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.