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 THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME October 25, 2020 Take this leaflet with you after Mass or return it to the tray from which you took it, after which it will be destroyed. Covid guidelines prevent them from being reused. PRELUDE Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 (1685-1750) INTRODUCTORY RITES ENTRANCE ANTIPHON (OFFICIUM) Psalm 104 (105):3, 4, 1 Chant, mode ii Laetetur cor quaerentium Dominum: Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. quaerite Dominum, et confirmamini: Seek the Lord, and be strengthened; quaerite faciem ejus semper. seek his face always. V. Confitemini Domino, V. Give praise to the Lord, et invocate nomen ejus: and call upon his name; annuntiate inter gentes opera ejus. declare his works among the nations. SIGN OF THE CROSS AND GREETING PENITENTIAL ACT KYRIE Roman Missal Mass GLORIA Roman Missal Mass 2 COLLECT Almighty ever-living God, increase our faith, hope and charity, and make us love what you command, so that we may merit what you promise. 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 Exodus 22:20-26 Thus says the Lord: “You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans. “If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him. If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset; for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate.” 3 GRADUAL (RESPONSORIUM) Psalm 26 (27):4 Chant, mode v Unam petii a Domino, One thing I have asked of the Lord, hanc requiram, this will I seek: ut inhabitem in domo Domini. that I may dwell in the house of the Lord. V. Ut videam voluntatem Domini, V. That I may see the will of the Lord, et protegar a temple sancto ejus. and be protected by his holy temple. SECOND READING I Thesselonians 1:5c-10 Brothers and sisters: You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy Spirit, so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath. ALLELUIA Psalm 147:1 Chant, mode iv Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. V. Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum: V. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; lauda Deum tuum, Sion. praise your God, O Zion. Alleluia. Alleluia. GOSPEL Matthew 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” HOMILY 4 CREDO (sung at 12:00 Noon) Chant, mode iv 5 6 UNIVERSAL PRAYER Recited at Masses from the Feast of St. Luke (October 18) until the Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude (October 28). PRAYER TO ST. LUKE, Evangelist and Patron of Physicians O St. Luke, you were chosen to reveal in preaching and writing God’s love for the poor. Moved by the heavenly Spirit of Love, you detailed the life of Jesus, showing his divinity and his genuine compassion for all human beings. Help those who already glory in God’s name to persevere in one heart and one mind, and inspire all people that they may hear the Good News of salvation. Amen. V: St. Luke, Patron of Physicians: R: Pray for us. PRAYER TO ST. JUDE THADDEUS, Apostle and Patron of Hope and Impossible Causes Most holy Apostle, St. Jude Thaddeus, friend of Jesus, I place myself in your care at this difficult time. Pray for me. Help me know that I need not face my troubles alone. Please join me in my need, asking God to send me: consolation in my sorrow, courage in my fear, and healing in the midst of my suffering. Ask our loving Lord to fill me with the grace to accept whatever may lie ahead for me and my loved ones, and to strengthen my faith in God’s healing powers. Thank you, St. Jude Thaddeus, for the promise of hope you hold out to all who believe and inspire me to give this gift of hope to others as it has been given to me. Amen. V: St. Jude, Apostle of Hope: R: Pray for us. 7 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST OFFERTORY ANTIPHON Psalm 118 (119):107, 125 Chant, mode iii Domine, vivifica me O Lore, give me life secundum eloquium tuum: according to your word, ut sciam testimonia tua. that I may know your testimonies. OFFERTORY MOTET Psalm 118 (119):49-50 (at 12:00 Noon) Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) Memor esto verbi tui servo tuo, Be mindful of your word to your servant, in quo mihi spem dedisti. in which you have given me hope. Haec me consolata est in humilitate mea: This has comforted me in my humiliation: quia eloquium tuum vivificavit me. for your word has enlivened me PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS Look, we pray, O Lord, on the offerings we make to your majesty, that whatever is done by us in your service may be directed above all to your glory. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. PREFACE 8 SANCTUS Roman Missal Mass MYSTERY OF FAITH AMEN COMMUNION RITE PATER NOSTER 9 SIGN OF PEACE AGNUS DEI Roman Missal Mass 10 COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 19 (20):6 Chant, mode ii Laetabimur in salutari tuo: We will rejoice in your salvation, et in nomine Domini Dei nostri and in the name of the Lord our God magnificabimur. we shall be exalted. COMMUNION MOTET Psalm 99 (100):1-5 (at 12:00 Noon) Claudio Merulo (1533-1604) Jubilate Deo omnis terra: Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; servite Domino in laetitia. serve the Lord with gladness. Introite in conspectu ejus in exsultatione: Enter into his presence in exultation; scitote, quod Dominus ipse est Deus. know that the Lord he is God. Ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos: He made us, and not we ourselves; nos autem populus ejus, we are his people et oves pascuae ejus. and the sheep of his pasture. Introite portas ejus in confessione, Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, atria ejus in hymnis: into his courts with hymns; confitemini illi. be thankful unto him. ‘ Laudate nomen ejus, Bless his name, quoniam suavis est Dominus: for the Lord is gracious; in aeternum misericordia ejus, everlasting is his mercy; et usque in generationem et generationemn and from generation to generation veritas ejus. his truth endures. POST-COMMUNION PRAYER May your Sacraments, O Lord, we pray, perfect in us what lies within them, that what we now celebrate in signs we may one day possess in truth. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. CONCLUDING RITES BLESSING AND DISMISSAL POSTLUDE 11 ALL SAINTS DAY Next Sunday, November 1 is the Solemnity of All Saints. It displaces the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Schola will sing Andrea Rota’s Missa Omnium Sanctorum and Jacob Handl’s In caelestibus regnis – Exultabunt sancti at the 12:00 Noon Solemn Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer. ALL SOULS DAY Monday, November 2 is the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, commonly known as All Souls Day. The Parish’s Solemn Requiem Mass will be at 6:00 PM at St. Vincent Ferrer. The Schola Cantorum will sing Orlando di Lasso’s Missa pro defunctis á 5. MUSIC NOTES 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 Gioseffo Zarlino or Adrian Willaert at St. Mark’s in Venice, alongside Andrea Gabrieli, Costanzo Porta, and Cipriano de Rore. He became organist of Brescia Cathedral (the Duomo Vecchio) in 1556, and was appointed second organist of St.