18th Sunday after Pentecost 2024
Processional hymn: All Ye Who Seek A Comfort Sure, 862
Recessional hymn: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, 900
Kyriale: Mass IX, 740; Credo IV, 780
Motet at Offertory: Da Pacem Domine, Costanzo Festa (c. 1490–1545)
Chant at Communion: Ubi Caritas, Chant harmonized by Craig Kingsbury (b. 1952)
The text for the votive antiphon for peace Da Pacem, Domine date from the 6th or 7th century and are based on biblical verses 2 Kings 20:19, 2 Chronicles 20:12,15 and Psalm 72:6–7. The first words of the antiphon are shared in common with the Introit for this Sunday’s Mass: Grant peace, Lord, in our time; for there is none else who would fight for us if not you, our God. Costanzo Festa sets this antiphon for four voices retaining the Gregorian melody as a Cantus Firmus in the Tenor voice and in canon with the Bass voice.
Costanzo Festa (c. 1490–1545) was the first Italian polyphonic composer of international renown. Festa was one of only a few Italians in the Papal Choir during his generation and was hailed as, “a most excellent musician and eminent singer” by Pope Paul III. His compositional style focused less on imitation and complex counterpoint for its own sake, and often wrote purely homophonic passages.