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CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL DUBLIN
CHORAL SERVICES
WEDNESDAY 3RD
DECEMBER 2014
18.00 CHORAL EVENSONG
sung by the cathedral girls’ choir
PRECES Plainsong
Please sit for PSALM 67 sung by the choir
God be merciful unto us and bless us: and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful
unto us. That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. Let the
peoples praise thee O God: yea let all the peoples praise thee. O let the nations rejoice and be
glad: for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Let the peoples
praise thee O God: let all the peoples praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her increase:
and God even our own God shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us: and all the ends of the
world shall fear him. Please stand
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Please sit
THE FIRST LESSON Micah 5: 1-5a
5 Now you are walled around with a wall; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the ruler of
Israel upon the cheek. 2But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of
Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old,
from ancient days. 3Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has
brought forth; then the rest of his kindred shall return to the people of Israel. 4And he shall stand
and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And
they shall live secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth; 5and he shall be the one
of peace. If the Assyrians come into our land and tread upon our soil, we will raise against them
seven shepherds and eight installed as rulers.
MAGNIFICAT GEORGE DYSON (1883–1964), EVENING SERVICE IN C MINOR
THE SECOND LESSON Luke 21: 34-38
“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the
worries of this life, and that day catch you unexpectedly, like a trap. For it will come upon all who
live on the face of the whole earth. Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to
escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” Every day he was
teaching in the temple, and at night he would go out and spend the night on the Mount of Olives,
as it was called. And all the people would get up early in the morning to listen to him in the
temple.
NUNC DIMITTIS GEORGE DYSON, EVENING SERVICE IN C MINOR
THE APOSTLES' CREED
RESPONSES PLAINSONG
The Collect, of the Day
Almighty God, Give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the
armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in
great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both
the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth
with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and ever. Amen.
ANTHEM
Jesus, good above all other,
Gentle child of gentle mother,
In a stable born our brother,
Give us grace to persevere.
Jesus, cradled in a manger,
For us facing every danger;
Living as a homeless stranger,
Make we thee our king most dear.
Jesus for thy people dying,
Risen Master, death defying,
Lord in heav’n, thy grace supplying,
Keep us to thy presence near.
Jesus, who our sorrows bearest,
All our thoughts and hopes thou sharest,
Thou to man the truth declares
Help us all thy truth to hear.
Lord, in all our doings guide us,
Pride and hate shall ne’er divide us,
We’ll go on with thee beside us,
And with joy we’ll persevere.
Trad. arr. Simon Lole (b. 1957) 14th
Century German Carol
THURSDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2014
18.00 CHORAL EVENSONG
sung by the cathedral choir
PRECES Thomas Morley (1557–1602)
Please sit for PSALM 85: 1–2, 8–13 sung by the choir
Lord thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned again the captivity of Jacob. Thou
hast forgiven the offence of thy people: and covered all their sins. I will hearken what the Lord
God will say concerning me: for he shall speak peace unto his people and to his saints that they
turn not again unto foolishness. For his salvation is nigh them that fear him: that glory may dwell
in our land. Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kiss'd each other.
Truth shall flourish out of the earth: and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. Yea the
Lord shall shew loving kindness: and our land shall give her increase. Righteousness shall go before
him: and shall direct his going in the way. Please stand
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Please sit
THE FIRST LESSON Hosea 6: 1-6
6“Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck
down, and he will bind us up. 2After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him. 3Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as
sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a
morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early.5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I
have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. 6For I desire
steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
MAGNIFICAT VICTORIA, MAGNIFICAT QUARTI TONI
THE SECOND LESSON 1 Thessalonians 1: 2-10
2We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers,
constantly 3remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labour of love and
steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God,
that he has chosen you, 5because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but
also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons
we proved to be among you for your sake. 6
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in
spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,7
so that you
became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8For the word of the Lord has
sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has
become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. 9For the people of those regions report
about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to
serve a living and true God,10
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the
dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is coming.
NUNC DIMITTIS VICTORIA, NUNC DIMITTIS
THE APOSTLES' CREED
RESPONSES THOMAS MORLEY
The Collect, of the Day
Almighty God, Give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the
armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in
great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both
the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth
with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and ever. Amen.
ANTHEM
Canite tuba in Sion, quia prope est dies Domini.
Blow up the trumpet in Sion, for the day of God is near at hand.
Ecce venit ad salvandum nos: erunt prava in directa,
Behold! He comes to save us! Crooked paths will be made straight,
Et aspera in vias planas: veni Domini et noli tardare.
And the rough places into level highways. Come, Lord, and do not tarry!
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) Joel 2:1 and Isaiah 11:4
SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER 2014
15.30 CHORAL EVENSONG
sung by the cathedral choir
PRECES William Byrd (1540–1623)
Please sit for PSALM 40 sung by the choir
I waited patiently for the Lord: and he inclined unto me and heard my calling. He brought me also
out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay: and set my feet upon the rock and ordered my
goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth: even a thanksgiving unto our God. Many shall
see it and fear: and shall put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the
Lord: and turned not unto the proud and to such as go about with lies. O Lord my God great are
the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts which are to us-ward: and
yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them and speak of them:
they should be more than I am able to express. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not: but mine
ears hast thou opened Burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required: then said I, Lo I
come. In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God: I am
content to do it, yea thy law is within my heart. I have declared thy righteousness in the great
congregation: lo I will not refrain my lips O Lord and that thou knowest. I have not hid thy
righteousness within my heart: my talk hath been of thy truth and of thy salvation. I have not kept
back thy loving mercy and truth: from the great congregation. Withdraw not thou thy mercy from
me O Lord: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve me. For innumerable troubles are
come about me, my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up: yea they are
more in number than the hairs of my head and my heart hath failed me. O Lord, let it be thy
pleasure to deliver me: make haste O Lord to help me. Let them be ashamed and confounded
together that seek after my soul to destroy it: let them be driven backward and put to rebuke that
wish me evil. Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame: that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie
upon thee. Let all that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say
alway The Lord be praised. As for me, I am poor and needy: but the Lord careth for me. Thou art
my helper and redeemer: make no long tarrying, O my God. Please stand
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Please sit
THE FIRST LESSON 1 Kings 22: 1-28
22For three years Aram and Israel continued without war. 2But in the third year King Jehoshaphat
of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3The king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know
that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, yet we are doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of
Aram?” 4He said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat
replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are; my people are your people, my horses are your
horses.” 5But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of
the Lord.” 6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred of them,
and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” They said, “Go up;
for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” 7But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no other
prophet of the Lord here of whom we may inquire?” 8The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,
“There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah son of Imlah; but I hate him,
for he never prophesies anything favorable about me, but only disaster.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let
the king not say such a thing.” 9Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring
quickly Micaiah son of Imlah.” 10
Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting
on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of
Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 11
Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made
for himself horns of iron, and he said, “Thus says the Lord: With these you shall gore the Arameans
until they are destroyed.” 12
All the prophets were prophesying the same and saying, “Go up to
Ramoth-gilead and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” 13
The messenger who
had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the words of the prophets with one accord are
favorable to the king; let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.” 14
But
Micaiah said, “As the Lordlives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.” 15
When he had
come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
we refrain?” He answered him, “Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the
king.” 16
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but
the truth in the name of the Lord?” 17
Then Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the
mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd; and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each
one go home in peace.’” 18
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would
not prophesy anything favorable about me, but only disaster?” 19
Then Micaiah said, “Therefore
hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven standing
beside him to the right and to the left of him. 20
And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, so that
he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ Then one said one thing, and another said
another, 21
until a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice
him.’ 22
‘How?’ theLord asked him. He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all
his prophets.’ Then the Lord said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do
it.’ 23
So you see, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets;
the Lord has decreed disaster for you.” 24
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah,
slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak
to you?” 25
Micaiah replied, “You will find out on that day when you go in to hide in an inner
chamber.” 26
The king of Israel then ordered, “Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor
of the city and to Joash the king’s son, 27
and say, ‘Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison, and
feed him on reduced rations of bread and water until I come in peace.’” 28
Micaiah said, “If you
return in peace, theLord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, you peoples, all of you!”
MAGNIFICAT WILLIAM BYRD (1540–1623), THE SECOND SERVICE
THE SECOND LESSON Romans 15: 4-13
4For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness
and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. 5
May the God of steadfastness
and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ
Jesus, 6so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 7
Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of
God. 8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of
God in order that he might confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9and in order that the
Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will confess you among the
Gentiles, and sing praises to your name”; 10
and again he says, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his
people”; 11
and again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him”; 12
and
again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse shall come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in him the
Gentiles shall hope.” 13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you
may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
NUNC DIMITTIS WILLIAM BYRD, THE SECOND SERVICE
THE APOSTLES' CREED
RESPONSES WILLIAM BYRD
The Collect for Advent
Almighty God, Give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the
armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in
great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both
the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who liveth and reigneth
with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and ever. Amen.
The Collect, of the Day
O Lord, Raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race
that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through the
satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, be honour and glory,
world without end. Amen.
ANTHEM
Vigilate ergo nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniat
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh,
sero an media nocte an galli cantu an mane,
at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Vigilate ne cum venerit repente inveniat vos dormientes.
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Quod autem dico vobis omnibus dico Vigilate.
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
William Byrd (1540– 1623) Mark 13:35–37
CLOSING HYMN
during which a collection may be taken up
Hark! A herald voice is calling:
’Christ is nigh,’ it seems to say;
’Cast away the dreams of darkness,
O ye children of the day!’
Startled at the solemn warning,
Let the earth-bound soul arise;
Christ, her Sun, all sloth dispelling,
Shines upon the morning skies.
Lo! The Lamb, so long expected,
Comes with pardon down from heaven;
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
One and all to be forgiven.
So when next he comes in glory,
And earth’s final hour draws near,
May he then as our defender
On the clouds of heaven appear.
Honour, glory, virtue, merit,
To the Father and the Son,
With the co-eternal Spirit,
While unending ages run. Amen.
Tune: Merton W. H. Monk (1823–89) From the Latin; tr E. Caswall (1814–78)