1st Sunday of Lent (A) Year of Matthew
Gen 2.7-9, 3.1-7; Rom 5.12-19, Mt 4.1-11 Jesus fasted for forty days and forty nights
- Mass setting: Missa Deus Genitor Alme (Gregorian)
- 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.
- Motet: Remember not Lord our offenses (Purcell)
- Hymns: Lent prose Attende Domine; TIS 591 Forty days and forty nights HEINLEIN
- Organ Prelude: Hymn Prelude for Lent (1978) – Dulcie Holland (1913-2000)
- Organ Offertorium: Interlude in ‘D’ major’ – Henry Heron (c.1730-c.1795)
- Organ Voluntary: Fugue in ‘g’ minor – Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Organist: Bransby Byrne