Society of Saint Gregory

At Christ the King, South Chingford

Gloria - Lourdes (with amended words), Belmont

Acclamations - New Christ the King (Wood), Belmont.

Looking at Warrington Gloria and St Clare Acclamations (Baty)

Christ the King, South Chingford Lumen Christi Exsultet - longer (Missal tone) Psalm 32: The Lord fills the earth (Ward) Exodus Psalm: (Wood) Isaiah: We shall draw water (Inwood) Glory to God - Lourdes (2010 words) Easter Alleluia with psalm 118 (Milner) Litany of Saints (Missal tones) Springs of wa...

Christ the King, South Chingford Psalm: Stephen Dean Gospel Acclamation: Christ was humbler yet (Milner) Adoration Behold the wood (Missal tones) Jesus, remember me (Taizé) Answer me (Quigley) O Sacred Head Adoramus te, Christe (Taizé) Ours were the sins you bore (Sharpe) On a hill far away Communio...

Christ the King, South Chingford. Will you let me be your servant Belmont Gloria The Blessing Cup (Ressurexit - 1st psalm) A New Commandment During the washing of the feet: Mandatum (2010 Words) - Wood and Let there be love shared among us God is love and where true love Belmont Acclamations Belmont...

VML wrote: Do any parishes have a female cantor for the Exsultet?

Yes - if we didn't it wouldn't be sung. All our cantors are female.

If the font is not on the sanctuary, the Litany is sung first during the procession and the introduction follows. If the font is on the sanctuary, the priest starts with the introduction and the Litany follows. What do you suggest when your semi-circular church means that it's about 5 paces from th...

Is the font being blessed? My understanding is that you sing the Litany if the blessing of water takes place at the font.

He also makes the point of linking the Entrance Hymn to the Mass during his introduction or homily.

Our PP decided to sing more from day 1. Before he usually sang the Doxology. From the introduction of the new translation he has sung the Greeting, Introduction to Gospel, "The Gospel of the Lord", the Preface dialogue (but not the preface itself) , Mystery of Faith, Doxology, Final Blessi...

Given that ICEL have not provided a setting of the Reproaches and that the length of the veneration will vary considerably in different parishes, I assume that these are model texts on a par with the other antiphons.

Like JW, I wrote a setting of the Eucharistic Acclamations to get my parish up and running. As soon as I was confident that they worked locally, I submitted to the panel and have now received approval and permission from ICEL to distribute it freely to anyone who expresses an interest. In the past I...

2nd Advent 9am On Jordan's bank Advent Candle Song (Wood) Psalm 84 (Wood) Taize alleluia Gospel greeting - missal tones O comfort my people Preface - missal tones New Christ the King Acclamations (Wood) Christ the King Lamb of God (Wood) Word made flesh Dismissal - missal tones Come thou long expect...

1st Advent 11am Lo he comes Advent Candle Song (Wood) Psalm 79 (Wood) Advent Alleluia (Walker) Gospel greeting - missal tones Let all mortal flesh Preface - missal tones New Christ the King Acclamations (Wood) Christ the King Lamb of God (Wood) Word made flesh Dismissal - missal tones Promised Lord ...

Have been using an adapted Lourdes Gloria and a home grown set of accalamations since September. These have gone down well although sensing some boredom, I introduced the Belmont Gloria yesterday alternating between cantor and congregation. We sang this unaccompanied and it went really well. We have...

Andrew Wright is running a session at Our Lady of Grace and St Theresa, North Chingford at 7.30 on 7th July. Please let the Brentwood Diocesan Music office know if you would like to attend.