THE PARISH OF ST. VINCENT FERRER AND ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA

The Very Reverend Walter C. Wagner, O.P., Pastor

James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

SOLEMNITY OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA

VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

PATRONAL FEAST OF TITLE

Thursday, April 29, 2021

5:15 PM Solemn Mass

The setting of the Mass Ordinary is Missa Quomodo dilexi by Philippe de Monte (1521-1603). Mass is preceded by the recitation of the Holy Rosary at 5 PM.

INTRODUCTORY RITES

ENTRANCE (OFFICIUM) Psalm 138 (139):18, 5, 6, 1-2 Chant, mode vii

Mihi adhaerere Deo bonum est, It is good for me to hold fast to my God,

ponere in Domino Deo spem meam: to put my hope in the Lord God;

defecit caro mea, et cor meum: my flesh has failed, and my heart;

Deus cordis mei, you are the God of my heart,

et pars mea Deus in aetemum, and the God who is my portion for ever,

alleluia, alleluia. alleluia, alleluia.

V. Quam bonus Israel Deus V. How good is God to Israel,

his qui recto sunt corde. to those who are upright of heart.

SIGN OF THE CROSS AND GREETING

PENITENTIAL RITE

KYRIE AND GLORIA

COLLECT

O God, who set St. Catherine of Siena on fire with divine love in her contemplation of the Lord’s Passion and her service of your Church, grant, through her intercession, that your people, participating in the mystery of Christ, may ever exult in the revelation of his glory. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

2 LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING Revelation 19:1, 5-9a

I, John, heard what sounded like the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying: “Alleluia! Salvation, glory, and might belong to our God.”

A voice coming from the throne said: “Praise our God, all you his servants, and you who revere him, small and great.” Then I heard something like the sound of a great multitude or the sound of rushing water or mighty peals of thunder, as they said: “Alleluia! The Lord has established his reign, our God, the almighty. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory. For the wedding day of the Lamb has come, his bride has made herself ready. She was allowed to wear a bright, clean linen garment.” The linen represents the righteous deeds of the holy ones. Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who have been called to the wedding feast of the Lamb.”

ALLELUIA I Chant, mode i

Alleluia. Alleluia.

V. Sideribus cunctis fulgentior est Catharina: V. Brighter than all the stars shines Catherine,

et decus aeternum est haec quoque virginibus. and she is for ever the glory of virgins.

SECOND READING I John 1:5-2:2

Beloved: This is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin. If we say, “We are without sin,” we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing. If we say, “We have not sinned,” we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one. He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.

3 ALLELUIA II Matthew 28:9 Chant, mode i

Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia.

V. Surrexit Dominus, V. The Lord is risen,

et occurrens mulieribus, ait: and meeting the women, said:

Avete. Hail.

Tunc accesserunt, et tenuerunt pedes ejus. Then they drew near and held his feet.

Alleluia. Alleluia.

GOSPEL Matthew 11:25-30

At that time Jesus said in reply, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him. “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

HOMILY

4 CREDO Chant, mode iv

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6 UNIVERSAL PRAYER AND OCTAVE PRAYER

V. Their voice has gone out through all the earth.

R. Their words to the end of the world, alleluia.

V. The Lord gave the word.

R. And great was the company of the preachers, alleluia.

Let us pray. O God, whose will it is that all should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth, look upon your abundant harvest and be pleased to send workers to gather it, after the pattern of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Vincent Ferrer, that the Gospel may be preached to all creation and that your people, gathered by the word of life and sustained by the power of the sacraments, may advance in the path of salvation and love. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Romans 9:1-3 Chant, mode iv

Veritatem dico in Christo, non mentior: I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie;

quoniam tristitia mihi magna est, that I have great sadness,

et continuus dolor cordi meo: and continuous sorrow in my heart.

optabam enim ego ipsa anathema esse For I could wish to be anathema myself

a Christo pro fratribus meis, alleluia. from Christ for the sake of my brethren, alleluia.

OFFERTORY Psalm 127 (128):1-3 Prima pars (c. 1495-c. 1560)

Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Blessed are all who fear the Lord,

qui ambulant in viis ejus. who walk in his ways.

Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis: For the labors of your hands you shall eat;

beatus es, et bene tibi erit. blessed are you, and happy shall you be.

Uxor tua sicut vitis abundans Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine

in lateribus domus tuae: on the sides of your house.

filii tui sicut novellae olivarum Your children as olive plants

in circuitu mensae tuae. round about your table.

7 PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

Accept, O Lord, the saving sacrifice we offer in commemoration of St. Catherine, so that, instructed by her teaching, we may give ever more fervent thanks to you, the one true God. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

PREFACE

SANCTUS

MYSTERY OF FAITH

AMEN

8 COMMUNION RITE

PATER NOSTER

SIGN OF PEACE

AGNUS DEI

9 COMMUNION ANTIPHON Judith 13:23, 25 Chant, mode v

Benedicta es tu, filia, Blessed are you, O daughter,

a Domino Deo excelso by the Lord the most high God

prae omnibus mulieribus super terram: above all women on earth;

quia nomen tuum ita magnificavit, for he has so magnified your name

ut non recedat laus tua that your praise shall not depart

de ore hominum, alleluia. out of the mouth of men, alleluia.

COMMUNION MOTET Psalm 127 (128):4-6 Nicolas Gombert Secunda pars

Ecce sic benedicetur homo Behold, thus shall the man be blessed

qui timet Dominum. who fears the Lord.

Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion: May the Lord bless you from Zion;

et videas bona Jerusalem and may you see the good things of Jerusalem

omnibus diebus vitae tuae. all the days of your life.

Et videas filios filiorum tuorum: And may you see your children’s children;

pax super Israel. peace upon Israel.

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER

May the heavenly table at which we have been fed, O Lord, confer eternal life upon us, as even in this world it nourished the life of St. Catherine. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Thursday Holy Hour begins with Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Those not staying for the Holy Hour depart in silence.

10 SOLEMNITY OF ST. VINCENT FERRER

Wednesday, May 5 is the Solemnity of St. Vincent Ferrer and the anniversary of Church’s dedication. There will be a Solemn Mass at 6 PM at St. Vincent Ferrer for which the Schola Cantorum will sing Orlando di Lasso’s Missa Bell’ Amfitrit’ altera; Deus meus in simplicitate cordis mei; and Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum. A solemn Te Deum will be sung at the conclusion of the Mass. Wednesday Holy Hour will the follow the 6 PM Mass as usual.

MUSIC NOTES

Philippe de Monte was one of the most prolific of the , perhaps of all time, penning over a thousand in 34 books, 40 settings of the Mass, about 250 , and 144 madrigali spirituali (sacred madrigals). Monte began his training as a choirboy at the Church (now Cathedral) of St. Rombout in Mechelen in modern Belgium. (Flor Peeters served as organist of this same Cathedral in the mid-20th century.) Like many Flemish composers of that time, he traveled through and studied in Italy, working in Naples and Rome. In the 1550s he was a singer in the chapel of Philip II of Spain and visited England in that capacity for the wedding of his employer to Mary Tudor. It was during this trip that he met , motivating an exchange of eight -part motets between the two composers. Upon the death of in 1567, Monte was appointed Kapellmeister to the Austrian Habsburg court, serving Maximilian II and Rudolf II in Vienna, and after 1583, in Prague, until his death in 1603. Monte was well acquainted with and lauded by his contemporary Orlando di Lasso who served the court of Albrect V in Munich. These two collaborated in producing the music for the wedding of Maximillian II’s brother, Archduke Karl II, to Maria of Bavaria in 1571. Widely influential and well connected, Monte was considered as ’s successor at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice; and the list of compositional dedicatees reads like a Renaissance who’s who: Cardinals, papal nuncios, royalty, d’Este, Medici, and Orsini. Philippe de Monte also was a Catholic priest who held a canonry at Cambrai Cathedral in France.

Nicolas Gombert was a Franco-Flemish of the Renaissance, one of the most famous and influential in the generation between Josquin and Palestrina which also includes Clemens non Papa, Adrian Willaert, and Cristóbal de Morales. Little of Gombert’s life is known apart from that he was born in a village west of in French . Gombert was a singer in the court chapel of Emperor Charles V in 1526, most likely engaged while Charles was passing through Flanders. By 1529, he was court Master of the Choristers and traveled widely across Western Europe where the influence 11 of his musical style was substantial. At some point in the 1530s Gombert became a cleric, probably a priest; he received benefices at several cathedrals, including Courtrai, Lens, , and Béthune. He remained in the Imperial chapel until some time between 1537 and 1540, and was succeeded by and later Cornelius Canis. He never officially received the title of maestro di capella, although it was given to both Adrien Thibaut and Crecquillon. In 1540, during the height of his career, he vanished from chapel records. As indicated by a letter from Gombert to Ferrante Gonzaga, Gran Capitano to Charles V in 1547, Gombert may have retired to where he was a canon of the Cathedral.

Choral music at this Sunday’s Solemn Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter: Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Missa Surge propera; Ardens est cor meum; and Regina caeli á 5.

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