Category Archives: Music for Masses

Sunday 22nd February 2026 Lent 1

Posted on 18/02/2026 by RAR

Entry hymn: 392: Lord, who throughout these forty days Offertory motet: Nolo mortem peccatoris Thomas Morley Communion motet: Call to remembrance, O Lord Richard Farrant Communion hymn: 60 Attend and keep this happy fast (T.548)

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Ash Wednesday 18th February 2026

Posted on 16/02/2026 by RAR

Entry hymn: 219 God of mercy and compassion Distribution of ashes: Emendemus in melius  PlainsongLord for thy tender mercy’s sake     Richard Farrant  (1525-1580) Offertory hymn: 185 Forty days and forty nights Communion: If ye love me Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) Recessional: Psalm 50 Miserere … Continue reading →

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Sunday, 15th February 2026 6th Sunday (A)

Posted on 10/02/2026 by RAR

Entry hymn: 109 Christ is made the sure foundation Kyrie/Sanctus/Agnus Dei: Missa ‘Vidi speciosam’ TL da Victoria Offertory motet: Teach me, O Lord William Byrd Communion motet: The God of love Thomas Tallis Communion hymn: 125 Come down O love … Continue reading →

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Sunday 8th February 2026 5th Sunday (A)

Posted on 04/02/2026 by RAR

Entry hymn: 796 What does the Lord require? Kyrie/Gloria: 459/460 Offertory motet: Dextera Domini Vinzenz Goller Communion motet: Ave verum Edward Elgar Communion hymn: 365 Light of our darkness Organ: March from ‘Athalie’ Mendelssohn

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Sunday, 1st February 2026 4th Sunday (A)

Posted on 28/01/2026 by RAR

Solemn Latin Mass: Mass in C RR Terry O Salutaris hostia Fernand Laloux Adoramus te, Christe Orlando Lassus Organ: Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 550 (JS Bach)

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Sunday, 25th January 2026 3rd Sunday

Posted on 21/01/2026 by RAR

Introit: Cantate Domino canticum novum Giuseppe Pitoni Kyrie/Gloria: 459/460 Offertory hymn: 738 Thou whose almighty word Communion motet: Salve lux mundi Josquin des Prez Organ: Toccata Joseph Jongen

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Sunday 18th January 2026 2nd Sunday (A)

Posted on 14/01/2026 by RAR

Entry hymn: 891 Christ be our light Kyrie: 459 Gloria: 467 Offertory motet: The Lamb John Tavener Communion motet: The Lord is my Shepherd Martin How Communion hymn: 111 Christ is the world’s light Organ: Prelude, Fugue & Variation César … Continue reading →

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Sunday 11th January 2026 Baptism of the Lord

Posted on 07/01/2026 by RAR

Entrance hymn: 661 Songs of thankfulness and praise (vv.1,2,5) Kyrie/Gloria: 459/460 Offertory motet: Tribus miraculis  GP da Palestrina Communion motet: O Lord, give Thy Holy Spirit  Thomas Tallis Communion hymn: 106 Christ be beside me Organ: Concerto in A minor (3rd … Continue reading →

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Sunday 4th January 2026 2nd Sunday after the Nativity

Posted on 03/01/2026 by RAR

Solemn Latin Mass: Missa de Angelis (K,G,S,B) Offertory: The Three Kings Peter Cornelius arr. Atkins Communion: Dormi, Jesu! Edmund Rubbra Organ: Fantasia on Christmas carols John E West

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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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