Choral Services
Confirmation and Festal Eucharist
Sunday May 2, 2010
11:00 am - Saint Thomas Church
Collect:
O Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
| Celebrant: | Bishop Sisk |
| Preacher: | The Right Reverend Mark S. Sisk, Bishop of New York |
| Deacon: | Fr Mead |
| Subdeacon: | Fr Erdman |
| Sung by: | The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys |
| Prelude: | Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2, Edward Elgar (1857-1934) |
| Prelude 2: | Communion (Les oiseaux et les sources), from ‘Messe de la Pentecôte’, Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) |
| Service: | Chichester Mass, William Albright (1944-1998) |
| Psalm: | 145:1-9, Anglican Chant (Hanforth) |
| Anthem: | The Spirit of the Lord, Edward Elgar |
| Anthem 2: | Pilgrims' Hymn, Stephen Paulus (b. 1949) |
| Voluntary: | Choral-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimae Paschali’, Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) |
