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Music Notes | Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

This Sunday several themes, both provided by our lectionary and occasioned by the day’s proximity to the Commemoration of St Francis of Assisi, come together: the wonders of God’s creation; the beauty and sanctity of human relationships; our need for … Continue reading →

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Music Notes | Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

This Sunday as we continue to read through the Gospel according to St Mark, we find the disciples threatened by a storm as they cross the Sea of Galilee. Our Lord, no doubt exhausted from his work of teaching and … Continue reading →

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Music Notes | Third Sunday in Lent

In this Sunday’s Gospel we find Jesus ‘cleansing the Temple’, driving out those who sold acceptable animals and exchanged currencies for ritually acceptable tender (perhaps with some unscrupulous practices involved, or at least eclipsing the ultimate point of the appointed … Continue reading →

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Music Notes | Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Last week our two hymns were Psalm-paraphrases by Isaac Watts (‘O God, our help in ages past’ [680]) and Henry Francis Lyte (‘Praise, my soul, the King of heaven’ [410]). As it happens, this week we sing two more metrical … Continue reading →

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