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These musical programs are for Saint Vitus Parish, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The Parish is staffed by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. Bring your family to the 10:30am High Mass every Sunday.
PROCESSIONAL • #798 Savior Of The Nations Come
From the Campion Hymnal.
ASPERGES • Asperges is only sung for the main Sunday Mass
PDF Score (Singer) • Practice Audio (Singer) • Organist
We also add a polyphonic section, which is #4550.
INTROIT • The Men sing this.
KYRIE ELEISON
We will sing #89425, a Kyrie by Victoria.
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
The GLORIA is omitted during Advent.
We know Guerrero’s Gloria based on “Iste Sanctus” • #5612.
We also know GLORIA X; that means go HERE and find the Gloria under Mass X.
GRADUAL & ALLELUIA
We will sing #3982 (an Alleluia by Father Morales).
As always, the verses are found in our Goupil Gradual books.
CREDO IV • When we sing Plainsong Credo IV, we use alternatim
OFFERTORY ANTIPHON
OFFERTORY OTHER
Campion Hymnal, #796 Veni, Veni Emmanuel
SANCTUS & HOSANNA
We will sing #88751, a Sanctus by Victoria.
We will also sing #88749 Benedictus by Victoria.
We are learning #87349, a SANCTUS by J.S. Bach
AGNUS DEI
We know #90719 by Giovanni Gabrieli.
We know 13th century Worcester AGNUS DEI.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON • Sung by the ladies.
PDF Score (Singer) • Practice Audio (Singer)
Accompanied from these markings, which the organist should print using a color printer.
COMMUNION OTHER
We will sing a fantastic motet by Guerrero—#7231—which has two (correct) names: “Creator Alme Siderum” or “Conditor Alme Siderum.”
RECESSIONAL HYMN • #797 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
From the Campion Hymnal.
CHOIR PRAYER (usually taken from CAMPION HYMNAL) after attendance:
FIFTH STATION • Simon the Cyrenean Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou has redeemed the world.
It was not merely death sinful men wished Our Blessed Saviour; it was a particular kind of death upon the sign of contradiction. Lest exhaustion and weakness should rob them of unfurling Him as a banner of salvation upon the Cross of Calvary, they forced Simon of Cyrene to help Him with His task. Simon saw in the cross only the burden of wood, but not the burden of the world’s sins, and hence became at first an unwilling aid and a constrained helper. A few minutes, however, in the sweet company of Jesus changed his outlook, slavery became freedom, constraint became love, and reluctance a sweet abandon.
I, too, am like Simon in his first moments: I know about Jesus, but I do not know Jesus. I have feared to be a sharer of His Cross, and hence have loved but little, because I have known only a little. I have too often insisted on beginning with pleasure, when it is with pleasure that I should have ended.
