Day: March 18, 2023

Lent 4th Sunday 2023
  1. Opening Sentence: From Isaiah 66:10.
  2. Introit and organ prelude: Abraham van den Kerckhoven (c.1618–c.1701) “Kyrie eleison” (Lord, Have Mercy), performed by Jozef Sluys, organ, and CapeIIa Sancti MichaeIis; uploaded to YouTube by “Pau NG” and used in accordance with Creative Commons license.
  3. First Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1-13, King James Bible.
  4. Psalm 23, sung to the hymn tune “Crimond”, Uploaded to YouTube by Christina Iqupen, and used in accordance with Creative Commons license.
  5. Second Reading: Ephesians 5:8-14, World English Bible.
  6. Anthem: Henry Purcell (1659-1695) “Thou Knowest Lord”, available in the public domain courtesy of “Ferox Aeternum” at Archive.org.
  7. Gospel: John 9:1-41, World English Bible.
  8. The Lord’s Prayer: From Luke.
  9. Blessing:  From Numbers.
  10. Organ Postlude:  Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) “Toccata in D, BuxWV 144,” performed by Tigran Buniatyan on the Flentrop opus 1974 organ, used in accordance with Creative Commons License.

The Bible passages were recorded by Librivox, and are in the public domain. Readings correspond to the Revised Common Lectionary. All audio files are given with attribution where known.