Lent I (C • 2025)
Greetings all—
Thanks for your had work for Ash Wednesday and for sticking around on empty tummies to get ready for Lent I. You all are troopers and did me proud! Here is our ordo for this weekend:
Entrance Antiphon: Source & Summit (see below)
Missa XVII (a full suite of practice tracks are available here or on the Cathedral website here)
Psalm 91: Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. (Click here for a dedicated page of ad-free mp3 practice tracks, or click here for the animated YouTube playlist.)
Offertory Hymn: O Come and Mourn With Me Awhile, to the tune JESU DULCIS MEMORIA (three note melisma on the underlined word)
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #380 (see below for special practice tracks)
Communion Special: Exaltabo te, Domine (Playlist)
Communion Hymn: Weary of Earth, and Laden With My Sin to the tune EVENTIDE
Recessional Hymn: Forty Days and Forty Nights to the tune HEINLEIN
Source & Summit
Since this week’s communio is a bit more difficult than is typical, there are a few tracks here which are separated out:
Normal demo of the Communio
a slowed down “repeat after me” style just like we did at rehearsal
a separate quick demo of the first two verses
Avail yourselves accordingly. 😅
Special Update: I was informed that we will be having a short foot-washing on Holy Thursday this year. This will entail some extra music, the likes of which I would like to call to your attention before our next rehearsal:
2025 Lenten Resources
Practice Resources for Lent 2025 at St. Augustine Cathedral, Kalamazoo.
Greetings All—
Here is a list of pieces we will work on throughout all of Lent, conveniently available all in one place for easy reference.
The Lotti Miserere track (above) is organ-only, but there are time stamps to hear your part at a louder volume. I intend to make a proper PT of this, time permitting.
Another version:
Ash Wednesday (2025)
Greetings all—
As a reminder, mass will be at 5:30pm. I know that this is an awkward time; just get there when you can, and we will do the best we can with whoever we have. I will be in the loft by 5pm to warmup with those who are able to come ahead of time.
I also hope to do some minimal prep for the following Sunday (Lent I) after Mass with those who can stick around a few extra minutes. This will be—by necessity—a rather minimal affair, and we will just do what we can.
NB: I’ve created a dedicated “2025 Lenten Resources” page which has many of our motets all in one convenient place.
Entrance Antiphon: You are merciful to all, O Lord…
*NB: we will only chant the antiphon.[No Kyrie, because the Penitential act is omitted, since the distribution of ashes takes its place, and no Gloria, since it is omitted for all of Lent.]
Psalm 51: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Lenten Gospel Acclamation: Salvation, glory, and power, to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Distribution of Ashes:
The Choir will go down for ashes immediately during the first two antiphons, cutting to the front of the line like during communion.Antiphon 1: Fr. Weber JJR
Antiphon 2: Fr. Weber JJR
Antiphon 3: Dele, Domine, Iniquitatem Meam – English transcription of the chant from the Graduale Simplex (see below). Men chant odd verses, women chant even verses.
Offertory Hymn: O Lord, You Gaze with Mercy (PASSION CHORALE)
Ordinary (a.k.a. “Mass Parts”): Missa Simplex (Mass XVIII)
Communion Antiphon: He who ponders the law of the Lord…
*NB: the antiphon is in the worship aid for all to sing.Communion Motet: Exaltabo Te, Domine – JJR, 2025 (see below)
Communion “Hymn”: Parce Domine (harmonized chant with cantored verses)
Recessional Hymn: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (ST. FLAVIAN)
(Source: Source & Summit Missal)
Psalm: 51 “Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.”
Distribution of Ashes:
I will chant the first two antiphons from Fr. Weber while the choir receives ashes, and then we will chant the english transcription of Dele, Domine, iniquitatem meam (“Blot out, Lord, all my iniquities.”) with men on odd verses and women on even.
(Source: Source & Summit Gradual)
8th in OT (C • 2025)
Greetings all—
Here are the practice resources for Sunday. I will make a separate page for Ash Wednesday this coming Monday. In the meantime, I’ve also created a dedicated page that just has generic Lenten things on it, if you want to peruse that. This will save me from having to add them every week to the bottom of each weekly ordo.
Entrance Antiphon Hymn: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus (HYFRYDOL) with V3 as a trope of the entrance antiphon text.
(No separate antiphon this week for timing reasons.)Psalm 92: Lord, it is good to give thanks to You. (Demo)
NB: Men will chant the first half of each verse, with women responding on the second half.[Alleluia]
Offertory Antiphon: Source & Summit (See Below)
Offertory Hymn: Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven (LAUDA ANIMA)
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber 1126
• Men sing Odd, Women sing Even verses.
• Sequence: Antiphon, Verses 1&2, Antiphon, Verses 3&4, Gloria Patri (2323), AntiphonCommunion Hymn: Thee We Adore, O Hidden Savior (EVENTIDE)
*The choir will go down and receive communion immediately after chanting the communion antiphon.Communion Special: Magnificat cum Alleluia (Video, see below)
Recessional Hymn: Alleluia, Song of Gladness (ALLELUIA DULCE CARMEN)
Source & Summit
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C • 2025)
Greetings All—
Here is our Ordo for this weekend. As always, if you have a chance between now and Wednesday, please take a peek at the Lenten lookahead resources.
Entrance Antiphon Hymn: to the tune ST. FLAVIAN
Entrance Antiphon: simple psalm tone (see below)
Psalm: 103, The Lord is kind and mercifil.
*NB: the practice track is for the previous translation of the verses, whereas the copy you have features the new Abbey Psalms & Canticles translation.Offertory Antiphon: Source & Summit (see below)
Offertory Hymn: Our Lord Commands Us To Forgive to the tune DETROIT
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1104 (see below)
Choral Anthem: I’ll Bless The Lord • Telemann (Playlist)
Communion Hymn: O Love That Will Not Let Me Go to the tune TENERE (see below)
Recessional Hymn: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Anthem to the tune ALLELUIA DULCE CARMEN
*NB: we will sing the exact same melody with a different text (“Alleluia, Song of Gladness”) next week.
NB: the verse translation is different from that which is featured in this video.
Please use time-stamps in the video description to hear your voice part.
Communion Hymn Tune:
Lenten Lookahead:
The Lotti Miserere track (above) is organ-only, but there are time stamps to hear your part at a louder volume. I intend to make a proper PT of this, time permitting.
Another version:
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C • 2025)
Greetings All—
Happy Snowmageddon! Since we cannot have rehearsal (I swear Wednesday walks around with a target on its back…) please take a little time Wednesday evening from the comfort of your home to familiarize yourself with Sunday’s ordo.
Please —I repeat: please—take a moment to scan through some of the lenten stuff, especially the first thing which will be our Lenten Gospel Acclamation this year.
Since this is a bit of an exceptional circumstance, and I’ve now figured out how to record myself and the organ in a pleasing way, I’ve prepared a quick “mini rehearsal” for you. This is just a quick whirlwind run-through of the ordo for Sunday, as well as a quick word about the Lenten Gospel acclamation.
Entrance Antiphon Hymn: to the tune VIVIFICA ME (melody only, see below)
Entrance Antiphon: Source & Summit (see below)
Psalm: 1, Blessèd are they who hope in the Lord. (Playlist, add-free mp3’s below)
Offertory Antiphon: Source & Summit (see below)
Offertory Hymn: Be Thou My Vision to the tune SLANE
Communion Antiphon: Fr. Weber #1038 (see below)
Choral Anthem: The Beatitudes (After O’Donnell; see below)
Communion Hymn: Blest Are the Humble Souls Who See to the tune O WALY WALY (melody only)
Recessional Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almight, the King of Creation! to the tune LOBE DEN HERREN
Entrance Antiphon Hymn Melody:
Please Note: the practice track of the introit is from last year and the verse formula is different.
Choral Anthem: The Beatitudes (after O’Donnell’s Psalm 139)
*NB: this is the same chordal formula as Quicumque vult / Athanasian Creed.
Lenten Lookahead:
The Lotti Miserere track (above) is organ-only, but there are time stamps to hear your part at a louder volume. I intend to make a proper PT of this, time permitting.
Another version: