Pentecost

12 June 2011

Entrance	Veni Sancte Spiritus (Christopher Walker)
Penitential Rite	Lux et Origo (mtgf)
Gloria	Glory to God (Berthier)
Psalm 103	Send forth your spirit (mtgf)
Sequence	Veni Sancte Spiritus (chant arr. mtgf)
Rite of Baptism	Litany of the Saints (chant)
	Celtic Alleluia (O'Carroll)
Rite of Confirmation	Veni Sancte Spiritus (Christopher Walker)
Preparation of Gifts	Come Holy Ghost (Schubert)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Gathering (Paul Inwood)
Lamb of God	(Berthier)
Communion	Christ has no hands (mtgf)
Final	Christ be our light (Bernadette Farrell)

Today we celebrated the Sacraments of Initiation for 2 adults and also Infant baptism. This was a first for us, Though we have a lot of infant baptisms, or so it seems at times, the RCIA group runs in term time and so people are not usually around for the Easter Vigil. We have needed to sing a Litany of the Saints before. I used the chant setting from the new Missal - partly because of convenience. It was for our congregation, unknowingly, their first taste of the translation and the chant. The plan was to sing the Celtic Alleluia after each baptism. One of the problems of applause in the liturgy is hat it is not an acclamation. The focus of the applause is usually the newly baptised whereas an acclamation, such as Alleluia, offers praise to God for the gift of new members. We then repeated the Veni Sancte Spiritus from the beginning before the Confirmations — this allowed some 'stage-management' and a pause between the rites.