2nd Sunday of Lent (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 1 March 2015

 

Entrance	Be still for the presence
Kyrie	Missa Orbis Factor
Psalm	Ps 115 (McCarthy/Bévenot)
Gospel Acclamation	Glory and Praise (mcb)
Prayers of Intercession	Stay with us, Lord
Preparation of the Gifts	Hic est Filius meus dilectus (Diego de las Muelas, 1698-1743)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Missa Orbis Factor
Agnus Dei	Missa Orbis Factor
Communion	Here is my chosen (Psallite)
Postcommunion	(silence)
Recessional	Be thou my vision

 

Several of today’s musical selections tied in with the Gospel story of the Transfiguration, including Hic est Filius (Here is my Son, the beloved) by Diego de las Muelas, yet another interesting find on CPDL. Today’s piece is one of a series of short Lenten motets; I’d like to come back to some of the others.

Rite of Election (2015)

Sunday, 22 February 2015

 

Opening Hymn	The Church’s one foundation
Responsorial Psalm	O God, I seek you (Marty Haugen)
Gospel Acclamation	Glory and Praise (mcb)
Enrolment	Take, O take me as I am (John Bell)
After the Election of the Catechumens	Who calls you my name (David Haas)
Welcome of Candidates	May you walk with Christ (Stephen Dean)
After Welcome of Candidates	For the beauty of the earth (John Rutter) - choir listen
Prayers of Intercession	Stay with us, Lord (mcb)
Recessional Hymn	Stay with us, Lord (mcb)

 

We tried out Stay with us, Lord both as a refrain for the bidding prayers and, with the verses, as a recessional hymn. The two versions were sufficiently different in feel, that both seemed to work. Download it here if you’d like to try it out. (Scroll to the bottom of the home page and click on the second pair of links.)

1st Sunday of Lent (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 22 February 2015

 

Entrance	Led by the Spirit (Bob Hurd)
Kyrie	Missa Orbis Factor
Psalm	Ps 24 (Boulton Smith/Dean)
Gospel Acclamation	Glory and Praise (mcb)
Universal Prayer	Stay with us, Lord (mcb)
Preparation of the Gifts	Emendemus in Melius (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Missa Orbis Factor
Agnus Dei	Missa Orbis Factor
Communion	On eagles’ wings (Michael Joncas)
Postcommunion	(silence)
Recessional	Guide me, O thou great redeemer

 

Ash Wednesday (2015)

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

 

Entrance	Lord Jesus, think on me
Psalm	Ps 50 (Stephen Dean)
Gospel Acclamation	Glory and Praise (mcb)
Imposition of Ashes	Lord, Cleanse my heart (Psallite)
Prayers of Intercession	Stay with us, Lord (mcb)
Preparation of the Gifts	Miserere Mei (William Byrd, c.1540-1623)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Missa Orbis Factor
Agnus Dei	Missa Orbis Factor
Communion	Bless the Lord, my soul (Taizé)
Postcommunion	(silence)
Recessional	Our Father, we have wandered

 

Bishop John led us in a celebration of the beginning of Lent. Stay with us, Lord, on our journey is his prayer for the whole Diocese, and it’s especially apt as an accompaniment to the Lenten journey. My musical setting serves both as a simple ostinato refrain in the Taizé style, or as a song with verses that can be sung contemplatively or as a rousing recessional. More of the latter next Sunday, for the Rite of Election, but tonight we sang it as a gentle refrain for the prayers of intercession, as we will throughout Lent. The piece can be freely downloaded from the Diocesan Liturgy Office web site. (Scroll to the bottom of the home page and click on the second pair of links.) Let me know if you find it useful.

The Byrd was a fine addition to our collection of settings of the Miserere, Ps 50(51), to add to Allegri, Lassus, Lotti and Pergolesi. Scored for five voices, SATBB, it was a challenge on an evening when only four men of the choir were available. But we did well (as did the sopranos and altos).

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 15 February 2015

 

Entrance	Christ is made the sure foundation
Kyrie	Kyrie 2 from A Community Mass (Richard Proulx)
Gloria	Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm	Ps 31 (Christopher Walker)
Gospel Acclamation	Here in our Midst (Peter Jones)
Preparation of the Gifts	You are my hiding place (Michael Ledner)
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Aston Eucharist (Peter Jones)
Agnus Dei	Belmont Mass (Christopher Walker)
Communion	You are my refuge (Christopher Walker)
Postcommunion	Domine, non sum dignus (T.L. de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Recessional	Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us (Patrick Appleford)

 

Three songs about God our refuge, invoked in today’s Psalm response. It struck me as odd that today’s entrance antiphon as rendered in the 2010 Missal Translation misses a connection here: the Latin has the word refugium twice, but the official translation gives it as stronghold, rather than the (more accurate, I think) refuge. I wonder why? One of the vaunted attributes of the new translation was supposed to be the way it brings out scriptural allusions that were hidden in the old version. They seem to have missed this one.

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 8 February 2015

 

Entrance	Come, ring out your joy (arr. Martin Foster)
Kyrie	Kyrie 2 from A Community Mass (Richard Proulx)
Gloria	Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm	Ps 146 (Anne Ward/Laurence Bévenot)
Gospel Acclamation	Here in our Midst (Peter Jones)
Preparation of the Gifts	Your hands, O Lord, in days of old
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Aston Eucharist (Peter Jones)
Agnus Dei	Belmont Mass (Christopher Walker)
Communion	How good is the Lord to all (mcb)
Postcommunion	Beati Eritis (Giovanni Croce, 1557-1609)
Recessional	Thanks be to God (Stephen Dean)

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, 2015)

Sunday, 1 February 2015

 

Entrance	Save us, Lord our God (Christopher Walker)
Kyrie	Kyrie 2 from A Community Mass (Richard Proulx)
Gloria	Mass of the Redeemer (mcb)
Psalm	Listen to the voice of the Lord (Patrick Geary)
Gospel Acclamation	Here in our Midst (Peter Jones)
Preparation of the Gifts	Lord, for tomorrow
Sanctus, Acclamation, Amen	Aston Eucharist (Peter Jones)
Agnus Dei	Belmont Mass (Christopher Walker)
Communion	Blest are they, the poor in spirit (David Haas)
Postcommunion	Love Divine (Howard Goodall)
Recessional	O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder