Mater Dei Catholic Parish

A parish of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

Feast of Christ the King: Music

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Long live Christ the King!

Tomorrow we celebrate the annual feast of Christ the King, and end high mass with a Eucharistic procession.

The choir will be singing a mixture of music from different time eras, to honor this happy feast day.

The mass setting will be Missa Caritas by William J. Marsh.

He was a local musician and teacher, and a practicing Catholic. You can read about him here.

Again this year, we will sing the triumphant motet by Antonio Cifra, “Ave Rex Noster”, originally arranged for brass quartet.

The rest of our choral hymns are all in some way part of the full text of the hymn “Jesu Dulcis Memoria”, which you can often find translated somewhere in your hand missals:

  • Jesu Dulcis Memoria (Victoria)
  • Jesu Rex Admirabilis (Palestrina)
  • Rex Virtutum (Palestrina)

King of Might, King of Glory, King of eminent Victory! Jesus, Granter of pardon, Honor of the heavenly kingdom!

After mass, during the procession we will sing “Christus Vincit”, to proclaim the reign of Christ our King, as well as the familiar hymn, “Crown him with many Crowns”.

Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands!

 

Mater Dei Anniversary: new Marian music!

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This coming Sunday, we will celebrate the external solemnity of the Divine Motherhood of God, our parish’s anniversary.

Schola Marianum will sing for the feast day this year, and we hope all will be spiritually edified at 9am mass by the group’s efforts.

We have learned a new mass setting by Palestrina that he wrote to honor our Lady, called “Missa de Beata Virgine”.

This mass setting very specifically uses the chant mass for feasts of Our Lady, chant mass IX, as it’s foundational material in composing this beautiful mass to honor our Lady.

This choir has also learned the “Ave Maria” by Parsons, which is one of the most well known renaissance compositions of the prayer.

Other motets for the feast day:

“O Quam Metuendus Est” by Victoria (text is from the mass for the dedication of a church)

“Exultate Deo” by Palestrina (a joyous setting of psalm verses, praising God)

and possibly “Ave Maria…Virgo Serena” by Josquin de Prez  (a long poetic text praising and honoring our Lady, mother of God)

 

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