Sunday 6 June 10am – CHOIR

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) (B) Year of Mark;

(First Communion)

Note: during this Mass, a number of children will receive First Holy Communion. This has been reflected in the selection of music to accompany the liturgy. 

Ex 24:3-8; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

  • Mass setting: Missa Aeterna Christi Munera (Palestrina)
  • Sequence: Lo the Angels’ food is given
  • Motet: Panis Angelicus* (Franck)
  • Communio: (Jn 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: Here I am, Lord HERE I AM, LORD; I am the bread of life BREAD OF LIFE
  • Organ Prelude: Pange lingua Op. 45 – Marcel Dupré (1899-1971)
  • Organ Voluntary: Improvisation on ‘Cibavit Eos’ – Everett Titcomb (1884-1968)

Organist: Bransby Byrne

 

*Panis angelicus
fit panis hominum;
Dat panis cœlicus
figuris terminum:
O res mirabilis!
Manducat Dominum
Pauper, Pauper,
servus et humilis.

The bread of angels
Becomes bread for humankind;
This heavenly bread gives
an end to all forms.
Oh, wonderful fact!
The Lord feeds the poor,
The slave, the lowly.