1 February - Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Here are my usual lists.

St. Joseph's Episcopal Church where I played the usual 10.30 am service. As usual, the numbers are out of The Hymnal 1982.

Fourth Sunday After Epiphany: Holy Eucharist Rite II
Prelude: Prelude in d minor (attr. J.S. Bach)
Pro: 569, God the Omnipotent! King, who ordainest (RUSSIA)
Gloria: S-278 (W. Mathias)
Psalm: Psalm 111 (Barrett)
Seq: 567, Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old (ST. MATTHEW)
Off: Gather Comprehensive 726, Make me a channel of your peace (PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS)
Sanctus: S-128 (W. Mathias)
Lord's Prayer: chanted (S-119 in Hymnal 1982)
Agnus Dei: S-165 (W. Mathias)
Communion Motet: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (arr. A. Bullard)
Re: 535, Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim (PADERBORN)
Postlude: Fugue in d minor (attr. Bach)


The Episcopal Centre at Duke University.

Fourth Sunday After Epiphany: Holy Eucharist Rite II
Pro: 569, God the Omnipotent! King, who ordainest (RUSSIA)
Gloria: S-280 (R. Powell)
Psalm: Psalm 111 (recited)
Seq: 567, Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old (ST. MATTHEW)
Off: 339, Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (SCHMÜCKE DICH)
Sanctus: S-125 (Community Mass; Proulx)
Comm: WLP 831, Ubi Caritas (Taizé)
Re: 535, Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim (PADERBORN)
Postlude: Alternate harmonisation of Paderborn (N. Rawsthorne)


Compline at the Chapel of the Cross. We've been using the Order for Compline, as set by David Hurd.

Here are our little additions:

O nata lux (Thomas Tallis)
Psalm 91 (chanted to Tone 8)
Hymn: Christ, mighty Saviour (CHRISTE, LUX MUNDI, plainsong Mode 7)
In manus tuas (Sheppard; sung in addition to "Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit ...)
Nunc Dimittis from Short Service (O. Gibbons)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Marian antiphon right after the Dismissal)
Ave Maria (Robert Parsons)
Organ Voluntary by the abfab David Arcus.

This will be the last week we chant Alma Redemptoris Mater because next week, we switch over to Ave Regina Cælorum. From the International Marian Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio:

Although many musical settings of the Ave Regina Cælorum abound, it is the least known antiphon as a prayer or as a popular hymn. As mentioned above the antiphon is sung in plainchant during the Lenten season. Mary, in all her dignity and loveliness, should walk this way with us. Even in the midst of her deepest sorrow, while she shares the destiny of her son, her dignity and her beauty is not crushed. She accompanies Christ--and us--through the painful periods of life. The antiphon reminds us to pray with Mary to the God of life, our living redeemer, Jesus Christ. He has won the final victory of life over death. She and we may share this victory.