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A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols (no Mass follows)
Sunday, December 20, 2009
4:00pm - Saint Thomas Church
Collect:
We beseech thee, Almighty God, to purify our consciences by thy daily visitation, that when thy Son our Lord cometh he may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
No mass follows this service.
At the beginning of this service, the lights are lowered and the people stand. The choir begins to sing Once in royal David's city from the back of the nave. At the third verse, the congregation joins in singing and the choir and clergy process down the center aisle to the chancel.
The Rector gives the Bidding and the congregation says the Lord's Prayer and then the service beautifully proceeds in a rotation of twelve carols and hymns interwoven among nine lessons.
The nine lessons are read by nine representatives of our parish: a Chorister, a Member of the Sunday School, a Gentleman of the Choir, the Director of Music, the Headmaster of the Choir School, a Member of the Congregation, a Warden of the Parish, a Priest of the Parish, and finally the Rector.
The choir and clergy exit to the singing of O come, all ye faithful, which of course will be sung again at the beginning of the Solemn Eucharist of the Nativity.
| Officiant: | Fr Mead |
| Sung by: | The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys |
| Prelude: | Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
| Prelude 2: | Berceuse Paraphrase, George Baker (b. 1951) |
| Prelude 3: | Prelude on ‘Divinum Mysterium’, T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892-1964) |
| Works of: | David Willcocks, Ord, John Rutter, Goldschmidt, John Tavener and Leighton |
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