Sunday, March 23, 2014

Lent 4 - March 30 2014

  • Organ: Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’ – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Opening Hymn 345 “King of glory, king of peace” (Gwalchmai)
  • Psalm 23 – chant by C. Hylton Stewart (sung by the choir)
  • Gospel Acclamation
Choir: Praise to you O Christ, King of eternal glory.
Praise to you O Christ, King of eternal glory.
All: Praise to you O Christ, King of eternal glory.
Praise to you O Christ, King of eternal glory.
Choir: I am the light of the world;
anyone who follows me will have the light of life, says the Lord.
All: Praise to you O Christ, King of eternal glory.
Praise to you O Christ, King of eternal glory.
  • Offertory 397 “Praise the one who breaks the darkness” (Nettleton)
  • Communion Hymn 85 “Shepherd of souls” (St. Agnes)
  • Communion Motet: The Crown of Roses – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • When Jesus Christ was yet a child He had a garden small and wild,
    Wherein He cherished roses fair, And wove them into garlands there. 


    Now once, as summer time drew nigh, There came a troop of children by,
    And seeing roses on the tree, With shouts they plucked them merrily. 

    Do you bind roses in your hair? They cried, in scorn, to Jesus there,
    The Boy said humbly: "Take, I pray, All but the naked thorns away." 

    Then of the thorns they made a crown, And with rough fingers pressed it down,
    Till on His forehead fair and young, Red drops of blood like roses sprung.  


  • Chorale:  “Erhalt uns Herr” 

  • Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy Word; Curb those who fain by craft and sword Would wrest the kingdom from Thy Son And set at naught all He hath done.


  • Organ: Chorale Prelude on ‘Erhalt uns Herr’ – Dietrich Buxtehude
  • Music Notes

    At each of the five Lenten Sundays our service will end in a slightly different way. Following the blessing and in place of a concluding hymn, the choir will sing one verse of a chorale (a Lutheran hymn) taken from either the St. Matthew Passion or St. John Passion by J.S. Bach. This will be followed by a short piece of organ music that is based on that chorale by a different composer each week; after that, the dismissal and a quiet procession of clergy and choir from the sanctuary. It is hoped that these few minutes of music will provide you with an opportunity for reflection in keeping with the more sombre mood of Lent.


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