29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, 2014)

Sunday, 19 October 2014

 

Entrance	O God beyond all praising (Perry/Holst)
Kyrie	Mass of the Creator Spirit (Ed Nowak)
Gloria	Mass of the Most Sacred Heart (Jacob Bancks)
Psalm	Ps 95 (Simon Reynolds)
Gospel Acclamation	Salisbury Alleluia (Christopher Walker)
Preparation of the Gifts	Be still and know that I am God
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Agnus Dei	Mass of the Creator Spirit
Communion	Turn to me (John Foley)
Postcommunion	Ab ortu solis (William Byrd, c.1540-1623)
Recessional	Holy God, we praise thy name

 

As three years ago, multiple references to the rising and setting of the sun, in the first reading, the Eucharistic Prayer and our Postcommunion motet. There’s one I missed last time round, which struck me this time as we sang our closing hymn — in the third verse’s

And from morn to set of sun
through the Church the song goes on

though, ironically, this image isn’t to be found in the Te Deum which the hymn paraphrases. There it’s per orbem terrarum (that is, ‘The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee’) rather than ab ortu solis usque ad occasum. But it all fitted together pleasingly.