Entrance: Holy Spirit Come (Mangan) AOV NG 67
Psalm 103 (McKenna)
Lord, send out your spirit and renew the face of the earth.
Gifts: Holy, Sacred Spirit (Brown)
Communion: Holy Spirit of Fire (Mangan) CWB II 110
Recessional: Go Make a Difference (Angrisano/Tomaszek) AOV NG 52
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These selections are for the Pentecost Vigil liturgy that we will be following, so no sequence before the gospel acclamation. Instead, the sequence (a wonderful text) is being used as a hymn for the procession of gifts. The translation of Veni Creator Spiritus we are singing for communion (to the traditional VENI CREATOR chant) is a contemporary translation that much better fits the stresses in the chant melody than the other translations I am familiar with, probably because they were designed for hymn tunes.
Entrance (CWB2:381): Come Down, O Love Divine {Littledale / DOWN AMPNEY]
Gifts (CWB2:379): Holy Spirit, Lord Divine [Scagnelli / WEBBE]
Communion (H26:277): Come, Creator! Come, Spirit Blessed [Alstott / VENI CREATOR]
Recessional (CWB2:385): Filled with the Spirit’s Power, with One Accord [Peacey / WOODLANDS]
The communion song is in OCP missals (H26 = Heritage Missal, 2026-29), and the melody line edition can be downloaded from OneLicense.
Gathering: One Spirit, One Church (Keil/Quinlivan)
Mass Parts: Mass of St. Ann (Bolduc)
Psalm: Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Alonso – The Lyric Psalter)
Sequence: Come, O Holy Spirit (Alstott; HYMN TO JOY)
Gifts: Holy Spirit (Canedo)
Communion: One Bread, One Body (Foley)
Holy Spirit, Come Now (Manibusan)
Closing: This Is My Song (Stone/Harkness; FINLANDIA)*
*Memorial Day in the US
I was recruited into singing at two Pentecost masses:
Vigil Mass:
Entrance: All People That On Earth Do Dwell (AOV 1-25)
I’m singing the sequence (plainchant) and Alleluia (the default mode 6 one)
Offertory: This priest has a guitar and usually plays something Taize
Communion: I am the Bread of Life (AOV 1-49)
Recessional: Christ Be Our Light (AOV 2-3) (Verses 1 and 5)
Evening Mass:
Entrance: Heaven and Earth (AOV 2-53)
I’m singing sequence (plainchant) and Alleluia (Celtic)
Offertory: Godhead Here in Hiding (Moreno) [The Adoro Te that everyone loves but in English]
Communion: Light of Christ (AOV 1-143)
Reflection: Be Thou My Vision (AOV 1-9)
Recessional: Come O Holy Spirit come (Alstott/Beethoven)
I had such a troublesome time finding the right text of the sequence to the right music. CWB2 has the wrong translation!