Sunday after Ascension 2026
Processional hymn: Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise, 852
Recessional hymn: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus, 936
Kyriale: Mass I, 696; Creed I, 768
Offertory Antiphon: Ascendit Deus, Christoph Dalitz (b.1967)
Hymn after Offertory: Salva Festa Dies, Chant
Communion hymn: Jesu nostra redemptio, Rev. Tomás Luis de Victoria
The hymn after the communion antiphon this week is another setting from Rev. Tomás Luis de Victoria. The text is from an older form of the Vespers hymn during Ascensiontide. As with the Easter hymn setting, the Gregorian melody is sung for the odd verses and the even are through composed. For Jesu nostra redemptio, the Gregorian melody is the cantus firmus; 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 as well as the Vespers Hymn for the Transfiguration, Quicumque Christum quǽritis.
Reverend 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.