This is the fifth Sunday after Epiphany – the last Sunday after Epiphany for this year. The priest will be wearing green and so, again, according to our rule of thumb, we will be singing Mass XI, and Credo I.
Importantly, this is the last Sunday in which it is permitted to use the word Alleluia, which will be scrupulously avoided beginning with Septuagesima (next) Sunday and continuing until Easter. We have the period of Septuagesima and Lent coming up, and the music we choose then will reflect the penitential nature of those seasons.
But that is for next Sunday! This Sunday, we still rejoice! Along with Mass XI and Credo I, we will once again sing the propers from the third Sunday after Epiphany.It is the month of the Holy Name of Jesus so we will sing the Vespers hymn from the Feast of the Holy Name, Jesu Dulcis Memoria at the offertory. Otherwise, our hymns will be rather more generic in nature as we move from the joyous seasons of Christmas and Epiphany to the more somber seasons of Septuagesima and Lent.