The Ascension of the Lord (A) Year of Matthew
Acts 1:1-11; Ps 46:2-3,6-9; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me
- Mass setting: Missa Ascendo ad Patrem (Palaestrina)
- Motet: Caelos ascendit hodie* (Charles Villiers Stanford)
- Communio: Data est mihi omnis potestas in caelo et in terra, alleluia: euntes, docete omnes gentes, baptizantes eos in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, alleluia. All power has been given to me in heaven and on earth, alleluia; go therefore and teach all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, alleluia.
- Hymns: Hail the day that sees him rise CHISLEHURST; Lord enthroned in Heavenly Splendour tune BRYN CALFARIA
- Organ Prelude: Prologue on ‘Ascension’ – Healey Willan (1880-1964)
- Organ Voluntary: March on a theme by Handel ‘Lift up your heads’ – Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Organist: Bransby Byrne
DoM: Noel Debien
*Coelos ascendit hodie |
Today into the heavens has ascended |