advent evening prayer - mary

ADVENT EVENING PRAYER

Advent Angel @ 2014, Lucinda Naylor | Eyekon

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When composing liturgical music, I attempt to create a tapestry into which are woven stories, signs and symbols that draw the eye toward the inner fabric where lies discovery of artistry and mean-ing. In the musical experience, melodies, harmonies, and textures are the elements that draw the listener toward an experience of spiritual and emotional meaning. Advent Vespers for The Year of Faith, which I wrote for The Basilica of Saint Mary, has these same elements organized for an experience of truth in the liturgy.

The formation of the music began with some ideas I associate with faith—confidence, groundedness, and advent— anticipation, joy. So these ideas are the basis for the general mood and design of the music. For example, the key selection (D major, C major, and B-flat major) for each of the three texts creates a melodic gesture of stability and confidence. Also, the recurrence of the tone “D” establishes a presence of joy throughout the vespers. D major is a brilliant key used to express joy in many hymns, such as “I Know that My Redeemer Lives,” “Oh Morning Star, How Fair and Bright” and “Joy to the World.”

The first setting for vespers is for Psalm 72. “Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever.” The stability of God’s justice is present in the organ’s sustained D pedal during the first phrase. The melody reaches a climax on the word “fullness” while the harmony (GM7+9) feels expansive. The successive descending melody and harmonic progression settle to a resting place, as it were, creating peace.

The second setting is for Psalm 85. “Lord, let us see your kindness and grant us your salvation.” The descending melody of the refrain’s first phrase offers a mood of comfort and graciousness: kindness. Continuing from there, the joy of salvation emerges in melody and harmonic progression toward D major.

Revelation 21:1-5a is the text for the canticle in this vespers. “I saw the holy city coming down out of heaven from God.” When God comes down we are lifted up. The refrain has complimentary descending and ascending melodic contour and concludes with an uplifting gesture. The verses are sung by a single voice, as it were John describing the vision. However, the “great voice from the throne” is set in contrast in ethereal four-part choral harmony.

It is my hope that with these insights to Advent Vespers for the Year of Faith, the experience of participants in vespers may be more inspired and enriched, and that, even not knowing, they may realize the truth in the Word.

~ Donald Krubsack

•ADVENT SETTING•

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•INTRODUCTORY RITES•

Procession Wait for the Lord

Please stand, as you are able, as the procession begins.

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Text: Isaiah 40, Philippians 4, Matthew 6-7; Taizé Community, 1984.Tune: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994, © 1984, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent.

All rights reserved. Used with permission under OneLicense.net A-704048.

Lucernarium

RECEIVE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST.THANKS BE TO GOD.

Setting: Donald B. Krubsack, composer-in-residence © 2013, The Basilica of Saint Mary. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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Text: Tune:

Donald Krubsack

Opening SentenceAdventVespers

Presider: Assembly:

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Hymn As the Dark Awaits the Dawn

Text: Susan Palo Cherwein © 1996 admin. by Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Used with permission under OneLicense.net A-704048.Tune: Donald B. Krubsack, composer-in-residence, © 2013, The Basilica of Saint Mary. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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As the Dark Awaits the Dawn

Text: Susan Palo Cherwein © 1996 admin. by Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted with permissionTune: Donald B. Krubsack © 2013 Composer-in-residence. Used with permission.

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Evening Thanksgiving

Setting: Donald B. Krubsack, composer-in-residence Text: Teri Larson / Johan van Parys, © 2013, The Basilica of Saint Mary. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Presider: As day passes into evening we praise you, Almighty God, Giver of Life, Light, and darkness, for your invisible majesty in all that surrounds us. Gratefully we sing:

Schlola:

Presider: As the evening sun moves toward the golden rays of dawn, we wait in expectant hope, for the incarnation of your Son. Gratefully we sing:

Schlola:

Presider: As flickering candles burn and pierce the darkness, we thank you, for the light that illumines our souls and gives us breath. Gratefully we sing:

Schlola:

Presider: As we journey toward the advent of long awaited joy, dispell the darkness of our hearts and shine your light within us so our spirits may proclaim unending praise to you. Gratefully we sing: Schlola:

Presider: Illumine our darkness and draw us to your unfailing light for to you all honor and glory is due forever, and ever. Schlola: & c Œ œ ˙

A men.-

& c œ œ œ œPraise and thanks to

˙ œ œyou, God of

˙ ˙Pow er.-


˙ œ œyou, God, Re

˙ ˙deem er.--


˙ œ œyou, God of

˙ ˙free dom.-


˙ œ œyou, God of

˙ ˙true light.-

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Psalm 72 (Please be seated.) Justice Shall Flourish in His Time

• PSALMODY •

The cantor sings the refrain; the assembly repeats the refrain. The assembly is invited to sing verses indicated by ALL. All sing the refrain after the last verse.

& c œ œ œ œ œ œ œJus tice shall flour ish in his

.˙ œtime, and- -

& œ œ œ œ œfull ness of peace for

œ œ ˙ev er.- - -

O God, give your judgment to the king;your justice to the king’s son;That he may govern your people with justice,your oppressed with right judgment.

That he may de-fend the op-pressed among the peoplesave the children of the poor.May he be like rain coming down upon the fields, like showers watering the earth.

That a-bundance may flourish in his days,great bounty, till the moon be no more.May he rule from sea to sea,from the river to the ends of the earth.

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For he rescues the poor when they cry out,the op-pressed who have no one to help.He shows pity to the needy and the poorand saves the lives of the poor.

May his name be for ever;as long as the sun, may his name endure.May the tribes of the earth give blessings with his name;may all the nations re-gard him as favored.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,and to the Ho-ly Spirit.As it was in the beginning, is nowand will be forever. Amen.

Text: Psalm 72; Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. All rights reserved. Used with permission.Tune: Donald B. Krubsack, composer-in-residence © 2013, The Basilica of Saint Mary. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

& c œ œ œ œ œ œ œJus tice shall flour ish in his

.˙ œtime, and- -

& œ œ œ œ œfull ness of peace for

œ œ ˙ev er.- - -

Psalm Prayer (Please stand as you are able.)

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Psalm 85 (Please be seated.) Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness

Psalm Prayer (Please stand as you are able.)

& c œ œ œ œ œLord, let us see your

œ ˙ œkind ness and-

& œb œ œ œgrant us your sal

œ .˙va tion.- -

I will listen for what God, the Lord, has to say;surely he will speak of peace to his people and to his faithful,and those who turn to him in their heart. Near indeed is his salvation for those who fear him;and glory will dwell in our land.

Love and truth will meet;justice and peace will kiss.Truth will spring from the earth;justice will look down from heaven.

Yes, the Lord will grant his bounty;our land will yield its produce.Justice will march before him,and peace will follow his footsteps.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,and to the Holy Spirit.As it was in the beginning, is nowand will be forever. Amen.

Text: Psalm 85; Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. All rights reserved. Used with permission.Tune: Donald B. Krubsack, composer-in-residence © 2013, The Basilica of Saint Mary. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

The cantor sings the refrain; the assembly repeats the refrain. The assembly is invited to sing verses indicated by ALL. All sing the refrain after the last verse.

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Canticle (Please remain standing.) I Saw the Holy City

Text: Revelation 21:1-5a.Tune: Donald B. Krubsack, composer-in-residence © 2013, The Basilica of Saint Mary. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

The cantor sings the refrain; the assembly repeats the refrain. The refrain is sung by all after each verse.

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.œ Jœœ œ

saw the ho ly

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I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away and the sea was no more. Refrain

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Refrain

And I heard a great voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them and they shall be his peoples, and God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more. Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away.’ Refrain

And the One who sat upon the throne said, ‘Behold, behold, I make all things new.’ Refrain

And the One who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might, forever. Amen. Refrain

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Choral Meditation Alma Redemtoris Mater Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)

• THE WORD OF GOD •A reading from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1:3-9

Alma redemptoris Mater,quae pervia caeli porta manes,

et stella maris, succure cadenti, surgere qui curat populo;

Tu quae genuisti natura mirante,tuum sanctum Genitorum,

Virgo prius ac posterius,Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud Ave,

peccatorum miserere.

Loving Mother of the Redeemer,who remains the accessable Gateway of Heavenand Star of the Sea,Give aid to a falling people that strives to rise;O Thou who begot thy holy Creator,while all Nature marvelled,Virgin before and afterreceiving that "Ave" from the mouth of Gabriel,have mercy on sinners.

-tr. Ron Jeffers, reprinted with permission

Brothers and sisters:Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to

my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge, as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you, so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lector: The word of the Lord.Assembly: Thanks be to God.

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The Sign of the Cross is made at the beginning of the first verse.

Magnificat (Please stand as you are able.)

The Schola intones the refrain; All repeat the refrain. The Schola sings each verse. All sing the refrain following each verse.

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Lord.

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Last time

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. God has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant, Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed. Refrain

The Mighty One has done great things for me, and Holy is God’s name. God’s mercy is for those who adore him from generation to generation. Refrain

God has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly; the Lord has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. Refrain

God has helped his people, in remembrance of his mercy, according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever. Refrain

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. as it was in the beginning is now and will be forever, Amen. Refrain

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• THE PRAYERS •

Intercessions

Please respond at the bidding of the cantor.


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œ œ œ œ œLord, come and save your

œ ˙peo ple.- - -

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Text: Tune:

Presider: Assembly:

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The Lord’s Prayer

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Our Fa ther, who art in heav en,

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hal lowed be thy name;- - -

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thy king dom come;

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thy will be done on earth as it-

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is in heav en.

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Give us this day our dai ly bread;- -

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and for give us our tres pass es

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as we for give- - - -

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those who tres pass a gainst us;

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For the king dom, the pow’r, and the

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glo ry are yours,- -

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now and for ev er.œ ˙ ˙

A men.- -

Setting: Robert Snow © 1964, GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission under OneLicense.net A-704048.

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• CONCLUDING RITE •

Blessing

Dismissal



Presider: May the blessing of God, the Father of Power, Son of Redemption, and Spirit of Light, be with us, now and forever.

Assembly: & c Œ œ ˙A men.-

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œ œ ˙peace of Christ.

Œ œ œ œThanks be to

wGod.

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Text: Tune:

Presider: Assembly:

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VersiclePresider: The angel of the Lord

declared unto Mary.Assembly: And she conceived by the

Holy Spirit.

CollectPresider: Let us pray…through the

same Christ our Lord.Assembly: Amen.

Presider: May help Divine + be with us all forever abiding.

Assembly: Amen.

Sign of PeacePresider: Let us go in peace.Assembly: Thanks be to God.

Please extend to one another a sign of peace.

Postlude

PROCESSION TO THE MARIAN CHAPELAll are welcome to follow the Schola Cantorum in procession to the Marian Chapel.

Loving Mother of the Redeemer,

Gateway of heaven

and Star of the Sea,

Give aid to a falling people

that strives to rise,

O Thou who begot

thy holy Creator,

while all Nature marveled,

Virgin before and after

receiving that “Ave”

from the mouth of Gabriel

have mercy on us sinners.

IN THE YEAR OF SALVATION TWO THOUSAND TWENTY

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