Sacred Music
SACRED MUSIC plays a primary role in the worshipping and missionary life of St John Henry’s. As a community conscious of our role to preserve and promote the treasures of the Anglican musical patrimony within the Catholic Church, the vast treasury of English sacred and choral music and hymnody is maintained and nurtured alongside the older Roman usage of Gregorian chant and plainsong.
As a parish, we take seriously the Second Vatican Council’s clear reminder, that: The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy: therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services. But other kinds of sacred music, especially polyphony, are by no means excluded from liturgical celebrations, so long as they accord with the spirit of the liturgical action. - Sacrosanctum Concilium 116 From Monday to Saturday the Church’s daily public morning prayer of Mattins - psalms, canticles, hymn, and lections - is prayed in traditional English, and on Sundays the Solemn Mass, which is the highlight of our week as a parish family, is enriched by congregational, plainsong, and polyphonic settings of the Mass in English and Latin, together with anthems, motets, and hymns from the Anglican and Catholic traditions. Our monthly music list below gives you something of the flavour of our deep commitment to the ministry of sacred music within the life of the Ordinariate.
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St John Henry’s is blessed to have in its possession a first-class relic of St Cecilia, early martyr of the Church, and patron saint of musicians.
He who sings well prays twice. |
Our choirmaster and singers welcome interest in the opportunity to sing to the glory of God at St John Henry’s. The choir, made up of paid and volunteer singers, rehearse on Friday evenings and sing for all Solemn Masses, Evensongs, and other special services within the life of our parochial community. For further information please contact our Director of Music, Mr Scott Vannan.
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Music List
SUNDAY 28 JULY (TRINITY IX)
Opening: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (Praise My Soul) EH 470
Offertory: Thy hand, O God, has guided (Thornbury) EH 545
Communion: Once, only once, and once for all (Albano) EH 327
Final: Jerusalem the golden (Ewing) EH 412
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria (English), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa Orbis Factor
Credo (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
SUNDAY 4 AUGUST (TRINITY X)
Opening: At the Lamb’s high feast we sing (Salzburg) EH 128
Offertory: Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol) EH 301
Communion: Sweet Sacrament divine (Divine Mysteries) NEH 307
Final: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) NEH 368
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria (English), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa Orbis Factor
Credo (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
SUNDAY 11 AUGUST (TRINITY XI)
Opening: We hail thy presence glorious (Offertorium) NEH 310
Offertory: And now, O Father, mindful of the love (Unde et Memores) NEH 273
Communion: Blessed Jesu, Mary’s son (Liebster Jesu) NEH 275
Final: All for Jesus! all for Jesus! (All for Jesus) NEH 272
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria (English), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa Orbis Factor
Credo (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
SUNDAY 18 AUGUST (TRINITY XII)
Opening: We pray thee, heavenly Father (Meirionydd) NEH 311
Offertory: Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (Schmücke Dich) EH 306
Communion: Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee (Adoro Te) EH 331
Final: The Church of God a kingdom is (University, NEH 77) NEH 483
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria (English), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa Orbis Factor
Credo (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
SUNDAY 25 AUGUST (TRINITY XIII)
Opening: Stand up! - stand up for Jesus! (Morning Light) EH 581
Offertory: For the beauty of the earth (England’s Lane) EH 309
Communion: Soul of my Saviour (Anima Christi) NEH 305
Final: Faith of our fathers! living still (St Finbar) BCP 422 with additional verse
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
Opening: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (Praise My Soul) EH 470
Offertory: Thy hand, O God, has guided (Thornbury) EH 545
Communion: Once, only once, and once for all (Albano) EH 327
Final: Jerusalem the golden (Ewing) EH 412
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria (English), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa Orbis Factor
Credo (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
SUNDAY 4 AUGUST (TRINITY X)
Opening: At the Lamb’s high feast we sing (Salzburg) EH 128
Offertory: Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol) EH 301
Communion: Sweet Sacrament divine (Divine Mysteries) NEH 307
Final: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) NEH 368
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria (English), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa Orbis Factor
Credo (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
SUNDAY 11 AUGUST (TRINITY XI)
Opening: We hail thy presence glorious (Offertorium) NEH 310
Offertory: And now, O Father, mindful of the love (Unde et Memores) NEH 273
Communion: Blessed Jesu, Mary’s son (Liebster Jesu) NEH 275
Final: All for Jesus! all for Jesus! (All for Jesus) NEH 272
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria (English), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa Orbis Factor
Credo (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
SUNDAY 18 AUGUST (TRINITY XII)
Opening: We pray thee, heavenly Father (Meirionydd) NEH 311
Offertory: Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (Schmücke Dich) EH 306
Communion: Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee (Adoro Te) EH 331
Final: The Church of God a kingdom is (University, NEH 77) NEH 483
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria (English), Sanctus, Agnus Dei (Latin): Missa Orbis Factor
Credo (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)
SUNDAY 25 AUGUST (TRINITY XIII)
Opening: Stand up! - stand up for Jesus! (Morning Light) EH 581
Offertory: For the beauty of the earth (England’s Lane) EH 309
Communion: Soul of my Saviour (Anima Christi) NEH 305
Final: Faith of our fathers! living still (St Finbar) BCP 422 with additional verse
Setting: Kyrie (Greek), Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei (English): Missa Simplicior (Merbecke)