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1 The Music Ministries of All Saints Church, Manassas and St. Veronica Church, Chantilly Present . AN ADVENT FESTIVAL OF. LESSONS AND CAROLS. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010. 3:30 ST. VERONICA CATHOLIC CHURCH. CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA. WELCOME TO OUR ADVENT FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS. Our wish for you is that, after having participated in this FESTIVAL service, your hearts and minds will be more receptive to the wonder of the coming Christmas season. To facilitate this end, we ask that all cellular phones and other electronic devices be switched off before the program and that you remain in place for the duration of the service. All are invited to join heartily in the singing of the carols found in the program and, if you are able, to stand where indicated by the symbol *. THE ORIGINS OF THE FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS. The concept of this program finds its origins in the FESTIVAL of Nine LESSONS and Carols made famous by the Christmas Eve service at Kings College, Cambridge.

2 The service was conceived by F. W. Benson, the Bishop of Truro Cathedral who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury. The service was used for the first time on Christmas Eve in 1880 and as its popularity grew, it was formally adapted at Kings College in 1918 by Eric Milner-White, the Dean of Kings College. Since 1918, the service has been aired live by the BBC on Christmas Eve throughout the world. In 1934, sixteen years after the adaptation of the Nine LESSONS and Carols, Eric Milner-White composed another order of service, a Procession with Carols on ADVENT Sunday. In the same format as the original Nine LESSONS and Carols, the purpose of this service was to not celebrate Christmas, but to expect it. The FESTIVAL of Nine LESSONS and Carols and the Procession with Carols on ADVENT Sunday both combine scripture and music in an intimate way to tell the story of the expectation and birth of Christ.

3 It was Milner-White's belief that the scripture LESSONS were the backbone of the service and the handmaid of the liturgy. Today we adapt these two liturgies for this time, this space, and this community. May your hearts and minds find openness to the coming of the Savior through these LESSONS and Carols. ORDER OF WORSHIP. - The prelude will begin at 3:30 - PRELUDE. People Look East BESAN ON arr. Michael Helman (b. 1956). Handbell Choir - Please stand - *INVITATORY CAROL. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming arr. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). Choir & Handbells Lo, how a rose e'er blooming Isaiah twas foretold it, From tender stem hath sprung! The rose I have in mind. Of Jesse's lineage coming With Mary we behold it, As men of old have sung. The Virgin Mother kind. It came, a floweret bright, To show God's love aright Amid the cold of winter She bore to men a Savior When half spent was the night.

4 When half spent was the night. O Flower, whose fragrance tender With sweetness fills the air. Dispel in glorious splendor The darkness everywhere;. True Man, yet very God, From sin and death now save us, And lighten every load. Text: 15th century German carol; Trans. Theodore Baker, 1894. *OPENING CAROL, IN PROCESSION (The carol is found on the following page). O Come, O Come Emmanuel VENI VENI EMMANUEL. Congregation, Choir, Organ, & Handbells *THE BIDDING PRAYER. Father Edward Hathaway, Pastor *THE LORD'S PRAYER. All: Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. *THE INVITATORY CAROL.

5 Hark! A Thrilling Voice is Sounding MERTON. Congregation, Choir & Organ - Please be seated - THE FIRST LESSON ISAIAH 40:1- 40:1-8. The Prophet proclaims good news to a people in exile. ANTHEM. Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People Claude Goudimel (c. 1520-1572). Choir Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God;. comfort those who sit in darkness, mourning 'neath their sorrow's load;. speak ye to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them;. tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over. Hark, the voice of one that crieth in the desert far and near, bidding all men to repentance, since the kingdom now is here. Oh, that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way! Let the valleys rise to meet him, and the hills bow down to greet him. Make ye straight what long was crooked, make the rougher places plain: let your hearts be true and humble, as befits his holy reign, For the glory of the Lord now o'er the earth is shed abroad, and all flesh shall see the token that his word is never broken.

6 Text: Johann G. Olearius, 1671; Trans. Catherine Winkworth, 1863. THE SECOND LESSON JEREMIAH 23:5- 23:5-6. The Lord promises to send his people a righteous King. ANTHEM. Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates Peter Niedmann (b. 1960). Choir & Organ Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates: behold the King of glory waits! The King of kings is drawing near; the Savior of the world is here. O Blest the land, the city blest, where Christ the ruler is confessed! O happy hearts and happy homes to whom the King of triumph comes! Fling wide the portals of your heart; make it a temple set apart from earthly use for heaven's employ, adorned with prayer and love and joy. Redeemer come! I open wide my heart to thee: here, Lord, abide! Let me thy inner presence feel: thy grace and love in me reveal. So come, my Sovereign; enter in! Let new and nobler life begin.

7 Thy Holy Spirit guide us on, until the glorious crown be won. Amen. Text: Georg Weissel (1590-1635), Trans. Catherine Winkworth, (1827-78). THE THIRD LESSON ZECHARIAH 9, 9-10. The Lord promises that the King will come to Israel in peace. ANTHEM. E'en So, Lord Jesus Quickly Come Paul Manz (1919-2009). Choir Peace be to you and grace from him who freed us from our sins, Who loved us all and shed his blood that we might saved be. Sing holy, holy to our Lord, the Lord, Almighty God, Who was and is and is to come; Sing holy, holy, Lord! Rejoice in heaven, all ye that dwell therein, Rejoice on earth, ye saints below, For Christ is coming, is coming soon! E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come, And night shall be no more; they need no light, nor lamp, nor sun, for Christ will be their All! Revelation 22, Adapted by Ruth Manz (1919-2008).

8 THE FOURTH LESSON HAGGAI 2:6- 2:6-9. The Prophet foretells the ADVENT of the desire of all nations. ANTHEM. ADVENT Carol Hal Hopson (b. 1933). Handbell Choir ANTHEM. Conditor alme siderum Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594). Choir Conditor alme siderum, Creator of the stars of night, aeterna lux credentium, Thy people's everlasting light, Christe, redemptor omnium, Jesus, Redeemer, save us all, exaudi preces supplicum. and hear Thy servants when they call. Qui condolens interitu Thou, grieving that the ancient curse mortis perire saeculum, should doom to death a universe, salvasti mundum languidum, hast found the medicine, full of grace, donans reis remedium, to save and heal a ruined race. Vergente mundi vespere, Thou camest, the Bridegroom of the uti sponsus de thalamo, Bride, as drew the world to evening tide, egressus honestissima proceeding from a virgin shrine, Virginis matris clausula.

9 The spotless Victim all divine. Cuius forti potentiae At whose dread Name, majestic now, genu curvantur omnia; all knees must bend, all hearts must bow;. caelestia, terrestria and things celestial Thee shall own, nutu fatentur subdita. and things terrestrial Lord alone. Te, Sancte, fide quaesumus, O Thou whose coming is with dread, venture iudex saeculi, to judge and doom the quick and dead, conserva nos in tempore preserve us, while we dwell below, hostis a telo perfidi. from every insult of the foe. Text: Liturgia Horarum, 7th century; Trans. John Mason Neale (1818-66). THE FIFTH LESSON ISAIAH 35:1- 35:1-6. The Prophet foretells the glory of the kingdom of God. - Please stand - *CAROL. On Jordan's Bank WINCHESTER NEW. Congregation, Choir, Organ & Handbells - Please be seated - THE SIXTH LESSON LUKE 1:26- 1:26-35 & 38. The Angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary.

10 ANTHEM. The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came BASQUE CAROL, arr. William Atwood (2010). Choir & Organ The angel Gabriel from heaven came, Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head;. "To me be as it pleases God," she said. His wings as drifted snow, his eyes as "My soul shall laud and magnify God's holy flame: "All hail, said he, O lowly name." Most highly favored lady.". maiden Mary, Most highly favored lady.". Gloria! Gloria! "For know a blessed mother you shall be, Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born All generations praise continually, Your In Bethlehem all on a Christmas morn, son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold, And Christian folk through-out the world will Most highly favored lady." ever say: "Most highly favored lady.". Gloria! Gloria! Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924. THE SEVENTH LESSON MARK 1: 1-15. Jesus proclaims the coming of the kingdom of God.