Friday, 8 January 2016
| Entrance | Sweet Heart of Jesus |
| Kyrie | Mass XVI (chant) |
| Psalm | Because the Lord is my shepherd (Christopher Walker) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Easter Alleluia (chant) |
| Preparation of the Gifts | If ye love me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585) In bread we bring you, Lord |
| Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen | Mass XVIII |
| Agnus Dei | Mass XVIII |
| Communion | O Bread of Heaven Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, c.1540-1623) Come to me (Martin Barry & Diane Murden) |
| Commendation | Song of farewell (Ernest Sands) |
| Recessional | Hail Queen of Heaven |
Fr Anthony served at the Cathedral from 2010 to 2014, immediately after his ordination to the priesthood at the age of 69, after some years of widowhood and a long career in banking. He was a wonderful priest: gentle, humble, engagingly self-deprecating and with a strong ars celebrandi, reverent, focussed and unfussy. He sang the Mass willingly, with a fine voice. In his last e-mail to me he said I didn’t realise how much I missed your music until I was sat in Cathedral this morning. It brought back some good memories.
For his Funeral Mass we had a good mix of music, old and new, congregational and choral, and I think he would have liked it. There was a fine eulogy too, delivered after Communion by his nephew Brian. Fr Anthony’s death is a sudden and sad loss.
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