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.