SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY: Grace Notes: Why we sing what we sing

This was Sexagesima Sunday. And the evening before, we received word that Father had a sore throat and would not be able to sing the Mass.

We made do! Father was wearing violet. Had we sung the Mass, we would have sung Mass XI, as is called for in the Liber Usualis (without the Gloria, of course). We would have paired that with Credo I.

We did not sing a processional. We sang the Introit from the day as a hymn as Father recited the prayers at the foot.

At the Offertory, we sang Virgo Dei Genitrix in honor of Our Lady.

At the Communion, we sang the Tract of the day as a hymn. We followed that with three verses of Parce Domine, omitting the fourth verse which speaks specifically to the fast of Lent.

At the recessional, we sang God of Mercy and Compassion, which has a certain penitential feel to it without being full-on Lenten.

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