Quinquagesima
Processional hymn: Soul of My Savior, 938
Recessional hymn: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All, 899
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo IV, 780
Offertory Antiphon: Benedictus es Domine, Orlandus Lassus
Chant after Offertory: Ubi Caritas, Chant
Motet at Communion: Anima Christi, Msgr. Marco Frisina (b. 1954)
The Offertory antiphon this Sunday is a choral setting by Orlandus Lassus with text from Psalm 118:12-13: Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes. With my lips I declare all the ordinances of Your mouth.
Ubi Caritas is the 8th and final antiphon that is sung during the washing of feet on Holy Thursday. The text of the refrain is: Where charity and love are, there is God. The choir will sing the original Gregorian melody with a choral refrain harmonized by Craig Kingsbury.
The motet after the Communion chant might be the most famous setting of the prayer Anima Christi by Msgr. Marco Frisina. Monsignor’s setting can be accompanied with either strings or organ and alternates full choir with a solo voice.
Orlandus Lassus (c.1532–1594) is known for the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school. He wrote over 2,000 works in Latin, French, Italian, and German both sacred and secular. Lassus along with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Tomás Luis de Victoria are the most influential composers of the late Renaissance.