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MOUNT CALVARY CATHOLIC CHURCH Baltimore, Maryland † Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 • 10:00 A.M. Notes on Today’s Music Christ, whose glory fills the skies was written by Charles Wesley (1707-1788). He begins the hymn with the antithesis between light and night. In stanza two, Wesley uses the first words of each line to tell the story of redemption. The first three lines begin with “Dark,” “Unaccompanied,” and “Joyless.” The plight of humanity has been set. The next two lines begin with “till” which represents hope for salvation. The repeating of “more and more” implies the idea that we can never see enough of the “Radiancy divine” which has “[pierced] the gloom of sin and grief.” Scripture references are present throughout: John 1:9, the “true light”; Isaiah 2:6 and Malachi 4:2, the “Sun of Righteousness”; Isaiah 14:12 and 2 Peter 1:19, the ”Day Star.” RATISBON is a composite of many different sources. It stems from a fifteenth century German folk tune and was reworked, many times before it was given its present form by William Henry Havergal. Havergal (1793-1870) was an Anglican clergyman, writer, composer and hymn writer. On 14 June 1829 he was thrown out of a carriage and received concussion of the brain, which disabled him for some years. He found relief in music. Now, my tongue, the mystery telling is Thomas Aquinas’s hymn, Pange lingua, as translated by Edward Caswell. dward Caswell (1814—1878) was an Anglican clergyman. In 1850, his wife having died the previous year, he joined the Oratory of St. Philip Neri under the future Cardinal Newman, to whose influence his conversion to Roman Catholicism was due. He was born at Yateley, Hampshire on 15 July 1814, the son of Rev. R. C. Caswall, sometime Vicar of Yateley, Hampshire. Caswall was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1836 with honours and later proceeded to Master of Arts. He was curate of Stratford-sub-Castle, near Salisbury, 1840–1847. In 1850, he joined the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. He died at the Oratory, Edgbaston, near Birmingham on 2 January 1878 and was buried at Rednal, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. He wrote original poems that have survived mainly in Catholic hymnals due to a clear adherence to Catholic doctrine. Caswall is best known for his translations from the Roman Breviary and other Latin sources, which are marked by faithfulness to the original and purity of rhythm. They were published in Lyra Catholica, containing all the breviary and missal hymns (London, 1849); The Masque of Mary (1858); and A May Pageant and other poems (1865). Hymns and Poems (1873) are the three books combined, with many of the hymns rewritten or revised. Some of his translations are used in the Hymns Ancient and Modern. His widely used hymn texts and translations include “Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise”; “Come, Holy Ghost”; “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee”; “When Morning Gilds the Skies”; and “Ye Sons and Daughters of the Lord.” Alleluia! sing to Jesus was written by William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898). Revelation 5:9 describes this eschatological scene of joy and glory: “And they sang a new song, saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain, and with Your blood You purchased for God members of every tribe and language and nation.’” Dix invites us to sing that new song of praise to our ascended Savior. This hymn is a declaration of Jesus’ victory over death and His continued presence among His people. By complex and interlocking allusions to Scripture, it presents a very high view of the Eucharist presence: Jesus is both “Priest and Victim” in this feast. Jesus, having triumphed over sin and death, “robed in flesh” has ascended above all the heavens, entering “within the veil” to the very throne of God. Dix sees in the Eucharist the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise to be with us evermore. We sometimes forget that Jesus ever intercedes for us. The Mount Calvary Magazine in 1910 reminded us: “The Incarnation is a permanent thing, it still exists. Our Lord still has His work to do in His glorified humanity; and that work is the perpetual intercession which He ever liveth to make for us. In order that he might carry on that work, it was necessary that His humanity should ascend into Heaven; and the way in which he now carries it on, is the unceasing presentation of His living and glorified humanity to the Father.” He is thereby fulfilling His promise that is in the verse painted on the sanctuary arch. Mount Calvary Church A Roman Catholic Parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 15TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY September 24, 2017 † 10:00 a.m. 816 North Eutaw Street † Baltimore, Maryland Organ Prelude Preludes Liturgiques, No. 1 Gaston Litaize (1909-1991) The People stand Sprinkling with Holy Water Asperges plainsong Priest O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. People And grant us thy salvation. Priest O Lord, hear my prayer. People And let my cry come unto thee. Priest The Lord be with you. People And with thy Spirit. Priest Let us pray. Priest Graciously hear us, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, everlasting God, and send thy Holy Angel from Heaven to guard, cherish, protect, visit, and defend all who dwell in this Holy Temple, through Christ our Lord. Amen. THE INTRODUCTORY RITES Hymn, #153 Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies C. Wesley / Ratisbon Introit, chanted by the Choir as the Priest censes the Altar Inclína Dómine plainsong Bow down, O Lord, thine ear to me, and hear me: O my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee; have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I have called daily upon thee. Comfort the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Bow down, O Lord, thine ear to me, and hear me: O my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee; have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I have called daily upon thee. Collect for Purity The Priest says Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. The Summary of the Law, proclaimed by the Priest Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. Kyrie H. Willan repeat first line Gloria in excelsis H. Willan Collect of the Day The Priest chants the Collect, the People singing ‘Amen.’ Keep, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy: and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall; keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE LITURGY OF THE WORD The First Lesson Isaiah 55:6-9 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the thoughts than your thoughts. LORD, that he may have mercy on him, and to our Priest The Word of the Lord. God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts People Thanks be to God. are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, Gradual, chanted by the Choir Bonum est confiteri Ps. 92:1,2 / plainsong It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord: and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning: and of thy truth in the night season. The Second Lesson Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a Brethren: Christ will be honored in my body, whether remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of die is gain. If it is to be life in the flesh, that means Christ. fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot Lector The Word of the Lord. tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to People Thanks be to God. depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to Alleluia & Verse, chanted by the Choir Quoniam Deus magnus Ps. 95:3 / plainsong Alleluia. Alleluia. For the Lord is a great God: and a great King over all the earth. Alleluia.