| Entrance | Bring to the Lord a glad new song (Parry/Perry) |
| Kyrie | Mass for John Carroll (Michael Joncas) |
| Gloria | Mass for John Carroll |
| Psalm | Ps 26 (Paul Inwood) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Here in our Midst (Peter Jones) |
| Preparation of the Gifts | Dear Lord and Father of Mankind |
| Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen | Assisi Acclamations (Nick Baty) |
| Agnus Dei | Holy Family Mass (John Schiavone) |
| Communion | The Lord is my light (Marty Haugen) |
| Postcommunion | A Song of the Light (Simon Lole) |
| Recessional | Shine, Jesus, Shine (Graham Kendrick) |
Two fabulous hymn tunes by Hubert Parry today – Jerusalem and Repton. Simon Lole’s reworking of Lumen Hilare is also characterised by a finely crafted melody, and it was well-suited to a celebration in which two of the readings and the responsorial psalm talked about Christ our light.
On the same theme we had Graham Kendrick’s either-love-it-or-hate-it barnstormer, in yet another excellent choral arrangement from the RSCM collection Sing with all my soul. This one (by William Llewellyn) has a coruscating choral ending, quoting the last line of Thou whose almighty Word (with which we ended last week’s celebration):
Through the world far and wide,
Let there be light!
with the sopranos ending in three part harmony, including a top B♭. It was properly uplifting, I thought. We stuck with the English version rather than the impressive-looking Latin version. Anyway, if the song was good enough for a Papal Prayer Vigil it was certainly good enough for us.
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