Baptism of the Lord, Year A
Music for 9:00 AM Mass, St. Matthew Church, Dix Hills, N.Y.
Opening: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed, vv. 1-4 (ELLACOMBE)
Sign of the Cross: chanted, Latin
Greeting: chanted, Latin
Confiteor: spoken, English
Kyrie: Mass VIII “De Angelis” (ninefold) [ gif | mp3 ]
Gloria: Mass VIII “De Angelis” [ gif | mp3 ]
Collect/Opening Prayer: chanted, Latin
First Reading: spoken
Verbum Domini dialogue: spoken, English
Psalm: Alstott
Second Reading: spoken
Verbum Domini dialogue: spoken, English
Gospel Acclamation: Alstott
Gospel Reading: spoken
Verbum Domini dialogue: spoken, English
Credo: III [ mp3 ]
General Intercessions: “Lord, hear our prayer”, spoken
Offertory: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming, vv. 1-3 (ES IST EIN ROS)
Orate fratres dialogue: spoken, Latin
Preface dialogue: chanted, Latin
Preface: chanted, Latin
Sanctus: Mass VIII “De Angelis” [ gif | mp3 ]
Eucharistic Prayer: II, spoken Latin
Mysterium Fidei: chanted, Latin
Anamnesis: Mortem tuam, chanted Latin
Per ipsum: chanted, Latin
Amen: chanted
Lord’s Prayer invitation: chanted, Latin
Lord’s Prayer: chanted, Form A [ mp3 ]
“Deliver us, Lord”: chanted, Latin
Lord’s Prayer, embolism: chanted, Latin
Pax Domini: chanted, Latin
Agnus Dei: Mass VIII “De Angelis” [ gif | mp3 ]
Communion: Of the Father’s Love Begotten, vv. 1-4, alternating Latin and English (CORDE NATUS EX PARENTIS)
Motet: Jesu Rex admirabilis, vv. 1-3 (Palestrina) [ mp3 | pdf ]
Concluding prayer: chanted, Latin
“Ite, missa est” dialogue: chanted, Latin
Marian Antiphon: Alma redemptoris mater (Tone V) [ mp3 ]
Recessional: Angels We Have Heard on High, vv. 1-4 (GLORIA)
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I thought the Baptism of the Lord marks the start of ordinary time and so there should not be any christmas carols. But I stand to be corrected.
It marks the end of Christmas as a season, specifically, the conclusion of the second vespers of the feast on Sunday evening is the last liturgy of the season. Thus the compline that follows at night is technically the first liturgy of the first week of ordinary (better translation is “ordinally counted”) time. The next Sunday would be better understood to mean “The Sunday of the Second Week in Ordinally Counted Time” rather than the “Second Sunday of Ordinary Time”; I suspect you thought the latter meant that the Baptism of the Lord was the “First Sunday in Ordinary Time” which it is not….
That being said, a dimension of this feast that most Catholics sadly ignore is the Theophany that the Eastern churches celebrate on the day: the first revelation of the Most Holy Trinity to creation. Catholics tend to focus on the commencment of Jesus’ public ministry as a mere continuation of the Epiphany theme, along with the first miracle at Cana. But the Eastern focus is far deeper in the tradition (the Catholic church did not revive this feast in its calendar until the mid-20th century, in point of fact) and a far richer subject for worship. It is also interesting to not that, in the Eastern tradition, both Christmastide and Eastertide end with Trinitarian feasts (Theophany and Pentecost — the latter is also understood as about the Trinity, not merely the Holy Spirit).
I remember singing “Rex admirabilis et triumphator nobilis” from the “Sound of Music” when I was in junior high school. I believe it was sung by the nuns in the play/movie. Now I know the source of the text.
Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I don’t understand why there’s not a single song in the list that focus on Jesus’ Baptism.
“Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I don’t understand why there’s not a single song in the list that focus on Jesus’ Baptism.”
I agree. The hymn “Songs of Thankfulness and Praise” would have been a nice addition and “Asperges me” would have a suitable substitute for the penetential rite. The quartet “O Come Everyone That Thirsteth” from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” makes for a beautiful anthem.








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