A PROCESSION WITH CAROLS ON ADVENT SUNDAY

A journey from Darkness to Light
St. Michael’s Cathedral • Sunday, 1st December 2024 • 6:00 p.m.

Magnificat, BWV 733 ~ (J.S. Bach)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 ~ (J.S. Bach)
Prelude on ‘Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?’ ~ (H. Oxley)
Fanfare on "Wake, awake, for night is flying" ~ (M. Burkhardt)

Wachet auf! (Wake, O wake!) (J.S. Bach)
Hymn – Hark a thrilling voice is sounding (A. Gray)
The Bidding Prayer
The truth from above (R. Vaughan Williams)
Sentence - Responses – Collect
Antiphon 1 ~ O wisdom
Antiphon 2 ~ O Lord of Lords
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (P. Ledger)
Lesson 1 – The sin of Adam reversed in the Birth of Christ (Isaiah 64:1 - 9)
Adam lay ybounden (B. Ord)
Hymn – O come, O come Emmanuel (D. Willcocks)
Sentence - Responses – Collect
Antiphon 3 ~ O root of Jesse
Antiphon 4 ~ O key of David
Lo, how a Rose e’re blooming (M. Praetorius)
Lesson 2 - The call to be vigilant in preparation for the coming of the Lord (1 Thessalonians 5: 1 - 11)
Remember, O thou man (T. Ravenscroft)
Hymn – Come Thou Redeemer of the earth (Willcocks-Scott)
Sentence - Responses – Collect
Antiphon 5 ~ O morning star
O Thou the central orb (C. Wood)
Lesson 3 - The proclamation of John the Baptist (Matthew 3: 1 – 11)
This is the record of John (O. Gibbons)
Hymn – On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (G. Shaw)
Sentence - Responses - Collect
Antiphon 6 ~ O king of the nations
A Hymn to the Virgin (B. Britten)
Lesson 4 - The Gospel of the Salutation (Luke 1: 26 - 38)
Magnificat (Stanford in G)
Hymn – Sing we of the blessed Mother
Sentence - Responses – Collect
Antiphon 7 ~ O Emmanuel
People, look East (B. Ferguson)
Lesson 5 – Jesus warns his followers to be alert (Mark 13: 32 - 36)
A little child there is yborn (P. Ledger)
Hymn – O little town of Bethlehem (P. Ledger)
The Closing Prayers & Blessing
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 ~ (J.S. Bach)