Holy Family

Today was a rare day off for Mary our organist and for good reason - it was her 40 th wedding anniversary and, together with her husband Ray, she received a special blessing from Father Mark. How apt on this feast day to see her with her family. Mary's absence left Kath B with the dubious honour of playing the organ and although she was suffering from some sort of viral infection she did marvelously well. Musically it was a traditional post Christmas celebration.

Entry Once in Royal David’s City

Gloria: -

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Offertory Take our bread

Holy Holy Newquay Mass #4
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and God of might. Heaven
And earth are full of Your glory, Hosanna, hosanna. Blest is he who comes in Your name, Hosanna, hosanna. Hosanna,
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna.

Mem Accl When we eat this living bread and when we drink Your saving cup, we proclaim Your death my Lord, until You come in glory. Until You come in glory, until You come in glory.

Lamb of God Newquay Mass #4
Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, the sin of the world (repeat). Lord have mercy on us and grant us Your
Peace and grant us Your peace.
Amen Amen, Amen, Amen
We will sing of Your love forever. We will sing Your praise forever Amen.
Amen, Amen, Amen


Communion Bread of Life
Lord I am not worthy

Recessional The first Nowell

Hallelulah -it's Christmas !

Firstly, Happy Christmas to one and all. The theme of our daytime Christmas music liturgy was certainly Hallelujah, with one of choirboy's own compositions and a re-working of the current Christmas number 1 (the Leonard Cohen composition) by Alexandra Burke, Hallelujah with words by Choirboy (if anyone is interested they can email me for more details).

Entry Come, come come to the manger

Crib Procession Today our Saviour is born, his name is Christ our Lord.
Today our Saviour is born, Christus natus est
Gloria

Alleluia Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia (repeat x4)

Credo/I believe
Chorus: - Glory, glory Lord, I believe. Glory, glory Lord, I believe. Glory glory Lord, I believe. I believe in You, Lord, I believe
We believe in one God the father, the almighty. The maker of all, seen and unseen.
We believe in Lord Jesus Christ, the only son of God, Eternally begotten, God from God. Chorus
Light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, three persons in one.
For all mankind and for our salvation, by the power of your Spirit, He came down to earth. Chorus
And by that same power of the Holy Spirit, He became incarnate of the Virgin Mary (pause) For the sake of man, He was crucified died and was buried to rise again. Chorus
He will come again to judge us all, living and dead, His kingdom has no end.
We believe in the Spirit, the giver of life with the father and son we shall glorify.
Chorus
We believe in the catholic church the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin and life without end. Chorus

Offertory This is my body


Holy Holy Newquay Mass #4
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and God of might. Heaven
And earth are full of Your glory, Hosanna, hosanna. Blest is he who comes in Your name, Hosanna, hosanna. Hosanna,
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna.

Mem Accl When we eat this living bread and when we drink Your saving cup, we proclaim Your death my Lord, until You come in glory. Until You come in glory, until You come in glory.

Lamb of God Newquay Mass #4
Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, the sin of the world (repeat). Lord have mercy on us and grant us Your
Peace and grant us Your peace.
Amen Amen, Amen, Amen
We will sing of Your love forever. We will sing Your praise forever Amen.
Amen, Amen, Amen

Communion Oh Holy night
O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining. Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices! Oh night divine, oh night when Christ was born, Oh night, divine, oh night, oh night divine.

Hallelujah, Jesus Christ is born

Recessional Mary’s boy child

Mary’s Boy Child

V1
Long time ago in Bethlehem,
So the Holy Bible say,
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ,
Was born on Christmas day
V2
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
They saw a bright new shining star,
They heard a choir sing through the night
The music seemed to come from afar,
V3
Now, Joseph and his wife, Mary,
Come to bethlehem that night,
They found no place to bear her child,
Not a single room was in sight.
V4
By and by, they find a little nook,
In a stable all forlorn,
And in a manger cold and dark,
Mary's litlle Boy was born!

Chorus
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
A newborn King was born today,
And man will live forever more,
Because of Christmas day.
Trumpets sound and angels sing,
Listen to what they say,
That Man will live forever more,
Because of Christmas day.
Hallelujah, Jesus Christ is born
V1
Today in David’s house is born
A saviour who is Christ the Lord
Born of a virgin, holy and pure
God incarnate to save us all

V2
In a manger the baby lies
Born that man no more may die
Born to save the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth

V3
Choirs of angels sing for joy
Shepherds find the newborn boy
In a stable, lowly and meek
They gather around the Prince of Peace

V4
So rejoice this heavenly morn
Jesus, Lord, our saviour is born
Peace, goodwill to all men on earth
Today we celebrate our saviour’s birth

Chorus
So with our voices we shout and sing
We sing the praise of our newborn king
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Jesus Christ is born





Christus natus est, Credo-I believe, Newquay Mass #4, When we eat this living bread, Amen we will sing, Hallelujah, Jesus Christ is born © petermerrin, carnebo hill, Goonhavern and CCLI

Praying for mothers to be - 4th Advent

Today, the 4th Sunday in Advent is the day when the Church celebrates the trust and faith that Mary had in God - the reading is the well known one where an angel visits Mary to give her the 'Good News'. It is, therefore, the day when we are asked to pray for mothers-to-be. There are plenty of them apparently but none in the Choirboy household ! Muscially today we enjoyed some traditional Christmas fare and Choirboy sang Graham Kendrick's 'Thorns in the straw'. The latter had obviously gone on long enough as far as Father Mark was concerned, for as Choirboy was applying the finishing guitar lick, Father was saying the final blessing. I suspect he was concerned about the time as the Concluding Doxology was replaced (delayed) by the draw for the Parish raffle !

Entry O come, O come Emmanuel 522 L112

Advent candle Prepare ye the way of the Lord (repeat)

Alleluia Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Prepare ye the way of the Lord (repeat)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia

Credo/I believe

Offertory Gifts of bread and wine S3 L643


Holy Holy Newquay Mass #4
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and God of might. Heaven
And earth are full of Your glory, Hosanna, hosanna. Blest is he who comes in Your name, Hosanna, hosanna. Hosanna,
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna.

Mem Accl When we eat this living bread and when we drink Your saving cup, we proclaim Your death my Lord, until You come in glory. Until You come in glory, until You come in glory.

Lamb of God Newquay Mass #4
Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, the sin of the world (repeat). Lord have mercy on us and grant us Your
Peace and grant us Your peace.
Amen Amen, Amen, Amen
We will sing of Your love forever. We will sing Your praise forever Amen.
Amen, Amen, Amen


Communion There is a longing

Thorns in the straw

Recessional O come, all ye faithful (V1-3)

Gaudete

It's Gaudate Sunday - it's an exortation to 'Rejoice'. Why ? Well the answer lies in the fact that very shortly we will be celebrating the birth of Jesus and the wait is nearly over. Deacon Brian talked to us today about Jesus in our midst - would we recognise Him. I suspect not unfortunately.
Today was a day of firsts for the choirboy family as Choirboy minimus made his debut on the alter and Choirboy minor third joined the music group with his guitar. The normal choirboy bench was looking very spartan with only choirboy minor one left during the homily as Mrs Choirboy was taking the childrens' liturgy. Muscially it is clear that the congregation are still learning the latest Mass setting but we will plough on. Friday saw carols at Trerice (an Elizabethan Manor House) which was by all accounts a great success.

Entry O Jesus Christ remember

Advent candle Prepare ye the way of the Lord (repeat)

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Prepare ye the way of the Lord (repeat)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia

Offertory Blessed be God

Holy Holy Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and God of might. Heaven
And earth are full of Your glory, Hosanna, hosanna. Blest is he who comes in Your name, Hosanna, hosanna. Hosanna,
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna.

Mem Accl When we eat this living bread and when we drink Your saving cup, we proclaim Your death my Lord, until You come in glory. Until You come in glory, until You come in glory.

Lamb of God Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, the sin of the world (repeat). Lord have mercy on us and grant us Your
Peace and grant us Your peace.
Amen Amen, Amen, Amen We will sing of Your love forever. We will sing Your praise forever Amen. Amen, Amen, Amen


Communion God beyond all names

Let it be, Jesus is the answer

Recessional Here I am, Lord

A voice in the wilderness

It can sometimes feel that espousing belief in this unbelieving age of immediate gratification that we are voices in the (spiritual ) wildernesss. We were reminded both by Father Mark and in our readings that preparation requires time and patience. Choirboy was somewhat crestfallen to be reminded by St Peter 'That with the Lord a day can mean a thousand years' - Patience has never been one of his greatest virtues !

Musically today we progressed through the second Sunday in Advent with some musical references to John the Baptist as well as our new mass setting. Father Mark also sang the Concluding Rite and although nervous at first soon got into the role and sang very well - we will repeat this in two weeks.

Entry Hark ! A herald voice is calling

Advent candle Prepare ye the way of the Lord (repeat)

Alleluia Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Prepare ye the way of the Lord (repeat)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Credo/I believe

Offertory In bread we bring You


Holy Holy Newquay Mass #4
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and God of might. Heaven
And earth are full of Your glory, Hosanna, hosanna. Blest is he who comes in Your name, Hosanna, hosanna. Hosanna,
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna.

Mem Accl When we eat this living bread and when we drink Your saving cup, we proclaim Your death my Lord, until You come in glory. Until You come in glory, until You come in glory.

Lamb of God Newquay Mass #4
Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, the sin of the world (repeat). Lord have mercy on us and grant us Your
Peace and grant us Your peace.
Amen Amen, Amen, Amen
We will sing of Your love forever. We will sing Your praise forever Amen.
Amen, Amen, Amen


Communion Wait for the Lord

Living Lord

Concluding Rite: -

Priest: The Lord be with you
All: And also with you
Priest: May almighty God bless you, Father, Son and Spirit. Forever and ever
All: Forever and ever, Amen.
Amen, Amen, Amen. We go in peace to love and serve You
We go in peace to love and serve You Lord. Amen, Amen, Amen.

Recessional On Jordan’s bank, the Baptist’s cry