Ascension Day, Thursday 13th May 2021
(40 days after Easter)
SUNG MASS, 19:30
Celebrating the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven, with Plainsong Propers sung by members of the choir. The Pew Sheet for Ascension Day can be accessed via the green horizontal bar further down this page.
INTROIT
Viri Galilaei. Acts I. YE MEN of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? Alleluia : in like manner as ye have seen him going up into heaven, so shall he come again. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Ps. 47. O clap your hands together, all ye people : O sing unto God with the voice of melody. V. Glory be.
COLLECT
GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that like as we do believe thy only begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens ; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell.
Who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Traditionally, Ascension Day Matins are sung at 07:30 from the West Gallery, ending with Hymn 130 “Hail the Day that sees him rise!”, followed by a shared Breakfast in the West End.
Plainsong Vespers are traditionally sung at 18:00.
Music for Ascension Day
2020
Hymns 352: 132: 332.
Mass for 4 voices, Byrd
Motet: God is gone up, Finzi
2019
Hymns 130(i): 332: 134.
Missa Brevissima, Casciolini.
Motet: God is gone up, Hutchings
Celebrant & preacher, Ven David Gunn-Johnson
2018
Hymns 130(i), 132, 134.
Mass in C & F, by C V Stanford
Motet – Ascendens Christus, Jacob Handl
2017
Little Organ Mass by Haydn.
O Clap your hands together all ye people, by Gibbons
2016
Spatzenmesse (Sparrow Mass) by W A Mozart
Motet “Ascendit Deus” by Peter Philips
2015
Mass Setting: Mass in C&F, C.V. Stanford
Motet: Coelos ascendit hodie, C.V. Stanford
The words of this exciting double choir anthem are from a 12th century hymn ~
Coelos ascendit hodie Jesus Christus Rex Gloriae: Sedet ad Patris dexteram, Gubernat coelum et terram.
Iam finem habent omnia Patris Davidis carmina. Iam Dominus cum Domino Sedet in Dei solio:
In hoc triumpho maximo Benedicamus Domino. Laudetur Sancta Trinitas, Deo dicamus gratias, Alleluia. Amen.
Today into the heavens has ascended Jesus Christ, the King of Glory: He sits at the Father’s right hand and rules heaven and earth,
Now have been fulfilled all of Father David’s songs, Now our Lord is with the Lord, He sits upon the royal throne of God,
in this his greatest triumph, Let us bless the Lord: Let the Holy Trinity be praised, let us give thanks to the Lord, Alleluia! Amen.
Directions
St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Dinham Road, Mount Dinham, Exeter, EX4 4EB