Hódie sciétis, quia véniet Dóminus et salvábit nos: et mane vidébitis glóriam ejus...

 

I neglected to push the 'publish' button yesterday, tsk.

Today is the Vigil of the solemn feast of Our Lord's Nativity, on the 4th Sunday in Advent; in the Missale Romanum, in this case the Mass is of the Vigil, Hodie scietis. Evidently, under the 1920 rubrics, anyway, the Last Gospel is omitted; Holy Mass is streamed from Saint-Eugène at 0200, and so we shall see when I get to that (not going to be at two, alas). At Barroux, their missal apparently provides for this circumstance (but I'm going to guess that it is Hodie scietis there, too). What the Pauline Rite folks (i.e. at the parish downtown; Mass is at 0800) will do is anyone's guess (I exaggerate of course: I'm sure the Mass will be celebrated properly according to the Pauline rubrics-- but I have no idea what they prescribe; probably Hodie scietis with, however, the customary 'options').

First Vespers of the Vigil (that is, they were sung Saturday afternoon).

The Mass of the Vigil, sung at Saint-Eugène.

In Octava Nativitatis, on the Kalends of January. I finally get around to including the video recording of the Christmas Matins. 

At Barroux, the antiphon at Terce is Hódie sciétis quia véniet Dóminus: et mane vidébitis glóriam eius, which seems not to be at Gregobase. Hmm. This is the responsorium from Matins instead, in the Dominican form (which, also strangely) is the only version at Gregobase; it may be, simply, that no one has gotten around to uploading the antiphon or the Roman responsoria.

At Barroux, the Asperges was done, as usually on a Sunday: it did momentarily startle me, tsk, since I suppose I wasn't expecting it. Time for Prime and Prime de Beata, which includes, for the final time this Advent, the Rorate caeli desuper (the missa sicca, a mediaeval devotion comprising much of the text of the Mass not belonging exclusively to the sacrificial Actio: orations and lessons, chiefly, as well as the 'third lesson', the beginning of Saint John's Gospel). Tomorrow, the missa sicca becomes again the 'default' Salve sancta Parens.

In the first place in the Martyrology (read here but sung in the monasteries et alii) at Prime:

Anno a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit caelum et terram, quinquies millesimo centesimo nonagesimo nono; a diluvio autem, anno bis millesimo nongentesimo quinquagesimo septimo; a nativitate Abrahae, anno bis millesimo quintodecimo; a Moyse et egressu populi Israel de Aegypto, anno millesimo quingentesimo decimo; ab unctione David in Regem, anno millesimo trigesimo secundo; Hebdomada sexagesima quinta, juxta Danielis prophetiam; Olympiade centesima nonagesima quarta; ab urbe Roma condita, anno septingentesimo quinquagesimo secundo; anno Imperii Octaviani Augusti quadragesimo secundo, toto Orbe in pace composito, sexta mundi aetate, Jesus Christus, aeternus Deus aeternique Patris Filius, mundum volens adventu suo piissimo consecrare, de Spiritu Sancto conceptus, novemque post conceptionem decursis mensibus [hic vox elevatur, et omnes genua flectunt], in Bethlehem Judae nascitur ex Maria Virgine factus Homo. [hic autem in priori voce dicitur, et in tono passionis:] Nativitas Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum carnem.

The recentior includes an adaptation of this, making the dating of the years and historical persons vague enough to accord with the reigning opinions about the age of the world and so forth; I have no real problem with that in the one sense although I myself would never use it because I'm quite capable of making such precisions in my little brain without mutilating an ancient liturgical text.  

Have decided that I will add the video recordings from Saint-Eugène when they become available but may not do my usual notice of individual pieces of music and so forth. This morning's trip downtown (and the Pauline Rite Mass et cetera) is already taxing my patience with life, ha; will restrain myself from recounting the details. 

Introitus. Exodi 16, 6 et 7. Hódie sciétis, quia véniet Dóminus et salvábit nos: et mane vidébitis glóriam ejus. Ps. 23, 1. Dómini est terra, et plenitúdo ejus: orbis terrárum, et univérsi, qui hábitant in eo. ℣. Glória Patri.

I don't know about the Gloria: in a 'normal' Vigil Mass it is omitted but, based on how the Alleluia and Credo are treated infra, perhaps it is sung; I find it odd that the rubrics for this Mass say nothing about it, though, were this the case. 

At Barroux, the Gloria was omitted.

Kyrie. 

Oratio. Deus, qui nos redemptiónis nostræ ánnua exspectatióne lætíficas: præsta; ut Unigénitum tuum, quem Redemptórem læti suscípimus, veniéntem quoque Júdicem secúri videámus, Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat.

Lectio Epístolæ beati Pauli Apostoli ad Romános
Rom. 1, 1-6.
Paulus, servus Jesu Christi, vocátus Apóstolus, segregátus in Evangélium Dei, quod ante promíserat per Prophétas suos in Scriptúris sanctis de Fílio suo, qui factus est ei ex sémine David secúndum carnem: qui prædestinátus est Fílius Dei in virtúte secúndum spíritum sanctificatiónis ex resurrectióne mortuórum Jesu Christi, Dómini nostri: per quem accépimus grátiam, et apostolátum ad obœdiéndum fídei in ómnibus géntibus pro nómine ejus, in quibus estis et vos vocáti Jesu Christi, Dómini nostri.

Graduale. Exodi 16, 6 et 7. Hódie sciétis, quia véniet Dóminus et salvábit nos: et mane vidébitis glóriam ejus. ℣. Ps. 79, 2–3. Qui regis Israël, inténde: qui dedúcis, velut ovem, Joseph: qui sedes super Chérubim, appáre coram Ephraim, Bénjamin, et Manásse.

The Alleluia is sung on account of the Sunday; otherwise it would have been omitted, it being a Vigil.

Allelúja, allelúja, ℣. Crástina die delébitur iníquitas terræ: et regnábit super nos Salvátor mundi. Allelúja.

✠ Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secundum Matthǽum.
Matth, 1, 18–21.
Cum esset desponsáta Mater Jesu Maria Joseph, ánte quam convenírent, inventa est in útero habens de Spiritu Sancto. Joseph autem, vir ejus, cum esset justus et nollet eam tradúcere, vóluit occúlte dimíttere eam. Hæc autem eo cogitánte, ecce, Angelus Dómini appáruit in somnis ei, dicens: Joseph, fili David, noli timére accípere Maríam cónjugem tuam: quod enim in ea natum est, de Spíritu Sancto est. Páriet autem fílium, et vocábis nomen ejus Jesum: ipse enim salvum fáciet pópulum suum a peccátis eórum.

And the Credo is sung, because of the Sunday.

Offertorium Ps. 23, 7. Tóllite portas, principes, vestras: et elevámini, portæ æternáles, et introíbit Rex glóriæ.

Secreta. Da nobis, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, sicut adoránda Fílii tui natalítia prævenímus, sic ejus múnera capiámus sempitérna gaudéntes: Qui tecum.

Because of the Sunday, the Praefatio is of the Most Holy Trinity.

Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei.

Communio. Is. 40, 5. Revelábitur glória Dómini: et vidébit omnis caro salutáre Dei nostri.

Postcommunio. Da nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine: unigéniti Fílii tui recensíta nativitáte respiráre; cujus cœlésti mystério páscimur et potámur. Per eúndem Dóminum.

In Octava Nativitatis, on the Kalends of January. The Mass in nocte, Dominus dixit ad me, at midnight, customarily (or, in these semi-barbarian regions on the limes of the Western world, at 7:30 pm). I didn't get to the making of a page for this this year. 

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