UPCOMING SERVICE MUSIC

Pentecost, commonly called Whitsunday (May 27, 2012)

Opening Hymn:  “Come down, O Love Divine” (#376)
Sequence Hymn:  “O come, Creator Spirit” (#108, veni creator)
Sermon Hymn: “Come Holy Spirit, heav’nly Dove” (#369)
Communion Hymns:  “Humbly I adore Thee” (#204)
“Bread of Heaven on Thee we feed” (#212)
“Come with us O blessed Jesus” (#211)
Closing Hymn:  “Glorious things of thee are spoken” (#385)

Anthem:  “Come down, O Love Divine”
Music: William H. Harris (1883-1973)
Text: Bianco da Siena (d. 1434)

Communion Motet:  “Tantum ergo”
Music: Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Text: Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Translation: “So let us devoutly revere this great sacrament, and the old covenant may give way to the new rite. May faith grant assistance to the deficiency of our senses. Jubilant praise, glory, laud, honor, and benediction be to the Father and the Son. Equal praise be to Him that proceeds from the two.”

Choral Amen:  “Twofold Amen” by William Gibbons (1583-1625)