The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) (A) Year of Matthew

Deut 8.2-3, 14-16; 1Cor 10.16-17; Jn 6.51-58 The one who eats this bread will live for ever 

• Mass setting: Missa Aeterna Christi Munera (Palaestrina)
• Motet: Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli (William Byrd)*
• Communio: (Gregorian, John 6.57) Qui manducat carnem meam, et bibit sanguinem meum, in me manet, et ego in eo dicit Dominus Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in them says the Lord.
• Hymns: Sweet Sacrament Divine DIVINE MYSTERIES, Soul of my Saviour ANIMA CHRISTI
• Organ Prelude: Blessed Jesu, at Thy word we are gathered BWV 731 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1659-1750)
• Organ Offertorium: Gott Des Himmels – Peter Hurford (b. 1930)
• Organ Voluntary: Alleluyas – Simon Preston (b. 1938)

Organist: Bransby Byrne

*Alleluia. Cognoverunt discipuli Dominum Jesum in fractione panis.
Alleluia. Caro mea vere est cibus, et sanguis meus vere est potus:
qui manducat carnem, et bibit meum sanguinem, in me manet, et ego in eo. Alleluia.

Alleluia! The disciples knew the Lord Jesus in the breaking of bread.
Alleluia! My flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed.
He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me: and I in him. Alleluia!

Trinity Sunday (A) Year of Matthew

Ex 34.4-6, 8-9; 2Cor 13.11-13; Jn 3.16-18 God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life 

• Mass setting: Mass Shalom (C.D. Smith)
• Communio: (Gregorian, Tob 12.6) Benedicimus Deum caeli, et coram omnibus viventibus confitebimur ei; quia fecit nobiscum misericordiam suam Let us bless the God of Heaven and utter His praises before all who live; for He has dealt with us according to His mercy
• Hymns: TIS 100 All Creatures of our God and King, TIS 405 O Spirit of the Living God, TIS 140 Firmly I believe and truly
• Organ Prelude: Prélude 4 – Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
• Organ Offertorium: Interlude in ‘d’ minor – Johann C. H. Rinck (1770-1846)
• Organ Voluntary: Sonata per Organo – Giovanni Battista Bassani (1657-1716)

Organist: Bransby Byrne