33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)

Sunday, 16 November 2014

 
Entrance O praise ye the Lord
Kyrie Mass of the Redeemer (mcb) – Kyrie
Gloria Psallite
Psalm O Blessed are those (Paul Inwood)
Gospel Acclamation Alleluia Mode 2 (plainchant)
Presentation of Confirmation Candidates Christ be our Light
Preparation of the Gifts Brother, sister, let me serve you
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen German Mass (Schubert/Proulx)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer
Communion Centre of my life (Paul Inwood)
Postcommunion Prayer of St Richard of Chichester (Malcolm Archer)
Recessional Be thou my vision
 

A swift reprise of Christ, be our light, sung during the rite of presentation of the children who will be candidates for the sacraments of Reconciliation, Confirmation and Holy Communion in the coming months. Elsewhere we sang around the theme of service, to match today’s Gospel reading of the parable of the talents.

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica & Remembrance Sunday (2014)

Sunday, 9 November 2014

 
Act of Remembrance Requiem Aeternam (chant)
Two minutes’ silence
Entrance Hymn Abide with me
Kyrie Mass of the Redeemer (mcb) - Kyrie
Gloria Psallite
Psalm A River Flows (Psallite)
Gospel Acclamation Alleluia Mode 2 (plainchant)
Preparation of the Gifts How lovely are thy dwellings (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen German Mass (Schubert/Proulx)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Communion Always in your presence (Philip Jakob)
Postcommunion We shall walk through the valley (trad. spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan)
Recessional Christ, be our Light (Bernadette Farrell)
 

Our observance of Remembrance Sunday took the same form as recent years, with the opening hymn leading us from our act of remembrance into the Mass for today’s feast. We sang not just about the delight of worshipping in God’s temple, in the beautiful fourth movement of Brahms’s Requiem, but also, in our closing hymn, of the challenge set out in today’s second reading from Corinthians, for ourselves to be God’s temple:

Make us your building,
sheltering others,
walls made of living stone.

All Saints (2014)

Sunday, 2 November 2014

 
Entrance Holy, holy, holy. Lord God almighty
Kyrie Mass of the Redeemer (mcb) - Penitential Act
Gloria Psallite
Psalm Ps 23 (David Saint)
Gospel Acclamation Alleluia Mode 2 (plainchant)
Preparation of the Gifts The Beatitudes (Bob Chilcott, 1955-)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen German Mass (Schubert/Proulx)
Agnus Dei Mass of the Redeemer
Communion Come to Me (Martin Barry & Diane Murden)
Postcommunion O Quam Gloriosum (T.L. de Victoria, c. 1548-1611)
Recessional For all the saints
 

We had two settings of the Beatitudes—Bob Chilcott’s fiery drama, and the more serene verses from Come to me—to match the text of today’s Communion antiphon:

Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

(Matthew 5:8-10)