Choir of St Francis of Assisi, Paddington

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Year of Matthew

Jer 20.7-9; Rom 12.1-2; Mt 16.21-27 If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me 

• Mass Setting: Missa Orbis Factor (Victoria)
• Motet: Greater love hath no man* (John Ireland)
• Communion: (Gregorian Mt 16.24) Qui vult venire post me, abneget semetipsum: et tollat crucem suam, et sequatur me. If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves, and take up their cross and follow me.
• Hymns: TIS 583 Take up your cross O JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT; TIS 501 Sing My tongue the Saviour’s glory HOLYWOOD

Organist: Bransby Byrne

*Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. Love is strong as death.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
That we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.
Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation;
That ye should show forth the praises of him who hath call’d you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies, a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto to God, which is your reasonable service.

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Year of Matthew

Is 22.19-23; Rom 11.33-36; Mt 16.13-20

• Mass setting: Missa Tu es Petrus (Palaestrina)
• Motet: Tu es Petrus* (Maurice Duruflé)
• 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: TIS 457 The Church’s one Foundation AURELIA; TIS 446 Glorious thinigs of you are spoken ABBOT’S LEIGH

Organist: Bransby Byrne

*Tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam

You are Peter, and upon this Rock I will build My Church

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Year of Matthew

Is 56.1,6-7; Rom 11.13-15, 29-32; Mt 15.21-28 

• Mass setting: Missa Alme Pater (A. Millington)
• Motet: Ave Maris Stella* (C. Willcock)
• Communio: Domus mea, domus orationis vocabitur, dicit Dominus: in ea omnis, qui petit, accipit: et qui quaerit, invenit, et pulsanti aperietur. My house will be called a house of prayer, says the Lord; everyone who asks here, will receive, and those who seek, will find, and to them who knock, it will be opened.
• Hymns: CWB 804 Shepherd of Souls NEUMARK; TIS 166 Sing a new Song COSMIC PRAISE

Organist: Bransby Byrne

*Ave, maris stella, Dei Mater alma, Atque semper Virgo, Felix caeli porta.

Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore, Funda nos in pace, Mutans Hevae nomen.

Solve vincla reis, Profer lumen caecis, Mala nostra pelle, Bona cuncta posce

Monstra te esse matrem Sumat per te preces, Qui pro nobis natus Tulit esse tuus.

Virgo singularis, Inter omnes mitis, Nos culpis solutos, Mites fac et castos.

Vitam praesta puram, Iter para tutum, Ut videntes Jesum, Semper collaetemur.

Sit laus Deo Patri, Summo Christo decus Spiritui Sancto, Tribus honor unus. Amen.

Hail, star of the sea, loving Mother of God, and also always a virgin, happy gate of heaven.

Receiving that “Ave” from Gabriel’s mouth confirm us in peace, changing Eve’s name.

Break the chains of sinners, bring light to the blind, Drive away our evils, ask for all good

Show yourself to be a mother, may He accept prayers through you, He who, born for us, chose to be yours.

O unique virgin, meek above all, make us, absolved from sin, gentle and chaste.

Keep life pure, make the journey safe, so that, seeing Jesus, we may always rejoice together.

Let there be praise to God the Father, glory to Christ in the highest, to the Holy Spirit, One honor to all three. Amen.

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Year of Matthew

1Kgs 19.9,11-13; Rom 9.1-5; Mt 14.22-23 Command me to to come to you over the water 

• Mass setting: Mass Shalom (C.D. Smith)
• Communio: (Gregorian) Panis quam ego dedero, caro mea est pro saeculi vita The bread which I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
• Hymns:
  • TIS 598 Dear Father, Lord of humankind REPTON;
  • TIS 16 Do not be afraid PSALM 27;
  • TIS 464 Seek O seek the Lord VENANTIUS

Organist: Bransby Byrne

Feast of the Transfiguration

Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; 2Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 He was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun 

• Mass setting: Missa Papae Marcelli (Palaestrina)
• Motet: O Nata Lux* (Morten Lauridsen)
• Communio:  Visionem quam vidistis, nemini dixeritis, donec a mortuis resurgat Filius hominis. Tell no one about the vision you have seen until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.
• Hymns: TIS 193 God, you are clothed with light HAREWOOD; TIS 234 How good, Lord, to be here CARLISLE

Organist: Bransby Byrne

*O nata lux de lumine, Jesu redemptor saeculi,
Dignare clemens supplicum, Laudes precesque sumere.
Qui carne quondam contegi, Dignatus es pro perditis,
Nos membra confer effici, Tui beati corporis.

O Light born of Light,
Jesus, redeemer of the world,
with loving-kindness deign to receive
suppliant praise and prayer.

Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh
for the sake of the lost,
grant us to be members
of thy blessed body.

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Year of Matthew

1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12; Rom 8.26-27; Mt 13.24-43 

• Mass setting: Messe Brève (Theodore Dubois)
• Psalm: No. 118
• Motet: Exaltabo te, Domine* (Alessandro Scarlatti)
• Communio (Gregorian): Simile est regnum caelorum homini negatiotori, quaerenti bonas margaritas: inventa una pretiosa margarita, dedit omnia sua et comparavit eam. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking precious pearls. When he had found one pearl of great price, he sold all he had, and made it his own.
• Hymns: TIS 560 All my hope on God is founded MICHAEL; TIS 495 Father we give you thanks SPIRITUS VITAE
• Organ Prelude: Kyrie eleison – Francois Couperin (1668-1733)
• Organ Offertorium: Interlude in ‘d’ minor – William Hine (1687-1730)
• Organ Voluntary: Toccata in ‘F’    BWV 540 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Organist: Bransby Byrne

Cantor: Nicole Smeulders

Choir: This week there will be a visiting choir, the Brabyn Singers, conducted by Bransby Byrne.

*Exaltabo te Domine,  quoniam suscepisti me
nec delectasti inimicos meos super me.
Domine clamavi ad te et sanasti me.

I will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up:
and not made my foes to triumph over me.
O Lord my God, I cried unto thee: and thou hast healed me.

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Year of Matthew

Wis 12.13, 16-19; Rom 8.26-27; Mt 13.24-43 The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed…the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all 

• Mass setting: Missa Brevis (Palaestrina)
• Motet: Beati mundo corde (W. Byrd)*
• Communio: (Gregorian) Acceptabis sacrificium justitiae, oblationes et holocausta, super altare tuum, Domine Then you will be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with oblations and burnt offerings over your altar O Lord.
• Hymns: TIS 111 Praise to the Lord the Almighty LOBE DEN HERREN; TIS 134 Praise, my soul, the king of heaven PRAISE, MY SOUL
• Organ Prelude: Voluntary on a theme of Orlando Gibbons – Alfred E. Floyd (1877-1974)
• Organ Offertorium: Interlude – Cesar Franck (1822 – 1890)
• Organ Voluntary: Voluntary in ‘G’ – John Stanley (1713-1786)

Organist: Bransby Byrne

* beati mundo corde quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt

beati pacifici quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur

beati qui persecutionem patiuntur propter iustitiam quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.