Advent reconciliation service
  • incantuincantu
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    I just found out that I need to provide music for an Advent reconciliation service the first week in December. What texts do you think would be appropriate for this para-liturgical service? For the Lenten one we did things like Parce Domine and Attende Domine as well as settings of the Lenten psalms. I would like to reflect the penitential nature of the sacrament without making it seem like Lent. (This is a parish where they wear a blue-purple for Advent - don't get me started). I can imagine singing a form of the hours, but it would have to be somewhat open-ended to allow for the length of time needed for individual confessions.
  • GavinGavin
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    I find "Creator of the Stars of Night" relatively penitential. Also good is the Rorate Caeli hymn.
  • David AndrewDavid Andrew
    Posts: 1,204
    "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" is also a good penitential-leaning hymn.
  • Daniel Bennett PageDaniel Bennett Page
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    Rorate caeli, the so-called Advent Prose, also works well if you have a schola/choir/cantor.
    The Litany of Penitence works well.
    Since these are only barely liturgies, I've used Taize music to good effect.
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