The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena

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

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

December 8, 2019

WITH THE RITE OF ACCEPTANCE

AT THE 12:00 NOON SOLEMN MASS

The Parish’s Advent Retreat takes place this Sunday at St. Vincent Ferrer, beginning at 3:00 PM and concluding with Vespers.

PRELUDE Jean Titelouze Three Versets on Conditor alme siderum [Creator of the Stars of Night] (c. 1562-1633)

INTRODUCTORY RITES

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON (OFFICIUM) Isaiah 30:19, 30; Psalm 79 (80):2 Chant, mode vii

Populus Sion, ecce People of Zion, behold

Dominus veniet ad salvandas gentes: the Lord shall come to save the nations;

et auditam faciet Dominus and the Lord shall make

gloriam vocis suae, the glory of his voice to be heard

in laetitiae cordis vestri. in the joy of your hearts.

V. Qui regis Israel, intende: V. You who rule over Israel, be attentive,

qui deducis velut ovem Joseph. you who lead Joseph like a sheep.

SIGN OF THE CROSS AND GREETING

PENITENTIAL RITE

KYRIE Missa Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La (Hexacord Mass) (at 12:00 Noon) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Missa XVIII: Deus Genitor alme Chant, mode iv

RITE OF ACCEPTANCE (at 12:00 Noon)

COLLECT

Almighty and merciful God, may no earthly undertaking hinder those who set out in haste to meet your Son, but may our learning of heavenly wisdom gain us admittance to his company. 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 Isaiah 11:1-10

On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord, and his delight shall be the fear of the Lord. Not by appearance shall he judge, nor by hearsay shall he decide, but he shall judge the poor with justice, and decide aright for the land’s afflicted. He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips. Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them. The cow and the bear shall be neighbors, together their young shall rest; the lion shall eat hay like the ox. The baby shall play by the cobra’s den, and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair. There shall be no harm or ruin on all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea. On that day, the root of Jesse, set up as a signal for the nations, the Gentiles shall seek out, for his dwelling shall be glorious.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 125 (126):1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

O God, with your judgment endow the king, For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out,

and with your justice, the king’s son; and the afflicted when he has no one to

he shall govern your people with justice help him. He shall have pity for the lowly and

and your afflicted ones with judgment. the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save.

Justice shall flower in his days, and May his name be blessed forever; profound peace, till the moon be no more. as long as the sun his name shall remain. May he rule from sea to sea, and In him shall all the tribes from the River to the ends of the earth. of the earth be blessed; all the nations shall proclaim his happiness. 3 SECOND READING Romans 15:4-9

Brothers and sisters: Whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus, that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you, for the glory of God. For I say that Christ became a minister of the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, to confirm the promises to the patriarchs, but so that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: Therefore, I will praise you among the Gentiles and sing praises to your name.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Luke 3:4, 6 Chant, mode viii

V. Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths: all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

ALLELUIA Psalm 121 (122):1 (at 12:00 Noon) Chant, mode i

Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia.

V. Laetatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi: V. I rejoiced when it was said unto me:

in domum Domine ibimus. we shall go into the house of the Lord.

Alleluia. Alleluia.

4 GOSPEL Matthew 3:1-12

John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” It was of him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said: A voice of one crying out in the desert, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. John wore clothing made of camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. At that time Jerusalem, all Judea, and the whole region around the Jordan were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God can raise up children to Abraham from these stones. Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. I am baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fan is in his hand. He will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

HOMILY

5 CREDO (sung at 12:00 Noon) Chant, mode iv

7 UNIVERSAL PRAYER

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Psalm 84 (85):7, 8 Chant, mode iii

Deus tu convertens vivificabis nos, O God, you will turn toward us and bring us to life,

et plebs tua lætabitur in te: and your people shall rejoice in you.

ostende nobis, Domine, misericordiam tuam, Show us, O Lord, your mercy,

et salutare tuum da nobis. and grant us your salvation.

At 12:00 Noon, the Offertory Antiphon is sung to a polyphonic setting by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

The Offertory Hymn for the 9:30 AM Mass is on Page 15 of this Leaflet.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

Be pleased, O Lord, with our humble prayers and offerings, and, since we have no merits to plead our cause, come, we pray, to our rescue with the protection of your mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

PREFACE

8 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, through Christ our Lord.

For he assumed at his first coming the lowliness of human flesh, and so fulfilled the design you formed long ago, and opened for us the way to eternal salvation, that, when he comes again in glory and majesty and all is at last made manifest, we who watch for that day may inherit the great promise in which now we dare to hope.

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 Missa Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La (Hexacord Mass) (at 12:00 Noon) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Missa XVIII: Deus Genitor alme

MYSTERY OF FAITH

AMEN 9 COMMUNION RITE

PATER NOSTER

SIGN OF PEACE

10 AGNUS DEI Missa Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La (Hexacord Mass) (at 12:00 Noon) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Missa XVIII: Deus Genitor alme

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Barach 5:5, 4:36 Chant, mode ii

Jerusalem surge, Jerusalem, arise,

et sta in excelso: and stand upon the heights;

et vide jucunditatem, and see the joy that comes

quae veniet tibi a Deo tuo. to you from your God.

11 POST-COMMUNION HYMN

Text: Latin, 10th century; trans. Edward Caswall (1814-1878), and others Tune: MERTON; William H. Monk (1823-1889)

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER

Replenished by the food of spiritual nourishment, we humbly beseech you, O Lord, that, through our partaking in this mystery, you may teach us to judge wisely the things of earth and hold firm to the things of heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

CONCLUDING RITES

BLESSING AND DISMISSAL

MARIAN ANTIPHON (at 12:00 Noon) Chant, mode v

Loving Mother of the Redeemer, who remains the accessible gate of heaven and star of the sea, give aid to a falling people that strives to rise. You who begot, with nature marveling, your holy Creator. Virgin before and after, from the mouth of Gabriel receiving that Ave, have mercy on sinners.

~Hermannus Contractus (1013-1054) 13 POSTLUDE Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens Conditor alme siderum (1823-1881)

MUSIC NOTES

Giovanni Pierluigi, born in the town of Palestrina near Rome, began his musical life as a chorister in the choir of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in 1537. Palestrina’s first published book of Masses was so well received by Pope Julius III that he was named maestro di cappella of the Julian Chapel of St. Peter’s Basilca in 1551. He held similar positions elsewhere in Rome, including at St. John Lateran (where he succeeded Orlando di Lasso) and St. Mary Major before returning to St. Peter’s in 1571. Palestrina composed at least 105 settings of the Mass, nearly 400 motets, and countless other choral works, many of which were published in his lifetime. As the most famous and influential Renaissance composer, his style is considered the definitive example of ‘correct’ vocal writing, a technical mastery which earned him the moniker ‘Prince of Music.’

Deus tu convertens is taken from the collection Offertoria totius anni secundum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae consuetudinem published in 1593. It contains sixty-eight five-voice settings of the Offertory Antiphons for all Sundays and major feasts of the liturgical year. In this set, Palestrina uses melodies of his own creation instead of taking the chant as his musical starting point. Even in comparison to other works of Palestrina’s, these motets are conservative in their construction, especially in his treatment of dissonances. Just as the collection is thematically ordered according to the liturgical year, it is musically ordered according to the ascending church modes. This system of modality, originally applied to chant and similar to our modern notion of major and minor scales, was applied to polyphonic music by 16th century theorists Heinrich Glarean and Gioseffo Zarlino. Deus tu convertens, is in the first mode – Dorian – since it is toward the beginning of the collection.

Choral music at next Sunday’s Solemn Mass for the Third (Gaudete) Sunday of Advent: Josef Rheinberger’s Messe in G, Op. 151, ‘Sanctae crucis’, Benedixisti Domine, Op. 176, No. 7, and Qui sedes, Op. 176, No. 6. Parish Vespers continues this Sunday at 5:30 PM in the choir stalls at St. Vincent Ferrer. The 2019-2020 Music List, Music as Holy Preaching, is available in the narthex and online. This booklet contains a list of this season’s concerts and repertoire for all choral services as well as information about the St. Cecilia Guild, our Friends of Music program that financially supports music in the Parish.

14 MUSIC SUPPLEMENT FOR THE 9:30 AM MASS

OFFERTORY HYMN

Text: Charles Coffin (1676-1749); trans. Robert Cambell (1814-1868) Tune: OPTATUS; Anonymous; harm. George R. Woodward (1848-1934)

15 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Monday, December 9 is the transferred Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Parish’s Solemn Mass will be at 6:00 PM at St. Vincent Ferrer at which the Schola Cantorum will sing Orlando di Lasso’s Missa Vinum bonum; Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Nigra sum, sed formosa; and Giovanni Francesco Anerio’s Alma Redemptoris Mater á 8.

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE

Thursday, December 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalulpe. There will be a Sung Mass and Procession at 6:00 PM at St. Vincent Ferrer.

ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLS

On Gaudete Sunday, December 15 at 3:00 PM at St. Catherine of Siena, there will be a service making a scriptural and musical pilgrimage through Advent, with readings from the Old Testament prophets, motets sung by the Schola Cantorum, and congregational hymns. A reception will follow in St. Dominic’s Hall. Because of Lessons and Carols, Vespers will not be sung at St. Vincent Ferrer on Gaudete Sunday.

Susanni (No. 5 from FIVE CAROLS) – Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012) I saw the Lord – Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) A tender shoot – Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907) O thou, the central orb – Charles Wood (1866-1926) Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Sir Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946) I saw three ships – Simon Preston (b. 1938) Magnificat (from SERVICE IN C MAJOR, OP. 115) – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

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