THE FEAST OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY
| MAY 11, 2008 |
A PENTECOST PROCESSION - 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Together with Solemn Eucharist at 11 a.m.
Prelude | Veni Creator en taille à 5, Fugue à 5, Duo, Récit de Cromorne, Dialogue sur les grands jeux
| Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
| The People stand as the Officiant enters to read the Opening Prayer, and remain standing for the Processional.
PROCESSIONAL, Veni Creator Spiritus | Plainsong |
Veni Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita: Imple superna gratia Quae tu creasti pectora.
| | Come, Holy Spirit, Creator come, From Thy bright heavenly throne! Come, take possession of our souls, And make them all Thine own!
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ORGAN, Choral sur le Veni Creator | Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) | The People sit. THE FIRST LESSON Genesis 11:1-9 ANTHEM, Song 44 The People sit. | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) | Come, Holy Ghost, the Maker, come; Take in the souls of thine thy place; Thou whom our hearts had being from, O, fill them with thy heavenly grace.
| Thou art that comfort from above, The highest doth by gift impart; Thou spring of life, a fire of love, And the anointing Spirit art.
| Translated from the Veni creator, Hymnes and Psalms of the Church, 1623 | COLLECT The People stand. Officiant: Let us pray. O God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. PROCESSIONAL, Veni Creator Spiritus The People stand. | Plainsong | Qui diceris Paraclitus, Altissimi donum Dei, Fons vivus, ignis, caritas, Et spiritalis unctio.
| | Thou who art called the Paraclete, Best Gift of God above, The Living Spring, the Living Fire, Sweet Unction, and True Love!
| The People sit.
THE SECOND LESSON Joel 2:28-32a HYMN The People stand to sing | NUN DANKET ALL UND BRINGET EHR | Spirit divine, attend our prayers, And make this house thy home; Descend with all thy gracious powers, O come, great Spirit , come!
2 Come as the light; to us reveal Our emptiness and woe, And lead us in those paths of life Whereon the righteous go.
3 Come as the fire, and purge our hearts Like sacrificial flame; Let our whole soul an offring be To our Redeemers Name.
4 Come as the dove, and spread thy wings, The wings of peaceful love; and let thy Church on earth become Blest as the Church above.
5 Spirit divine, attend our prayers; Make a lost world thy home; Descend with all thy gracious powers; O come, great spirit, come !
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COLLECT The People remain standing. Officiant: Let us pray. Almighty and most merciful God, grant, we beseech thee, that by the indwelling of thy Holy Spirit, we may be enlightened and strengthened for thy service; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen. PROCESSIONAL, Veni Creator Spiritus | Plainsong | Tu septiformis munere, Digitus Paternae dexterae, Tu rite promissum Patris, Sermone ditans guttura.
| | Thou who art seven-fold in Thy grace, Finger of Gods right Hand, His promise, teaching little ones To speak and understand! | ORGAN, Variation sur le Veni Creator | Maurice Duruflé | The People sit.
THE THIRD LESSON Acts 2:1-11 MOTET, Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) | Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes, erant omnes pariter dicentes: Alleluia: et subito factus est sonus de coelo, Alleluia, tamquam spiritus vehementis, et replevit totam domum, Alleluia.
| Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were gathered all together saying: Alleluia: and suddenly, they heard a great sound from heaven, Alleluia, like a hurricane in its fury, which encompassed all the dwelling, Alleluia. | Responsory at Matins for the Feast of Pentecost | COLLECT The People stand. Officiant: Let us pray. Send, we beseech thee, Almighty God, thy Holy Spirit into our hearts, that he may direct and rule us according to thy will, comfort us in all our afflictions, defend us from all error, and lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the same Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end. Amen PROCESSIONAL, Veni Creator Spiritus | Plainsong | Accende lumen sensibus, Infunde amorem cordibus, Infirma nostri corporis Virtute firmans perpeti.
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O guide our minds with Thy blest light, With love our hearts inflame, And with Thy strength which neer decays Confirm our mortal frame. | ORGAN, Variation sur le Veni Creator | Maurice Duruflé | The People remain standing for THE FOURTH LESSON Saint John 20:19-23 Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint John. People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
After the Gospel,the Deacon says The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise be to thee, O Christ.
Come gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove, With light and comfort from above; Be thou our guardian, thou our guide; Oer every thought and step preside.
The light of truth to us display, And make us know and choose thy way; Plant holy fear in every heart, That we from thee may neer depart.
Lead us to Christ, the living way, Nor let us from his precepts stray; Lead us to holiness, the road That we must take to dwell with God.
Lead us to heaven, that we may share Fullness of joy forever there; Lead us to God, our final rest, To be with him forever blest.
| THE NICENE CREED Said by all, standing. | | I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God; Begotten, not made; Being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man: And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures: And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father: And he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets: And I believe one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church: I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins: And I look for the Resurrection of the dead: And the life of the world to come. Amen.
| THE PEACE THE GREETINGS The People sit. |