1st Sunday of Advent (A) Year of Matthew
Is 2.1-5, Rom 13.11-14, Mt 24.37-44
- Mass setting: Missa Simplex
- Motet: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming (M. Praetorius 1571-1621)
- Communio: Dominus dabit benignitatem, et terra nostra dabit fructum suum. The Lord will bestow his loving kindness, and our land will yield its fruit.
- Hymns: Advent prose (Rorate caeli); Lo, He comes with clouds descending HELMSLEY
- Organ Prelude: Nun komm; der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Organ Offertorium: ‘From Heaven above to earth I come’ – Johann Buttstedt (1666-1727)
- Organ Voluntary: Wachet auf! Ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Organist: Bransby Byrne