Trinity Sunday

26 May 2013

Entrance	Holy, Holy, Holy
Penitential Rite	At the Table of the Lord (Collegeville Composers Group)
Gloria	At the Table of the Lord (Collegeville Composers Group)
Psalm 8	How great is your name (mtgf)
Gospel Acclamation	Alleluia (Murray)
Profession of Faith	Credo III
Preparation of Gifts	Hymn of the Cherubim (Anon. Russian?)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Missal
Lamb of God	Luton (mtgf)
Communion Antiphon	Since you are children of God (mtgf)
Communion	God beyond all names (Bernadette Farrell)
Final	Holy God, we praise thy name

It i strange how in the autumn from Ordinary Time through Advent and Christmas the Mass parts have a commonality and fluidity. Lent, Easter and then Ordinary Time now the changes are much more distinct and 'instant'. There was a time when the settings for the Easter season 'bled' into Trinity and beyond but now I like to give a distinct flavour to the Easter season. Th settings we began using today will see us through to the end of August. It is interesting to realise that this now the third years we have been sing ing the new translation.

The innovation and the exception to this is Credo III. I was struck when we used it at Christmas that it was not that well know, We are going to be singing it for the next 6 Sundays - from Trinity to Ss Peter & Paul. It is partly a way of marking the Year of Faith. One member of the congregation came up afterwards and described it as 'Catholic Karaoke' for a certain age group.

Pentecost Sunday

19 May 2013

Entrance	Come down, O love divine
Penitential Rite	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Gloria	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Psalm 103	Send forth your Spirit (mtgf)
Sequence	Holy Spirit, Lord divine (mtgf)
Preparation of Gifts	Come Holy Ghost (Schubert)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Lamb of God	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Communion Antiphon	They were all filled (mtgf)
Communion	The Spirit of the Lord (Elgar)
Final	We have a gospel

Though the words of Come down, O love divine are fine and poetic I suspect it is the quality of the tune which prompts its use - it says - or sings - Pentecost.

A disadvantage of our rehearsal time (before and after Mass) is that I tend to assign cantor roles in the Penitential Act etc. to myself as it saves time - but as all the singers are capable and had manage without me in the preceding weeks others were cantors throughout this morning - I ought to remember this more often.

Chant was a running thread this morning. Veni Creator is quoted in the psalm accompaniment. (The Vigil verses also include Veni Sancte Spiritus as a counter melody to one verse. The sequence setting is an arrangement of chant in triple time. Finally the Penitential Act and Lamb of God are both based on the chant Mass Lux et Origo which is indicated for the Easter season.

The Ascension of the Lord

12 May 2013

Entrance	At the name of Jesus
Penitential Rite	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Gloria	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen 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 (Stephen Janco)
Lamb of God	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Communion Antiphon	Behold, I am with you always (mtgf)
Communion	Call us to your table (Christopher Walker)
Final	Lord, you give the great commission

It was ladies only this Sunday - well for musicians at least. We had used for Lord, you give the great commission earlier in the week for the leavers' Mass - but then sung to Ode to Joy on the assumption that it's a familiar tune to the unfamiliar - this morning It was sung to Abbot's Leigh (I presume) - dare I say it a better hymn tune.

6th Sunday of Easter

5 May 2013

Entrance	Unless a grain
Penitential Rite	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Gloria	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Psalm 66	Let the peoples praise you (mtgf)
Gospel Acclamation	Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker)
Preparation of Gifts	Regina Caeli (Soriano)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Lamb of God	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Communion Antiphon	If you love me (mtgf)
Communion	Live on in my love (Collegeville)
Final	Christ is alive

5th Sunday of Easter

28 April 2013

Entrance	Love is his word
Penitential Rite	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Gloria	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Psalm 144	I will bless your name (mtgf)
Gospel Acclamation	Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker)
Preparation of Gifts	Love one another (mtgf)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Lamb of God	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Communion Antiphon	I am the true vine (mtgf)
Communion	We have been told (David Haas)
Final	God is love

I was away in Switzerland at a meeting but the troops rallied round and carried on.

4th Sunday of Easter

21 April 2013

Entrance	Worthy are you, O Lord (mtgf)
Penitential Rite	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Gloria	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Psalm 99	We are your people (mtgf)
Gospel Acclamation	Celtic (O'Carroll/Walker)
Preparation of Gifts	My shepherd will supply (arr. Virgil Thomson)
Eucharistic Acclamations	Mass of Wisdom (Stephen Janco)
Lamb of God	Lux et origo (mtgf)
Communion Antiphon	The Good Shepherd is risen (mtgf)
Communion	Shepherd me, O God (Marty Haugen)
Final	Hail Redeemer

I try to remember the Entrance Song at some point in Easter Year C as it is a setting of Canticle from the Apocalypse.

We were originally planning to do the Virgil Thomson arrangement of the Southern Hymn tune on the 1st Sunday of Lent but that was not possible. It was a setting where we had to amend Jehovah to 'the Lord God'.