2nd Sunday of Easter

7 April 2013

Entrance	O sons and daughters
Penitential Rite	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Gloria	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Psalm 117	Give thanks to the Lord (Collegeville Composers Group )
Gospel Acclamation	Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker)
Preparation of Gifts	We walk by faith (Marty Haugen)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Lamb of God	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Communion Antiphon	Bring your hand (mtgf)
Communion	Now we remain (David Haas)
Final	This joyful Eastertide

While planning the Easter Season I did look over what we have done in previous years. Sometimes you can forget local ideas and solutions. As I suspect I have mentioned in previous years I find Easter not an easy season to prepare music for. I think it is because I find the horizontal and vertical aspects of the Lectionary more opaque than other seasons. By this I mean how the passages relate together on one Sunday coupled with how the semi-continuous Sunday by Sunday passages work. You could suggest that there is a further dimensions which is how the Sundays in each cycle relate - for example this Gospel is common to all three years. On other Sundays there some correlation between the Gospels in each cycle.

It is a very rich Gospel. We went more to towards Thomas rather than 'Peace be with you' and the gift of the Holy Spirit.