16th Sunday after Pentecost 2025
Processional hymn: Jesus, Meek And Lowly, 833
Recessional hymn: Come Down, O Love Divine, 887
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo IV, 780
Offertory Antiphon: Domine in Auxilium, G.P. Palestrina
Communion Hymn: Stabat Mater, Chant Sequence
This Sunday’s Offertory is taken from G.P. Palestrina’s Offertoria totius anni, which contains 68 five-voice choral settings of Offertory Antiphons for Sundays and major feasts. In this motet, he uses a minor key mixed with a raised third to create a complex combination of minor and major feelings in the same work. Palestrina restates the same music as at the beginning because the text repeats itself: Deign, O Lord, to rescue me; let all be put to shame and confusion who seek to snatch away my life. Deign, O Lord, to rescue me. –Psalm 39:14-15
G.P. Palestrina (c. 1525–1594) is highly regarded for his contributions of Sacred Polyphony and development of counterpoint in the late 16th Century. In the post-Tridentine period he earned the reputation of the ideal Catholic composer for his success in reconciling the functional and aesthetic aims of Catholic church music. Palestrina wrote over 105 Masses and 250 sacred motets in addition to many other works.