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    * *  PDF Download • “Simple English Propers” (CMAA)


1st Sunday of Advent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

2nd Sunday of Advent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

3rd Sunday of Advent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

4th Sunday of Advent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

24 December — (VIGIL) Christmas

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

25 December — Christmas Midnight Mass

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

25 December — Christmas Mass at Dawn

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

25 December — Christmas Daytime Mass

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

1 January — Mary, Mother of God

ENTRANCE: (1e)   (2e)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Epiphany of the Lord

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Ash Wednesday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

1st Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

2nd Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE: (1e)   (2e)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

3rd Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE: (1e)   (2e)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

4th Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

5th Sunday of Lent

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Passion (Palm) Sunday

OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Holy Thursday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Easter Sunday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

2nd Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

3rd Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year A)   •   (Year C)

4th Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

5th Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION (Years B & C)

6th Sunday of Easter

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION:   (Year A)   (Year B)   (Year C)

Ascension of the Lord

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY: (1o) (2o)   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

Pentecost Sunday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

Trinity Sunday

ENTRANCE: (Years A & B)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

Corpus Christi Sunday

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY: (1o) (2o)   •   COMMUNION: (Year C)

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years A & B)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years A & B)

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years B & C)

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year A)

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years A & C)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years A & C)

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year C)

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years B & C)

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (1e) (2e)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (1c) (2c)

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year C)

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years B & C)   •   OFFERTORY: (Years A & B)   •   COMMUNION

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years A & B)   •   (Year C Mp3)

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (1c) (2c)

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Years B & C)

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY: (Years A & B)   •   COMMUNION: (Year B)

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years B & C)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE: (Years A & B)   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year A)

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

34th Sunday — Solemnity of Christ the King

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION: (Year A)

24 June — Nativity of St. John the Baptist

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

8 December — Immaculate Conception

ENTRANCE   •   OFFERTORY   •   COMMUNION

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

(1) The Simple English Propers were published by the CMAA in 2011. The melodies were composed by Adam Bartlett. The book was typeset by Steven Van Roode.

(2) The SEP practice videos were created by Corpus Christi Watershed at the express request of the CMAA. No remuneration was accepted by CCW, as it was our pleasure to assist choirs in learning the SEP. The videos are property of CCW but may be shared freely so long as they are not altered.

(3) The videos were created as a free gift to the Church. Watershed has never received (and will never receive) any payment from the sale of SEP hard copies on Amazon.

(4) At the SEP website, you’ll find important information, such as: “The contents of this book may be downloaded, printed, used, and shared freely by all, as they are published under Creative Commons licensing.”

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President’s Corner

    “Music List” • 9 Nov. (Dedic. Lateran)
    Readers have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I’ve prepared for 9 November 2025, which is the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and Mass Propers for this Sunday are conveniently stored at the sensational feasts website alongside the official texts in Latin.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • Offertory (9 Nov.)
    This year, the feast of 9 November replaces the Sunday. The OFFERTORY ANTIPHON (PDF file) for 9 November is exceedingly beautiful. The ‘Laterani’ mansion at Rome was the popes’ residence for a thousand years. The church there still is the cathedral church of Rome—“Mother and Head of all churches of the City and of the World,” says the inscription over the entrance. It is dedicated to Our Holy Savior, but has long been commonly known as “St. John Lateran” owing to its famous baptistery of St. John the Baptist. In this church, the pope’s own ‘cathedra’ (episcopal chair) stands in the apse.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Job Opening • $65,000 per year +
    A parish 15 minutes away from me is looking for a choir director and organist. The parish is filled with young families. When I began my career, I would have jumped at such an opportunity! Saint Patrick’s in Grand Haven has a job opening for a music director paying $65,000 per year including benefits (plus weddings & funerals). Notice the job description says: “our vision for sacred music is to move from singing at Mass to truly singing the Mass wherein … especially the propers, ordinaries, and dialogues are given their proper place.” I lived in Kansas for 15 years, Texas for 10 years, and Los Angeles for 10 years. Michigan is the closest place I know to heaven!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reminder” — Month of November (2025)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. Signing up couldn’t be easier: simply scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Gospel Options for 2 November (“All Souls”)
    We’ve been told some bishops are suppressing the TLM because of “unity.” But is unity truly found in the MISSALE RECENS? For instance, on All Souls (2 November), any of these Gospel readings may be chosen, for any reason (or for no reason at all). The same is true of the Propria Missæ and other readings—there are countless options in the ORDINARY FORM. In other words, no matter which OF parish you attend on 2 November, you’ll almost certainly hear different propers and readings, to say nothing of different ‘styles’ of music. Where is the “unity” in all this? Indeed, the Second Vatican Council solemnly declared: “Even in the liturgy, the Church has no wish to impose a rigid uniformity in matters which do not implicate the faith or the good of the whole community.”
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Our Father” • Musical Setting?
    Looking through a Roman Catholic Hymnal published in 1859 by Father Guido Maria Dreves (d. 1909), I stumbled upon this very beautiful tune (PDF file). I feel it would be absolutely perfect to set the “Our Father” in German to music. Thoughts?
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

At the Council of Trent, the subject was raised whether it was correct to refer to the unconsecrated elements of bread and wine as “immaculata hostia” (spotless victim) and “calix salutaris” (chalice of salvation) in the offertory prayers. Likewise the legitimacy of the making the sign of the cross over the elements after the Eucharistic consecration was discussed.

— ‘Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, Cong. Orat.’

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