Third Sunday Of Advent

[Hare]

SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER ADVENT 3 - ST ANDREW'S, TENTERDEN, KENT

Prelude: Veni Redemptor gentium
Entrance hymn: On Jordan's bank
Kyrie: Advent Wreath Service (Schiavone)
Responsorial: Magnificat de Lourdes
Advent Alleluia (Archer)
Credo lll
Offertory Motet: The truth from above (Arr Vaughan Williams
Sanctus, Acclamation & Agnus Dei: A Parish Mass (Peter Jones)
Communion hymn: Wait for the Lord
Recessional hymn: Our God Reigns:
Postlude: Noel X (Daquin)

[Nick Baty]

Our Lady Immaculate, Everton.

City of God – Schutte
Stay awake! – Walker
Magnificat Ty Mam Duw – Baty
Alleluia Veni Emmanuel – Baty
Litany of the Word – Farrell
Bakhita Acclamations – Baty
Advent Fraction Song – Baty
Advent Communion Song – Baty

[IncenseTom]

St. Anne's, Keighley, W Yorks

Entrance - Hail to the Lord's Annointed
Wadsworth Kyrie
Psalm from Psalms for Sundays
Homegrown Alleluia
Offertory - O Jesus Christ Remember
Eucharistic Acclamations - Missal tones
Agnus Dei - Missa xvii
Communion - Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
Recessional - Like a Sea without a Shore

No Entrance and Communion chants this week as it was going to be the other organist, so things are slightly easier/ less complicated, however, they're away. Keeping things as planned as the choir have plenty to do at rehearsals for Midnight Mass and could probably do without me springing a couple of chants on them with only one week to learn them.

[PhloridaPhil]

IncenseTom, I recall from my university days that there was a fellow student called Colin ??? who used to play there at Keithley. A rather fine GDB organ as I recall. Do you know what became of him? PM me please.

[PhloridaPhil]

At St Lawrence, Tampa it will be ...

Orgelbuchlein: Advent Prelude 3 (JS Bach)
Opening Song: Advent Litany of the Word (Farrell)
Penitential Act: New Wine Mass (Jakob)
psalm: My soul rejoices (Alstott)
Gospel greeting: Jesus is Lord (Simmons)
RCIA Dismissal: May the word of God (Walker)
Come thou long expected Jesus
mass of Creation Acclamations (Haugen)
Lamb of God: New Wine Mass (Jakob)
Communion: There is a longing (Quigley)
Post-Comm: He shall come (welsh tune)
Dismissal Chant: wait for the Lord (Taize)
Recessional: Schubler - Wachet auf (JS Bach)

... at all seven masses! ... complete with the Bambinelli celebration much beloved of Pope Benedict.

[alan29]

As usual I will find out when I arrive 20 minutes before Mass starts.

[blackthorn fairy]

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Wellingborough:

Elégie and Canon - César Franck
Entry-Hail to the Lord's Anointed (Cruger)
Mass Setting - Second Modal Mass (Alan Rees) (adapted)
Psalm: My soul rejoices in the Lord (mine)
Alleluia: For Advent (mine)
Offertory: Creator of the stars at night (Conditor alme siderum)
Memorial Acclamation: Missal chant
Communion: When John baptised by Jordan's river (Rendez à Dieu)
Recessional: All who claim the faith of Jesus (Westminster Abbey)
Num komm, der Heiden Heiland (Buttsted)

[JW]

Rochester Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, All-Age Eucharist & Baptism.

Entrance: Christ be our Light
Procession of donated toys: Colours of Day
Gospel Procession: Alleluia based on "Watchet Auf," verse chanted.
Baptism Hymn: Brother, sister, let me serve you
Offertory Hymn: Deep in our hearts God's truth is born, Neil Thompson (home grown: http://www.houndofheaven.co.uk/advent)
Preface Dialogue: Chant
Sanctus: Missa Brevis, Palestrina (not the Benedictus)
Communion: (1) Agnus Dei, Palestrina Missa Brevis, (2) Motet: Ee'n so Lord Jesus, quickly come, Paul Manz; (3) Organ chorale prelude, didn't recognise it but sounded German baroque
Recessional: Long ago, prophets knew
Voluntary: Toccata in D, Lanquetuit

[VML]

And in our little bit of Glos:

Rejoice in the lord always
Sung as a round x3
Russian Kyrie Eleison
Psalm : Of day,( Home grown refrain melody Verses from McCrimmon book,tone Iii)
Alleluia: Chant
Off: On Jordan’s bank
Holy: Belmont
Acc : 1 Missal
Lamb of God: Belmont
Comm.1: My soul in stillness waits
Comm.2: O come O come Emmanuel
End: Like the dawning of the morning

The opening round was sung with gusto, they sing the psalm refrain very well, are getting better with the Eucharistic Acc.,
and afterwards our polish families sang Polish carols.

[keitha]

I just thought that I would add in our menu for today:

Entrance: The voice of God goes out to all the world
Penitential Act: Plainchant (Orbis Factor)
Psalm: Peter Jones (in Veni Emmanuel)
Alleluia: Unpublished (I can't spell the name of the organist who wrote it and gave it to us - he's Slovakian, but it has lots of consonants and one vowel!)
Offertory: God has chosen (Farrell)
Sanctus: Latin Missal Chant
Acclamation: ditto
Amen: ditto
Communion: Psallite chant for the table
Recessional: O come, O come Emmanuel

[PhloridaPhil]

I should have added earlier (but did not fully appreciate) that at every Mass my warm-up of the assembly would be limited to 1 minute today since before Mass we also had the Blessing of Hay. I've never come across this but folk were encouraged to take blessed hay for their mangers scenes at home but also to place under the tablecloth for the Christmas dinner. the link is to Bethlehem which means 'house of bread'.

When I left Uk I imagined it was only Gaudete Sunday!

After the homily of one Mass we dismissed the catechumens (as we had done for a few weeks now).

After the Intercessions we celebrated the recently re-instated 'Bambelini' celebrations ... figurines of the baby Jesus intended for domestic cribs are held aloft for blessing.

I must admit to being attracted to the variety of devotional practice on offer here in USA and in the Church.

Throughout Advent generous as well as simple gifts are left in big crates for the Matthew 25 programme in which many of the parish are directly involved and which provides for the homeless and hopeless of the area. Next week will see the Christmas dinners for the needy and the disbursement of 'presents' ... a sharing of wealth (commonwealth!???).

Many of our priests in the parish here choose not to wear the rose vestments. Here they will say 'violet' is the preferred colour and 'rose' is an option (although it does have a following as in UK).
What is the England & Wales advice?

Interested of Phlorida!

[keitha]

GIRM para 346 (d) "The colour violet or purple is used in Advent and Lent." Para (f) then goes on to say, "The colour rose may be used, where it is the practice, on Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent) and on Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent." (my underlining).

Para 346 (apart from a change for the use of white vestments in England& Wales) appears to be of universal application. So it looks as if Phil's (and nice to hear from you Phil!) local clergy are right - purple\violet is the norm with a rose option.

[High Peak]

Here is what we had this weekend at the Vigil Mass:

Creator of the stars of night (again with just flutes accompanying with melody and harmony).
My soul in stillness waits.
Streams in the desert (sung by music group).
O come, O come Emmanuel .
(Obviously persuaded by the argument for its use before 17th December!!)
Belmont Mass

[justMary]

In my corner of the west of Ireland

Entrance Rejoice in the Lord Always (not as a round)
Lord Have Mercy - fourfold
Seinn Alleluia - traditional
Offertory: instrumental
Holy Holy - unofficial and nameless
When we Eat this Bread
During communion: Gaudete (on CD - needs must ...)
After: Come Emmanuel (simple tune inherited from the sister who originally led music here - goodness only knows where she got it from)
Recession: As I Kneel Before You.

It wasn't our best of days. We had a lot of visitors who aren't used to the idea that the choir is the whole congregation, so didn't realise that they were expected to sing.

[Southern Comfort]

After: Come Emmanuel (simple tune inherited from the sister who originally led music here - goodness only knows where she got it from)

Could it have been this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXamJbq2F1s