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12 May

2012

Traditional Masses for Ascension Thursday, May 17

Posted by Stuart Chessman 


This magnificent window is in the Church of the Ascension, W. 107th Street, New York

St. Mary, Norwalk, CT

Solemn High Mass at 5:30 p.m.

Prelude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)
Missa Octavi toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola]
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola]
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu nostra redemptio (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Ascendens Christus (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan

8:30 am, Missa Cantata

6 pm, Solemn Mass.  Confessions will be heard before the 6 pm Mass.

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, New York

Ascension Thursday, Low Mass at 5:00 PM

Directions: www.unavocewestchester.org

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