2 February 2014
| Entrance | The Lord is my light (Taizé) |
| Procession | Christ is the light (Stephen Dean) |
| Gloria | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Psalm 23 | Who is the king of glory? (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | O nata lux (Tallis) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | St Annes (James MacMillan) |
| Lamb of God | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Communion Antiphon | My eyes have seen your salvation (mtgf) |
| Communion | Song of Simeon (mtgf) |
| Final | Out of darkness (Christopher Walker |
It is a long time since we celebrated Candlemas on a Sunday — I am not sure what we did last time. What is striking is that is the final ripple of the Christmas season or cycle of feasts but ritually it looks forward to Easter. Our procession was physically the same as the Procession with Palms and our opening chant is repeated at the Easter Vigil. On practical note with the weather and lights off in the chapel we had an effective gloom for candles at 11am.
We were going to sing The Lord is now about to enter the temple by Gouzes. It is one of those pieces that stares out from Laudate but I changed it to the Tallis. We did it in an English version which had 3 verses only the second of which was explicit about the Transfiguration and so was omitted.
As promised last week we repeated Out of Darkness this time as a final hymn. I told people why - that I intended to use it at Easter and they seemed to sing it.
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