As I wish to relate the sacred music which descends from the choir loft at the typical 10 AM Mass, I will offer this description of today's liturgical menu:
First, of course, there was the main dish of Ordinary chants for the Mass setting in Latin. It was surrounded by a selection of traditional hymns, such as "Sing of Mary, Pure and Holy" (processional), "O Salutaris Hostia" (Communion, and O Queen of the Holy Rosary (recessional), these being found in the Adoramus and the New St. Basil Hymnal. In addition to all this lovely music, I was delighted to accompany on organ Mrs. Sharon Kirk and Miss Katherine Altham sweetly singing "Meditabitor", one of Fr. Carlo Rossini's two-voiced Offertory motets. All this being good and true, we renew our intention of bringing to the Mass the best which the handmaiden of the liturgy (ie, the sacred music) has to offer, this being Gregorian Chant, sacred polyphony, and Catholic hymns.
From the Loft,
Mr. Richard Kochel
PS: Seen in photo: Mr. Mark Bosse, altar server, reading the epistle
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