5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

7 February 2016

Entrance	Holy, Holy, Holy
Penitential Rite	Misericordiae Vultus (mtgf)
Gloria	Newman (James MacMillan)
Psalm 137	Before the angels (mtgf)
Gospel Acclamation	Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker)
Preparation of Gifts	Lord, you have come to the lakeside (Gabardine)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Bede (mtgf)
Lamb of God	Newman (James MacMillan)
Communion Antiphon	Let them thank (mtgf)
Communion	Blessed are you poor (John Bell)
Final	Holy is God (Paul Inwood)

The next time we hear Luke's Gospel on a Sunday in Ordinary Time will be on the 10th Sunday in June and we will have reached chapter 7. We sang Luke's Beatitudes at Communion — it was intended as a filler what we will miss. It had suggested itself while looking for some other music.

In a similar way Holy is God struck me a number of weeks ago. Apart from being one of those songs (such as Out of Darkness) we have not used for a long time (actually I don't think we ever have) it would also make a suitable farewell to the Alleluia. As I looked at the text I realised that it was a good choice for this morning's readings. As it was unknown I did briefly rehearse before Mass. There is a view that people will sing better if you inform them why we are singing something. So in addition to the Alleluia I noted that it picked up the 'Holy' of the first reading and the 'proclamation' of the Gospel. Unless the choir were making a lot of noise people seemed to pick it up and try it - it is also a good piece.