Readings: Genesis 14:18-20
Corinthians 11:23-26
Luke 9:11-17
Whatever the strange and dubious origins of this feast, the readings flow and bounce off each other in a thoughtful way. The “bread and wine” of Melchizedek from Genesis are amplified by the Psalm and fulfilled in Paul’s teaching about Eucharist. If the Eucharistic theme of the feeding story in Luke wasn’t already obvious, it certainly is after the three preceding pieces of scripture. Our role in all this depends on the Lukan Jesus saying, “Give them something to eat yourselves.”
Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) CWB II 535
Psalm 109 (McKenna)
You are a priest forever, in the line of Melchizedik
Gifts: Song of the Body of Christ (Haas) AOV 1/27
Communion: Our Blessing Cup (Mason)
Thanksgiving: Bread of Heaven (Manibusan-Hart)
Recessional: Celtic Alleluia (Sending Forth) (O’Carroll/Walker) AOV 1/13
All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly [Dunstan / HOLY MANNA]
Gift of Finest Wheat [Westendorf / BICENTENNIAL]
By Your Priestly Power, O Risen Lord [McAuley / TRAVALLI]
Now Thank We All Our God [Winkworth / NUN DANKET]
G’Day Chris W
I’m glad the McAuley/Connolly collaborations are still being sung – the poetry is superb and Connolly settings always have such inventiveness.
We sang “Gifts of Finest Wheat” at my last parish and it just about survived a simple guitar backing. We haven’t tackled anything different for a while so I’ll see what the brains trust thinks locally.
cheers
Geoff
BTW thanks for the tips on the more traditional repertoire – I am out of my usual experience here.
It’s a style that works for us, and I try to be a month/season in advance picking the music, so it’s just a matter of copy and paste to send it here, and it might be of use to someone else.
The McAuley/Connolly hymns are brilliant, but I suspect there are more than a few parishes that won’t use them because of the non-inclusive language and lack of chords (outside of Together in Song). I think I read an interview with Richard a while back where he made the comment that he has no objection to inclusive language, but putting it into these hymns damaged the poetry.
As an aside, chord calculation can be aided using online tools such as https://www.8notes.com/piano_chord_chart/chord_finder.asp
I think I mentioned it previously, but we have the Gather 3rd ed. hymnal in the pews which is rather problematic (both from a style and hymn tune selection perspective), and normally use home-made seasonal booklets outside of Ordinary Time.
Gathering: Table of Plenty (Schutte)
Mass Parts: Mass of St. Ann (Bolduc)
Psalm: You Are a Priest Forever (Alonso)
Gifts: As Christ Is for Us (Whitaker)
Communion: I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan)
To Be Your Bread (Haas)
Closing: City of God (Schutte)