7th Sunday after Pentecost 2025
Processional hymn: Blessed Lamb on Calvary’s Mountain, 864
Recessional hymn: I Sing the Mighty Power of God, 934
Kyriale: Mass XI, 740; Credo II, 772
Motet after Offertory: Adoro Te Devote, arr. Mark Emerson Donnelly
Communion Antiphon: Inclina Aurem Tuam, Heinrich Isaac
The choral selections this Sunday both have Gregorian chant melodies as the foundation for their composition. Adoro Te Devote is a familiar chant written by St. Thomas Aquinas along with many other texts he composed for the institution of the feast of Corpus Christi in 1264. Living composer, Mark Emerson Donnelly, created a harmonization which retains the original melody.
The communion antiphon is a setting by Heinrich Isaac. The text is from Psalm 31:3, “Bow down thine ear, make haste to deliver us.” The Soprano and Tenor voices retain the Gregorian melody in this short setting.
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517) was a Renaissance composer from the South Netherlandish region. His output was rivaled only by Orlandus Lassus in number and variety of composition. Most notable of his collections is Choralis Constantinus which contains nearly 400 Gregorian chant based motets of propers for the Mass.