Who does the Church belong to ?

The Church doesn't belong to our priests, bishops or even the Pope - it belongs to God and we are merely the building blocks, small but essential to its wholeness. This was the challenging message from Brian, our Deacon as we draw to the end of our summer season. The Church was almost full for a joyful celebration that musically included something new (Open our eyes to see by Angela Reith, published by CJM) and saw the return of Jimmy (following a rotator cuff tear - it's a shoulder thing) and the arrival of Danny (guitar).

Entry : - The Church’s one foundation

Gloria: -

Alleluia : - Plymouth Alleluia

Credo/I believe

Offertory: - Take our bread

Sanctus:: -Gathering Mass

Mystery of faith : - Dying you destroyed our death
Amen Amen, Amen, Amen We will sing of Your love forever. We will sing Your praise forever Amen. Amen, Amen, Amen

Sign of Peace Peace be with you, peace be with you always (x3)

Agnus Dei (Newquay Mass #2)
Lamb of God, Lamb of God, You take away, the sin of all the world (repeat)
Lord have mercy on us and grant us Your peace. Grant us Your peace.

Communion: - On Eagle’s wings

Open our eyes to see

Recession: - I watch the sunrise

Good news for all...

It was all change at Holy Trinity today with the return of choirboy to the music liturgy but the departure (for a week) of Mary with Kath as substitute - Jimmy was absent injured (in injury to the strumming arm). We were told by Father Mark that the message of the gospel was an inclusive one - for all peoples and races and that we should find joy in our faith. I hope that we were able to reflect some of that joy through our music liturgy.

Entry : - All are welcome

Gloria: -

Alleluia : - Plymouth Alleluia

Credo/I believe

Offertory: - Gifts of bread and wine

Sanctus:: -Gathering Mass

Mystery of faith : - Lord by Your cross

Amen Amen, Amen, Amen We will sing of Your love forever. We will sing Your praise forever Amen. Amen, Amen, Amen

Agnus Dei (Newquay Mass #2)
Lamb of God, Lamb of God, You take away, the sin of all the world (repeat)
Lord have mercy on us and grant us Your peace. Grant us Your peace.

Communion: - Be still for the presence of the Lord

Eat this bread

Recession: - Guide me, O thy great Redeemer

Summer Holiday

Regular readers of this blog (if there are any) will notice that there has been a shortage of posts recently. There is a simple answer - the choirboy clan has been on holiday to foreign parts. The liturgy at Holy Trinity has been in the capable hands of Mary our organist with the help (hopefully) of a few other willing volunteers. I can report from Northern Spain that Churchgoers are enthusiastic singers whereas the French approach appears slightly different (we went to a large Church where a good proportion of the congregation where engaged in activities not related to prayer or participation for a fair proportion of the mass). So feeling (somewhat) renewed we approach the end of the summer looking forward to the next big liturgical event - Christmas ! Hope you have/had a good holiday if you are lucky enough to have one.