Church of the Sacred Heart, Wimbledon         

Ash Wednesday, 2012

Entrance Hymn:

God of mercy and compassion,

look with pity upon me;

Father, let me call thee Father

‘tis thy child returns to thee

Jesus Lord I ask for mercy;

Let me not implore in vain;

all my sins I now detest them,

never will I sin again

See our Saviour, bleeding, dying,

on the cross of Calvary.

To the cross my sins have nailed him

Yet he bleeds and dies for me.

Jesus Lord………

Penitential rite: (Missa Orbis Factor)

Kyrie eleison  Kyrie eleison

Christe eleison  Christe eleison

Kyrie eleison  Kyrie eleison

After the first reading:

Psalm 50:

Response sung by all (choir first time):

Have mercy on me God,

For we have sinned

Gospel acclamation: Repeat after choir

Praise to you O Christ, King of eternal glory

For the distribution of ashes, please wait until all the ministers are in place.

The choir sing:

Deliver us, O Lord our God (Batten)

God so loved the world (Stainer)

Offertory Hymn:

Lord Jesus, think on me, and purge away my sin;

From earth-born passions set me free,

and make me pure within.

Lord Jesus, think on me, with care and woe oppressed;

Let me thy loving servant be

and taste thy promised rest.

Lord Jesus, think on me amid the battles’s strife;

In all my pain and misery

be thou my health and life.

Lord Jesus, think on me, nor let me go astray;

Through darkness and perplexity

point thou the heavenly way.

Lord Jesus, think on me, when flows the tempest high:

When on doth rush the enemy,

O Saviour, be thou nigh.

Eucharistic Prayer   

(Haugen Mass of Creation)

Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts,

Heaven and earth are full of your glory,

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

Hosanna in the highest.

Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis (x2)

Agnus dei qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem

During Communion, the Choir will sing:

Ave verum (Byrd)

Post Communion Hymn:

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound

That saved and set me free!

I once was lost but now am found,

Was blind but now I see.

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

and grace my fears relieved.

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares

I have already come.

‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

and grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me;

His word my hope secures.

He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures.

The Blessing

As the clergy depart, the choir sing psalm 50 in Latin:

Miserere mei, Deus (plainsong tone II)

Almighty God, who hast me brought (Ford)

Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake (Farrant)

Jubilate Deo             Lassus

Ave Maria   Casali

Exsultate Deo – Palestrina

Gloria:  Parish Mass (Jones)

Teach me O Lord (Attwood)

O Lord increase my faith (Loosemore)

Dextera Domini – Goller

Jesu dulcis memoria – Victoria

Ave Maria    Kodaly

Ave Verum   Liszt

Motet: Omnes de Saba     Jacob Handl

Canite tuba                               Palestrina

Alma redemptoris mater       Peter Philips

Hymns for 6.30 Saturday (vigil) and 12.45 Sunday: 115, 880, 116