Summorum Pontificum - Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio

A tribute to the Traditional Latin Mass...the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. Thank you, Holy Father.

Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor- Kyrie

This piece was written to be performed during the traditional Mass. Because the structure of the Ordinary of the Mass survived the Second Vatican Council, this piece may be performed at non-Latin Masses as well.

The Ordinary of the Mass is as follows:

1. Kyrie - "Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy."
2. Gloria - "Glory to God in the Highest..."
3. Credo - "We believe in one God..."
4. Sanctus - "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might..."
5. Benedictus - "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord..."
6. Agnus Dei - "Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world

Mozart's Mass has been given the name "Great Mass" because, more so than any other work of the eighteenth century, it summarizes everything that had happened in religious music until its composition in 1782-1783.

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir in the Kyrie of Mozart's Mass in C Minor, K.427.

Christmas Mass

Christmas Mass

Papal Mass - Washington DC April 08

Slideshow of experience 4/17/2008 at Nationals Stadium for the Papal Mass. Songs are "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" and Placido Domingo's "Panis Angelicus" which were performed during the Mass.

The Beauty of Tradition

A slide show of Traditional Catholic pictures. Most pictures are of the Tridentine Rite of Mass. One pictures features Pope John Paul II wearing traditional Roman vestments. There are also two pictures of Pope Benedict XVI when he was Cardinal Ratzinger saying a Traditional Latin Mass (Tridentine). Also a nice pictures as the Swiss Guard.

Sarum Rite High Mass

Sarum rite high mass celebrated at Merton College, Oxford. Feast of Candlemas 1997

Tridentine Missa Cantata (Sung Latin Mass) for the Last Sunday after Pentecost

Missa Cantata, or sung Low Mass, offered on the Last Sunday after Pentecost at the Roman Catholic (SSPX) Parish of St. Nicholas of ... all » Chardonnet in Paris, France.

Traditional Latin Low Mass - Transfiguration

Traditional Latin (Tridentine) Low Mass offered on the Feast of the Transfiguration

Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor - Dies Irae

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir. This performance was filmed at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona in Dec. 1991.

A Requiem Mass in the Roman Catholic tradition is a service designed to pray for the souls of the departed. The parts of the liturgy that are meant to be sung are what constitute all Requiem Mass compositions, including Mozart's.

The structure is as follows:
1. Introit
2. Kyrie
3. Sequence: a. Dies irae b. Tuba mirum c. Rex tremendae d. Recordare e. Confutatis f. Lacrimosa
4. Offertory: a. Domine Jesu Christe b. Hostias
5. Sanctus
6. Benedictus
7. Agnus Dei
8. Lux Aeterna

Mozart died before finishing the Requiem Mass, and his wife Constanze gave the task of finishing the work to a pupil of Mozart's named Süssmayr. From the Sanctus onward, the Requiem is the creation of Süssmayr, though he did use portions of the Introit and Kyrie for the Lux Aeterna.

Below is the Latin and the English translation for the Dies irae.

Dies iræ! dies illa
Day of wrath and terror looming!
Solvet sæclum in favilla
Heaven and earth to ash consuming,
Teste David cum Sibylla!
David's word and Sibyl's truth foredooming!

Quantus tremor est futurus,
What horror must invade the mind,
quando judex est venturus,
when the approaching judge shall find,
cuncta stricte discussurus!
and sift the deeds of all mankind.

Dies iræ! dies illa
Solvet sæclum in favilla
Teste David cum Sibylla!

Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando judex est venturus,
cuncta stricte discussurus!
Quantus tremor est futurus,
Dies iræ! dies illa
Quantus tremor est futurus,
Dies iræ! dies illa
Quantus tremor est futurus,
Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando judex est venturus,
cuncta stricte discussurus!
cuncta stricte discussurus!
cuncta stricte discussurus!

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO - Mass For Four Voices

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
Mass For Four Voices
St. Josaphat Catholic Church Detroit Michigan
4/08/07 9:30am

Credo III

Credo III - St. Josaphat Catholic Church Detroit Michigan, 4/08/07 9:30am Tridentine Mass

"Ingemisco" from Verdi's "Requiem"

Tenor F.Tenelli sings "Ingemisco" from Verdi's "Requiem".

Bishop Fellay Speaks Out

May 16, 2007
His Excellency Bishop Bernard Fellay
Superior General, Society of Saint Pius X

(His talk is presented below in ten parts)

Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor - Introitus and Kyrie

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir. This performance was filmed at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona in Dec. 1991.

A Requiem Mass in the Roman Catholic tradition is a service designed to pray for the souls of the departed. The parts of the liturgy that are meant to be sung are what constitute all Requiem Mass compositions, including Mozart's.

The structure is as follows:
1. Introit
2. Kyrie
3. Sequence: a. Dies irae b. Tuba mirum c. Rex tremendae d. Recordare e. Confutatis f. Lacrimosa
4. Offertory: a. Domine Jesu Christe b. Hostias
5. Sanctus
6. Benedictus
7. Agnus Dei
8. Lux Aeterna

Mozart died before finishing the Requiem Mass, and his wife Constanze gave the task of finishing the work to a pupil of Mozart's named Süssmayr. From the Sanctus onward, the Requiem is the creation of Süssmayr, though he did use portions of the Introit and Kyrie for the Lux Aeterna.

Below is the Latin and the English translation for the Introit and Kyrie.

Introit

Requiem æternam dona eis
Eternal rest grant unto them
Requiem æternam dona eis
Eternal rest grant unto them
et lux perpetua
and perpetual light
et lux perpetua luceat
and perpetual light illuminate
luceat eis.
illuminate them.

Te decet hymnus Deus
A hymn comes to you
in Sion
in Zion
et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem.
and to you a vow shall be repaid in Jerusalem.
Exaudi Exaudi Exaudi
Hear, hear, hear
orationem meam
my prayer
ad te, ad te
to you, to you
omnis caro veniet.
all flesh will come.

Requiem æternam dona eis,
Requiem æternam dona eis,
Domine et lux perpetua
et lux perpetua
et lux perpetua
luceat eis.
luceat eis.

Kyrie

Kyrie eleison, eleison.
God have mercy.
Kyrie eleison, eleison.
Kyrie eleison, eleison.
etc.

Christe eleison, eleison.
Christ have mercy.
Christe eleison, eleison.
etc.

Kyrie eleison.
God have mercy.

Sancta Missa - Feast of the Sacred Heart

Traditional Latin Mass filmed on the Feast of the Sacred Heart in the small chapel of the International Seminary of Saint Cure d'Ars, Flavigny, France, in 1999. The seminary is the Society of Saint Pius X's second European seminary. Typically seminarians spend their first year of spiritually there before leaving for Ecône, Switzerland, to complete their training.

The film presents the ceremonies of the Missa Solemnis or Solemn High Mass with Gregorian chant and polyphonic motets. Some local customs take place during the Mass. For example, birettas are not worn and the Domini Non Sum Dignus is recited aloud by all present.

This film has been encoded from an original source at the highest quality possible given the size restrictions of this media. Unfortunately this has resulted in a slightly blurred picture and mono sound rather than stereo. Apart from the addition of captions, the film remains unchanged.

Feast of St George

Commemoration of St George at Traditional Latin Mass four hundred yards from the European Parliament. Second Collect

Missa Solemnis

Traditional Latin Mass filmed on Easter Sunday in 1941 at Our Lady of Sorrows church in Chicago. The film presents the ceremonies of the Missa Solemnis or Solemn High Mass in full detail with narration by then-Mgr. Fulton J. Sheen. Celebrated by Rev. J. R. Keane of the Order of Servites (hence the white habits and cowls), the ceremonies are accompanied by a full polyphonic choir, orchestra, and fifty Gregorian Chanters.

The attention to detail in the ceremonies is impressive. Notice, for example, how the servers and ministers always take great care to move in order. Notice too that the servers are all almost identical in height. The Ordinary of the Mass, composed by Rev. Edwin V. Hoover, while pleasant in places, is very much a reflection of its time. The Proper on the other hand is timeless and sung admirably by a healthy throng of Seminarians from Mundelein, Illinois.

Unfortunately due to size restrictions at Youtube around 20 mins have been cut from the original. Apologies from the editor for the error in the captions for the two parts of the Mass (software). The first part is of couse the Mass of the Catechumens, the second is the Mass of the Faithful.

Paschal Vigil Mass

The Intermountain Catholic Newspaper and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake made this video of the Easter Vigil Mass, the most solemn of all feasts in the liturgical year.

Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This is the Eucharistic liturgy of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church as celebrated as a Missa Cantata according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

The Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Mass offered in her honor. This Mass is being celebrated at the Roman Catholic Priory of Saint Pius X in Warsaw, Poland.