Sunday Catholic Mass for Dec 21 2025 with Father Dave

Sunday Catholic Mass for Dec 21 2025 with Father Dave is an online Catholic Sunday Mass for those at home or sick or traveling or affected by the Coronavirus @FatherDave St Martha Point Pleasant NJ
1. Start of Mass 0:09
2. Gospel 4:00
3. Homily 5:04
4. Communion Hymn 18:21
5. Thanks/ Blooper 21:48

Music for Sunday Mass Today
Music/Dispute Information 

December 21, 2025

4th Sunday of Advent


O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

VENI, VENI, EMMANUEL


Text: LM with refrain; ‘O’ Antiphons, Latin, 9th cent.; verses 1, 3–6 para. in Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Cologne, 1710; tr. by John M. Neale, 1818–1866; verses 2, 7 tr. fr. The Hymnal 1940, alt.

Music: Chant, Mode I; Processionale, French, 15th cent.; adapt. by Thomas Helmore, 1811–1890.

Public Domain


The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came

GABRIEL’S MESSAGE

Text: 10 10 12 10; Birjina gaztettobat zegoen; trad. Basque carol; tr. by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834–1924. 

Music: Trad. Basque carol melody.

Public Domain.


Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

PICARDY

Text: 87 87 87; Liturgy of St. James, 4th cent.; para. by Gerard Moultrie, 1829–1885, alt. Music: French, 17th cent.; melody fr. Chansons populaires des Provinces de France, 1860.

Public Domain.

Performed by Catherine Genz (vocals) and Jessica Kortenhaus (piano) at St. Martha's Church Point Pleasant, NJ USA.  All rights reserved.


Dispute Information:

We are fully within our rights to use the hymn, "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" as it was published in 1860 which is well before the date of a work to be considered public domain of 1929 in the United States of America where we are located and where this "Mass with Father Dave" was filmed.  Any claim by entities foreign or domestic as to the use of this hymn's music/melody or text is invalid.  Additionally, any claim to the use of this hymn as a "cover song" are also invalid as no recording was used in its performance.  It was performed by the musicians of Church of St Martha.  We are fully within our rights to use this hymn.  


Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

STUTTGART

Text: 87 87; Charles Wesley, 1707–1788. Music: Christian F. Witt’s Harmonia Sacra, 1715; adapt. by Henry J. Gauntlett, 1805–1876.

Public Domain