Music included in this recording:

"De fructu óperum" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 6)

Communion antiphon of the 12th Sunday after Pentecost

Lyrics:

The earth shall be filled with the fruit of Thy works, O Lord, that Thou may bring bread out of the earth, and that wine may cheer the heart of man; that he may make the face cheerful with oil; and that bread may strengthen man's heart.

“My Song is Love Unknown” - John Ireland

Lyrics:

My song is love unknown,

my Savior’s love to me,

love to the loveless shown,

that they might lovely be.

O who am I, that for my sake

my Lord should take frail flesh and die?

He came from his blest throne,

salvation to bestow;

but men cared not, and none

the longed-for Christ would know.

But oh, my Friend, my Friend indeed,

who at my need his life did spend!

Sometimes they strew his way,

and his sweet praises sing;

resounding all the day

hosannas to their King.

Then “Crucify!” is all their breath,

and for his death they thirst and cry.

Why, what hath my Lord done?

What makes this rage and spite?

He made the lame to run,

he gave the blind their sight.

Sweet injuries! Yet all his deeds

their hatred feeds; they 'gainst him rise.

They rise, and needs will have

my dear Lord sent away;

a murderer they save,

the Prince of Life they slay.

Yet willing he to suff'ring goes,

that he his foes from thence might free.

In life, no house, no home

my Lord on earth might have;

in death, no friendly tomb

but what a stranger gave.

What may I say? Heav'n was his home,

but mine the tomb wherein he lay.

Here might I stay and sing,

no story so divine;

never was love, dear King,

never was grief like thine.

This is my Friend, in whose sweet praise

I all my days could gladly spend.

Music included in this recording:

"Pange Lingua" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 1)

by St. Thomas Aquinas

Lyrics:

Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory,

Of His Flesh, the mystery sing;

Of the Blood, all price exceeding,

Shed by our Immortal King,

Destined, for the world's redemption,

From a noble Womb to spring.

Of a pure and spotless Virgin

Born for us on earth below,

He, as Man, with man conversing,

Stayed, the seeds of truth to sow;

Then He closed in solemn order

Wondrously His Life of woe

“Ave Verum Corpus” - William Byrd

Lyrics:

Hail, true body,

Born of the virgin Mary;

Who has truly suffered, slaughtered

On the Cross for humanity.

Whose side was pierced,

Pouring out water and blood.

Be a foretaste for us

During our ordeal of death.

O sweet, o holy,

O Jesus Son of Mary,

Have mercy on me. Amen.

Music included in this recording:

"Asperges me" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 7)

Chant at the Sprinkling of Holy Water

Lyrics:

You will sprinkle me with Hyssop, O Lord, and I shall be cleansed;

you shall wash me, and I will be made whiter then snow.

Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your great mercy.

“All My Hope on God is Founded” - Joachim Neander (Herbert Howells)

Lyrics:

All my hope on God is founded;

he doth still my trust renew.

Me through change and chance he guideth,

only good and only true.

God unknown,

he alone

calls my heart to be his own.

Human pride and earthly glory,

sword and crown betray his trust;

what with care and toil he buildeth,

tower and temple, fall to dust.

But God's power,

hour by hour,

is my temple and my tower.

God's great goodness aye endureth,

deep his wisdom, passing thought:

splendour, light, and life attend him,

beauty springeth out of naught.

Evermore

from his store

new-born worlds rise and adore.

Daily doth th' Almighty giver

bounteous gifts on us bestow;

his desire our soul delighteth,

pleasure leads us where we go.

Love doth stand

at his hand;

joy doth wait on his command.

Still from earth to God eternal

sacrifice of praise be done,

high above all praises praising

for the gift of Christ his Son.

Christ doth call

one and all:

ye who follow shall not fall.

Music included in this recording:

"Gloria: Orbis Factor" - Gerald Near

“Dear Lord and Father of Mankind” - John Greenleaf Whittier (Hubert Parry)

Lyrics:

Dear Lord and Father of mankind,

forgive our foolish ways;

reclothe us in our rightful mind,

in purer lives thy service find,

in deeper reverence, praise.

In simple trust like theirs who heard

beside the Syrian sea

the gracious calling of the Lord,

let us, like them, without a word

rise up and follow thee.

O Sabbath rest by Galilee,

O calm of hills above,

where Jesus knelt to share with thee

the silence of eternity,

interpreted by love!

Drop thy still dews of quietness,

till all our strivings cease;

take from our souls the strain and stress,

and let our ordered lives confess

the beauty of thy peace.

Breathe through the heats of our desire

thy coolness and thy balm;

let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;

speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,

O still, small voice of calm!

Music included in this recording:

"Asperges me" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 7)

Chant at the Sprinkling of Holy Water

Lyrics:

You will sprinkle me with Hyssop, O Lord, and I shall be cleansed;

you shall wash me, and I will be made whiter then snow.

Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your great mercy.

“Do not be afraid” - Philip Stopford

Commissioned for the Baptism of the Daughter of Andrew and Kathryn Radley (2010)

Lyrics:

Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you.

I have called you by your name;

you are mine.

When you walk through the waters,

I'll be with you;

you will never sink beneath the waves.

When the fire is burning all around you,

you will never be consumed by the flames.

When the fear of loneliness is looming,

then remember I am at your side.

When you dwell in the exile of a stranger,

remember you are precious in my eyes.

You are mine, O my child,

I am your Father,

and I love you with a perfect love.

"Omnes gentes plaudite manibus" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 6)

The Entrance Antiphon of the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Lyrics:

All you nations clap your hands,

cry to God with shouts of joy.

“Come, labour on” - T. Tertius Noble

Lyrics:

Come, labour on.

Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain

while all around us waves the golden grain?

And to each servant does the Master say,

"Go work today."

Come, labour on.

Claim the high calling angels cannot share;

to young and old the gospel gladness bear.

Redeem the time; its hours too swiftly fly.

The night draws nigh.

Come, labour on.

Cast off all gloomy doubt and faithless fear!

No arm so weak but may do service here.

Though feeble agents, may we all fulfill

God's righteous will.

Come, labour on.

No time for rest, till glows the western sky,

till the long shadows o'er our pathway lie,

and a glad sound comes with the setting sun,

"Well done, well done!"

Music included in this podcast:

"Cibavit eos" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 2)

The Entrance Antiphon of Corpus Christi

Lyrics:

He fed them from the finest of wheat, alleluia.

And satisfied them with honey from the rock, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

“Behold, O God our defender” - Herbert Howells

Commissioned for the Coronation of H.R.M. Queen Elizabeth II

Lyrics:

Behold, O God our defender,

and look upon the face of Thine anointed.

For one day in Thy courts is better than a thousand.

Music included in this podcast:

"Spiritus Domini" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 8)

The Entrance Antiphon of Pentecost

Lyrics:

The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world, alleluia.

And that which contains all things has knowledge of the voice, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Music included in this podcast:

"Dum sanctificatus" - Gregorian Chant (Mode 3)

The Entrance Antiphon of the Vigil of Pentecost

Lyrics:

I will show the holiness of My great Name,

I will gather you from all the countries,

I will sprinkle clear water on you, and you will be clean,

and I will put a new spirit in you, alleluia, alleluia.

Love is Friendship: SJS Baccalaureate Mass by Fr. Aaron M. Williams