Sunday, 24 December, 2023
The Vigil of the Nativity of our Lord (com. Advent IV)
- 9:00 a.m. Low Mass
- 10:00 a.m. Mattins
- 11:00 a.m. Solemn Mass
- Celebrant: The Rev’d Canon David Brinton OGS
- Preacher: The Father Vicar
- Mass Setting: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor
- Offertory Motet: From lands that see the sun arise – Chant/Johann Schein (1645)
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Midnight Mass of Christmas
- 10:30 p.m. Gallery Carols before Mass
- 11:00 p.m. Procession & Solemn First Mass of Christmas
- Celebrant & Preacher: The Father Vicar
- Prelude: Noël sur les Flûtes – Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)
- Mass Setting: Messe de Minuit pour Noël – M.A. Charpentier (1690)
- Offertory Motet: Salve Puerule – M.A. Charpentier (1684)
- Communion Motet: Apostrophe au petit Jesu couché dans la crèche – Peter Phillips (1616)
- Postlude: Improvisation – Fr David Smith
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Monday, 25 December, 2023
Christmas Day
- 8:30 a.m. Low Mass (at Dawn)
- Celebrant: The Father Vicar
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- 11:00 a.m. Sung Mass (in the Day)
- Celebrant: The Rev’d Canon David Brinton OGS
- Preacher: The Father Vicar
- Prelude: Chorale ‘In dulci jubilo’ BWV 729 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
- Mass Setting: Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis
- Offertory Motet: Hodie nobis de caelo – Alessandro Grandi (1610)
- Communion Motet: An earthly tree – William Byrd (1589)
- Postlude: Improvisation – Fr David Smith
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Weekdays during the Christmas Octave, Mass will be offered at 11:00 a.m.
Christmas 2023 at S. Bart’s