Holy Mass

Introit

℟. He fed them from the finest grain, alleluia. And he filled them with honey from a rock, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. [Ps 80 (81):17]

℣. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob [Ps 80 (81):2]. * Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Kyrie

Mass II

Kyrie, font of goodness, (Only the incipit for the music of the Kyrie is provided in the manuscript.) Father unbegotten, from whom every good proceeds, eleison.

Kyrie, you who sent the Son to suffer for the offense of the world, that he might save it, eleison.

Kyrie, you who give the sevenfold spiritual gifts from which heaven and earth are filled, eleison.

Christe, only-begotten of God the Father, whom the holy prophets foretold would be born from the Virgin, wonderful to the world, eleison.

Christe, holy one, ruler in the royal hall of heaven, before whom the host of angels always stand, singing the hymn of Gloria, eleison.

Christe, from heaven you attend to our prayers; we honor you on earth devoutly and with humble minds; to you, good Jesus, we cry out, eleison.

Kyrie, kind Spirit, united with the Father and the Son in one substance, breathing forth from them both, eleison.

Kyrie, you who, after the baptism of Christ in the water of the Jordan, appeared radiant in the form of a dove, eleison.

Kyrie, divine fire, enlighten our hearts, that we may worthily at all times call out together, eleison.

Gloria

Mass IV

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will. (While similar to the more modern Mass IV as found in the Graduale Romanum, there are a few differences; only the incipit of the music is found in the manuscript, however.) We praise you. We bless you. We adore you. We glorify you. We give you thanks for your great glory. Lord God, heavenly king, God almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten Son. Lord God, lamb of God, Son of the Father. Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Who takes away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Who sits at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are holy. You alone are Lord. You alone are most high, Jesus Christ. With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Collect

Let us pray. God, who has left us in a wonderful sacrament a memorial of your Passion, grant, we ask, that we may venerate the sacred mystery of your Body and Blood, so that we may always feel in ourselves the fruit of your redemption. Who lives and reigns with God the Father in unity with the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.

Epistle

A reading from the first letter of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 11:23–29)

Brothers: I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that our Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread and, giving thanks, broke it and said: take and eat. This is my Body, which will be given up for you. Do this in my memory. Similarly [he took] also the cup, after he ate, saying: this chalice is the New Covenant in my Blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in my memory. For whenever you shall eat this bread and drink this chalice, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. Therefore, whoever shall eat this bread or drink this chalice unworthily, will be answerable for the Body and Blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink from the chalice. For whoever eats and drinks unworthily, not discerning the Body of the Lord, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

Gradual

℟. The eyes of all hope in you Lord, and you give them food in the suitable time. [Ps 144 (145):15]

℣. You open your hand and fill every creature with blessing. [Ps 144 (145):16]

Alleluia

℟. Alleluia. My Flesh is true food and my Blood is true drink. [John 6:55]

℣. Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood will remain in me and I in him. Alleluia. [John 6:56]

Sung to Nativitas gloriosa from the feast of St. Mary.

Sequence

Lauda Sion

Sung to Laudes crucis attolamus from the feast of the Holy Cross.

Zion, praise the savior, praise the leader and shepherd in hymns and songs.

As much as you can, dare that much, because he is greater than all praise, nor can you praise him adequately.

The theme of special praise, the living and vital bread, today is offered.

Which without doubt was given in the meal at the sacred table to the group of twelve brethren.

Let praise be full, let it be sonorous, let the jubilation of the spirit be joyful, let it be decorous.

The solemn day be solemnly observed when first is renewed the custom of this table.

At this table of the new king, the new Paschal offering of the new law ends the old phase.

The new truth drives away the old, truth drives out the dark, light eliminates the night.

What Christ brought forth at the meal he said must be done in memory of him.

Taught by sacred practices, we consecrate the host, bread and wine, for our salvation.

The teaching is given to Christians that bread transforms into Flesh and wine into Blood.

Undaunted faith confirms what you do not touch, what you do not see, against the order of things.

Under diverse species, symbols only, not objects, lie hidden extraordinary things.

His Flesh as food, his Blood as drink; yet Christ remains whole under each species.

Not cut, not broken, not divided by the consumer, he is received whole.

One consumes, thousands consume, he is as much as they consume, and, consumed, he is undiminished.

The good people consume, the wicked consume, yet with an unequal outcome, of life or of death.

Death is for the wicked, life for the good; behold, of equal consumption, how unequal is the result.

When the sacrament has just been broken, do not doubt but remember that there is as much contained in each fragment as in the whole.

There is no rending of the substance, only a breaking of the symbol, by which neither the state nor the stature of the signified is diminished.

This is the bread of the angels, made into the food of travelers, truly the bread of the sons, not to be given to dogs.

It was prefigured in symbols, when Isaac was sacrificed, when the lamb of the Passover was delegated, when manna was given to the fathers.

Good shepherd, truly bread, Jesus, have mercy on us. You feed us, you watch over us, you make us see good things in the land of the living.

You who know all things and prevail, who nourish us mortals here, make us there your table companions, joint heirs, and members of the community of saints. Amen.

Gospel

according to John (6:55–58)

At that time Jesus said to his disciples and to the multitude of the Jews: my Flesh is truly food, and my Blood truly is drink. He who eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because the Father, so he who eats me, will himself live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the manna your fathers ate and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.

Offertory

The priests of the Lord offer incense and bread to God and they will be holy to their God and they will not profane his name, alleluia. [Lev 21:6]

Sung to Confirma hoc Deus from the Mass of the Holy Spirit.

Secret

We ask, Lord, that you mercifully grant to your Church the gifts of unity and peace, which are mystically signified beneath the gifts we offer. Through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.

Preface

[of the Nativity of the Lord]

It is truly right and just, proper and salutary, always and everywhere to give you thanks. Holy Lord, omnipotent Father, eternal God. Because of the mystery of the Word incarnate, the light of your glory has shone anew on the eyes of our mind. That, while we acknowledge him to be God visible, we may be drawn by him to the love of invisible things. And therefore with the angels and archangels, thrones and dominations, and with all the heavenly hosts, we sing a hymn to your glory, saying without end.

Sanctus

Mass IV

Holy, (Only the incipits for the Sanctus and the Agnus are provided in the manuscripts: Mass IV, as found in the Graduale Romanum, differs slightly from these incipits.) holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth. The heavens and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Agnus Dei

Mass IV

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

Communion Verse

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will be guilty of profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord, alleluia. [1 Cor 11:26–27]

Sung to Factus est repente from the Mass of the Holy Spirit.

Post-Communion Prayer

Grant, we ask, O Lord, that we be filled with the everlasting enjoyment of your divinity, which the temporal perception of your precious Body and Blood prefigures. Who lives and reigns with God the Father in unity with the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.