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Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord THE PARISH OF ST. VINCENT FERRER AND T ATHERINE OF IENA S . C S The Very Reverend Walter C. Wagner, O.P., Pastor James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD Friday, January 1, 2021 12:10 PM Solemn Mass The setting of the Mass Ordinary is Plainsong Mass for a Mean by John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558). PRELUDE Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Hexachord Fantasia (1562-1621) INTRODUCTORY RITES ENTRANCE ANTIPHON (OFFICIUM) Chant, mode ii Salve sancta parens, Hail, holy Mother, enixa puerpera Regem, the Child-Bearer who has brought forth the King, qui caelum terramque regit who rules heaven and earth in saecula saeculorum. for ever and ever. V. Post partum Virgo V. After childbirth, O Virgin, inviolata permansisti: you remained inviolate; Dei genitrix intercede pro nobis. O Mother of God, intercede for us. SIGN OF THE CROSS AND GREETING PENITENTIAL ACT KYRIE AND GLORIA COLLECT O God, who through the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary bestowed on the human race the grace of eternal salvation, grant, we pray, that we may experience the intercession of her, through whom we were found worthy to receive the author of life, 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. 2 LITURGY OF THE WORD FIRST READING Numbers 6:22-27 The Lord said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them: The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace! So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them.” 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. jubilate Deo 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 Galatians 4:4-7 Brothers and sisters: When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. As proof that you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then also an heir, through God. ALLELUIA Hebrews 1:1, 2 Chant, mode vii Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. V. Multifarie olim V. In many ways in the past, Deus loquens patribus in prophetis: God spoke to the fathers through the prophets; novissime diebus istis, last of all in these days, locutus est mobis in Filio suo. he has spoken to us through his Son. Alleluia. Alleluia. 3 GOSPEL Luke 2:16-21 The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. HOMILY 4 CREDO Chant, mode iv 5 6 UNIVERSAL PRAYER LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Chant, mode i Felix namque es, sacra Virgo Maria, For you are happy, O holy Virgin Mary, et omni laude dignissima: and most worthy of all praise, quia ex ortus est sol justitiae, because from you arose the sun of justice, Christus Deus noster. Christ our God. OFFERTORY MOTET Luke 2:10, 11 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Angelus ad pastores ait: The Angel said to the shepherds: Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: I bring you tidings of great joy; quia natus est vobis hodie for unto you is born today Salvator mundi, alleluia. the Savior of the world, alleluia. ~Third Antiphon at Lauds of Christmas Day PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS O God, who in your kindness begin all good things and bring them to fulfillment, grant to us, who find joy in the Solemnity of the holy Mother of God, that, just as we glory in the beginnings of your grace, so one day we may rejoice in its completion. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. 7 PREFACE SANCTUS MYSTERY OF FAITH AMEN 8 COMMUNION RITE PATER NOSTER SIGN OF PEACE AGNUS DEI 9 COMMUNION ANTIPHON Zechariah 9:9 Chant, mode iv Exsulta, filia Sion, Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, lauda, filia Jerusalem: shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; ecce Rex tuus venit sanctus, behold your King comes, the holy one et Salvator mundi. and Savior of the world. COMMUNION MOTET Psalm 99 (100):2 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Gaudete omnes, et laetamini, Rejoice, all, and be glad, quia ecce, desideratus venit. for behold, he for whom you longed has come. Introite in conspectu ejus in exsultatione: Enter into his presence with exultation; scitote quoniam ipse est expectatio nostra, know that he is our hope, alleluia. alleluia. POST-COMMUNION PRAYER We have received this heavenly Sacrament with joy, O Lord: grant, we pray, that it may lead us to eternal life, for we rejoice to proclaim the blessed ever-Virgin Mary Mother of your Son and Mother of the Church. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. CONCLUDING RITES SOLEMN BLESSING AND DISMISSAL VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS A plenary indulgence (under the usual conditions) is granted when sung or recited on New Year’s Day. 10 Text: Veni, Creator Spiritus; attr. Rabanus Maurus (c. 776-856); trans. Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Tune: LAMBILLOTTE; Louis Lambillotte (1796-1855) PRELUDE Sir Charles Villiers Stanford SIX OCCASIONAL PIECES, OP. 186, BOOK I (1852-1924) I. At Christmas-Tide 11 MUSIC NOTES John Sheppard and Thomas Tallis were appointed Gentlemen (professional singers) of the Chapel Royal (the body of priests and singers attached to the English monarch) during the reign of Henry VIII. Sheppard had previously served as Informator Choristarum (Choirmaster) at Magdalen College, Oxford. Both Sheppard and Tallis were composers for the Chapel Royal as well, and were considered the two finest English church composers of their time. (They were of the generation preceding the better- known William Byrd.) Sheppard was evidently a key figure in Mary Tudor’s restoration of the elaborate Sarum Rite (the de facto national Rite of the Catholic Church originally emanating from the liturgical practices of Salisbury Cathedral) upon her ascension to the throne in 1553. Of Sheppard’s five surviving Mass settings, the Plainsong Mass for a Mean (a musical term likened to the alto part) is a comparatively simple work. Written in a simplified notation format, its style takes after a similar work by John Taverner (c. 1490-1545). Unlike most Sarum Rite Masses, it includes a Kyrie. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue, straddling the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. Before 1580, he succeeded his father as organist of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, a post he retained until his death when his own son Dirk followed him. Chief among his vocal compositions are numerous chansons and Italianate madrigals, motets (Cantiones sacrae, 1619 from which today’s motets are taken), and polyphonic settings (for private devotions) of the entire Genevan Psalter. As an organist, Sweelinck was renowned as much for his consulting as for his brilliant improvisations. His own organ compositions and teaching legacy – his students included Heinrich Schiedemann and Samuel Scheidt – helped establish the north German organ tradition of which Johann Sebastian Bach is the culmination. Choral music at this Sunday’s Solemn Mass for the Epiphany: Ippolito Baccusi’s Missa Illuminare Jerusalem; Francesco Corteccia’s Surge, illuminare Jerusalem; and Bartolomeo Lombardo’s Magi videntes stellam. THE PARISH OF ST. VINCENT FERRER AND ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA The Church of St. Vincent Ferrer The Church of St. Catherine of Siena 869 Lexington Avenue at 66th Street 411 East 68th Street www.svsc.info (212) 744-2080 .
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