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SOLEMN MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY CELEBRANT ARCHBISHOP MALCOLM McMAHON OP THE EASTER TRIDUUM – EASTER SUNDAY THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD 4 APRIL 2021 AT 11.00AM _______________________________________________________________________________________ ORDER OF MUSIC Introit Resurrexi: Gregorian Chant; words from Psalm 138:18,5-6 Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei Messa a Tre Voci: music by Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) Alleluia Psalm 117 Mode VI: music Gregorian Chant Sequence Victimae Paschali: text attrib Wipo of Burgundy (11th cent); music Gregorian Chant, Mode I Gospel Acclamation: music Gregorian Chant, Mode VI Hymn O sons and daughters: words by Jean Tisserand OFM (d1494); trans by John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Communion Antiphon Pascha nostrum: music Gregorian Chant, mode VI People’s Communion Motet Haec Dies: music by Thomas Morley (1557-1602) _______________________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE ENSURE THAT MOBILE TELEPHONES ARE SWITCHED OFF The use of private cameras, video or sound equipment is strictly prohibited in the Cathedral 2 WHAT TO EXPECT AT MASS We have put in place some new measures to ensure a safe and welcoming environment for all. This may mean that Mass feels a little different to the way we are used to celebrating. Please read our guidelines below: WHEN YOU ARRIVE You will be welcomed by a volunteer steward. You will be directed to the hand sanitizer. All people entering church must wear a face covering at all times. You must adhere to social distancing guidelines in place. Any children accompanying you must do the same. Baskets will be available at the entrance (and exit) for your weekly envelopes or other contributions. There will also be contactless donation points available for those wishing contribute via debit card. Toilets will remain closed at all times except for a genuine emergency. The Gift Shop will be closed. DURING MASS There will be no Sign of Peace. There will be no congregational singing. HOLY COMMUNION Will be distributed after the final dismissal of the Mass. The words “The Body of Christ” and the reply “Amen” will only be said once at the beginning of distribution. They will not to be repeated for each person receiving Holy Communion. The volunteer stewards will direct you to approach the altar to receive Holy Communion. You may only receive the Sacred Host in your hand and not on your tongue. Communicants must avoid skin to skin contact with the minister’s hands. You must then step to one side, lower your face covering and place the Sacred Host in your mouth then follow directions to leave the Cathedral immediately. AFTER MASS Please take home any newsletters, Mass sheets and other papers you may use. Use only the designated exit. Please do not gather in the Cathedral porch or on Cathedral property for conversations. Continue to wear your face covering until you leave the area where other people are. If you are experiencing a high temperature, a new continuous cough or loss or change of taste / smell please return home and consult your GP. While we will attempt to take appropriate precautions consistent with the advice of public health authorities, parishioners should understand that they assume the risk of contracting COVID-19 any time they enter a public space since such precautions do not eliminate the risk of infection. Please be advised that this Mass is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. 3 INTRODUCTORY RITES INTROIT the Cantors sing Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum, I have risen, and I am with you still, alleluia. Posuisti super me manum alleluia. You have laid your hand upon tuam, alleluia. Mirabilis facta est me, alleluia. Too wonderful for me, this scientia tua, alleluia, alleluia. knowledge, alleluia, alleluia. GREETING AND INTRODUCTION the Archbishop begins In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. R. And with your spirit. He then introduces the Mass. PENITENTIAL RITE the Archbishop introduces the Mass and gives the call to repentance Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. Lord Jesus, you came to gather the nations into the peace of God’s kingdom: Lord, have mercy. R. Lord, have mercy. You come in word and in sacrament to strengthen us and make us holy: Christ, have mercy. R. Christ, have mercy. You will come again in glory with salvation for your people: Lord, have mercy. R. Lord, have mercy. May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. R. Amen. 4 GLORIA all remain standing, as the Cantors sing the Gloria Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax Glory to God in the highest, hominibus bonae voluntatis. and on earth peace to people of good will. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. We praise you, we bless you, Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. we adore you, we glorify you, Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam we give thanks to you for gloriam tuam. your great glory. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Lord God, heavenly King, Deus Pater omnipotens. O God, almighty Father, Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Patris, qui tollis peccata mundi, You take away the sins of the world, have miserere nobis. mercy on us; Qui tollis peccata mundi, you take away the sins of the world, suscipe deprecationem nostram. receive our prayer; Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, you are seated at the right hand of the miserere nobis. Father, have mercy on us. Quoniam tu solus sanctus, For you alone are the Holy One, tu solus Dominus, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe. Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Patris. Amen. Amen. COLLECT Let us pray. O God, who on this day, through your Only Begotten Son, have conquered death and unlocked for us the path of eternity, grant, we pray, that we who keep the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit, rise up in the light of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. R. Amen. All sit. 5 LITURGY OF THE WORD FIRST READING from the Acts of the Apostles 10:34, 37-43 Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: ‘You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses - we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead - and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name.’ The Word of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. PSALM 117 the Cantor sings the psalm Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; for his love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say: ‘His love has no end’. The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; his right hand raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live, and recount his deeds The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone: this is the work of the Lord, a marvel in our eyes. SECOND READING from the letter of St Paul to the Colossians 3:1-4 Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed - and he is your life - you too will be revealed in all your glory with him. The Word of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. 6 SEQUENCE the Cantors sing Victimae paschali laudes Christians, to the Paschal victim immolent Christiani. offer a sacrifice of praise. Agnus redemit oves; The Lamb has ransomed his Christus innocens Patri sheep; the innocent Christ has reconciliavit peccatores. reconciled sinners with the Father. Mors et vita duello Death and life confronted each conflixere mirando: other in a prodigious battle; dux vitae mortuus the Prince of life who died regnat vivus. now lives and reigns. Dic nobis, Maria, ‘Tell us, Mary: say quid vidisti in via? what you saw on the way.’ Sepulchrum Christi viventis ‘The tomb the Living did enclose; et gloriam vidi resurgentis. I saw Christ’s glory as he rose.
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