4th Sunday after Pentecost 2026
Processional hymn: Hail, True Victim, Life and Light, 904
Recessional hymn: O God, Our Help in Ages Past, 923
Kyriale: XI, 740; Credo: II, 772
Offertory Motet: Dominus Adjuva Me, Lorenz Lemlin
Communion Chant Hymn: Gaude Joseph
The short three voice motet Dominus Adjuva Me is a setting of the end of Psalm 69 by Lorenz Lemlin: O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no delay. Lemlin illustrates an urgent plea for help by having the upper two voices ascend and sing over one another calling to God for help. The text also mirrors the communion antiphon which says: O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer: my God is my helper (Psalm 17:3).
Lorenz Lemlin (c.1495–c.1549) was a German composer of the Renaissance. He studied in Heidelberg, and was a singer and later Kapellmeister of the Hofkantorei there. His output also included a large collection German leider (literally: songs).