23 August 2009
| Entrance | All my hope on God is founded |
| Penitential Rite | St Gabriels (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Jeanne Jugan (Christopher Walker |
| Psalm | Taste & see (Stephen Dean) |
| Gospel Acclamation | (A Gregory Murray) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Your words are spirit and life (Bernadette Farrell) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | No Greater Love (Michael Joncas) |
| Lamb of God | St Gabriels (mtgf) |
| Communion | Living Word (Marty Haugen) |
| Final | Alleluia, sing to Jesus |
The end of the series of readings from John 6. The Bernadette Farrell psalm was chosen as it echoed the Gospel — I would have preferred, perhaps, a setting of the later phrase 'Lord, to whom shall we go' but none were familiar. Living Word we sang on the first week of John so it made a suitable bookend and for musical reasons it was good to sing it with the accompaniment this time.
It is, I think, a difficult series of weeks. There is an abundance of material, particularly for communion, but the challenge is, first, to apportion it wisely. The greater challenge is not just how do you provide something appropriate for each Sunday and even make it into a mini 'season' but how do you accompany, illustrate, enhance the narrative development over the weeks. Full marks to our preacher who made connections between the weeks every Sunday and offered us a summary today.
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