Wetzel's Compositions

The Schola Cantorum of Vincent Ferrer - New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Solemn Dominican Tone of the Te Deum
The organ versets were improvised by James D. Wetzel

Te Deum laudamus:
te Dominum confitemur.
Te aeternum Patrem, 
omnis terra veneratur.
Tibi omnes angeli,
tibi caeli et universae potestates,
tibi Cherubim et Seraphim
incessabili voce proclamant:
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
majestatis gloriae tuae.
Te gloriosus apostolorum chorus,
te prophetarum laudabilis numerus,
te martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Te per orbem terrarum
sancta confitetur Ecclesia,
Patrem immensae majestatis,
venerandum tuum verum et unicum Filium,
Sanctum quoque Paraclitum Spiritum.
Tu rex gloriae, Christe.
Tu Patris sempiternus es Filius.
Tu, ad liberandum suscepturus hominem,
non horruisti Virginis uterum.
Tu, devicto mortis aculeo,
aperuisti credentibus regna caelorum.
Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes, 
in gloria Patris.
Judex crederis esse venturus.
Te ergo, quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni,
quos pretioso sanguine redemisti.
Aeterna fac cum sanctis tuis 
in gloria numerari.

Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine,
et benedic hereditati tuae.
Et rege eos, 
et extolle illos usque in aeternum.
Per singulos dies benedicimus te.
Et laudamus nomen tuum 
in saeculum, et in saeculum saeculi.
Dignare, Domine, die isto 
sine peccato nos custodire.
Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri.
Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos,
quemadmodum speravimus in te.
In te, Domine, speravi:
non confundar in aeternum.

We praise you, O God:
we acknowledge you to be the Lord.
All the earth worships you, 
eternal Father.
To you all the angels, 
to you the heavens, and all the powers therein,
to you the Cherubim and Seraphim
proclaim with unceasing voice:
Holy, Holy, Holy 
Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full 
of the majesty of your glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles,
the laudable fellowship of the prophets,
the spotless army of martyrs praise you.
The holy Church throughout the world 
does acknowledge you,
the Father of infinite majesty,
your venerable, true, and only Son,
also the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
You are the King of glory, O Christ.
You are the everlasting Son of the Father.
You, when you become man to deliver man,
did not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
You, having overcome the sting of death, 
opened to all believers the kingdom of heaven.
You sit at the right hand of God 
in the glory of the Father.
We believe that you will come to be the Judge.
We beseech you, therefore, to help your servants,
whom you have redeemed with your precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with your Saints 
in glory everlasting.

Save your people, O Lord,
and bless your inheritance.
And govern them 
and extol them for ever.
Day by day we bless you.
And we praise your name 
for ever and ever.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day 
to keep us without sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, 
as we have hoped in you.
In you, O Lord, have I hoped: 
let me never be confounded.

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Dedication at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Solemn Te Deum in alternatum

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Attende, Domine
James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

Attende Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi.

Ad te Rex summe,
omnium Redemptor,
oculos nostros
sublevamus flentes:
exaudi, Christe,
supplicantum preces.

Dextera Patris,
lapis angularis,
via salutis,
janua caelestis,
ablue nostri
maculas delicti.

Rogamus, Deus,
tuam majestatem:
auribus sacris
gemitus exaudi:
crimina nostra
placidus indulge.

Tibi fatemur
crimina admissa:
contrito corde
pandimus occulta:
tua, Redemptor,
pietas ignoscat.

Innocens captus,
nec repugnans ductus;
testibus falsis
pro impiis damnatus
quos redemisti,
tu conserva, Christe.

Hearken, O Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against you.

To you, highest King,
Redeemer of all,
do we lift up our eyes
in weeping;
hear, O Christ, the prayers
of your servants.

Right hand of the Father,
corner-stone, 
way of salvation,
gate of heaven,
wash away our 
stains of sin.

We beseech you, O God,
in your great majesty:
hear our groans
with your holy ears;
calmly forgive
our crimes.

To you we confess
our consented sins;
with a contrite heart
we reveal the things hidden;
in your mercy, O Redeemer,
forgive them.

The Innocent, seized,
not refusing to be led;
condemned by false witnesses
because of impious men,
keep safe those
whom you have redeemed, O Christ.

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Lent V at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Lent I, 2022

Wetzel: Attende Domine

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

The Lord bless you and keep you
James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you 
and be gracious unto you;
the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you 
and give you peace. 
Amen.
~Numbers 6:24-26

Recorded live during the Opening Prayer Service of the General Session of the United Nations at the Church of the Holy Family, 2019

Wetzel: The Lord Bless You and Keep You

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

O salutaris hostia
James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

O salutaris hostia, 
quae caeli pandis ostium: 
bella premunt hostilia, 
da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino 
sit sempiterna gloria, 
qui vitam sine termino 
nobis donet in patria.  Amen.

O saving Victim, 
who opens the gate of heaven, 
hostile wars press on us:
your strength bestow, your aid supply.

To the Lord One in Three, 
may there be sempiternal glory; 
for life without end 
he gives to us in our homeland.  Amen.
~Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Lent I at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2021

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