Sacred Music: History And Instructions (2 parts)

Streamed live on 15 Nov 2024

Friday evening conference by Fr. Thomas Duncan, FSSPX

Part 1

Streamed live on 22 Nov 2024

Friday evening conference by Fr. Thomas Duncan, SSPX

Part 2

Third Sunday after Epiphany

For Jan 26, 2025 which is the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, we are going to sing:

1. Procession: Crown Him With Many Crowns (tune: Diademata)
2. Asperges me I
3. Introit: Adorate Deum
4. Kyrie VIII (De Angelis)
5. Gloria VIII
6. Gradual: Timebunt gentes
7. Alleluia: Dominus regnavit, exsultet
8. Credo III
9. Offertory: Dextera Domini
10. Offertory hymn: Jesu, Dulcis Memoria
11. Sanctus VIII
12. Agnus Dei VIII
13. Communion: Mirabantur
    
14. Communion hymn: O Esca Viatorum I (tune: Andernach)
15. Recession: Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple)

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Second Sunday after Epiphany

For Jan 19, 2025 which is the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, we are going to sing:

1. Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
2. Asperges me I
3. Introit: Omnis terra
4. Kyrie IV (Cunctipotens Genitor Deus)
5. Gloria IV
6. Gradual: Misit Dominus
7. Alleluia: Laudate Deum
8. Credo I
9. Offertory: Jubilate Deo, universa terra
10. Offertory hymn: O Gloriosa Virginum (chant)
11. Sanctus IV
12. Agnus Dei IV
13. Communion: Dicit Dominus: Implete hydrias
    
14. Communion hymn: Ave Vivens Hostia
15. Recession: Kings From The Orient

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The Holy Family

For Jan 12, 2025 which is the Feast of the Holy Family (Sunday within the Octave of Epiphany), we are going to sing:

1. Procession: Of The Father's Heart Begotten
2. Asperges me I
3. Introit: Exsultet gaudio
4. Kyrie IV (Cunctipotens genitor Deus)
5. Gloria IV
6. Gradual: Unam petii
7. Alleluia: Vere tu es Rex
8. Credo IV
9. Offertory: Tulerunt Iesum parentes
10. Offertory hymn: Flos De Radice Jesse
11. Sanctus IV
12. Agnus Dei IV
13. Communion: Descendit Iesus cum eis
    
14. Communion hymn: Puer Natus
15. Recession: O Little Town of Bethlehem (tune: Forest Green)

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Most Holy Name of Jesus

For Jan 5, 2025 which is the feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, we are going to sing the following:

1. Procession: To The Name That Brings Salvation
2. Introit: In nomine Iesu
3. Kyrie IV (Cuntipotens Genitor Deus)
4. Gloria IV
5. Gradual: Salvos fac nos
   
6. Alleluia: Laudem Domini
7. Credo III
   
8. Offertory: Confitebor tibi, Domine
9. Offertory hymn: Alma Redemptoris Mater (solemn)
10. Sanctus IV
    
11. Agnus Dei IV
12. Communion: Omnes gentes quascumque
13. Communion hymn: Jesu Dulcis Memoria
14. Recession: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All

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Sunday within the Octave of Christmas

For Dec 29, 2024 which is the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ, we are going to sing the following:

1. Procession: O Come All Ye Faithful
2. Asperges me I
3. Introit: Dum medium silentium
4. Kyrie VIII (De angelis)
5. Gloria VIII
6. Gradual: Speciosus forma
   
7. Alleluia: Dominus regnavit
8. Credo III
   
9. Offertory: Deus enim firmavit
   
10. Offertory hymn: Flos De Radice Jesse
11. Sanctus VIII
    
12. Agnus Dei VIII
13. Communion: Tolle puerum
    
14. Communion hymn: Jesu Redemptor Omnium (chant)
15. Recession: O Little Town Of Bethlehem (tune: Forest Green)

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Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Day Mass)

For Dec 25, 2024 which is the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we are going to sing the following for the Day Mass:

1. Procession: Once In Royal David's City
   
2. Introit: Puer natus
3. Kyrie II (Fons Bonitatis)
4. Gloria II
5. Gradual: Viderunt omnes
   
6. Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus
   
7. Credo III
   
8. Offertory: Tui sunt caeli
   
9. Offertory hymn: Jesu Redemptor Omnium (polyphony)
10. Sanctus II
    
11. Agnus Dei II
12. Communion: Viderunt omnes
13. Communion hymn: Adeste Fideles
14. Recession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Midnight Mass)

For Dec 25, 2024 which is the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we are going to sing the following for the Midnight Mass:

1. Procession: Once In Royal David's City
   
2. Introit: Dominus dixit ad me
3. Kyrie II (Fons Bonitatis)
4. Gloria II
5. Gradual: Tecum principium
   
6. Alleluia: Dominus dixit ad me
   
7. Credo III
   
8. Offertory: Laetentur caeli
   
9. Offertory hymn: Jesu Redemptor Omnium (polyphony)
10. Sanctus II
    
11. Agnus Dei II
12. Communion: In splendoribus
13. Communion hymn: Adeste Fideles (arr. David Willcocks)
14. Recession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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Fourth Sunday of Advent

For Dec 22, 2024 which is the 4th Sunday of Advent, we are going to sing:

1. Procession: The Advent Of Our God
2. Asperges me III
3. Introit: Rorate caeli desuper
4. Kyrie XVII b
5. Gradual: Prope est Dominus
   
6. Alleluia: Veni, Domine
   
7. Credo I
   
8. Offertory: Ave Maria
   
9. Offertory hymn: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
10. Sanctus XVII
    
11. Agnus Dei XVII
12. Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet with Ps 18: 2-7
13. Recession: The King Shall Come (tune: Morning Song)

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Third Sunday of Advent

For Dec 15, 2024 which is the 3rd Sunday of Advent, we are going to sing:

1. Procession: O Come, Divine Messiah
2. Asperges me III
3. Introit: Gaudete in Domino
4. Kyrie XVII b
5. Gradual: Qui sedes, Domine
   
6. Alleluia: Excita, Domine
   
7. Credo IV
   
8. Offertory: Benedixisti, Domine
9. Offertory hymn: Rorate Caeli Desuper
   
10. Sanctus XVII
    
11. Agnus Dei XVII
12. Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes with Is 35: 1, 2-3, 5-7
13. Recession: Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone)

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The Immaculate Conception

For December 8, 2024 which is the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM with commemoration of the Second Sunday of Advent, we are going to sing:

1. Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above
2. Asperges me III
3. Introit: Gaudens gaudebo
4. Kyrie IX (Cum Jubilo)
5. Gloria IX
   
6. Gradual: Benedicta es tu
7. Alleluia: Tota pulchra es
8. Credo III
9. Offertory: Ave, Maria
10. Offertory hymn: Tota pulchra es
11. Sanctus IX
    
12. Agnus Dei IX
    
13. Communion: Gloriosa
    
14. Communion hymn: Inviolata
15. Recession: Immaculate Mary II (Fatima refrain)

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First Sunday of Advent

For Dec 1, 2024 which is the 1st Sunday of Advent, we are going to sing:

1. Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
2. Asperges me III
3. Introit: Ad te levavi
4. Kyrie XVII b
5. Gradual: Universi, qui te exspectant
   
6. Alleluia: Ostende nobis
   
7. Credo I
   
8. Offertory: Ad te, Domine, levavi
9. Offertory hymn: Creator Alme Siderum
   
10. Sanctus XVII
    
11. Agnus Dei XVII
12. Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem with Ps 84: 2-5, 7-8, 10-12, 14
13. Recession: Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone)

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Last Sunday after Pentecost

For Nov 24, 2024 which is the Last Sunday after Pentecost, we are going to sing:

1. Procession: Holy God We Praise Thy Name
2. Asperges me
3. Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego
4. Kyrie XI (Orbis Factor)
5. Gloria XI
   
6. Gradual: Liberasti nos
   
7. Alleluia: De profundis
   
8. Credo IV
9. Offertory: De profundis
10. Offertory hymn: O Maria, Virgo Pia
11. Sanctus XI
12. Agnus Dei XI
13. Communion: Amen dico vobis
14. Communion hymn: Panis Angelicus III
15. Recession: We Stand For God

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Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Sixth Sunday Remaining after Epiphany)

For Nov 17, 2024 which uses the readings and prayers for 6th Sunday after Epiphany and the propers for 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, we are going to sing:

1. Procession: O God Of Loveliness
2. Asperges me
3. Introit: Dicit Dominus
4. Kyrie XI (Orbis Factor)
5. Gloria XI
   
6. Gradual: Liberasti nos
   
7. Alleluia: De profundis
   
8. Credo III
   
9. Offertory: De profundis
   
10. Offertory hymn: Languentibus In Purgatorio
11. Sanctus XI
    
12. Agnus Dei XI
13. Communion: Amen dico vobis
14. Communion hymn: Adoro Te Devote
15. Recession: Hail, True Victim, Life And Light

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