16th Sunday after Pentecost 2026
Processional hymn: Jesus, Meek and Lowly, 833
Recessional hymn: Come Down, O Love Divine, 887
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo IV, 780
Offertory motet: Cantate Domino, Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
Communion antiphon: Domine memorabor, Nobuaki Izawa (b. 1972)
The motet Cantate Domino is a setting of Psalm 149:1–2 by Baroque Italian composer Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni. O sing unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise him. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King. Pitoni’s work, like much of late Baroque music, is tightly structured in small phrases with two main sections and follows the general format of “A-B-A.”, also called ternary form. This form allows for restating of the initial text and for contrast in dynamic (how strong or quiet the music becomes).
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743) was an Italian vocalist, organist and composer. He studied voice from the age of five and became a maestro di cappella (choirmaster) at Santa Maria Maggiore, Monterotondo, a historic church near Rome by sixteen. Pitoni held director positions at many parishes in Rome and was a prominent church musician during the late Baroque era.
15th Sunday after Pentecost 2026
Processional hymn: Most Ancient of All Mysteries, 884
Recessional hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, 838
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo IV, 780
Offertory Motet: Bonus Est, G.P. Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
Communion Antiphon: Panis Quem Ego, Heinrich Isaac
Bonus Est by G.P. Palestrina is a setting of Lamentations 3:24-26. This passage appears during Tenebrae for Holy Saturday. Written for three men’s voices, the motet encapsulates theme of hopeful expectation for the Lord, who is all good.
The communion antiphon is set by Heinrich Isaac with the text taken from John 6:52: The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. Isaac composes pieces of the melody in both the Tenor and Soprano voices in a quasi-canon in the same way as many of his communion settings. Panis Quem Ego has one of the clearest quotations of the source melody in the Soprano voice with very little ornamentation.
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517) was a Renaissance composer from the South Netherlandish region. His output was rivaled only by Orlandus Lassus in number and variety of composition. Most notable of his collections is Choralis Constantinus which contains nearly 400 Gregorian chant based motets of propers for the Mass.
14th Sunday after Pentecost 2026
Processional hymn: O God, Almighty Father, 877
Recessional hymn: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All, 899
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo II, 772
Hymn after Offertory: Ave Maria, Virgo Serena, Chant Sequence
Communion Antiphon: Primum quaerite, Heinrich Isaac
The chant sequence Ave Maria, Virgo Serena is taken from the Cantus Selecti which is a compilation of chants released in 1957 by the Solesmes Abbey. This chant highlights major events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It also inspired three major compositions in the late 1400s, most notably a setting by Josquin des Prez. The sequence was originally composed for the feast of the Annunciation.
The communion antiphon Primum quaerite is a setting by Heinrich Isaac. The text of the antiphon is: Seek first the kingdom of God, and all things shall be added unto you, says the Lord. This passage taken from St. Matthew’s Gospel 6:33. Isaac’s setting uses a stylized version of the Gregorian melody in the Soprano voice.
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517) was a Renaissance composer from the South Netherlandish region. His output was rivaled only by Orlandus Lassus in number and variety of composition. Most notable of his collections is Choralis Constantinus which contains nearly 400 Gregorian chant based motets of propers for the Mass.
13th Sunday after Pentecost 2026
Processional hymn: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus, 936
Recessional hymn: Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor, 939
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo II, 772
Introit Antiphon: Respice, Domine, Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517)
Offertory Antiphon: In Te Speravi, Orlandus Lassus (c.1532–1594)
Motet after Offertory: Surge Amica Mea, Giovanni Matteo Asola (c. 1532–1609)
Communion Antiphon: Panem de Cœlo, Heinrich Isaac
Surge, Amica Mea is text taken from the Song of Solomon 2:14: Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. O my dove, who is in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is beautiful.
The communion antiphon is a setting by Heinrich Isaac. The text of the antiphon is: Thou hast given us bread from heaven, O Lord, having in it all that is delicious, and every taste of sweetness. This passage taken from Wisdom 16:20 is a slight variation of the verse and response just prior to Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Isaac’s setting retains the original Gregorian melody in the Tenor voice.
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517) was a Renaissance composer from the South Netherlandish region. His output was rivaled only by Orlandus Lassus in number and variety of composition. Most notable of his collections is Choralis Constantinus which contains nearly 400 Gregorian chant based motets of propers for the Mass.
External Solemnity of St. Lawrence 2026
Processional Hymn: O Thou, the Martyrs’s Glorious King, 872
Hymn of Thanksgiving: Te Deum, music sheets found in back of church
Recessional hymn: Praise to the Holiest in the Height, 922
Kyriale: Missa Brevis in D, KV64, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Motet after Offertory: Ave Verum Corpus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Motet during communion: Laudate Dominum, a8 (II), Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Hymn at Communion: Deus Tuorum Militum, Claudio Monteverdi
The Mass in d (KV 65) by W. A. Mozart is the only Missa Brevis he set in a minor key and was only 12 at the time of its composition. Masses from this time period are rich with the use of text painting, which is where the composer will write the melody, rhythm, or chords to mirror the literal meaning or emotional intent of the words. This is heard clearly during the Credo when voices on the word descendit (meaning descended) have a falling phrase.
Claudio Monteverdi’s setting of the shortest Psalm, Laudate Dominum, also uses text painting in a grand way. The initial two voices enter with the words praise the Lord then all the voices enter on all ye peoples and similarly on the next line of text for praise the Lord, all ye nations.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period and perhaps the most widely celebrated in the history of Western music. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works including Masses, symphonies, operas, and chamber works.