Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the St. John’s Adult Choir & Choir School, sermon by the Rev’d Todd FitzGerald.

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Palm Procession from the Cloister Garden

Hymn in Procession 154    All glory, laud, and honor    Valet will ich dir geben

Sequence Hymn 158    Ah, holy Jesus!    Herzliebster Jesu

Offertory Anthem    Lux aeterna from Requiem for the Living    Dan Forrest (b. 1978)

Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine,
cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis, quia pius es.

May eternal light shine on them, Lord,
with your saints for ever, for you are good.
Give them eternal rest, Lord,
and may light perpetual shine upon them, for you are good.

Sanctus     Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme

Fraction Anthem     Agnus Dei     Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme

Communion Anthem    Agnus Dei from Requiem for the Living    Dan Forrest

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

Dr. Forrest’s work has become well established in the choral repertoire in the U.S. and around the world, and has received numerous awards and distinctions including the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer’s Award, the ACDA Raymond Brock Award, the ALCM Raabe Prize, and many others. His choral works have been recorded by professional choirs including Seraphic Fire and VOCES8, have been featured on the BBC Proms series and numerous national US radio and TV broadcasts, and are regularly performed in Carnegie Hall choral festivals. His Requiem for the Living (2013) has received over 1000 performances around the world.

A note from the composer: A Requiem, at its core, is a prayer for rest- traditionally, for the deceased. The five movements of this requiem, however, form a narrative just as much for the living, and their own struggle with pain and sorrow, as for the dead.

Communion Hymn  458    My song is love unknown    Love Unknown

Hymn in Procession 168    O sacred head, sore wounded    Passion Chorale

Bruce Henley, assisting organist