Baptism of the Lord, (Year C, 2010)

Entrance	Song of Consolation (Peter Jones)
Sprinkling Rite	Springs of Water (Marty Haugen)
Gloria	Glory to God in the Highest (John L Bell)
Psalm	Ps 103 (Hall/Forrester)
Gospel Acclamation	Celtic Alleluia (Fintan O’Carroll)
Preparation of the Gifts	Songs of thankfulness and praise
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Community Mass (Richard Proulx)
Agnus Dei	Holy Family Mass (John Schiavone)
Communion	Spirit of the living God
Postcommunion	O nata lux (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Recessional	Come down, O love divine

The water supply was cut off this morning at Cathedral House (a consequence of a burst water main leading to a broken pump). I sent a text round to all choir members warning them that there’d be no access to, ahem, essential facilities, but they declared themselves to be made of strong stuff by turning out in good number, and only one member, I think, had to disappear from our morning rehearsal to nip down the road to Sainsburys.

The music, it turned out, had all been chosen to underline our plight: from Marty Haugen’s Springs of Water (though obviously it was appropriate to omit the verse mentioning bogs) to And so the yearning strong in the final verse of our final hymn. Never has a truer word been sung, or with more earnestness.

Normal services, we hope, will be restored next week.