The Recovering Choir Director

Music for 9:00 AM Mass (Low Mass), St. Matthew Church, Dix Hills, N.Y.

Prelude: simple organ improvisation on Placare Christe servulis (Mode VIII)
Entrance³: Placare Christe servulis, vv. 1-3, 7 (Gregorian chant, Mode VIII)
Homily Topics: Gospel exposition: the humility of the ruler; the faith of the woman with the blood flow, and Jewish ritual implications; the mockery of Jesus by the professional mourners before the ruler’s daughter. Faith as a giving of permission to God to act in our lives. Attachment to sin as an obstacle to receiving God’s grace. The importance of frequent reception of the sacraments.
Offertory³: Placare Christe servulis, vv. 4-7 (Gregorian chant, Mode VIII)
Post-Elevation: organ solo on LAMBILLOTTE PANIS
Communion:³: organ solo on ST. GREGORY ANIMA; Adoro te devote, vv. 1-7 (Gregorian chant, Mode V)
Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina, tonus simplex (Mode V) [ gif | mp3 ]
Meditations: Organ solos on WERNER, UNDE ET MEMORES