Tag: Day of Pentecost

12Jun

Celebration of the Word for Trinity Sunday, 2022

May this brief service of word and music, dedicated to the glory of God, be a blessing to you this day.

Trinity Sunday 2022
  1. Opening Acclamation and Prelude: “Holy Holy Holy” by Diane Bish, organist, used in accordance with Creative Commons License.
  2. Lesson 1: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 King James Bible.
  3. Psalm 8: Responsorial Psalm by Lionel Valdellon. Used in accordance with Creative Commons license.
  4. Lesson 2: Romans 5:1-5, World English Bible.
  5. Hymn: “All Creatures of Our God and King”, Verse 1. Sung by Notre Dame Liturgical Choir, 2017, uploaded to YouTube by “ad te levavi”, used in accordance with Creative Commons License.
  6. Gospel: John 16:12-15, World English Bible.
  7. The Lord’s Prayer: From Matthew 6, King James Version.
  8. Closing blessing
  9. Amen: From the Magnificat by Orlando Gibbons, excerpted from a live service sung by the Choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in May 2011. (Fair use).
  10. Brass postlude: Canzona ‘La Foresta”
05Jun

Music and Readings for Pentecost 2022

Pentecost Sunday 2022
  1. Opening acclamation, Psalm 51:15.
  2. Hymn: “O Spirit of the Living God”, sung at Immanuel Congregational Church in 2013, in the public domain at Archive.org.
  3. Lesson 1: Acts 2:1-21 World English Bible.
  4. Music: Thomas Tallis (1505-1585): “Loquebantur, Varii Linguis.”  Performed by the Tudor Consort, available in Public Domain.  Translation: “The Apostles spoke in many languages of the great works of God, as the Holy Spirit gave them the gift of speech, alleluia. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.”
  5. Psalm 104:24-34, 35b.
  6. Lesson 2: Romans 8:22-27, World English Bible.
  7. Motet: Thomas Tallis (1505-1585): “If Ye Love Me”, sung by Coro Santo Pazienza, in the Cathedral of Pontremoli, Tuscany, in 2017, available on Wikimedia Commons and used in accordance with Creative Commons License
  8. Gospel: John 14:8-17, World English Bible.
  9. The Lord’s Prayer, and Benediction: From the Book of Common Prayer, 1662.
  10. Organ postlude: “Veni Creator Spiritus” by Rien van Binnendijk at Esztergom, used in accordance with Creative Commons license.
23May

A Celebration of Word and Music for Pentecost 2021

Pentecost 2021
  1. Opening acclamation, Psalm 51:15.
  2. Hymn: “O Spirit of the Living God”, sung at Immanuel Congregational Church in 2013, in the public domain at Archive.org.
  3. Lesson 1: Acts 2:1-21 World English Bible.
  4. Music: Thomas Tallis (1505-1585): “Loquebantur, Varii Linguis.”  Performed by the Tudor Consort, available in Public Domain.  Translation: “The Apostles spoke in many languages of the great works of God, as the Holy Spirit gave them the gift of speech, alleluia. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.”
  5. Psalm 104:24-34, 35b.
  6. Lesson 2: Romans 8:22-27, World English Bible.
  7. Hymn: “Spirit of the Living God”, sung by the congregation of Faith United Methodist Church in South Burlington, Vermont on Pentecost Sunday 2014, used in accordance with Creative Commons License
  8. Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15, World English Bible.
  9. The Lord’s Prayer, and Benediction: From the Book of Common Prayer, 1662.
  10. Organ postlude: “Veni Creator Spiritus” by Rien van Binnendijk at Esztergom, used in accordance with Creative Commons license.