ORISON: “Christ the fair glory of the holy angels” (Christe sanctorum, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)

PSALM: 103 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 5)

HYMN: “Jesus came, adored by angels” (tune: Lowry, Gerald Near [b. 1942])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 – 1627], Mode VI)

ANTHEM: “Tibi Christe, splendor patris” (plainsong, Mode II; polyphonic verses by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 – 1594])