Church Music Corner › Easter 2026 [loc-003U]

RESURREXI, et adhuc tecum sum, allelúia: posuísti super me manum tuam, allelúia: mirábilis facta est sciéntia tua, allelúia, allelúia.

For Easter this year the church at All Saints Ainslie was filled with flowers, which was lovely. We had a vigil service at night followed by a service in the morning. Sadly the Vigil service didn't include a litany, but we sang Holy is the True Light at the vigil:

Holy is the True Light, and passing wonderful,

Lending radiance to them that endured

In the heat of the conflict.

From Christ they inherit a home of unfading splendour,

Wherein they rejoice with gladness evermore. Alleluia!

We also sang the Easter inaugural Gloria from the Darke Mass in F, both in the vigil and the Sunday Mass.

For the Sunday Mass we sang Ouseley's From the Rising of the Sun:

From the rising of the sun

To the going down of the same,

My Name shall be great among the Gentiles,

And in ev'ry place incense shall be offer'd up unto my Name:

For My Name shall be great among the heathen,

Thus saith the Lord!

I was also given the honour and privilege to once again proclaim the resurrection during the vigil, video below. This chant is my own version by expurgating some bits from the Roman Missal for length. I got a lot of compliments afterwards; although I can detect a few wobbly notes, I think my delivery is improved compared to last year.