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<\/a><\/p>\nBehold the Lamb of God!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mount Calvary Church<\/span><\/p>\n Eutaw Street and Madison Avenue<\/p>\n Baltimore, Maryland<\/p>\n A Parish of the Roman\u00a0 Catholic Personal Ordinariate of St. Peter<\/em><\/p>\n Anglican Use<\/em><\/p>\n Rev. Albert Scharbach, Pastor<\/span><\/p>\n Epiphany II<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 8:00 AM Said Mass<\/p>\n 10:00 AM Sung Mass<\/p>\n Prelude<\/strong><\/p>\n Puer nobis<\/em>,\u00a0 J. P. Sweelinck<\/p>\n Hymns<\/strong><\/p>\n O splendor of God\u2019s glory bright<\/em><\/p>\n Father, we thank Thee who hast planted<\/em><\/p>\n The God of Abraham praise<\/em><\/p>\n Anthems<\/strong><\/p>\n Jubilate Deo<\/em>, Laslo Halmos<\/p>\n O taste and see<\/em>, Ralph Vaughan Williams<\/p>\n Postlude<\/strong><\/p>\n Trumpet Voluntary<\/em> no. 5,\u00a0 op, 7, John Stanley<\/p>\n ______________________________________________<\/p>\n Prelude<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Puer nobis<\/em>, Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck (1562-1721)<\/p>\n Here it is played with a very delicate touch by\u00a0Diederik Blankesteijn<\/a>.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________<\/p>\n Hymns<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n O splendor of God\u2019s glory bright<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is a translation by Robert Bridges, poet laureate of England, of St. Ambrose\u2019s morning hymn\u00a0Splendor patern\u00e6 glori\u00e6<\/em>.<\/p>\n O Splendor of God\u2019s glory bright, O thou true Sun, on us Thy glance, The Father, too, our prayers implore, On Christ, the true bread, let us feed; All laud to God the Father be; Here is the\u00a0Mormon Tabernacle Choir\u00a0<\/a>doing a cheerful version.<\/p>\n Here<\/a>\u00a0is the English sung to a Gregorian melody.<\/p>\n Splendor patern\u00e6 glori\u00e6, Verusque sol, illabere Votis vocemus et patrem, Informet actus strenuos, Mentem gubernet et regat Christusque noster sit cibus, L\u00e6tus dies hic transeat, Aurora cursus provehat, Here<\/a>\u00a0is the Latin with Gregorian chant.<\/p>\n Robert Bridges<\/strong>\u00a0(1844-1930) was poet laureate of England from 1913 until his death. At Oxford he was a friend of Gerald Manley Hopkins and arranged for the publication of Hopkins\u2019 poetry posthumously.<\/p>\n Bridges wrote and also translated historic hymns, and many of these were included in\u00a0Songs of Syon<\/em>\u00a0(1904) and the later English\u00a0Hymnal<\/em>\u00a0(1906). Several of Bridges\u2019 hymns and translations are still in use today, such as \u201cO Gladsome Light\u201d (Phos Hilaron),\u00a0\u201cO Sacred Head, sore wounded\u201d (Paulus Gerhardt, 1656), and PUER NOBIS NASCITUR is a melody from a fifteenth-century manuscript from Trier. However, the tune probably dates from an earlier time and may even have folk roots. PUER NOBIS was altered in Spangenberg\u2019s\u00a0Christliches Gesangbuchlein<\/cite>\u00a0(1568), in Petri\u2019s famous\u00a0Piae Cantiones<\/cite>\u00a0(1582), and again in Praetorius\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0Musae Sioniae<\/cite>\u00a0(Part VI, 1609), which is the basis for the triple-meter version.<\/p>\n _______________________________________<\/p>\n Father, we thank Thee who hast planted\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>a paraphrase by the Episcopal clergyman Francis Bland Tucker (1895\u20141984) of the\u00a0Didache<\/em>,\u00a0The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles<\/em>, one of the earliest documents of the church.<\/p>\n Stanza 1 corresponds to 10: 2 of the Didache<\/em>, a post-communion prayer: \u2018We give Thee thanks, Holy Father, for Thy holy name, which Thou hast made to tabernacle in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and immortality, which Thou hast made known unto us through Thy Son Jesus\u2019 (translation by Joseph Barber Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers, 1891). Stanza 2 is from 10: 3: \u2018Thou, Almighty Master, didst create all things for Thy name\u2019s sake, and didst give food and drink unto men for enjoyment, that they might render thanks to Thee; but didst bestow upon us spiritual food and drink and eternal life through Thy Son.\u2019 Stanza 3 is from 10: 5: \u2018Remember, Lord, Thy Church to deliver it from all evil and to perfect it in Thy love\u2026\u2019. Stanza 4 is from 9: 4: \u2018As this broken bread was scattered upon the mountains and being gathered together became one, so may Thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into Thy kingdom.\u2019<\/p>\n Here\u00a0at\u00a0St. John\u2019s, Detroit<\/a>, before a Tigers game.<\/p>\n Father, we thank Thee who hast planted Watch o\u2019er Thy Church, O Lord, in mercy, Francis Bland Tucker<\/strong>\u00a0(1885-1984)\u00a0\u00a0was an important figure in hymnody. He was educated at the University of Virginia and the Virginia Theological Seminary. Beginning in 1945, he was Rector of Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia. Tucker served on the two commissions, forty-two years apart, that revised hymnals of the Episcopal Church. He worked on the 1940 Hymnal and the 1982 Hymnal which includes 17 of Tucker\u2019s contributions. Among these are the texts,\u00a0Oh, Gracious Light<\/em>\u00a0(Hymns 25-26),\u00a0Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted<\/em>\u00a0(Hymns 302-303), and his original text,\u00a0Our Father, by Whose Name<\/em>\u00a0(Hymn 587). Only John Mason Neale is credited with more items in the 1982 Hymnal. \u00a0Tucker was also a theological adviser to the commission that produced the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.<\/p>\n A collateral descendant of George Washington, Tucker\u2019s parents were Beverley Dandridge Tucker, Episcopal Bishop of Southern Virginia, and Anna Maria Washington who was one of the last children to be born at Mount Vernon. Francis Bland is the brother of Henry St. George Tucker (1874\u20131959), 19th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and descendant of St. George Tucker (1752\u20131827), lawyer, legal scholar, state and federal judge for whom the St. George Tucker House in Colonial Williamsburg is named.<\/p>\n ________________________________<\/p>\n One night in London, Thomas Olivers (1725\u20141799), a follower of John Wesley, was attracted to a service in a Jewish synagogue, where he heard a great singer, Myer Leoni, sing an ancient Hebrew text in solemn, plaintive mode. Olivers wrote a hymn to that tune:\u00a0The God of Abraham Praise<\/em><\/strong>, which is a paraphrase of the ancient Hebrew Yigdal, or doxology. In the 12th century, Jewish scholar Moses Maimonides codified the 13 articles of the Jewish Creed. These articles of the Jewish faith were later shaped into the Yigdal around 1400 by Daniel ben Judah, a judge in Rome.<\/p>\n Her is the\u00a0King\u2019s College choir<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here is a wonderful\u00a0Sephardic Yigdal<\/a>. Here is a\u00a0modern arrangement<\/a>\u00a0of the Yigdal.<\/p>\n Here are the original verses. Note that in almost all hymnals the specifically Christian references have been removed, often to make the hymn suitable for interfaith gatherings.<\/p>\n The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above; The God of Abraham praise, at Whose supreme command The God of Abraham praise, whose all sufficient grace He by Himself has sworn; I on His oath depend, Tho\u2019 nature\u2019s strength decay, and earth and hell withstand, The goodly land I see, with peace and plenty bless\u2019d; There dwells the Lord our King, the Lord our righteousness, He keeps His own secure, He guards them by His side, Before the great Three-One they all exulting stand; The God Who reigns on high the great archangels sing, Before the Savior\u2019s face the ransomed nations bow; The whole triumphant host give thanks to God on high; Here is the 1940 Hymnal version by an\u00a0English choir<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here is the Yigdal:<\/p>\n Note that the last verse expresses belief in the resurrection of the dead, which is an article of Jewish belief, as is clear from \u00a0Gospels.<\/p>\n Thomas Olivers<\/em><\/p>\n Thomas Olivers was born in 1725. Both his father and his mother died when he was four years old. He grew up to be an apprentice shoemaker and he became a profligate and reckless young man. After his involvement in a scandal which forced him to leave his home, Olivers travelled to Bristol where he heard George Whitfield preach on the text \u201cis not this a brand plucked from the fire?\u201d (Zechariah 3:2). Olivers was converted and expressed a desire to follow Whitfield; however one of Whitfield\u2019s preachers discouraged him and instead he joined the Methodist society and met one of the founders of Methodism, John Wesley.<\/p>\n After joining Wesley as a preacher, Olivers was initially stationed to preach in Cornwall. \u00a0He was later stationed to preach all around Great Britain and Ireland because of his fearless preaching style. He also had good relations with Great Britain\u2019s Jewish community, attending Jewish synagogues and became friends with Rabbi Myer Lyon. In 1775, Wesley appointed Olivers to co-write the\u00a0Arminian Magazine<\/em>\u00a0with him. Olivers often exercised control over the content of the magazine. Due to a lack of formal education, Olivers\u2019 editions of the magazine contained several printing errors, which annoyed Wesley but he persevered with Olivers whom he counted as a friend and attached a list of errors at the back of the yearly annual in 1778. However following an \u201castounding number of errata\u201d, Wesley declared in a letter that \u201cI cannot, dare not, will not suffer Thomas Olivers to murder the\u00a0Arminian Magazine<\/em>\u00a0any longer. The errata are intolerable and innumerable. They shall be so no more\u201d and removed Olivers from his position in 1789. Despite this, Olivers and Wesley remained good friends, often viewed as a father-son relationship. When Olivers died in March 1799, he was buried in Wesley\u2019s grave in London.<\/p>\n Anthems<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Jubilate Deo<\/em>, Laslo Halmos<\/p>\n Jubilate Deo universa terra, psalmum dicite nomini eius. Venite et audite, et narrabo vobis omnis qui timetis Deum quanta fecit Dominus animae meae. Alleluia.<\/em><\/p>\n O be joyful in God, all ye lands: sing praises unto the honour of his Name. O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God: and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. Alleluia.<\/em><\/p>\n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Halmos (1909- 1997) was a Hungarian composer, choir director and violinist.<\/p>\n He wrote choral works, songs, chamber music, oratorios, cantatas, masses, as well as works for orchestra and for the organ, totaling several hundred works. He was choir director of Gy\u00f3r Cathedral and also held the position of professor at the Theological College and the State Conservatory. As a violinist, he was one of the early members of The New Hungarian Quartet.<\/p>\n Here<\/a>\u00a0the anthem by mixed chamber choir;\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>at the Christ the King mass at St. Peter\u2019s in Rome;\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>by a male choir at \u0110akova cathedral in Croatia.<\/p>\n Halmos was born a subject of Franz Josef in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He lived through the Red Terror of B\u00e9la Kun, the regency of Admiral Horthy, the takeover by the Germans, and Communist era, including\u00a0 the Revolution of 1956.\u00a0 He lived to see a free Hungary. America’s political difficulties should be kept in perspective.<\/p>\n ___________________________________<\/p>\n O taste and see<\/em>, Ralph Vaughan Williams<\/p>\n O taste and see how gracious the Lord is; blest is the man that trusteth in Him.<\/em><\/p>\n Here is the score and the Cambridge Singer<\/a>s<\/p>\n Common<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n An Anglican Folk Mass<\/strong><\/em>, Martin Shaw<\/p>\n
\nO Thou that bringest light from light,
\nO Light of Light, light\u2019s living spring,
\nO Day, all days illumining.<\/p>\n
\nLet fall in royal radiance,
\nthe Spirit\u2019s sanctifying beam
\nupon our earthly senses stream.<\/p>\n
\nFather of glory evermore;
\nthe Father of all grace and might,
\nto banish sin from our delight.<\/p>\n
\nLet Him to us be drink indeed;
\nAnd let us taste with joyfulness
\nThe Holy Spirit\u2019s plenteousness.<\/p>\n
\nAll praise, eternal Son, to thee;
\nAll glory, as is ever meet,
\nTo God the holy Paraclete.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nDe luce lucem proferens,
\nLux lucis et fons luminis,
\nDiem dies illuminans<\/p>\n
\nMicans nitore perpeti
\nIubarque sancti spiritus
\nInfunde nostris sensibus.<\/p>\n
\nPatrem perennis glori\u00e6,
\nPatrem potentis grati\u00e6
\nCulpam releget lubricam.<\/p>\n
\nDentem retundat invidi,
\nCasus secundet asperos,
\nDonet gerendi gratiam.<\/p>\n
\nCasto, fideli corpore,
\nFides calore ferveat,
\nFraudis venena nesciat.<\/p>\n
\nPotusque noster sit fides,
\nL\u00e6ti bibamus sobriam
\nEbrietatem spiritus.<\/p>\n
\nPudor sit ut diluculum,
\nFides velut meridies,
\nCrepusculum mens nesciat.<\/p>\n
\nAurora totus prodeat,
\nIn patre totus filius
\nEt totus in verbo pater.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/b>Robert Bridges<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhen morning gilds the skies\u201d (stanza 3; Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1744)<\/p>\n
\nThy holy name within our hearts.
\nKnowledge and faith and life immortal
\nJesus, Thy Son, to us imparts.
\nThou, Lord, didst make all for Thy pleasure,
\nDidst give us food for all our days,
\nGiving in Christ the Bread eternal;
\nThine is the pow\u2019r, be Thine the praise.<\/p>\n
\nSave it from evil, guard it still,
\nPerfect it in Thy love, unite it,
\nCleansed and conformed unto Thy will.
\nAs grain, once scattered on the hillsides,
\nWas in this broken bread made one,
\nSo from all lands Thy Church be gather\u2019d
\nInto Thy kingdom by Thy Son.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAncient of everlasting days, and God of Love;
\nJehovah, great I AM! by earth and Heav\u2019n confessed;
\nI bow and bless the sacred Name forever blessed.<\/p>\n
\nFrom earth I rise\u2014and seek the joys at His right hand;
\nI all on earth forsake, its wisdom, fame, and power;
\nAnd Him my only Portion make, my Shield and Tower.<\/p>\n
\nShall guide me all my happy days, in all my ways.
\nHe calls a worm His friend, He calls Himself my God!
\nAnd He shall save me to the end, thro\u2019 Jesus\u2019 blood.<\/p>\n
\nI shall, on eagle wings upborne, to Heav\u2019n ascend.
\nI shall behold His face; I shall His power adore,
\nAnd sing the wonders of His grace forevermore.<\/p>\n
\nTo Canaan\u2019s bounds I urge my way, at His command.
\nThe wat\u2019ry deep I pass, with Jesus in my view;
\nAnd thro\u2019 the howling wilderness my way pursue.<\/p>\n
\nA land of sacred liberty, and endless rest.
\nThere milk and honey flow, and oil and wine abound,
\nAnd trees of life forever grow with mercy crowned.<\/p>\n
\nTriumphant o\u2019er the world and sin, the Prince of peace;
\nOn Sion\u2019s sacred height His kingdom still maintains,
\nAnd glorious with His saints in light forever reigns.<\/p>\n
\nArrays in garments, white and pure, His spotless bride:
\nWith streams of sacred bliss, with groves of living joys\u2014
\nWith all the fruits of Paradise, He still supplies.<\/p>\n
\nAnd tell the wonders He hath done, through all their land:
\nThe list\u2019ning spheres attend, and swell the growing fame;
\nAnd sing, in songs which never end, the wondrous Name.<\/p>\n
\nAnd \u201cHoly, holy, holy!\u201d cry, \u201cAlmighty King!
\nWho was, and is, the same, and evermore shall be:
\nJehovah\u2014Father\u2014great I AM, we worship Thee!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nO\u2019erwhelmed at His almighty grace, forever new:
\nHe shows His prints of love\u2014they kindle to a flame!
\nAnd sound thro\u2019 all the worlds above the slaughtered Lamb.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,\u201d they ever cry.
\nHail, Abraham\u2019s God, and mine! (I join the heav\u2019nly lays,)
\nAll might and majesty are Thine, and endless praise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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