Bunyan's original words can, of course, be sung to RVW's arrangement of Monks Gate, complete with the Hobgoblins and Foul Fiends, for the delight and edification of the Faithful. There are a couple of other tunes (StDunstan and Moab) but I would guess that they are seldom used...
I also love Vaughan Williams' energetic setting of these words in his Pilgrim's Progress.
Bunyan's original words can, of course, be sung to RVW's arrangement of Monks Gate, complete with the Hobgoblins and Foul Fiends, for the delight and edification of the Faithful. There are a couple of other tunes (StDunstan and Moab) but I would guess that they are seldom used...
I also love Vaughan Williams' energetic setting of these words in his Pilgrim's Progress. Not so useful for a congregation to sing, though, unless the congregation is the chorus in RVW's work.
We will extol you, ever-blessed Lord (Old 124th)
O Food to pilgrims given (O Welt, ich muss dich lassen)
I come with joy to meet my Lord (Land of Rest)
Come, thou fount of every blessing (Nettleton)
Choral
Palestrina: Missa Iste confessor
Hugo de la Chapelle: Ave Regina caelorum
Mattheus le Maistre: Jerusalem quae aedificatur
Bunyan's original words can, of course, be sung to RVW's arrangement of Monks Gate, complete with the Hobgoblins and Foul Fiends, for the delight and edification of the Faithful. There are a couple of other tunes (StDunstan and Moab) but I would guess that they are seldom used...
I also love Vaughan Williams' energetic setting of these words in his Pilgrim's Progress.
I don't think I've ever heard RVW's Pilgrim's Progress - I shall hie me to YouTube, and see what I can find!
Bunyan's original words can, of course, be sung to RVW's arrangement of Monks Gate, complete with the Hobgoblins and Foul Fiends, for the delight and edification of the Faithful. There are a couple of other tunes (StDunstan and Moab) but I would guess that they are seldom used...
I also love Vaughan Williams' energetic setting of these words in his Pilgrim's Progress.
I don't think I've ever heard RVW's Pilgrim's Progress - I shall hie me to YouTube, and see what I can find!
It was a great favourite of David's - he was in a performance of it when he was at university - and he occasionally played recordings of it when we were courting, so it brings back happy memories. ❤️
Hymns
Crown Him with many crowns, / Diademata
All my hope on God is founded, / Meine Hoffnung
Seek, O seek the Lord, / Venantius (Connolly, McAuley)
Lift high the cross, / Crucifer
Choir
O Lord, Thou has searched me out, / G. Thalben-Ball
Wash me throughly, / David Halls
Parish Communion
It is a thing most wonderful - Herongate
Breathe on me, breath of God- Carlisle
We have a gospel to proclaim-Fulda
Lift high the cross -Crucifer
Mass of St Thomas
Anthem: O Saviour of the world - Goss.
This got off to a rocky start. It begins with one low bass note on the organ, then all four parts come in. Choir practice was cancelled on Thursday, but I seem to recall being told that that was all we were getting, so I came in, a tad late, and others joined in by the end of the next bar. They were expecting some sort of intro. I didn’t know whether I alone was right or whether I was leading everyone astray!
Evensong tonight:
Introit: God be in my head
King of glory, king of peace- Gwalchmai
O sacred head surrounded -Passion Chorale
Anthem: God so loved the world - Stainer
My song is love unknown - Love Unknown
The day thou gavest- St. Clement
Passion Sunday at Our Place, and, if all went according to plan yesterday morning, the church will be awash with purple and black cloths veiling every image, picture, and crucifix...there are plenty of each, as even the crucifixes in the vestry and sacristy are included.
Suitable Passiontide hymns:
When I survey the wondrous cross (Rockingham) Lift high the cross (Crucifer) Father, we love you (by Donna Adkins) In the cross of Christ I glory (either Wychbold or St Oswald - we know both)
We usually have three Sunday services, but the three congregations met for one mid-morning "Church Together" service this week. Hymns / worship songs were chosen to reflect the three different service styles (traditional, family, contemporary).
All Through History - Nick & Becky Drake
This is Amazing Grace - Phil Wickham
Before the Throne of God Above / BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ABOVE
The Power of the Cross - Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
When I was Lost (There is a New Song) - Kate & Miles Simmonds
And Can It Be, That I Should Gain? - SAGINA
Yes, as on this occasion we went to Our Place's early service, which is an hour long and typically light on sung worship in order to give more time for prayer and, at times, interaction - both in small groups and in a plenary, given that the gathering is usually fairly small.
Yes, as on this occasion we went to Our Place's early service, which is an hour long and typically light on sung worship in order to give more time for prayer and, at times, interaction - both in small groups and in a plenary, given that the gathering is usually fairly small.
Scout and Guide Parade Service; theme "Jesus on the road to Jerusalem".
“Son of the Lord most high” - Darwall's 148th (yes I know it should be Harewood but Darwall is better known).
“Step by step”.
“Come with me, come wander”.
“The journey of life”.
“One more step along the world”.
“We are marching in the light of God”.
Scout and Guide Parade Service; theme "Jesus on the road to Jerusalem".
“Son of the Lord most high” - Darwall's 148th (yes I know it should be Harewood but Darwall is better known).
“Step by step”.
“Come with me, come wander”.
“The journey of life”.
“One more step along the world”.
“We are marching in the light of God”.
I know the last two of these but not the others - but they all seem appropriate as Holy Week draws near.
(BTW, do you get a reasonable attendance of Uniformed Young Persons at your Parade services? Our Place's *affiliated* Scout etc. groups are now almost entirely absent from church, except for a Christingle Service just before Christmas... ).
Supplying a Catholic parish this morning who had the propers for the Sunday but a lot of St Patrick as well. Needless to say all the Irish were in a jubilant mood 😉
Christ be beside me (Bunessan)
Plainsong Gospel Acclamation
Father and lifegiver (Princethorpe)
Oh the love of my Lord is the essence
Hail glorious Saint Patrick
Evensong this afternoon
The royal banners forward go (Wareham)
It is a thing most wonderful (Herongate)
Glory be to Jesus (Caswall)
The sun is sinking fast (St Columba). not that it was 🤣
I recall another St Patrick's Day which happened to be on a Sunday some years ago - there was at that time an Irish family attending regularly.
FatherInCharge got us to sing *Happy St Patrick's Day to you*.
I kid you not.
The family was most offended, and left, although they came back for a while a year or two later. They left a second time, but largely due to internal family issues AFAIK.
St Patrick is being transferred to our morning Mass tomorrow, which seems reasonable.
No one had The Breastplate of St. Patrick (“I Bind unto Myself Today”)? (Yeah, we didn’t either. ) Today, Lent V, we had:
“My Lord! What a Morning”
“What Does the Lord Require of You?”/MOON
“We Are One in the Spirit”/THEY’LL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS
“We Are Marching in the Light of God”/SIYAHAMBA
No one had The Breastplate of St. Patrick (“I Bind unto Myself Today”)?
I had it in mind but in the end my focus ended up elsewhere. In any case the version in CH4 is missing half the verses so I'd only be disappointed.
We had:
O God be gracious to me in your love (ELLERS)
Son of God, eternal saviour (BLAENWERN)
I waited patiently for God (I WAITED PATIENTLY)
I have a dream (REPTON)
And can it be (SAGINA)
(BTW, do you get a reasonable attendance of Uniformed Young Persons at your Parade services? Our Place's *affiliated* Scout etc. groups are now almost entirely absent from church, except for a Christingle Service just before Christmas... ).
Not bad from Brownies/Guides, not good from Scouts/Cubs/Beavers.
Our groups aren't "officially" affiliated to the church.
One of our “regulars” spoke to me at coffee time. She said that she never came to Parade Services as she didn’t like them and felt that too much time was given to the Uniformed Organisations handing out badges etc. (We don't do this now although we do hear news of what they've been doing). Perhaps she hadn’t realised that today was a Parade; anyway she did come and then took the time to tell me how much she'd appreciated the service. It made my day!
Sadly, we didn't have St Patrick's Breastplate (known affectionately in the C of I as "Paddy's Bra") either (see previous posts re: liturgically clueless choir leader/hymn chooser).
I was confirmed on St Patrick's Day 1991 in Belfast Cathedral by Bishop Samuel Poyntz of blessèd memory.
Breathe on me, breath of God - Carlisle Once, only once, and once for all - St Botolph On a hill far away - The Old Rugged Cross (ugh!) Glory be to Jesus - Caswall In the cross of Christ I glory - All for Jesus
(BTW, do you get a reasonable attendance of Uniformed Young Persons at your Parade services? Our Place's *affiliated* Scout etc. groups are now almost entirely absent from church, except for a Christingle Service just before Christmas... ).
Not bad from Brownies/Guides, not good from Scouts/Cubs/Beavers.
Our groups aren't "officially" affiliated to the church.
One of our “regulars” spoke to me at coffee time. She said that she never came to Parade Services as she didn’t like them and felt that too much time was given to the Uniformed Organisations handing out badges etc. (We don't do this now although we do hear news of what they've been doing). Perhaps she hadn’t realised that today was a Parade; anyway she did come and then took the time to tell me how much she'd appreciated the service. It made my day!
Interesting. Anecdotal evidence from other Places in Our Town confirms that Brownies/Guides are somewhat better at church attendance than Scouts/Cubs/Beavers, albeit in much lower numbers than in previous years.
Glad to hear your *regular* made the effort to give you some positive feedback!
Supplying a Catholic parish this morning who had the propers for the Sunday but a lot of St Patrick as well. Needless to say all the Irish were in a jubilant mood 😉
Christ be beside me (Bunessan)
Plainsong Gospel Acclamation
Father and lifegiver (Princethorpe)
Oh the love of my Lord is the essence
Hail glorious Saint Patrick
Evensong this afternoon
The royal banners forward go (Wareham)
It is a thing most wonderful (Herongate)
Glory be to Jesus (Caswall)
The sun is sinking fast (St Columba). not that it was 🤣
Pretty good singing today!
I was at a retreat day on Saturday. At Mass they sang Hail Glorious St Patrick dear saint of our isle.
What a load of sentimental twaddle it is.
I consoled myself by singing dear saint of THEIR isle - I don't have a single drop of Irish blood in me.
You ain’t wrong Alan ( speaking as one of 75% Irish antecedents).
Listened in to Mass @ St-Pat’s-in-the-West yesterday. The Mass setting was Palestrina Missa Sine Nomine a 4 and the motet was O Domine Jesu Christe of Guerrero. Both beautifully sung but the ultimate treat was the postlude which was an improvisation of St Patrick’s Breastplate where the reeds did a creditable impression of Irish pipes. Wonderful!
You ain’t wrong Alan ( speaking as one of 75% Irish antecedents).
Listened in to Mass @ St-Pat’s-in-the-West yesterday. The Mass setting was Palestrina Missa Sine Nomine a 4 and the motet was O Domine Jesu Christe of Guerrero. Both beautifully sung but the ultimate treat was the postlude which was an improvisation of St Patrick’s Breastplate where the reeds did a creditable impression of Irish pipes. Wonderful!
Love that Palestrina. Used to sing it in the Liverpool Wigwam.
We had a Funeral Mass at Our Place during the week, our Reader (PTO) having died suddenly a few weeks ago.
Hymns included:
Blest are the pure in heart (Franconia) Be still, for the presence of the Lord (David J Evans) Rejoice, the Lord is King (Gopsal)
The last hymn was sung whilst the coffin was carried out - an unusual choice, maybe, but one of the Reader's favourites. My Spy can't recall what was sung at the beginning of the service - she was probably too busy handling the thurible and the holy water!
You ain’t wrong Alan ( speaking as one of 75% Irish antecedents).
Listened in to Mass @ St-Pat’s-in-the-West yesterday. The Mass setting was Palestrina Missa Sine Nomine a 4 and the motet was O Domine Jesu Christe of Guerrero. Both beautifully sung but the ultimate treat was the postlude which was an improvisation of St Patrick’s Breastplate where the reeds did a creditable impression of Irish pipes. Wonderful!
Love that Palestrina. Used to sing it in the Liverpool Wigwam.
“Hosanna, loud hosanna” - Ellacombe.
Sanctus: “O holy, most holy” - The Ash Grove.
“Here comes Jesus” - Richard Coote.
“My song is love unknown” - Love Unknown.
“Ride on, ride on” - Winchester New.
"Make way, make way” - Kendrick.
Palm Sunday Communion:
Ride on! Ride on in Majesty! / WINCHESTER NEW
My Song is Love Unknown / LOVE UNKNOWN
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven / LAUDA ANIMA
My participation in the singing was rather limited today, as I was serving, and in some cases, it was just as well ...
All glory, laud and honour - St Theodulph (processing out the back door and back in the front) We have a king who rides on a donkey - Drunken Sailor* Give me joy in my heart - Sing Hosanna** Ride on, ride on in majesty - Winchester New You are the King of Glory - Hosanna to the Son of David***
* I kid you not. Words Have Been Said, and an assurance given that it won't happen again.
** or, as David used to call it, "give me unction in my gumption, make me function"
*** sadly, neither of the settings of those words with which I'm familiar (Gibbons or Weelkes)
O dear. I'm glad the Pigletian Words had a suitably chastening effect...
Palm Sunday at Our Place, too, of course, beginning in the Hall with the Blessing of Palms and reading of the Palm Gospel, followed by a Procession to the Church (via the street, as it's a fine day here).
The Mass also included the Passion Gospel, read by three people, and a sermon, with our Archdemon Archdeacon preaching, all of which made for a rather longer service than usual.
The hymns led nicely from the semi-joyful Procession through to the gathering shadows of Holy Week:
All glory, laud and honour (St Theodulph) Ride on, ride on in majesty (Winchester New) Glory be to Jesus (Caswall) There is a green hill far away (Horsley) Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (traditional tune - first verse sung solo)
Palm Sunday Procession (Chris Walker) Started outside. I kept the singing together with a tambourine. It was still a bit ragged, but nothing like the noisy and boistrous event described in the Gospels.
Passion with three readers and the congregation saying the "Crowd" bits.
The Servant King
Unless a grain of wheat (Farrell)
My song is love unknown.
On the way to church my wife almost gave me a heart attack by saying "OMG! The clocks changed last night. You have missed Mass!"
After coffee, a short piece of liturgy to bless the palm crosses, and a procession of one mile between two of our country churches, the main service began with
All glory Lord and honour.( St Theodulph)
Ride on, ride on in majesty.(Winchester New)
From heaven you came, ( The Servant King )
with a verse before and between the Gospel narration by three people, ending with v5
During communion: Choir: Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Arr. Richard Lloyd
Thou didst leave thy throne. (Margaret.)
All Glory, Laud, and Honour (St. Theodulph)
Ride On, Ride On In Majesty! (Winchester New)
The Servant King (Kendrick)
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing (Lyngham)
So first three the same as Puzzler's
In and out in 48 minutes, which is a record for us.
All Glory, Laud, and Honour (St. Theodulph)
Ride On, Ride On In Majesty! (Winchester New)
The Servant King (Kendrick)
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing (Lyngham)
So first three the same as Puzzler's
In and out in 48 minutes, which is a record for us.
48 minutes is a bit short (!) for a Palm Sunday service - presumably you didn't have a Procession, or a Passion Gospel? Those - together with the short liturgy at the beginning, to read the Palm Gospel, and to bless the palm crosses (or whatever) - tend to make the service rather longer than usual.
Service was the Palm Sunday Reading from the Gospel according to John, prayer, first two hymns above, a reading from Zechariah, sermon, third hymn, notices, offering, prayers of intercession, final hymn and benediction. A packed service.
At one stage I thought we were going to be out in 40 minutes, but the preacher threw in an extra "and finally"
We’re not Catholics either in that sense, but Palm crosses are always blessed at our place and even in the Methodist church I have sometimes attended on Palm Sunday.
Our whole thing took two hours if you include the coffee to start, then the procession then the service.
Incidentally, no loos in the church, unless you count the grave yard, so just as well it wasn’t longer.
Yes, the use (and blessing) of palm crosses - or other pieces of foliage - is not at all exclusive to Catholics, whether of the Roman or Anglican variety!
Our 9 o'clock (traditional) communion service followed the normal pattern with no extras. We were invited to pick up an (unblessed) Palm Cross from a pile as we returned from taking communion. I suspect that more will have been made of Palm Crosses at the mid-morning family service.
We had Evensong tonight - the first of the local ecumenical services for Holy Week, with people from a couple of the other churches reading the lessons. The choir, such as we are, turned out in force, and acquitted ourselves rather well, leading the singing from the back of the (very well-filled) church.
Our offerings were:
Hail, gladdening light - Sebaste Jesu, lover of my soul - Aberystwyth Morning glory, starlit sky - Song 13 (I love a bit of Gibbons!) My song is love unknown - Love Unknown
Psalm 130, to a lovely chant based on Purcell
Mag & Nunc to our usual chants
I hadn't really planned on going, but realised that it would be a Good Thing if we put on a decent show, and I'm glad I did - it was a nice service.
Comments
Willing but reluctant pianist, who has the final say on what she can/ will play.
Lord Jesus Christ ( Living Lord )
Lord of all hopefulness ( Slane )
Love divine ( Blaenwern)
Tell out my soul ( Woodlands )
Your service sounds wonderful. I wish I could visit.
I also love Vaughan Williams' energetic setting of these words in his Pilgrim's Progress.
We will extol you, ever-blessed Lord (Old 124th)
O Food to pilgrims given (O Welt, ich muss dich lassen)
I come with joy to meet my Lord (Land of Rest)
Come, thou fount of every blessing (Nettleton)
Choral
Palestrina: Missa Iste confessor
Hugo de la Chapelle: Ave Regina caelorum
Mattheus le Maistre: Jerusalem quae aedificatur
I don't think I've ever heard RVW's Pilgrim's Progress - I shall hie me to YouTube, and see what I can find!
Here's a scene that uses some pertinent lines from the hymn: The Arming of the Pilgrim
It was a great favourite of David's - he was in a performance of it when he was at university - and he occasionally played recordings of it when we were courting, so it brings back happy memories. ❤️
Hymns
Crown Him with many crowns, / Diademata
All my hope on God is founded, / Meine Hoffnung
Seek, O seek the Lord, / Venantius (Connolly, McAuley)
Lift high the cross, / Crucifer
Choir
O Lord, Thou has searched me out, / G. Thalben-Ball
Wash me throughly, / David Halls
Ashes
Your love is finer than gold
Come back to me.
It is a thing most wonderful - Herongate
Breathe on me, breath of God- Carlisle
We have a gospel to proclaim-Fulda
Lift high the cross -Crucifer
Mass of St Thomas
Anthem: O Saviour of the world - Goss.
This got off to a rocky start. It begins with one low bass note on the organ, then all four parts come in. Choir practice was cancelled on Thursday, but I seem to recall being told that that was all we were getting, so I came in, a tad late, and others joined in by the end of the next bar. They were expecting some sort of intro. I didn’t know whether I alone was right or whether I was leading everyone astray!
Evensong tonight:
Introit: God be in my head
King of glory, king of peace- Gwalchmai
O sacred head surrounded -Passion Chorale
Anthem: God so loved the world - Stainer
My song is love unknown - Love Unknown
The day thou gavest- St. Clement
Suitable Passiontide hymns:
When I survey the wondrous cross (Rockingham)
Lift high the cross (Crucifer)
Father, we love you (by Donna Adkins)
In the cross of Christ I glory (either Wychbold or St Oswald - we know both)
Holy Holy Holy (Lord God Almighty)
You are Worthy of it All which was a new one on me.
One of the foreign churches I *visit* online had six (plus a responsorial psalm, and the usual sung bits of the Eucharist), but they're Lutheran...
All Through History - Nick & Becky Drake
This is Amazing Grace - Phil Wickham
Before the Throne of God Above / BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ABOVE
The Power of the Cross - Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
When I was Lost (There is a New Song) - Kate & Miles Simmonds
And Can It Be, That I Should Gain? - SAGINA
Thanks!
“Son of the Lord most high” - Darwall's 148th (yes I know it should be Harewood but Darwall is better known).
“Step by step”.
“Come with me, come wander”.
“The journey of life”.
“One more step along the world”.
“We are marching in the light of God”.
I know the last two of these but not the others - but they all seem appropriate as Holy Week draws near.
(BTW, do you get a reasonable attendance of Uniformed Young Persons at your Parade services? Our Place's *affiliated* Scout etc. groups are now almost entirely absent from church, except for a Christingle Service just before Christmas...
Supplying a Catholic parish this morning who had the propers for the Sunday but a lot of St Patrick as well. Needless to say all the Irish were in a jubilant mood 😉
Christ be beside me (Bunessan)
Plainsong Gospel Acclamation
Father and lifegiver (Princethorpe)
Oh the love of my Lord is the essence
Hail glorious Saint Patrick
Evensong this afternoon
The royal banners forward go (Wareham)
It is a thing most wonderful (Herongate)
Glory be to Jesus (Caswall)
The sun is sinking fast (St Columba). not that it was 🤣
Pretty good singing today!
FatherInCharge got us to sing *Happy St Patrick's Day to you*.
I kid you not.
The family was most offended, and left, although they came back for a while a year or two later. They left a second time, but largely due to internal family issues AFAIK.
St Patrick is being transferred to our morning Mass tomorrow, which seems reasonable.
“My Lord! What a Morning”
“What Does the Lord Require of You?”/MOON
“We Are One in the Spirit”/THEY’LL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS
“We Are Marching in the Light of God”/SIYAHAMBA
O For A Heart To Praise My God (Abridge)
Hail, O Once Despisèd Jesus! (Hyfrydol)
Only three songs because of communion - and we still overran.
And for those of a liturgical bent, our main morning service apparently finished this morning with a Brooke Ligertwood song - A Thousand Hallelujahs
I had it in mind but in the end my focus ended up elsewhere. In any case the version in CH4 is missing half the verses so I'd only be disappointed.
We had:
O God be gracious to me in your love (ELLERS)
Son of God, eternal saviour (BLAENWERN)
I waited patiently for God (I WAITED PATIENTLY)
I have a dream (REPTON)
And can it be (SAGINA)
Our groups aren't "officially" affiliated to the church.
One of our “regulars” spoke to me at coffee time. She said that she never came to Parade Services as she didn’t like them and felt that too much time was given to the Uniformed Organisations handing out badges etc. (We don't do this now although we do hear news of what they've been doing). Perhaps she hadn’t realised that today was a Parade; anyway she did come and then took the time to tell me how much she'd appreciated the service. It made my day!
I was confirmed on St Patrick's Day 1991 in Belfast Cathedral by Bishop Samuel Poyntz of blessèd memory.
Breathe on me, breath of God - Carlisle
Once, only once, and once for all - St Botolph
On a hill far away - The Old Rugged Cross (ugh!)
Glory be to Jesus - Caswall
In the cross of Christ I glory - All for Jesus
Interesting. Anecdotal evidence from other Places in Our Town confirms that Brownies/Guides are somewhat better at church attendance than Scouts/Cubs/Beavers, albeit in much lower numbers than in previous years.
Glad to hear your *regular* made the effort to give you some positive feedback!
— O merciful Creator, hear (ERHALT UNS HERR)
— My song is love unknown
(LOVE UNKNOWN)
— When I survey the wondrous cross (ROCKINGHAM)
Really like “My song is love unknown.” Taught it to the Cong today. Will dial it up again sooner rather than later.
I was at a retreat day on Saturday. At Mass they sang Hail Glorious St Patrick dear saint of our isle.
What a load of sentimental twaddle it is.
I consoled myself by singing dear saint of THEIR isle - I don't have a single drop of Irish blood in me.
Listened in to Mass @ St-Pat’s-in-the-West yesterday. The Mass setting was Palestrina Missa Sine Nomine a 4 and the motet was O Domine Jesu Christe of Guerrero. Both beautifully sung but the ultimate treat was the postlude which was an improvisation of St Patrick’s Breastplate where the reeds did a creditable impression of Irish pipes. Wonderful!
Love that Palestrina. Used to sing it in the Liverpool Wigwam.
Hymns included:
Blest are the pure in heart (Franconia)
Be still, for the presence of the Lord (David J Evans)
Rejoice, the Lord is King (Gopsal)
The last hymn was sung whilst the coffin was carried out - an unusual choice, maybe, but one of the Reader's favourites. My Spy can't recall what was sung at the beginning of the service - she was probably too busy handling the thurible and the holy water!
Love that Palestrina. Used to sing it in the Liverpool Wigwam.
Sanctus: “O holy, most holy” - The Ash Grove.
“Here comes Jesus” - Richard Coote.
“My song is love unknown” - Love Unknown.
“Ride on, ride on” - Winchester New.
"Make way, make way” - Kendrick.
Ride on! Ride on in Majesty! / WINCHESTER NEW
My Song is Love Unknown / LOVE UNKNOWN
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven / LAUDA ANIMA
All glory, laud and honour - St Theodulph (processing out the back door and back in the front)
We have a king who rides on a donkey - Drunken Sailor*
Give me joy in my heart - Sing Hosanna**
Ride on, ride on in majesty - Winchester New
You are the King of Glory - Hosanna to the Son of David***
* I kid you not. Words Have Been Said, and an assurance given that it won't happen again.
** or, as David used to call it, "give me unction in my gumption, make me function"
*** sadly, neither of the settings of those words with which I'm familiar (Gibbons or Weelkes)
Palm Sunday at Our Place, too, of course, beginning in the Hall with the Blessing of Palms and reading of the Palm Gospel, followed by a Procession to the Church (via the street, as it's a fine day here).
The Mass also included the Passion Gospel, read by three people, and a sermon, with our Archdemon Archdeacon preaching, all of which made for a rather longer service than usual.
The hymns led nicely from the semi-joyful Procession through to the gathering shadows of Holy Week:
All glory, laud and honour (St Theodulph)
Ride on, ride on in majesty (Winchester New)
Glory be to Jesus (Caswall)
There is a green hill far away (Horsley)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (traditional tune - first verse sung solo)
I've asked my Spy to let me know what hymns are y-sungen on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, at the Vigil on Saturday, and on Easter Sunday.
I only hope that FatherInCharge will not be inspired to add *Happy Easter, dear Jesus, happy Easter to you!* to the repertoire...
Passion with three readers and the congregation saying the "Crowd" bits.
The Servant King
Unless a grain of wheat (Farrell)
My song is love unknown.
On the way to church my wife almost gave me a heart attack by saying "OMG! The clocks changed last night. You have missed Mass!"
All glory Lord and honour.( St Theodulph)
Ride on, ride on in majesty.(Winchester New)
From heaven you came, ( The Servant King )
with a verse before and between the Gospel narration by three people, ending with v5
During communion: Choir: Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Arr. Richard Lloyd
Thou didst leave thy throne. (Margaret.)
Ride On, Ride On In Majesty! (Winchester New)
The Servant King (Kendrick)
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing (Lyngham)
So first three the same as Puzzler's
In and out in 48 minutes, which is a record for us.
48 minutes is a bit short (!) for a Palm Sunday service - presumably you didn't have a Procession, or a Passion Gospel? Those - together with the short liturgy at the beginning, to read the Palm Gospel, and to bless the palm crosses (or whatever) - tend to make the service rather longer than usual.
Service was the Palm Sunday Reading from the Gospel according to John, prayer, first two hymns above, a reading from Zechariah, sermon, third hymn, notices, offering, prayers of intercession, final hymn and benediction. A packed service.
At one stage I thought we were going to be out in 40 minutes, but the preacher threw in an extra "and finally"
Our whole thing took two hours if you include the coffee to start, then the procession then the service.
Incidentally, no loos in the church, unless you count the grave yard, so just as well it wasn’t longer.
Our offerings were:
Hail, gladdening light - Sebaste
Jesu, lover of my soul - Aberystwyth
Morning glory, starlit sky - Song 13 (I love a bit of Gibbons!)
My song is love unknown - Love Unknown
Psalm 130, to a lovely chant based on Purcell
Mag & Nunc to our usual chants
I hadn't really planned on going, but realised that it would be a Good Thing if we put on a decent show, and I'm glad I did - it was a nice service.