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The Nativity of the Lord 25th December 2025

Posted on 24/12/2025 by RAR

Midnight Mass: 11.30  BEFORE MASS: Choir: Creator of the stars of night (arr. John Scott) All:  O come, O come, Emmanuel Choir: Adam lay Ybounden    John Ireland All:  O little town of Bethlehem   Choir: People look east   Christopher Steele All: Lo he comes with clouds … Continue reading →

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Sunday 21st December 2025 Advent 4

Posted on 17/12/2025 by RAR

Introit (choir): Rorate coeli desuper (plainsong) Kyrie: Missa ‘Dixit Maria’ HL Hassler Offertory motet: Ave Maria Louis Vierne Communion motet: Ecce concipies Jakob Handl Communion hymn: 243 Hark! A herald voice is calling

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Sunday 14th December 2025 Advent 3 (Gaudete)

Posted on 10/12/2025 by RAR

Entry hymn: 522 O come, O come Emmanuel Offertory motet: Canite tuba in Sion GP da Palestrina Communion motet: Confortamini et iam O Lassus Communion hymn: 133 Come thou long-expected Jesus

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Sunday, 7th December 2025 Advent 2

Posted on 03/12/2025 by RAR

Solemn Latin Mass Kyrie: Mass 18 (plainchant) Offertory motet: Jerusalem surge Giovanni Battista Martini Sanctus/Benedictus/Agnus Dei: Missal tones (Mass 18) Communion: From the ‘O’ Antiphons (plainchant): O sapientia: O Adonai; O radix Jesse  Organ: Veni Redemptor gentium Samuel Scheidt

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Sunday, 30th November 2025 Advent 1 (A)

Posted on 25/11/2025 by RAR

Entry: Ad te levavi Johann Aiblinger Kyrie: 468 Missa Orbis Factor Offertory motet: Ad te, Domine, levavi JJ Fux Communion motet: Creator alme siderum (plainsong arr. John Scott) Communion hymn: 762 Wait for the Lord Organ: Prelude on ‘Wachet auf’. … Continue reading →

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Sunday 23rd November 2025 Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe

Posted on 19/11/2025 by RAR

Introit: 116 Christus vincit Missa super ‘O Regem coeli’ (K/S) GP da Palestrina Offertory motet: O Rex Gloriae Andrea Gabrieli Communion motet: Agnus Dei II (from Mass) Communion hymn: 239 Hail Redeemer, King divine Organ: Grand Choeur Dialogué Eugène Gigout

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Sunday, 16th November 2025 33rd Sunday (C)

Posted on 12/11/2025 by RAR

Entry Hymn: 179 For the healing of the nations Kyrie/Gloria: 459/460 Offertory motet: Ave Maria Edward Elgar Communion motet: The Lord bless you and keep you John Rutter Communion hymn: 633 Seek ye first Organ: Cantabile César Franck

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Sunday, 9th November 2025 Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: Requiem Mass for the War dead

Posted on 04/11/2025 by RAR

Introit: Requiem Aeternam (plainsong) Kyrie/Sanctus/Agnus: Mass 18 (plainsong) Offertory motet: Greater love hath no man (John Ireland) Communion motet: Locus iste (Anton Bruckner) Communion hymn: 286 I vow to thee my country Organ: Elegy (G. Thalben-Ball)

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Sunday 2nd November, 2025 All Saints

Posted on 29/10/2025 by RAR

Solemn Latin Mass Setting: Missa de Angelis (see booklet) Offertory motet: O quam gloriosum TL da Victoria Communion motet: Hail, glorious spirits, heirs of light Christopher Tye Organ: Toccata ‘Placare Christe Servulis’ Marcel Dupré

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Sunday 26th October 2025 30th Sunday (C)

Posted on 22/10/2025 by RAR

Entry hymn: 529 O God, thy people gather Kyrie/Gl0ria: 459/460 Offertory motet: King of Glory, King of peace Ahle/Bach arr. WH Harris Sanctus: 433 Communion motet: Ave verum corpus Camille Saint-Saëns Communion hymn: 182 Forgive our sins, as we forgive … Continue reading →

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