We had another first at Walsingham this evening.
The very first ordination performed by our five month old first bishop.
His Excellency, the Most Rev. Steven J. Lopes, Bishop of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter
ordained the Rev. Luke William Reese,
who will be the pastor of the Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea in Milwaukee.
A reception was then held in the great hall of our chancery.

Here is the music -
Edmund Murray, Choirmaster and Organist of the cathedral church.

Propers - Introit, Alleluya, Offertory, and Communion for Ordinations, adapt., Palmer-Burgess
Ordinary - Missa Sancta Maria Magdalena - - - H. Willan
Creed - Recto tono, with organ embellishment
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Voluntary - Praeludium, in F - - - D. Buxtehude
At the Entrance - Hymn: 'Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones' - - - Vigiles et Sancti

Psalm XXXIV: Benedicam Dominum - - - Chant, Sir D. Willcocks

At the Offertory - Anthem:Tu es petrus - - - H.L. Hassler

At the Communion - Anthem: Anima Christi - - - M. Burgo
- Hymn: 'O Thou Who Camest From Above' - - - Hereford

At the Dismissal - Hymn: 'All Praise to Thee, For Thou, O King Divine' - - - Engelberg
Voluntary - Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott - - - J.S. Bach

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As many may be aware, we use the normal Roman ordination rite,
so this was placed into our liturgy in the normal place, following the readings.
Everything else was according to Divine Worship:The Missal.
(We could have had our own ordination rite if we had wanted, but our priests
consciously chose the Roman one as is, as a mark of our unity with Peter.)

One clause in the ordination rite lept out to me this evening as never before:
'Do you resolve to celebrate faithfully and reverently,
in accordance with the Church's tradition the mysteries of Christ,
especially the sacrifice of the Eucharist...'

With some it would seem that these words go in one ear and out the other.
With some others these words may not even get into the one ear.