Pentecost 2026
Processional: Thy Grace, O Holy Ghost, Impart, 885
Hymn to the Holy Ghost: Veni Creator Spiritus, 956
Recessional hymn: Come Down, O Love Divine, 887
Kyriale: I, 696; Credo: I, 768
Offertory motet: Domus Mea, Jacobus Gallus
Communion antiphon: Factus Est Repente, Jacobus Gallus
Both motets sung by the choir this Sunday are by the composer Jacobus Gallus. The work Domus Mea at the offertory was composed as the communion antiphon for the dedication of a church while Factus Est Repente is the proper communion antiphon for the feast of Pentecost. Gallus’s setting retains the large leap from the Gregorian antiphon which illustrates the rushing wind along with energetic off beat rhythms. The final alleluias in the communio give a sense of stability and finality to the bright and lively texture in this work.
Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591), was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity. Born in Carniola, which at the time was one of the Habsburg lands in the Holy Roman Empire, he lived and worked in Moravia and Bohemia during the last decade of his life. His output was both sacred and secular, and hugely prolific: over 500 works have been attributed to him.