Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Christmas Eve
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Baptismal Font
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
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The Nativity depicted in the South Stall Woodwork of Saint Thomas Church[/caption]
Eternal God, who made this most holy night to shine with the brightness of thy one true light: bring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth, to see the radiance of thy heavenly glory; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
The Choir sings from the narthex at the start of a Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
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| Officiant | The Rector |
| Sung by | The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys |
| Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’, BWV 769 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
| Prelude | Weinachten, Op. 145, no. 3, by Max Reger (1873-1916) |
| Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20 | Marcel Dupre (1886-1971) |
| Pastorale über ‘Josef lieber, Josef mein’ und ‘Stille nacht’ | Carl Sattler (c. 1874-1938) |
| 102 – Once in royal David’s city – IRBY | |
| Carol | C’est la Noël, by Gaston Litaize (1909-1991) |
| Lesson 1 | Genesis 3:8-15 |
| This is the truth sent from above | Christopher Robinson (b. 1955) |
| Lesson 2 | Genesis 22:15-18 |
| Hymn | Of the Father’s heart begotten -- DIVINUM MYSTERIUM |
| Lesson 3 | Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 |
| Carol | King Jesus hath a garden Dutch Melody, arranged by John Scott (1956-2015) |
| Lesson 4 | Isaiah 11:1-9 |
| There is no rose | |
| Luke 1:26-38 | |
| Carol | What Songs were Sung, by John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) arranged by Nathaniel Adams (b. 1986) |
| Lesson 6 | Luke 2:1-7 |
| 78 – O little town of Bethlehem – FOREST GREEN | |
| Lesson 7 | Luke 2:8-16 |
| Infant holy, infant lowly | Anonymous/Polish carol, arr. Gerre Hancock (1934-2012) |
| 94 – While shepherds watched their flocks by night – WINCHESTER OLD | |
| Matthew 2:1-12 | |
| Epiphany | Judith Bingham (b. 1952) |
| John 1:1-14 | |
| Tomorrow shall be my dancing day | Jeremy Filsell (b. 1964) |
| 83 – O come, all ye faithful – ADESTE FIDELES | |
| 87 – Hark! the herald angels sing – MENDELSSOHN | |
| Voluntary | ‘Dieu parmi nous’, from ‘La Nativité du Seigneur’, by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) |
