Chants of the Vatican Graduale - MusicaSacra

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost 275
fiisio, confidentibus in te, and somewhat simplified over Domine, the first
and last time with a slight variati on. Its ascending line symbolizes the
confident lifting of our eyes to God. The smooth descent e a g a f seems
to indicate a trustful placing of ourselves in the fatherly arms of God.
With the similar closing neums over (Domi)-ne with their repetition,
compare the twofold / a c a in the Alleluia-verse over pldudite and the
passage over (sanctificdvi) te in the Gradual for the feast of St. John the
Baptist. Everything breathes of rest and blissful happiness.
COMMUNION (Ps. 30:3)
1. Inclina aurem tuam, 2. ac~ 1. Bow down thine ear, 2. make
celera, ut eripias me. haste to deliver me.
Special impressiveness is added to this simple prayer by the fivefold
repetition of one single motive, although with a little variation each
time. The passage g agfg a a over tuam becomes g agfeff over (acce)lera,
g a g f g over eru-(as), over (eru)-as first simply g a g /, and then
g a g f e. "Bow down Thine ear!" For now Thou art so near to me in
Holy Communion. Better than myself dost Thou know all my difficulties
and perplexities, all the dark recesses of my spirit, all that remains
since the time when I was yet "a servant of sin" (Epistle). Thou knowest
all the perils that threaten me from false prophets and their wiles,
all that hampers me in fulfilling the will of Thy Father faithfully and perseveringly
(Gospel). I know that without Thy grace I can do nothing;
hence I cry now, as in the prayer Deus in adjutorium which begins the
canonical hours: accelera—make haste to deliver me from all evil and
confirm me in all good.
EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
INTROIT
See February 2 for the explanation. Proceeding from a jubilant
heart, this Introit is a song of thanksgiving for God's merciful love, for
all the graces which have become our portion in the midst of His Temple,
in the Church which He founded. Who can comprehend the greatness
of His gifts; who can number them, from that first great grace of divine
adoption in Baptism, to that of the present day, when the Eucharistic
Saviour again imlores mercy upon us and makes us more intimate partakers
of the sonship of God! Never shall we be able to praise and glorify
this great God as He deserves.
Revue gr., 9, 136 ff.