24 June Birth of John The Baptist

Peter Jones · Post by **Peter Jones** » Fri May 04, 2012 11:10 am

Terry Quinn wrote:John the Blacksmith

Well at least "His name is John"..... that's back on topic.

Terry Quinn · Post by **Terry Quinn** » Fri May 04, 2012 1:26 pm

20 years ago our church of St. J the B. celebrated its centenary. When planning the music I had difficulty finding a suitable hymn. I cannot remember where I got the words for the hymn we used, but I set it to the tune, ‘Old Hundredth’.
I would have liked to use ‘Gonfalon Royal’ but the congregation didn’t know it well enough and the occasion demanded ‘a big sing’ .
The first verse goes as follows.
“The great forerunner of the morn,
The herald of the Word is born:
And faithful hearts shall never fail
With thanks and praise his light to hail.

I’ll be glad to forward the words to anyone interested.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Fri May 04, 2012 3:35 pm

Terry Quinn wrote:I’ll be glad to forward the words to anyone interested.

It's no. 378 in Laudate and one of the hymns suggested in the latest M&L for this feast. Laudate gives it the tune Winchester New, but Grenoble a.k.a Deus Tuorum Militum might be a jollier tune for those who want a "big sing". Thanks for the suggestion and offer, though!

Terry Quinn · Post by **Terry Quinn** » Fri May 04, 2012 5:28 pm

Peter wrote:It's no. 378 in Laudate and one of the hymns suggested in the latest M&L for this feast.

Somehow this had escaped my notice, so thanks for pointing it out. I will take up your suggestion of using 'Grenoble'

FrGareth · Post by **FrGareth** » Fri May 11, 2012 3:54 pm

FrGareth wrote:
HallamPhil wrote:I was not aware that First Holy Communions affected the choice of readings.

A First Communion Mass will have a significant focus on children - it will not be due all the concessions of a "Children's Mass" but, being a "Mass for adults in which children participate", paragraph 19 of the relevant directory specifies...

Further, I have just discovered:

Lectionary Volume III, page 109: wrote:Children's First Communion: some or all of the readings may be taken from the Mass of the Day, Mass of Christian Initiation, or Votive Mass of the Holy Eucharist.

AntoineDaniel · Post by **AntoineDaniel** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:21 pm

Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (VIGIL), ABC — Responsorial Psalm
http://noelchabanel.org/psalms/ABC_06_23_John_Baptist_VIGIL/

Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (VIGIL), ABC — Responsorial Psalm (June 24)
http://noelchabanel.org/psalms/ABC_06_24_Nativity_of_John_the_Baptist/

Those are the ones we are using.

JW · Post by JW » Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:33 am

Have just drafted a verse for insertion in 'For all the Saints'. Everyone please feel free to use it / revise it / improve it:

For John the Baptist,
Prophet in the wild,
He pointed out Christ, and baptised God’s own Child,
John poured out his life and on him Truth has smiled,
Alleluia, Alleluia

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