The First Sunday in Lent

Introit: Invocabit me, He shall call upon me, Anglican Use Gradual

At the Procession: Again we keep this solemn fast, Old 100th

Ps. 51, "Be merciful, O Lord." Guimont Psalter

Tract: "Praise and honor..." Kyrie Orbis factor, adapt. David Hurd

Offertory: Forty days and forty nights, Heinlein, arr. Norris

Ordinary: Mass XVIII, Pater noster

Communion Chant: Sacpulis suis, The Lord shall defend thee, Anglican Use Gradual

Communion Hymn: Attende Domine

Communion Anthem: Drop, drop slow tears, O. Gibbons

Hymn of Thanksgiving: Lord, who throughout these forty days, St. Flavian

Lent and Holy Week Schedule 2011

Ash Wednesday

Tomorrow our yearly Lenten observance begins with the imposition of ashes. Below is the schedule for St. Vincent de Paul Parish:

7:00am, Mass, English

8:30, Mass (with St. Vincent School students), English

12:10, Liturgy of the Word, bilingual

4:00pm, Liturgy of the Word, Spanish

5:30pm, Choral Mass, English

7:15, Mass, Spanish

Beginning at the 5:30pm Choral Mass and continuing through the Sundays in Lent, the choir will sing the proper Introit and Communion chants in English taken from the Anglican Use Gradual.

Ash Wednesday 2011

Introit: Misereri omnium, Thou hast mercy on all things, O Lord

At the Procession: Again we keep this solemn fast, Old 100th

Kyrie, Mass XVIII

Psalm 51, "Be merciful, O Lord..." Guimont Psalter

Tract: Praise and honor, Kyrie Orbis factor, adapted by David Hurd

At the Imposition of Ashes: "Let the priests and ministers of the Lord..." with Ps. 51

Offertory: Tree of Life, Thomas

Ordinary: Mass XVIII

Communion Chant: Qui meditabitur, He who doth meditate...

Communion Hymn: Attende Domine

Hymn of Thanksgiving: Forty days and forty nights, Heinlein

There are no organ preludes or postludes during the season of Lent save for Lent IV, Laetare.

The Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Partita on Westminster Abbey, Richard Proulx

At the Introit: Christ is made the sure foundation, St. Thomas

Gloria in excelsis from Mass on G by Calvin Bower

Ps. 31, "Lord, be my rock of safety." Guimont Psalter

Alleluia, mode VI, A. Gregory Murray

Offertory: I want to walk as a child of the light, Houston

Communion: Taste and See, Moore

Hymn of Thanksgiving: Father, we thank thee, Rendez a Dieu

Postlude: Gaudeamus Pariter, Wilbur Held

Special Thanks

Special thanks to Pat Virrill for subbing for me at St. Vincent's this past weekend! This coming Sunday we observe the Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time and the final Sunday before Lent begins on 9 March, Ash Wednesday. Watch for more updates!

The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Prelude and Fugue in Ab, WTC 1, J. S. Bach

At the Introit: Lord of all nations, Duke Street

Ps. 103, "The Lord is kind and merciful." Guimont Psalter

Offertory: There's a wideness in God's mercy, Duke Street, arr. Hancock

Communion Hymn: All who hunger

Communion Anthem: Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake, attr. Farrant

Hymn of Thanksgiving: At that first Eucharist, Unde et Memores, arr. Rawsthorne

Postlude: Sinfonia from Cantata 52, J. S. Bach

The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prelude: Prelude and Fugue in g#, WTC Book 1, J. S. Bach

At the Introit: Sing praise to God, Mit freuden zahrt

Psalm 119, "Blessed are they..." Guimont Psalter

Offertory: Eye has not seen

Communion Hymn: You satisfy the hungry heart, Bicentennial

Communion Anthem: My Song is Love Unknown, arr. Kirkby

Hymn of Thanksgiving: Let all things now living, The Ash Grove

Postlude: Postlude-Cantique, Dubois