O GOD, ACCORDING TO THY GRACE

Newly added to the Christus Vincit Gradual!  Text is from Psalm 51 and taken from The Psalter of 1912.  While the first verse constitutes the Proper Offertory for Tuesday of II Lent, the text is very much handy for much of the Lenten Season.  The tune is aptly named New 51st (to go along with my series of hymntunes, New 25th and New 30th), and set in a nice somber mood (A minor).  This text could also be well-suited with Thomas Tallis' Third Mode Melody.

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LORD, I WILL PRAISE THY NAME

Newly addedd to the Christus Vincit Gradual!  Text is from Psalm 30 and taken from The Psalter of 1912.  Written in G minor with Lent in mind, as this also serves as the proper Offertory for Ash Wednesday, this tune (New Thirtieth) is my first original hymn tune in several years and my first ever which scans the poetic meter 66 66 88 (or 66 66 448), which means the 1912 text could be also sung to tunes such as Darwall's 148th, Laus Regis, and Little Cornard.

When playing this back, I felt like I just added a new potential entry to The Hymnal 1940 (albeit its final update was back in 1981).

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BLESSED ARE YOU, O MARY (Updated!)

and Alma Redemptoris Mater

...all in one responsory.  This is a practice that C. Alexander Peloquin employed in some of his work, namely in his Rejoice in Hope and Prayer of Self-Offering (both of which incorporate Ubi Caritas), and In Memory of You (which incorporates Ave Verum).

The antiphon is a paraphrase of the Marian Offertory Felix Namque Es, while the versicles are the Alma Redemptoris Mater, in Latin.  Both of these, the antiphon and the versicles, are set to original music.

Part of both Psalm 151 and the partially-completed Christus Vincit Gradual.

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