Thursday 15 August 7pm – CHOIR

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Apoc 11:19, 12:1-6, 10: 1 Cor 15:20-26; Lk 1:39-56

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  • Mass setting: Missa Cum Jubilo (Gregorian)
  • Motet: Sicut lilium* (Brumel)
  • Hymns: Virgin, great and glorious ORIENTIS PARTIBUS; Virgin born, we bow before thee MON DIEU, PRÊTE-MOI L’OREILLE
  • Communio: Beatam me dicent omnes generationes, quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est All generations shall call me blessed, for He that is mighty has done great things for me
  • Organ Prelude: Ave Maris Stella – Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
  • Organ Offertorium: Inno Ave Maris Stella – J-F. Dandrieu (1682-1739)
  • Organ Voluntary: Toccata ‘Ave Maris Stella’ – Flor Peeters (1903-1986)

Organist: Bransby Byrne

*Sicut lilium inter spinas,
sic amica mea inter filias

As the lily among thorns,
so is my love among the daughters (of Adam)