Triduum-Holy Thursday

Evening Mass of the Supper of the LORD

• Prelude: Jesu Dulcis Memoria
• Introit: Nos autem gloriari: Gregorian Let our glory be in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; in him we have salvation, the life and resurrection; through him we are rescued and set free. Ps. May God have mercy on us and bless us; may he cause his face to shine upon us and may he have mercy upon us. Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and will be for ever, even unto the ages of ages. Amen.
• Processional: Praise to the Holiest in the Height
• Kyrie: Mass in Three Voices William Byrd
• Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
• Reading I: It is the LORD’s Passover Exodus 12:1-8, 11-4.
• Psalm: Our blessing cup is a communion with the blood of Christ. Psalm 116:12-13,15-18. D.A. Domet
• Reading II: For as often as you eat this bread and drink this
  cup you proclaim the death of the LORD,
  until He comes. I Corinthians: 11:23-26.
• Acclamation: Praise to You, LORD, King of Eternal Glory Kyrie Missa IX
• Gospel Verse: I give you a new commandment; Love one another as I have loved you. Tonus Peregrinus
• Gospel: I have given you an example that you should do likewise John 13:1-15
• Homily
  
  Washing of the Feet
  
• Antiphon: “Mandatum novum do vobis, ut diligatis in vicem, sicut dilexi vos,” dicit Dominus. Gregorian “I give you a new commandment:
  love one another as I have loved you”, says the Lord.
  
  Antiphons for the Washing of the Feet D.A. Domet
• Offertory: Ubi Caritas
  Where there is true charity, God is there
  The love of Christ has gathered us in to one,
  Let us rejoice and be glad in Him.
  And love each other with sincerity of heart
  Let us fear and love the living God.
  Therefore, when we are together,
  Let us take heed not to be divided in mind.
  Let there be an end to bitterness and quarrels, an end to strife
  And in our midst be Christ, our God.
  And, in company with the blessed,
  May we see your face in glory, Christ our God;
  Pure and unbounded joy
  For ever and ever. Amen.
  
• Sanctus: Mass XVIII
• Memorial: When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death Lord Jesus,
  until you come in glory.
• The LORD’s Prayer
• Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII

The Holy Eucharist

• Antiphon: Hoc Corpus Gregorian
  This is my body which is given for you; this is the cup of the new covenant of my blood”, says the Lord. Each time that you partake thereof do it in memory of me”.
  Anthem: Ave Verum Corpus Chant
  Hail, true body born of Mary the Virgin, Who truly suffered sacrifice on the cross for us; From whose pierced side blood s streamed and flowed, be for us a foretaste of the test of death.
  O sweet, O loving Jesus, Son of Mary, have mercy upon us. Amen
  Hymns: Lord, Who at Your First Eucharist
  Christians, Let Us Love One Another
  
  Procession to the Altar or Repose
  
  Hymn: Sing My Tongue (verse 1-4) Pange Lingua
  
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Palm Sunday of the Passion of the LORD

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord: Palm Sunday

• Choral Prelude: Salvator Mundi: Taize
• Introit: Hosanna Filio David: Gregorian
• Antiphon for Palm Blessing: Pueri Hebraeorum: Gregorian
• Processional Hymn: All Glory, Laud and Honour
• Responsorial Psalm: My God, My God, why have you foresaken Me?
• Gospel Verse: Christus Factus Est: Gregorian

~The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ~ According to Mark

• Offertory Antiphon: Improperia: Gregorian Psalm Tone
• Offertory Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
• Sanctus: Mass XVIII
• Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
• Communion Antiphon: O Father: Gregorian (english)
• Communion Anthem: Vexilla Regis: Venantius Fortunatus c. 530
• Communion Hymn: O Sacred Head Surrounded
• Recessional Hymn: Were You There: arr: D.A. Domet

5th Sunday of Lent Sunday, April 2, 2006
Norman Joseph Domet: April 7, 1919 - April 2, 1989: Requiescat in pace.
Themes & Motives: passion, covenant, immolation
Before Mass: Vexilla Regis Passion Prose
Introit: Give me justice, O God, and defend my cause against the wicked;
rescue me from deceitful and unjust men. You, O God, are my refuge.
(Psalm 43:1-2)
Processional Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross CBW 489
Responsorial Psalm: Create a clean heart in me, O God. Psalm 51:3-4 / 12-13 / 14-15
Gospel Verse: Whoever serves me must follow me, says the Lord; and where I am, there also will my servant be. John 12:26
Offertory Antiphon: I will give thanks to you with an upright heart; with all my heart I seek you. Be good to your servant that I may live and keep your words. Give me life according to your word. Psalm 119:7, 10, 17, 25
Offertory: O Cross of Christ CBW 483
Communion Antiphon: He who lives and believes in me will not die for ever, said the Lord. (John 11:26)
Communion Anthem: Salvator Mundi Taize
Communion Hymn: O Sacred Head Surrounded CBW 491
Recessional Hymn: Lift High the Cross CBW 545
Marian Antiphon: Ave Regina Caelorum Gregorian

Music Programme for Lent IV

4th Sunday of Lent Sunday, March 26, 2006
Themes & Motives: joy, mercy, love, redemption

• Before Mass: Attende Domine
• Introit: Laetare! Rejoice, Jerusalem! Be glad for her, you who love her; rejoice with her, you who mourned for her, and you will find contentment at her consoling breasts. Isaiah 66:10-11
• Processional Hymn: Praise to the Holiest in the Height
• Responsorial Psalm: Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you. Psalm 137:1-2 / 3 / 4-5 / 6
• Gospel Verse: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so everyone who believes in him might have eternal life. John 3:16
• Offertory Antiphon: Praise the Lord, for he is loving: sing in honour of his name, for he is gracious. He has accomplished whatever he resolved to do in heaven and on earth.
• Offertory: O Christ, You are the Light and Day
• Communion Antiphon: To Jerusalem, that binds them together in unity, the tribes of the Lord go up to give him praise. Psalm 122:3-4
• Communion Motet: Thou Knowest, LORD, the Secret of Our Hearts Henry Purcell
• Communion Hymn: Take up Your Cross
• Recessional Hymn: Christ is the World’s Light
• Marian Antiphon: Ave Regina Caelorum Gregorian

Music Programme for Lent III

3rd. Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 19, 2006
Themes & Motives: The Law of God, reverence, zeal, forgiveneness

• Before Mass: O Joseph, Mighty Patron (Tune: Aurelia)
• Introit: My eyes are ever fixed on the Lord, for he releases my feet from the snare, O look at me and be merciful, for I am wretched and alone. (Psalm 25:15-16)
• Processional Hymn: Christ is Made the Sure Foundation

Responsorial Psalm: If today you hear his voice harden not your hearts.

Gospel Verse: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life. John 3:16

• Offertory Antiphon: The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; sweeter also than syrup or honey from the comb. Your servant is very diligent in keeping them. Ps.19:9, 11, 12
• Offertory Hymn: O Merciful Redeemer (tune: Creator Alme Siderum)
• Communion Antiphon: The sparrow even finds a home, the swallow finds a nest wherein to place her young, near to your altars, Lord of hosts, my King, my God! How happy they who dwell in your house! For ever they are praising you. Ps 84:4-5
• Communion Anthem: O Domine Jesu Christe: Lodovico Grossi da Viadana
• Communion Hymn: Attende Domine: Lenten Prose
• Recessional Hymn: The Glory of These Forty Days
• Marian Antiphon: Ave Regina Caelorum: Gregorian

Music Programme for Lent II

2nd Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 12, 2006
Themes & Motives: prefigured glory, heaven, holiness, hope

• Before Mass: Hail, Glorious St. Patrick
• Introit: Remember your mercies, Lord, your tenderness from ages past. Do not let our enemies triumph over us; O God, deliver Israel from all her distress. Psalm 25:6, 3, 22
• Processional Hymn: O Wondrous Sight! O Vision Fair!
• Responsorial Psalm: I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living. Psalm 116:10,15-19
• Gospel Acclamation: From the shining cloud the Father’s voice is heard: This is my beloved Son, listen to him. Matthew 17:5.
• Offertory Antiphon: I will delight in your commands, which I love. And I will lift up my
  hands to your commands. Psalm 119:47-48
• Offertory Hymn: ‘Tis Good Lord to be Here
• Communion Antiphon: This is my Son, me beloved, in whom is all my delight: listen to him.
• Communion Anthem: Thou Knowest, LORD Henry Purcell
• Communion Hymn: How Blest Are We
• Recessional Hymn: The Glory of These Forty Days
• Marian Antiphon: Ave Regina Caelorum Gregorian

Music Programme for Lent I

1st Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 5, 2006
Themes & Motives: penance, temptation, history of salvation, sin/grace

• Before Mass: Attende Domine
• Introit: When he calls to me, I will answer; I will rescue him and give him honour. Long life and contentment will be his. (Psalm 91:15-16)
• Processional Hymn: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days
• Responsorial Psalm: Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant. Psalm 25:4-5 / 6-7 / 8-9
• Gospel Acclamation: One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4.
• Offertory Antiphon: With his pinions he will cover you, and under his wings you shall take refuge; his faithfulness is a buckler and a shield. Psalm 91:4-5
• Offertory Hymn: O Merciful Redeemer
• Communion Antiphon: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4)
• Communion Anthem: O Domine Jesu Christe: Lodovico Grossi da Viadana
• Communion Hymn: Forty Days and Forty Nights
• Recessional Hymn: From the Depths of Sin and Sadness
• Marian Antiphon: Ave Regina Caelorum; Gregorian

Ash Wednesday Service Music March 1, 2006

Vespers (Evening Prayer)

• Versicle & Response: Deus in adjutorium meum, intende, Domine ad aduvandum me festina. (O God, come to my assistance; LORD, make haste to help me.) Gloria P…
• Office Hymn: O Kind Creator (Benigne Audi Conditor)
• Antiphons & Psalm 139: LORD, how won-der is your wisdom. Gregorian Tones
• New Testament Canticle: Christ the first-born of creation and first-born from the dead; Colossians 1:12-18, 20, 19. Jan Vemulst
• Reading: Work with anxious concern. Philippians 2:12b-15a
• Responsory: To You O, LORD, I make my prayer for mercy.
• Antiphon to Magnificat: Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
• Magnificat: Magnificat anima mea, Dominum Gregorian Tone VIII
• Prayers: Intercessory and The LORD’s Prayer
• Closing Rite: Benedicamus Domino; Deo Gratias Gregorian Tone
• Marian Antiphon: Ave Regina Caelorum Gregorian Tone
  
  
• Holy Sacrifice of the Mass & Imposition of Ashes
• Before Mass: De Profundis; Psalm 130 Anglican Chant
• Great God of Mercy; (Herzliebster Je­su) Johann Crüger (1598-1662)
• Entrance Antiphon: Lord, you are merciful to all, and hate nothing you have created. You overlook the sins of your people to bring them to repentance. You are the Lord our God. (Wisdom 11:24-25, 27)
• Processional Hymn: O Merciful Redeemer
• Kyrie: Kyrie from Gregorian Mass XVI
• Responsorial Psalm: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
• Gospel Verse: Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

Imposition of Ashes

• Antiphon: Come back to the Lord with all your heart; leave the past in ashes, and turn to God with tears and fasting, for he is slow to anger and ready to forgive. Let the priests and ministers of the Lord lament before his altar, and say: Spare us, Lord; spare your people! Do not let us die for we are crying out to you. Lord, take away our wickedness. (From Joel 2:13, 17; Esther 13:17; Psalm 51:3)
• Psalm: Have Mercy upon me, O GOD; (Miserere; Psalm 51) Gregorian Tone
• Responsory: Direct our hearts to better things, O LORD; heal our sin and ignorance. LORD, do not face us suddenly with death, but give us time to repent.

R. Turn to us with mercy, LORD; we have sinned against you.

V. Help us, God our saviour; rescue us for the honour of your name.

R. Turn to us with mercy, LORD;

we have sinned against you.

• Offertory: I will extol you, O Lord, for you drew me clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over me. O Lord, my God, I cried out to you and you healed me. Psalm 30:2-3
• Lenten Prose: Attende Domine
• Sanctus and Agnus Dei from Gregorian Mass XVIII
• Communion Antiphon: The one who meditates day and night on the law of the Lord will yield fruit in due season. (Psalm 1:2-3)
• Communion Anthem: O Domine, Jesu Christe; Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (1560-1627)
• Communion Hymn: Father, Mercy
• Recessional Hymn: From the Depths of Sin and Sadness