Month: July 2021

The Missa brevis contains a set of Gregorian chants (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei). This selection provides chants simple to learn and to sing. The selected Sanctus and Agnus Dei are the best known, since they appear also in the Masses of the Dead.

For new communities interested to be initiated to Gregorian chant, it provides a beautiful and shorter alternative for the Missa de Angelis, which tends to be overused by newbies. It uses the Kyrie 16, Gloria 15, Credo 1, Sanctus 18 and Agnus Dei 18 from the Graduale Romanum.

The scores below come from Gregobase, a database of Gregorian scores.

Kyrie XVI

Gloria XV

Credo I

Sanctus XVIII

Agnus Dei XVIII

We provide below the most common answers to be sung by the faithful, in dialog with the celebrant and his ministers.

After the publication of the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes limiting the use of the Roman Missal of 1962 (forma extraordinaria), we can expect an increasing demand for Latin Masses according to the Roman Missal of 1970/2002 (forma ordinaria).

The scores below come from Gregobase, a database of Gregorian scores.

Introductory Rites

Greeting:

After the opening prayer:

Alternative tone:

Liturgy of the Word

At the end of the first reading:

At the end of the second reading:

Before the Gospel:

At the end of the Gospel:

Prayer of the Faithful:

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Dialogue before the Preface:

Acclamation after the Consecration:

Final doxology:

Our Father:

Acclamation after the Our Father:

After the Prayer for Peace:

Concluding rite