Wednesday, March 30, 2011

4th Sunday of Lent - April 3, 2011

This is Laetare Sunday, so we'll have a prelude and postlude, and the hymn organ registrations will be bolder than those normally used during Lent.

"Laetare" is Latin for "Rejoice".  The name is taken from the Introit/Entrance Antiphon:

"Rejoice, Jerusalem!  Be glad for her, you who love her; rejoice with her, you who mourned for her, and you will find contentment at her consoling breasts."

Just in case I have anyone policing the orthodoxy of my music selections, "Anglican Use Gradual" is NOT Anglican; it is Catholic.  

Introit: p. 82 of Anglican Use Gradual
Processional:  Rejoice, The Lord is King (BB 742)
Psalm: Stephen
Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring (BB 521) (Re-worded gender-neutral songs are ANNOYING.)
Communion: Lenten psalm
Recessional:  Take Up Your Cross (BB 732)

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