Welcome to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Ordinariate Use of the Roman Rite. Three pamphlets will assist you in your worship: This leaflet, the Order of Service, is the most important. It contains the form of the Mass from beginning to end and will show you when to stand, kneel and sit; which hymns are appointed ( found in the Hymnal ); and the day’s proper texts. The Music Brochure contains the service music. The Pew Missal contains the full text of the Mass; the first time you are likely to need it will be to recite the Creed. All page numbers are given in the Order of Service.

The flowers on the high Altar are given to the Glory of God and in Thanks for the Lives and Services of our Ordinaries, Monsignor Je^rey Steenson & Bishop Steven Lopes.

organ preludeMajesté du Christ demandent sa gloire à son Père — Olivier Messiaen (1908– 1992)

Pro cessional Hymn ¶Stand.All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

(No. 450 in the Hymnal )

Introit Chant: Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven, alleluia; In like manner as you have seen him going up into heaven, so shall he come again, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Ps : O clap you hands together, all ye people : O sing unto God with the voice of melody. Glory be Cc.

The Introductory RitesInvocation Pew Missal, Page 1Collect for PuritySummary of the Law

Kyrie and Gloria( please refer to Page 2–5 of the Mass Music brochure)

Collect of the Day: Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God: that like as we do believe thy Only Begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT CHURCHA Catholic Community of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint PeterOrder of Service, May 5, 2016 – The Ascension of the Lord

The Liturgy of the Word ¶Sit.

THE FIRST READING — Acts 1 : 1–11In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me, for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Isræl?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.” And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

PSALM — Psalm 47: 1–2; 5–8Anglican chant is sung with the natural rhythm and stress of the words, which are chanted to the first note of each section until the first upright [|] which like the others mark the music’s barline. Sing one syllable to a note unless: the word is in italic type (when it should be sung to two notes) or a midpoint [·] appears (when all syllables before it should be sung to the first, all after to the second, note).

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O clap your hands together,|all ye|peoples: * O sing unto|God·with the|voice of|melody.For the Lord is|high, and · to be|feared; * he is the great|King·upon|all the|earth.

God is gone up with a|merry|noise, * and the|Lord·with the|sound ·of the|trump.O sing praises, sing praises un-|to our|God; * O sing praises, sing|prai· ses un-|to our|King.

For God is the King of|all the|earth: * sing ye|prai· ses with|under-|standing.God reigneth|over · the|nations; * God sitteth up-|on his|holy|seat.

Glory be to the Father and| to the|Son, *And|to the|Holy|Ghost.As it was in the beginning, is now and|ever|shall be, *World without|end.|A-|men.

THE SECOND READING — Ephesians 1 : 17–23Brethren: May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe, according to the working of his great might which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come; and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all.

¶Stand.Alleluia Chant: Alleluia, Alleluia. God is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Alleluia. The Lord is among them as in the holy places of Sinai, he is gone up on high : he hath led captivity captive. Alleluia.

THE HOLY GOSPEL — Luke 24:46–53At that time Jesus said to his disciples “Thus it is written, that the Christ should su^er and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God.

Homily ¶Sit.

¶Stand.The Creed Pew Missal, Page 4(If sung, please refer to Page 6 of the Mass Music brochure)

¶Kneel.The Prayers of the People Pew Missal, Page 29The Response is “Lord, have mercy.”

The Penitential Rite Pew Missal, Page 5The Comfortable Words Pew Missal, Page 6

The Liturgy of the Eucharist ¶Stand.

Offertory Chant: God is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trump, alleluia.

Offertory HymnAlleluia! Sing to Jesus(No. 460 in the Hymnal )

The Offertory (Form I) Pew Missal, Page 7“May the Lord accept the sacrifice at thy hands…” Pew Missal, Page 9

The Roman Canon (Preface) Pew Missal, Page 12 […evermore praising thee and and saying,]

Sanctus( please refer to Page 10 of the Mass Music brochure)

¶Kneel.The Roman Canon Pew Missal, Page 13–15The Mystery of Faith (“We proclaim thy death, O Lord…”) Pew Missal, Page 14

The Communion Rite

The Lord’s Prayer ¶Stand.( please refer to Page 9 of the Mass Music brochure)

[the Priest sings “Our Father” alone; then the people join him]

[…therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.]Agnus Dei

( please refer to Page 11 of the Mass Music brochure)

The Prayer of Humble Access Pew Missal, Page 20Lord, I Am Not Worthy (thrice) Pew Missal, Page 21

Communion Chant: Sing ye to the Lord, who ascended the heaven of heavens : to the sun-rising, alleluia.

HOLY COMMUNION(Catholics in Union with the Holy See and in the state of Grace may partake of Holy Communion, received kneeling, for those able, at the altar rail. Others present may come to the altar rail to receive a Blessing; please signify this desire by crossing your arms over your breast.)

Post-Communion HymnO Lord Most High

(No. 221 in the Hymnal )

The Thanks-giving ¶Kneel.“Almighty and Everliving God…” Pew Missal, Page 22

The Concluding Rite

The Blessing and Dismissal Pew Missal, Page 23–24

The Regina Cæli (see next to last page) ¶Stand.

Recessional HymnA Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing

(No. 218 in the Hymnal )

organ postludeRigaudon — André Campra (1660–1744)

[Music performed in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is o^ered to God; applause is not appropriate. Please express your pleasure during the reception immediately afterwards, however! ]

The Ascension (1918). Woodcut by Eric Gill for The Game, Vol II, No. 2, magazine of the Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, a Catholic lay religious order of craftsmen — all converts from Anglicanism —who organized their lives along Distributist principles in the small village of Ditchling, Sussex; it existed until 1989. Gill (1882–1940), one of the Guild’s founders (all third order Dominicans) in 1921, left Ditchling for Wales three years later. Gill’s Catholicism was fervent, although his life was unorthodox in the extreme. He was one of the most influential English typedesigners, sculptors and engravers of the first half of the twentieth century. The text face used in this brochure is his Golden Cockerel, designed for a private press of that name and famously used in an edition of the Four Gospels published by that firm in the same year.

During Eastertide we will sing the season’s Marian Antiphon after Mass. After the Blessing and Dismissal, turn to face the statue of Our Lady.

RE G I NA { C Æ L I { L Æ TA RERejoice, O Mary

Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.For the Lord is risen indeed, alleluia.Let us pray:O God, who by the resurrection of thy son Jesus Christ, didst vouchsafe to give gladness unto the world: grant, we beseech thee, that we, being holpen by the Virgin Mary, his Mother, may attain unto the joys of everlasting life. $ Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

The authorship of this ancient Antiphon — most likely composed between the ninth and twelfth centuries — is unknown. Pope Gregory V, who died in 998, is a candidate. Tradition names Gregory the Great, however, and says he added the fourth line after hearing angels sing the first three whilst processing with the icon of the Virgin known as Salus Populi Romani (said to have been painted by Saint Luke) on Easter morning, 596. The Regina Cæli is sung or recited in place of the Angelus from Holy Saturday through the Saturday after Pentecost.

This ivory panel was probably originally part of a small box, perhaps used as a reliquary. It was made in either Rome or Milan around the year 400 and, besides showing the three Marys at the Tomb is one of the earliest representations of the Ascension. It was made at the same period a commemoration of the event was added to the Church’s liturgical calendar.

Christ is Risen! — The Lord is Risen Indeed, Alleluia!We welcome you in the Lord’s Name, and rejoice that you are here to worship with us today. If you would like to learn more about the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012, our community within it here North of Boston, or the Ordinariate’s form of the Catholic Mass which we celebrate please speak with the clergy after Mass or contact us at www.saintgregoryordinariate .org, or via email at o~ce@saintgregoryordinariate.org. May God bless you richly.f