December 18, 2005
The Fourth Sunday in Advent
The Service of Holy Communion
The Hymns
The Opening Hymn:
545 –
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
(Tune:
Woodbird)
The Sermon Hymn:
6 –
Creator of the stars of night
(Tune:
Breslau)
The Communion Hymn:
312 –
The Lord will come and not be slow
(Tune:
York)
The Kneeling Hymn:
201 –
Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
The Closing Hymn:
484 –
Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
The Setting of the Ordinary
Missa Marialis – Plainsong, 10th-14th century (719, 798, 723)
The Minor Propers
The Fourth Week of Advent
The Psalms, Anthems, and Motets
The Psalm:
132:8-15.
Surge Domine.
– Anglican Chant:
Edwin Edwards
The Offertory Anthem:
Lift up your heads, O ye gates
–
William Mathias
The Organ Voluntaries
The Prelude:
Trio super: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660
– Johann Sebastian Bach
The Postlude:
Toccata in Seven
– John Rutter

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