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1 Corinthians 10:16 [Latin] – The chalice of benediction, which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread, which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord?

Calix benedictiónis, cui benedícimus, nonne communicátio sánguinis Christi est? et panis, quem frángimus, nonne participátio córporis Dómini est? 

Offertorium: Calix benedictionis
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Calix benedictionis, Offertorium chant from Graduale Romanum, Solesmes, 1961, p. 541 or The Liber Usualis, Solesmes, 1961, p. 1535 for Propers: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Offertorium: Calix benedictionis

Sung by Marek Klein, Graduale Project

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Acts 12:11; Psalm 139:1-2 [Latin] – And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know in very deed, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Nunc scio vere, quia misit Dominus angelum suum: et eripuit me de manu Herodis, et de omni exspectatione plebis Judaeorum. Domine probasti me, et cognovisti me: tu cognovisti sessionem meam, et resurrectionem meam. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Liberation of St. Peter, 1665-1667
Liberation of St. Peter, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1665-1667

Nunc scio vere: Introit for June 29 Proper – the Feast day of Saints Peter and Paul. Music composed by Wacław z Szamotuł (c. 1526 – c. 1560)

Sung by Rutgers Collegium Musicum

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Psalm 81:1-4 – Sing joyfully to God our strength; sing loud unto the God of Jacob! Take the song, bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harp, and the viol. Blow the trumpet in the new moon, even in the time appointed, and at our feast day. For this is a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

From the Utrecht Psalter, blowing a trumpet.
From the Utrecht Psalter, blowing a trumpet.

 

Sing joyfully, by William Byrd (1538/1540-1623), first published in Cathedral Music, Volume 2 (1768)

VOCES8: Sing Joyfully by William Byrd

Sung by VOCES8 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.

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Psalm 27: 1-2 [Latin] – The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea quem timebo. Dominus protector vitaemeae a quo trepidabo. Dum appropriant super me nucente. Ut edant carnes meas ut edant carnes meas. Qui tribulant me inimici mei ipsi infirmati sunt et ceciderunt.

Psalm 26 (27); Thomas Becket - Luttrell Psalter (c.1325-1335). Dominus illuminatio mea et salus
Psalm 26 (27); Thomas Becket – Luttrell Psalter (c.1325-1335). Dominus illuminatio mea et salus [The Lord is my light and my salvation]

Dominus illuminatio mea, the Introit text for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Musical setting composed by Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665), #16 of 27 works in Concerti spirituali, Op.8

Dominus illuminatio mea (T.Merula)

Performed by Cappella Musicale Santa Maria Maggiore BG

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