Sunday, August 17

 
The liturgical odyssey that has been my summer comes to an end...........

With today's High Mass at Saint Agnes Church on 43rd Street between Lexington Ave. and Third Ave. in New York. First, a note on this church. Saint Agnes is about five years old now, the replacement for a Victorian Gothic structure that burned down in 1993. Built in a restrained baroque, the current church features one main altar effectively designed for use either ad orientem or versus populum, as well as side shrines to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Sacred Heart, Saint Pius X, Saint Francis, Saint Therese, and others. Behind the main altar is a beautifully vivid painting of Saint Agnes, the Blessed Mother and other saints, with Saint Agnes situated in a sort of Romanesque gazebo - the painting has been criticized by some due to the fact that Saint Agnes's skirt stops above the knee - this seems to me rather ridiculous, especially since the figure in the painting is tall enough that this is not really high at all. The traditional design also includes an altar rail, used at every liturgy. The church also features a very good bookstore that, while tending to skew more traditionalist than my preferred Pauline Books and Media (I went on a shopping spree there yesterday, I shouldn't be allowed there alone.......), does feature some gems, including a selection of Tridentine missals and the beautiful Rosary I bought there a while back. That said, here are the details of today's liturgy:


Prelude: Nigra sum, sed formosa, Opus 18, No. 3 by Marcel Dupre
Introit: Dum clamarem ad Dominum, exaudivit vocem meam (Psalm 54)
Kyrie and Gloria: Mass XI, Orbis factor
Gradual: Custodi me, Domine, ut pupillam oculi (Psalm 16)
Credo:Credo III
Offertory: Ad te, Domine, levavi animam meam (Psalm 24)
Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei: Mass XI, Orbis Factor
Communion Antiphon: Acceptabis sacrificum justitiae (Psalm 50)
Antiphon of Our Lady: Salve Regina, Plainsong (note: after hearing Dominicans sing the tonus monasticus version, there's really no going back to this one)
Postlude: Magnificat du premier ton; Dialgue sur les grands jeux by Jean-Adam Guilain

Beginning next Sunday: Weekly Mass postings from the Basilica of the Sacred Heart - for those of you who get the Hallmark Channel, tune in!

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