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123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263\import{table-macros}\def\percent{\startverb%\stopverb }\parent{loc-000P}\title{9th Sunday after Pentecost 2026}\tag{cmc}\date{2026-07-26}\author{liamoc}\quote{Deus in loco sancto suo: Deus, qui inhabitáre facit unánimes in domo: ipse dabit virtútem et fortitúdinem plebi suæ.}\p{I was once again the director of our choir at [All Saints Ainslie](https://allsaintsainslie.org.au), where we sang two anthems to a packed house: there were fourteen confirmees, and the bishop (and primate of Australia) came to induct them into the church. Our choir sang a favourite of mine, Lloyd's [View Me, Lord](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4XdIWfdmlo), a lovely poem from Thomas Campion:}\quote{ \poem{ \line{View me, Lord, a work of thine.} \line{Shall I then lie drown'd in night?} \line{Might thy grace in me but shine,} \line{I should seem made all of light.} \line{\br} \line{Cleanse me, Lord, that I may kneel} \line{At thine altar, pure and white.} \line{They that once thy mercies feel} \line{gaze no more on Earth's delight.} \line{\br} \line{Worldly joys, like shadows, fade} \line{When the heav'nly light appears;} \line{But the cov'nants thou hast made,} \line{Endless, know not days nor years.} \line{\br } \line{In thy word, Lord, is my trust;} \line{To thy mercies fast I fly.} \line{Though I am but clay and dust,} \line{Yet thy grace can lift me high.} }}\p{As well as Tallis' [If ye love me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqt005j1dB0), which, at least in my edition, was in the exact same key.}\quote{ \poem{ \line{If ye love me, keep my commandments.} \line{And I will pray the Father,} \line{And He shall give you another comforter:} \line{That He may bide with you forever, e'en the Spirit of Truth.} }}\p{I also directed us for evensong, where we sang a mostly plainchant evensong, along with Stainer's [Hail, Gladdening Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYmHdJJAyeA) as usual, plus Vaughan Williams' [The Call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg9QZ_Jeqqo) as an anthem (with solo verse sung by yours truly), from his settingsof George Herbert poems, the Five Mystical Songs.}\quote{\poem{\line{Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life;}\line{Such a Way as gives us breath,}\line{Such a Truth as ends all strife,}\line{Such a Life as killeth death.}\line{\br}\line{Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength;}\line{Such a Light as shows a Feast,}\line{Such a Feast as mends in length,}\line{Such a Strength as makes his guest.}\line{\br}\line{Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart;}\line{Such a Joy as none can move,}\line{Such a Love as none can part,}\line{Such a Heart as joys in love.}}}