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THE SEASON OF EASTER
EASTERTIDE
COMMENT
The Great Fifty Days of Eastertide covers the period between Easter Day and Pentecost, 50 days later, and we first encounter it in the early
3rd century, when it is mentioned by Tertullian. It was connected to the Jewish Festival of Weeks (Shabuoth, see Leviticus 23.15), which was a 50-day harvest celebration period culminating in the day of Pentecost (see Acts 2.1). While the early church observed the gap between Passover and Pentecost as a period of rejoicing in the risen Christ, other traditions of an Easter Octave (an eight-day period also found in the Book of Common Prayer) and days surrounding Ascension Day have intervened. Common Worship has restored an emphasis on the 50-day ‘Eastertide’ period, within which one may even refer to ‘Ascensiontide’, encompassing Ascension Day and the Sunday following. In the Roman Catholic Church a recent translation of Ascension Day to the following Sunday has been tried, but now reversed. The Easter candle remains for the period, lit at each service until Pentecost, and Alleluias abound. While the Book of Common Prayer suggests the Easter Anthems should be used for the Octave, Common Worship use implies that they may be said or sung for the whole period.
Common Worship provides various seasonal material: see Common Worship: Times and Seasons (Church House Publishing, 2006, pages 426–502, or follow the ‘Prayer and Worship’ links on the Church of England’s website, www.churchofengland.org), which includes Ascension and Pentecost content. After a good selection of invitations, confessions, absolutions, prayers, acclamations, prefaces and dismissals comes an innovative ‘Stations of the Resurrection’ (pages 443–468), an idea with possible Spanish origins which traces a journey through the various resurrection appearances recorded in the Gospels and Acts. For a service exploring this see Issue 95, pages 6–7. New Patterns for Worship
(Church House Publishing, 2002) also provides a seasonal Service of the Word (pages 402–406).
Gordon Giles
Single sheet publisher
OCP GIA
GIA
OUP OCP
Chichester OUP
WLP OCP WLP
OCP
OCP Encore
ANTHEMS AND VOCAL MUSIC
Title
CHANTS
A song of faith and Easter Anthems
Alleluia (various)
Christus resurrexit
Easter Troparion (Christ is risen from the dead)
Halle, halle, hallelujah
Composer
Book source
(see list of abbreviations)
Harper
Traditional
Taizé
Trad Russian
Trad Caribbean arr Weaver
Walker
Trad arr Joncas
Farrell
Inwood
Haugen
Dean
Jackson
Inwood
Sands
Plainsong
Plainsong arr Lawson
Farrell
Ogden
O’Carroll arr Walker
Le Poidevin
Feeley
Farrell
Jean Tissérant
Trad
Various
Harper
Farrell
Walker
Grindle
Bell
Voices (unacc) [#]
U
U/SATB
U/SATB
SATB unacc
U/SATB
U/SATB
U/SSA
U/SATB#
U
U + descant
U
SSATB
U
U
U
SATTBB unacc
U + cantor#
U/SATB
U/SATB
U/SATB
SATB
SATB + cantor
U
U
U/SATB
U
U/SATB
U/SATB#
SATB
SATB
E/M/D
E
E
E
E
E
M
E
E
E
E
E
M
E
E
E
M
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
MCW1
C, IECS, CAYP, MCM1
T2, TSFP
NLAE
AM
OOD
CFE, LHON
LGO
RE
RE
RE
SBTL, LGG
RE
CH4, L, SG, TS, BFS, GBAN
WYP, RE, MCW1, CFE, L
RE
SPR, CBL, C#
C
RE
MCW1
MCW1
CBL
HIG, L, MCW1 (arr Harper)
AM, TIOAU, LAA
SPRINKLING AND RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL VOWS God, our fountain of salvation
O healing river
O living water
Risen from death with Christ Springs of Water
Sprinkling Song
Vidi aquam
We shall draw water EASTER SEQUENCE Easter Sequence Victimae paschali laudes Victimae paschali laudes
GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONS
Alleluia, Jesus, risen Lord of life (Eastertide Gospel Acclamation)
Alleluia, Lord of Life
Celtic Alleluia
Easter Alleluia
Easter Gospel Acclamation Gospel Greeting (Easter verse) Gospel Greeting: Easter Plainchant Easter Acclamation AFFIRMATIONS OF FAITH Settings of the Nicene Creed Various
We believe
We believe
We believe in God the Father PRAYER RESPONSE Goodness is stronger than evil
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