15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Year of Matthew

Is 55:10-11, Rom 8:18-23, Mt 13:1-23 For what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit

• Mass setting: Mass Shalom (C.D. Smith)
• Offertory Motet: How lovely is your dwelling place* (D. von Kampen)
• Communio: Passer invenit sibi domum, et turtur nidum, ubi reponat pullos suos: altaria tua Domine virtutum, Rex meus, et Deus meus: beati qui habitant in domo tua, in saeculum saeculi laudabunt te. The sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; close to the side of Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. Happy are they who dwell in Your house! They will always be praising You
• Hymns: Lord, Your almighty word MOSCOW; My God accept my heart this day BELMONT

Cantor: Nicole Smeulders

Organist: Bransby Byrne

Organist Emeritus: Edward Theodore

DoM: Noel Debien

*How lovely is your dwelling place
O, Lord of hosts!
My soul longs for the courts of the Lord.
My heart sings for joy.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
Ever singing your praise.
Blessed are those whose strength is in You,
In whose heart are the highways to Zion
O, Lord, God, Lord of hosts.
Hear my prayer,
For a day in your courts
Is better than thousands elsewhere.