Solemn Eucharist

Thursday, October 23, 2025

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Grant, we beseech thee, O God, that after the example of thy servant James the Just, brother of our Lord, thy Church may give itself continually to prayer and to the reconciliation of all who are at variance and enmity; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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We invite those of you watching this service online to invite Jesus into your hearts during Holy Communion by making an Act of Spiritual Communion.

My Jesus,
I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things,
and I desire to receive you into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive you sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.

Celebrant	Fr. Gioia
Preacher	The Rev. Philip Chesters, Vicar of St. Matthew, Westminster, UK
Deacon	Fr. Moretz
Subdeacon	Mo. Lee-Pae
Sung by	The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys and the Choir of St. Matthew’s Westminster, UK

The Ordinary of the Mass	Missa Brevis Capella Regalis, by Anthony Douglass Caesar (1924-2018)
Prelude	Elegy, by Richard Popplewell (1935-2016)
Introit	Mihi autem nimis honorati sunt amici tui, Deus (Plainsong/Mode II)
The Liturgy of the Word
The Lesson	Acts 15:12-22a
Psalm	1, Beatus Vir Qui Non Abiit, Anglican Chant, by Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
Gospel Acclamation	Alleluia — Plainsong (Mode VI)
The Holy Gospel	Matthew 13:54-58
Sermon
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
Offertory Anthem	Tantum ergo, by Ian Wicks (b. 1963)
Middle Voluntary	Prelude on John Scott’s ‘Cloth Fair’, by Ian Wicks
Hymn	237 – Let us now our voices raise – GAUDEAMUS PARITER
Voluntary	Prelude on ‘Sine nomine’, by Ian Hare (b. 1949)