19th Sunday after Pentecost 2025
Processional hymn: On This Day, the First of Days, 945
Recessional hymn: My God, Accept My Heart This Day, 942
Kyriale: Mass IX, 731; Credo IV, 780
Motet at the offertory: Ametur, a3, Fr. Tom Luby, MSC
Hymn at communion: Salve Mater, Carmelite Chant, arr. Paul Thomas May
Salve Mater is a hymn composed in the 11th century and exemplifies Mary’s role as Mother of all Christians. The hymn is structured with a refrain and verses. In today’s chant, the refrain was harmonized by St. Lawrence’s Music Director. Text of the refrain: Hail, Mother of mercy, Mother of God and Mother of pardon, Mother of hope and Mother of grace, Mother, full of holy gladness. O Mary!
Ametur, a3 was written by Fr. Tom Luby, who was a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. This three part motet is a setting of the Missionaries’s motto, “May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere!”