Pairing Mass and Credo Settings

Last updated on Jul 15, 2023 1 min read
Kyrie XI (Orbis Factor) from Mass for Sundays throughout the Year (folio 53, verso), University of Missouri-Kansas City.

The Kyriale contains all of the chants for the Ordinary of the Mass, including Mass and Credo settings for the entire liturgical year.

While there is some debate about how consistent these pairings have been throughout history, popular custom and tradition have nevertheless recommended to us several Mass and Credo pairings based on the season or feast.

The chart and PDF below are intended as quick reference guides for singers or scholae chanting the Latin Mass.

More information can be found at CCWatershed’s Saint Antoine Daniel Kyriale: https://www.ccwatershed.org/kyriale/

SeasonMass settingCreed setting
AdventXVIIIV
ChristmasIXIV
Time after EpiphanyXII
LentXVIIIV
EasterIIII
Time after PentecostXII
Feasts of MaryIX, XIV
Feasts of ApostlesIVIII
Weddingsanynone
Funeralspro defunctisnone

View the chart as a color-coded PDF here.

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