8th Sunday after Pentecost 2025
Processional hymn: Thy Grace, O Holy Ghost, Impart, 885
Recessional hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, 927
Kyriale: Mass IV, 710; Credo II, 772
Hymn after Offertory: Memento Rerum Conditor, Chant
Communion Antiphon: Gustate et Videte, Heinrich Isaac
Memento Rerum Conditor is the hymn sung during Compline of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The tune is sung to many texts—Te Gestientem (feast of the Rosary), Nunc Sancte Nobis (at Terce), Rerum Tenax Vigor (None)—prescribed for feasts of Our Lady.
The communion antiphon is a setting by Heinrich Isaac. The text of the antiphon is from Psalm 33:9: O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. This short composition, as in last week’s setting, the Soprano and Tenor voices have ornamented versions of the Gregorian melody.
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.