1st Sunday of Lent (A) Year of Matthew

Gen 2:7-9,3:1-7; Rom 5:12-19; Mt 4:1-11

• Mass setting: Missa Deus genitor alme (Gregorian)
• Motet: Remember not Lord our offences* (Purcell)
• Communio: Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi: The Lord will overshadow you with His shoulders, and under His wings you shall trust: His truth shall surround you with a shield.
• Hymns: Lent Prose (Attende Domine); May this Lenten discipline LINDFIELD
• Organ Prelude: O Lord, hear my supplication – Johann Walther (1684-1748)
• Organ Voluntary: Komm her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn – Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843-1900)

Organist: Bransby Byrne

Organist Emeritus: Edward Theodore

DoM: Noel Debien

*Remember not, Lord, our offences,
nor the offences of our forefathers;
neither take thou vengeance of our sins:
spare us, good Lord, spare thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood,
and be not angry with us for ever.

Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

• Mass setting: Missa Deus genitor alme (Gregorian)
• Motet: Sicut cervus* (Palestrina)
• Communio: Qui meditabitur in lege Domini die ac nocte, dabit fructum suum in tempore suo. The one who meditates day and night on the law of the Lord, shall bear fruit in due season.
• Hymns: Attende Domine (Lent Prose); Forty days and forty nights HEINLEIN
• Organ Prelude: Interlude for Lent – Norman Gilbert (1912-1975)
• Organ Voluntary: Aus der Tiefe (HEINLEIN) – Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)

Organist: Bransby Byrne

Organist Emeritus: Edward Theodore

DoM: Noel Debien

*Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus

As the deer longs for running streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.