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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 THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD

THIRD OF CHRISTMAS

Friday, December 25, 2020

12:00 Noon Solemn Mass During the Day

The setting of the Mass is Missa Quaeramus cum pastoribus by Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553). PRELUDE Richard Purvis Carol Rhapsody (1913-1994)

INTRODUCTORY RITES

ENTRANCE (OFFICIUM) Isaiah 9:6; Psalm 97 (98):1 Chant, mode vii

Puer natus est nobis, A child is born to us,

et filius datus est nobis: and a son is given to us,

cujus imperium super humerium ejus: whose government is upon his shoulder;

et vocabitur nomen ejus, and his name shall be called

magni consilii Angelus. the Angel of great counsel.

V. Cantate Domino canticum novum: V. Sing to the Lord a new song,

quia mirabilia fecit. for he has done wondrous things.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,

et Spiritui Sancto. and to the Holy Spirit.

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

et in saecula saeculorum. and world without end.

Amen. Amen.

SIGN OF THE CROSS AND GREETING

PENITENTIAL ACT

KYRIE

Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.

Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy.

Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.

2 GLORIA

Gloria in excelsis Deo Glory be to God on high,

et in terra hominibus bonae voluntatis. and on earth peace to men of good will.

Laudamus te, We praise you,

benedicimus te, we bless you,

adoramus te, we adore you,

glorificamus te, we glorify you,

gratias agimus tibi we give you thanks

propter magnam gloriam tuam, for you great glory,

Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Lord God, heavenly King,

Deus Pater omnipotens. God the Father almighty.

Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe, Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son,

Domine Deus, , Filius Patris, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,

qui tollis peccata mundi, who takes away the sins of the world,

miserere nobis, have mercy on us;

qui tollis peccata mundi, who takes away the sins of the world,

suscipe deprecationem nostram. receive our prayer;

qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, who sits at the right hand of the Father,

miserere nobis. have mercy on us.

Quoniam tu solus , For only you are holy,

tu solus Dominus, only you are the Lord,

tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe, only you are the most high, Jesus Christ,

cum Sancto Spiritu, with the Holy Spirit,

in gloria Dei Patris. in the glory of God the Father.

Amen. Amen.

COLLECT

O God, who wonderfully created the dignity of human nature and still more wonderfully restored it, grant, we pray, that we may share in the divinity of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our humanity. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

3 LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING Isaiah 52:7-10

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings, announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation, and saying to Zion, “Your God is King!”

Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry, together they shout for joy, for they see directly, before their eyes, the Lord restoring Zion. Break out together in song, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord comforts his people, he redeems Jerusalem. The Lord has bared his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will behold the salvation of our God.

GRADUAL (RESPONSORIUM) Psalm 97 (98):3, 4, 2 Chant, mode v

Viderunt omnes fines terrae All the ends of the earth have seen

salutare Dei nostri: the salvation of our God.

omnes terra. Sing joyfully to God, all the earth.

V. Notum fecit Dominus salutare suum: V. The Lord has made known his salvation;

ante conspectum gentium in the sight of the nations

revelavit justitiam suam. he has revealed his justice.

SECOND READING Hebrews 1:1-6

Brothers and sisters: In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets; in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe, who is the refulgence of his glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word. When he had accomplished purification from sins, he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high, as far superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

For to which of the angels did God ever say: You are my son; this day I have begotten you? Or again: I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me? And again, when he leads the firstborn into the world, he says: Let all the angels of God worship him.

4 Chant, mode ii

Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia.

V. Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis: V. A sanctified day has shone upon us;

venite gentes, et adorate Dominum: come, you nations, and adore the Lord;

quia hodie descendit lux magna for today a great light has descended

super terram. upon the earth.

SEQUENCE Chant, mode vi

Laetabundus exsultet fidelis chorus, Let the chorus of the faithful joyfully rejoice,

alleluia. alleluia.

Regem regum intactae The King of kings was brought forth profudit thorus: from the womb of the undefiled: res miranda. O wondrous thing.

Angelus consilii The Angel of counsel natus est de Virgine: is born of the Virgin: sol de stella. the sun from the star.

Sol occasum nesciens, The sun knows no setting, stella semper rutilans, the star ever shining, semper clara. ever bright.

Sicut sidus radium, As the star shines, profert Virgo filium, so the Virgin brings forth her son, pari forma. equal in form.

Neque sidus radio, Neither the star by its ray, neque Mater filio nor the mother by her son, fit corrupta. is corrupted.

Cedrus alta Libani The tall cedar of Lebanon conformatur hyssopo, is now conformed as hyssop, valle nostra. in our valley.

Verbum ens altissimi The Word, the being of the Most High, corporari passum est, has deigned to become incarnate, carne sumpta. taking on flesh.

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Isaias cecinit, Synagoga meminit, Isaiah foretold it, the Synagogue remembers it,

numquam tamen desinit yet she never ceases

esse obligata. to be bound.

Si non suis vatibus, If her own prophets she will not heed,

credat vel gentilibus: let her believe those of the nations:

Sibyllinis versibus haec praedicta. in the verses of the Sibyl these things were predicted.

Infelix propera, Unhappy man, make haste;

crede vel vetera: believe even these things of old:

cur damnaberis, gens electa? why be condemned, you chosen ones?

Quem docet littera, Contemplate the newborn one

natum considera: whom the scriptures reveal,

ipsum genuit puerpera. whom the child-bearing woman has begotten.

Alleluia. Alleluia.

GOSPEL John 1:1-18

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.

But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’” From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace, because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.

HOMILY

6 Chant, mode iv

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8 UNIVERSAL PRAYER AND NOVENA PRAYER

V: The Lord said to me: you are my Son. R: It is I who have begotten you this day.

V. The Word became flesh. R. And dwelt among us.

Let us pray. O God who sheltered your Son in the womb of the Virgin Mary and safeguarded him during the wanderings of his family, watch over, we pray, each infant in the womb, and walk with every child who leaves it; led by your Spirit, may they find a safe path to your eternal home. Through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

LITURGY OF THE

OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Psalm 88 (89):12, 15 Chant, mode iv

Tui sunt caeli, et tua est terra: Yours are the heavens and yours is the earth;

orbem terrarum et plenitudinem ejus the world and the fullness thereof

tu fundasti: you have founded;

justitia et judicium praeparatio sedis tuae. justice and judgment are the preparation

of your throne.

OFFERTORY MOTET Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522) Quaeramus cum pastoribus Let us seek with the shepherds verbum incarnatum: the Word incarnate; cantemus cum hominibus let us sing with mankind

Regi saeculorum, noe. to the King of the ages, noe.

Quod tu vides in stabulo? What do you see in the stable?

Jesum natum de virgine. Jesus, born of a virgin.

Quid audis in praesepio? What did you hear in the manger?

Angelos cum carmine Angels with a song

et pastores dicentes: noe. and shepherds saying: noe.

Ubi pascas, ubi cubes? Where do you eat, where do you lie?

Dic si ploras aut si rides: Say whether you weep or laugh: Te rogamus, Rex Christe, noe. we ask you, Christ the King, noe. Cibus est lac virgineum, My food is milk of a virgin, lectus durum praesepium, my bed a hard manger, carmina sunt lacrimae, noe. my songs are tears, noe. 9 PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

Make acceptable, O Lord, our on this solemn day, when you manifested the reconciliation that makes us wholly pleasing in your sight and inaugurated for us the fullness of divine worship. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

PREFACE of the Nativity of the Lord (I)

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.

For in the mystery of the Word made flesh a new light of your glory has shone upon the eyes of our mind, so that, as we recognize in him God made visible, we may be caught up through him in love of things invisible.

And so, with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, and with all the hosts and Powers of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory, as without end we acclaim:

SANCTUS

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Holy, Holy, Holy

Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Lord God of hosts.

Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua: Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in excelsis. in the highest.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest.

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MYSTERY OF FAITH

AMEN

COMMUNION RITE

PATER NOSTER

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SIGN OF PEACE

AGNUS DEI

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins

miserere nobis. of the world, have mercy on us.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins

miserere nobis. of the world, have mercy on us.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, who takes away the sins

dona nobis pacem. of the world, grant us peace.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 97 (98):3 Chant, mode i

Viderunt omnes fines terrae All the ends of the earth have seen

salutare Dei nostri. the salvation of our God.

POST-COMMUNION HYMN

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Text: Charles Wesley (1707-1788), alt. Tune: MENDELSSOHN; Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847); arr. William H. Cummings (1831-1915) 13 POST-COMMUNION PRAYER

Grant, O merciful God, that, just as the Savior of the world, born this day, is the author of divine generation for us, so he may be the giver even of immortality. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

CONCLUDING RITES

SOLEMN BLESSING AND

May the God of infinite goodness, who by the Incarnation of his Son has driven darkness from the world and by that glorious Birth has illumined this most holy day, drive far from you the darkness of vice and illumine your hearts with the light of virtue. Amen.

May God, who willed that the great joy of his Son’s saving Birth be announced to shepherds by the Angel, fill your minds with the gladness he gives and make you heralds of his . Amen.

And may God, who by the Incarnation brought together the earthly and heavenly realm, fill you with the gift of his peace and favor and make you sharers with the Church in heaven. Amen.

And may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the Son, † and the Holy Spirit, come down on you and remain with you for ever. Amen.

POSTLUDE Johann Sebastian Bach In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 [In quiet joy] (1685-1750)

Please take this leaflet with you after Mass. Do not leave it in the pews or return it to the basket.

MUSIC NOTES

Cristóbal de Morales, the first internationally recognized Spanish composer, is considered the most influential composer between Josquin and Palestrina. Compared with, his most famous later compatriot, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Morales’s compositional voice is more internationally cosmopolitan, less distinctly Spanish. Born in Seville, he held many positions throughout his life in both Spain and in Rome (singing in the Papal between 1535 and 1545). He wrote numerous settings of the Mass, 22 of which survive, over 100 motets, 5 settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, and 18 settings of the Magnificat. 14

Born near Samer in the Pas-de-Calais, Jean Mouton began his career in 1477, singing in the town of Nesle, near Amiens, and was named maître de chapelle in 1483, by which time he had also been ordained. By 1500 he was master of the choristers at Amiens Cathedral and briefly held a position in Grenoble, at the foot of the Alps. He then joined the chapel of the Queen, Anne of Brittany Grenoble in 1502, transferring to the chapel of her widower Louis XII in 1514, and then to the court Louis’s son-in-law and successor, Francis I the following year. Pope Leo X named Mouton an apostolic notary, and, like many priest-singers of the time, Mouton acquired several benefices, including canonries in Grenoble, St. Quentin, and Thérouanne. Mouton was buried in St. Quentin, as was fellow priest-composer Loyset Compère. Alongside his own output, Mouton taught Adrian Willaert, the founder of the Venetian School.

Morales modeled his setting of the Ordinary (Missa Quaeramus cum pastoribus) on Mouton’s motet (one of the most popular of the sixteenth century) and expanded the motet’s four-part texture by adding a fifth voice (and a sixth voice in the third part of the Agnus Dei).

PARISH INFORMATION

Welcome to the Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena in the Archdiocese of New York, served by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph. The Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, dedicated on May 5, 1918, was built to the designs of renowned American architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, who considered this his finest building. This National Historic Landmark is widely acclaimed as the foremost American example of French Gothic-style architecture and includes a complete set of Charles Connick stained glass windows, carvings by Lee Lawrie, and two instruments by the Schantz Organ Company.

For information about upcoming events, please take a weekly Parish Bulletin.

For general information about the Parish, its many organizations, an overview of the current year’s schedule of events, how to become more involved in our life, and how to register as a parishioner, please call the Parish Office or visit svsc.info. Follow us on facebook @StVincentandStCatherine and sign-up for email alerts by notifying [email protected].

The Parish’s professional choir, the Schola Cantorum, sings every Sunday at the 12:00 Noon Solemn Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer as well as for numerous weekday feasts. The current Music List, Music as Holy Preaching, contains a list of this season’s choral repertoire as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild, our Friends of Music program that financially supports music in the Parish.

15 SCHEDULE

FEAST OF ST. STEPHEN, PROTOMARTYR – Saturday, December 26 Regular Saturday Mass Schedule, including 9:00 AM Sung Mass – St. Catherine

FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY – Sunday, December 27 Regular Sunday Mass Schedule, including 12:00 Noon Solemn Mass – St. Vincent with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Mass and motet O admirabile commercium.

FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS – Monday, December 28 Regular Weekday Mass Schedule, including 6:00 PM Sung Mass – St. Vincent

NEW YEAR’S EVE – Thursday, December 31 Regular Weekday Mass Schedule, including 5:15 PM of the Vigil – St. Catherine 6:00 PM Low Mass of the Vigil – St. Vincent

NEW YEAR’S DAY – DAY – Friday, January 1 Regular Weekday Mass Schedule, including 12:10 PM Solemn Mass – St. Vincent with John Sheppard’s Mass for a Mean and motets of Sweelinck.

EPIPHANY – Sunday, January 3 Regular Sunday Mass Schedule, including 12:00 Noon Solemn Mass – St. Vincent with Ippolito Baccusi’s Missa Illuminare Jerusalem and motets of Corteccia and Lombardo.

BAPTISM OF THE LORD – Sunday, January 10 Regular Sunday Mass Schedule, including 12:00 Noon Solemn Mass – St. Vincent with Tomás Luis de Victoria Missa O magnum mysterium and motet of Guerrero.