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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

SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

QUINQUAGESIMA

February 23, 2020

PRELUDE Prelude and in C Major, BWV 547, ‘9/8’ (1685-1750)

INTRODUCTORY RITES

ENTRANCE (OFFICIUM) Psalm 12 (13):6, 1 Chant, mode v

Domine, in tua misericordia speravi: O Lord, I have hoped in your merciful love;

exsultavit cor meum in salutari tuo: my heart has rejoiced in your salvation;

cantabo Domino, I will sing to the Lord

qui bona tribuit mihi. who has granted me good things.

V. Usquequo Domine V. How long, O Lord,

oblivisceris me in finem? will you forget me: for ever?

usquequo avertis faciem tuam a me? How long will you hide your face from me?

SIGN OF THE CROSS AND GREETING

PENITENTIAL ACT

KYRIE Roman Missal Mass

GLORIA Roman Missal Mass

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COLLECT

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, always pondering spiritual things, we may carry out in both word and deed that which is pleasing to you. 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 WORD

FIRST READING Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.

“You shall not bear hatred for your brother or sister in your heart. Though you may have to reprove your fellow citizen, do not incur sin because of him. Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against any of your people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.”

3 RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 102 (103):1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

Bless the Lord, O my soul; Merciful and gracious is the Lord,

and all my being, bless his holy name. slow to anger and abounding in kindness.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, Not according to our sins does he deal with us,

and forget not all his benefits. nor does he requite us according to our crimes.

He pardons all your iniquities, As far as the east is from the west,

heals all your ills. so far has he put our transgressions from us.

He redeems your life from destruction, As a father has compassion on his children,

crowns you with kindness and compassion. so the Lord has compassion on those who

fear him.

SECOND READING I Corinthians 3:16-23

Brothers and sisters: Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God, which you are, is holy.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool, so as to become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God, for it is written: God catches the wise in their own ruses, and again: The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs to you, Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or the present or the future: all belong to you, and you to Christ, and Christ to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION I John 2:5 Chant, mode vi

V. Whoever keeps the word of Christ, the love of God is truly perfected in him.

4 ALLELUIA Psalm 5:2 (at 12:00 Noon) Chant, mode ii

Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia.

V. Verba mea auribus percipe, Domine: V. Give ear to my words, O Lord;

intellige clamorem meum. consider my cry.

Alleluia. Alleluia.

GOSPEL Matthew 5:38-48

Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one as well. If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand over your cloak as well. Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go for two miles. Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.

“You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

HOMILY

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

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7 UNIVERSAL PRAYER

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Psalm 5:3, 4 Chant, mode v

Intende voci orationis meae, Attend to the voice of my prayer,

rex meus et Deus meus: O my King and my God,

quoniam ad te orabo, Domine. for to you will I pray, O Lord.

OFFERTORY Psalm 95 (96):1-3 (at 12:00 Noon) (1533-1604) Cantate Domino canticum novum: Sing to the Lord a new song;

cantate Domino omnis terra. sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Cantate Domino et benedicite nomini ejus: Sing to the Lord and bless his name;

annuntiate de die in diem salutare ejus. announce his salvation from day to day.

Annuntiate inter gentes gloriam ejus, Announce among the nations his glory,

in omnibus populis mirabilia ejus. among all the peoples his wonders.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

As we celebrate your mysteries, O Lord, with the observance that is your due, we humbly ask you, that what we offer to the honor of your majesty may profit us for salvation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

8 PREFACE

SANCTUS Roman Missal Mass

MYSTERY OF FAITH

AMEN 9

COMMUNION RITE

PATER NOSTER

SIGN OF PEACE

10 AGNUS DEI Roman Missal Mass

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 9:2, 3 Chant, mode ii

Narrabo omnia mirabilia tua: I will declare all your wonders;

laetabor et exsultabo in te: I will be glad and rejoice in you;

psallam nomini tuo, Altissime. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

COMMUNION MOTET Psalm 150 (omitting Verse 2b) (at 12:00 Noon) (c. 1557-1609) Laudate Dominum in sanctis ejus. Praise the Lord in his holy places.

Laudate eum in firmamento virtutis ejus. Praise him in the firmament of his power.

Laudate eum in virtutibus ejus. Praise him for his mighty acts.

Laudate eum in sono tubae. Praise him with the sound of the .

Laudate eum in psalterio et cythara. Praise him with psaltery and .

Laudate eum in tympano et choro. Praise him with timbrel and choir.

Laudate eum in chordis et organo. Praise him with strings and organ. Laudate eum in cymbalis bene sonantibus. Praise him on well-tuned cymbals. Laudate eum in cymbalis jubilationis. Praise him on cymbals of joy. Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum. Let every spirit praise the Lord.

11 POST-COMMUNION HYMN

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Text: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Tune: HYFRYDOL; Richard H. Prichard (1811-1887)

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we may experience the effects of the salvation which is pledged to us by these mysteries. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

13 CONCLUDING RITES

BLESSING AND DISMISSAL

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

Hail, Queen of heaven. Hail, Lady of the angels. Hail, root, hail, gate, from which the Light of the world was born. Rejoice, glorious Virgin, fairest above all. Farewell, most beautiful, and pray for us to Christ.

POSTLUDE Nicholas Bruhns Praeludium in E minor (Kleines) (1665-1697)

14 MUSIC NOTES

Giovanni Croce was born in , , a costal town south of , around 1557. He studied with and sang under (noted theorist also from Chioggia), the maestro di cappella of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice. Croce took holy orders in 1585 and may have been a parish priest at the Church of St. Maria Formosa while continuing to sing at St. Mark’s. After the death of Zarlino, he became assistant maestro di cappella under , and when Donato died in 1603, Croce took over as principal musician. He died only a year after his appointment and was succeeded by Giulio Cesare Martinengo until 1613, at which time became the director.

Croce’s sacred music, not as flamboyant as his Venetian ‘schoolmates’ Andrea and , has therefore not as widely endured. Its textual clarity and conservative voice-leading, in line with the Tridentine reforms, follow more closely the Roman School. In other ways his music is very progressive, however. He is credited with the first published continuo part. Croce’s historical influence lies more with the development of the secular and , which were popular as far afield as the and England, where they were reprinted in the second book of Musica transalpina (1597). specifically singled him out as a master .

Claudio Merulo was born Claudio Merlotti (Merulo is the Latinization of the Italian form of ‘blackbirds’) in Correggio, Italy and studied with madrigalist Tuttovale Menon and Girolamo Donato. It is likely that he also studied with Zarlino or at St. Mark’s in Venice, alongside , , and . He became organist of Brescia Cathedral (the Duomo Vecchio) in 1556, and was appointed second organist of St. Mark’s the following year, winning out over many other notables, including Andrea Gabrieli. When the titulair Annibale Padovano left in 1566, Merulo was promoted and Gabrieli become the assistant. Merulo would remain in Venice until 1584, during which time he became recognized as the finest organist in Italy and established a publishing house.

By 1586, Merulo was serving as organist to the Duke of , Alexander Farnese, and the next year was also appointed organist of Parma Cathedral, obtaining an additional post at the Church of Santa Maria della Steccata in 1591. He died in 1604, received a state funeral, and is buried in Parma Cathedral next to his friend Cipriano de Rore

15 According to the preconciliar liturgical calendar (i.e. before the Second Vatican Council), the Season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday, is anticipated by three Sundays of ‘pre-Lent.’ Just as during Lent itself, the Gloria and Alleluia are omitted, except when the Mass of a feast is said, and violet vestments are used in this ‘Gesimatide.’ Although no such liturgical alterations now differentiate them, these three Sundays may still be referred to by their ancient Latin titles: Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima, which mean the seventieth, sixtieth, and fiftieth day [before Easter] respectively. These titles relate to the name for Lent: Quadragesima, meaning ‘fortieth’; obviously they do not precisely correspond with the exact period they indicate.

Choral music at next Sunday’s Solemn Mass for the First Sunday of Lent: ’s Missa á 8 and Peccavi fateor; and Philippe de Monte’s Miserere mei, Domine. Parish Vespers continues this and every 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.

ASH WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, February 26 is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and a day of fasting and abstinence. The Parish’s Solemn Mass with the Imposition of Ashes is at 6:00 PM at St. Vincent Ferrer. The Schola Cantorum will ’s Mass for Five Voices; Tribulationes civitatum – Timor et hebetudo – Non enim pro peccatis; Emendemus in melius – Adjuva nos Deus; and Miserere mei, Deus.

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