| Entrance | Love is his word |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 144 | I will bless your name (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Jerusalem the golden () |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | I am the true vine (mtgf) |
| Communion | Love one another (mtgf) |
| Final | God is love, his the care |
| Entrance | Hail Redeemer |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 99 | We are his people (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Shepherd me, O God (Marty Haugen) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | The good shepherd is risen (mtgf) |
| Communion | I received the living God (Anon, arr. Proulx) |
| Final | O thou who at thy Eucharist |
I am not sure how often we have done the last hymn but we repeated it in 3 weeks to keep it fresh.
| Entrance | Lord, you have come to the seashore |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 29 | I will praise you, Lord (Paul Inwood) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | No longer I (Bob Hurd) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Jesus said to his disciples (mtgf) |
| Communion | Bread for the world (Christopher Walker) |
| Final | We have a gospel |
Today's psalm influenced the choice of readings at the Easter Vigil. Apart from the practical advantage that the psalmist knows the psalms (and gets a second go) which I think are fair musical concerns it also, I hope makes a connection back.
| Entrance | O sons and daughters |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 117 | Give thanks to the Lord (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | I have seen the Lord (Bob Hurd) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Bring your hand (mtgf) |
| Communion | Christ our peace (Marty Haugen) |
| Final | This joyful Eastertide |
Quite a gap since recording Easter Sunday - the rest of liturgical year has passed. Records have been kept - but need to be pieced together. What comments I remember I will see. Ironically I seemed to have relied on looking back to see what we have done on a particular Sunday more. Reources, i.e. singers, have generally been fewer and so the repertoire less complex but still appropriate, I hope.
| Entrance | Jesus Christ is risen today |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 117 | This day was made (mtgf) |
| Sequence/Gospel Acclamation | Victimae Paschali (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Exsultate Iusti (Viadana) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Christ our passsover (mtgf) |
| Communion | Now we remain (David Haas) |
| Final | Thine be the glory |
| Procession | Missal |
| Exsultet | Missal |
| Psalm 103 | Send forth your spirit (mtgf) |
| Psalm 15 | Preserve me, God (Christopher Walker) |
| Exodus 15 | I will sing to the Lord (mtgf) |
| Psalm 29 | I will praise you, Lord (Paul Inwood) |
| Psalm 41 | Like the deer (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic Alleluia (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Baptismal Liturgy | Springs of water (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | What wondrous love (Southern Harmony arr. Haugen) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Christ our Passover |
| Communion | As the deer longs (Palestrina/Bridge) |
| Final | This joyful Eastertide |
I quite like the Brechtian effect of our liturgical preparation. This is not a liturgy or a Triduum of surprises but one where the mechanics can be seen.
| Psalm 30 | Father, into your hands (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Adoration of the Cross | Reproaches (Peter Jones) |
| Calvarie Mass (Tallis arr. Wood) | |
| Communion | O Crux ave (Rihards Dubra) |
| When I survey the wondrous cross |
This year we were 4 singers, our accompanist and 2 violins for the Triduum. Though a number of moments on this liturgy were unaccompanied.
| Entrance | For God so loved the world (mtgf) |
| Penitential Rite | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steve Janco) |
| Psalm 15 | The blessing cup (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Washing of the feet | Faith, hope and love (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | I give to you a new commandment (Peter Nardone) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion Antiphon | This is my body (mtgf) |
| Communion | Take and eat (Michael Joncas) |
| Procession | Pange lingua (Ricky Manalo) |
| Watching | Tantum ergo (chant) Stay with me (Taizé) |
After singing it through this Lent and previous I wonder whether the congregation has 'caught' the Eucharistic Acclamations from Missa Ubi Caritas. If I were rationalise this - or at least guess - I would suggest that unaccompanied with attempted harmonies may not be that clear. I also have a theory that a congregation latches on to a key voice which when it sings another part diverts the attention. A further issues us about how it starts. Though not in the current published score the Sanctus presumes a sung preface. In its absence how does the congregation know when and where to come in without a played introduction. About the 4th Sunday I start singing an intonation - which then threw the singers and added another Sanctus. What I like about the setting is the contrast of the simplicity of the melody and the interest of the harmony. So maybe something different next year.
| Antiphon | Hosanna to the Son of David (mtgf) |
| Entrance | Hosanna (Paul Inwood) + Ps 23 verses |
| Psalm 21 | My God, my God (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Ours were the griefs (Stephen Dean) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion | Father, if this cup (Stephen Dean) |
| Final | My song is love unknown |
| Entrance | For God so loved the world (mtgf) |
| Penitential Rite | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Psalm 125 | What marvels (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | The love of the Lord (Michael Joncas) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion Antiphon | HAs no one (mtgf) |
| Communion | Remember not (Bob Hurd) |
| Final | There's a wideness |
| Entrance | For God so loved the world (mtgf) |
| Penitential Rite | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Psalm 33 | Taste and see (Stephen Dean) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Your love is finer (Marty Haugen) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion Antiphon | You must rejoice (mtgf) |
| Communion | You are mine (David Haas) |
| Final | Praise now our God with joy |
The choice of psalm and responses on the Sundays of Lent always strike me as initially odd. Today you might think you would get in the light of the gospel one of the great penitential psalms. When the gospel of the prodigal son reappears later in the year it is paired with Psalm 50 (51). Taste and see? It suggests a more eucharistic understanding of the story which is also present in the first reading.
| Entrance | For God so loved the world (mtgf) |
| Penitential Rite | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Psalm 102 | (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Give me a new heart (Christopher Walker) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion Antiphon | The sparrow (mtgf) |
| Communion | Be still for the presence |
| Final | Praise my soul |
| Entrance | For God so loved the world (mtgf) |
| Penitential Rite | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Psalm 26 | (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Christ our peace (Marty Haugen) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion Antiphon | This is my beloved (mtgf) |
| Communion | Transfigure us, O Lord (Bob Hurd) |
| Final | Be thou, my vision |
| Entrance | For God so loved the world (mtgf) |
| Penitential Rite | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Psalm 91 | Be with me (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Lenten (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Be with me (Marty Haugen) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Lamb of God | Missa Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Communion Antiphon | One does not (mtgf) |
| Communion | Out into the wilderness (Bob Hurd) |
| Final | Guide me, ) thou great Redeemer |
| Entrance | Breathe on me, breath of God |
| Penitential Rite | Winter (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Psalm 91 | It is good to give thanks (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | O God, you search me (Bernadette Farrell) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Bede (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Communion Antiphon | To you I call (mtgf) |
| Communion | () |
| Final | All creatures of our God and king |
The University Choir was away this weekend at annual Cathedrals Group Choirs' Festival, this year in Liverpool. So just cantor at Mass.
| Entrance | Where charity and love prevail |
| Penitential Rite | Winter (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Psalm 102 | The Lord is compassion and love (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Faith, hope and love (Christopher Walker) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Bede (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Communion Antiphon | I will recount (mtgf) |
| Communion | Spirit of God within me (Naylor) |
| Final | Praise my soul |
It was a suggestion in The Liturgy Planner to sing Spirit of God within me to Coe fen. We have used the Joncas tune previously, which as a homage to Down Ampney I had presumed shared the same metre. However it fits Coe Fen well - with just a stretch in the first line. I wondered about tweaking it - something like Spirit of God within my heart - but resisted.
We have sung the first hymn before - but I am not sure to what tune. I had thought Conditor alme siderum but wrong metre. Today it was Tallis' Ordinal (Come Holy Ghost) which I don't when we last sang as a tune. My first impression was that people did know it but the weak spoken responses later might suggest otherwise.
| Entrance | Blest are the pure in heart |
| Penitential Rite | Winter (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Psalm 1 | (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | As a tree (Marty Haugen) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Bede (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Communion Antiphon | They ate and gad their fill (mtgf) |
| Communion | The Call (Vaughan Williams) |
| Final | Tell out my soul |
Psalm 1 Happy the man is often cited as example where the Christology of the New Testament is grafted onto the Old. The vir of Beatus vir is Christ. It is a sign of how the Lectionary both builds on a hermeneutic of connecting Old and New Testaments and also breaks it that the Lectionary ignores this sense. The man today is the same person as the Lukan beatitudes are addressed to - i.e. the subject of Christ teaching not Christ himself.
Sometimes one sings a piece and in doing so remember why you have not done so for a while. Marty Haugen's As a tree would seem a perfect fit for today picking up the tree imagery of first reading and psalm with verses based on the beatitudes. Apart from the annoyance in the verses that sometimes Blessed is two syllables, sometimes one, it does not seem to work for us - repay the necessary effort. I suspect the harmony in the verses needs equal (upper?) voices so that it works with the accompaniment.
| Entrance | Holy, Holy, Holy |
| Penitential Rite | Winter (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 (Gabarain) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Bede (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Communion Antiphon | Let them thank (mtgf) |
| Communion | Zum Sanctus from Deutsche Messe (Schubert) |
| Final | Holy is God |
3 years ago this was the last Sunday before Lent and Holy is God made a good end to the short season. It was still a good combination of 'holy' and sending out. I have never been sure about the Schubert as an English Mass part - too sustained for an acclamation - but in German it provided a suitable post-Communion reflection.
We have had a new Penitential Act this season. the leaflet just said repeat after cantor and it took 3 Sundays to find a stable form: first week wrong direction, second Ok but needing some harmonic revision, third settled.
| Entrance | Oh the word of my Lord |
| Penitential Rite | Winter (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Psalm 70 | My lips will tell (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Not for tongues (Michael Joncas) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Bede (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Communion Antiphon | Let your face (mtgf) |
| Communion | In perfect charity (R DeBruyn) |
| Final | He who would valiant be |
| Entrance | God has spoken through his prophets |
| Penitential Rite | Winter (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Psalm 18 | Your words are spirit (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Many are the lightbeams (Widestrand arr Marty Haugen) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Bede (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Communion Antiphon | I am the light (mtgf) |
| Communion | Jesus the word (French) |
| Final | The kingdom of God |
Communion was a reappearance of the French carol we had sung over Christmas - an interesting echo.
| Entrance | We come as guests |
| Penitential Rite | Winter (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Psalm 95 | Proclaim the wonders (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Alleluia Beati (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Ubi Caritas (Bob Hurd) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Bede (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Newman (James MacMillan) |
| Communion Antiphon | You have prepared (mtgf) |
| Communion | Jesus, you are the bread (Bernadette Farrell) |
| Final | Lord, you give the great commission |
The first few Sundays of Year C have some of the most striking passages from the Old Testament, Gospel and the resonant section from 1 Corinthians. It is too rich. The music pointed to a eucharistic understanding of Cana - which I'm not sure is the point - but there were not strong contenders for why it is here on this Sunday.
| Entrance | Songs of thankfulness and praise |
| Penitential Rite | St Gabriel (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Christmas (Paul Gibson) |
| Psalm 103 | Bless the Lord (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Salisbury Alleluia (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | There is one Lord (Owen Alstott) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Comfort & Joy (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Christmas (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Behold the One (mtgf) |
| Communion | Bread for the world (Christopher Walker) |
| Final | Forth in the peace of Christ |
As previously we sang Songs of thankfulness to the tune of Hail Redeemer. The homilist concentrated on aspects of water as a symbol - so no mention of Christmas, or links with the Epiphany or forward to next week. I had also picked out 'Priest, Prophet and King which led to the final hymn. Aspects of water were reflected in the verses of There is one Lord. The manifest numbers of 'manifests' in the first hymn also reminded me of Chris Walker's Bread for the world — 'God in love made manifest'. In a deep recess of my brain I also remembered that there were specific Christmas verses which we did.
| Entrance | Bethlehem of noblest cities |
| Penitential Rite | St Gabriel (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Christmas (Paul Gibson) |
| Psalm 71/td> | All nations shall fall (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Salisbury Alleluia (Christopher Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | This is the day (Fernand de la Tombelle) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Comfort & Joy (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Christmas (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | We have seen his star (mtgf) |
| Communion | He became poor (John Bell) |
| Final | We three kings |
A repeat of the Tombelle piece and a chance to review the text. Though I don't think we have done it before on the Epiphany I thought He became poor with verses from Philippians 2 worked well today.
| Entrance | What child is this |
| Penitential Rite | St Gabriel (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Psallite (Collegeville) |
| Psalm 66 | O God be gracious and bless us (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Paschal Alleluia (chant) |
| Preparation of Gifts | O holy Mary (Alstott) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Comfort & Joy (mtgf) |
| Lamb of God | Christmas (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Jesus Christ is the same (mtgf) |
| Final | A noble flower of Juda |
As a Christmas weekday with a smaller congregation we scaled-down the Gloria and Alleluia.
