11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, 2016)

Sunday, 12 June 2016

 
Entrance Misericordes Sicut Pater (Inwood)
Kyrie Mass for John Carroll (Michael Joncas)
Gloria Mass for John Carroll
Psalm Ps 30 (Stephen Dean/Harry Bramma)
Gospel Acclamation Mass for John Carroll
Preparation of the Gifts You are my hiding place (Michael Ledner)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Simple Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass for John Carroll
Communion There is one thing I ask (Chris O’Hara)
Postcommunion Exsultate Justi (Viadana);
Prayer for the Queen Domine Salvam Fac (chant)
God Save the Queen
Recessional Praise we our God with Joy
 

Today’s readings dealt with the theme of forgiveness, so it seemed a good opportunity to sing Paul Inwood’s hymn for the Year of Mercy again, complete with its arresting choral ending. Elsewhere, two of our songs (for the preparation of the gifts, and after Communion) reprised verses from today’s responsorial psalm.

Before the blessing and dismissal, in honour of the Queen’s (official) ninetieth birthday celebrations, we recited the prayer for the Queen, and then sang some of the same words before a hearty rendition of the national anthem.

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, 2016)

Sunday, 5 June 2016

 
Entrance Your hands, O Lord, in days of old
Kyrie Mass for John Carroll (Michael Joncas)
Gloria Mass for John Carroll
Psalm I will praise you (Psallite)
Gospel Acclamation Mass for John Carroll
Preparation of the Gifts The Lord is my light (Marty Haugen)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Simple Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass for John Carroll
Communion You are my refuge (Christopher Walker)
Postcommunion Ubi Caritas (Ola Gjeilo, 1978-)
Recessional God is love, his the care
 

The Body and Blood of Christ (2016)

Sunday, 29 May 2016

 
Entrance All who hunger, gather gladly
Kyrie Mass for John Carroll (Michael Joncas)
Gloria Mass for John Carroll
Psalm Ps 109 (Geoffrey Boulton Smith)
Sequence Lauda Sion (Chris Mueller)
Gospel Acclamation Mass for John Carroll
Preparation of the Gifts Godhead here in hiding
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen Simple Sanctus (mcb)
Agnus Dei Mass for John Carroll
Communion One bread we break (Stephen Dean)
Postcommunion Ave Verum Corpus (W.A. Mozart)
Recessional O praise our great and gracious Lord
 

We hadn't sung Godhead here in hiding for many years, and by the time we got to verse 3 or 4 I'd remembered why. I don't think Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poetry, engaging and intriguing as it is, works terribly well for public declamation in a hymn text.