Sunday after Ascension 2025
Processional hymn: Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise, 852
Recessional hymn: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus, 936
Kyriale: Mass I, 696; Credo III, 776
Offertory Antiphon: Ascendit Deus, Christoph Dalitz (b.1967)
Hymn after Offertory: Triasagion, Bortniansky (1751–1825)
Communion Hymn: Jesu nostra redemptio, Tomás Luis de Victoria
Jesu nostra redemptio by Tomás Luis de Victoria is a setting of the an older form of the Vespers hymn during Ascensiontide. As with the other settings, the Gregorian melody is sung for the odd verses and the even are through composed. That melody is the cantus firmus where in verse two the Soprano voice sings the tune in a very elongated fashion which spans the entire choral verse, likewise the tenors do the same in the fourth verse. Those who sing the Divine Office regularly will recognize that the Gregorian melody is the same as the current Ascensiontide Vespers hymn, Salútis humánæ Sátor.
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548–1611), along with Palestrina and de Lassus, is one of the greatest composers of the 16th C., famous for its ethereal polyphony. Ordained a priest at age 27, he lived in Rome for years, and assisted St. Philip Neri as chaplain of San Girolamo della Carità.