Solemn High Mass for the Feast of Candlemas ~ The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple and The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Music:

• Mass Setting:  Missa Puerorum ~ Josef Rheinberger (d. 1901)
• Voluntary:  Cantilena , from Sonata No. 11, Op. 148 ~ J. Rheinberger
• Nunc Dimittis (choir) ~ Tone II.1
• Hymn 259 (Candlemas Procession) ~ “Hail to the Lord Who Comes” ~ Old 120^th
• Gloria in excelsis from Missa Marialis ~ Plainsong, Charles. Winfred Douglas (d. 1944)
• Hymn 278 ~ “Sing we of the blessed Mother” ~ Rustington
• Motet (choir) ~ Senex puerum ~ Tomás Luis de Victoria (d. 1611)
• Alma Redemptóris Mater (choir) ~ Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (d. 1594)
• Hymn 258 ~ “Virgin-born, we bow before thee” ~ Psalm 86
• Voluntary:  Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr’ dahin (Nunc dimittis) ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1750)

Preacher: The Rev. Marta S. Rivera Monclova, PhD, Curate

Our 10:30 service is a Sung Mass or Solemn High Mass with music: organ, choir, and congregational singing. We use Rite I from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, with additions from the historical tradition—all of it is outlined in the bulletin.

For more information about Sung Mass, click here: Services

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page.