Pentecost

8 June 2014

Entrance	Come down, O love divine
Gloria	Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco)
Psalm 103	Send forth your Spirit (mtgf)
Sequence	Come, O Spirit, Lord divine (chant/mtgf)
Preparation of Gifts	Spirit of God (Bernadette Farrell)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco)
Lamb of God	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Communion Antiphon	They were all filled (mtgf)
Communion	Spirit of God within me (Michael Joncas)
Final	Christ be our light

We had a brief discussion about whether Michael Joncas' melody for the Dudley Smith text Spirit of God within me is a good tune. Down Ampney (the tune of Come down, O love divine is obviously a model with a similar flattened seventh. I think it has greater rhythmic flexibility but my stumbling block is always the last 3 notes — 3 repeated high D flats. Not that high but not that comfortable for a hymn tune.