Authority !

Father Brian reminded us today how we can recognise the authority of Jesus' teaching, illuminating his homily with a story gleaned from the internet. This went well which is something that didn't quite happen to our first hymn as choirboy had inadvertently posted the incorrect number at the front and side of Church. At least we had a full compliment of musicians - one organist, five guitarists, two recorder players and a flautist - which was fantastic. We were also flattered to have thanks from a number of visitors who enjoyed our liturgy.

Entry This is the day

Gloria Gloria

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Creed Credo/I believe

Offertory Take our bread

Holy Holy Gathering Mass

Mem Accl Lord by Your cross

Amen Amen - We lift our hearts

Lamb of God Newquay mass (ii)

Communion There is a longing

Recessional All the world belongs to You

Jonah

I got this image from here.
Today Father Brian (who is standing in for Father Mark who we hope is enjoying a well deserved break) reminded us of the background to the first reading in which we heard about Jonah's visit to Niniveh. A well crafted sermon was delivered to a rather empty church - half the choir has obviously gone away as well. At any rate our organist Mary was away, so Kath B stepped admirably up to the plate. Paul was recovering from post pantomime celebrations so it was left to Jimmy and choirboy to lead the guitars of Danny and choirboy minor. Choirboy minimus was absent playing rugby so Mrs Choirboy was similarly absent. A conventional music liturgy completed a serene morning.

Entry We come to share our story

Gloria Gloria !

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Offertory Lord accept the gifts we offer

Holy Holy Gathering Mass

Mem Accl Lord by Your cross and resurrection

Amen Amen, we lift our hearts

Lamb of God Newquay mass (ii)

Communion Sweet sacrament divine

Open our eyes to see

Recessional Follow me, follow me

Speak Lord Your Servant is Listening

The reading from Samuel (today's first reading) that includes the text 'Speak Lord Your servant is listening) is one that has a special meaning for choirboy. He wrote a piece of music based on this reading that he has played at Catechetical Cell Group gatherings as well as Holy Trinity. It was also part of the theme of our Plymouth 150 celebrations (www.plymouth150.blogspot.com) and a recording of this song can be heard here (apologies for the slightly flat vocal - I did it in a hurry !)
Today we also said goodbye to Father Mark who is on holiday for the next 6 weeks - we wish a peacful and joyous break from Newquay.

Entry All people that on earth do dwell

Gloria Gloria !

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Credo/I believe

Offertory Gifts of bread and wine

Holy Holy Gathering Mass

Mem Accl Lord by Your cross and resurrection

Amen Amen, we lift our hearts

Lamb of God Newquay mass (ii)

Communion Speak Lord to me (chorus, verse, chorus 1 and 2, verse, chorus1 and 2, chorus)

Ch 1 Speak Lord to me
Your servant is listening
Speak Lord to me
Your servant is listening to You

Ch 2 Speak Lord to me, Your servant is listening
Speak Lord to me, Your servant is listening to You
Speak Lord to me - Speak to me Father
Speak Lord to me - Speak to me Spirit
Speak Lord to me - Speak to me Jesus
Open my heart, Fill my soul with love for you

Recessional Here I am Lord

Baptism of Our Lord

Our final Sunday of Christmastide was marked by the return of old friends - Louise and Danny (with his guitar). We were, however, short of two guitarists and two wind players. What we lacked in musicians we made up for in enthusiasm and we managed to co-opt Megan to play recorder so all in all it was a successful and joyful liturgy.

Entry Meekness and majesty

Kyrie Newquay

Gloria Gloria !

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Offertory Blessed be God

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 Be still for the presence
Father we adore You

Recessional Give me joy in my heart

Happy New Year ?

The epiphany is the celebration of revelation of Christ to the Gentiles. It is a feast full of symbolic significance and is a reminder of the Church's missionary function.

Musically it was one of the those times when things don't go quite as planned. Our final 'hymn', a re-working of My Sweet Lord, was without the necessary electric guitar or clapping. It was seemingly without appreciation in some parts of the congregation. Choirboy does always try and chose music that is appropriate, prayerful but also joyful. I guess sometimes not everyone feels the same !

Entry We three Kings

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 Silent Night

Hallelujah

Recessional My Sweet Lord

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

First Sunday of Advent

There is no such thing as bad publicity so they say, so here we go . What on earth has Trago Mills got to do with the First Sunday in Advent. Well, apparrently if you go to Trago Mills or at least the Liskeard branch, there is a a guy (presumably employed by Trago) shouting out how many days and hours of shopping there are left until Christmas and with a leap of poetic (or preaching) licence, Father Mark likened the start of Advent to the beginning of such a countdown. Musically it marked a change for us with a new Mass setting (Newquay Mass #4 penned by choirboy) and a new memorial acclamation (also by choirboy). We have also purloigned our Alleluia from the 70s musical Godspell with a bit of musical adaptation by choirboy.

Entry Song of body of Christ

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

Offertory Sweet sacrament divine

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 God to enfold you (six times)

Abba, Abba Father

Recessional Like a sea without a shore

Christ the King

Today we celebrated the feast of Christ the King and were reminded by Father Mark about the origins of this feast. You can read about it and its originator Pius XI here.

Choirboy was today left with a degree of guitar envy as Jimmy unveiled one of his six new guitars - it's a long story about bartering services. The particular model that he used today was a Crafter , all that was missing were the cowboy boots and stetson. Wow !

Musically we had hoped to sing a version of 'My sweet Lord'. Unfortunately in the absence of sufficient choir members at last weeks rehearsal, we had to change our mind. Maybe later in Advent.

Entry Majesty

Gloria

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Creed Credo/I believe

Offertory Take our bread, we ask You

Holy Holy Newquay Mass I

Mem Accl Lord by Your cross

Amen We lift our hearts

Lamb of God Newquay Mass III

Communion The servant King
Air I breathe

Recessional Hail redeemer King divine

Remembrance Sunday

'You cannot reap what you have not sown. How are we going to reap love in our country if we only sow hate?' Oscar Romero

Entry: - Meekness and majesty

Taize: - Kyrie

Gloria

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Offertory: - Lord accept the gifts we offer

Holy Holy: - Newquay mass I

Mem Accl: - Dying you destroyed our death

Amen: - Forever Amen

Lamb of God: - Newquay mass III

Communion: - God beyond all names /Jesus Lamb of God (V1-4)

Recessional: - Abide with me

For all the Saints - whoever they may be.....

Today we celebrated the feast of All Saints, although the pedants among you will have noticed that the date being the 2 November, we should have been celebrating All Souls ! Nevertheless All Saints it is and we were reminded by Fr Mark that during the papacy of John Paul II more saints were canonised by him than all of his predecessors put together. I guess we all have some idea of what constitutes a saint and for most of us labelling people as saints is neither here nor there - after all we are not the final arbiters of someone's worthiness . So what is the purpose of making saints ? Probably to acknowledge goodness and as an example for the faithful. The process is long and complicated. Few of us have a deep understanding of it. There are books written about the process. It is a controversial and confusing peculiarity of Roman Catholicism. Recent speculation about the proposed beatification of Pius XII has led many within and outside the Church to question the process.

So what about the music ? OK - we had a veritable mixture of styles and musical textures today particularly when choirboy's tin whistle started to sound as though he was strangling a cat during Amazing Grace. It is a tune that evokes string emotions - two comments today were; 'I absolutely love it' and 'I hate Amazing Grace' - heady stuff ! In addition to Jimmy's broken string and Father forgetting the sung Kyrie, it was an eventful morning.

Entry For all the Saints

Gloria

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Creed Credo/I believe

Offertory In bread we bring You Lord

Holy Holy Newquay mass I

Mem Accl Christ has died

Amen Forever Amen

Lamb of God Newquay mass III

Communion Amazing grace

Ubi Caritas

Recessional Follow me, follow me

Which is the greatest commandment ?

This is the question asked of Jesus by the Pharisees after he had silenced the Sadducees. Before I give His answer, I'll bet that most of us couldn't really explain who these people were. The image that immediately springs to mind for me is of John Cleese in the film 'Life of Brian' ! And I probably shouldn't own up to seeing that yet alone enjoying it - it does, however, contain in choirboy's view one of the funniest scenes in any film. Back to the subject of these mysterious people who crop up regularly in the scriptures. They seem to provide Jesus with the perfect foil with which to illustrate the divine nature of his ministry. You can read more about the Pharisees here and the Sadducees here.
The answer - well that's here in Matthew's Gospel 22:34-40.

Entrance Hail Queen of Heaven

Kyrie Taize Kyrie

Gloria Gloria

Alleluia Plymouth alleluia

Offertory Gifts of bread and wine

Holy Holy Gathering Mass

Mem Accl Christ has died

Amen A-men, we lift our hearts and voices to you as we sing A-men
so shall it be forever Amen.


Agnus Dei Newquay mass III
Communion Love is His word
Confitemini Domino

Recessional I’ll sing a hymn to Mary

Social death ?

Odd title, odd concept - this was the message from Father Mark on the fate awaiting Catholic converts ! OK - it's out of a necessity in a way for the Church to be unfashionable and unmoving in its beliefs, not simply following the social mores of the day.

The gospel reading had on the other hand both a secular and a spiritual message - 'render unto Caesar'

Musically we survived a depleted congregation, an absent Laura (Choirboy sang the Kyrie), a broken string on Choirboy's guitar (and the disintegration of the offertory hymn), an incorrect number for the final hymn (mea culpa) and a problem with Gill's throat (he was due to be singing a solo) ! Phew....

Entry O purest of creatures

Kyrie Taize Kyrie

Gloria Gloria

Alleluia Plymouth alleluia

Credo Credo/I believe

Offertory Lord we come to Your table

Holy Holy Gathering Mass

Mem Accl Dying You destroyed our death, rising you restored our life
Come, Lord Jesus come, come again in glory.
Come Lord Jesus come, come again in glory (rpt)

Amen A-men, we lift our hearts and voices to you as we sing A-men
so shall it be forever Amen.

Agnus Dei Newquay mass III

Communion Be still for the presence of the Lord
Bless the Lord my soul
1st time instruments/hum 2nd time all sing 3rd In Polish

Recessional Holy Virgin by God’s decree

Wedding Banquet - are you coming ?

You are invited to the wedding feast - are you coming ? For 'Many are called but few are chosen'.

There was an apt theme to today's gospel as we celebrated John and Frances Whybrow's Diamond wedding anniversary. On a beautiful day, the Church was full with regulars and visitors. We were fewer in number in the choir today as Jimmy and Paul were absent (they were at a charity ball last night - draw your own conclusions) and Choirboy's daughter sat out, tired after spending most of last week in hospital. She is now minus her appendix and judging by her bossy demeanour is on the road to recovery. October is the month of Our Lady and our music liturgy today strongly reflected this.



Entry Immaculate Mary


Gloria Gloria

Responsorial Psalm As the deer pants


Alleluia Plymouth alleluia

Offertory Blessed be God


Holy Holy Gathering Mass

Mem Accl Dying You destroyed our death, rising you restored our life
Come, Lord Jesus come, come again in glory.
Come Lord Jesus come, come again in glory (rpt)


Great 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 II

Communion There is a longing in our hearts


Recessional O Mother Blest

Plymouth 150

If you didn't go or haven't heard of this event, you can look here.

Last weekend the young people of our diocese (helped by a few oldies) celebrated their faith in joining together for a day of prayer, reflection and song starting at Plymouth Cathedral. Choirboy was fortunate to have been part of this magnificant event and the memory of the Cathedral rocking to the sound of 'Glory, glory I believe' will live with him for a long time. If somehow we can catch the essence of that joy in our parish liturgies then surely we need not worry for the future of our Church. Let's hope so - next stop National Youth Sunday, we'll see if we can give it a go.

Who is my neighbour ?

This practical and philosophical question is on the one hand easy to answer but challenging at the same time. We used this 26 th Sunday of the year to remember the work of the St Vincent de Paul Society named after Vincent de Paul whose feastday was celebrated yesterday. Choirboy blogged about the SVP this time last year. Once again Helen Connolly told us of the good works that the people who belong to this society do in our own community, quietly, without fanfare and with great humility and love.

Musically today was very Graham Kendrick. Regular readers of this blog will know that Choirboy is a great fan of his but in an effort to balance old and modern we had enough room for the Tantum Ergo - Choirboy likes a bit of Latin too from time to time !

Entry Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Kyrie Taize

Gloria Gloria

Alleluia Plymouth alleluia

Credo Credo/I believe

Offertory Take our bread

Holy Holy Gathering mass

Mem Accl Lord by Your cross and resurrection, You’ve set us free, You’ve set us free. You are the saviour of the world. You are the saviour of the world (repeat)
Saviour, Saviour Saviour, Saviour
You set us free, You set us free. You are the saviour of the world. You are the saviour of the world

Great 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 II

Communion The Servant King

Tantum Ergo

Recessional Shine Jesus shine

They're at it again - yawn !

They just cannot stop themselves, choirboy minor and choirboy minimus (AKA the Ginger Ninja). The last occasion they decided Church was a good place for a punchup was here. This time Mrs Choirboy was the arbiter of the pugilists' endeavours. A draw having been declared we were able to continue with Mass.

The message from Father Mark today was that 'Those to whom much has been given, much will be expected'. A challenge for us all !

Our music liturgy today concluded with four verses of 'O Lord my God' but really only one was required as Father Mark left the altar like Usain Bolt with Brian in hot pursuit. Why ? The answer was in the fact that there was a parish outing to The Minack Theatre - he had to complete catechism classes before they left and by all accounts he was well and truly into the lesson as those of us left in the Church hit verse 4.

Entry Gather us in

Kyrie Taize

Gloria Gloria

Alleluia Plymouth Alleluia

Offertory This is my body

Holy Holy Newquay mass II

Mem Accl Lord by Your cross and resurrection, You’ve set us free, You’ve set us free. You are the saviour of the world. You are the saviour of the world (repeat)
Saviour, Saviour Saviour, Saviour
You set us free, You set us free. You are the saviour of the world. You are the saviour of the world

Great 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, You take away, the sin of all the world (repeat)
Have mercy on us. And grant us Your peace

Communion Bread of life, Truth eternal

Recessional Oh Lord my God