Church Music Corner › Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 2026 [loc-004V]

Dóminus fortitúdo plebis suæ, et protéctor salutárium Christi sui est: salvum fac pópulum tuum, Domine, et bénedic hereditáti tuæ, et rege eos usque in sæculum.

Today I didn't attend my usual All Saints Ainslie as I was visiting Sydney, so I attended Christ Church St. Laurence instead. The choir was mens voices who sang the gregorian mass setting cum jubilo as well as The Call by Ralph Vaughan Williams, a setting of a poem by Herbert:

Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:

Such a Way, as gives us breath:

Such a Truth, as ends all strife:

Such a Life, as killeth death.

Come, My Light, my Feast, my Strength:

Such a Light, as shows a feast:

Such a Feast, as mends in length:

Such a Strength, as makes his guest.

Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:

Such a Joy, as none can move:

Such a Love, as none can part:

Such a Heart, as joys in love.

It was a very restorative service, even for my (Buddhist) in-laws. I believe that my usual choir performed "Thee we adore" by T. Frederick H. Candlyn in my absence, an arrangement of adoro te devote.