| 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.
| Entrance | Come done, O love divine |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm | (mtgf) |
| Sequence | Veni Sancte Spiritus (arr. mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Enemy of Apathy (John Bell) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | They were all filled (mtgf) |
| Communion | The gift of the Holy Spirit (Boschetti) |
| Final | Lord, you give the great commission |
| Entrance | Alleluia, sing to Jesus |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 102 | The Lord has set his sway in heaven (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Christ the glory (Lalouette) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Father, I pray (mtgf) |
| Communion | Let your restless hearts (Irish/Bell/mtgf) |
| Final | We have a Gospel to proclaim |
It is over 10 years since we have celebrated a 7th Sunday of Easter. I always think of today's psalm response as my least favourite - unnecessarily archaic. We did use the straight response but in times past I have adapted a setting of The Lord is compassion and love to The Lord rules the heavens and the earth.
The piece at Communion was an even older resurrection. Iona words to a familiar Irish folksong I arrenged a simple second part for parish I was in in North London over 25 years ago. We sang it, unaccompanied, at the end of Communion on Maundy Thursday - myself and an Irish soprano from the choir.
| Entrance | Love is his word |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 97 | The Lord has shown (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | I give to you (Peter Nardone) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | If you love me (mtgf) |
| Communion | Love one another (mtgf) |
| Final | God is love, his the care |
We were joined by a couple of members of the University Choir who had come to sell tickets for the forthcoming concert. (The refectory does not serve breakfast until 10.30am on Sundays - to add a non sequitur.) So that they had something familiar to sing - I chnaged what I had planned to the Nardone motet which has proved a useful standby.
| Entrance | Christ is alive with joy we sing |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 21 | You, Lord, are my praise (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Many are the lightbeams (Widestrand) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | I am the true vine (mtgf) |
| Communion | We have been told (David Haas) |
| Final | O praise ye the Lord |
The melody of today's psalm response echoed that of Palm Sunday - same Psalm, different context.
| Entrance | At the Lamb's high feast |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 117 | The stone which the builders (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 has risen (mtgf) |
| Communion | Shepherd of souls |
| Final | Hail Redeemer |
Shepherd of souls was new to us - though sung to Neumark, a fine chorale melody. It felt that it could do with an arrangement by Charles Wood (see Good Friday) to become a 'hymn concertato'
| Entrance | O changeless Christ |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 4 | Lift up the light (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Easter Evening (John Bell) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | The Christ had to suffer (mtgf) |
| Communion | I received the living God (Anon arr. Proulx) |
| Final | Sing of one who walked beside us |
As today's Gospel is the direct sequel to Emmaus - for which there is a wide range of music - the choices veered in that direction.
| Entrance | Godhead here in hiding |
| 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 | We walk by faith (Marty Haugen) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Bring your hand (mtgf) |
| Communion | Now we remain (David Haas) |
| Final | This joyful Eastertide |
I was away enjoying Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity, Georgetown.There, I was interested from a liturgical/music point of view priority seemed to be given to appropriate texts. Of the 'hymn slots' two were given to texts linked closely to the Sunday sung to familiar tunes.
| 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 | Victimae Paschali (mtgf) |
| Preparation of Gifts | () |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Christ our passsover (mtgf) |
| Communion | I have seen the Lord (Bob Hurd) |
| 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) |
| Isaiah 12 | With joy (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 |
The pared down version did not affect the number of readings and psalms - though the 2 cantors had more to do than usual. It meant again the changing of established pieces. At the Preparation we repeated What wondrous love from the day before. On Good Friday it was the starker original harmonies with voices and violin; at the Vigil Marty Haugen's fuller accompanied arrangement/
For the last few years we have sung Out of Darkness or Holy is God at the end. This has deepened on singing them before Lent a couple of times. This year we had not made such preparations so we opted for This joyful Eastertide. This had the right bounce and length for the end of the Vigil liturgy.
| Opening | Veni Sancte Spiritus (Walker) |
| Reading | Ezekiel 37:1–14 |
| Response | Give us, Lord, a new heart (Farrell) |
| Silence | |
| Song | Veni Creator Spiritus (Chant) |
| Reading | Joel 3:1–5 |
| Response | Spirit of God (Farrell) |
| Silence | |
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| Entrance | Come down, O love divine |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 103 | Send forth your spirit (mtgf) |
| Sequence & Gospel Accl | Pentecost Sequence (Hurd) |
| Preparation of Gifts | The Spirit comes to us in our weakness (mtgf) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | They were all filled (mtgf) |
| Communion | There is one Lord (Alstott) |
| Final | Celtic Alleluia (O'Carroll/Walker) |
Unusual circumstances this Sunday. At 10.25 a message came from security that the chaplain would be between 30-45 minutes late. I was correct in my guess that the supply priest for the Mass in the parish at 10.30 failed to turn up. Looking back we were in some ways lucky it was Pentecost Sunday as it meant we could easily use some the vigil readings - I asked the reading to look at the 3rd and 4th and went from there. We have a history of singing Chris Walker's Veni Sancte Spiritus for long periods so it was an obvious place to start — though I though the full 30 minutes might be a bit much. There was some thinking on our feet — Give us, Lord was only thought of during the Ezekiel reading. By 11.30 I had thought we had probably 'vigilled' long enough and guess that the chaplain would be with us by the Gospel we began Mass; he arrived during the psalm - so I could give a quick report and suggest there was still a sequence to catch one's breath.
We tried a different Sequence setting this year. I had come across Bob Hurd's setting while preparing for a music day recently. Its appeal was that it used the same o filli et filliae Alleluia refrain as our Easter Sequence so made a nice seasonal bookend. It also had the bright idea of including the Gospel Acclamation verse. In the end I was not sure — I think its faux-medievalism lack melodic character at the end of the day.
The final hymn changed a number of times. In my list it was going to be Lord, you give the great commission but before Mass I had decided that would be too much. it then became Holy is God as a seasonal marker and something shorter. In the end I decided to have just the Celtic Alleluia as a swift ending — people had been there approaching 90 minutes — it seemed to be one of the congregation's most forthright sings!
| Entrance | Crown him with many crowns |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 46 | Our God goes up (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Christ the Glory (Lalouette) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | Behold, I am with you (mtgf) |
| Communion | Alleluia Hymn (Russian arr. mtgf) |
| Final | Alleluia, sing to Jesus |
| Entrance | Christ is alive |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 65 | Cry out with joy (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Let nothing trouble you (Bernadette Farrell) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | If you love me (mtgf) |
| Communion | We have been told (David Haas) |
| Final | Go to the world |
A solo cantor this morning.
I was away at a Conference in Hungary. It is always dangerours to draw the general from the specific but I was interested in a country's minimum liturgical/musical standard. So though we had for our Masses a singer and organist from the local cathedral we managed Kyrie, Sanctus & Agnus from Mass XVIII and little else. For example in Mass with the bishop the doxology was said. Admittedly our unfamiliarity with Hungarian was a possible issue - but the group is usually game to have a go and will happily sing a Taizé chant.
| Entrance | Christ is the world's light |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 32 | May your love (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Come my way (Vaughan Williams) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | I am the true vine (mtgf) |
| Communion | Take and eat (Michael Joncas) |
| Final | God is love |
| Entrance | At the Lamb's high feast |
| Penitential Rite | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Psalm 22 | The Lord is my shepherd (mtgf) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker) |
| Preparation of Gifts | Ours were the griefs (Stephen Dean) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Mass of Wisdom (Steven Janco) |
| Lamb of God | Lux et origo (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | The Good Shepherd (mtgf) |
| Communion | Shepherd me, O God (Marty Haugen) |
| Final | Hail Redeemer |
