FIRST SOLEMN MASS OF THANKSGIVING

REVEREND JOSEPH JAMES FAULKNER

CHURCH OF SAINT TERESA

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI

29 MAY, 2005

It is my firm intention, at this Mass, and at all Masses I shall ever

celebrate, to transform the bread and wine into the Sacred Body

and Blood of Jesus Christ; and in the celebration of all the Sacra-

ments, to do exactly what the Holy Catholic Church intends, according

to the rite of the Roman Church. May the sacrifice of Christ, made

present at my unworthy hands, ever redound to the praise and glory

of God the Father, and serve to sanctify His Bride, the Church.

This First Mass of Thanksgiving is being offered for:

• a greater love for Jesus,

• in thanksgiving for the pontificate of John Paul II,

• the deceased members of the Faulkner and Clark families,

• and for the repose of the soul of Hannah Burnison.

PRINCIPAL CELEBRANTRev. Joseph James Faulkner

PRINCIPAL CONCELEBRANTSRev. Timothy Alkire

Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana

Rev. Kevin McGoldrickArchdiocese of Philadelphia

Rev. Peter Mitchellpastor, Assumption Parish, Dwight

Rev. Joseph Nemecpastor, St. Teresa

Priests of the Diocese of Lincoln

HOMILISTRev. Peter Mitchellpastor, Assumption Parish

Dwight, Nebraksa

DEACONSRev. Mr. Nicholas A. Kipper

Diocese of Linocln

Rev. Mr. Pang Joseph Shiu TcheouDiocese of Harrisburg

Rev. Mr. Christopher R. CookeArchdiocese of Philadelphia

Rev. Mr. Ik-Joon ChoiArchdiocese of Philadelphia

LECTORBjorn LundbergDiocese of Arlington

MASTER OF CEREMONIESRafael Rodriguez

SERVERSChristopher Miller, thurifer

Scott Yates Matthew Rolling Michael Ventre, book bearer Michael Zimmer, crucifer

Matthew Rawe Sam Pynes Michael O’Donnell Seth Donahue Ian Werner Tyler Minchow

MUSIC DIRECTORMr. Scott Rieker

ORGANISTMr. Michael Emmerich

CANTORMrs. Sarah Moje

GUITARISTSKaren GokieKim Wilson

BRASS QUARTETBrian Botsford, trumpet

Joe Smith, trumpetTyler Hottovy, trombone

Gary Jungck, tuba

CHOIRRobyn Furasek

Amy GroathouseJudy FultonKaren GokieBecky MachPhil Rosno

Darren FurasekDennis Klimes

Ryan MillerTyler Hale

Jennifer Van DykeEmily NannenMary ZimmerAmy NiewaldBrian HavlatKim WilsonAnnie Leiter

THE ORDER OF MASS

PRELUDES

O Bone Jesu Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina(c.1514-1594)

Christus Vincit Nicola A. Montani(1880-1948)

Surrexit Christus Jacques Berthier(1923-1994)

Translations and explanations are available at the end of this program booklet.

The Mass, or some sort of congregational gathering, has been the center of Chris-tian worship since the Last Supper. While certain things have been adapted to ac-commodate the specific needs of a time or place, the key elements have remained intact since the beginning: the reading of Scripture, the instruction by the priest, and the commemoration of the Paschal Mystery (in other words, the mystery of salvation: the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, most especially those events from the Last Supper through the Resurrection on Easter) through the Eucharist (Holy Communion). The texts of the Ordinary of the Mass (those parts which are said or sung at every Mass) have also remained virtually unchanged – the Gloria being the newest, and added in 400AD. Consequently, there is a long history of devout men and women adding music to the Mass, according to their culture, to add beauty to the rites, to help people concentrate better, and to understand the mysteries more fully. Even though the musical expression, and sometimes the language, may be different at different points in the service, the texts and the Mass itself are the same as they have been from the beginning. *

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD AND LITURGY OF THE EUCAHRIST TOOGETHER FORM “ONE SINGLE ACT OF WORSHIP”; THE EUCHARISTIC TABLE SET FOR US IS THE TABLE BOTH OF THE WORD OF GOD AND OF THE BODY OF THE LORD. -- CATECHSIM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

PROCESSIONAL HYMN At the Lamb’s High Feast Rieker, arr.

TEXT: Ad regias agni dapes; Latin, 4th C.; Tr. by Robert Campbell, 1814-1868, alt.TUNE: SALZBURG, 77 77 D; Jakob Hintze, 1622-1702; Harm. by J.S. Bach, 1685-1750; Arr. Scott Rieker. Copyright © 2005

KYRIE Kyrie I Jacques Berthier

Copyright © 1978, 1980 and 1981, Les Presses de Taizé (France). All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.Scott Rieker, arr.

GLORIA Papal Mass Charles Callahan

Copyright © 1999, Birnamwood Publications. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

The readings in the Catholic Church are assigned throughout the calendar year in a three-year cycle, so that in the course of three years, the gospels in their entirety, most of the New Testament, and a good portion of the Old Testament, are read at Mass. Since, as Christians believe, God entered time, time is now holy, and the different seasons of the year celebrate the mystery of salvation, from the birth to the death and resurrection of Jesus, and other events which bear directly on that. During the Seasons of Christmas and Easter, and the preparatory seasons of Advent and Lent, humankind s̓ need for salvation and God s̓ direct intervention to supply this need are the focus of the liturgy. In between these times, Ordinary Time (“ordinary” in the sense of “ordinal” or an “ordered” counting of the weeks between the major liturgical seasons) focuses on the broader scope of salvation and man s̓ response thereto.

The first reading is from the Old Testament, and shows a prefiguring of the mys-tery, which is revealed in the New Testament. The sung Responsorial Psalm an-tiphon is repeated after every strophe of the Psalm, and allows a meditation to connect the themes in the Old Testament with the New. The second reading is from the New Testament, often from the writings of St. Paul, and shows the application for the theme of the day in the listener s̓ daily life. The gospel is the high point of the Liturgy of the Word, since it is the recounting of the actual words and deeds of Jesus. Out of respect, the people stand, and to show its solemn nature; it begins with the alleluia and a preparatory dialogue. On particularly special feast days, a Sequence highlighting the celebration of the day precedes the gospel as well.*

FIRST READING Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a He gave you a food unknown to you and your fathers.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 147

SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 10:16-17The bread is one, and we, though many, are one body.

TEXT: Lauda Sion (Praise, O Zion), Gregorian chant; Tr. Scott Rieker. (b. 1976); Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission

TUNE: Johan de Meij (b. 1953); First Symphony for Wind Band; Scott Rieker, arr.;Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission

SEQUENCE Lauda SionJohan de Meij & Scott Rieker

Praise the Lord, Je - ru - sa - lem!

GOSPEL John 6:51-58My flesh is true food, and my blood is true dink.

HOMILY Father Peter Mitchellpastor, Assumption Parish

Dwight, Nebraska

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Festival Alleluia James Chepponis

Copyright © 1999 MorningStar Music Publishers of St. Louis. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

[CHRIST], OUR LORD AND GOD, WAS ONCE AND FOR ALL TO OFFER HIMSELF TO GOD THE FATHER BY HIS DEATH ON THE ALTAR OF THE CROSS, TO ACCOMPLISH THERE AN EVERLASTING REDEMPTION. BUT BECAUSE HIS PRIESTHOOD WAS NOT TO END WITH HIS DEATH, AT THE LAST SUPPER, [HE WANTED] TO LEAVE TO HIS BELOVED SPOUSE THE CHURCH A VISIBLE SACRIFICE BY WHICH THE BLOODY SACRIFICE WHICH HE WAS TO ACCOMPLISH ONCE FOR ALL ON THE CROSS WOULD BE RE-PRESENTED, ITS MEMORY PERPETUATED UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, AND ITS SALUTARY POWER BE APPLIED TO THE FORGIVENESS OF THE SINS WE DAILY COMMIT. -- COUNCIL OF TRENT (1562)

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

SANCTUS Heritage Mass Owen Alstott

Copyright © 1978, Owen Alstott. Published by Oregon Catholic Press. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

OFFERTORY HYMN O Sacrum Convivium Tomás de Vittoria (c. 1548-1611)

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Heritage Mass Owen Alstott

Copyright © 1988, Owen Alstott. Published by Oregon Catholic Press. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

Copyright © 1978, Owen Alstott. Published by Oregon Catholic Press. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

GREAT AMEN Heritage Mass Owen Alstott

Copyright © 1988, Owen Alstott. Published by Oregon Catholic Press. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

AGNUS DEI Heritage Mass Owen Alstott

GUIDELINES FOR RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION

For Catholics:Catholics fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when they receive Holy Communion in fulfillment of Christ’s command to eat His Body and drink His Blood. In order to be properly disposed to receive Communion, communicants should not be conscious of grave sin, have fasted for an hour and seek to live in charity and love with their neighbors. Persons conscious of grave sin must first be reconciled with God and the Church through the sacrament of Penance. A frequent reception of the sacrament of Penance is encouraged for all.

For Other Christians:We welcome to this celebration of the Eucharist those Christians who are not fully united with us. It is a consequence of the sad divi-sions in Christianity that we cannot extend to them a general invita-tion to receive Communion. Catholics believe that the Eucharist is an action of the celebrating community signifying a oneness in faith, life and worship of the community. Reception of the Eucharist by Christians not fully united with us would imply a oneness which does not yet exist, and for which we must all pray.

For Those Not Receiving Holy Communion:Those not receiving sacramental Communion are encouraged to express in their hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord Jesus and with one another.

For Non-Christians:We also welcome to this celebration those who do not share our faith in Jesus. While we cannot extend to them an invitation to receive Communion, we do invite them to be united with us in prayer.

THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR EUCHARISTIC WORSHIP. JESUS AWAITS US IN THIS SACRAMENT OF LOVE. LET US NOT REFUSE THE TIME TO GO TO MEET HIM IN ADORA-TION, IN CONTEMPLATION FULL OF FAIUTH, AND OPEN TO MAKING AMENDS FOR THE SEROIUS OFFENSES AND CRIMES OF THE WORLD. LET OUR ADORATION NEVER CEASE. -- POPE JOHN PAUL II (DOMINICAE CENEA)

COMMUNION HYMNS This Is Jesus Jim Cowan; Rieker, arr.

TEXT: Jim Cowan (b. 1952); Copyright © 1987. All Rights Reserved. Used with PermissionTUNE: Jim Cowan (b. 1952); Copyright © 1987. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

Choral Arrangement: Scott Rieker (b. 1976); Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

TEXT: 1 Cor. 13:2-8, Where charity and love are found, Gos is there. Taizé Community, 1978TUNE: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994); Copyright © 1979, Les Presses de Taizé

POST-COMMUNION MEDITATION Tantum Ergo Author Unknown

MARIAN CONSECRATION Ave Verum Corpus Plainchant

Ubi Caritas Jacques Berthier

RECESSIONAL HYMN Father, We Thank Thee Rieker, arr.

TEXT: vs. 1, 3: From the Didache, c. 110AD; Tr. by F. Bland Tucker, 1895-1984, alt., Copyright © 1940, The Church Pension Fundvs. 2, 4; Scott Rieker (b. 1976); Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

TUNE: RENDEZ A DIEU 9 8 9 8 D; Genevan Psalter, 1551; Attr. Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-1561Arragnement: Scott Rieker (b. 1976); Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

Verse 4. (Choir only)To Christ, who lives in heaven, reigning

Risen from death to save mankind. Amen!And to the Father all sustaining

The goal our souls shall seek and find. Alleluia!With Godʼs own Spirit of creation

The breath of life and fire of love; Alleluia, Alleluia!Be glory, praise and adoration

Thus to the Trinity above.

POSTLUDES

Laudate Dominum Jacques Berthier (1923-1994)

Panis Angelicus Giuseppe Baini (1775-1844) Greith, arr.

Song of the Cross Susan HooKong-Taylor & Ana Da Costa World Youth Day 2002

Please observe a prayerful silence during the Postludes.

HAVING PASSED FROM THIS WORLD TO THE FATHER, CHRIST GIVES US IN THE EUCHARIST THE PLEDGE OF GLORY WITH HIM. PARTICIPATION IN THE HOLY SACRIFICE IDENTIFIES US WITH HIS HEART, SUSTAINS OUR STRENGTH ALONG THE PILGRIMAGE OF THIS LIFE, MAKES US LONG FOR ETERNAL LIFE, AND UNITES US EVEN NOW TO THE CHURCH IN HEAVEN, THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, AND ALL THE SAINTS. CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

I wish to thank everyone, those who were able to attend this Mass of thanksgiving and those who could not, who have helped me by their prayers, example, and encouragement to respond to God’s

call to the priesthood.

In particular, I want to thank my mother, father, and sister, as well as my extended family members, living and deceased, who have loved, supported, and inspired me these twenty-six years. I love you all. Truly, the family is the seedbed of vocations.

Thank you to all who have assisted in making this Mass a beauti-ful sacrifice of praise to God—especially the priests, servers, and choir—and to those who have helped with all the physical prepara-tions for this day. A special word of thanks to Mr. Scott Rieker who directed the choir and assembled this program booklet.

To all, thank you for your love and support. I know I would not be a priest today, and maybe not even a Christian, without your prayers. Be assured of my prayers for you at the altar of God.Sincerely in Christ and in His Blessed Mother,

A WORD OF THANKS

THE PLENARY INDULGENCE

Any Catholic in the state of grace can receive a plenary indulgence by devoutly participating in the first solemn Mass of thanksgiving of a newly ordained priest. It may be attained by fulfilling usual conditions, namely:

1. receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation - preferably on the day of - within one week before or after the event;2. performing the act itself by participating in the First Mass; and 3. receiving Holy Communion - preferably on the day of - within one week before or after the event.

A plenary indulgence provides for the full remission of temporal punishment due to sins which have already been forgiven.

ABOUT THE MUSICO BONE JESU

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina may easily be considered the greatest composer of liturgical music of all time. His copious composition of Masses and sacred motets set him apart, but his profound spiritual connection to the liturgy - through the influence of such persons as St. Charles Borromeo and St. Philip Neri - is what makes him truly remarkable. His Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass) was the gold standard of Catholic music for at least four centuries after its composition in 1565, and his motets and other music are still performed regularly as foundations and masterpieces of the Western musical tradition. O Bone Jesu is one such motet.

Translation:

O good Jesus!have mercy on us, because you created usand you redeemed usthrough your most precious blood.

CHRISTUS VINCIT

The acclamation “Christus Vincit” (Christ Conquers!) has accompa-nied solemn liturgical celebrations since the very earliest days of the Church. This setting was composed and arranged by Nicola A. Mon-tani, and American composer, in 1939 for the election and coronation of Pope Pius XII. Montani was an internationally famous author-ity on Catholic liturgical music, the onetime editor of the Catholic Choirmaster, founder of the Society of St. Gregory, instructor at Seton College in New Jersey and other institutions. For his contribution to the Catholic Church, he was knighted by the Pope.

Translation:

Christ Conquers! Christ Reigns! Christ Commands!To Benedict, our Supreme Pontiff and universal father,

peace, long life and health forever.To Fabian, our most reverend bishop, peace...

(translation continues...)

To Joseph, reverend priest, and all the clergy with him, peace...

May a time of goodness come,May the Peace of Christ come!May the Reign of Christ come!

SURREXIT CHRISTUS

Many of the works of music included in this Mass grew out of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in rural France. Taizé was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger, to promote good works for the needy, and inter-denominational prayer through music. Jacques Berthier was the composer Brother Roger entrusted with the task of creating these unique, harmonic congregational meditations. In addition to composing for Taizé, Berthier was an influential composer in his own right.

Translation:

Christ is Risen, Alleluia! Sing to the Lord, Alleluia!

O SACRUM CONVIVIUM

While Palestrina was creating the pinnacle of polyphonic liturgical music in Rome, Tomás de Vittoria, was pushing the envelope in terms of style and harmony in the courts and churches of Spain. His music is less “perfect” than Palestrina’s, incorporating more chromatic al-terations and rhythmic irregularities. For this work, he drew on the text by St. Thomas Aquinas for the Second Vespers Antiphon for the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Translation:

O sacred banquet, in which Christ is received, and we recall the memory of his passion. Our minds are filled with grace and a foretaste of the future glory [of heaven] is given to us. Alleluia.

UBI CARITAS

Another work from Jacques Berthier and the Taizé Community, this is an adaptation of the famous chant of the same name.

Translation:

Where there is charity and love, there also is God.

TANTUM ERGO

The text of this motet is St. Thomas Aquinas’ Pange Lingua Gloriosi hymn from the Holy Thursday Liturgy. The composer of this musical setting is unknown, and this fact has caused confused attribution to appear in numerous settings.

Translation:

Therefore, we bend low in homage before this Greatest of Sacraments, and the old forms of instruction give way to this new ritual while faith supplies what failing sense lack. To the Father and to the Son, give praise and jubilation. Likewise, let health, honor, power and blessing proceed from both, who are equally to be praised. Amen.

AVE VERUM CORPUS

This chant is the famous Eucharistic text of Pope Innocent V (c1226-1276). It quickly became a favorite text for such composers as William Byrd and Palestrina, as well as others, with the rebirth of Eucharistic theology during and after the Protestant Reformation and the Council of Trent.

Translation:

Hail the true body, which was born of the Virgin Mary;[which] truly suffered and was sacrificed (immolated) upon the cross for mankind:out of whose pierced side flowed water and blood:Be for us the foretaste [of heaven] during the test of death.O sweet, O loving, O Jesus, Son of Mary, have mercy on me. Amen.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

All of the music reprinted in this program is either in the public domain, or it is copyrighted as noted and reprinted with the permission of the copyright holder.

*Catechetical content in this program is adapted from What In God’s Name Is Going On Here? (A Guide to Avoiding Mass Confusion), by Scott Rieker, Copy-

right © 2003. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved.

LAUDATE DOMINUM

This work from Taizé and Berthier comprises the whole of Psalm 117 in Latin, with meditative verses in English.

Translation:

Praise the Lord, all you nations, Alleluia. Acclaim Him, all you peoples, Alleluia.

PANIS ANGELICUS

St. Thomas Aquinas composed this text as the Hymn for Matins on the Feast of Corpus Christi. Baini, an influential Roman composer of the 19th Century, who strove to emulate the style of Palestrina, composed this work as a tribute to Palestrina.

Translation:

The bread of angels has been made bread for mankind. He gives the bread from heaven, which ends all symbols. What a miraculous thing! We are eating our Lord: Poor, a servant; and humble.

“Present in the Eucharist as the Risen Lord, [Christ] nonetheless bears the marks of his passion, of which every Mass is a ʻmemorial, ̓as the Liturgy reminds us in the acclamation following the consecra-tion: ʻWe announce your death, Lord, we proclaim your resurrec-tion... ̓”

“Faith demands that we approach the Eucharist fully aware that we are approaching Christ himself.”

“We are constantly tempted to reduce the Eucharist to our own di-mensions, while in reality it is we who must open ourselves up to the dimensions of the Mystery.”

“Dear priests, who repeat the words of consecration each day, and are witnesses and heralds of the great miracle of love which takes place at your hands: be challenged by the grace of this special Year; celebrate Holy Mass each day with the same joy and fervour with which you celebrated your first Mass, and willingly spend time in prayer before the tabernacle.”

“May all of you, the Christian faithful, rediscover the gift of the Eucharist as light and strength for your daily lives in the world, in the exercise of your respective professions amid so many different situations. Rediscover this above all in order to experience fully the beauty and the mission of the family.”

-- Pope John Paul II Mane nobiscum Dominum

October 7, 2004

MEDITATIONS ON THE EUCHARIST