Date:                           21.12.2025          Advent 4 Yr A

Mass setting:              Plainchant mass XVII for Advent

Propers:                      Lalemant pp. 10, 12

Psalm:                         Psalms for Sunday p. 20

Gospel sentence:        ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son; and they will call him Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God is with us’.’

Gospel acclamation:          4-part Alleluia (sheet)

Hymns:

I:                      14           tune: 341

O:                     11

C:                       3           second tune          

F:                     10

Anthem:              The Magnificat        Thomas Morley (1557 – 1602)

Postlude:             Virgo Dei Genetrix from op. 45

                            Marcel Dupre (1887 – 1959)

Date:                           24.12.2025          Christmas Midnight Year A
 
Mass setting:              The Addington Service
                                    Richard Shephard (1949 – 2021)
Propers:                      Lalemant pp. 16, 18
Psalm:                         Psalms for Sunday p. 23
Gospel sentence:        ‘I bring you news of great joy: today a saviour has been born to us, Christ the Lord.’
Gospel acclamation:   Psalms for Sunday p. 202, no. 3
Hymns:
P:                     33
O:                     32           omit *
C:                     29              
F:       Silent Night           (booklet)

Date:                           25.12.2025          Christmas Day Year A

Mass setting:              The Salisbury Setting   Hubbard/Cocking

Propers:                      Lalemant pp. 22, 24

Psalm:                         Psalms for Sunday p. 24

Gospel sentence:        ‘Come, you nations, worship the Lord; for today a great light has shone down upon the earth.’

Gospel acclamation:   Psalms for Sunday p. 202, no. 3

Hymns:

P:                     30

O:                     19           (ii)

C:                     23              

F:                     26           omit *

Postlude:             In dulci jubilo           FW Zachau (1663 – 1712)

Date:                           28.12.2025          Holy Innocents Year A

Mass setting:              The Salisbury Setting   Hubbard/Cocking

Propers:                      Lalemant pp. 25 – 27

Psalm:                         Psalms for Sunday p. 141

Gospel sentence:        ‘Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life: you have the message of eternal life.’

Gospel acclamation:   Psalms for Sunday p. 203, no. 4

Hymns:

P:                     34

O:                     21

C:                     31              

F:                     39

Postlude:             Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr

                            JG Walther (1684 – 1748)