This was once again a rather straight-forward Sunday, musically. The priest was wearing green, which is called for on the Sundays after Pentecost, and that makes Mass IV and Credo IV suitable. We are still in the month of the Holy Rosary so we again sang O Queen of the Holy Rosary, this time for the processional.
Once again, at the Offertory, we sang Stella Coeli Extirpavit.
At the Communion, the mixed choir did the four-part Dixit Maria by Hans Leo Hassler, the lyrics of which are particularly appropriate in this month of the Rosary.
Dixit Maria ad angelum: Ecce ancilla Domini; fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.
Mary said to the Angel: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done unto me, according to thy word.
This was also the feast of the Archangel Raphael, so we sang Dear Angel Ever at my Side at the recessional.
And once again, after Mass, we sang the full Angelus, continuing with the theme of the earlier Dixit Maria.