18 March 2012
| Entrance | For God so loved the world (mtgf) |
| Penitential Rite | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Psalm 136 | O let my tongue (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | God so loved the world (Stainer) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion | When I am lifted up (Bob Hurd) |
| Final | God is love, his the care |
The history of salvation that some speak of being offered at the Easter Vigil is in someways more clearly offered in the first readings of Year B. This is the story of a relationship between God and his people in a covenant. One of the effects of this is that the dynamic of the Liturgy of the Word is more progressive than more usual circular motion. The Gospel is not another view of the first reading but a development or a response. So, finally we have got the point where 'God so loved the world'. I am not sure if it age but i recognise that once I thought of as Victorian sentiment is well-crafted writing. Perhaps today because we sang it one to a part and unaccompanied.
The Bob Hurd Communion song, which has been a series over the weeks, picked up the other strong image in the gospel of Christ being lifted up. The final hymn in addition to adding a note of rejoicing did draw together the history of salvation.
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