Te Deum: A Song for All Seasons by Genevieve Glen, OSB

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Te Deum: A Song for All Seasons by Genevieve Glen, OSB
Speaking on Behalf of Others by Ron Raab, CSC
The New Evangelization: Part 2 by Robert Feduccia
Cantor Columns by James Hansen and Melanie Coddington
Seasonal Scripture Commentaries by Glenn CJ Byer
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FROM THE EDITOR
Elaine Rendler-McQueeney
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ASK THE LITURGIST
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PRAYERS FOR
PASTORAL MUSICIANS
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BULLETIN NOTES
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FULL, CONSCIOUS,
AND ACTIVE PREPARATION
Miscellaneous ministry tips
Answers to your questions on liturgy
Liturgical catechesis for assembly members
THE NEW EVANGELIZATION
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ROBERT FEDUCCIA
Bearing the fragrance of Christ
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SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OTHERS
RONALD RAAB, CSC
Using our voice to further God’s kingdom on earth
TE DEUM: A SONG FOR ALL SEASONS
GENEVIEVE GLEN, OSB
Praising God with song through the centuries
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VOICES FROM THE COUNCIL:
ARCHBISHOP PIERO MARINI
An interview with the former
Papal Master of Ceremonies
AND CELEBRATING GOD’S WORD
20SINGING
Glenn cj byer
Scripture Commentaries for Year A
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PLAYING ALONG
RICK MODLIN
Accompanying chanted psalmody on the piano
24Cantate
angela westhoff-johnson
Choral music for the season
CANTOR AVENUE
MELANIE CODDINGTON & JAMES HANSEN
Weekly commentaries on the responsorial
psalm and more
notes
32ritual
paul covino
Help with planning ritual moments
SONGS
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“Laudate, Laudate Dominum” by Christopher Walker
“Christ in Me Arise” by Trevor Thomson
“To Praise You” by Dan Schutte
“Unidos” by Santiago Fernández and
Jesse Manibusan
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The Most Holy Trinity
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
(Corpus Christi)
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles: Vigil
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles: Day
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Vigil
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Day
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Abbreviations used in music suggestions
Cover: The blessing of the fleet, Lafitte, Louisiana.
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From the Editor
Dr. Elaine
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Editor; Liturgical &
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Managing Editor
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Senior Research Editor
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Choral Suggestions
Paul
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Ritual Suggestions
Dear Readers:
Recently canonized, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is now Saint John XXIII. Elected when
he was seventy-seven years old, his pontificate
lasted only from 1958 to 1963. Imagine that!
Would you be willing to take on a new ministry
at age seventy-seven? Pope John was a man on
the move and although his papacy was shortlived, his impact has endured. In this summer
issue, we continue to commemorate the anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council’s document on the liturgy,
and its influence on today’s Church.
Each of the front covers of Today’s Liturgy
for 2014 has a connection with people on the
move. On the Advent/Christmas cover, Simeon
greets Mary, Joseph, and the Child, who have
arrived after journeying to Jerusalem to fulfill
the Law of Moses. Our Lent/Easter cover features a Palm Sunday procession at Saint James
Cathedral, Seattle, beginning the journey of
Holy Week.
For this Ordinary Time 1 cover, we selected
an image from the blessing of the fleet, which
takes place in summer for our readers in the
northern hemisphere, but in December-January
“down under.” As disciples on the move, we are
about to set sail for a most exciting adventure
in the Church. We have just come from the Year
of Faith with its call to conversion, and now we
are ready to sail full speed ahead into the waters of the New Evangelization. Read Robert
Feduccia’s essay on pages 10–12 (his second in
the series) and get aboard the “disciple-ship.”
We’re going fishing!
The New Evangelization invites us first to
renew and deepen our own faith before we
throw our lines into unknown waters. First, we
need the anchor of tradition to stabilize us on
our mission. Pope Benedict XVI helped awaken us to our chant heritage. In her article on
pages 16–17, Benedictine Sister Genevieve
Glen refreshes and renews in us an appreciation for the ancient Te Deum.
The tradition of chant and the recent vernacular texts will sustain us while aboard. We will
approach unfamiliar musical shores, perhaps
outside our own comfort zones and tastes, in
our efforts to find, welcome, and minister to
the multicultural, multigenerational body of
Christ. In case you haven’t noticed, a new generation of composers and music is maturing.
The music has been called “new contemporary” in contrast to “contemporary”—the vernacular music that arose after the Council and
introduced folk sounds and instruments into
the liturgy. OCP calls this newer sound “Spirit
and Song.” We will be hearing more from these
composers and their music. The featured songs
in this issue include several different styles of
music and languages for your treasure chest.
After some rest and relaxation, we must
sail with the zeal of missionaries. But, come
prepared. Glenn Byer gives a liturgical map;
Rick Modlin, a musical one. “Cantor Avenue”
offers sound advice to help cantors prepare for
the next part of the journey (pp. 28–31). Holy
Cross Father Ron Raab invites musicians to enjoy some “summer silence” while also showing
us how to be advocates “for other people’s pain
and needs” (pp. 14–15).
The bell on a ship’s clock reminds the sailor of the time of the watch. The next time you
hear any bell, let it be a reminder that on our
watch we not only make music, but also look
for the lost, comfort the afflicted, bind wounds,
and set prisoners free, including those within
our own harbors.
Today’s Bark of Peter sails into waters of
apathy, confusion, and unbelief—both within
and without. I hope that you are inspired by
Saint John XXIII, Pope Benedict XVI, and
Pope Francis to set sail, survive the storms, and
keep your eyes on the horizon.
I leave you with verse 23 of Psalm 107, a
psalm of thanksgiving. It is often used for the
blessing of the fleet: “Some went off to sea in
ships, plied their trade on the deep waters.”
Smooth sailing. Safe journey.
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Ask the Liturgist
Since the implementation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition on November 27, 2011, the
Secretariat of Divine Worship of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
has received a number of questions regarding the Missal, and in particular, the Order of
Mass. The following answers are provided to resolve these confusions.
• The Eucharistic Prayer for use in Masses for Various
The Flexibility of the
Needs, with its proper Prefaces and corresponding inRoman Missal during Ordinary Time
tercessions, may be used with the formularies of the
Given the volume of material contained in the Roman
Masses and Prayers for Various Needs and Occasions
Missal, Third Edition, it is easy to overlook or forget
on weekdays in Ordinary Time (though respecting the
many of the options available to the celebrant. The part
calendar’s obligatory memorials, feasts, and solemniof the liturgical year known as Ordinary Time provides
ties). In case of serious need or pastoral advantage,
many opportunities in which the priest can choose sevthey may also be used on Sundays in Ordinary Time.
eral options for Mass formularies (the proper prayers),
The Missal includes a paragraph before each of the
the various forms of the Penitential Act, the Eucharistic
four Prefaces for this Eucharistic Prayer which recPrayers, and blessings. Therefore, the Secretariat of Diommends certain formularies appropriate for it.
vine Worship presents the following suggestions to make
use of the wide variety of options which the Missal offers. • Six formularies of Solemn Blessings are given for
use in Ordinary Time. Four of these make use of the
• On weekdays in Ordinary Time, any of the thirty-four
threefold invocation and response and two have more
formularies for Sundays in Ordinary Time may be
the character of a Prayer over the People. They are not
used. For example, one need not use the formulary of
only for the end of the celebration of Mass, but may
the Seventeenth Sunday for the whole of the Sevenalso be prayed at the end of a Liturgy of the Word,
teenth Week.
the Divine Office, or the sacraments. After the usu• The formularies of the Masses and Prayers for Varal greeting, the deacon or, in his absence, the priest,
ious Needs and Occasions are usable in a variety of
says the invitation: “Bow down for the blessing.” The
circumstances throughout the year. The same use may
prayers follow, with all responding “Amen.” It should
also be made during Ordinary Time of the many Vobe noted that the final blessing differs slightly from
tive Masses that are available.
the blessing given apart from these invocations: “And
• Seven sets of invocations for the Penitential Act are
may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, and the
included in Appendix VI. The priest or deacon, howSon,  and the Holy Spirit, come down on you and
ever, may compose his own invocations, following
remain with you for ever.”
the examples provided, appropriate to the Mass of the
•
There are twenty-six Prayers over the People which
day or the liturgical season. In addition, it might be
may
be used throughout the year, including Ordinary
helpful to make use of the second form of the PenTime. These may be used in the same manner as the
itential Act (“Have mercy on us, O Lord. / For we
Solemn Blessings mentioned above.
have sinned against you.”) as a way of familiarizing
the faithful with its proper responses.
• For the Universal Prayer (Prayer of the Faithful), Appendix V of the Missal contains two example formularies for use in Ordinary Time.
• Since Eucharistic Prayer IV has an invariable Preface,
Sundays in Ordinary Time provide the best opportunity for its use. Indeed, any Mass that has no Preface
of its own may provide such an occasion (cf. General
Instruction of the Roman Missal, no. 365d).
Reprinted from the May-June 2012 Newsletter of the Bishops’
Committee on Divine Worship (BCDW). Used with permission.
For more information, please visit usccb.org/romanmissal and
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We are pleased to share these prayers by
Jeanne Hunt from her Pastoral Press/OCP
book More Choir Prayers (ocp.org/6036).
Prayers for
Pastoral Musicians
A People of Praise
Fifty Calories an Hour!
Lord, a choir director once said,
“At this morning’s performance …”
Whether he knew it or not,
he thought of the music ministry’s role
as performing rather than praising.
O Lord, what a dangerous difference.
The moment a choir forgets what it is about,
the moment we start worshiping ourselves
and our sound,
instead of you,
at that moment we lose our power
to serve the body of Christ.
We lose the ability to fill your house
with authentic praise.
We lose our call as ministers of song.
We become frivolous ornaments,
shadows of what we are to be.
Lord, it is said that we burn fifty calories
an hour singing.
In a two-hour rehearsal a choir of forty
has expended four thousand calories.
This is an unexpected bonus for our service.
Yet you say that our gift of service
should be given without expecting return,
given freely because you have
given so freely.
However, you are too generous a Lord.
Your track record is outstanding.
A boy gives five fishes;
you feed hundreds with leftovers:
gourmet wine at a country wedding on you,
an encore for Lazarus,
a prison break for Peter.
You love to surprise those
who give to you without reserve.
Surprise them with unexpected wonder,
the way fathers do.
So thank you, Lord, for spent calories.
And may we add that working for you
is a pleasure.
Your benefit plan is wonderful,
unorthodox,
but wonderful.
Amen.
Keep us mindful of our calling.
Keep our hearts and minds
in a posture of service.
May we never presume that those gathered
have come for our benefit,
but always to worship you.
Keep our music fitting to that worship
so that our song will never outshine
the ritual itself.
Let our song enhance and enliven
your sacred rite.
Lord, if we have failed to do this in the past,
we ask your forgiveness.
We mean to sing for you alone.
Amen.
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BULLETIN
Notes
This is a series of new notes for liturgical catechesis in weekly bulletins or inserts.
Additional bulletin notes are available at liturgy.com. Churches that OCP serves
have permission to reproduce these notes. Copyright lines must appear as printed.
GOD LOVED THE WORLD
PETER AND PAUL
“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life” (John 3:16). This, the
most translated verse in Holy Scripture, sums up the
grand work of God to put creation rightly in place.
We are invited to share God’s own life and to take
our proper place at his wedding feast as his adopted
family. The gracious gift of the Lord Jesus Christ, the
embracing love of
God, and the
fellowship
of the Holy
Spirit be
with you
all! Can
you receive this
great gift?
Pilgrims canter to Canterbury, saunter to the terra
sancta (Holy Land), and roam to Rome. These terms
for different kinds of paces have entered English,
not just as words for speed but as part of an ancestral memory of these important destinations linked to
change and holiness. The
tombs of Peter and Paul,
the first apostolic witnesses to the Church,
bring us close not
only to history but
also to the one who
sent them. We receive
the message of the
apostles: “Repent,
the reign of God is
at hand.” Do we hear
that message? Do we
act on it?
Text, Philip J. Sandstrom © 2001, OCP. All rights reserved.
The Most Holy Trinity Year ABC. Illustration © 2013, M. Erspamer, OSB.
Saints Peter and Paul, Year ABC. Illustration © 2007, M. Erspamer, OSB.
WORD MADE FLESH
HOLY MOTHER CHURCH
It is no coincidence that Saint John employs the
term “flesh” for both the Eucharist and the Incarnation: the Bread of Life that makes us live is nothing
other than the Word-made-flesh. If the bread promised
by Jesus will give life forever, it is because the Son
of Man is given by the Father
and descends from heaven to give us that very
same life. By his glorification he
enters into
possession of
the fullness of
the Spirit to such an
extent that his body
becomes, by means
of the Eucharist, food
for the life of the world.
Today Mary personifies
the Church; she hears God’s
word and keeps it. She bears
God’s Son and is greeted
by Elizabeth. As Mother
Church, she bears
the Lord Jesus and is
greeted by us. She
offers his divine
life to us, as the
Church does in
the sacraments.
She goes before us
to heaven, as Holy
Mother Church invites
each of us to follow
Jesus. Are you ready?
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Year ABC.
Illustration © 2008, M. Erspamer, OSB.
Text, Damien Dougherty, OFM © 2003, OCP. All rights reserved.
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year ABC.
Illustration © 2013, M. Erspamer, OSB.
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Full,Conscious,
and Active Preparation
Bulletin Notes—Inspiring Images and Text
Did you know? Every issue of Today’s
Liturgy includes four illustrations and reflections for Sundays and feasts falling
within that particular season.
The illustrations are by liturgical artist
and Benedictine Brother Martin Erspamer, a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey.
To create these bold, icon-like black-andwhite images, Brother Martin uses an X-Acto razor to
make meticulous cuts in a thick orange film known as
amberlith. The cuts (and absence of cuts) then create
a positive and negative (black and white) image. With
its simple lines making surprisingly detailed three-dimensional scenes, this medium and style is not unlike
a woodcut. For more of Brother Martin’s work, see The
Work of Our Hands (ocp.org/20368) and The Path Toward Resurrection (ocp.org/30100973).
Penned by a variety of authors, most notably Father
Philip Sandstrom, the inspiring reflections break open the
word for each Sunday or feast. These short but powerful
meditations synthesize the day’s readings and prayers,
often ending with a provocative question leading to further reflection. Combined with Brother Martin’s art, the
bulletin notes make an effective catechetical tool.
Parishes that use OCP worship resources have permission to reproduce these notes and images in their
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The New
Evangelization:
Bearing the Fragrance of Christ
Robert
Feduccia
Robert Feduccia
founded the
Youth Liturgical
Leadership
Program at the
Saint Meinrad
School of
Theology.
He travels
nationwide giving
presentations
on the New
Evangelization
and other topics.
He did graduate
studies in theology
at the Catholic
University of
America and
earned his master’s
in theological
studies from Saint
Meinrad School
of Theology.
Currently he is the
general manager
of spiritandsong.
com, a division
of OCP.
I have been blessed to visit numerous dioceses over the past two years giving presentations on the New Evangelization. There’s a lot
of talk and energy around the New Evangelization; people hear our prelates speaking about it
and are anxious to be a part of it. But it remains
somewhat elusive. I have often used the metaphor of the Mirror of Erised from the first Harry
Potter novel. When Harry, the orphan with the
mysterious past, looks in the mirror, he sees the
image of his parents looking back at him with
smiles and warm embraces. When his friend
Ron, the forgotten child in the family of seven
children, looks in the mirror, he sees himself
as the sports club captain. The Mirror of Erised
(“desire” spelled backward) simply reveals to
the viewer that which she or he desires to see.
In order to capture the Church’s mind with the
New Evangelization, I think it’s helpful to take a
historical look at its development.
This current period of the Church should
properly be understood as a continuation of the
movement of the Holy Spirit who called the
Second Vatican Council. The New Evangelization is certainly an extension of the Council
and might very well be its fulfillment, since the
Council’s central purpose was the preaching of
the good news of Jesus Christ to modern women and men. The Council had a two-fold task.
The first task is best expressed by the French
word ressourcement (a return to the sources).
Ressourcement is the work of recovering that
which is central to the Gospel. What is at the
very heart of new life in Jesus Christ? What does
it mean to be a Christian? The answers to these
and similar questions were to be discovered by
returning to the Scriptures, the patristic writers,
and the Doctors of the Church. After the work
of recovery, the second task is best described by
the Italian word aggiornamento or, inelegantly
in English, “updating.” Once we have recovered
what is most authentic about the Catholic faith,
we can update our expressions and the methods
by which we relay the authentic faith to modern
women and men. At its essence, this is the work
of the New Evangelization, the full description
of which will be found later.
Pope Paul VI made a major contribution to
contemporary evangelization in the Catholic
Church with the landmark document Evangelii
nuntiandi (Evangelization in the Modern World).
That document contained this stark phrase:
“Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation
proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She
exists in order to evangelize” (14). Allow me to
offer an anecdote. Over the past several years, I
have been swimming in the New Evangelization
and it has become a driving force in my ministerial life. When I learned that Pope Benedict
created a dicastry for the New Evangelization,
my heart leapt because surely the Holy Father
had a job for an American layman such as me
at Vatican City. Surely he and I could share a
quality bowl of bucatini carbonara while brainstorming new ways to proclaim the Gospel. One
Sunday during the liturgy at my home parish, I
was praying diligently for this to happen when
my heart was illuminated during the elevation of
the eucharistic elements. I remembered from my
ecclesiology class that the fullness of salvation
and the fullness of the Church’s mission reside
wherever the Eucharist is. I can get no closer to
the work of the New Evangelization in Rome at
Saint Peter’s Basilica than I can at Holy Trinity
Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon. Now to
connect the dots.
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If the Church’s deepest identity is culture is constantly changing, we Evangelization as part of the Holy
to evangelize, if she exists in order have the task of communicating the See. All of these are tremendous
to evangelize, and if the fullness of immutable truth of the Gospel with contributions that should not be unthe Church’s mission resides wher- new expressions. The third charac- derstated and that made great strides
ever there is the Eucharist, then the teristic of the New Evangelization to advance the New Evangelization.
deepest identity of my parish and the called for by Pope John Paul II is that Nonetheless, in these early stages of
purpose for her existence is evange- of new methods. Modern communi- his pontificate, Pope Francis is challization. Can we say this about our cation, social media, and new gath- lenging the Church in its apostolic
parishes? Do our parishes exist to ering places afford the Church with mission. This challenge can be seen
evangelize? Is evangelization the new venues and new mechanisms in two terms: 1) missionary discipledeepest identity of our parishes?
by which it can bring the light of Je- ship and 2) culture of encounter.
If posed with the question, “Are
We saw the roots of the New sus Christ to the modern world. We
Evangelization in place with Pope fulfill the Gospel mandate when we you in a ‘welcoming’ parish?” most
John XXIII and the Second Vatican use modern tools and modern means of us would answer in the affirmative.
Council. We have just seen the con- of communication to spread the Gos- When new people enter our doors,
tribution that Pope Paul VI brought pel. In its simplest terms, this is the our greeters offer bright smiles and a
to our current thought about evange- New Evangelization: inspired with a sincere word of welcome. However,
lization. Now we turn to Pope John new ardor for spreading the Gospel, how would we answer the question,
Paul II and how he articulated the we utilize new methods to invite peo- “Are you in a ‘missionary’ parish?”
New Evangelization and described ple into a life-satisfying relationship This serves as an example of Pope
its three marks.
with God in Jesus Christ through new Francis’ challenge to us. His hope
for us is that we go beyond the next
The first way he saw that this ef- expressions of the Catholic faith.
fort would be “new” was through
At the risk of ignoring the con- to the last step in a commitment to
the characteristic of new ardor. The tributions of Pope Benedict XVI to Christ; that is being a disciple. He is
Church is in need of recovering its the New Evangelization, it seems the asking, in fact, expecting each of us
evangelistic identity as described by next intellectual innovation comes to go to the final step in a commitment to Christ; that is,
Pope Paul VI in Evanbeing a missionary disgelii nuntiandi and reEmbracing
our
parish
as
a
ciple. Discipleship is a
discovering this identity
commitment to our own
with zeal and fervor.
mission field, we are to bring the
conversion. Missionary
Second, Pope John Paul
fragrance
of
Christ
to
those
discipleship is actively
II called for new expreswho are living their lives in
and intentionally bringsions of the faith along
ing acts of the Gospel
the lines of the aggiordesperate pursuit of fulfillment.
and the words of the
namento from the work
Gospel to others.
of the Second Vatican
Are we in a missionCouncil. In his Confessions, Saint Augustine said, “You from language used by Pope Francis. ary parish or a welcoming parish?
have made us for yourself, and our It could be said, however, that Pope Part of the New Evangelization
hearts are restless until they can find Benedict XVI’s greatest contribution seems to recover the Church’s mind
peace in you.” Humans are constant- to the New Evangelization was the about what a parish is. Is it a campus
ly in need of a relationship with God. use of his pontifical force to advance or is it a territory that is a mission
It is what we are made for. However, it. It was under his leadership that field? Being only a welcoming para new articulation of the faith is also the 2012–2013 Year of Faith was ish is in a sense reducing the parish
constantly needed. With the passing inaugurated. He rallied the world’s to a campus. We are here at our street
of each year, new words are added to bishops around the New Evangeliza- corner and whoever wishes to step
our language. New symbols emerge. tion in a way that Pope John Paul II onto our campus will be received as
New cultural elements capture our had not. He also used his authority though she or he is Christ. The unicollective imaginations. Because the to establish the dicastry for the New versal sense of parish is a particular
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territory over which the pastor, as
the bishop’s delegate, has concern
and responsibility for the spiritual
and material well-being of its residents. Our ministerial mandate is
to be missionaries in this territory;
there is to be an active engagement
with the community for the sake of
the Gospel. Of course, we are to be a
welcoming parish, but Pope Francis
is asking us to go beyond the walls
of our churches, parish centers, and
schools. We are to go to the peripheries of our parish bounds and bring
the fragrance of Christ to every
square block and acre in our parish.
This leads to the second term that
Pope Francis has introduced: culture
of encounter.
I believe that we will discover our
own motivation, our own new ardor
for evangelization, when we see people as individuals who possess an
infinite desire for God. Pope Francis
is asking that we create parishes that
embody a culture of encounter with
Christ. While he was speaking to his
brother priests, Pope Francis’ homily from the 2013 Chrism Mass offers
us an insight into our own call to be
missionaries and to create a culture
of encounter: “We need to ‘go out,’
then, in order to experience our own
anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the ‘outskirts’ where
there is suffering, bloodshed, blindness that longs for sight, and prisoners in thrall to many evil masters. It
is not in soul-searching or constant
introspection that we encounter the
Lord…. [W]e, in faith, [must] go out
and give ourselves and the Gospel to
others, giving what little ointment we
have to those who have nothing, nothing at all” (tinyurl.com/bovwgr2 ).
Pope John Paul II wrote in L’Osservatore Romano, “The new evangelization is not a matter of merely
passing on doctrine but rather of a
profound and personal meeting with
the Savior.” The next step in the New
Evangelization that Pope Francis
is bringing us to is embracing our
parish to its very edges as a mission
field. In this embrace, we are to bring
the fragrance of the oil, the oil of
Christ with which we were anointed,
to those who are living their lives in
desperate pursuit of fulfillment.
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Speaking
on
Behalf of Others
Ronald
Raab, CSC
Holy Cross
Father Ronald
Patrick Raab
serves as pastor
of the TriCommunity
Parish of
Colorado
Springs,
Colorado. He
broadcasts a
weekly Scripture
commentary,
“On the
Margins,” from
KBVM.fm.
Learn more at
ronaldraab.com
I seldom used my voice until I was five years
old. My physical voice was fine; I just did not
feel the need to use it. In later years my parents
told me that I relied on my brother to speak for
me, tugging on his shirt and grunting my needs
to him. Since he is eight years older, I must have
thought he knew what I needed. In many ways he
advocated for my needs. Now these many years
later, I am still learning to speak up for myself
and for many people around me in ministry.
I could never have imagined in my early
years that I would use my voice not only as a
career but to speak out on other people’s behalf.
I preach the Gospel not only to congregations
on Sundays but also to a wide radio and Internet
audience. My voice, in written form in magazines, travels to many nations. Some people sit
with me in the confines of a confessional and
I whisper the consoling words of absolution on
behalf of the entire Church. The words I speak
now have more influence, meaning, and purpose
among other people than I could have possibly
imagined as a child. My vocation now is to speak
for those who cannot speak for themselves, to
advocate for human dignity, for people in poverty, for those who suffer mental illness, and for
those who live with long-term addictions. I am
grateful for my voice of faith, my role within the
Church of offering consolation.
As ministers in the Church, we all use our
voices at the Eucharist on behalf of others.
We bring our talented, skilled, and practiced
voices to proclaim the Scriptures so that other
people may discover the healing they desire in
life. Cantors proclaim the ancient yearnings of
the psalms. Deacons proclaim Christ’s living
message embedded in the pages of the Gospels.
Musicians ease the restless demons we all carry
inside ourselves with inspired hymns. Our voices—timid or strong, rehearsed or off-the-cuff—
become, for many people, the way to access the
healing message of Christ Jesus.
As we approach these summer months, we
cannot forget our leadership role at the sacred
Eucharist to sing and speak for others who have
difficulty speaking up for themselves. We listen
to the Gospels during these months of Ordinary
Time that invite us to listen to Christ in our own
lives. We all tug on the words of Christ, who
speaks daily to us, to form us into our roles as
musicians, cantors, lectors, and preachers.
Pentecost propels us out into the world to live
the message we have been pondering all through
these past months of Lent and Easter. We are to
be adults now. Our ministry is not child’s play.
We use our mature voices on behalf of people
who cannot speak for themselves. We are reminded that we are more than the sparrows, so
we do not have to be afraid. We are sent on this
holy mission to cure the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse the lepers, drive out demons—and we
are to live all of this without counting the cost.
We are to use our voices for love, comfort, and
the healing of people. We are to break down
barriers, change attitudes, and bring peace. We
voice the kingdom of God on earth so others
may find a home within the Church.
Even though we proclaim God’s kingdom every time we open our mouths at the Eucharist, we
are not immune from growing tired and weary.
Jesus invites us all again to rest our lives, our suffering, our burdens, and our pain in his life. Jesus
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Our voices … become, for many people, the way
to access the healing message of Christ Jesus.
promises a place at the table for the
meek and the humble of heart. His
yoke is easy and his burden light. I
am very aware of the hurt we experience in our professional lives in the
Church. Behind every strong, rich
voice is a child that wants to just tug
on someone’s shirt and ask for help.
Jesus invites us to take care not
only of our voices but also of our
lives. We need days of summer silence to search for the God who
speaks only to us. We sit with our
addictions and use our voices to ask
for help from others. We enter into
healthy relationships so that we can
hear with our own ears voices of
comfort and care. We need to soothe
our throats from overreacting to family members, bosses, and pastors.
We are again invited to take time to
sort out why we sing in our assemblies in the first place. We sort out
our often-meager finances and make
sure we are using our voices to speak
up about our talents and training. We
use our voices to ask for forgiveness among members of the choir or
among members of the parish staff.
We are called and challenged to take
time again to exercise our voices and
our lives of faith.
I listen to the voice of the Canaanite woman with all my heart.
Her voice ignites my imagination
and trust. She approaches Jesus
because she knows her daughter is
very ill. She uses her voice to advocate for someone she loves. In fact,
her voice literally changes Jesus’
decision. Jesus affirms her request
even though she was culturally out
of the bounds of his love. She asks
for scraps. She receives everything.
Her daughter is healed.
The Canaanite woman is a model
for all of us who use our voices in
the Eucharist, in our public and liturgical prayer. This Gospel calls us
to advocate for other people’s pain
and needs. We all model this by proclaiming the Scriptures in speech
and song. Our ministry is not to
show off our own talents but to advocate for all who are most in need
of understanding, love, and healing
within their lives.
The desperate mother came to Jesus on behalf of her daughter, someone she loved and knew very well.
When we use our voices in song, in
proclamation, and in preaching we
are advocating for people we do not
even know. To the visiting widow
who snuck into the last pew during
the gathering hymn we are offering an opportunity to find the inner
strength to move through her sorrow.
We sing of God’s fidelity for the
marginalized among us, the people
who carry serious and unyielding
secrets, those who cannot forgive or
forget, and people who do not ever
feel worthy praying at Mass in the
first place.
Our ministries of cantor, musician,
lector, and preacher are deep sources
of wisdom for our assemblies. Our
human bodies help the assembly to
put the message of the Gospels into
practice. We are all challenged then
to advocate for people in poverty,
to work toward a world of justice,
to welcome people with mental illness, to sit with those in prison, and
to befriend the ill and dying. We listen carefully this summer to this Canaanite mother who teaches us that
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our voices matter. In fact, our collective voices of prayer might very well
still change the mind of Jesus as well
as our own hearts and actions.
In the same way, we challenge
others with our adult voices to take
up their cross and live the message
that is sung in the Scriptures. We do
not preach or sing about ourselves.
What profit would there be for one to
gain the whole world and forfeit his
life? As we sing of our salvation and
preach the ancient word, we become
instruments of freedom and love for
the stranger, the sojourner, and the
next generation of believers.
Several months ago I was standing
outside greeting people after Mass. I
extended my hand to many parishioners and friends who were grateful
for the Eucharist we just celebrated
together. As I was greeting the crowd
of visitors around me, a small child
came up to me. He tugged on my
vestment and he looked up to my
face in silence. I was delighted by his
silence and now I hope someday he
will also have a new voice for people
who live on the margins of society.
Te Deum:
A Song for All Seasons
Genevieve
Glen, OSB
Genevieve
Glen is a Benedictine nun at
the Abbey of
Saint Walburga
in Virginia Dale,
Colorado, and a
highly regarded
author, poet,
and composer of
hymn texts. As
prioress of the
community, she
is responsible for
creating an education curriculum
for the women
in formation.
For many years,
Sister Genevieve was the
award-winning
editor of daily
offices for Magnificat magazine.
She has three
collections of
hymn texts: Take
with You Words
(ocp.org/11725),
Voices from the
Valley (ocp.
org/12026), and
The Listening
Heart (ocp.
org/20140).
Praise the Lord!
You’ve heard that many times. You have
probably also said or sung it more often than
you realize. In one form or another, this little acclamation is woven through many of the psalms
and many familiar hymns.
Why? Christians believe in a very specific
God, one we have learned to know over millennia of experience, including the experience of our
Jewish forebears. A glance at today’s video storytelling suggests that many of our contemporaries,
perhaps sometimes even we ourselves, question
not so much the existence of God or even the relevance of God but God’s character. A surprising
number of movies and television shows, from
“The Last Enemy” and “Doctor Who” to “Person
of Interest,” pose disturbing questions, such as, is
anyone in charge of the universe? If someone is,
is that someone or something personal or merely a blind and whimsical force? Is that someone
watching us? If someone is watching us, is it
friend or foe? In the perils of the planet, which
we fear have grown beyond our capacity to solve,
is anyone coming to help? Who? How? When?
These questions were not born with our century. People who search beyond the surface of
things have wrestled with them from time out of
mind. Ancient religions proposed cosmic or natural forces that were mostly arbitrary and dangerous. The function of worship was largely to
placate them. The Jewish and Christian biblical
tradition introduced a radically different kind of
God: a God who is personal, creative, and relational. This God can be very dangerous indeed
in the cosmic battle of good and evil but only
in the interests of love, though we may fail to
understand how that can be. This God, our God,
has taken an active role in human history, to the
point of sending the divine Word to enter it, live
it, and change its direction from sure destruction to unending life in a reality utterly transformed by the cross. It is no wonder that one of
the primary responses that drive biblical prayer
is praise for God’s goodness. And, since pure
praise requires a level of detachment from any
self-interest that is rarely accessible to us, biblical praise is often coupled with thanksgiving for
God’s work of deliverance and restoration.
Historical Genesis
The quest to answer the question of who God
is became particularly urgent in the fourth century
when complex theological debates about the Trinity and the Incarnation raged toward their close.
Different schools of belief confused ordinary
worshippers with conflicting teachings about the
relationship of Father, Son, and Spirit, and then
about the relationship of divinity and humanity in
Christ. Pastoral wisdom understood very well that
abstract theology lessons tend to fall on deaf ears
in the street, but words learned and repeated often
in the context of community worship form participants’ understanding of God and of their own
reality. In later centuries, the tag Lex orandi, lex
credendi, meaning “the law of prayer is the law
of belief,” was coined to name this phenomenon,
though, in fact, pastoral teachers knew that liturgy
and doctrine were mutually formative.
The need for effective orthodox catechesis
inspired three texts that eventually became embedded in the liturgy: the “Glory to God in the
Highest” and the Nicene Creed in their present
Latin forms, and the Te Deum Laudamus, named
for its opening Latin words. The Creed and, in
the western Church, the “Glory to God in the
Highest,” became part of the eucharistic liturgy,
though not specifically composed for it. The Te
Deum, on the other hand, found its way into the
concluding rites of the liturgical Hour of Matins
(now the Office of Readings).
The text was originally attributed to Saint Ambrose of Milan (340–397), who employed Catholic hymnody effectively against the Arian tactic
of teaching that popular sect’s heretical tenets
through hymns. The text was also attributed to his
star student, Saint Augustine (354–430). However, scholars now believe it was most likely written
by Saint Nicetus (c. 335–414), bishop of Remesiana in present-day Serbia. Unlike the “Glory
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to God” and the Creed, it appears to
have been originally written in Latin,
not translated from the Greek.
The prayer obviously struck a
chord with worshippers, for it spread
widely into the liturgies of southeastern Gaul, Milan, and central Italy. It
traveled with the monks and nuns
throughout much of Europe and later
much of the world. However, it also
became the lynchpin and indeed gave
its name to independent services of
praise and thanksgiving for which
local churches gathered on special
occasions such as deliverance from
invaders or plague or natural disaster,
as well as some solemn sacramental
celebrations. The history of the text’s
Gregorian musical settings seems
even more difficult to trace.
The Text
The Te Deum is a festive text now
said or sung liturgically on Sundays
outside Advent and Lent and on solemnities and feasts in the Office
originally assigned the small hours
of the morning before sunrise has
broken through night’s darkness.
(Unfortunately, in today’s Hours,
the Office of Readings has been detached from any relationship with
the time of day.)
One of the strategies of the early Hours is to send worshippers out
into the day armed against our worst
fears. Our armor is conviction, faith
at its most intense: in the teeth of
questions such as those sketched in
the opening paragraph above, we sing
into the night’s darkness that we are
not alone, helpless pawns of an impersonal or hostile universe; nor are
we trapped in a pointless succession
of days like squirrels in a wheel, busy
about endless futility. Beginning with
the Invitatory psalm, usually Psalm
95, which opens the round of daily
Hours, we affirm that ours is a very
personal God who created all reality, including our own, and cups it in
powerful, creative, life-giving hands.
We recite, sing, or hear psalms, biblical readings, and works of ancient
and recent wisdom that claim that
our time, including this very day, unfolds toward a goal to which we are
responsible contributors.
On festival days, the Te Deum
brings these convictions to a rousing
conclusion in language both conceptual and narrative, like the language
of the Gloria and Creed, tinged with
the poetic imagery of choirs of angels
and saints massed beyond time in a
joyful chorus of praise far more magnificent even than Beethoven’s “Ode
to Joy.” Whatever anyone else might
dread about a hostile vacuum where
ancient faith claimed the presence of
God, we name God, we praise God,
we acclaim God as Lord. Nor do we
sing alone: we share in the worship of
all creation. Cherubim and seraphim,
with all the powers of heaven, “sing
in endless praise,” using the language
of the “Holy, Holy, Holy” familiar
from the eucharistic celebration. The
human companies of heaven join in:
apostles, prophets, martyrs, backed
no doubt by the nameless ranks of
holy men and women who make up
with the angels the liturgical assembly of heaven. Theirs is a present that
transcends our own and a future that
guarantees our own, and both present
and future are praise.
The God we praise is Trinity, majestic Father, true and only Son, and
Spirit, who is on our side and guides
us. Here is a God who is both relationship at the divine core and personal engagement with us. We spell
out that engagement by telling once
again the saving story of Jesus Christ,
the Son born of a Virgin as a human
being and triumphant over death—
our death. Having opened the gate
into the kingdom of heaven for us
to follow, the Savior is now seated
in glory at God’s right hand. In and
from him our future will come.
Like all biblical songs of praise,
the Te Deum now draws confidence
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on the text’s picture of God to ask that
Christ gather us into his glory with the
saints already assembled in the praise
of which our own is but a pale echo.
There follows a collage of scriptural
petitions intermingled with further
praise, a collage apparently appended
to the original text at a later date.
Conclusion
The Te Deum is the song of centuries. Today its ancient formal language, its Trinitarian theology, and
its Christological history may mask
from us the splendor of its vision,
but composers and hymn writers
through the ages have made stirring
attempts to open our ears to recognize and resonate to it (see sidebar,
Hymns based on the Te Deum).
The essential message of the text
and all its musical expression remains a word of power spoken before day’s beginning to believers and
perhaps even to those on the fringes, listening through their doubts,
questions, and fears. Our God gives
us every reason for glorious praise.
Now, get up, go out, and live!
Hymns based on the Te Deum
Te Deum Laudamus
(chant, Laus Tibi Christe, ocp.org/12098)
Te Deum
(Hillert, Trinitas octavo 30126035)
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
(BB 192, TM 34; Modlin
arrangement – Choose Christ 174)
God, We Praise You
(BB 191, TM 40)
We Praise You, O God
(JS2 622, JS3 577)
Hymn of Praise/Te Deum
(Schutte, ocp.org/compositions/85798)
A Ti, Dios/You Are God
(Cortez, ocp.org/compositions/64831)
You Are the Lord
(Hart, ocp.org/compositions/80734)
Voices from the Council:
Archbishop Piero Marini
Interviewer: Aurelio Porfiri; Transcribed by Marina Madeddu
An excerpt from Voices from the Council, edited by Michael R. Prendergast
and M.D. Ridge (ocp.org/12222). The Second Vatican Council opened in
October 1962 and closed in December 1965.
Archbishop
Piero Marini
Archbishop Piero
Marini was born
January 13, 1942
in Valverde, Italy,
in the diocese
of PiacenzaBobbio. He was
ordained a priest
in 1965 and was
private secretary
to Archbishop
Annibale
Bugnini. Marini
was appointed
an official of the
Roman Curia in
1998, the same
year he was
ordained bishop.
For twenty years,
under Popes
John Paul II and
Benedict XVI, he
was Papal Master
of Ceremonies,
Office for the
Liturgical
Celebration of
the Supreme
Pontiff. He
was appointed
archbishop in
2003. He is
now president
of the Pontifical
Committee for
International
Eucharistic
Congresses.
Could you tell us what you were
doing during the Council?
During the first part of the Council, I was still
a seminarian, but in the last months of the Council, as a priest, I had the good fortune to work
here in Rome, in the Santa Marta Residence in
Vatican City. The various Council Secretariats
were all located there…. Walking through Saint
Peter’s Square on the way to Santa Marta every day, I would meet the bishops either going
to the Council sessions in the morning or coming out at one o’clock. …So during that period
I breathed the air of the Council, even though
I never entered the council hall during its sessions. I remember once looking into the door
of the basilica out of curiosity, but I did not do
more than that, because I was a young priest,
only twenty-three years old, and I was still a little timid about this important event.
If you could sum up in a few words the most
important statement of the Council, what
would you say? What really important thing
did the Council leave us?
I think it is the rediscovery of the church
as the people of God, because here once again
we see the great relationship between church
and the liturgy. And in my opinion, in spite of
what some theologians may say, Sacrosanctum
concilium remains the most important document of the Council because it set the tone for
the Council and for all the other documents. It
presented a concept of the church that we find
again in Lumen gentium, where perhaps it is set
forth more clearly than in Sacrosanctum concilium; it showed us the church as a community
which must be open to the Lord, a community
of prayer and the praise of God. So in my opinion Sacrosanctum concilium was the heart of the
Ecumenical Council, even as liturgical celebration is the heart of the church.
You have been all over the world with the
pope, so you have seen many celebrations.
In the spirit of the implementation of the
liturgical reform, is there a celebration you
remember most or a country in which you
found a greater reception of the liturgical
reform, a greater zeal?
It is very hard to make comparisons, because
every country is different from the others. But I
have to say that during all these years I have had
moments of great personal and spiritual satisfaction, because I have seen the fruits of the Council in so many countries: participation, the sense
of being church, openness to God’s Word, the
many expressions—including physical, bodily gestures as in Africa—and the joy of being
Christian, of celebrating Eucharist, the presence
of Christ. I remember the Holy Father’s visit to
the United States in 1987; that, for me, was also
a chance to discover the quality of celebrations
in the United States, from which we in Italy have
much to learn—for example, the artistic quality
of buildings and of furnishings.
Also the attention to music.
Most of all I noticed the attention given to
music. In the United States there is a greater
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sensitivity to music than we have
here, and this is an important element in helping to discover the mystery. Singing and music, when it is
suitable, help us to transcend the immediately visible and to discover the
working of the Spirit within us and
in our midst. I was also impressed
by the orderliness of the assembly,
which reflected the ordering of the
people of God in the celebration of
the liturgy.
Could you say something more
about music? For example, what
is the role today of Gregorian
chant, which the church acknowledges as her own proper music?
Gregorian chant is nowhere in the
world more present than in papal
celebrations—partly because we are
in Rome, but most of all because we
have an assembly made up of different cultures and different languages,
so we make use of those elements
which can build communion. In the
Ordinary of the Mass, Gregorian
chant is still an element of cohesion,
one that brings people together. For
popular participation we tend to
choose the simpler Masses.
If you had the chance, what would
you do in concrete terms to improve the active, full, and conscious participation of believers?
First of all, we need to pay attention to the problem of liturgical education, of teaching people to understand the nature of the liturgy—to go
from “doing” to “understanding” and
“experiencing.” In the beginning,
the liturgical reform was concerned
with the translation of texts, explanations and so on. Today we must
be guided by the celebration itself.
Now that the reform is finished, we
must think more of the essence than
the “mechanics” of the celebration.
This does not mean we should not
be prepared. We need to be prepared,
especially spiritually prepared. To do
this we have also to pay attention to
the quality of our celebrations. Today
we can no longer improvise celebrations: we need quality in music, in
signs. First of all, the signs are the assembly—when we gather, the assembly is the first sign of the church—the
Word of God, the manner of reading
the Word of God and how that Word
is received by each of us. We need
to emphasize the visible signs that
speak of our identity and roots as
Christians. If we do not see the baptismal font as the womb from which
we were born as Christians, if we do
not see the ambo as the place where
we receive the Word of God, if we do
not have veneration for the altar.
In a sense, the crisis of the church
today is a crisis of the liturgy, because the liturgy and the church are
two realities that are almost identical. If we do not see in liturgy the reference point, the source from which
the church receives grace, strength,
and help, and if we do not see in liturgy the goal of all our activity, we
are wasting our time. It is important
that everyone be convinced of the relationship between the study of the
liturgy and the life of the church.
The Council said that the liturgy is
the first and indispensable source
from which the faithful can derive
the true Christian spirit (SC 14). We
need to put this into practice.
Some people have proposed
a third Vatican Council. Do
you think this could be a possible solution? If so, which
problems involving the liturgy could be faced first?
Until now we have been talking
about the positive aspects of the liturgy and about the difficulties of the
liturgy following the Second Vatican
Council. In my opinion, if we recognize that these difficulties exist and
that we have not yet communicated the vision of the Second Vatican
Council to everyone, how can we
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think of a third Vatican Council? Remember the problems we had at the
beginning of the liturgy reform, when
everything was activity, movement,
and change. Only later did we begin
to reflect, discern. Can we really think
that a new Council will solve the
problem? In my opinion, it is important to continue to return to Vatican
II, which perhaps we have neglected,
and to implement not only its outward
forms but also its profound insights
and recommendations, and to participate in the liturgy with our lives. In
the liturgy each of us celebrates, but
to celebrate means to change and redirect our life; otherwise we are performing an empty rite. Unless there is
this correspondence between life and
liturgy, we will not have the liturgy
desired by the Council.
What is the liturgy’s future?
Where is liturgy going?
This is how I see the future of the
liturgy: we are called to form real
communities, to make participation
in the liturgy an education in the
“sense of the church,” in the different ministries present in the people of
God, to improve our ability to listen
to the Word of God and to enter into
the signs by which the liturgy speaks
to us. Our liturgies should be marked
by beauty and dignity, where its
signs speak eloquently: the assembly,
the Word, but also the environment
of our churches. There is a space,
an environment where Christians
develop themselves; there is a place
where Christians are born, and this
is the church. Unless we make these
signs, including music, a central part
of our celebrations, we will not give
Christians a chance to take a giant
step forward, which can bring them
to discover the beauty and the reality
that is truly present in the liturgy.
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Singing and Celebrating God’s Word
Scripture Commentaries for Year A
Part 3 of 4: Holy Trinity – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Therefore every scribe who is trained for the kingdom of God is like the master
of a household who brings out from his storehouse things both old and new”
(Matthew 13:52).
Glenn
CJ Byer
Born and raised
in Alberta,
Canada, Glenn
CJ Byer has
written widely
on the liturgy.
Formerly
professor
of liturgy at
Kenrick School
of Theology
in St. Louis,
Missouri, he
earned a sacred
liturgy doctorate
(SLD) from
San Anselmo in
Rome in 1994.
He is co-author
of The Catholic
Catechist’s
Companion
(ocp.org/6139)
and Hospitality
Basics (ocp.
org/6147).
Currently Glenn
is associate
publisher
for Novalis
English Books,
Resources, and
Periodicals
based in Toronto,
Canada.
Music ministers, those responsible for the environment in which we celebrate, and liturgists
in general have as their mission to be “scribes
trained for the kingdom of God,” as the Gospel
for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time tells us.
Our task is unpacking and bringing the language
of the liturgy to new light.
We do not invent the liturgical texts but we
do create the visual and sonic context in which
they are proclaimed. Maybe you’ve noticed that
the recent changes to the Roman Missal didn’t
really change our liturgy. The ritual words of the
liturgy are a small part, maybe thirty percent, of
the liturgical experience. The liturgical environment, the words spoken by greeters or among
worshippers before and after Mass, the images
used in the music, homily, and prayers of the
faithful, even the announcements, all of these
make up the other seventy percent of the worship experience.
The way we deal with these other aspects, especially in terms of music, can help to unpack
words of the ritual, to bring all of these images
from the storehouse into the third millennium
using things old and new. In this season of Ordinary Time, there are a couple of sets of images
that we would do well to study and to unpack in
our service to the Church.
The Earth
The earth and the harvest that comes from
it get a lot of attention, but what does it mean
when the Scriptures refer to the earth? While
some of us farm and others of us love to garden
or go fishing, the point here is not these pursuits.
The point is that God enters our lives through
earthly activities like planting and growing.
Two truths that should affect our singing
and our liturgy flow from this. First, this imagery reminds us of how immanent God is, how
close to us in all the ordinary. Old songs like
“Father, We Thank You Who Have Planted” or
“God Whose Farm Is All Creation” are great
examples of this kind of image of God. And in
an example of bringing out things old and new
from the storehouse, consider Michael Joncas’
inspired adaptation of “A Shelter in the Time of
Storm” (BB/MI 433). The opposite can be said
of the seemingly mundane activities of our lives,
what might be called transcendent realities. It
is through planting and working and tending
that transcendence occurs. Christopher Walker’s beautiful interpretation of the twenty-third
psalm “Because the Lord Is My Shepherd” (BB/
MI 467) does this nicely.
The Nations
The other common image in this season, and
one that really needs unpacking, is “nations,”
usually in the plural. As followers of Jesus, hearing the term “nations” at the liturgy should strike
us as odd. We know that there is no exclusive territory for the people of God, no preferred government. And that is exactly the point. The nations
are, in Old Testament language, the rest of the
world. It was a difficult concept to put into practice, even for Saint Peter, who wasn’t sure about
people from the nations becoming Christians
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And this goes beyond giving them the use of our church to
celebrate their Mass when we are done using our building.
There is no them and there is no us: it is everybody.
(see Acts 10). Without the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, most of us would
not be welcome in the Church.
So as we prepare liturgical celebrations, it is important that we make
it clear that all nations belong at our
celebrations. And this goes beyond
giving them the use of our church
to celebrate their Mass when we are
done using our building. There is no
them and there is no us: it is everybody. This is not a political question
about people needing to learn English if they want to live in the United States. I lived and worshipped in
another language at various times in
my life, and I can assure you that,
even though I knew the language of
the place where I was living, part of
me, an important part, did not feel
included in the worshipping community. I always felt like a guest; I certainly did not volunteer in the parish
nor did I feel the need to be a regular
financial contributor. If the parishioners thought of me at all, I am sure
they would have wondered about my
commitment to my faith. But mostly
I was just invisible.
I will leave it to the experts to
eventually figure out whether this
is tokenism, but I will continue to
urge the use of multilingual readings
and intercessions, like Bob Hurd’s
trilingual “Óyenos, Señor” (BB/MI
934). And even if you sing them in
English, songs from other cultures,
like “Pescador de Hombres/Lord,
You Have Come” (BB/MI 511) can
really give a boost to someone who
may be feeling a little left out. Bilingual songs with simple refrains
like “Pan de Vida” (BB/MI 345) can
expand everyone’s understanding of
the Eucharist. Different languages
have different ways of expressing
the truths of our faith. We are all enriched when we look at things in a
new way. So regardless of the main
language of the community, for our
own good we need to actively seek
out those whose first language is
something else and include them in
our prayer, in our song, and in our
cultural activities. For example, if
you are on the gulf coast of Florida or in parts of New England, you
know that there are people who are
first-language French speakers. You
can learn a lot about celebration
from them.
The feast of Saints Peter and Paul
includes one further “nations” reference, in this case, to “the Jews” who
take delight in Paul’s persecution of
the Christians. Whenever these texts
come up, it is good to remember that
the Church describes any hatred of
God’s chosen people as odious, a
term that I have not seen in any other
context in Church documents.
Since this feast is celebrated on
a Sunday this year, we should take
the opportunity to learn more about
the lives and ministries of these twin
founders of the Church as we know
it. This can help us to better understand what we mean by Church,
which in turn informs the worship of
God by this Church. Saints Peter and
Paul are images that need unpacking.
Saint Paul was the firebrand who describes receiving the entire Gospel,
including his knowledge of the Last
Supper in 1 Corinthians 11, as a direct revelation from God, and not
from the apostles. The immediacy of
this revelation gives him what seems
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like boundless missionary energy
and leads him to describe the word
of God as a two-edged sword, one
that can come back at us as much as
it can cut forward.
Saint Peter was probably ever
mindful of that day in Caesarea
Philippi when he was both praised
as the rock of the Church and chastised as Satan who doesn’t know
the mind of God. He sees the keys
to the kingdom of God as an opportunity for conciliation and not for
tying up heavy burdens to place on
others’ shoulders. Acts describes
him as being absolutely sure in the
power of the name of Jesus, but at
the same time, he sees the need for
the young Church to grow and to be
open to new members, even those
from strange cultures.
Taking all of this on board would
be a great way for us to grow as musicians and liturgists. Do we need to
increase our zeal? Perhaps we need
to be more open? An examination of
our liturgical and musical conscience
might help us recognize what is
“subject to change” (as the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy urges)
might lead to a musical choice like
Barbara Bridge’s stirring setting of
“’Ke Bona Leseli” (ocp.org/12769).
Enjoy the journey!
Playing Along
Accompanying chanted psalmody on keyboard
Rick
Modlin
Rick Modlin
is currently
manager of music
development for
OCP. At home
in many musical
styles, he has
recorded a jazz
album (Joy to
the World, ocp.
org/10993),
written liturgical
and choral music,
orchestrated a
Japanese animated
TV series,
played countless
musicals, toured
with a worldmusic ensemble,
and arranged
and recorded
with many OCP
composers. He is
an active parish
musician in the
Archdiocese
of Portland in
Oregon.
In talking about chant it is difficult not to get 1. As accompanist, your first task is to prepare
the cantor to intone the response that the ascaught up in the various connotations that sursembly will sing. Typically, you would play
round this word. The very idea of “accompanythrough the response once as an introduction,
ing” chant is problematic for many since the word
especially if it is short. Play it as written, with
“chant” is often equated with Gregorian chant,
the melody sounding. Other approaches can
which is unaccompanied, at least in its pure form,
also be equally effective, such as giving the
and is inseparable from Catholic worship.
cantor a starting pitch and letting him or her
But the word “chant” has much broader conintone the response a cappella.
notations, and it is to a more recent, accompanied variety of chant that we will turn our atten- 2. As with anything done repeatedly, if you
play the same accompaniment for each retion in this article.
frain and verse, it becomes predictable and
I will leave discussion about the art of singing
risks sounding boring and unmusical. If you
chant for other authors and focus instead on acare fortunate to work with a solid cantor,
companying it effectively. Let’s examine a poptry a simplified accompaniment that doesn’t
ular form of the responsorial psalm, as it is one
include the melody when he or she intones
part of the liturgy that frequently uses chant. The
the response. If you are not comfortable imexample below is an excerpt from a resource
provising an accompaniment, one quick and
widely used in U.S. Catholic parishes, OCP’s
easy method for simplifying it is playing the
Respond & Acclaim (ocp.org/ra). [Figure 1]
written notes, but only when the chord label
Notice that this format is fairly simple musiabove changes. [Figure 2]
cally. There is no introduction, no indication of
repetition, no suggestions for musical interpre- 3. As the assembly enters on the response a fuller
accompaniment is appropriate again. Play the
tation. Liturgical music is functional, and it premelody to support the congregational singing,
sumes that you will adapt it as needed for your
at least until they are singing confidently.
situation. So, before specifically addressing the
chanted verses, let’s take a brief look at accompanying the psalm as a whole.
TL 143 example
Figure 1
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1. The LORD is
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2. He guides me in right
For you are at
my
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Figure 2
• The word/note alignment should be taken as a guide,
not as law. By striking a chord, you are adding emphasis to the word sung with it; perhaps it is the wrong
word to emphasize! For example, at the end of the third
verse, strike the chord on the word cup instead of my.
“My CUP overflows” sounds more natural than “MY
cup overflows.” Similarly at the second half of verse
two: “For YOU are at my side…” is better emphasis
than “FOR you are at my side….” Strike the chord on
“you” (though you might need to play the melody note
on “For” if the cantor needs it).
• At the end of each verse it can feel awkward if both cantor and assembly don’t know how to begin the response.
Play some kind of short figure between verse and response to reestablish the metrical feel of the response.
• Music needs contour. By nature, we like music to
begin more simply or quietly, to grow in volume or
complexity, and then end more simply again. So, it is
good to introduce some variation to each verse accompaniment for interest and musicality—just so long as
it doesn’t detract from what the cantor is proclaiming.
It is a delicate balance between not overpowering the
words and allowing the music to evolve. Try starting
with a simplified version of the verse accompaniment
and gradually introduce more complexity.
G
A m/C D/A
G/B A m7
C/G G
The Lord is my shep - herd; there is noth - ing I shall want.
#4
& 4 œ w
w
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Accompanying the chanted verses
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• Note durations. Modern chant notation such as this
uses standard noteheads, but they do not indicate a
definite duration. The double whole note, for example,
does not get 8 counts but is instead used to indicate
a reciting tone—a pitch to which most of the textual phrase is chanted. One-word pitches use a quarter
notehead. Half noteheads typically indicate the end
of the musical phrase. Be alert: sometimes a double
whole note might only have one word attached. What
is critical for you as accompanist is to watch and listen
to the lyrics so as to stay together with the cantor. I will
often silently sing the words along with the cantor as I
accompany; it helps.
• At the beginning of each verse, the cantor will probably feel most at ease if you play the first chord before
he or she sings, even though the lyric and chord are
written as though they should sound together. Over the
years, I have adopted the practice of rolling the first
Taking all these suggestions into account, Figure 3
chord of the verse before the cantor sings; somehow shows a way I might accompany one of the verses. Send
this seems a gentler way to get into the verses.
me a note (liturgy@ocp.org) to say what approaches
• I recommend not playing the quarter note passing have worked for you!
chords. Not only do they make it more challenging to © 2013 OCP. All rights reserved.
stay with the voice, they tend to make the verses sound
sluggish and to emphasize words that are less important. If the cantor
needs help with the melody, justTLplay
143 example
2
the top note of the passing chords.
Figure 3
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leads me;
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(in the tempo of Response)
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Cantate
Choral Music for the Season
Discover more resources related to “Cantate” at ocp.org/choral-music. Every month Angela uses that
Web page to highlight two songs from her columns. Each song features sound samples, quick links to
downloadable and print versions of the octavos, and more. Sign up for the email newsletter (announcing
when new content is posted online) at ocp.org/enews (check the Choral Music Suggestions box).
Angela
Westhoff-Johnson
Angela WesthoffJohnson is a
managing music
editor for OCP
and music director
at the Cathedral
of the Immaculate
Conception in
Portland, Oregon.
She holds a
bachelor’s degree
in music from
Simpson College
in Indianola,
Iowa, and a
master’s degree in
conducting from
the University
of Oregon.
Everyone loves a wedding, right? Well, maybe that’s not entirely true! Wedding preparation
is a lot of work at every level—parish musicians not excluded. Cathedrals commonly celebrate many weddings, and the Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception, where I am director of
music, is no exception. Couples occasionally
request a full choir to sing at their celebration,
and it is customary for the full cathedral choir
to sing at weddings of its own members. Learning new music specifically for a wedding may
not be possible. I first offer music in the choir’s
repertoire that can be pulled together rather effortlessly. Finding accessible new choral repertoire appropriate for weddings is of value. And,
if a piece can also be used at a Sunday liturgy,
it’s a big plus.
The beautiful Song of Songs is commonly
associated with weddings. It is the poetic interpretation of the relationship of Christ and the
Church, portrayed through the love between a
man and a woman.
Below are three musical settings of texts from
the Song of Songs that would be worthy additions to your choral repertoire for weddings.
It’s the flexibility that I love most about this
piece, in addition to the beautiful richness of
the music for which Mayernik has become well
known. The verses are suggested to be sung by
a male/female duet, which are often the forces
at a wedding; however, one voice may be used
throughout if two voices are not present. Flute,
violin, and cello parts are included in the octavo. The instrument parts serve as embellishment, intricately weaving together, similar to the
three voices of the text: the voice of the bride
(the Church), the bridegroom (Christ), and the
companions/Daughters of Israel. While these
instrument parts add to the beauty of the piece,
they are not essential. And they can be done independently of each other if you do not have all
three instruments available. The text of the refrain is about unity through the love of Christ.
The assembly is encouraged to join in the refrain (there is an assembly edition on the back
of the octavo) to further emphasize the support
the assembly will give to the bride and groom.
“Beloved (In the Love of Christ)” can also be
used at Sunday Masses when the readings focus
on unity and God’s love for us.
Beloved (In the Love of Christ)
My Beloved Spake
by Luke Mayernik
OCP Choral Series, Octavo 30107264 (print),
30108066 (digital)
by Andrew Wright
Trinitas Choral Series, Octavo 4605 (print),
94091 (digital)
Voicing: Soprano-tenor duet; Difficulty: Easy/medium
ocp.org/30107264
Voicing: Baritone & Soprano solos; Difficulty: Medium
See music for review, pages 26–27
This setting of Song of Songs 2:10–13 is
perfect for weddings where a large choir is
providing music. One of my favorite settings
of the text is by Healey Willan (1880–1968),
Adapted from the Song of Songs, this lovely
and interesting setting by Luke Mayernik will
make a great addition to your wedding folder.
ocp.org/4605
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the accomplished Anglo-Canadian
composer. This setting, by British
composer Andrew Wright, is equally lovely and is a great alternative
to the Willan setting. “My Beloved
Spake” is scored for SATB choir
with some divisi in the soprano, alto,
and bass sections, baritone and soprano soloists, and organ accompaniment. Although most appropriate
for weddings, this piece is fitting for
Sunday liturgy when the readings
focus on love, such as 1 Corinthians
13. It requires skilled soloists, but
the choral parts are manageable for
SATB choirs capable of handling divisi. The parts are, for the most part,
homophonic. “My Beloved Spake”
would make a lovely addition to a
spring choral concert as well.
Set Me As a Seal
by Christopher Walker
OCP Choral Series,
Octavo 12811 (print), 87598 (digital)
Voicing: Two part; Difficulty: Easy/medium
ocp.org/12811
Taken from the eighth chapter of
the Song of Songs (8:6, 7), the text
of “Set Me As a Seal” has usage
well beyond that of a wedding. This
setting may be sung by solo voices
of mixed or equal voices, or with a
two-part choir. It could also be sung
with a solo voice on part one and a
full unison choir singing part two.
The options are numerous! The song
begins as most duets, with voices in
canonic entrances (“Set me as a seal
upon your heart. For love is strong
as death”). Composer Christopher
Walker very effectively unites the
two parts to end the first section, the
A section, of the piece. The B section
begins, once again, with staggered
entrances but quickly joins together
in harmonious homophony (“Many
waters cannot quench love”). Returning to the A section, “Set Me
as a Seal” ends as it began. This interesting setting is harmonically sophisticated but rhythmically simple,
making it accessible for most choirs.
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The Song of Songs is essentially a poetic dialogue between the Bridegroom, his Bride, and the
bride’s Companions (or Daughters of Israel, as they are usually called in Western tradition). This
song also represents the passion and love between Christ and his holy Church. As designated in
the New American Bible (and other translations), the first verse represents the voice of the Bride
(the Church), the second verse that of the Bridegroom (Christ), the third verse that of the
Companions/Daughters of Israel. Verses 4 and 5 represent the consummation of love, oneness, and
joy between the Bridegroom and his Bride. The duet passages should be sung dolce and with a
sense of oneness.
—Luke Mayernik
The text of this song adapts various verses from the Song of Songs, and is appropriate for the Rite
of Marriage, and also for Communion or Preparation of the Gifts at Sunday Masses, especially
when the readings focus on God’s love or our oneness with Christ. While this song may be
performed by a soloist/cantor, it is most effective when sung by a male/female duet, with the
assembly joining them on the refrain.
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Weekly reflections for cantors on the responsorial psalm and more
James Hansen
& Melanie
Coddington
James Hansen
and Melanie
Coddington served
the NPM Cantor
and Lector Schools
as master teachers
for many years.
Co-authors of
Cantor Basics,
Revised Edition
(ocp.org/11837),
they currently
reside in Abingdon,
Virginia. Melanie is
a regional minister
for Christian
formation and
a staff member
of the Office of
Catholic Education
for the Diocese
of Richmond.
James is director
of the Abingdon
Schola, singers
devoted to medieval
proportionalrhythm chant.
Today’s psalm comes from the Book of Daniel. We hear the first verses from a glorious canticle, sung in the Bible by three young Hebrews
punished for defying the Babylonian king. (The
term canticle signifies its origin outside the Book
of Psalms.) Turn if you will to Daniel 3:52–90,
and notice the structure of the biblical song. One
can imagine the three singers walking in time
through the fire, taking turns with the call line,
and responding together, “Praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.”
In the first reading from Exodus, we overhear
a conversation between Moses and the Lord
God as they meet inside a cloud hovering at the
peak of Sinai-Horeb, the mountain of covenant.
God has called this meeting, and Moses arrives
as instructed, carrying a second set of tablets for
the inscription of the Commandments (having
smashed the first in a temper after finding the
Israelites in thrall to a golden calf at the foot
of the mountain). In this brief episode devoid
of special effects (no flash of lightning, no roar
of thunder), we hear the divine name (yhwh)
proclaimed by the Lord God, and followed by
a self-description that echoes throughout the
psalms: “a merciful and gracious God, slow to
anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.”
The divine name forms a bridge between this
reading and today’s psalm, which declares, “blessed is your holy and glorious name.” So also, the
divine essence of mercy, steadfast love, and faithfulness spans the chasm caused by human sin.
measure sufficient to become fully available to
the text, the music, and the assembly. Study of
the psalm text and its relationship with the Sunday readings, together with musical rehearsal
with one’s accompanist, form the foundation
for credible proclamation. Dear cantor, embrace
this ongoing discipline.
It is my prayer that every cantor, from the
rawest beginner to the most seasoned veteran,
might pursue text study as a matter of basic
preparation. While most of us do not possess
Hebrew language skills, we can all leverage
the work of scholars, consulting different translations and commentaries. This practice, over
time, can contribute much to our understanding
of these marvelous texts.
Let us consider today’s selection from Psalm
147. The Lectionary version, in its zeal to highlight the gifts of word and manna present in the
first reading (and in the Eucharist, on this feast
of Corpus Christi), includes only a handful of
verses, leaving untouched treasures lodged in
the remainder. Considering the entire psalm, we
hear the Lord described as the re-builder of Jerusalem, who gathers and cares for the exiles and
the wounded, and who, despite their numbering
as many as the stars, calls each one by name. Divine care for creation becomes the metaphor for
God’s relationship to Israel. Powerful nations
and strong men are rejected in favor of those
who fear the Lord and depend on his care.
Let these hidden treasures enrich your proclamation.
The Most Holy Body and
Blood of Christ
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles:
At the Vigil Mass
Though Ordinary Time has returned, our
call persists: to study, rehearse, and pray in a
A recent Sunday visit to a large parish in a major city yielded a stark example of life in an age of
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anxiety. With six hundred or so in attendance in the gothic nave, the cantor, a gifted singer installed immovably in the choir loft (in the back),
sang every musical selection into a
microphone. Next to her, the organist,
nimble and capable in most respects,
suffered a kind of swell pedal seizure
at every cadence, producing a calliope
effect more suited to the circus than
to Sunday Mass. I came away feeling
that these two persons had taken their
professional “relationship” to a dysfunctional place, dragging the assembly along as hostage.
The action of ritual worship consists of “forth and back” dialogue,
with priest, people, choir, and cantor
all taking part, relating to one another within the integrity of their separate roles. When this ebb and flow of
ritual power is rendered unrecognizable (in this case by a combination
of instrumental idiosyncrasy and
vocal tyranny) the action of liturgy
breaks down, though the various parties may press on regardless.
Dialogue collapses under the
weight of simultaneous monologues.
The two musicians described above
worked in the same space at the
same time, without working in relationship. Each pressed on with his or
her task independent of the other and
without relating to the assembly.
It must not be so with you,
cantor. Partner with your accompanist and face the assembly to proclaim the psalm. Sing, listen, and
aim for dialogue.
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles:
At the Mass during the Day
The celebration of these two apostolic leaders—of institution (Peter) and of charism (Paul)—might
prompt us to remember how the
psalms, which we too easily take for
granted, actually came to be.
A strong thread of evidence exists to suggest that many of these
verses began as ritual recitations
during temple liturgies in the golden
age of Israel. However, a time came
when the people found themselves
roughly transported to Babylon and
transplanted there for an extended
period (some fifty years). During the
Babylonian exile, the temple was no
more, but the sacred texts lived on.
Separated from temple sacrifice,
the texts themselves became a major component of worship. Resettled
amidst an alien culture, Israel reached
for something familiar and at the
same time developed a new prayer
form. Because they were starting
(again) from scratch, and because the
evidence suggests more than a single
conjuror, it may be that one person
called out the prayer and a second
repeated it, and then a third added
a new emphasis, just as one singer
might sing a tune and another harmonize with it the second time around.
Jewish custom allows the rabbi to
add to the story with midrash (commentary). In this way, stories and
songs, proverbs and psalms, poems
and legends become an extension of
the Scripture—all part of the word of
God. Often we say, “It’s all good!”
This may be one reason that
psalms and biblical stories do not
bother about accurate author attributions. It’s all in the family.
Today’s first reading arises from
a rather chaotic section of Scripture,
like an island of peace in a sea astir.
Divided into two distinct parts,
the Book of Zechariah presents the
named prophet’s oracles in chapters 1–8. Dated soon after the return
from Babylonian exile, these writings reflect Zechariah’s membership
in the priesthood and his concerns
about the rebuilding of the temple
in Jerusalem. The second part of the
book (from which today’s passage
comes) makes no further mention
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of Zechariah and cannot be clearly
identified with an individual prophet. A shift in structure (to poetry)
marks its change of language and
emphasis. The Lord God becomes a
guard encamped, bending bow and
wielding sword, in a time of threat
and danger.
In the midst of all this marshalling
comes a sign of hope: the Messiah,
one called “king” and “just savior,”
makes an entrance anything but
grand. Humility trumps might, for
this one appears “meek, and riding
on an ass,” yet he banishes chariot,
horse, and bow to proclaim peace.
(To get a sense of this veiled power, read this passage aloud in a measured, modest voice.)
Today’s selection from Psalm 145
confirms and underscores the words
of the unknown prophet and offers an
expansive basis for praise: “The Lord
is faithful in all his words and holy in
all his works.” The same Lord who
stoops to meekness “raises up all who
are bowed down.” Just so Jesus, “meek
and humble of heart,” offers rest to
“all who labor and are burdened.”
May your own fields, dear cantor,
burst with early harvest and your rivers swell with plentiful rain! May the
bounty of God’s forgiveness and the
fullness of God’s word be yours today!
Find in this portal of blessing a
preview of the generosity so flagrantly offered you in the reading
from Isaiah and in Psalm 65. Our
usual efforts to harvest connections
between the first reading and the
psalm are rarely gifted with the Lectionary largess we find this Sunday.
If you have never before been moved
to preach, this could be your day.
The reading comes from Isaiah’s
fifty-fifth chapter, proclaimed each
year at the Easter Vigil. Recall (from
verse 1) the invitation, “Come to the
water!” and remember that God’s
promises endure forever. As we hear
in today’s passage, the rains fall and
nourish the earth, bringing forth its
bounty of seed and food. In much the
same way, the word of God comes to
us, raining down and welling up from
the deepest parts, working as a mysterious force to bring life and growth.
Read aloud the verses of the
psalm, as you do each time you prepare to sing. Read with the depth of
a long rain that the earth cannot resist. As you do, picture the Lord of
the harvest walking the fields, while
the waters fill in the footprints, the
plowed furrows, and the marks of
the animal hooves. Join the fields
and valleys as they sing for joy.
Today’s first reading and psalm
explore one of the all-time great mysteries of God’s conduct. We do well
to take notice, lest surrounded by this
sea of grace we swim along oblivious.
Previously on the Avenue, I have
mentioned Karen Armstrong and her
recent book, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life (New York: A.A.
Knopf, 2010). In it, she cites examples of life-practices that lead to compassionate living: “An eye for an eye
makes the whole world blind,” Gandhi (p. 137); “Loving our enemies
means to accept the necessity, over
and over again, of forgiving those
who inflict evil and injury upon us,”
Martin Luther King Jr. (p. 139); “A
sage ruler takes as his own mind the
mind of the people,” Laozi (p. 136).
These insights, simple yet profound,
point out a compassionate way of living one’s everyday life, every day.
Read aloud the verses selected
from Psalm 86 and join the ancestors
in proclaiming the Lord God “good
and forgiving,” “slow to anger,” and
“abounding in kindness and fidelity.” As you read these verses a second time, consider which of these
divine virtues you might embrace
and practice with renewed energy
in your own life. Alas, goodness,
forgiveness, patience, kindness, and
faithfulness do not come as “apps”
to add on at will. All require time
and practice, awareness and intent,
and a fair measure of that ubiquitous
ocean of grace. Yet, over time, they
reveal in us the presence of the God
described in the first reading, whose
divine power is tempered with toleration and wielded with restraint.
17th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
The Lectionary version of any
given Sunday psalm limits the size
of the text to a reasonable number of
verses, while still rendering a part of
the intended meaning. If one’s only
experience of the psalms occurs at
Sunday Mass, one might suppose
that all psalms tally up to the same
thrifty measure. Such an assumption
would do the gravest injustice to
Psalm 119, the lengthiest of all the
psalms—the perennial record holder
and long-distance champion.
In addition to great length, Psalm
119 boasts a remarkable structure.
Arranged alphabetically, it bears
the scholarly designation “acrostic.”
Each of the first eight verses begins
with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet; each of the next eight verses
begins with the second; and so on,
through all twenty-two letters (total
= 176 verses). Alas, translation obscures this artistic grandeur.
The subject of Psalm 119, the law
(Torah), generates a certain level
of intensity throughout the text. As
you read aloud the verses for today,
you hear various synonyms (words,
commands, precepts, decrees) but
all refer to the law. It would not be
a stretch to call this psalm legalistic,
yet not in the negative sense of the
word. Benedictine Father Thomas
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Wahl (The Lord’s Song in a Foreign Land, Collegeville: Liturgical
Press, 1998) notes that every one of
the twenty-two stanzas contains language expressing delight, joy, love,
and even passionate desire for the
law of God. Clearly, the psalmist
clings to Torah as the source of life
in covenant.
This Sunday’s first reading and
psalm make me dream of the day
when psalmists and lectors will gather
regularly to compare the texts that they
proclaim at Mass one after the other.
On this particular day, with these
particular texts, such an exchange
would be all about the verbs. Imagine examining together the important verbs in the first reading: “come”
(four times), “heed,” and “listen.”
You might discover that the feast of
food and drink offered here points
beyond itself, that this reading invites human beings into real intimacy with God.
Imagine sharing how your interpretation of the psalm also leans on
the verbs, those portraying the human
expression of need (“look hopefully,”
“call”) and those portraying God’s
actions toward us (“feed,” “answer,”
“give,” “open,” and “satisfy”). You
might conclude that the same Lord
who invites us to the rich feast in Isaiah 55 serves up the satisfying banquet in Psalm 145. You might also
notice that the final verse points once
more to intimacy: “The Lord is near
to all who call upon him.”
As you explore these texts together, reading them to each other
and sharing your insights, you might
find it easier to share ideas about
emphasis, vocal color, volume, and
other expressive components of your
proclamations. You might reasonably find that the verbs hold the key
to your interpretations.
In the process, it might also become easier to understand the link
between table nourishment and
the fulfillment of an authentic life
through intimacy.
Come with me, cantor. Let us follow Elijah on his pilgrimage to the
mountain; alone, without allies or answers, and seeking shelter. His experience echoes that of another hero of
Israel, Moses. (Remember his close
encounter on the same mountain of
God—how he hid in the cleft of the
rock as the Lord passed by.) Equally
eerie, these two episodes of divine-human contact assume an altered state
of consciousness on the part of the
human. Each of these heroes seeks divine help, being at the end of his rope
and up against the wall.
I am reminded of the classic scenario thought to accompany a lament
of the community: All the people
(men and women and children, indicating the desperate nature of the
situation) gather outside of town, on
neutral ground, to face the Lord with
a complaint. They send forward their
best spokesperson to state their case
before God. The speaker, proceeding
in the finest tradition of intercessors,
narrates the relevant history, comes
to the question, and states it with
all his strength. Then, everyone sits
down to wait for God’s answer.
If you have followed me into this
wilderness, pick up today’s selection
from Psalm 85 and read this oracle
aloud in your best prophet-voice.
Imagine facing the community gathered and waiting (forever, it seems)
for God’s answer. Fully present and
alive, proclaim these words of restoration and reassurance to all present
(men and women and children).
Now you are ready to begin rehearsing the psalm in its musical setting.
The Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary:
At the Vigil Mass
Don’t lean back; lean forward!
This little piece of advice fascinated me when I first encountered it as
an advertising slogan for MSNBC
News. The television logo featured
the words “Lean Forward” vying
with the perennial peacock for visual prominence. At the time, it struck
me as unusual for a network, and I
took notice.
The success of this imperative
has since spread to a few new books.
For example, Cheryl Sandberg, the
highly successful business guru, has
written about women in the workplace under the title Lean In, counseling women to take charge of their
occupational destinies. Similarly,
Mary Anne Rademacher has penned
Lean Forward In Your Life, subtitled
Begin Each Day As if It Were on Purpose. I confess that this synergy has
begun to interest, even excite, me,
for this catchy bit of advice (part
of my liturgical theology for years)
now seems to be catching on in the
world at large.
Sulpician Father Eugene Walsh
(1911–1989), who taught liturgy to
generations of priests and influenced
liturgical practitioners of all stripes
through his writings and workshops,
helped us to realize that while lectors and cantors must persevere in
developing their communication
skills, those in the pew must be convinced that active listening sets the
stage for authentic response. With
this in mind, every time a lector or
cantor moves to the ambo, I shift
forward, so that my back no longer
leans on the pew. Suddenly, everything changes, and I become ready
to spring into the Scripture.
To read the rest of James and Melanie’s columns (Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary: Day–21st Sunday in Ordinary Time), please visit
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Ritual Notes
These are highlights from Paul Covino’s weekly ritual suggestions, which appear in full on liturgy.com
Paul
Covino
Paul Covino
is associate
chaplain and
director of
liturgy at the
College of the
Holy Cross,
Worcester,
Massachusetts.
He is faculty
coordinator
for the NPM
Pastoral Liturgy
Institute and
a member of
the Catholic
Common
Ground Initiative
Committee.
Paul is editor
and co-author
of Celebrating
Marriage:
Preparing the
Wedding Liturgy,
a workbook
for engaged
couples (ocp.
org/30106208).
• Today’s readings and prayers are found in
the “Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary
Time” sections of the Lectionary and Roman
Missal respectively. The preface entitled “The
mystery of the Most Holy Trinity” is included
with the other prayers for the solemnity. Eucharistic Prayer III, with its explicit reference
to the Trinity, would be a good choice.
• For today’s observance of Father’s Day, the
Book of Blessings (ch. 56) provides three sample intercessions for the Universal Prayer, as
well as a blessing of fathers that may be used
as the Prayer over the People during the Concluding Rites at Mass.
• If, as the note with today’s prayers in the Roman Missal suggests, a procession with the
host will follow Mass today, a host consecrated
at the Mass is placed in the monstrance, which
is set on the altar after Communion. Following
the Prayer after Communion, the Concluding
Rites are omitted and the procession begins.
For more information about this procession,
see Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass (101–108; available in
The Rites of the Catholic Church, Volume One
[OCP, 800-LITURGY, ocp.org/7660]).
Saints Peter and Paul
• The solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, which
is observed on June 29, takes precedence over
the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time this
year. Two sets of readings and prayers are provided for today’s solemnity. The readings and
prayers for the Vigil Mass are used at Masses
on the evening of Saturday, June 28, while the
readings and prayers for the Mass during the
Day are used on Sunday, June 29. The readings
for the Vigil Mass (590) and Mass during the
Day (591) are in the “Solemnities and Feasts of
the Lord and Saints” section of the Lectionary.
Be sure that the priest, deacon, music minister,
and lector know which set of readings will be
used at which Masses this Saturday evening
and Sunday. The prayers for the Vigil Mass
and Mass during the Day are at June 29 in the
“Proper of Saints” section of the Roman Missal. The preface entitled “The twofold mission
of Peter and Paul in the Church” is printed with
and without music with the prayers for Mass
during the Day, although it is also used at the
Vigil Mass. The Solemn Blessing for Saints
Peter and Paul (#16 in the “Solemn Blessings”
section of the Roman Missal) is suggested for
the Concluding Rites at today’s Masses.
• For summer church decorating, To Crown the
Year: Decorating the Church through the Seasons (165–166; OCP, 800-LITURGY, ocp.
org/10640) suggests setting up a seasonal shrine
area with images of the saints whose feast days
occur in the summer, including Saints Peter and
Paul. If there are permanent statues or images
of Saints Peter and Paul in the church, consider
highlighting them today with candles, flowers,
or fabric.
• In connection with today’s remembrance of
Saint Peter, who was a fisherman, some fishing communities have a parade of boats and
a blessing of the fleet on or near June 29 (see
the front cover of this issue of Today’s Liturgy). See the Order for the Blessing of Boats and
Fishing Gear in the Book of Blessings (ch. 22;
Liturgical Press, 800-858-5450, litpress.org).
Sundays in Ordinary Time
• After more than ninety days of Lent, Triduum,
and Easter, and then three Sundays on which
solemnities were celebrated, we return to the
Sundays of Ordinary Time on July 6. Remember to move the ribbons in the Roman Missal,
Lectionary, and Book of the Gospels to the
correct pages in the “Ordinary Time” section.
• These summer weeks of Ordinary Time are
a good opportunity to look through the worship space and sacristy for items that need to
be cleaned, replaced, or moved. As the Ceremonial of Bishops notes, “The first of all the
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elements belonging to the beauty
of the place where the liturgy is
celebrated is the spotless cleanliness of the floor and walls and of all
the images and articles that will be
used or seen during a service” (38).
Invite sacristans, environment and
art committee members, and other
community members to assist with
maintenance and housekeeping on
a few select summer days.
• As part of this process, take a good
look at the community’s vestments:
albs, stoles, chasubles, dalmatics,
cope, humeral veil, funeral pall.
Are some vestments in need of
cleaning or repair? Which can be
cleaned with a regular washing machine and which need to be sent out
for dry cleaning? Can a sacristan,
member of the art and environment
committee, or other community
member do any necessary repairs,
or do damaged vestments need to
be returned to the fabricator for
repair? Have some vestments become so worn out that they need to
be replaced? Check out a variety of
vestment suppliers and choose vestments that are of high quality. Read
the pertinent guidelines about vestments in the General Instruction of
the Roman Missal (335–347; ocp.
org/30108143) and Built of Living
Stones (164–166).
• The mission of spreading God’s
word, which is entrusted to each
baptized person, is one of the
messages of the readings for the
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Evangelization in today’s world,
especially among young people,
requires creative approaches. See
the video and written materials
entitled Catholicism: The New
Evangelization by Father Robert
Barron (catholicismnewevangelization.com) and the “Theology
on Tap” program (renewtot.org),
which presents discussions about
faith topics in restaurants, pubs,
and coffeehouses.
• As part of summer maintenance
and housekeeping, make sure the
baptismal font is clean and in good
condition. Is the font “visible and
accessible to all who enter the
church building” (Built of Living
Stones 67)?
• Summer maintenance and housekeeping should also attend to the
vessels used for Communion. The
General Instruction of the Roman
Missal notes that these “should be
made from precious metal” (328),
but also notes that “other solid materials which in the common estimation in each region are considered precious or noble” may also be
used in the dioceses of the United
States (329). The paten should be
large enough to hold “the bread
both for the Priest and the Deacon
and also for the other ministers and
for the faithful” (331). Ideally, additional plates or bowls for the distribution of the Body of Christ and additional chalices for the distribution
of the Blood of Christ will match
or be similar in material and design
to the large paten. Are the vessels
in your sacristy in good condition,
or do they need to be polished or
repaired? Do you have enough
vessels for the distribution of Communion under both kinds? When
considering purchasing additional
vessels, consult local artists as well
as catalogs that carry vessels from
a variety of high quality fabricators
(such as Meyer Vogelpohl, 800543-0264, mvchurchgoods.com).
• On Wednesday, August 27, the
Church celebrates the Memorial of Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine. Her son,
who would become the bishop of
Hippo in North Africa and one
of the Church’s most influential
theologians, was baptized as an
adult after a rather unruly youth
in which, among other things, he
fathered a child out of wedlock.
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Saint Monica was persistent in
her prayers for him and in offering him the unconditional love of
a mother throughout his troubled
youth. Because of this, she is invoked as the patron saint of parents of troubled children. See the
moving illustration of Saint Monica as a mother watching her son
being led away by police in the
book Patrons and Protectors: In
Times of Need by Michael O’Neill
McGrath (Liturgy Training Publications, 800-933-1800, ltp.org).
Many parents know the heartache
of loving a child who makes bad
decisions and gets in trouble, despite their good parenting. Reach
out to them with O’Neill’s image
of Saint Monica and her story of
hope and unconditional love. The
Memorial of Saint Augustine, her
son, is celebrated this Thursday.
• Pay attention in summer maintenance and housekeeping to the
linens used for liturgy throughout
the year. Do any of the altar cloths,
corporals, or purificators need to
be repaired or replaced? Are there
enough towels for washing the
priest’s hands at Mass, washing
feet on Holy Thursday, and drying
neophytes as they emerge from the
baptismal font?
The Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary
• The Gloria and Creed are both used
at Masses for today’s solemnity. The
Solemn Blessing for celebrations of
the Blessed Virgin Mary is recommended for the end of Mass today.
• If there is an image of Mary in or
near the worship space, decorate it
for today’s solemnity. Consider celebrating the “Order of Crowning an
Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
today. It is available in The Rites of
the Catholic Church, Volume Two.
Featured Songs
Laudate, Laudate Dominum
by Christopher Walker
Featured on: At the Name of Jesus (CD 10801, songbook 10799)
Octavo: OCP Choral Series 10704 (print), 30108908 (digital)
Voicing: SATB, descant
Instrumentation: keyboard, guitar
Difficulty: medium/difficult
Liturgical/Ritual: Morning Prayer, Introductory Rites,
Rite of Ordination, RCIA (General, Rite of Election, Rite of
Initiation, Sending of the Catechumens for Election)
Topical: Church, commissioning, faith, graduation, holy name,
ministry/mission, praise
Missals & Hymnals (see p. 66 for abbreviation key): BB/MI 564
Sound samples, downloadable sheet music, and more:
ocp.org/compositions/17101
Laudate, Laudate dominum
b
& b b 44 œ
Acc #312
˙
Refrain
œ œ
œ
œ œ œ
Christopher Walker
j
œ. œ
˙
œ œ
œ
Lau - da - te, lau - da - te Do - mi - num, om - nes gen - tes, lau We praise you, we praise your ho - ly name, God of
jus - tice, e -
b
&bb œ œ œ
œ œ b˙
œ
œ
œ œ œ
˙
œ.
œ
J
da - te Do - mi - num. Ex - sul - ta - te, ju - bi - la - te
ter - nal - ly the same. May our liv - ing be thanks - giv - ing,
b
&bb œ œ œ œ œ
œ
an - nos Do - mi - ni, om - nes
joic - ing in your name now and
b*Verses
& b b œ œ bœ
œ
b
&bb œ
œ
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
In
In
In
Ca Con
Los
the
the
the
mi
los
œ
faith of Christ
we
name of Christ
we
pow’r of Christ
we
- na - mos jun - tos en
po - bres com - par - ti bau - ti - za - dos en
œ bœ
œ
œ
œ
as
light be - fore our path
with
share the Word of God
are
All who put on Christ
Luz en nues - tra sen - da es
y sem - bra - mos la pa - la res - tau - ra - dos to - dos por
b
& b b bœ
œ
b
&bb Œ
œ
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
œ
2, Final
gen - tes.
al - ways.
œ
œ
..
˙
˙
1
œ œ
œ
the
all
by
el
bra
la
œ œ œ œ
œ
œ œ œ
j
œ
œ.
œ
1-3. in
1-3. en
œ Nœ
œ
œ
œ bœ
˙.
œ
in hand,
the seed;
one Lord.
de Cris - to.
de Cris - to,
Se - ñor,
œ
has planned;
need,
in
re - stored;
de Dios,
Se - ñor,
Cris en
Lord
those
faith
don
del
fe
torch
of faith in
shin - ing the
thought
and word
faith - ful
in
sal - va - tion’s
shar - ing new
life,
fe
que i-lu - mi
tor - cha de
fie - les
en
o - bra y nues - tro
al
can - za- mos la
nue
-
œ
˙
gen - tes.
al - ways.
walk hand
will spread
pro - claim
fe
la
mos
luz
un
so - lo
œ
per
re -
our
and
re na al
pen va
the name
of Christ Je - sus.
el nom - bre de
Cris - to.
œ
œ œ
an to,
œ
land:
deed:
ward:
mun - do,
sar,
vi - da,
˙
Œ
to Refrain
*Additional verses available in accompaniment books.
*Additional verses available
in accompaniment
books
© 1997, Christopher
Walker. Published
by OCP. All rights reserved.
Composer Reflection
This millennium hymn was commissioned
by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for the
groundbreaking ceremony of the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. It was written
to be useful in a variety of situations. A refrain
in Latin was chosen as a universal symbol for
multi-language occasions.
Verses are provided in English and Spanish, with two special verses for ordinations.
If you want to sing verses in other languages,
feel free to adapt the given words and fashion
verses in the language(s) of your parish. Send
translations to OCP for possible distribution to
other parishes seeking optional languages.
“Laudate, Laudate Dominum” is a processional song for the beginning or end of a celebration.
It can be sung in a variety of ways, depending
on the resources of your parish:
1) with keyboard accompaniment, the refrain and verses sung by the whole assembly in unison.
2) with the assembly singing just the refrain,
supported by the choir adding harmony
and a descant, and a cantor or the choir
singing the verses.
3) with a contemporary group (guitars and
keyboards) using the chords as a basis
and adding harmony and the instrument
part for variety.
4) with full organ, brass, and timpani for
grand occasions and choral festivals using the optional final ending.
Parts for four-part brass, timpani, and solo instrument are available in manuscript form, edition 70078. The piece is ideal as a wedding processional by playing the accompaniment on the
organ, leaving out the introduction. Instruments
may play the soprano and solo instrument parts.
I am most grateful to Frank Brownstead for
his encouragement and advice on the way to
construct the hymn; to Society of the Divine
Word Father William Bonner, chairperson of
the committee that commissioned it; Canon
Noel Vincent of Liverpool Cathedral; and to
Sue Pontin for her invaluable help in writing
the Latin refrain.
—Christopher Walker
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Christ in Me Arise
by Trevor Thomson
Featured on: Christ in Me Arise (CD 30101821)
Octavo: Contemporary Songs of Faith 30104536 (print), 30105433 (digital)
Voicing: SAB
Instrumentation: keyboard, guitar, solo instrument
Difficulty: easy/medium
Topical: Christian Life, conversion, discipleship
Missals & Hymnals (see p. 66 for abbreviation key): BB/MI 516,
Choose Christ 156, Spirit & Song (new) 278
516
Christ in Me Arise
Trevor Thomson
Acc #121
& b 44 œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ
Refrain
Christ in
&b œ
œ
me
œ
Christ in
me
a - rise
œ
a - rise
with your
œ œ
me pour out
Christ in me
and
œ
I
&b œ œ œ œ
˙.
Œ
1. all that
2. where
I
I
must
must
and heal - ing.
44
˙.
œ
shall rise with
‰ œ œ œ
1. Be now my vi - sion;
2. Be now my foot - steps,
j
œ œ œ.
œ
œ
‰ œ œ œ
show - ing me
tak - ing me
œ œ
J
œ œ œ.
On - ward to
&b ‰ œ
&b œ
You know my heart
œ
formed me
&b œ
my
A - rise in me and
œ œ œ œ œ œ
Bridge
œ
whole
and you
œ œ œ
œ
˙
in my moth - er's womb.
42 œ
œ
œ
œ
be - ing thrives in
œ.
the king - dom,
&b ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
œ
1, 2. you are the way.
Œ
you.
˙
o - pen these eyes,
lead - ing the way,
see.
go.
˙
œ
and your strength.
œ.
&b ‰ œ œ œ œ
Verses
œ
bless - ing
j 2
œ 4 œ
a - rise
the dark - ness.
pow - er
œ
your
&b œ œ œ œ œ.
all
œ nœ
œ nœ
œ
j
œ œ œ.
œ.
and dis - pel
&b œ œ œ œ œ
Christ in
œ
˙.
Œ
to Refrain
I shall rise with you.
œ œ œ
Œ
know my ways,
Œ ‰ œj œ œ
I
44
˙.
œ Nœ
you who
œ œ œ
live and move in you,
Œ
2
to Refrain
Composer Reflection
This prayer came out of a time when I was
having very serious issues with my health.
My doctors discovered that my heart was
physically deteriorating. They advised me to
be still, relax, and do nothing until they could
figure out a good plan of medical action.
Something inside told me that if a cardiologist recommends sitting on the couch for a
while, something is very wrong. The reality:
I could die soon.
It was in this moment that things in my life
became very clear; the important things and
the unimportant things. They were as obvious
as black is from white. I felt the Spirit urge
me to go and find a quiet place for prayer and
surrender. There is a place that I like to go to
in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains
that helps me hear that still small voice, that
deafening silence.
I listened to that voice and went to the quiet
place. It was there that I came to the powerful
realization that I must let go of all the things
of this earth—a preparation for my passing
into my real birth. I said my silent goodbyes
and thought about my giveaways. It was then
that this thought came forth: I must let go of
my human grasp of Christ in me. Let go of
the ego that thinks it can hold God in a box.
I must let the Christ in me rise, so that I can
rise with him.
I prayed in that place for vision and guidance. I gave thanks to the Creator for my gifts
and my life and all my relations.
Two weeks later I received a phone call
from my cardiologist saying, “Trevor, I don’t
know how to tell you this but your heart has
physically changed. Somehow your heart is
different and stronger than all of the other images we have taken. I guess you can call this
a miracle. I don’t know how to explain this.”
I give thanks every day.
“Christ in me arise and I shall rise with
you” (refrain).
—Trevor Thomson
you.
© 2008, Trevor Thomson. Published by spiritandsong.com®, a divison of OCP. All rights reserved.
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Featured Songs
To Praise You
by Dan Schutte
Featured on: To Praise You (CD 30107367, choral songbook 30106509)
Octavo: OCP Choral Series 30106533 (print), 30109677 (digital)
Voicing: SAB, descant
Instrumentation: keyboard, guitar, violin, cello
Topical: longing for God, petition/prayer, praise, thanksgiving
Missals & Hymnals (see p. 66 for abbreviation key): BB/MI 402
To Praise You
Acc #881
& 44 œ .
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
One
One
One
One
One
One
j
œ
more
more
more
more
more
more
& œ . œJ ˙
Dan Schutte
œ
song
day
night
cross
love
song
œ
to
to
to
to
to
to
j
œ. œ ˙
1-6. Lord, my God, this
˙
˙
thank you,
seek you,
know you,
car - ry,
trea - sure,
thank you,
I pray:
œ
one
one
one
one
one
one
œ
more
more
more
more
more
more
œ œ œ œ
œ
hymn
road
star
dream
heart
hymn
1, 3, 5
˙.
all my life to praise.
Œ ..
œ
to
to
to
to
to
to
˙
˙
bless you,
meet you,
show you,
bur - y,
mea - sure,
bless you,
2, 4, 6
w
praise
˙.
you.
© 2011, Daniel L. Schutte. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.
Œ
Composer Reflection
At the center of our Christian faith is the
practice of learning to give God praise in all
things. This is not only part of communal worship but also the essence of our personal spiritual lives as we experience God’s presence.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s famous maxim “All
for the greater glory of God” is at the center of
this song. It is a prayer expressing the desire
that every moment of our living may become
a moment of praise. We never know when we
might breathe our last breath, speak our last
word, or sing our final song. We hope that
we can live every day, every moment, as if it
might be our last.
Each verse is designed for singing as a pair.
You will notice that the first of the pair leads
harmonically into the second. If you need to
shorten this piece, keep this in mind. It’s simply a matter of using the appropriate ending.
Note also that the piece modulates up a
whole step for the final pair of verses. It would
certainly be possible to forego this modulation
if desired. In that case, simply use the endings
that take you back to the accompaniment for
verses 3 and 4.
The vocal arrangement is very versatile.
The piece can be sung completely as a solo or
entirely as an SAB choir arrangement. More
variety can be achieved by using a combination of these options. There’s a descant provided for use in the final verses.
—Dan Schutte
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Unidos
by Santiago Fernandez and Jesse Manibusan
Featured on: Unidos (CD 30107210), Everyone’s Invited/
Son Todos Invitados (CD 30104221)
Voicing: SAB, descant
Instrumentation: trumpet I & II in B-flat, trombone
Liturgical/Ritual: Introductory Rites, entrance chant
Topical: discipleship, global family, love for others, unity
Missals & Hymnals (see p. 66 for abbreviation key): Spirit & Song (new) 235
Unidos
# # Refrain
j
& # 44 Œ œ œ œ œ # œj œj œ
## j
& # œ œ
U - nit - ed
U - nit - ed
in
in
j
œ œ Œ
# # Verse 1
& # ‰ œ œJ œ
## j
& # œ ‰ Œ
though man - y, we
to - ge - ther we
j j
œ œ œ
po
del
to, nues
1.
&
œ
-
j
œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Ó
‰ œ
Ó
œ œ
J
haz - nos un
1. ros - tro,
tu
# # Verse 2
& # ‰ œ Jœ œ
œ œ
re - fle
ros - tro, oh,
&
œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
J
‰ œ
Œ
2. - cred,
make us one
‰ j œ
œ
in
3. Haz - nos com - pa - si
##
& # ‰ œ
3.
3. is
j
œ œ
œ œ
de
tu paz y a - mor,
jo
de
œ œ œj ‰ ‰ œ œj
-
j
œ ˙
Ó
j
œ œ
your great,
vos,
Œ œ œ œ
Œ
lov - ing one
œ
is
rich
tu
Ó
to Refrain
you
œ
-
œ œ
your great
-
si - ty;
j
œ ˙
in
Ó
‰ œ
sa -
to Refrain
ni - ty.
j j
œ œ œ
j
œ
da - nos tu bon - dad;
an - oth
œ
di - ver
œ œ œj ‰ ‰ œ œj
to serve
sa - cred u
-
a
œ œ œj œ
# # Verse 3
j
& # ‰ œ œJ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ Ó
## j
& # œ ‰ Œ
∑
Se - ñor.
2. Make in us, your peo - ple,
2.
..
œ
J
j
j
j
œ œ œœ œ ‰ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ
## j
& # œ ‰ Œ Ó
###
Œ
‰ œ
œ œ œj œ
‰ j œ
œ
Œ
œ
j
œ œ
are one,
re - joice,
Se - ñor.
tro rey.
1. Haz - nos ins - tru - men - tos
###
u - ni - dos en
u - ni - dos en
œ œ œ œj œj œ Jœ œ .
J
Œ œ
##
& # œJ ‰ œ œ œJ œ
-
Œ œ œ œj œ œj
œ œ Œ
J
the Lord,
one voice,
su a - mor;
la
fe,
un cuer
en Cris
Santiago Fernández and Jesse Manibusan
-
œ œ œj ‰ Ó
œ œ
er
com - mand.
˙
Ó
to Refrain
Composer Reflection
I co-wrote this song with Jesse Manibusan
a few years ago. The idea was conceived when
we realized that our ministries as church ministers crossed quite regularly, that we had the
same objective and shared the same passion
in ministry, and that we were brothers in mission for the same cause: to tear down walls of
indifference and prejudice and do away with
senseless divisions so as to get people singing
together and truly raising their voices as one,
regardless of language, ethnicity, or age group.
“Unidos” is about celebrating our oneness
in Christ by way of acceptance, respect, and
unconditional love for one another. It is about
discovering the beauty in multicultural worship by making room for one another and exercising radical hospitality.
As our US bishops teach us in Welcoming
the Stranger: A Parish Guide (USCCB 2004),
“by interacting with diverse people who make
up our parish community, we are strengthened in our ‘catholicity’ and are made more
aware that we are one in Christ” (p. 7). Our
beloved Pope Francis further tells us: “Let us
be renewed by God’s mercy, let us be loved
by Jesus, let us enable the power of his love
to transform our lives too; and let us become
agents of this mercy, channels through which
God can water the earth, protect all creation
and make justice and peace flourish” (Easter
Urbi et Orbi message on March 31, 2013).
“Unidos,” with its fun Latin rock rhythm
and catchy melody, reminds us that this ongoing call to discipleship and evangelization
ought to ignite in us a proactive and conscientious response—a renewed way of life—
rather than a passive and comfortably unchallenging acceptance of just another teaching
and exhortation of our Catholic faith.
Brothers and sisters, in a spirit of sacred
unity, let this be our prayer: “Haznos instumentos de tu paz y amor; haznos un reflejo de
tu rostro, Oh Señor” (Make us intruments of
your peace and love; make us a reflection of
your face, O Lord).
—Santiago Fernández
© 2009, Santiago Fernández and Jesse Manibusan. Published by Sanfer Music, LLC (BMI), Two by Two Ministries, and Spirit & Song,
a division of OCP. Administered by Spirit & Song, a division of OCP. All rights reserved.
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6/15/2014 year A
MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
The mystery of the Holy Trinity is central to the Christian faith. At citation 266, the Catechism of the Catholic
Church tells us: “‘Now this is the Catholic faith: We worship one God in the Trinity and the Trinity in unity, without
either confusing the persons or dividing the substance; for
the person of the Father is one, the Son’s is another, the
Holy Spirit’s another; but the Godhead of the Father, Son
and Holy Spirit is one, their glory equal, their majesty coeternal’ (Athanasian Creed: DS 75; ND 16).” What better
time to refresh these major tenets of our faith than in the
liturgy today!
The benediction at the end of today’s second reading
from Paul to the Corinthians (verse 14) is one of the most
explicit texts on the Trinity found in Scripture. Paul begins
with a direct message for the Corinthians and surely for all
of us: mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with
one another, live in peace. And if we do, the God of love
and peace will be with us. Moses, in the first reading, calls
his people a “stiff-necked people.” There’s certainly a lot to
think about today besides selecting music.
Today’s music suggestions lead off with “God, We
Praise You” (nettleton), which is based on the Te Deum.
Be sure to read Benedictine Sister Genevieve Glen’s article
(p. 16) on this ancient hymn of praise to the Trinity. Consider reading it to the choir in its entirety.
The last several selections in each category of the music
suggestions are for Father’s Day.
— Elaine Rendler-McQueeney
See page 66 for an abbreviation key.
For additional music suggestions,
visit liturgy.com and spiritandsong.com/podcasts.
ENTRANCE CHANT
God, We Praise You nettleton BB 191 CP3 401 H 480 J2 594
J3 567 TM 40
All Hail, Adored Trinity old hundredth BB/MI 720 CM 79
CP2 302 CP3 309 GP2 416 H 296 J 431 J2 467 J3 446 TM 20
UC 410 VOZ 507
This Day God Gives Me bunessan BB/MI 637 CM 173 CP2 528
CP3 574 GP2 727 H 564 J 466 J2 2 J3 850 R2 179 R3 136 UC 746
VOZ 838
Holy, Holy, Holy nicaea BB 207 CM 78 CP2 299 CP3 306 GP2 414
H 295 J 345 J2 469 J3 448 R2 162 R3 115 TM 23 UC 415 VOZ 505
O God, Almighty Father gott vater sei gepriesen BB/MI 716
CP3 311 H 294 J3 451
God Is Love abbot’s leigh BB/MI 489 J 392 J2 749 J3 715
The God of All Grace (Manalo) BB/MI 317 J3 773
Come Now, Almighty King italian hymn BB/MI 719 CM 77
CP2 300 CP3 307 GP2 417 H 299 J 437 J2 471 J3 450 R2 161
R3 114 UC 411 VOZ 506
On This Day, the First of Days lübeck BB/MI 718 CP2 303 CP3 310
GP2 413 H 298 J 475 J2 468 J3 447 TM 22 VOZ 503
Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises (South African) BB/MI 568 J3 599
RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Respond and Acclaim (Alstott) 96–97
A Lectionary Psalter (Schiavone) 86, 235
PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
Dwelling Place (Foley) BB/MI 493 CP3 441 GP2 591 H 512 J3 664
Of the Father’s Love Begotten divinum mysterium BB/MI 86
CP3 241 H 221 J 200 J2 349 J3 317 UC 303 VOZ 395
Alle, Alle, Alleluia (Ho Lung) BB/MI 565 CP2 368 CP3 390 H 488
J2 627 J3 596 NTY 2 UC 674 VOZ 574
Jesus, Lord (DeBruyn) BB/MI 496 GP2 594 J 692 J2 701 J3 668
God, beyond All Names (Farrell) BB/MI 426 CP2 389 CP3 415
GP2 667 J 395 J2 634 UC 737 VOZ 600
In Every Age (Whitaker) BB/MI 464 CP3 473 H 448 J2 727 J3 696
NTY 134 SS2 242
Sacred Silence (Booth) BB/MI 550 J3 657 NTY 243 SS2 334
In Perfect Charity (DeBruyn) BB/MI 487 GP2 547 J 442 J2 757 J3 721
SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTH
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name grosser gott BB 192 CM 124
CP2 355 CP3 377 GP2 681 H 482 J 343 J2 593 J3 566 NTY 95
R2 255 R3 195 TM 34 UC 684 VOZ 590
All Praise and Glad Thanksgiving gott vater sei gepriesen
BB/MI 717 CM 76 CP2 301 CP3 308 GP2 415 H 297 J 421 J2 466
J3 445 UC 413 VOZ 504
Soon and Very Soon (Crouch) BB/MI 589 CP2 465 CP3 503 GP2 723
H 452 J 496 J2 683 J3 755 NTY 276 UC 757 VOZ 672
Lift High the Cross crucifer BB/MI 722 CM 81 CP2 305 CP3 314
GP2 444 H 300 J 383 J2 522 J3 500 R2 163 TM 27 UC 550 VOZ 707
O God beyond All Praising thaxted BB/MI 539 CP3 402 H 489
J2 614 J3 589
Now Thank We All Our God nun danket BB 195 CM 132 CP2 382
CP3 403 GP2 700 H 456 J 339 J2 636 J3 603 R2 297 R3 169 TM 31
UC 637 VOZ 611
I Sing the Mighty Power of God ellacombe BB/MI 424 CP2 390
CP3 417 GP2 668 H 460 J 467 J2 635 J3 618 R2 236 R3 191
UC 741 VOZ 598
Faith of Our Fathers st. catherine BB/MI 498 CM 137 CP2 412
CP3 444 GP2 592 H 509 J 380 J2 698 J3 667 UC 629 VOZ 679
God of Our Fathers national hymn BB/MI 647 CP3 571 H 567
J2 867 J3 847
COMMUNION CHANT
One with the Risen Lord (B. Hurd) BB/MI 574
Glory and Praise for Ever (Camaldolese Monks) BB/MI 828 CP2 103
CP3 91 H 169 UC 182 VOZ 269
Ubi Caritas (Rosania) BB/MI 482 CP2 444 CP3 476 GP2 364 H 255
J 758 J2 754 J3 710 UC 619 VOZ 687
Spirit and Grace (Manalo) BB/MI 339 J3 798
When We Eat This Bread (Joncas) BB/MI 341 GP2 510 J 539 J2 823
Taste and See (B. Hurd) BB/MI 346 CP2 492 CP3 539 GP2 199 H 405
J 693 J2 821 J3 796 NTY 78 SS1 62 UC 496 VOZ 797
The Light of Christ (Fishel) BB/MI 605 CP2 394 J 690 VOZ 626
Ubi Caritas (B. Hurd) BB/MI 340 CP2 497 CP3 531 H 386 J2 805
J3 776 SS2 367 UC 491 VOZ 804
Father of Peace (Lynch) BB/MI 521 H 417 J 607 VOZ 717
Abba! Father (Landry) BB/MI 538 CP2 365 CP3 387 GP2 696 H 485
J2 615 J3 600 UC 691 VOZ 568
CHORAL
The Light of the Trinity (Mawby) OCP 4602
Song to the Trinity (Scialla) OCP 30106750
God in Trinity (Wright) OCP 20921
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Time _______________________________________________ Priest Celebrant ____________________________________________________
Music Rehearsal/Liturgical Catechesis_______________________________________________________________________________________
Introduction, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 52 _______________________________________________________________________________
THE INTRODUCTORY RITES
Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Blessing and Sprinkling of Water/Penitential Act ______________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading _________________________________________ Responsorial Psalm _________________________________________________
Second Reading ______________________________________ Gospel Acclamation ________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dismissal of the Catechumens and Elect _________________________________________________________________________________
Universal Prayer, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 52 _______________________________________________________________________
THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Presentation and Preparation of the Gifts _________________________________________________________________________________
Eucharistic Acclamations _________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mystery of Faith ______________________________ Amen ____________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Psalm or Hymn of Praise/Instrumental or Silence___________________________________________________________________________
THE CONCLUDING RITES
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Choral Anthem of the Day_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Prelude/Postlude ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Blest be God the Father, and the Only Begotten Son of God, and
also the Holy Spirit, for he has shown us his merciful love.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
cf. Revelation 1:8
Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; to God who is,
who was, and who is to come.
FIRST READING
Exodus 34:4b–6, 8–9 (164A)
Moses went up Mount Sinai to meet the Lord. He begged the Lord
to accompany the Israelites, “a stiff-necked people.” He asked God
to pardon their wickedness and sin.
GOSPEL
John 3:16–18
God loved the world so greatly that he sent his only Son that all
may have eternal life. The Son did not come to condemn the world
but that it might be saved through him. Whoever believes in the
Lord will live forever.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMDaniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55
Glory and praise forever!
SECOND READING
2 Corinthians 13:11–13
Paul encouraged the Corinthians to mend their sinful ways and
help one another live in peace. He wrote to them, “The grace of
the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit be with all of you.”
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Galatians 4:6
Since you are children of God, God has sent into your hearts the
Spirit of his Son, the Spirit who cries out: Abba, Father.
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MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
Often called Corpus Christi, this solemnity has always
celebrated both the Body and Blood of the Lord and echoes
Holy Thursday’s eucharistic focus. The feast dates back as
far as the thirteenth century. By the fourteenth century, eucharistic processions became prominent and remain to this
day. Refer to Paul Covino’s “Ritual Notes” for exposition
and processions, both at the end of Mass and other times
(p. 32, more at Liturgy.com). One point of clarification:
“Genuflection in the presence of the blessed sacrament,
whether reserved in the tabernacle or exposed for public
adoration, is on one knee” (see “The Roman Ritual: Holy
Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass”
84, in the USCCB’s Holy Communion Outside Mass).
The music selections for Communion offer a variety of
musical styles appropriate for today’s celebration. Father
Michael Joncas’ “Sacramentum Caritatis” (Sacrament of
Love) is also the title of Pope Benedict’s apostolic exhortation on the gift of the Eucharist. An octavo is available
(print: 20616, digital: 89253). The verses reflect the mystery
of the Eucharist, past, present, and future, and are intended
to be sung by a cantor and choir. “Miracle of Grace” by Curtis Stephan combines theological depth with a contemporary
sound. Curtis’ faith and a masters’ degree in jazz from North
Texas have influenced his sound as well as his vocation. He
also ministers at one of the largest parishes in the United
States: more than 30,000 people! The “Miracle of Grace”
accompaniment package includes parts for keyboard, guitar,
solo instrument, solo instrument in B-flat, solo instrument
in E-flat, percussion, and unison/two part vocals. Go to
ocp.org/products/90022.
For processions today, consider the anthem-like “Christ
before Us” (suo gân).
ENTRANCE CHANT
I Am the Bread of Life/Yo Soy el Pan de Vida (Toolan) BB/MI 343
CM 111 CP2 478 CP3 520 H 393 R2 196 R3 304 UC 505
At the Lamb’s High Feast salzburg BB 169 CM 66 CP2 284
CP3 290 GP2 394 H 273 J 307 J2 424 J3 407 TM 25 UC 399
VOZ 480
Here at This Table (Whitaker) BB/MI 312 CP3 510 H 374 J2 807
J3 777 NTY 68 SS2 362
In This Place (Thomson) BB/MI 308 CP3 517 H 371 J3 770 NTY 18
R2 302 R3 295 SS1 122
Now as We Gather (Castillo) BB/MI 319 J 700
See Us, Lord, About Your Altar drakes broughton BB/MI 368
CP2 494 CP3 546 GP2 503 H 408 J 490 J3 807 UC 513 VOZ 827
As We Gather at Your Table nettleton BB/MI 314 J2 792 J3 760
Lord, Who at Thy First Eucharist unde et memores BB/MI 371
CM 109 CP2 498 CP3 547 GP2 511 H 385 J 489 J2 826 J3 804
UC 514 VOZ 828
Shepherd of Souls st. agnes BB/MI 372 CP2 499 CP3 549 GP2 501
H 380 J 480 J2 825 J3 808 UC 522 VOZ 830
Festival Canticle: Worthy Is Christ (Hillert) BB/MI 570 CP3 297
H 274 J 440 J2 428 J3 424 UC 641 VOZ 667
SEQUENCE SETTING
Miracle of Grace (Stephan) BB/MI 365
The Sacrifice of Praise (Joncas) BB/MI 553 OCP 20615
We Praise You (Ducote) BB/MI 552 CP2 379 GP2 677 J2 626 J3 579
VOZ 569
One in Body, Heart and Mind (C. Walker) BB/MI 367
Jesus, the Bread of Life (Brown) BB/MI 364 GP2 527 J2 817
O Sacrament Most Holy fulda BB/MI 325 CP2 518 CP3 541 H 409
J2 856 J3 838 UC 771 VOZ 831
Humbly, Lord, We Worship You adoro te devote BB 201
CM 104 CP3 425 H 473 J 495 R3 38 TM 39 UC 553 VOZ 715
Somos el Cuerpo de Cristo/We Are the Body of Christ (Cortez)
BB/MI 582 GP2 589 J2 852 J3 826 NTY 31 R2 89 SS1 136 UC 589
VOZ 763
Laudate, Laudate Dominum (C. Walker) BB/MI 564 J2 598 J3 597
Sing of the Lord’s Goodness (Sands) BB/MI 562 CP2 357 CP3 379
GP2 690 H 496 J 531 J2 605 J3 582 UC 678 VOZ 566
Christ Before Us (Whitaker) BB/MI 406 J3 640
Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises (South African) BB/MI 568 J3 599
Sent Forth by God’s Blessing (Westendorf) BB/MI 383 CP2 504
CP3 552 GP2 588 H 548 J 400 J2 768 J3 740 UC 571 VOZ 745
The Church’s One Foundation aurelia BB/MI 418 CM 120 CP2 464
CP3 502 GP2 573 H 436 J 455 J2 779 J3 746 TM 28 UC 590
VOZ 770
Let All Things Now Living ash grove BB/MI 595 CP3 407 H 458
J2 641 J3 608
God of the Hungry (Soper) BB/MI 624 GP2 560 J 459
COMMUNION CHANT
Sacramentum Caritatis (Joncas) BB/MI 352 J3 803 OCP 20616
Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz) BB/MI 327 CM 107 CP2 484 CP3 526
GP2 525 H 388 J 483 J2 803 J3 791 UC 526 VOZ 807
Bread of Life (Fisher) BB/MI 370 CP3 545 GP2 522 H 410 J3 805
NTY 225 SS1 150
Pan de Vida (B. Hurd) BB/MI 345 CP2 482 CP3 525 GP2 500 H 395
J 537 J2 813 J3 784 NTY 74 R2 195 R3 294 UC 501 VOZ 796
God’s Holy Gifts (Schutte) BB/MI 356 J3 792
Amén. El Cuerpo de Cristo (Schiavone) BB/MI 338 J2 824 J3 783
UC 510 VOZ 809
I Am the Living Bread (Haas) BB/MI 347 CP2 493 CP3 537 GP2 519
H 406 J 674 J2 822 J3 794 UC 511 VOZ 819
The Supper of the Lord (Rosania) BB/MI 359 CM 112 CP2 486
CP3 527 GP2 518 H 399 J3 774 UC 530 VOZ 803
Eat This Bread (Berthier) BB/MI 333 CM 108 CP2 491 CP3 538
H 400 R2 201 UC 525
In the Breaking of the Bread (B. Hurd) BB/MI 336 CP2 479 CP3 521
GP2 508 H 398 J 533 J2 808 J3 779 UC 523 VOZ 806
CHORAL
Ave Verum Corpus (Mallory) OCP 4596
O Sacrum Convivium (Parker) OCP 4625
Anima Christi (Van Houten) OCP 12733
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Second Reading ______________________________________ Sequence (Optional) ________________________________________________
Gospel Acclamation ___________________________________ Gospel ___________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
cf. Psalm 81 (80):17
He fed them with the finest wheat and satisfied them with honey
from the rock.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONJohn 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord;
whoever eats this bread will live forever.
FIRST READINGDeuteronomy 8:2–3, 14b–16a (167A)
Moses reminded the people that for forty years God tested them
in the desert. The Lord let them be hungry and fed them manna,
showing that God’s people do not live by bread alone.
GOSPEL
John 6:51–58
Jesus told the crowds that he is the living bread come down from
heaven. All who want eternal life must “eat the flesh of the Son of
Man and drink his blood.” Jesus said, “Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood has eternal life.”
RESPONSORIAL PSALMPsalm 147:12–13, 14–15, 19–20
Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
Or: Alleluia.
SECOND READING
By sharing in the eucharistic bread, Christians, though many, are
one body in Christ.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
John 6:57
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in
him, says the Lord.
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MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
In a homily for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe spoke of the tension between
the two men and their roles in the mission of the Church.
For Peter, head of the Jewish-Christian community, guarding the tradition that he received from Jesus was his primary
focus. Paul, who was focused on reaching out to the Gentiles, found that innovation was necessary.
In today’s Church, tension mounts even as it did in the
early Christian era. Alas, all in good faith. Robert Feduccia’s
essay on the New Evangelization on page 10 explains that
after we recover what is most authentic about our faith, the
mandate requires us to update the expressions and methods
we use to communicate it to people of our era. In a way,
it’s the same kind of struggle that Peter and Paul faced (see
Galatians 2). In this time of the New Evangelization, we are
challenged to maintain the tradition and yet look for innovative ways to pass it forward.
It goes to show that there was tension between fidelity to
the tradition and to the Spirit’s innovative impulse even as
far back as Saints Peter and Paul. Father Radcliffe points out
that, “In hindsight we can usually discern that what seemed
revolutionary at the time was in fact a fruit of the tradition,
and its faithful development, but in the heat of the moment this may be hard to see.” For more of the homily, see
tinyurl.com/Radcliff-homily. There’s certainly some fine
material in this reading for reconciliatory preaching.
Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, begins at sunset
tonight.
ENTRANCE CHANT
By All Your Saints Still Striving st. theodulph BB 193 J2 784
J3 748 TM 35
Sing with All the Saints in Glory hymn to joy BB/MI 620 CP3 507
H 556 J2 789 J3 759
Take Up Your Cross erhalt uns, herr BB/MI 721 CM 80
CP2 304 CP3 312 H 301 J 253 J2 524 J3 501 UC 551 VOZ 708
GP2 444 H 300 J 383 J2 522 J3 500 R2 163 TM 27 UC 550 VOZ 707
J3 567 TM 40
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones lasst uns erfreuen BB/MI 726
CM 84 CP2 307 CP3 315 GP2 446 H 307 J 465 J2 528 J3 505
UC 466 VOZ 552
How Firm a Foundation foundation BB/MI 727 CP3 319 H 303
J 404 J2 716 J3 683
God Has Chosen Me (Farrell) BB/MI 378 CP2 505 CP3 553 GP2 546
H 543 J 709 J2 831 J3 815 NTY 127 R2 85 R3 236 SS2 345 UC 580
VOZ 736
Be Thou My Vision slane BB/MI 394 CP3 427 H 468 J3 646
Two Noble Saints ellacombe J2 517 J3 495
Two Were Bound for Emmaus (Hurd) BB 171 CP3 298 H 282 J2 430
J3 417
For the Sake of Christ (Canedo) J3 658 SS2 409
These Alone Are Enough (Schutte) BB/MI 393 J3 655
Christ Be beside Me (Wasson) BB/MI 397 CP2 407 CP3 422 H 471
J 468 J2 687 J3 650 UC 761 VOZ 656
This Alone (Manion) BB/MI 399 CP2 405 CP3 420 GP2 621 H 474
J 657 J2 689 J3 652 UC 762 VOZ 657
Saints of God (B. Hurd) BB/MI 730 J3 751 SS2 332
Give Me Jesus (Spiritual) BB/MI 681 CP2 349 CP3 367 GP2 484
H 348 J 551 J2 583 J3 554 VOZ 332
You Alone (Hart) BB/MI 670 CP3 357 H 246 J3 581 NTY 240 SS2 378
Eye Has Not Seen (Haugen) BB/MI 463 CM 163 CP2 439 CP3 469
H 444 UC 669
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name grosser gott BB 192 CM 124
CP2 355 CP3 377 GP2 681 H 482 J 343 J2 593 J3 566 NTY 95
R2 255 R3 195 TM 34 UC 684 VOZ 590
Blessed Feasts of Blessed Martyrs in babilone BB/MI 728 CP3 317
H 304 J2 782 J3 749 TM 29
City of God (Schutte) BB/MI 379 CM 119 CP2 509 CP3 558 GP2 548
H 540 J 561 J2 830 J3 813 NTY 9 R2 278 R3 263 SS1 106 UC 572
VOZ 742
Glory in the Cross (Schutte) BB/MI 724 CP3 313 H 302 J2 523 J3 375
SS2 313 VOZ 439
How Can I Keep from Singing endless song BB/MI 442 CP2 431
CP3 460 GP2 616 H 526 J 367 J2 721 J3 686 NTY 116 SS1 117
UC 715 VOZ 638
For All the Saints sine nomine BB/MI 729 CM 82 CP2 306 CP3 318
GP2 445 H 306 J 471 J2 526 J3 504 NTY 131 R2 165 R3 117
UC 463 VOZ 550
Church of God, Elect and Glorious hyfrydol BB/MI 417 CP3 501
H 434 J2 533 J3 508
One Spirit, One Church (Keil) BB/MI 419 CP2 461 CP3 498 GP2 570
H 435 J 703 J2 778 J3 745 SS1 132 UC 584 VOZ 769
CP3 444 GP2 592 H 509 J 380 J2 698 J3 667 UC 629 VOZ 679
COMMUNION CHANT
With All the Saints (B. Hurd) BB/MI 415 J3 744 UC 582
OCP 30100247
Saints of God in Glory (Farrell) BB 210 J 401 TM 44
Litany of the Saints (Becker) BB/MI 731 CM 83 CP2 308 CP3 316
GP2 377 H 305 J2 525 J3 503 UC 465 VOZ 549
All My Days (Schutte) BB/MI 596 CP2 381 CP3 406 GP2 701 H 455
J 354 J2 637 J3 604 UC 632 VOZ 606
I Have Loved You (Joncas) BB/MI 611 CM 151 CP2 399 CP3 433
GP2 710 H 420 J 615 J2 649 J3 623 UC 650 VOZ 612
Jesus, Remember Me (Berthier) BB/MI 410 CM 105 CP2 270
CP3 275 H 260 R2 206 R3 229
Keep in Mind (Deiss) BB/MI 680 CP2 350 CP3 368 GP2 492 H 357
J 372 J2 589 J3 559 UC 257 VOZ 330
Your Words Are Spirit and Life (Farrell) BB/MI 600 CP2 393
CP3 408 H 477 J2 680 J3 644 R3 273 SS1 56 UC 731 VOZ 650
Lord, You Have the Words (Joncas) BB/MI 748 CP2 6 CP3 5
GP2 172 H 97 J 672 J2 20 J3 19 UC 77 VOZ 141
Your Words, Lord, Are Spirit and Life (B. Hurd) BB/MI 747 CP3 7
J3 20 NTY 40 R3 278 SS2 248
CHORAL
Three Hymns for Apostles, Saints, and Martyrs (Colgan) OCP 20440
Prayer for Peace (Thatcher) OCP 20609
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Entrance Antiphon
Peter the Apostle, and Paul the teacher of the Gentiles, these have
taught us your law, O Lord.
First ReadingActs of the Apostles 3:1–10 (590)
As Peter and John enter the temple, a crippled beggar asks for alms.
Peter implores the name of Jesus and instructs the man to walk.
Immediately, the man is healed and he enters the temple rejoicing
and praising God. Those assembled are struck with astonishment.
Responsorial PsalmPsalm 19:2–3, 4–5
Their message goes out through all the earth.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 21:17
Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.
GospelJohn 21:15–19
Simon Peter is questioned three times by Jesus, “Do you love me?”
Each time the answer is affirmative. Christ instructs Peter to “feed
my lambs, tend my sheep and follow me.” Christ also prophesies
about Peter’s death.
Communion Antiphon
cf. John 21:15, 17
Simon, Son of John, do you love me more than these? Lord, you
know everything; you know that I love you.
Second Reading
Galatians 1:11–20
Paul speaks to the Galatians, saying he was called by God to preach
the Good News to the Gentiles. He informs them that his calling
came by revelation and not by human invention.
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MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
Today’s Gospel contains a central reading from Matthew:
the confession of Peter. Jesus presses Peter, “Who do you
say that I am?” Surprisingly, Peter comes up with the perfect answer. Three times he denies Jesus later in the journey
(Matthew 26), but today he answers correctly. And he is
called “blessed.” Some find the last verse, “Whatever you
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven” troublesome, especially if they focus on the first half of the verse—the binding
part. But the balance of the verse is about freedom. Today
might be a great day to remember all our good shepherd
priests. So many have freed people from their guilt, their
grief, and their sin, and showed them the loving face of
Jesus. Pope Francis sets an example for all through his own
ministry, which is so much more encompassing than anything we can imagine.
What about us? Do we, in our ministry, find more ways
to free people than to bind them? Do we live out the Beatitudes or just sing about them? Can we make the words of
Bob Hurd’s “With All the Saints” a reality?
On Friday, July 4, in the United States we will celebrate
the birth of freedom. Will we settle for singing “Let There
Be Peace on Earth,” or will we work for peace?
Free the oppressed for the Independence Day weekend—
have a choir party!
ENTRANCE CHANT
J3 748 TM 35
H 556 J2 789 J3 759
Take Up Our Cross (Stephan) BB/MI 723 J3 502 UC 540
GP2 444 H 300 J 383 J2 522 J3 500 R2 163 TM 27 UC 550
VOZ 707
J3 567 TM 40
CM 84 CP2 307 CP3 315 GP2 446 H 307 J 465 J2 528 J3 505
UC 466 VOZ 552
J 404 J2 716 J3 683
God Has Chosen Me (Farrell) BB/MI 378 CP2 505 CP3 553 GP2 546
H 543 J 709 J2 831 J3 815 NTY 127 R2 85 R3 236 SS2 345 UC 580
VOZ 736
Two Were Bound for Emmaus (Hurd) BB 171 CP3 298 H 282 J2 430
J3 417
Come, Follow Me (Berberick) BB/MI 513 OCP 20063
Many and One (Angrisano) BB/MI 412
H 348 J 551 J2 583 J3 554 VOZ 332
The Eyes and Hands of Christ (Kendzia) BB/MI 523 J3 738 NTY 77
SS2 376
The Lord Is My Light (C. Walker) BB/MI 684 CP2 348 CP3 366
GP2 486 H 354 J2 587 J3 557 R2 305 SS1 61 UC 254 VOZ 339
In Christ Alone (Getty) BB/MI 405 J3 637
I Know That My Redeemer Lives duke street BB/MI 577 CP2 344
CP3 370 GP2 388 H 263 J 416 J2 131 J3 129 UC 398 VOZ 671
H 540 J 561 J2 830 J3 813 NTY 9 R2 278 R3 263 SS1 106 UC 572
VOZ 742
We Are the Light of the World (Greif) BB/MI 609 CM 169 CP2 396
CP3 430 GP2 657 H 516 J 707 J2 660 J3 629 NTY 35 SS1 143
UC 728 VOZ 621
For All the Saints sine nomine BB/MI 729 CM 82 CP2 306 CP3 318
GP2 445 H 306 J 471 J2 526 J3 504 NTY 131 R2 165 R3 117
UC 463 VOZ 550
I Will Choose Christ (Booth) BB/MI 518 CP3 497 GP2 459 H 464
J2 775 J3 736 NTY 261 SS1 119 UC 208
CP3 444 GP2 592 H 509 J 380 J2 698 J3 667 UC 629 VOZ 679
CP3 403 GP2 700 H 456 J 339 J2 636 J3 603 R2 297 R3 169 TM 31
UC 637 VOZ 611
God of Our Fathers national hymn BB/MI 647 CP3 571 H 567
J2 867 J3 847
O God of Love, O King of Peace tallis’ canon J3 842
COMMUNION CHANT
OCP 30100247
Saints of God in Glory (Farrell) BB 210 J 401 TM 44
Litany of the Saints (Becker) BB/MI 731 CM 83 CP2 308 CP3 316
GP2 377 H 305 J2 525 J3 503 UC 465 VOZ 549
J 354 J2 637 J3 604 UC 632 VOZ 606
I Have Loved You (Joncas) BB/MI 611 CM 151 CP2 399 CP3 433
GP2 710 H 420 J 615 J2 649 J3 623 UC 650 VOZ 612
H 444 UC 669
Keep in Mind (Deiss) BB/MI 680 CP2 350 CP3 368 GP2 492 H 357
J 372 J2 589 J3 559 UC 257 VOZ 330
Blest Are They (Haas) BB/MI 631 CM 167 CP2 397 CP3 431 H 478
R3 140 UC 556
Be Not Afraid (Dufford) BB/MI 430 CM 143 CP2 424 CP3 453
GP2 602 H 518 J 579 J2 706 J3 673 NTY 213 R2 214 R3 225
SS1 170 UC 713 VOZ 647
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (Thomerson) BB/MI 606
CP3 429 H 515 J3 632 R2 308 R3 202
You Alone (Hart) BB/MI 670 CP3 357 H 246 J3 581 NTY 240
SS2 378
CHORAL
Peace at the Last (Willcock) OCP 30104103
Prayer for Peace (Thatcher) OCP 20609
God Be in My Head (Barton) OCP 30126398
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Entrance Antiphon
These are the ones who, living in the flesh, planted the Church
with their blood; they drank the chalice of the Lord and became
the friends of God.
First ReadingActs of the Apostles 12:1–11 (591)
When King Herod decides to persecute the Christians, Peter is arrested and put in prison. That night an angel appears, frees Peter
from his chains, and leads him safely out of prison. Peter at first is
astonished, but then realizes the angel was sent by God.
Responsorial PsalmPsalm 34:2–3, 4–5, 6–7, 8–9
The angel of the Lord will rescue those who fear him.
Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 16:18
You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the
gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
Gospel
Matthew 16:13–19
Jesus asks his disciples what people are saying about him. Peter
proclaims Jesus as the Son of God. Because of his great faith, Peter
is charged with caring for the Church on earth.
Communion Antiphon
cf. Matthew 16:16, 18
Peter said to Jesus: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus replied: You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build
my Church.
Second Reading
2 Timothy 4:6–8, 17–18
Paul has suffered many hardships but is not disheartened, knowing that a great reward is waiting in heaven for all who hope in
the Lord.
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MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
Remember: people go away for the extended Fourth of
July weekend. Keep the music uncomplicated. Responsorial
Psalm 145 is a familiar common psalm and is available in
Respond & Acclaim as well as the psalter section of your
worship resource. If you look at the fine print under the
words “Responsorial Psalm” in the Liturgy of the Word part
of your missal, you will find a short list of common psalms
that may be used in place of the psalm of the day (if necessary). I make sure that the assembly knows several of these
in case the cantor decides to leave town without getting a
substitute. In some parishes, finding a substitute cantor can
be difficult. It happens to all of us! Recently, a cantor did
not appear for the scheduled liturgy. I pulled out Christopher
Walker’s Psalm 27, “The Lord Is My Light,” (BB/MI 684)
a common psalm that the assembly knew. I presumed they
could carry the psalm on their own. Wasn’t I surprised when
no one sang the verses?
There are more ways to sing the responsorial psalm than
having the cantor sing the verses and the assembly sing the
antiphon. “In antiphonal style, the praying assembly is divided into two groups. The text of the psalm is shared between them” (Sing to the Lord 234, ocp.org/20995). Divide
the assembly into two alternating groups: left side/right side;
men/women; women/all, etc. Be sure to tell the assembly
before Mass begins what will happen. That’s what I did. But
our situations may be very different.
ENTRANCE CHANT
J3 777 NTY 68 SS2 362
I Heard the Voice of Jesus kingsfold BB/MI 466 CP2 437 CP3 467
GP2 633 H 439 J 476 J2 729 J3 692 UC 660 VOZ 728
All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) BB/MI 551 CP2 363 CP3 385
GP2 683 H 486 J 582 J2 595 J3 573 UC 697 VOZ 571
Lord of All Hopefulness slane BB/MI 396 CM 103 CP2 406
CP3 421 GP2 622 H 469 J 415 J2 690 J3 647 NTY 121 R2 291
R3 280 UC 767 VOZ 654
Come, Now Is the Time to Worship (Doerksen) BB/MI 555 NTY 81
SS2 383
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven lauda anima BB/MI 563
CP2 367 CP3 389 GP2 685 H 490 J 366 J2 612 J3 586 UC 676
VOZ 562
Rejoice, the Lord Is King darwall’s 148th BB/MI 732 CP3 321
H 308 J 406 J2 478 J3 459 UC 425 VOZ 508
Let Us Go to the Altar (Schutte) BB/MI 318 CP3 509 GP2 539 H 370
J2 800 J3 767 UC 486 VOZ 773
J3 567 TM 40
Ven al Banquete/Come to the Feast (B. Hurd) BB/MI 307 CP2 477
CP3 519 H 376 J2 795 J3 763 NTY 80 R2 204 R3 297 SS1 164
UC 478 VOZ 779
Eye Has Not Seen (M. Haugen) BB/MI 463 CM 163 CP2 439
CP3 469 H 444 UC 669
All That Is Hidden (Farrell) BB/MI 510 GP2 585 J 586 J2 762 J3 728
All Is Well with My Soul (Landry) BB/MI 469
Come to Me (Norbet) BB/MI 459 CP2 442 CP3 472 GP2 629 H 443
J 608 J2 728 J3 695 UC 666 VOZ 730
CP3 429 H 515 J3 632 R2 308 R3 202
Dona Nobis Pacem (Trad.) BB 203 CP2 453 CP3 486 GP2 653 H 430
J 348 J2 742 J3 701 R2 220 R3 211 TM 46 UC 539 VOZ 718
If God Is for Us (Brown) BB/MI 613 GP2 712 J2 647 J3 621 UC 649
VOZ 614
Come unto Me (B. Hurd) BB/MI 520 GP2 418 J 625 J2 770
O God of Love, O King of Peace tallis’ canon J3 842
Canticle of the Sun (M. Haugen) BB/MI 422 CM 152 CP2 386
CP3 412 H 459 R2 242 R3 188 UC 736
Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) BB/MI 542 CM 128 CP2 359
CP3 381 GP2 671 H 481 J 569 J2 596 J3 574 R2 249 R3 149
UC 701 VOZ 576
For the Beauty of the Earth dix BB/MI 594 CM 133 CP2 383
CP3 404 GP2 704 H 457 J 464 J2 642 J3 609 NTY 139 R2 293
R3 171 UC 636 VOZ 602
The King of Kings, Christ Jesus Reigns (M. Farrell) BB/MI 738
CP2 311 CP3 323 H 314 J 454 J2 486 J3 469 UC 427 VOZ 516
Vayan al Mundo/Go Out to the World (Cortez) BB/MI 375 UC 567
VOZ 751
Take the Word of God with You (C. Walker) BB/MI 373 CP2 503
CP3 551 GP2 543 H 549 J 662 J2 838 J3 812 R2 187 R3 266
UC 573 VOZ 743
Go Make a Difference (Angrisano) BB/MI 504 CP3 493 H 411 J3 730
NTY 260 SS1 113
Blest Be the Lord (Schutte) BB/MI 432 CM 145 CP2 426 CP3 455
GP2 599 H 529 J 611 J2 708 J3 677 UC 712 VOZ 640
COMMUNION CHANT
Taste and See (Moore) BB/MI 331 CM 110 CP2 28 CP3 533 H 396
UC 532
Taste and See (Dean) BB/MI 770 CP2 29 CP3 28 GP2 200 H 117
J 576 J2 37 J3 42 UC 104 VOZ 169
Taste and See (Talbot) BB/MI 769 CP2 27 CP3 29 H 115 J 620
I Will Always Thank the Lord (Soper) BB/MI 771 CP2 30 CP3 30
GP2 202 H 116 VOZ 171
Taste and See (Angrisano) BB/MI 366 J3 782 NTY 44 SS2 254
My Soul Rejoices (Alstott) BB/MI 829 CP2 104 CP3 92 H 170 J 502
J2 503 J3 120 UC 184 VOZ 272 OCP 8557
I Will Praise Your Name (D. Haas) BB/MI 824 CP2 95 CP3 86 H 165
UC 174
All the Ends of the Earth (D. Haas) BB/MI 801 CP2 68 CP3 61 H 146
UC 141
GP2 525 H 388 J 483 J2 803 J3 791 UC 526 VOZ 807
CHORAL
Give Praise to God with Music (Inwood) OCP 30106261
Praise the Lord! Alleluia (Mawby) OCP 30106757
Over My Head (Lee) OCP 30113332
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
cf. Psalm 48 (47):10–11
Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your
temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the
earth; your right hand is filled with saving justice.
FIRST READING
Zechariah 9:9–10 (100A)
The prophet foretold the coming of the savior and king who would
proclaim peace to all the nations of the earth.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMPsalm 145:1–2, 8–9, 10–11, 13–14
I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.
Or: Alleluia.
SECOND READING
Romans 8:9, 11–13
Paul wrote that the Spirit of God lives in all who are Christ’s. They
should live not according to the flesh but in God’s Spirit.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
cf. Matthew 11:25
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom.
GOSPEL
Matthew 11:25–30
Jesus invited the people, saying “Come to me, all you who labor
and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Psalm 34 (33):9
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed the man who seeks
refuge in him.
Or
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all who labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you,
says the Lord.
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7/13/2014 year A
MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
As we sail further into Ordinary Time (if there is such
a time for musicians), let’s review some ordinary endeavors that may have extraordinary results. The New Evangelization calls us first to examine our own faith and then
preach the Gospel to the world. We all know Catholics who
don’t come to church (including our own family members).
Some call themselves “retired” Catholics. A sign that says
“Come Home” is all well and good for some, but what does
“home” mean?
I meet young adults who don’t go to church because their
parents stopped going when they were small. (Thank God
for grandparents!) Others stay away because they don’t feel
welcome. If we want to preach Jesus seriously, we must not
only care for those in our parishes, but also seek the lost.
Most of us know someone who is lost and the numbers continue to grow. What can we do?
Begin with hospitality. If you are considering putting a
banner outside, perhaps it might say “Welcome.” Or how
about “Sinners and Saints Welcome”? One major reason
why people return to a particular church is because they feel
welcome. The Greek word for “hospitality” translated literally means “love of strangers.” In the Old Testament, it’s
as old as Abraham entertaining three strangers (see Genesis
18). In the New Testament, Hebrews 13 reminds us of Abraham’s visitors: “Continue to love each other…and remember always to welcome strangers, for by doing this, some
people have entertained angels without knowing it.”
See Hospitality Basics by Dr. Glenn Byer with Michael
Prendergast (ocp.org/6147).
ENTRANCE CHANT
Sing, O Sing (Schutte) BB/MI 560 GP2 689 J 678
CP3 417 GP2 668 H 460 J 467 J2 635 J3 618 R2 236 R3 191
UC 741 VOZ 598
For You Are My God (Foley) BB/MI 434 CP2 425 CP3 454 GP2 612
H 520 J 694 J2 710 J3 675 UC 714 VOZ 645
All Creatures of Our God and King lasst uns erfreuen
J3 578 R2 245 R3 153 UC 738 VOZ 563
Beautiful Savior st. elizabeth BB 197 CM 153 CP2 520 CP3 418
GP2 669 H 461 J 341 J2 859 J3 841 R2 263 TM 33 UC 673 VOZ 560
Rain Down (Cortez) BB/MI 617 CP2 401 CP3 435 GP2 713 H 423
J2 651 J3 627 NTY 25 SS1 134 UC 655 VOZ 616
For Your Glory Reigns (Berberick) BB/MI 423
Morning Has Broken bunessan BB/MI 638 CM 172 CP2 527
CP3 572 GP2 728 H 563 J 397 J2 871 J3 851 R2 178 R3 137
SS1 120 UC 745 VOZ 840
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee hymn to joy BB/MI 548 CM 126
CP2 366 CP3 388 GP2 693 H 504 J 379 J2 617 J3 575 R2 259
R3 148 UC 675 VOZ 561
The King of Love My Shepherd Is st. columba BB/MI 473 CP2 438
CP3 468 GP2 632 H 440 J 461 J2 733 J3 690 NTY 33 R2 208
R3 180 UC 662 VOZ 724
All Good Gifts (Keil) BB/MI 591 J2 644 J3 611
For the Fruits of This Creation ar hyd y nos BB/MI 425 CP2 385
CP3 416 H 454 J 418 J2 629 J3 615 R2 238 R3 189 UC 739 VOZ 599
Bread That Was Sown (Norbet) BB/MI 332 J 578
Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) BB/MI 361 CP2 495 CP3 530
GP2 516 H 407 J 545 J2 811 J3 781 UC 518 VOZ 818
Cristo, Sáname/Jesus, Heal Me (García-López) BB/MI 403 UC 228
OCP 12762
Come to the Water (Foley) BB/MI 612 CM 149 CP2 400 CP3 434
GP2 706 H 422 J 622 J2 650 J3 626 UC 652 VOZ 613
God, beyond All Names (Farrell) BB/MI 426 CP2 389 CP3 415
GP2 667 J 395 J2 634 UC 737 VOZ 600
CP3 404 GP2 704 H 457 J 464 J2 642 J3 609 NTY 139 R2 293
R3 171 UC 636 VOZ 602
Go Make of All Disciples ellacombe BB 184 H 285 J2 828 J3 430
NTY 260 SS1 113
Lord, You Give the Great Commission abbot’s leigh BB/MI 374
CP2 291 CP3 299 GP2 401 H 283 J 381 J2 452 J3 431 UC 569
VOZ 738
Canticle of the Sun (Haugen) BB/MI 422 CM 152 CP2 386 CP3 412
H 459 R2 242 R3 188 UC 736
For the Healing st. thomas (tantum ergo) BB/MI 441 CP3 463
H 522 J 472 J3 844
Sing to the Mountains (Dufford) BB/MI 545 CM 123 CP2 376
CP3 398 GP2 673 H 494 J 644 J2 601 J3 580 R2 258 R3 150
UC 693 VOZ 570
J2 641 J3 608
GP2 683 H 486 J 582 J2 595 J3 573 UC 697 VOZ 571
Let the Heavens Be Glad (Feiten) BB/MI 586 CP2 467 J 626 J2 684
COMMUNION CHANT
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (DeBruyn) BB/MI 692 GP2 488
H 355 J 546 J2 581 J3 551
Center of My Life (Inwood) BB/MI 501 CP2 414 CP3 439 GP2 593
H 511 J 548 J2 697 J3 665 UC 628 VOZ 678
The Path of Life (Soper) BB/MI 744 CP2 2 CP3 1 GP2 169 H 93
J2 536 J3 15 UC 75 VOZ 136
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Joncas) BB/MI 787 CP2 49
CP3 47 GP2 222 H 132 J 581 J2 59 J3 61 UC 126 VOZ 197
Keep Me Safe, O God (Inwood) BB/MI 745 CP2 3 CP3 3 H 94 J3 17
J 693 J2 821 J3 796 NTY 78 SS1 62 UC 496 VOZ 797
Dwelling Place (Foley) BB/MI 493 CP3 441 GP2 591 H 512 J3 664
This Bread That We Share (MacAller) BB/MI 321 J 599
GP2 525 H 388 J 483 J2 803 J3 791 UC 526 VOZ 807
CHORAL
O Sweet and Sacred Feast (McCabe) OCP 4551
Two Choral Songs of Praise (M. Briare) OCP 20796
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
cf. Psalm 17 (16):15
As for me, in justice I shall behold your face; I shall be filled with
the vision of your glory.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower. All who come to
him will have life forever.
FIRST READINGIsaiah 55:10–11 (103A)
Just as rain and snow come down from heaven and do not return
until the whole earth is watered and fruitful, so shall the word of
the Lord go out to do God’s will and accomplish God’s purpose.
GOSPEL
Matthew 13:1–23 or 13:1–9
Jesus told the parable of the sower. When disciples questioned him
about it, he explained how those who hear the word and understand
it will bear fruit and yield a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMPsalm 65:10, 11, 12–13, 14
The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
cf. Psalm 84 (83):4–5
The sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for her young:
by your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are
they who dwell in your house, for ever singing your praise.
OrJohn 6:57
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in
him, says the Lord.
SECOND READING
Romans 8:18–23
Paul told the Romans that the whole created world eagerly awaits
the revelation of God’s children. The world will be set free and
take part in the wondrous freedom of God’s children.
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7/20/2014 year A
MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
Today’s three parables include the story of the weed and
the wheat, the mustard seed, and the leavened yeast. The
first parable in a nutshell is “It ain’t over till it’s over” (thank
you, Yogi Berra). The second, that of the mustard seed, may
be an image of the Church—starting with a small community and growing to immensity; and the parable of the leaven
shows that even something small and quiet (leaven in the
flour) works silently and strongly just like the word of God
in people when their hearts are open. All of these parables
tell us that God has things under control.
Summertime may allow us more time for relaxing, renewing, and creating. If you think you’ve heard everything
you needed to know about hospitality, read on.
Hospitality. “Folks, it’s not the eighties anymore.”
When I first heard a priest say this to a liturgy committee, I
was offended. But I think there was a lot more truth to that
statement than I realized at the time. It has implications for
our current efforts to evangelize both parishioners and visitors to our liturgies. Much has changed. Things that were
innovative are very often now the norm—such as singing
the liturgy. One thing has not changed, though. In my Vatican II lifetime, there has been continual tension around
how people should behave in the presence of God in church.
Pope Benedict’s reverence for tradition combined with Pope
Francis’ focus on the marginalized offer us a fresh opportunity to strike a balance between the two.
ENTRANCE CHANT
Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens hymn to joy BB/MI 537 CM 129
CP2 375 CP3 397 H 483 J 388 J3 584 UC 683 VOZ 578
CP2 367 CP3 389 GP2 685 H 490 J 366 J2 612 J3 586 UC 676
VOZ 562
CP3 574 GP2 727 H 564 J 466 J2 2 J3 850 R2 179 R3 136 UC 746
VOZ 838
Holy, Holy, Holy nicaea BB 207 CM 78 CP2 299 CP3 306 GP2 414
H 295 J 345 J2 469 J3 448 R2 162 R3 115 TM 23 UC 415 VOZ 505
Lead Us to the Water (Daigle) BB/MI 309
In This Place (Thomson) BB/MI 308 CP3 517 H 371 J3 770 NTY 18
R2 302 R3 295 SS1 122
River of Glory (Schutte) BB/MI 658 CP2 329 CP3 342 GP2 454
H 336 J2 548 J3 517 SS1 135 UC 207 VOZ 291
Alleluia! Give the Glory (Canedo) BB/MI 910 CP2 164 CP3 146
GP2 70 H 22 J 520 J3 245 NTY 3 SS1 5 UC 58 VOZ 113
You Alone (Hart) BB/MI 670 CP3 357 H 246 J3 581 NTY 240 SS2 378
Come, Lord Jesus (Angrisano) BB/MI 524 J3 656 NTY 146 SS1 174
Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) BB/MI 361 CP2 495 CP3 530
GP2 516 H 407 J 545 J2 811 J3 781 UC 518 VOZ 818
The Sacrifice of Praise (Joncas) BB/MI 553 OCP 20615
To Praise You (Schutte) BB/MI 402
Endless Is Your Love (Kendzia) BB/MI 486 J3 722 OCP 20433
In the Land There Is a Hunger (Lynch) BB/MI 602 J 719
’Tis the Gift to Be Simple simple gifts BB/MI 522 J2 772 J3 735
Turn to Me (Foley) BB/MI 667 CM 56 CP2 252 CP3 258 GP2 342
H 244 J 242 J2 377 J3 345 UC 224 VOZ 314
GP2 690 H 496 J 531 J2 605 J3 582 UC 678 VOZ 566
From All That Dwell Below the Skies duke street BB/MI 549
CP2 370 CP3 392 H 502 J 447 UC 682 VOZ 586
O Bless the Lord (Michaels) BB/MI 544 CP2 362 CP3 384 GP2 679
H 505 J 675 J2 623 J3 568 R2 243 UC 695 VOZ 575
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy in babilone BB/MI 490
CP2 445 CP3 477 GP2 639 H 438 J 432 J2 748 J3 712 UC 621
VOZ 690
With One Voice (Manalo) BB/MI 601 J3 814 NTY 38 SS1 147
This Is the Day (Fisher) BB/MI 575 J2 444 J3 421 NTY 58 SS1 82
O Bless the Lord, My Soul st. thomas (williams) BB/MI 540
CP2 364 CP3 386 H 361 J 414 J2 599 J3 576 VOZ 593
Blest Be the Lord (Schutte) BB/MI 432 CM 145 CP2 426 CP3 455
GP2 599 H 529 J 611 J2 708 J3 677 UC 712 VOZ 640
COMMUNION CHANT
Loving and Forgiving (Soper) BB/MI 671 CP2 74 CP3 356 GP2 251
H 364 J2 560 J3 532 UC 218 VOZ 226
With the Lord (Joncas) BB/MI 669 GP2 344 J 769 J2 393 J3 361
VOZ 307
Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) BB/MI 506 CP2 456 CP3 489
GP2 579 H 419 J 660 J2 760 J3 725 UC 543 VOZ 710
I Am the Living Bread (Haas) BB/MI 347 CP2 493 CP3 537 GP2 519
H 406 J 674 J2 822 J3 794 UC 511 VOZ 819
CP3 408 H 477 J2 680 J3 644 R3 273 SS1 56 UC 731 VOZ 650
Remember Your Love (Ducote) BB/MI 668 CP2 337 CP3 358
GP2 474 H 362 J2 561 J3 533 UC 223 VOZ 317
Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Hughes) BB/MI 805
CP3 65 J3 86
The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Modlin) BB/MI 470 J3 85 NTY 56
SS1 77
Amazing Grace new britain BB/MI 431 CM 146 CP2 423 CP3 452
GP2 615 H 519 J 460 J2 713 J3 680 NTY 214 R2 219 R3 221
SS1 104 UC 711 VOZ 639
J3 776 SS2 367 UC 491 VOZ 804
CHORAL
O Taste and See (Doherty) OCP 4592
Two Communion Anthems (C. Walker) OCP 20992
You Are My Companion/Be Still and Know (B. Bridge) OCP 20570
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHONPsalm 54 (53):6, 8
See, I have God for my help. The Lord sustains my soul. I will
sacrifice to you with willing heart, and praise your name, O Lord,
for it is good.
FIRST READINGWisdom 12:13, 16–19 (106A)
Though powerful, the Lord judges with mercy and governs with
care. God teaches people kindness, hope, and repentance.
Lord, you are good and forgiving.
SECOND READING
Romans 8:26–27
Paul reminded the Romans that the Spirit helps God’s people in
their weakness and intercedes for them.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
cf. Matthew 11:25
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom.
GOSPEL
Matthew 13:24–43 or 13:24–30
Jesus told the crowd the parable of the wheat and the weeds, the
parable of the mustard seed, and the parable of the yeast. Through
parables, he encouraged his disciples, assuring them that God’s
saints would shine like the sun in the heavenly reign.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Psalm 111 (110):4–5
The Lord, the gracious, the merciful, has made a memorial of his
wonders; he gives food to those who fear him.
Or
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock, says the Lord. If anyone
hears my voice and opens the door to me, I will enter his house and
dine with him, and he with me.
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7/27/2014 year A
MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
Today we hear three more parables about what the kingdom of heaven is like: the buried treasure, the pearl of great
price, and the fishing net (sometimes called the parable of
the dragnet). Allegories of the mystery of the kingdom of
God permeate the readings. Only the first two parables are
included in the shorter version of today’s Gospel. The verses
of today’s responsorial psalm are excerpted from Psalm 119,
the longest of the psalms with 176 verses. It’s about the law
and obedience to the law. If it sounds familiar, it may be
because various verses are taken from other wisdom psalms.
Psalm 19, a wisdom psalm, listed several times in the Communion suggestions, echoes similar thoughts to Psalm 119
and complements it nicely.
Hospitality cont’d. There’s an extraordinarily fine article on liturgical hospitality entitled “Receiving Guests as
Christ: Inspiration from Two Monasteries” by Arthur Paul
Boers. It is based on the author’s experience at two Benedictine Monasteries: Christ in the Desert in Abiquiu, New
Mexico, and Saint John’s in Collegeville, Minnesota. As
you may know, the Benedictine charism is one of hospitality. “Service after service impresses a visitor with beauty, solemnity, reverence, and holy joy worthy of giving praise to
our awesome God.” He then writes of the attention and deep
respect given to visitors and seekers. You can find the article
online at tinyurl.com/Monastic-Hospitality. I will integrate
some of the thoughts from this article in next week’s column
on page 54 for our readers who might not have access to the
internet (or are on vacation).
ENTRANCE CHANT
Christ in Me Arise (Thomson) BB/MI 516
CP3 404 GP2 704 H 457 J 464 J2 642 J3 609 NTY 139 R2 293
R3 171 UC 636 VOZ 602
J2 800 J3 767 UC 486 VOZ 773
Come, Christians, Join to Sing madrid BB/MI 559 CP2 361 CP3 383
GP2 684 H 498 J 387 J2 608 J3 571 UC 688 VOZ 577
Praise to the Lord lobe den herren BB 194 CM 125 CP2 356
CP3 378 GP2 686 H 487 J 338 J2 597 J3 585 R2 253 R3 164 TM 30
UC 700 VOZ 588
All the Earth (Deiss) BB/MI 420 CP2 369 CP3 391 H 506 J 446
J3 620 VOZ 594
All Are Welcome (Haugen) BB/MI 414 CP2 462 CP3 499 H 431
UC 587
Morning Has Broken bunessan BB/MI 638 CM 172 CP2 527
CP3 572 GP2 728 H 563 J 397 J2 871 J3 851 R2 178 R3 137
SS1 120 UC 745 VOZ 840
Come, Now Is the Time to Worship (Doerksen) BB/MI 555 NTY 81
SS2 383
Holy Wisdom, Lamp of Learning beach spring BB/MI 519 CP3 496
J2 774 J3 741
Seek Ye First (Lafferty) BB/MI 429 CM 148 CP2 422 CP3 451
GP2 608 H 525 J 544 J2 720 J3 685 R2 304 R3 217 SS1 160 UC 721
VOZ 648
Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring werde munter BB/MI 407 CP2 392
CP3 409 H 465 J 377 J2 669 J3 638 UC 604 VOZ 683
Speak, Lord (Uszler) BB/MI 603 J 701
These Alone Are Enough (Schutte) BB/MI 393 J3 655
H 348 J 551 J2 583 J3 554 VOZ 332
Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Manalo) BB/MI 803
CP3 66 H 148 J3 87
The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Modlin) BB/MI 470 J3 85 NTY 56
SS1 77
I Am the Light of the World (Hayakawa) BB/MI 610 GP2 658 H 334
J 602 J2 664 J3 630 SS1 118 UC 726 VOZ 624
The Spirit Sends Us Forth azmon BB/MI 382 H 546 J2 835 J3 817
Lead Me, Lord (Becker) BB/MI 632 CP2 398 CP3 432 GP2 715
H 479 J 655 J2 659 J3 733 NTY 19 R2 284 SS1 107 UC 557
VOZ 619
Anthem (Conry) BB/MI 509 CP2 459 CP3 492 GP2 578 H 415 J 614
J2 761 J3 727 UC 547 VOZ 705
We Are the Light of the World (Greif) BB/MI 609 CM 169 CP2 396
CP3 430 GP2 657 H 516 J 707 J2 660 J3 629 NTY 35 SS1 143
UC 728 VOZ 621
Lead Me, Guide Me (Akers) BB/MI 392 J3 654
Beatitudes (Ducote) BB/MI 634 GP2 717 J2 657
O Bless the Lord, My Soul st. thomas (williams) BB/MI 540
CP2 364 CP3 386 H 361 J 414 J2 599 J3 576 VOZ 593
We Are Sent into the World (Manalo) J3 819
This Is My Song finlandia BB/MI 648 CP2 526 CP3 570 H 571
J2 863 J3 846 UC 760 VOZ 755
COMMUNION CHANT
Be Not Afraid (Dufford) BB/MI 430 CM 143 CP2 424 CP3 453
GP2 602 H 518 J 579 J2 706 J3 673 NTY 213 R2 214 R3 225
SS1 170 UC 713 VOZ 647
Be with Me (Haugen) BB/MI 793 CP2 55 CP3 52 H 138
Blest Are They (Haas) BB/MI 631 CM 167 CP2 397 CP3 431 H 478
R3 140 UC 556
Psalm 63: My Soul Is Thirsting/As Morning Breaks (Angrisano)
BB/MI 781 CP2 40 CP3 42 H 126 J3 52 NTY 120 SS1 68 UC 118
VOZ 188
Lord, You Have the Words (Haas) CP2 7 CP3 6 H 96
CP3 408 H 477 J2 680 J3 644 R3 273 SS1 56 UC 731 VOZ 650
H 444 UC 669
CP3 429 H 515 J3 632 R2 308 R3 202
There Is a Balm in Gilead balm in gilead BB/MI 461 CP2 440
CP3 470 GP2 634 H 447 J 384 J2 723 J3 688 UC 661 VOZ 723
CHORAL
Let Us Love in Deed and Truth (King) OCP 4552
Celtic Peace (Mawby) OCP 20328
Lord, My Faith Renewed (C. Walker) OCP 20989
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
cf. Psalm 68 (67):6–7, 36
God is in his holy place, God who unites those who dwell in his
house; he himself gives might and strength to his people.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
cf. Matthew 11:25
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; for you have
revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom.
FIRST READING
1 Kings 3:5, 7–12 (109A)
God appeared to Solomon in a dream and offered him whatever
he desired. The king requested wisdom to govern Israel well. The
Lord granted the request.
GOSPEL
Matthew 13:44–52 or 13:44–46
Jesus said that the reign of heaven is like a buried treasure and a
fine pearl. Those who find it sell all they have to attain it. God is
like a householder who brings forth good things, new and old.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMPsalm 119:57, 72, 76–77, 127–130
Lord, I love your commands.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Psalm 103 (102):2
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all his benefits.
Or
Matthew 5:7–8
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Blessed are
the clean of heart, for they shall see God.
SECOND READING
Romans 8:28–30
All things work for good for people who love God. The Lord God
knows, predestines, justifies and glorifies people and calls them to
share Christ’s love.
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MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
Two very contrasting meals frame today’s Gospel. One
is a backdrop and one is the focal point. Behind the story of
John the Baptist’s death is a decadent banquet for the rich
where Salomé requests the head of John the Baptist as a gift
from Herod (Matthew 14:1–12). In today’s Gospel, Jesus,
though grief-stricken over the news of John’s death, reaches
out to heal and feed 5,000 poor people at the edge of the sea.
The text of Jesuit Father John Foley’s invitational hymn
“Come to the Water” is based on the first reading from Isaiah.
It fits well with the setting of Jesus feeding the 5,000. This
passionate yet simple classic has been a tool for evangelization, particularly in colleges and universities internationally.
Hospitality cont’d. A few more thoughts from Boer’s
“Receiving Guests as Christ: Inspiration from Two Monasteries.” 1) Visitors are always welcomed at the beginning
of Mass; 2) they are regularly prayed for in the Prayer of
the Faithful; 3) they are wished safe journey at the end of
Mass. (See my column on page 48 regarding the presence of
angels.) Granted, there’s a high volume of visitors to these
monasteries. But isn’t implementing one or all of these in
our parishes worth it, even for the sake of one “lost” person?
Isn’t that what evangelization is all about?
Jesus left the fold to seek the lost. Isn’t it time that we do
the same? How? 1) Preach the Gospel; 2) Use appropriate,
competently led music for worship; 3) Pay attention to the
visitors at liturgy. — Elaine Rendler-McQueeney
ENTRANCE CHANT
Table of Plenty (Schutte) BB/MI 310 CM 99 CP2 475 CP3 518
GP2 530 H 378 J 744 J2 793 J3 761 NTY 75 SS1 163 UC 487
VOZ 786
I Heard the Voice of Jesus kingsfold BB/MI 466 CP2 437 CP3 467
GP2 633 H 439 J 476 J2 729 J3 692 UC 660 VOZ 728
CM 111 CP2 478 CP3 520 H 393 R2 196 R3 304 UC 505
Baptized in Water bunessan BB/MI 653 CP3 347 H 340 J2 542
J3 516
UC 587
J3 777 NTY 68 SS2 362
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling hyfrydol BB/MI 478 CM 136
CP2 443 CP3 475 GP2 640 H 539 J 391 J2 746 J3 709 UC 616
VOZ 696
We Gather Together kremser BB 202 CM 100 CP2 470 CP3 515
GP2 698 H 484 J 344 J2 794 J3 762 TM 36 UC 482 VOZ 787
Lead Us to the Water (Daigle) BB/MI 309
Ven al Banquete/Come to the Feast (B. Hurd) BB/MI 307 CP2 477
CP3 519 H 376 J2 795 J3 763 NTY 80 R2 204 R3 297 SS1 164
UC 478 VOZ 779
Come to the Water (Foley) BB/MI 612 CM 149 CP2 400 CP3 434
GP2 706 H 422 J 622 J2 650 J3 626 UC 652 VOZ 613
Healing Waters (Thomson) BB/MI 696 J3 526 SS2 238
Pescador de Hombres/Lord, You Have Come (Gabaráin) BB/MI 511
CP2 458 CP3 491 GP2 580 H 413 J 595 J2 763 J3 729 NTY 129
R2 272 R3 234 SS1 162 UC 541 VOZ 702
Psalm 42: As the Deer Longs o waly waly, alt. BB/MI 497
CP2 415 CP3 440 H 350 J 407 J2 696 J3 663 VOZ 337
As the Deer Longs (B. Hurd) BB/MI 774 CP2 32 CP3 32 GP2 207
H 119 J 754 J2 42 J3 44 UC 108 VOZ 175
Jesus, the Bread of Life (Brown) BB/MI 364 GP2 527 J2 817
Flow River Flow (B. Hurd) BB/MI 652 CP2 330 CP3 346 GP2 455
H 339 J 541 J2 541 J3 515 SS2 235 UC 209 VOZ 295
God, Whose Glory Reigns Eternal beach spring BB/MI 635 J2 655
J3 737
We Belong to You (Thomson) BB/MI 662 J3 523 NTY 269 UC 588
VOZ 763
CP3 403 GP2 700 H 456 J 339 J2 636 J3 603 R2 297 R3 169 TM 31
UC 637 VOZ 611
Come to the River (B. Hurd) BB/MI 661 CP2 328 CP3 343 H 342
J2 538 J3 242 NTY 241 SS1 1
GP2 444 H 300 J 383 J2 522 J3 500 R2 163 TM 27 UC 550
VOZ 707
To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King ich glaub an gott
J3 468 R2 170 R3 124 UC 426 VOZ 517
River of Glory (Schutte) BB/MI 658 CP2 329 CP3 342 GP2 454
H 336 J2 548 J3 517 SS1 135 UC 207 VOZ 291
J2 761 J3 727 UC 547 VOZ 705
COMMUNION CHANT
Spirit and Grace (Manalo) BB/MI 339 J3 798
H 400 R2 201 UC 525
Behold the Lamb (Willett) BB/MI 337 CP2 481 CP3 523 GP2 524
H 394 J 585 J2 809 J3 785 UC 500 VOZ 799
Bread of Life (Cooney) BB/MI 350 CP3 534 GP2 520 H 401 J3 799
UC 520 VOZ 813
Lord, to Whom Shall We Go (Soper) BB/MI 353
Song of the Body of Christ no ke ano’ ahi ahi BB/MI 324 CM 113
CP2 480 CP3 522 H 402 SS1 131 UC 517
Take and Eat (Joncas) BB/MI 360
Bread of Life (Fisher) BB/MI 370 CP3 545 GP2 522 H 410 J3 805
NTY 225 SS1 150
J 693 J2 821 J3 796 NTY 78 SS1 62 UC 496 VOZ 797
CHORAL
May God Be Merciful to Us (Powell) OCP 4528
Ave Verum Corpus (DeBruyn) OCP 20196
O Come, Let Us Worship (Sturk) OCP 30121271
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHONPsalm 70 (69):2, 6
O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me!
You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Matthew 4:4b
One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes
forth from the mouth of God.
The Lord invites all who are thirsty to “Come to the water!” God
asks the people to take heed, that they may drink wine and milk, eat
well, and delight in the rich fare of the everlasting covenant.
GOSPEL
Matthew 14:13–21
Huge crowds followed Jesus. He felt compassion for them and
healed the sick. He saw that they were hungry and, rather than
send them away empty, he gave them bread and fish in abundance.
The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Wisdom 16:20
You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven, endowed with all
delights and sweetness in every taste.
OrJohn 6:35
I am the bread of life, says the Lord; whoever comes to me will not
hunger and whoever believes in me will not thirst.
SECOND READING
Romans 8:35, 37–39
Nothing, not even death, can separate the faithful from the love of
God in Christ Jesus.
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8/10/2014 year A
MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
Today’s Gospel lesson of Jesus calming the storm is related to the cover of this issue of Today’s Liturgy, which
features the blessing of the fleet. The blessing custom originated in southern European fishing communities centuries
ago but the idea goes back as far as biblical times. Although
various blessings are used in different cities and countries,
most ask for the safety of mariners, a good catch, clean
water, and peace on earth. Saint Peter is the logical patron.
Another water blessing that takes place near the feast of
the Assumption is the “wedding of the sea.” As the story
goes, a fifteenth-century Venetian bishop threw his episcopal ring into the sea from a ship during a storm on the solemnity of the Assumption, and the waters became calm. Today,
part of the ceremony involves throwing a wreath of flowers
and a ring from a boat into the water. Because of the celebration, a Marian procession through the town often takes place.
Speaking of rings, the Polish city of Krakow threw its hat
in the ring to host World Youth Day, and it won! The theme
of the international gathering is the Beatitudes. Youth will
celebrate in their local dioceses in 2014 and 2015 and then
join Pope Francis in 2016 in the homeland of Karol Wojtyla,
now Saint John Paul II, Pope.
The common message of all three readings today: God
is here for us at all times, from a tiny whispering sound to a
mighty storm.
ENTRANCE CHANT
CM 111 CP2 478 CP3 520 H 393 R2 196 R3 304 UC 505
CP2 445 CP3 477 GP2 639 H 438 J 432 J2 748 J3 712 UC 621
VOZ 690
Christ in Me Arise (Thomson) BB/MI 516
Sing to the Mountains (Dufford) BB/MI 545 CM 123 CP2 376 CP3 398
GP2 673 H 494 J 644 J2 601 J3 580 R2 258 R3 150 UC 693 VOZ 570
J2 614 J3 589
CP3 417 GP2 668 H 460 J 467 J2 635 J3 618 R2 236 R3 191
UC 741 VOZ 598
O Bless the Lord (Michaels) BB/MI 544 CP2 362 CP3 384 GP2 679
H 505 J 675 J2 623 J3 568 R2 243 UC 695 VOZ 575
The King of Love My Shepherd Is st. columba BB/MI 473 CP2 438
CP3 468 GP2 632 H 440 J 461 J2 733 J3 690 NTY 33 R2 208
R3 180 UC 662 VOZ 724
Come, Worship the Lord (Talbot) BB/MI 306 CP2 476 GP2 536 J 718
J2 790 SS1 73
The Lord Is My Hope (Ridge) BB/MI 472 GP2 631 J 648 J2 730
Be Still and Know That I Am God (C. Walker) BB/MI 457 J3 694
Save Us, O Lord (Dufford) BB/MI 663 CP2 339 CP3 353 GP2 301
H 202 J 695 J2 555 J3 528 UC 280 VOZ 316
Because the Lord Is My Shepherd (C. Walker) BB/MI 467 CP2 436
CP3 466 GP2 627 H 356 J 716 J2 725 J3 697 NTY 132 UC 667
VOZ 731
All Is Well with My Soul (Landry) BB/MI 469
Psalm 23 (Conry) BB/MI 474 GP2 636 J 560 J2 736
VOZ 307
Grant Us Peace (Canedo) BB/MI 530 NTY 277
CP3 460 GP2 616 H 526 J 367 J2 721 J3 686 NTY 116 SS1 117
UC 715 VOZ 638
J 404 J2 716 J3 683
We Belong to You (Thomson) BB/MI 662 J3 523 NTY 269 UC 588
Rejoice, the Lord Is King darwall’s 148th BB/MI 732 CP3 321
H 308 J 406 J2 478 J3 459 UC 425 VOZ 508
Your Grace Is Enough (Maher) BB/MI 614 J3 624 NTY 112 SS2 403
Out of Darkness (C. Walker) BB/MI 507 GP2 574 J 390 J2 765 J3 724
VOZ 709
I Will Choose Christ (Booth) BB/MI 518 CP3 497 GP2 459 H 464
J2 775 J3 736 NTY 261 SS1 119 UC 208
He Is the Lord (Haas) BB/MI 554 CP2 377 CP3 399 H 500 J 631
J2 606 J3 583 OCP 97729
GP2 690 H 496 J 531 J2 605 J3 582 UC 678 VOZ 566
COMMUNION CHANT
With the Lord There Is Mercy (Modlin) BB/MI 821 CP3 82 J3 108
NTY 60 SS2 280
GP2 525 H 388 J 483 J2 803 J3 791 UC 526 VOZ 807
Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness (Psalm 85) (Soper) BB/MI 788
CP3 48 H 133 J3 64
Bread, Blessed and Broken (Lynch) BB/MI 329 H 403 J 651 VOZ 805
Let Us See Your Kindness (MacAller) BB/MI 789 CP2 51 CP3 49
GP2 225 H 134 J 765 J3 62 UC 129 VOZ 200
Christ, Be Our Light (Farrell) BB/MI 604 CM 168 GP2 656 NTY 8
SS1 105 VOZ 625
Gusten y Vean/Taste and See (Reza) BB/MI 363 J2 39 J3 39 R2 58
UC 102 VOZ 168
A Listening Heart (B. Hurd) BB/MI 503
Taste and See (Moore) BB/MI 331 CM 110 CP2 28 CP3 533 H 396
UC 532
One Love Released (Frenzel/Keil) BB/MI 344 CP3 543 H 382 J2 814
J3 802
CHORAL
May You Be Blessed Forever, Lord (Mawby) OCP 4576
This Body of Christ (Rosania) OCP 30106754
O Loving Lord (Barton) OCP 30106441
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
cf. Psalm 74 (73):20, 19, 22, 23
Look to your covenant, O Lord, and forget not the life of your poor
ones for ever. Arise, O God, and defend your cause, and forget not
the cries of those who seek you.
FIRST READING
1 Kings 19:9a, 11–13a (115A)
Elijah the prophet heard the Lord’s voice not in wind, not in an
earthquake nor in fire, but in a tiny whisper. When he heard the
Lord, Elijah hid his face in his cloak, overcome with awe.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMPsalm 85:9, 10, 11–12, 13–14
Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.
SECOND READING
Romans 9:1–5
Paul wrote that he would willingly accept being separated from
the Christ for the sake of his fellow Israelites, from whom came
the Messiah.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for his word.
GOSPEL
Matthew 14:22–33
Jesus walked on the water. He called to Peter in the boat with the
other disciples. Peter stepped out on the water until his faith faltered and he began to sink. Then Jesus stretched out his hand to
save Peter.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Psalm 147:12, 14
O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord, who gives you your fill of finest
wheat.
Or
cf. John 6:51
The bread that I will give, says the Lord, is my flesh for the life of
the world.
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cf. Psalm 130:5
8/14/2014
MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
Some theologians have referred to the Assumption as
Mary’s Easter! The liturgy, however, may be richer for us
with some explanation.
The Book of Chronicles reads like a ritual book, if you
will. It contains lineages, instructions for the enactment of
Sabbath observances, rituals, and processions such as the one
described in today’s first reading. Read the entire fifteenth
chapter of 1 Chronicles, and you will find a “who’s who” in
the procession of the ark to Jerusalem. There seems to be an
abundance of musicians and instruments (see verses 16–24).
This vigil’s Psalm 132 doesn’t appear often in the Sunday Lectionary. It was used to accompany liturgical processions of the Ark of the Covenant.
The Gospel tells of a woman shouting from the crowd,
“Blessed is the womb....” What is the connection between
1 Chronicles and Luke 11? In the Hebrew Testament, the
Ark of the Covenant is the place where God dwells. In the
Christian Testament, the living God dwelt in the womb of
Mary. The reference to Mary’s womb is reiterated in today’s
Communion antiphon.
Since the Scripture makes reference to temple musicians today, perhaps it is a good day to pray for one another.
Granted, talented artists aren’t typically elected “employee
of the month,” but our ministry is not Christ’s mission if we
do not love one another. Don’t you find it interesting that the
most competent musicians are also the most gracious and
delightful ones? They are not covetous, arrogant, or territorial. Let us give thanks for them. Send us more, Lord!
ENTRANCE CHANT
Bright as the Sun, Fair as the Moon truro BB 205 J2 520 J3 499
TM 21
Hail, Holy Queen salve regina coelitum BB 200 CM 92
CP2 320 CP3 333 GP2 425 H 328 J 494 J2 519 J3 498 TM 38
UC 429 VOZ 548
Sing a New Song (Brown) BB/MI 558 CP2 378 CP3 400 GP2 692
H 503 J3 592 UC 681 VOZ 585
CP2 367 CP3 389 GP2 685 H 490 J 366 J2 612 J3 586 UC 676
VOZ 562
Mary, Woman of the Promise drakes broughton BB/MI 708
CP3 340 H 331 J2 496 J3 477
Immaculate Mary lourdes hymn BB 199 CM 94 CP2 321 CP3 334
GP2 430 H 320 J 493 J2 535 J3 512 NTY 203 R2 173 R3 133
TM 37 UC 446 VOZ 553
Sing of Mary pleading savior BB/MI 709 CM 90 CP2 322
CP3 335 GP2 432 H 326 J 503 J2 490 J3 472 UC 449 VOZ 532
O Sanctissima/O Most Holy One/Mary, Full of Grace (Hagan)
BB/MI 713
My Soul Rejoices (O. Alstott) BB/MI 829 CP2 104 CP3 92 H 170
J 502 J2 503 J3 120 UC 184 VOZ 272 OCP 8557
Mary’s Song (Rieth) BB/MI 711 CP2 324 CP3 337 GP2 436 H 329
J 600 J2 495 J3 480 R2 175 R3 128 UC 433 VOZ 542
There Is Nothing Told (Willcock) BB/MI 706 GP2 431 J2 502 J3 478
Hail Mary: Gentle Woman (Landry) BB/MI 700 CM 91 CP2 319
CP3 332 GP2 426 H 318 J 739 J2 489 J3 481 NTY 202 R2 174
SS2 336 UC 439 VOZ 521
OCP 30100247
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came gabriel’s message
BB/MI 42 GP2 441 J2 513 J3 280
Be Joyful, Mary, Heavenly Queen regina caeli BB 175 CM 93
CP2 285 CP3 291 GP2 398 H 269 J 318 J2 432 J3 409 UC 389
VOZ 477
’Tis the Gift to Be Simple simple gifts BB/MI 522 J2 772 J3 735
Ave Maria (Chant, Mode I) BB/MI 702 CP2 318 CP3 331 H 323 J 509
J2 493 J3 486 UC 437 VOZ 526
H 355 J 546 J2 581 J3 551
Servant Song (McGargill) BB/MI 376 CM 116 CP2 506 CP3 554
GP2 550 H 545 J 597 J2 837 J3 820 UC 565 VOZ 747
H 556 J2 789 J3 759
Magnificat (Farrell) BB/MI 830 CP2 106 CP3 93 H 171 J2 11 J3 11
R3 22 UC 186 VOZ 528
Let Heaven Rejoice (Dufford) BB/MI 569 CP2 286 CP3 292 GP2 392
H 277 J 638 J2 435 J3 412 R2 144 UC 313 VOZ 393
Jerusalem, My Happy Home land of rest BB/MI 621 H 555 J 433
J2 788 J3 758 UC 251 VOZ 333
J3 567 TM 40
Salve, Regina/Hail, Mary, Mother and Queen (Chant, Mode V)
BB/MI 701 CP2 317 CP3 330 H 322 J 508 J2 499 J3 485 UC 436
VOZ 525
COMMUNION CHANT
O Holy Mary (Alstott) BB/MI 714 J 499 J2 494 J3 511 UC 430
On Eagle’s Wings (Joncas) BB/MI 437 CM 144 CP2 418 CP3 447
GP2 598 H 535 J 532 J2 704 J3 671 NTY 27 R2 217 R3 218
SS1 195 UC 702 VOZ 630
H 444 UC 669
The Cry of the Poor (Foley) BB/MI 625 CM 159 CP2 510 CP3 559
GP2 203 H 551 J 635 J2 847 J3 829 NTY 278 R3 248 SS1 63
UC 594 VOZ 836
Mary’s Song new britain BB/MI 848 CP2 316 CP3 329 H 182
J2 501 J3 474 UC 458 VOZ 522
CHORAL
Magnificat (Helvey) OCP 30104102
Ave Maria (Wright) OCP 4629
Ave Maria (Kingsley) OCP 4547
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Glorious things are spoken of you, O Mary, who today were exalted above the choirs of Angels into eternal triumph with Christ.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONLuke 11:28
Blessed are they who hear the word of God and observe it.
FIRST READING
1 Chronicles 15:3–4, 15–16; 16:1–2 (621)
With celebration and music, David brought the ark into the tent
pitched for it. He offered up burnt offerings and blessed the people
in the name of the Lord.
GOSPEL
Luke 11:27–28
From the crowd a woman called to Jesus, “Blessed is the womb
that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” Jesus put her
compliment in perspective by answering, “Blessed are those who
hear the word of God and observe it.”
Lord, go up to the place of your rest, you and the ark of your
holiness.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
cf. Luke 11:27
Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the
eternal Father.
SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 15:54b–57
Death has no hold over the faithful because of the Lord’s victory.
Death lost its sting. Sin lost its power through faith in Christ.
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MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
After the reading from Revelation 11, which may sound
like something from Star Wars, responsorial Psalm 45 sings
about an extraordinary queen. In Preaching the New Lectionary: Year A (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2001), Father Richard Fragomeni and Sister of Saint Agnes Dianne
Bergant say the psalmist first describes the high place of
honor that this queen takes. Then, in verse 11, the queen
is told to forget her family. That is what women did in this
Middle Eastern culture. “The patriarchal custom…to become part of the household of her husband is clearly reflected” (p. 442). The lesson then skips to verse 16, telling us, as
tradition dictated, that the bride and her attendants walked in
procession to her new home—the palace of the groom. (As
my grandmother would say, “She did all right for herself!”)
Much of our Marian piety concerns the young maid and
the birth of Jesus. But what about Mary’s later years? One
aspect of the solemnity we celebrate today concerns the
older Mary who suffered the loss of her spouse, which in
those times was a much greater challenge than it is today in
the US. And she suffered the loss of a child—probably the
worst loss a human can suffer. In the end, Mary lost everything that mattered, really.
When all is said and done, pious words aren’t worth
much to those who grieve. What matters is whether or not
we are there afterwards to show that we love them and that
we help them live out the rest of the journey.
ENTRANCE CHANT
Hail, Holy Queen salve regina coelitum BB 200 CM 92
CP2 320 CP3 333 GP2 425 H 328 J 494 J2 519 J3 498 TM 38
UC 429 VOZ 548
Bright as the Sun, Fair as the Moon truro BB 205 J2 520 J3 499
TM 21
Song of Mary (Schutte) BB/MI 705 CP3 341 H 321 J2 498 J3 482
O Sanctissima/O Most Holy One/Mary, Full of Grace (Hagan)
BB/MI 713
CP2 367 CP3 389 GP2 685 H 490 J 366 J2 612 J3 586 UC 676
VOZ 562
All the Earth (Deiss) BB/MI 420 CP2 369 CP3 391 H 506 J 446
J3 620 VOZ 594
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came gabriel’s message
BB/MI 42 GP2 441 J2 513 J3 280
Immaculate Mary lourdes hymn BB 199 CM 94 CP2 321 CP3 334
GP2 430 H 320 J 493 J2 535 J3 512 NTY 203 R2 173 R3 133
TM 37 UC 446 VOZ 553
Mary, Woman of the Promise drakes broughton BB/MI 708
CP3 340 H 331 J2 496 J3 477
There Is Nothing Told (C. Willcock) BB/MI 706 GP2 431 J2 502
J3 478
Bright as the Sun (C. Willcock) BB/MI 715 OCP 30101058
Mary’s Song (Rieth) BB/MI 711 CP2 324 CP3 337 GP2 436 H 329
J 600 J2 495 J3 480 R2 175 R3 128 UC 433 VOZ 542
Ave Maria (Norbet) BB/MI 712 GP2 429 H 317 J2 504 J3 483
Be Joyful, Mary, Heavenly Queen regina caeli BB 175 CM 93
CP2 285 CP3 291 GP2 398 H 269 J 318 J2 432 J3 409 UC 389
VOZ 477
H 348 J 551 J2 583 J3 554 VOZ 332
Hail Mary: Gentle Woman (Landry) BB/MI 700 CM 91 CP2 319
CP3 332 GP2 426 H 318 J 739 J2 489 J3 481 NTY 202 R2 174
SS2 336 UC 439 VOZ 521
Mary’s Song new britain BB/MI 848 CP2 316 CP3 329 H 182
J2 501 J3 474 UC 458 VOZ 522
Magnificat (Farrell) BB/MI 830 CP2 106 CP3 93 H 171 J2 11 J3 11
R3 22 UC 186 VOZ 528
J2 614 J3 589
GP2 690 H 496 J 531 J2 605 J3 582 UC 678 VOZ 566
Let Heaven Rejoice (Dufford) BB/MI 569 CP2 286 CP3 292 GP2 392
H 277 J 638 J2 435 J3 412 R2 144 UC 313 VOZ 393
Your Grace Is Enough (Maher) BB/MI 614 J3 624 NTY 112 SS2 403
J2 641 J3 608
Beautiful Savior st. elizabeth BB 197 CM 153 CP2 520 CP3 418
GP2 669 H 461 J 341 J2 859 J3 841 R2 263 TM 33 UC 673
VOZ 560
GP2 683 H 486 J 582 J2 595 J3 573 UC 697 VOZ 571
J3 748 TM 35
CM 84 CP2 307 CP3 315 GP2 446 H 307 J 465 J2 528 J3 505
UC 466 VOZ 552
COMMUNION CHANT
My Soul Rejoices (O. Alstott) BB/MI 829 CP2 104 CP3 92 H 170
J 502 J2 503 J3 120 UC 184 VOZ 272 OCP 8557
O Holy Mary (O. Alstott) BB/MI 714 J 499 J2 494 J3 511 UC 430
Holy Is His Name (Talbot) BB/MI 704 CP2 325 CP3 338 GP2 433
H 324 J2 505 J3 487 NTY 201 SS1 95 UC 450 VOZ 535
J 693 J2 821 J3 796 NTY 78 SS1 62 UC 496 VOZ 797
Servant Song (McGargill) BB/MI 376 CM 116 CP2 506 CP3 554
GP2 550 H 545 J 597 J2 837 J3 820 UC 565 VOZ 747
Magnificat (Rubalcava) BB/MI 831 UC 196 VOZ 282
Make Us One with You (Modlin) BB/MI 335 OCP 30105765
Proclaim His Marvelous Deeds (Smith) BB/MI 796 CP2 63 CP3 58
GP2 239 H 141 J3 76 VOZ 212
Saints of God (B. Hurd) BB/MI 730 J3 751 SS2 332
CHORAL
Ave María (Mawby) OCP 4571
Salve Regina (Joncas) OCP 4613
Bright as the Sun (Willcock) OCP 30101058
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8/15/2014
Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
cf. Revelation 12:1
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve
stars.
Or
Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honor
of the Virgin Mary, at whose Assumption the Angels rejoice and
praise the Son of God.
FIRST READING
Revelation 11:19a; 12:1–6a, 10ab (622)
A great sign appeared in the sky: a woman clothed with the sun
and her newborn child. A dragon stood ready to devour the child,
but the child was taken to safety in heaven, and God protected
the woman.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMPsalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16
The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold.
SECOND READING
Christ is risen from the dead, the “firstfruits” of those who have
died. All who belong to Christ also will rise. Christ hands over the
reign to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Mary is taken up to heaven; a chorus of angels exults.
GOSPEL
Luke 1:39–56
Mary went to Zechariah’s house to visit with Elizabeth. The baby
in Elizabeth’s womb “leaped.” Mary gave praise to the Lord for all
God’s marvelous deeds of justice and love.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
Luke 1:48–49
All generations will call me blessed, for he who is mighty has done
great things for me.
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8/17/2014 year A
MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
If you would like a very, very interesting read, get hold of
Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, Making
Church Matter by Michael White and Tom Corcoran, with a
Foreword by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan (Notre Dame, IN:
Ave Maria Press, 2013). Deacons around the country have
been talking about it for a while now. It takes the vision of
Vatican II into the third millennium, which is what the New
Evangelization is all about.
Father White is a Catholic priest and Tom Corcoran is a
lay minister. Both serve at a large Catholic parish in Maryland. Their neighborhood isn’t growing and yet their parish
is. The book has stimulated conversation in all corners of
parish life because it’s about the entire parish culture—not
just liturgy, or education, or fundraising. Love it or not, it
is a true story which might just replenish your energy to
continue the work of ministry and mission. I think it will do
the same for anyone who dreams of a church of disciples,
not just consumers.
And speaking of ministry and mission, the authors make
a distinction between the two. Ministry is service for other
parishioners within the parish, while mission is service to
those “outside” the parish. Although everyone is not a minister, all should be involved in mission. Their focus is not
on the parishioner, but the lost. And we all know that there
are “lost” in our neighborhoods, on our streets, and even in
our families. Jesus is concerned about the lost sheep. See
today’s Gospel.
ENTRANCE CHANT
J2 800 J3 767 UC 486 VOZ 773
UC 587
Our God Is Here (Muglia) BB/MI 305 J3 771 NTY 29 SS2 395 UC 468
Gather Your People (B. Hurd) BB/MI 316 CP2 474 CP3 516 GP2 529
H 379 J 681 J2 798 J3 768 NTY 10 SS1 111 UC 475 VOZ 782
In Christ There Is No East or West mckee BB/MI 580 CP2 515
CP3 564 GP2 565 H 560 J 443 J2 850 J3 831 UC 598 VOZ 761
Come, Christians, Join to Sing madrid BB/MI 559 CP2 361 CP3 383
GP2 684 H 498 J 387 J2 608 J3 571 UC 688 VOZ 577
Join in the Dance (Schutte) BB/MI 573 CP2 288 CP3 294 GP2 393
H 280 J 523 J2 438 J3 410 SS2 321 UC 646 VOZ 669
CP2 445 CP3 477 GP2 639 H 438 J 432 J2 748 J3 712 UC 621
VOZ 690
O Word of God (Manalo) BB/MI 315 J3 645
Come, Worship the Lord (Talbot) BB/MI 306 CP2 476 GP2 536 J 718
J2 790 SS1 73
To Praise You (Schutte) BB/MI 402
Many and Great (Manalo) BB/MI 583 J3 834
Many and One (Angrisano) BB/MI 412
In Perfect Charity (DeBruyn) BB/MI 487 GP2 547 J 442 J2 757 J3 721
Where Charity and Love Prevail (Benoit) BB/MI 488 CP2 268
CP3 273 GP2 644 H 256 J 429 J2 756 J3 720 UC 614 VOZ 694
Love One Another (Dufford) BB/MI 484 GP2 645 J2 752 J3 718
VOZ 685
OCP 30100247
Whatsoever You Do (Jabusch) BB/MI 627 CM 158 CP2 512 CP3 561
GP2 558 H 554 J 613 J2 846 J3 828 R3 249 UC 593 VOZ 833
O God, Let All the Nations (Smith) BB/MI 784 CP2 44 CP3 44
GP2 218 H 129 J2 55 J3 58 UC 122 VOZ 191
We Are Many Parts (Haugen) BB/MI 585 CM 156 CP2 516 CP3 565
H 559 UC 602
VOZ 763
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service holy manna BB/MI 626
J 462
NTY 260 SS1 113
We Are Called (Haas) BB/MI 628 CP2 511 CP3 560 H 552
J2 761 J3 727 UC 547 VOZ 705
Companions on the Journey (Landry) BB/MI 581 CP2 514 CP3 563
GP2 566 H 561 J2 851 J3 835 UC 599 VOZ 762 OCP 94962
Stand by Me (Kendzia) BB/MI 633 H 534 J3 653
Thanks Be to God (Dean) BB/MI 597 J2 638 J3 605
Give Thanks to the Lord (Schutte) BB/MI 592 GP2 699 J 727 J2 643
J3 610
Alleluia! Raise the Gospel (Farrell) BB/MI 629 J3 827 NTY 273
R3 250
COMMUNION CHANT
H 355 J 546 J2 581 J3 551
The Supper of the Lord (Rosania) BB/MI 359 CM 112 CP2 486
CP3 527 GP2 518 H 399 J3 774 UC 530 VOZ 803
With the Lord There Is Mercy (Modlin) BB/MI 821 CP3 82 J3 108
NTY 60 SS2 280
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Joncas) BB/MI 787 CP2 49
CP3 47 GP2 222 H 132 J 581 J2 59 J3 61 UC 126 VOZ 197
One Bread, One Body (Foley) BB/MI 348 CM 114 CP2 490 CP3 536
GP2 499 H 381 J 668 J2 820 J3 793 NTY 72 R2 189 R3 299
SS1 161 UC 521 VOZ 824
Pan de Vida (B. Hurd) BB/MI 345 CP2 482 CP3 525 GP2 500 H 395
J 537 J2 813 J3 784 NTY 74 R2 195 R3 294 UC 501 VOZ 796
VOZ 307
The Cry of the Poor (Foley) BB/MI 625 CM 159 CP2 510 CP3 559
GP2 203 H 551 J 635 J2 847 J3 829 NTY 278 R3 248 SS1 63
UC 594 VOZ 836
J3 776 SS2 367 UC 491 VOZ 804
CHORAL
Prayer of Commitment (Wright) OCP 4615
Two Unison Anthems (C. Walker) OCP 20993
God Be in My Head (Healey) OCP 12734
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8/17/2014 year A
Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Entrance AntiphonPsalm 84 (83):10–11
Turn your eyes, O God, our shield; and look on the face of your
anointed one; one day within your courts is better than a thousand
elsewhere.
FIRST READINGIsaiah 56:1, 6–7 (118A)
The holy mountain, the temple of the Lord, is “a house of prayer
for all people.”
RESPONSORIAL PSALMPsalm 67:2–3, 5, 6, 8
O God, let all the nations praise you!
SECOND READING
Romans 11:13–15, 29–32
God’s love and mercy are gratuitous; we are all recipients of the
benefits of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
cf. Matthew 4:23
Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of the kingdom and cured every disease among the people.
GOSPEL
Matthew 15:21–28
The Canaanite woman displayed an extraordinary confidence that
Jesus would hear and answer her. She possessed an undaunted and
persistent faith in the Messiah of Israel.
Communion AntiphonPsalm 130 (129):7
With the Lord there is mercy; in him is plentiful redemption.
OrJohn 6:51–52
I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord.
Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever.
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8/24/2014 year A
MUSIC SUGGESTIONS
If today’s Gospel sounds familiar, you’re not imagining things. This text from Matthew 16 was proclaimed on
the feast of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29. For some
thought-provoking commentary, see Good Samaritan Sister
Verna Holyhead’s Building on Rock: Welcoming the Word in
Year A (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2007). Emphasizing
that keys are for opening as well as locking, Sister wrote (p.
152): “It will be Peter’s privilege…to be given the ‘keys,’
the authority which will enable him to unlock the riches of
the revelation of Jesus Christ that has been entrusted to the
church. In contrast, the scribes and Pharisees who oppose
Jesus will later be accused by him of locking people out
of the kingdom by their teaching and example (Matthew
23:13).”
In the first reading from Isaiah, the Lord tells Shebna,
master of the palace (the one who has keys), that he will
strip him of his power and give the authority to Eliakim,
who will rule with fatherly concern over his people.
That’s it, folks, for this issue of Today’s Liturgy. Take
some time to relax and read the entire issue of Today’s Liturgy. You will find the articles informative and the featured
columnists of interest to your entire team. If you are holding
a conference, be sure to consider booking Robert Feduccia,
who, in my opinion, is the most exciting speaker I’ve heard
in quite some time. He would be an excellent keynote speaker for music conferences and any group that wants to catch
fire with the New Evangelization. You can contact him at
events@ocp.org.
ENTRANCE CHANT
J 404 J2 716 J3 683
The Church’s One Foundation aurelia BB/MI 418 CM 120 CP2 464
CP3 502 GP2 573 H 436 J 455 J2 779 J3 746 TM 28 UC 590
VOZ 770
All Creatures of Our God and King lasst uns erfreuen
J3 578 R2 245 R3 153 UC 738 VOZ 563
Canticle of the Sun (Haugen) BB/MI 422 CM 152 CP2 386 CP3 412
H 459 R2 242 R3 188 UC 736
CP3 574 GP2 727 H 564 J 466 J2 2 J3 850 R2 179 R3 136 UC 746
VOZ 838
As We Gather at Your Table nettleton BB/MI 314 J2 792 J3 760
CP3 417 GP2 668 H 460 J 467 J2 635 J3 618 R2 236 R3 191
UC 741 VOZ 598
For the Sake of Christ (Canedo) J3 658 SS2 409
This Alone (Manion) BB/MI 399 CP2 405 CP3 420 GP2 621 H 474
J 657 J2 689 J3 652 UC 762 VOZ 657
Come, Follow Me (Berberick) BB/MI 513 OCP 20063
J 354 J2 637 J3 604 UC 632 VOZ 606
Make Us One with You (Modlin) BB/MI 335 OCP 30105765
If God Is for Us (Brown) BB/MI 613 GP2 712 J2 647 J3 621 UC 649
VOZ 614
O Lamp of Glory (Berberick) BB/MI 527 OCP 20925
CP3 408 H 477 J2 680 J3 644 R3 273 SS1 56 UC 731 VOZ 650
Church of God, Elect and Glorious hyfrydol BB/MI 417 CP3 501
H 434 J2 533 J3 508
CM 111 CP2 478 CP3 520 H 393 R2 196 R3 304 UC 505
H 540 J 561 J2 830 J3 813 NTY 9 R2 278 R3 263 SS1 106 UC 572
VOZ 742
One Spirit, One Church (Keil) BB/MI 419 CP2 461 CP3 498 GP2 570
H 435 J 703 J2 778 J3 745 SS1 132 UC 584 VOZ 769
Sing a New Church nettleton BB/MI 413 CP2 463 CP3 500
GP2 572 H 432 J 376 J3 830
For the Fruits of This Creation ar hyd y nos BB/MI 425 CP2 385
CP3 416 H 454 J 418 J2 629 J3 615 R2 238 R3 189 UC 739
VOZ 599
GP2 690 H 496 J 531 J2 605 J3 582 UC 678 VOZ 566
CP3 460 GP2 616 H 526 J 367 J2 721 J3 686 NTY 116 SS1 117
UC 715 VOZ 638
Vayan al Mundo/Go Out to the World (Cortez) BB/MI 375 UC 567
VOZ 751
J2 641 J3 608
COMMUNION CHANT
On the Day I Called (Cooney) BB/MI 822 CP2 92 CP3 84 GP2 279
H 163 J2 109 J3 110 VOZ 255 OCP 10200
H 400 R2 201 UC 525
Sacramentum Caritatis (Joncas) BB/MI 352 J3 803 OCP 20616
Pastures of the Lord (Stephan) BB/MI 475
Pescador de Hombres/Lord, You Have Come (Gabaráin) BB/MI 511
CP2 458 CP3 491 GP2 580 H 413 J 595 J2 763 J3 729 NTY 129
R2 272 R3 234 SS1 162 UC 541 VOZ 702
Amén. El Cuerpo de Cristo (Schiavone) BB/MI 338 J2 824 J3 783
UC 510 VOZ 809
Bread of Life (Cooney) BB/MI 350 CP3 534 GP2 520 H 401 J3 799
UC 520 VOZ 813
To Be Your Bread (Haas) BB/MI 326 CP2 488 CP3 529 GP2 506
H 387 J 605 J2 816 J3 787 UC 528 VOZ 821
This Bread That We Share (MacAller) BB/MI 321 J 599
CHORAL
We Walk by Faith (Phillips) OCP 4611
Anima Christi (Thatcher) OCP 30103363
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Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Homily _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Holy, Holy, Holy ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
cf. Psalm 86 (85):1–3
Turn your ear, O Lord, and answer me; save the servant who trusts
in you, my God. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all
the day long.
The Lord’s servant will receive the key of the House of David.
What the servant does, God confirms.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMPsalm 138:1–2, 2–3, 6, 8
Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.
SECOND READING
Romans 11:33–36
The riches, wisdom, and knowledge of God are too deep for humans to fathom. God’s judgments are inscrutable and unsearchable.
All things come from God, through God, and for God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Matthew 16:18
You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the
gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
GOSPEL
Matthew 16:13–20
At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Upon this rock I
will build my church.” Then he gave to Peter the keys to heaven’s
reign. Finally, Jesus ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he
was the Christ.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
cf. Psalm 104 (103):13–15
The earth is replete with the fruits of your work, O Lord; you bring
forth bread from the earth and wine to cheer the heart.
Or
cf. John 6:54
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, says
the Lord, and I will raise him up on the last day.
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