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From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Ask the Liturgist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Ora et Labora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Bulletin Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Full, Conscious, and Active Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

The Joy of the Gospel: A Guide for Musical Missionary Disciples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Mary Jo Quinn, SCL

From Death into Life: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Rory Cooney

Faith Injured and Renewed: A Reflection on 9/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Grayson Warren Brown

Singing and Celebrating God’s Word: Scripture Commentaries for Year C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Glenn CJ Byer

A Time to Be Silent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Janèt Sullivan Whitaker

Cantate: Choral Music for the Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Angela Westhoff-Johnson

Cantor Avenue: Weekly Reflections for Cantors on the Responsorial Psalm and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28James Hansen and Melanie Coddington

Seasonal Ritual Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Paul Covino

Featured Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34“Tell the Good News” by Delores Dufner, OSB

“This Day God Gives Me” by James Quinn, SJ

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36 | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

38 | 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

40 | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time







54 | 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

56 | All Saints

58 | 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

60 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

62 | Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

64 | Thanksgiving Day

66 | Abbreviations used in music suggestions

TODAY’S LITURGY Ordinary Time 2 2016

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From the Editor

Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

Dear friends,

Pope Francis has called us in this Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy to a journey of spiritual conversion where pilgrims will seek out God so they can experience his love and mercy in their daily lives. Ordinary Time II marks the last leg of our journey with the liturgical readings for 2016. When we reach the last Sunday this liturgical year, we will have completed preparations for all three cycles of readings—Years ABC—of the Lectionary! Pause and rejoice in this accomplishment! There are few besides musicians who can appreciate the amount of time and work involved in the completion of this labor of love for our communities.

On November 20, 2016, the solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, the Jubilee Year of Mercy will come to an end. And don’t forget that donkey and elephant holding up the rear of our pilgrimage: It’s also an election year in the United States. In a speech to the national conference of the Italian church, Pope Francis said that “we are not so much living an era of change, but the change of an era” (tinyurl.com/hz3avpd). Pray!

The seasons of Ordinary Time, as you well know, are more difficult to prepare and co-ordinate than the more intense seasons of Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter because the liturgies are painted in very broad strokes. Consider using a narrower brush for your own preparation. Focus on mercy, comfort, justice, compassion, love, and discipleship in your musical choices. We minister to a fearful, struggling people in need of the mercy and compassion of Jesus. Are we the face of Jesus?

For nourishment as well as levity on your jubilee journey, enjoy this issue of Today’s Liturgy with a review of the Spiritual Works of Mercy!

Counsel the doubtful: Thinking about getting rid of your old OCP accompaniment books? Don’t do it until you read page 9.

Instruct the uninformed: Sister Mary Jo Quinn gives us insight into Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Joy of the Gospel. Required reading! See page 10.

Admonish sinners: Read Glenn Byer’s thoughts on atonement and restoration in his essay on the seasonal readings beginning on page 20.

Comfort the afflicted: Offer comfort in words taken from the Order of Christian Fu-nerals (see page 6) and learn more about funerals for catechumens and baptized non-Catholics.

Forgive offenses: Read Grayson Warren Brown’s vivid memories of 9-11 taken from his recent book, The Transformative Power of Faith. See page 14.

Bear wrongs patiently: For many musicians, this is a lifestyle! Have mercy.

Pray for the living and the dead: Rory Cooney reinforces our beautiful, ancient tradi-tion! See pages 12.

Last but not least, the annual survey is online. Please, please, take time to complete it. Do not check a song/hymn simply because you know it. Check it if you are currently using it!

How has the year of mercy changed you? Do something outrageously forgiving!

To all those I have offended, I ask forgiveness.

Dr. ElaineRendler-McQueeney

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Ask the Liturgist

Bereavement and Funerals“If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him” (Romans 6:8).

Because of our belief not only in the immortality of the soul, but also in the resurrection of the body, the Church professes hope in the face of death…. The Church pro-vides a number of prayers for the faithful (tinyurl.com/prayersdeath-dying). Through private prayer and public funeral rites (tinyurl.com/rites-funeral), we strengthen our faith and hope, comfort those who mourn, and bury the bodily remains of the deceased with care befitting what was the Temple of the Holy Spirit.

The following excerpts are taken from the General Intro-duction of the Order of Christian Funerals:

4. At the death of a Christian…the Church intercedes on behalf of the deceased because of its confident belief that death is not the end nor does it break the bonds forged in life. The Church also ministers to the sorrow-ing and consoles them in the funeral rites….

5. Christians celebrate the funeral rites to offer worship, praise, and thanksgiving to God for the gift of a life which has now been returned to God…. The Mass…is the principal celebration of the Christian funeral.

6. The Church through its funeral rites commends the dead to God’s merciful love and pleads for the forgive-ness of their sins. At the funeral rites…the Christian community affirms and expresses the union of the Church on earth with the Church in heaven…. Though separated from the living, the dead are still at one with the community of believers on earth and benefit from their prayers and intercession. At the rite of final com-mendation and farewell, the community acknowledges the reality of separation and commends the deceased to God. In this way it recognizes the spiritual bond that still exists between the living and the dead and pro-claims its belief that all the faithful will be raised up and reunited in the new heavens and a new earth, where death will be no more.

Canon 1176 from the Code of Canon Law states, “De-ceased members of the Christian faithful must be given ecclesiastical funerals according to the norm of law.” Oth-ers who are eligible for an ecclesiastical funeral include:

• Catechumens

• Children whom the parents intended to baptize but who died before baptism

• “Baptized persons who are enrolled in a non-Catholic Church or ecclesial community unless their intention is evidently to the contrary and provided that their own minister is not available” (Canon 1183.3)

Cremation“The Church earnestly recommends that the pious custom of burying the bodies of the deceased be observed; nevertheless, the Church does not prohibit cremation unless it was chosen for reasons contrary to Christian doctrine” (Canon 1176.3).

Cremation has become part of Catholic practice in the United States and the around the world. The Church’s reverence and care for the body grows out of a reverence and concern for the person whom the Church now com-mends to the care of God. This is the body once washed in baptism, anointed with the oil of salvation, and fed with the bread of life. … The human body is so inextricably as-sociated with the human person that it is hard to think of a human person apart from his or her body.

In April 1997, the Holy See granted an indult for the Unit-ed States to allow the diocesan bishop to permit the pres-ence of the cremated remains of a body at a Funeral Mass. Later that year, they confirmed the special texts and ritual directives, which were then published as an appendix to the Order of Christian Funerals.

However, the Order of Christian Funerals’ Appendix on Cremation states: “Although cremation is now permitted by the Church, it does not enjoy the same value as burial of the body. The Church clearly prefers and urges that the body of the deceased be present for the funeral rites…” (413).

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Ora et Labora Hannah C. Davis

Pastoral music has played an important role throughout my entire life. From before I can remember, my mother, who has been a pastoral musician for almost twenty-five years, was bringing me along to everything that involved music within our church. I sang for countless children’s and youth choirs, began cantoring at the age of ten, and in-volved myself in all things musical at my parishes growing up. As high school was passing quickly, I began to pray and consider music as a career and calling in my life and finally realized that this was the path God was choosing for me.

After I received my associate of arts, with an emphasis in music from Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagi-ac, Michigan, in 2014, I began to look for a school where I could continue my studies in music, yet in a way that was applicable to pastoral music. I found a small Catho-lic college, Aquinas College, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here I am currently pursuing my bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in performance and a minor in liturgical mu-sic. At Aquinas College, I was introduced to the National

Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) by many won-derful musicians. It was my voice instructor who encour-aged me to audition and apply for scholarships through NPM.

I was thrilled when I received a letter from NPM in the spring of 2015 informing me that I’d been chosen to re-ceive the OCP scholarship for my 2015–16 academic year. With the help and financial assistance of NPM and Oregon Catholic Press, I am able to continue my education at a phenomenal Catholic college that nurtures my passion and love for music within worship and the Catholic liturgy.

My sincere thanks and prayers go out to NPM and OCP for this amazing honor and blessing!

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Congratulations, Hannah!OCP is proud to introduce one of the recipients of the 2015 pastoral musician scholarships. Administered by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM), these annual awards support musicians who are completing graduate and undergraduate studies. The OCP Scholarship, in the amount of $2,500, was awarded to Hannah Davis.


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BULLETINNotes

This is a series of notes for liturgical catechesis in weekly bulletins or inserts. Additional notes are available on liturgy.com. Churches that OCP serves have permission to reproduce these notes. Copyright lines must appear as printed.

Christian Death Both pagans and Christians have kept memorials of dead relatives and friends. In the early Church the custom was to celebrate a remembrance of the deceased person three days following the burial and on the one-year anniversary of the person’s death. The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed highlights the paschal nature of Christian death. By being plunged into the waters of baptism we die with Christ, and we believe we will also rise with Christ. Alleluia!

Text, Michael R. Prendergast © 2003, OCP. All rights reserved.Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All

Souls). Illustration © 2003, M. Erspamer, OSB.

Baptismal CrossOnesimus, a slave’s name, means “useful.” We are each called by God to be useful to the divine plan. The baptized Onesimus is equal to any one of us. Because of Jesus, we are all brothers and sisters in God’s family. We are not the same; each of us is unique and has different gifts of the Spirit, but we all serve “in our place” the wisdom of God’s intentions. Our baptismal cross is the key to a true disciple of the one Master, Jesus. He says, “Follow me!” Do you take up your cross?

Text, Philip J. Sandstrom © 2001, OCP. All rights reserved.Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. Il-

lustration © 2001, M. Erspamer, OSB.

Look UpZacchaeus the little man climbs a tree to look down on Jesus. As a tax collector, he looked down on many people, but Jesus looks up at him and invites himself to a meal. In our service, Jesus looks at us, too, and invites us to his meal and sacrifice, the Holy Eucharist. Coming to seek out and save what was lost, Jesus calls on each of us to fulfill our desire for goodness and to complete what we are doing through faith. Like Zacchaeus, we must welcome him joyfully. Can we face Jesus who looks up at us?

Text, Philip J. Sandstrom © 2001, OCP. All rights reserved.Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. Il-

lustration © 2001, M. Erspamer, OSB.

Honoring the SaintsThis solemnity in honor of all the saints is just that: a celebration of all of us, the baptized, living, dead, and yet to come. The readings make clear that this feast is as much about earthly Christians as it is about heavenly ones. “We are God’s children now,” says 1 John, and Jesus makes clear what it means to be “blessed” in the beatitudes (Gospel and Communion antiphon). Our place among the saints is something we experience now as much as in eternity.

Text, Bryan Cones © 2003, OCP. All rights reserved.

All Saints, Year ABC. Illustra-tion © 2009, M. Erspamer, OSB.

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The 2016 Music Survey is here! Mailed out in this, the fall issue of Today’s Liturgy, every year, the annual Music Survey is a very important tool in helping to determine the music in our missal programs. First, we’d like to thank you for filling out the survey year after year! More than 1,000 of you completed it last year. Please know that we spend countless hours working on the surveys, tabulating your responses, reading your com-ments, and responding to specific questions.

Once again the survey is available online at ocp.org/mu-sicsurvey and is divided up so you can fill sections out as time allows. The deadline is September 1, 2016. We hope you take the time to fill out this year’s survey. We value your input.

What’s new with missal accompaniments?

Hold on to your old accompaniment books

This fall, subscribers to Breaking Bread, Music Issue and Today’s Mis-sal will receive revised accompaniment books

(keyboard, guitar, and solo in-strument) for the 2017 liturgi-

cal year. But don’t throw away your old accompaniment books quite yet!

Your 2016 accompaniments include the 2013 revised ac-companiments and the 2014, 2015, and 2016 supplements. Every year songs are added and removed from our wor-ship program, so tossing your current accompaniment books could result in the loss of more than 125 songs. Some favorites that you still use, via custom worship aids, may be among them.

Keeping your old accompaniments means you’ll have those settings for any songs still in your repertoire that were removed in the past four years. And while the ac-companiment parts are available as single-purchase down-loads, it is much easier and less expensive to use your old

books. Unlike OCP’s missals, which have expiration dates, the accompaniment books are merchandise that you own and do not expire. You are free to use them indefinitely.

Heritage Missal subscribers will receive supplements this year for their guitar and keyboard accompaniment books.

Now is a good time to review the needs of your minis-try. Do you have enough accompaniment books for your musicians? Has your choir grown? Do you have enough copies of Respond & Acclaim, Hear Our Prayer, and other missal support materials? Order now at 1-800-LIT-URGY (548-8749) to have everything in place by the First Sunday of Advent.

Jaime Cortez— Pastoral Musician of the Year!Congratulations to Jaime Cortez! At the annual National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) con-vention this July in Houston he will be named Pastoral Musician of the Year. It’s a well-earned honor. Jaime has been a parish music director and

musician for many years, currently serving at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Mesa, Arizona. A gifted liturgical composer, Jaime has many collections to his credit, includ-ing Transformation, released in 2015 (ocp.org/30130910) as well as Adviento, Sacramentos, and Rain Down. Watch for a song from Transformation in the 2017 edition of Breaking Bread. Many of his most popular compositions, including “Rain Down,” and “Somos el Cuerpo de Cris-to/We Are the Body of Christ,” are now part of the core repertoire in today’s churches, appearing in hymnals and missals from a variety of publishers. Those who attended the NPM convention in 2015 in Grand Rapids will never forget the concert Jaime’s family gave on Monday night. Jaime, his wife, and three sons put on quite a show, singing and playing through classic church songs as well as favor-ite pop songs from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. For more infor-mation on Jaime, please visit ocp.org/artists/1451.


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Sister of Charity of Leavenworth

Mary Jo Quinn has thirty

years of pastoral experience

as a teacher, campus minister,

and parish director of music

and liturgy. Currently she is

pastoral assistant and director

of music and liturgy at Blessed

Trinity Catholic Community

in Missoula, Montana.

Mary Jo Quinn, SCL Since the release of The Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis’ first apostolic exhortation, I have heard more discussion of the phrase “missionary disciple” than any other.

From beginning to end, this concept infuses the spirit of the document. Setting out with an overview of the entire Church as a missionary community, Pope Francis particularizes how each part of the Church is responsible for that missionary ap-proach. At 119 we find our call to evangelization: “In all the baptized, from first to last, the sanctifying power of the Spirit is at work, impelling us to evangelization.”

In many parishes, especially larger ones, individual staff members have a respon-sibility for each area of parish life. So, the parish musician/liturgist may feel that the work of “evangelization” belongs to the staff member responsible for evange-lization, or perhaps, the leader of the RCIA. It has been my gift for many years to participate in ministry from a viewpoint of the “30,000-foot level,” where all staff members are in some way concerned with all areas of pastoral ministry. It then becomes the duty of the staff member entrusted with a particular area to find the tissue that connects each of us to that area of ministry.

From the 30,000-foot level, I would like to draw out five statements that came to my attention as I read The Joy of the Gospel through the lens of a music leader.

Communicating JesusIn chapter three, “The Proclamation of the Gospel,” after naming us all as “mis-sionary disciples” at 120, Pope Francis calls for “personal involvement on the part of each of the baptized.” At 121, he goes on to say that “each of us should find ways to communicate Jesus wherever we are.”

As I contemplated this task, I asked myself at a recent choir rehearsal if we were in-deed “communicating Jesus” as we sang the verses of the Communion processional song: Did we sing with enough conviction that our assembly was moved to affirm those words as they sang the refrain on their procession to Communion? One could ask the same question about any of the different places during the weekly eucha-ristic liturgy when the choir is in a position of leadership, inviting the assembly into song. Always we can ask ourselves if the way we sing the texts invite others to seriously sing the same texts and come into communication with Jesus more deeply.

This is a difficult question to answer. Sometimes, we take a few moments at the be-ginning, or during, the rehearsal to share comments/reflections about the liturgy and our part in it for the Sunday just passed. During a break-out at the 2015 National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) convention with Sister Kathleen Harmon, of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, several present suggested the need for this “mystogogical time” with choirs. I know that I left with a firm purpose of amend-ment, intending to do that more often. Unfortunately, the demands of our work in the liturgy and the shortness of time for rehearsal frequently exclude this practice.

The HomilyLater in chapter three, Pope Francis begins an important section titled “The Homily.” While his comments might pertain only to liturgical preachers, i.e., the

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ordained, I would suggest that the comments have much to say to all of us, particularly musicians. “The homily…surpasses all forms of catechesis as the supreme moment in the dialogue between God and his people…The hom-ily takes up once more the dialogue which the Lord has already established with his people. The preacher must know the heart of his community…” (137). Presuming a trusted interaction between preacher and musicians, what better place for the preacher to discover the “heart” of the community than with the choir?

Michael Joncas’ hymn collections from OCP, Within Our Hearts Be Born (Advent/Christmas, ocp.org/30113320) and We Contemplate the Mystery (Lent/Easter, ocp.org/30130543), are helpful here, both as a source for sung texts based on the Scriptures of the season and for their commentary on each Sunday. In our parish, besides using them occasionally as “hymn of the day” texts, during the Advent of this year, we sang the appointed hymn follow-ing the homily on each Sunday. And, rather than ending the liturgy with another Advent text, we repeated the final verse between the blessing and the dismissal so that the assembly departed with the exhortation of the Gospel on their lips. Of course, the choir rehearsed these extensively, being attentive to rendering the texts each week articu-lately so that the assembly’s participation would be more beneficial. In most cases the tunes are familiar ones, so the only challenge for the assembly is attentiveness to the text.

Attention to the TruthIn his comments about the homily, Pope Francis calls all to attend to the truth. This should always be a guideline for the words we sing, for here we proclaim who the Church that we serve is. Even at Christmas, it is important to at-tend to the words of traditional carols and ask ourselves whether they are truly an invitation into who we believe Jesus is for us. A close look at many familiar texts might lead us to important reflection on who we really are. If we are not truly seeking to live the Gospel message of wel-come, we dare not sing about it!

Via pulchritudinis (Way of Beauty)Towards the end of chapter three, in a larger section de-voted to catechesis, Pope Francis invites us to “attend to the ‘way of beauty’ (via pulchritudinis) …Proclaiming Christ… [is] something beautiful…Every expression of true beauty…[is]…a means of touching the human heart…Each particular Church should encourage the use of the arts in evangelization, building on the treasures of the past but also drawing upon the wide variety of contemporary expressions…” (167).

All of us by now have heard nostalgic remembrances about how “beautiful the music of the past was,” and whole

groups have developed around fostering the continuance of a form of beauty that is “past.” In this section of The Joy of the Gospel, I believe, Pope Francis emerges as a con-temporary leader, one who understands that the art (and music) of our twenty-first century church has the same potential for beauty. Often, both during choir rehearsal and in the Sunday liturgy, I am struck by the beauty of the human voice, both the voice of the assembly and the beauty of the trained choir. What choir director has not rehearsed a well-crafted choral piece and not thanked the choir afterwards for the beauty of the moment? Our quest as musicians should always be to train our choirs to seek the beautiful in all that they sing, no matter the genre.

Spiritual AccompanimentPope Francis’ words on “spiritual accompaniment” par-ticularly touched me, not necessarily in regard to per-sonal dialogue, but as the ministry of music accompanies so many on the spiritual path. Especially in this area am I mindful of the role that music plays in the funeral and burial rites. The music that is chosen and sung during the funeral rites cannot help but be a “spiritual accompani-ment” of which Pope Francis speaks. Hopefully the mu-sic is prepared in conversation with the bereaved, played and sung well and heart-felt in its performance. “In our world, ordained ministers and other pastoral workers can make present the fragrance of Christ’s closeness and his personal gaze” (169). Of course, this principle can likewise be applied to the other sacraments also, which are often celebrated outside of the Sunday liturgy.

Likewise, musicians become spiritual accompaniment for one another too. New parishioners often find their new place in the parish through membership in the mu-sic ministry. Through many years, those who engage in music ministry share great portions of their lives with one another, mourn with one another and mourn for one an-other. If they are practicing mystagogy together, they are also sharing intimate experiences of their religious lives. In short, acquaintances turn into friendships which turn into spiritual accompaniment. It is sad if parish musicians do not develop a community within the larger parish. And, I believe, it is the role of the music director to pastor those relationships into taking root.

Urging us to keep up our energy, Pope Francis commis-erates that we can lose heart and tire of the struggle be-cause of our human weaknesses. “Let us keep marching forward; let us give him everything, allowing him to make our efforts bear fruit in his good time,” he offers (279). Many other words are still to be spoken about this first exhortation of Pope Francis. Let us allow those words to “bear fruit” in good time.






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Rory Cooney is a composer,

liturgist and parish music director.

After serving as director of

liturgy and music at Saint Jerome

Catholic Church in Phoenix, he

is currently the parish music

director at St. Anne Catholic

Community in Barrington, Illinois.

Rory Cooney I live in the Chicago suburbs, and it’s generally around the end of October that we experience a serious meteorological reality check. Warm, moist air flows

northward from the Gulf of Mexico, as if saying, “Ha ha! We’re still sunbathing down here, and playing baseball in short sleeves!” Simultaneously, Arctic winds start to rage out of Canada in Alberta clippers, hissing “This will make you forget summer!” When they slam together just west of our zip code and move eastward, thunder, lightning, sleet, wind, rain, and occasionally snow remind us that, as much fun as we’ve had since April, it’s pretty much over for the next five months.

In the northern hemisphere, at least, that’s what the liturgies of November are: a reality check. Like winter and summer (for most of us), the cross and the resur-rection are aspects of a single reality: the paschal mystery of God, the way things really are, as revealed in Jesus Christ and the Gospel.

It’s good to think about final things. So as the liturgical year plays itself out over the next four weeks, we celebrate Halloween and the feast of All Saints, and, on November 2, All Souls’ Day, to remember the unnamed hundreds of millions who have gone before us, many of whose names are forgotten. We bring them to mind, pray for them, and ask for their prayer as well. The Sunday readings during the last two or three Sundays of Ordinary Time also turn to final things, the parousia and the end of earth and its empires all become part of the patchwork of images at the liturgical year’s end.

Today, I’m looking specifically at the Commemoration of All the Faithful De-parted. One frequently used reading from the Jewish Scriptures on this day is a passage from Wisdom (“The souls of the just are in the hand of God...”) which dates from the second-first century BC, the period following the abominations of the Seleucid emperor Antiochus Epiphanes IV. This marvelous passage is one of the few in the Hebrew Scriptures to allude to the possibility of the bodily resur-rection of the dead, a tenet of our Nicene creed. As in the books of Daniel and Job, the Jewish author poses the possibility of resurrection as a necessary outcome of divine justice. Since the Jewish martyrs, such as the Maccabees and thousands of others, were cut down in the prime of their physical life, with so much possibility still within them, it must behoove a just God, they reasoned, to restore their bodies to them at some future time. Interestingly, it is from this kind of spiritual awaken-ing that the belief started to rise that life might go on beyond the grave. Belief in the resurrection of the body preceded belief in the resurrection, or for that matter, in the existence, of a soul distinct from the body.

The Book of Revelation celebrates those who made their choice for the reign of God against the rallied forces of Caesar and died for their allegiance. Like the Wis-dom reading, it promises a new world where death’s power will be reversed, where there will be no more tears and mourning. The forces of death even today wrap

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themselves in the symbols of a god, and use language de-scribing death-dealing in terms of good and evil. Revela-tion helps us remember that it is ever so. All death, not just the death of martyrs, seems like a defeat. Revelation assures us that a reversal is coming; life is changed, not ended.

Romans 6, the epistle for the Easter Vigil, makes a wonder-ful New Testament reading on All Souls. I never get tired of these words, and I wish that I would hear more confident and solid preaching on their hopeful and faith-sustaining meaning. Saint Paul assures us that in baptism our “old self” dies, and we are made a new creation. New. From scratch. We look the same, just like the Eucharist looks like bread and wine, but it, and we, are ontologically different. Once, we were no people. Now, we are God’s people. Once, we were dead to sin; now, given the gift of God’s Holy Spirit, we come up from the water reborn in the very image of Christ. Infused with the paschal mystery, our genetic code is rewritten by the Spirit of God. Once I lived for myself, now Christ lives in me. Death has no more power.

A priest with whom I once worked used to call attention to this aspect of baptismal faith at every funeral he cel-ebrated: the Christian died on the day of baptism, and rose again in Christ. “Death no longer has power” over the Christian, because in baptism we understand that we are immersed in the very source of life, in the One who has nothing to do with death. In the end, Christ draws us into the intimacy that he shares with Abba. The amazing part is that “the way” to this shared intimacy is available to us here and now, when we choose to live for Christ.

We often sleep right through that proclamation on Sunday, every “weekly Easter,” when it is prayed in the eucharistic prayers of the Mass and elsewhere. We can just stay dead, and keep living in the false promises of a culture that main-tains itself by violence and threats, addictions to money, physical beauty, and possessions, all denials of inevitable death. Or, by celebrating the mystery of All Souls’ day, maybe we can waken to life, and become who we are.

I hope it seems obvious that the music for All Souls should be music our parishes use most often for funeral liturgies, certainly influenced by paschal repertoire (Easter-themed music) as well. At our parish, the main parish liturgy on All Souls evening is one to which personal invitations are sent to all who lost loved ones during the past year and celebrat-ed the funeral in our parish, so there is a lot of grief still be-ing processed. Music that witnesses to Christian hope and consolation is most important: what we have to contribute to the grieving process is less about memories than prom-ise. Our Gospel is not that remembering the dead will keep them alive; it’s that they are already alive in God, and that

we all share in that same life together. God remembers—that is what keeps the dead and the living together in life.

One way our parish acknowledges this “community of saints” is by gathering with the John Becker “Litany of the Saints” (BB/MI 727). After each stanza is sung (ending with the refrain, “All you holy men and women, pray for us,” or one of the other final lines) we play an instrumental verse, during which the names of the deceased from our church are read aloud. When the name is read, a candle is lit in the sanctuary for that person by a relative, friend, or one of our bereavement ministers. It takes a while, but it is a significant ritual that helps us gather into the presence of Christ all the saints including the deceased and the community.

At all the funerals at my parish, we always sing the alleluia from “O Sons and Daughters” for the Gospel acclamation. This ancient piece from the Easter repertoire immediately calls to mind the whole nexus of resurrection stories, so it makes a perfect Gospel acclamation for All Souls as well as a ritual piece for funerals.

Maybe it’s a little ironic to think of this late-autumn re-ality check as a “wake-up” call, when it is a reminder of death. Still, it may be even more helpful to remember that the waking up isn’t simply or even primarily about waking up in the future, but rising now, enlivened by the Gospel, to live as the children of God for the abundant life of the world, making peace, hungry for justice, and joyfully an-nouncing mercy.


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An internationally known

liturgical composer, author, and

recording artist, Grayson Warren

Brown is also the author of The

Transformative Power of Faith (ocp.

org/30130539), God’s Liberating

Justice (ocp.org/12886), Jesusgate

(ocp.org/10564), and several music

collections including Been So Busy

(ocp.org/9979) and Greatness and

Glory Are Yours (ocp.org/11238).

Grayson Warren Brown I would like to share with you a very personal story about faith and the terrible tragedy of September 11, 2001.

On September 11, I was in a small town in West Virginia. I had been conducting a parish mission that week and had already spent a great time singing and sharing the word of God with the small rural congregation. I had mentioned on more than one occasion to the people gathered that I was a New Yorker and was still living in New York at the time.

The night before the tragedy struck I went to bed in my hotel room and fell asleep with the television on. This is not uncommon for me because, believe it or not, I find some places too quiet and can only fall asleep with noise in the background. I re-member there wasn’t much on TV, so I had put on Cartoon Network and had fallen asleep while watching those pesky kids and Scooby-Doo solve another mystery.

The next morning I awoke around seven and the television was still on, so I just sort of laid in bed while I gathered my thoughts for the upcoming day. About a half hour later, I decided to turn on one of the morning news shows, and I remem-ber seeing Bryant Gumbel talking about an apparent accident involving an airplane and one of the towers of the World Trade Center. As soon as I saw that sight on television I sat straight up in bed, and like a lot of the rest of America, started try-ing to piece together what could have possibly happened. I remember thinking it must have been a small private plane that had somehow gone out of control and hit one of the towers. As tragic as the scene looked, believing, of course, that the pilot must have been killed, I never thought for a moment the day would unfold the way it eventually did.

It turned out that what was first thought to be a small plane was, in fact, a passen-ger jetliner, and another plane crashed into the second tower soon after. Sometimes it’s really funny the way the mind works. Sometimes the mind will try to make sense any way it can out of something completely senseless. I say that because that is exactly what my mind did the moment the second plane hit the other tower. As nonsensical as it sounds today, the only thing I could think was that something

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must have gone wrong with air traffic control. I remem-ber yelling, “What the heck is wrong with those guys in air traffic control? Why are they giving these pilots the wrong coordinates?” As I said, it was a completely irratio-nal thought, but in those moments everything was so bi-zarre—and so frightening—that, at the time, nothing else made any sense.

I was obviously glued to the television set in my hotel room for a good part of the day, only breaking away to run downstairs and get a bite to eat before I ran back upstairs and watched the horror unfold. And then I witnessed one of the most horrific sights I have ever seen. I saw those towers collapse and the plumes of dust rise in the air and the people running for their lives. I remember saying to myself that I hoped I was dreaming and would actually awaken from this nightmare.

The World Trade Center held some particular significance to me for a variety of reasons.

There was a period when I traveled extensively. Between workshops, parish missions, conventions, and concerts, I was on the road thirty-five weeks a year sometimes. It was a grueling schedule at times, but I enjoyed what I was do-ing. Still, I always loved coming home, and I never tired of the flight pattern most airlines took into New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Most planes would fly near the Stat-ue of Liberty, fly past the World Trade Center, go up the East River the entire length of Manhattan, make a right-hand turn over the Bronx where I used to live, fly over the Whitestone Bridge into Queens, and land on runway 22. I know it might sound silly, but those Twin Towers were like a beacon to me signaling that home was just around the bend. I could see the towers from a long way off, and when we flew past them, even though we were still in the air, I felt that I had come home.

I have been to virtually every state in our country, includ-ing Hawaii and Alaska, most of western Europe, Canada and South America, parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. I have seen some breathtaking sites in my travels. I know this may seem hard to believe but, in all my years of travel, no site was more beautiful for me than flying up the East River, particularly at sunset, into LaGuardia Air-port. For more than forty years, those towers welcomed me home, and then one day they were gone.

I also felt connected to the World Trade Center because of my siblings. My brother used to work for the phone com-pany in the microwave division. Even though I used to kid him by asking if that meant he was in charge of warming

up everybody’s lunch, the microwave division actually did all the television broadcasts for all the major networks through two main antennas. One was the antenna on top of the Empire State Building, which is where my brother’s main office was; the second one was atop one of the tow-ers of the World Trade Center. My brother had retired by September 11, but when he was still working, he used to visit that tower often and do work from there. At the same time, my sister worked in Staten Island for the New York State Department of Social Services, but she would often have to attend meetings at the World Trade Center because that’s where the New York State offices were located in the city. My first thought, admittedly somewhat selfishly, on that terrible September morning was to think about the members of my family who had spent time in the World Trade Center and realizing that if something like this had happened a year or two earlier, I could have lost both of them. But once that moment passed and the sheer numbers of people lost began to filter in, I remember feeling a sick-ness deep in the pit of my stomach that I will never forget.

At around five in the afternoon, I got a call from the pas-tor of the church where we were doing the mission, and I remember he was in tears as he spoke to me on the phone.

I never thought the

day would unfold the way it

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He asked me if we should cancel the mission that night, and I said to him that I thought people would be looking for an opportunity to come together and pray. When we gathered in the church, I suddenly realized all those peo-ple present were feeling this tragedy even more than they would have ordinarily because they had spent three days with me and knew how much New York meant to me. In some ways, my being there had made this tragedy even more personal because they felt what I was going through. That’s one of the things about this event I will never for-get: the sheer love and support these people had for me, an African American native New Yorker, people who on paper might seem to have nothing in common with me. In moments like these, you realize the power certain hymns hold in their lyrics. As I write this I can hear over and over again in my head the words, “In Christ there is no east or west, / In him no south or north; / But one great family bound by love / Throughout the whole wide earth.”

Normally at the parish missions we would begin each night by practicing singing and getting everybody ener-gized for the upcoming service. But on this night I simply came to the podium and started to speak. I remember be-ginning the night by quoting the question that is asked to

begin the Jewish Seder: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” My talk centered on what it means to be Christian when your heart pulls you toward vengeance. I talked about this situation being one when all of us had to struggle to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. It was a hard speech to deliver because my heart was absolutely breaking. Some of that night is a blur, but I do remember saying that the only way Osama bin Laden would win was if he managed to turn us into Osama bin Ladens ourselves.

I have found in my life that whenever God wants to truly comfort me, he finds a way to make me laugh even dur-ing the most troubled times in my life. I remember stand-ing outside the church that evening and feeling the love of all of those West Virginians who were putting their arms around me and telling me they were going to pray for me and all the people of New York. I distinctly remember a World War II veteran who came up to me and, after all my talk about loving one’s enemies and not becoming filled with hate, looked me in the eye and said, “Son, I’ll be pray-ing for you, and I hope we bomb the heck out of those people.” A man walked up behind him and said to me, “Well, I guess he didn’t have his hearing aid on,” and we both laughed. It was one of the few times I was able to laugh at anything for a while.

Of course by then all the airlines had shut down opera-tions, so the question became, “How on earth am I ever going to get home?” I often think back and thank God I wasn’t speaking in California or Texas or some other place thousands of miles away. As it turned out, the pastor was able to drive me to Pittsburgh at four the next morning, where I was able to get a train overnight into Washing-ton, DC. From there I was able to get another train back to Thirty-fourth Street in Manhattan. There were a lot of tears shed at home when I returned, but some of that story is too personal to put in a book.

During this time, one of my closest friends worked for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) with the Feder-al Bureau of Prisons. The federal prison in New York City was only three blocks away from the World Trade Center. My friend could write a book about her experiences on 9/11 because she was there in the prison when the disaster

I thought people would be looking for an opportunity to come together

and pray.

In moments like these, you realize the power certain

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happened, and much of what she went through is heart wrenching. I called my friend and asked her if she could get me down to Ground Zero, the actual site of the Twin Towers. I knew there was a part of me that didn’t want to go, but there was another part that felt that if it were at all possible, I needed to be there. She said she would be able to get me there and made arrangements for us to meet in the Bronx. All thoroughfares leading into Manhattan were closed to the general public, but because she worked for the DOJ she was able to show her credentials and get past all the police blockades. She was able to vouch for me, and just five days after the collapse of the Twin Towers, I

stood on Ground Zero and witnessed the total destruc-tion, a destruction on a scale I could never have imagined. I remember my first reaction was not of horror but of sur-realism. I thought the whole thing looked like some type of giant Hollywood set someone had superimposed on lower Manhattan, and I kept expecting someone to yell “Cut!” or “Action!” Once that initial feeling passed, the awful reality of the situation took hold, and I began to re-alize that under this huge pile of rubble laid the bodies of thousands of men, women, and children. I cannot put into words what that was like, but thankfully this was not the whole story.

Saint Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church is the oldest church in New York City. George Washington has a pew with his name on it because he used to worship at this church. It is an old, venerable church, rather ornate in its style and architecture. That church became the center of all the ac-tivity happening at Ground Zero. Hundreds of firefight-ers, police officers, paramedics, and volunteers used Saint Paul’s Chapel as their base of operations. When my friend and I walked away from Ground Zero, we headed over to the chapel, which was no more than a block or two away. When I walked into that church, I was overcome with a feeling that I could never put into words. Unlike the feel-ings of shock and nausea that I had felt while standing at Ground Zero, this time I felt a tremendous power of grace and goodness. It was like the very presence of God was almost palpable. The first thing I noticed was the young pastor; he had a big smile on his face and said to us,

“Welcome to the house of God.” As I looked around the church, I saw all the banners that had come in from around the world expressing their support for the people of the United States. Many of the banners expressed sorrow but, at the same time, expressed love and prayers, some in dif-ferent languages. One of the things that was most power-ful was that the people of Saint Paul’s Chapel had hung these banners all over the building. In this very old, or-nate church, there hung beautiful multicolored homemade banners expressing support for the people of New York in their time of need.

In the midst of this contrast between the very lovely but definitely old, conservative, George-Washington-prayed-here kind of building and the brightly colored banners, there was also a living contrast between the absolute dev-astation and destruction outside and the spirit and life and energy of all of those men and women going back and forth between Saint Paul’s Chapel and Ground Zero, people who were determined to breathe life back into a place surround-ed by so much death. There was a holy defiance there, as if all the people were determined they were going to make this right, even if it took their last breaths to make it so.

Light is greater than darkness, love is stronger than hate, and God is greater

than evil.

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After telling the pastor at Saint Paul’s a little bit about what I did, he put his arm around my shoulder and told me I should never forget that light is greater than darkness, love is stronger than hate, and God is greater than evil. He pointed up to the stained glass windows and said to me that when the Twin Towers fell, windows were shattered in all of the surrounding buildings. He said that not one single pane of glass was broken at Saint Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church. In fact, he said with a smile, the only dam-age they suffered was dust, which he said was only there because someone had left a window open.

As I walked around the church, I saw the absolute deter-mination on the part of all these men and women, some of whom were sleeping on pews, some of whom were just sitting and staring into space. I saw some who were trying to share a laugh with their fellow workers, even though everyone was suffering in one way or another. It was in that moment that I realized that the pastor was absolutely right. When I saw these men and women, many of whom were working ten, twelve, fifteen, even twenty hours a day, I knew he saw in them the very embodiment of the message of Christ. Light is greater than darkness, love is stronger

than hate, and God is greater than evil. In that moment, my faith, which I had not realized had been deeply shaken, began to be restored.

There is one other thing I will never forget about visiting Saint Paul’s Chapel that day. In the church, they had set up a portable barbecue so they could feed the men and women who were working. It was one of the most power-ful sights I witnessed during my visit because they didn’t set this barbecue out on some back porch; they literally set it up in the church itself so people could be nourished while doing what was certainly the work of God. One of the volunteers offered me a hot dog, and I must confess to you that eating that hot dog in that church with those men and women felt like receiving Communion.

When my friend and I left there, we drove uptown and decided to stop in a little Italian restaurant for a glass (or two) of wine and maybe a little pasta. As healing as my trip to Saint Paul’s Chapel had been, there was still pain. And it might seem strange considering all that had taken place, but one of the times I felt that pain most acutely was while sitting in that restaurant. Having lived in New York all my life, I was used to a certain vitality of life, after all, as the song says, “If you can make it here, you can make it any-where.” We’ve always considered ourselves a tough lot, capable of getting up off the canvas no matter how many times you knock us down. And while I knew we would rise from this canvas, there was something very painful about sitting in that restaurant because it was completely empty. To be in a restaurant on Forty-sixth Street just off Broadway that was empty on a Sunday afternoon was, again, the only word I can think of to describe it is sur-real. Normally there would be tens of thousands of peo-ple walking the streets of the city on a Sunday afternoon, packing the restaurants. But on this day the streets were all but empty while only two people sat in a restaurant that would normally have a waiting list. In all the years I had lived in New York, I had never felt the city like this. I remember feeling, albeit just for a little while, that we had been beaten, and I had never felt that before. Ever.

As painful as sitting there was, I knew things would get better because of the experience I had had both at Ground Zero and in Saint Paul’s Chapel. I knew that whatever evil

I remember saying to myself

that I hoped I was dreaming and would actually

awaken from this nightmare.

People . . . were determined to breathe life back into a place

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made this happen, no matter how strong and how devas-tating it was, it would not prevail against love. I knew it because I felt it in that church, and it was real.

Over the next few weeks there were several prayer ser-vices that took place all over the greater tri-state area that encompasses New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. I was invited to speak at some of those services. And be-cause the destruction was so massive, nearly three thou-sand people killed, every church I went to had people in its congregation who had personally lost someone close to them. At every one of the services I attended, I was able to tell the story of my visit to Ground Zero and my visit to Saint Paul’s Chapel. I will always be grateful to Almighty God for giving me the opportunity to stand in the midst of those men and women who gave of themselves so nobly so that they might bring life and light to what seemed like a place where only death and darkness could dwell.

That young pastor’s message at Saint Paul’s Chapel had been never to lose faith in love, no matter how dark the days might get. “Always remember, Grayson,” he said to me that day, “light is greater than darkness, love is stronger than hate, and God is greater than evil.”

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Glenn CJ Byer has written widely

on the liturgy. He earned a sacred

liturgy doctorate (SLD) from San

Anselmo in Rome in 1994.

Co-author of Hospitality Basics

(ocp.org/6147), he recently served

as the associate publisher for

Novalis in Toronto, Canada.

Glenn CJ Byer Before we look at the specific texts of the readings for these weeks, it seems right to pause at the end of the three-year ABC cycle to celebrate and give

thanks for the richness that the revised Lectionary gave to us. For 46 years since Year B debuted in 1970 we have been enriched by Old Testament readings on Sun-days outside of the Easter season, and readings from all four Gospels on a regular basis. Part of the Catholic resurgence in biblical literacy has to be attributed to this change, and we give thanks.

Looking at the readings for these last weeks of Year C, two words seem to be repeated with a certain insistence: atonement and restoration. If we look more deeply at these teachings, they lead us to understand how important it is to face the truth about our lives and their failings.

The word of atonement instead of denialAtonement is a concept that should make us a little nervous. We have visions of scales weighing good and bad deeds, of salvation in the balance, hoping that maybe the balance will tip in our favor. A careful reading of the Scriptures shows how this vision needs some adjustment. In the Gospel for the 31st Sunday Jesus says that salvation has come to the house of Zaccheus after he makes restoration for the extra tax he stole from the people. We need to be clear that Zaccheus is mak-ing good the wrong he has done in response to the gift of salvation; salvation’s gift came because the intervention of Jesus into his life made Zaccheus acknowledge his sin. Jesus’ presence and his offer to dine with Zaccheus tore through the false story Zaccheus had been telling himself. He could no longer tell himself that story. Faith made him recognize that he was doing something wrong. As musicians and people of faith this can be a challenge. We want to rejoice for Zaccheus, but would it not have been better if he hadn’t been a crooked tax man in the first place? And what about those he cheated? Should they be singing his praises? It seems that we need to celebrate the gift of salvation whenever we see it. We need to rejoice when people stop fabricating stories about their faults and take an active role in making things right. We do this because ultimately those people are us. Steve Angrisano’s upbeat “A Rightful Place” (BB/MI 638) gets exactly to this point—building God’s kingdom is about facing the truth, it is about God’s grace dawning on us so that there is a world where all are treated justly.

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So maybe the story isn’t so different for those who fix the scales in their favor and those who live a life of excess on their beds of ivory from the first readings on the 25th and 26th Sundays. They are forced into servitude, forced to see that breaking faith with God has led to excesses and injus-tice upon the land and upon the poor. Imagine the rotting carcasses and the wasted gifts of nature that created beds of ivory. Imagine the increased suffering for the poor from crooked merchants. These are the elite who are the first sent into exile to make atonement for the lack of faith of all Israel. They would not be the last. But before we get too sure that we understand this as a personal system of checks and balances, note that in this case those who made atone-ment do not seem to benefit from their penance in ways that we might like. Doing the right thing, making repara-tion does not guarantee an easy life. The only benefit from making atonement is that they have had their delusions corrected. Bernadette Farrell asks us to see through our delusions in her powerful “Did You Know” (BB/MI 533): “Did you know there’s a power in your soul?” Well now, more than ever, we do.

More confusing still could be the unjust steward from the Gospel of the 25th Sunday. He is called the unjust steward, but the beginning of the parable identifies the delusion he is under: he is squandering his master’s wealth and evidently has not seen this as a problem. He is finally forced to see the truth of his stewardship—he is squandering the wealth entrusted to him. Then comes the part that confuses us. He uses his master’s money to make atonement for stealing his master’s money. Could it be that the payment, wherever it comes from, is not the issue? Even his master commends him so we can be pretty sure the money was never the is-sue—the issue was wasting what had been entrusted him.

As Christians we are more like the unjust steward than we would care to admit, for we can be wasteful with the gifts of grace. We know that there is one atonement that trumps everything—the atonement that was the sacrifice of Christ on the cross (second reading, 22nd Sunday). If ever there was a reading that sang, this incredible litany from the let-ter to the Hebrews should make us blush. The city of the living God, feasting angels, the perfection of the just, and at the center Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant who sheds blood that improves on what God accepted from Abel: Yes, we do use our master’s wealth to make our lives

better. But the point in all of this is that we recognize how much we need help, and so we participate in our salva-tion. This kind of participatory atonement matters. Hear an echo of this in Ken Canedo’s haunting treatment of 2 Corinthians, “For the Sake of Christ” (BB/MI 519).

The word of restorationThe Scriptures for these weeks speak more often of people being restored, but it is much less complicated. Naaman from the first reading on the 28th Sunday, the ten lepers from the Gospel of the same week, the second reading from the feast of Christ the King of the Universe, which speaks both of the atonement and restoration—we have been made “fit to share in the inheritance of the holy ones in light.” The psalms too, for almost every week, speak of God restoring the universe and everything in it. It is an amazing vision. One of the tools that should be in every music minister’s kit is a setting of the song of Zechariah—known as the Benedictus. It is sung every morning as the Gospel Canticle of Morning Prayer, but it is a song of the restoration of David’s line, and our restoration too. The accessible Forest Green setting (BB/MI 837) is a solid ad-dition to any repertoire.

Finally this quarter, we should pause to ponder the sec-ond reading from the 29th Sunday. As liturgists and mu-sicians we use the Bible like a workhorse—we harness it to whatever field we need to plow. But in this eloquent passage from 2 Timothy, Paul reminds us to stand in awe of these holy writings, to listen and speak with a persis-tence that ignores the season. In our worship spaces, the Scriptures should be treated with reverence in how they are proclaimed and in how the books that contain them are handled. In our repertoires there should be songs in praise of the word. If you are lacking in this area, take a look at Paulist Father Ricky Manalo’s beautiful Ostinato “O Word of God” (BB/MI 600). Ultimately we need to live as servants of the word of God, servants of the liturgy, and participants in the great gift of salvation.


Building God’s kingdom is about facing the truth, it is about God’s grace dawning on us so that there is a world where all are treated justly.


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A native of Berkeley, California,

Janèt Sullivan Whitaker is a

lifelong veteran of active music

ministry in the Diocese of Oakland.

Janèt holds a bachelor’s in music

from California State University,

Hayward (CSUEB), and a master’s

in liturgical studies from the Jesuit

School of Theology at Berkeley.

Currently residing in Hayward,

she serves as full-time director of

music and liturgy at Saint Joan of

Arc Catholic Church in San Ramon.

Janèt Sullivan Whitaker In the course of slightly more than a half century since Vatican II, practice has re-vealed those moments in our liturgical ritual that we can safely claim to “own.”

Each week we gather with the faith community to which we belong. As individu-als, and as community, we become what we receive in the sacrament of our Lord’s body and blood. We know when to sit and stand, how and when to bow, genuflect, and embrace one another in the peace of Christ. We confidently profess our faith with one voice, and we do so in a language we can understand. As a people of ritual sound and motion, we approach that fully conscious and active participation to which we are led.

Given that we are already accustomed to moving through our days surrounded by sound and motion, it is understandable that we find it natural to pray the moving and voiced parts of our liturgy. By contrast, silence and stillness are not as common to our daily experience. This could explain why some individuals and communi-ties are uneasy with, and therefore resist entering into and sustaining, meaningful periods of silence in public worship. Thanks to the ubiquitous electronic devices that lie waiting close at hand, many people enjoy instantaneous connectivity to the people with whom they work, socialize, and live. One byproduct can be that incessant cacophony systemic to life as we know it. We choose this reality, but grow restless with the fifteen seconds of silence between the epistle and the Gospel acclamation. Our devices may provide comfort, but they cannot explain why we find it so hard to be silent before God.

People experience silence in several different ways. There is the silence that precedes the arrival of eagerly anticipated news. People in long-term relationships are familiar with those times when no conversation is necessary, though these can just as easily be filled with peaceful contentment as with anger or sadness. Silence can be a restor-ative component of intimate communication, and it can rescue us from the tempta-tion to say too much. The absence of speech is not the same as silence. We have all found ourselves in conversational settings that include one person simply waiting for a lull so the other can begin. This sort of silence rarely includes true attentiveness.

If we were to identify two general ways in which we understand silence, we might distinguish between that which is impatient and that which is receptive. In prayer, receptive silence is that state of being open to what God has to say to us. It reminds

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us that the many matters that command our attention, no matter how urgent they may seem, are fleeting and small in the context of the eternal love and desire that awaits us in the very heart of God.

By graceful design, the liturgy provides a time to speak and a time to be silent. We know how to speak and sing and move. But these audible and physical elements are only part of our sacred duty in the liturgy. In conversation with the God who is waiting and listening, we must practice if we hope to gain proficiency in our work of receptive silence.

A few years ago I joined a dance class at the local hula ha-lau. I have found this place to be wonderfully communal and welcoming. The esteemed kumu hula is loved by her students. The authority of her instruction is balanced per-fectly with loving compassion, even for clumsy fledglings such as myself. The basic hula steps seemed impossible for me to execute at first, and I nearly gave up more than a few times. But as the months proceeded, the other dancers encouraged and taught me by example. I still strive for the grace and fluidity I see in their movement. But my deter-mination to progress has more or less prevailed, and my impatience has gradually diminished. I am now able to move in unison with the other students, mimicking each turn of the head, every dip, each ‘uwehe. It became obvi-ous that I could not simply show up for class, and, with-out the benefit of daily practice, expect to fall into step with the others. It had been many decades since I was a beginner at singing or playing the piano. With hula I had to learn all over again what it means to be a novice, to sub-mit to the rudiments. It has been a humbling journey for me, and one that has benefitted my spiritual life as well. I now see a similarity in the learned discipline of receptive silence. Silence cannot wait all week, or be reserved only for certain times in weekend liturgy. It must be practiced each day, requiring at least the same attention we devote to the people we love and pursuits we cherish.

In our public worship, the Liturgy of the Word provides us with an anticipated opportunity to engage in receptive silence. But how well do we forsake our personal thoughts and distractions so as to benefit from this time? As one who serves as music minister for three to four liturgies every weekend, I am the first to admit that my atten-tion wanders, and my silences grow impatient. I pray for the discipline to be mindful and attentive, even when the brand new PA system is feeding back, babies are squalling, and half the choir men are downstairs making pancakes. Distractions and disappointments are real, but they pass.

Silence, while it is free to us for the taking, does not come

naturally. When we make ourselves available to silence, we

encounter the One who patiently waits to get a word in

edgewise. But receptive silence cannot be reliably achieved

without daily practice during the course of our day-to-day

prayer life. Receptive silence will never seek to find us. We

must value and desire it so much that we pursue it, and do

so with joy.


By graceful design, the liturgy provides a time to speak and a time to be silent.

Silence in the Liturgy

From the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM)

Sacred silence also, as part of the celebration, is to be observed at the designated times (Sacrosanctum Concilium 30). Its nature, however, depends on the moment when it occurs in the different parts of the celebration. For in the Penitential Act and again after the invitation to pray, individuals rec-ollect themselves; whereas after a reading or after the Homily, all meditate briefly on what they have heard; then after Communion, they praise God in their hearts and pray to him.

Even before the celebration itself, it is a praise-worthy practice for silence to be observed in the church, in the sacristy, in the vesting room, and in adjacent areas, so that all may dispose themselves to carry out the sacred celebration in a devout and fit-ting manner (45).

By silence and by singing, the people make this divine word their own, and affirm their adherence to it by means of the Profession of Faith (55).

The Liturgy of the Word is to be celebrated in such a way as to favor meditation, and so any kind of haste such as hinders recollection is clearly to be avoided. In the course of it, brief periods of si-lence are also appropriate, accommodated to the as-sembled congregation; by means of these, under the action of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God may be grasped by the heart and a response through prayer may be prepared. It may be appropriate to observe such periods of silence, for example, before the Lit-urgy of the Word itself begins, after the First and Second Reading, and lastly at the conclusion of the Homily (56).


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antateCChoral Music for the Season

Discover more resources related to “Cantate” at ocp.org/choral-music. 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/choral-music.

Angela Westhoff-Johnson is the

manager of Music Editorial for

OCP and director of music 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.

Angela Westhoff-Johnson The world in which we live is becoming more worrisome and disquieting every day. The fear of terrorism and radical acts is now common at nearly every age.

It is troubling that children are far too familiar with violence and horrendous acts of hatred, even in presumed safe places such as schools and churches. Life is changing and moving at a pace that doesn’t seem to allow for adequate time spent in prayer, meditation, and reflection. Preparing liturgies that provide an atmosphere of com-fort and mercy is my mission these days. Throughout this Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has called us to commit to leading lives of “merci-ful, loving service.” Along with mercy and forgiveness comes hope and confidence, hope for a better world where God’s mercy is revealed to all. As we approach the closing of this Year of Mercy, we must be compelled to continue living out acts of loving mercy and forgiveness—to be the “Face of Mercy” (Misericordiae Vultus). As music ministers we look to include texts that support the mission of the Church. Here are three pieces to help you create liturgies where God’s mercy and love bring comfort and solace to all people.

May Christ Support Us (A Prayer of Cardinal Newman) by Michael Joncas

TRINITAS, Octavo 30130955 | Voicing: SATB | Difficulty: Easy/Medium | Time: 2:07 | ocp.org/30130955

See music for review, pgs. 26-27As choral directors, we have strong opinions of what we like and look for in a piece of music. Sometimes it is as simple as finding a piece that is beautiful and pleasing to sing. I love splashes of dissonance that create a touch of tension followed by a stunning resolution. I find the right amount of unison, in particular at the begin-ning of phrases, very effective. And I look for just enough variety, melodically and rhythmically, while still feeling like a cohesive work. This beautiful setting, “May Christ Support Us,” by Father Michael Joncas is full of those elements. Set to a text by Blessed John Henry Newman (1801–1890) that explores God’s mercy and peace, this two-page choral anthem is well-crafted and rewarding to sing and hear. Its slow tempo demands the phrases to be sung with great support and interpretation. The composer’s original setting was a whole step higher but lowered for the print to make the composition more user-friendly for most parish choirs. Scored primarily

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for SATB choir, optional cue-sized notes are indicated for choirs who are capable of six-part writing. I encourage uti-lizing them for a full, rich texture. Strict attention to the dynamics will allow the beauty of the text to shine. I used this piece for an Evening Prayer honoring those living in consecrated life in our archdiocese. It was the perfect piece both musically and textually. When beautifully sung this stunning gem takes the listener to a peaceful place of con-solation and prayer. “May Christ Support Us” is also ap-propriate for All Saints/All Souls, funerals, and any liturgy with a focus on comfort and peace.

Peace I Leave with Youby Howard Helvey

TRINITAS, Octavo 30130620 | Voicing: SATB | Difficulty: Medium | Time: 4:26 | ocp.org/30130620

Peace, in its simplest definition, means a state in which there is no war or fighting. On a more personal level, peace is a state of tranquility and quietness. Composer Howard Helvey provides an atmosphere where peace is definite-ly felt in this lovely choral anthem. He incorporates an adapted, harmonized version of the Gregorian Latin chant for the first thirteen measures to the text:

Pacem relínquo vobis, pacem meam do vobis: non quómondo mundus dat, ego do vobis. Alleluia.

Helvey has composed new music for the sections of the anthem in English, which beautifully complement that of the plainsong chant. Following the Latin harmonized chant is eleven measures of lush choral writing with Eng-lish text—a translation of the Latin: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Alleluia.”

Christ gives peace and love, even when the world around us does not. Musically this anthem exudes peace and com-fort. In the middle section, “Let not your heart be trou-bled,” Helvey incorporates lovely dissonance and tonal conflict on the word “troubled” in the men’s voices. Fol-lowing, the women respond, “neither let it be afraid” in a similar way with effective intervals of seconds in a quasi-aleatoric manner. These elements of conflict, both textu-ally and musically, are resolved with the reinstatement of the English “Peace I leave with you” section. The last sec-tion of the work is nearly identical to the opening mea-sures of harmonized chant, “Pacem relínquo vobis.” Such repetition makes this lovely choral anthem less daunting to learn, although adequate rehearsal time is certainly es-sential. As I have said before, perfecting the art of singing chant and chant-like music is a valuable time investment

that will be beneficial when singing any style of music. While entirely metered, this piece calls for proficiency in executing a free choral interpretation as with chant. Ap-propriate at any liturgy, “Peace I Leave with You” will be a lovely anthem to strengthen our trust of God’s love and peace in the world.

Peace at the Lastby Christopher Willcock, SJ

TRINITAS, Octavo 30104103 | Voicing: SATB, divisi | Difficulty: Difficult | Time: 5:56 | ocp.org/30104103

There are choral anthems that are transforming to hear; they take the listener to a place of great comfort and con-solation. “Peace at the Last” by Jesuit Father Christopher Willcock is that anthem! The text by Blessed John Henry Newman is one of solace and the marriage of text and mu-sic flawless. A skilled choir is essential! Written for SATB choir with divisi, this a cappella anthem has long phrases that demand constant vocal support to maintain pitch. Range is also demanding as the sopranos reach a sustained high A and the basses end with a pianissimo low D. Skilled composer Christopher Willcock achieves the ethereal emotion of the text through effective use of dissonance and dynamics. The layering of entrances to the text “Then in mercy may God give us a safe lodging” is breathtaking as it transitions to the final phrases “and peace at the last” which quietly brings the anthem to a close. There are also pieces that are transforming for a choir to learn and sing. “Peace at the Last” is likewise that anthem! Over five min-utes in length, this anthem would be ideal for Evening or Night Prayer as well as inclusion in a choral concert by a college, professional, or skilled liturgical choir.





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Edition 30130955

Composed in honor of Dr. Don Briel for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, October 2013

May Christ Support Us(A Prayer of Cardinal Newman)

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© 2013, Michael Joncas. Published by TRINITAS, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved.

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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 works for the

Diocese of Richmond while James

is director of the Abingdon Schola.

James Hansen and Melanie Coddington

22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeIn this final season of Year C, allow me to echo my earlier advice that you read Sunday’s first reading aloud, as if you are proclaiming it publicly. This allows you to hear with your own ears the poetic elements in today’s reading, its rhythm and almost musical quality. Notice the forth-and-back relationship between the first and second lines of each verse. We call this type of thought-rhyme parallelism.

The ancestors we encounter in the Hebrew Bible live within a system of values dif-ferent from those we might identify as twenty-first century American. Scholars call this Mediterranean point of view “interpersonal contentment.” In this schema, one tries always to be content with what one has, rather than concerned about getting ahead or keeping up with the achievements of others. In his instruction to his son in the first reading, the father uses the word “humility” to describe this approach to life in community.

Surprisingly, this old idea has become new again in organizational leadership circles. One useful contemporary parallelism puts it this way: A humble person does not think less of himself (or herself), but thinks of himself (or herself) less. We cantors can find some wisdom here.

Now read the psalm verses aloud, again listening for poetic (parallel) elements. In the first two verses, we invite the assembly to rejoice and exult, to sing and chant. The next two speak of God’s concern for the most vulnerable—orphans and widows. Finally, we address the Lord God, singing our grateful praise with humble hearts.

23rd Sunday in Ordinary TimeSeptember seems a good time to stretch ourselves a little. Such an inclination may come from older times, when children always started classes in the fall. (These days, young, old, and in-between can take a course in virtually anything at any time.) Still I warm to the feeling of brushing off the sands of summer to recapture the intensity of daily work, with the advent of cooler weather bringing freshness to the ardor of our efforts.

This sensibility can set us on a fruitful course (if we let it), and the “us” refers to all ministers of the word: lectors, cantors, Gospel readers, and preachers. All of us tell the good news of salvation, bringing to life Jesus stories and letters from the Chris-tian Testament and striking sections of the Hebrew Scriptures. We deal with different forms of biblical literature: histories and legends, legal briefs, parables, prophecies,

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visions, and songs. As we “come round the mountain” of this cycle, we do well to broaden our view, seeking greater depth and authenticity in our proclamation.

The Book of Wisdom, composed in the rich and heady cul-tural atmosphere of Jewish Alexandria, blends the sophis-ticated harmonics of Greek philosophy and the rhythms and structures of Mediterranean poetics, with Jewish theo-logical insight. What if all ministers of the word (not just the first lector and cantor) took the time to read today’s Wisdom passage aloud and discovered the layers of mean-ing hidden in its artful parallelism? How might this reflec-tion set the stage for all of us?

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Two weeks ago we mentioned the virtue of humility in relation to others. For our ancestors in faith, this formed part of a deeply held cultural value system that placed the highest premium on the honor of a good reputation. Dis-honorable behavior brought shame upon the person, and especially, upon the family name. Loss of honor had far- reaching, communal consequences.

Today’s first reading from Exodus portrays Moses as “At-torney for the Defense” par excellence. In this story, an an-gry and embarrassed God first disowns (“Go down at once to YOUR people…”) and then threatens to destroy those who have brought shame upon Lord’s good name. If Israel goes astray, well, there goes the neighborhood. What on earth will the Egyptians think of this God’s power to rule?

Moses steps up to initiate damage control. He deftly ref-erences God’s past actions to stabilize the divine temper, invokes the merit of the ancestors (“Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel…”), then plays his trump card, the COVENANT (“you swore to them by your own self…”), reciting the divine promise right back in God’s face. This kind of cheek sets the precedent for psalms of lament.

How fitting to follow this story with one of our best and most poignant psalms, one that actually confesses my (our) guilt with no dodgy dancing about the issue. We sing for all present—have mercy, wash me, cleanse me, change my heart, renew my spirit—and all sing the refrain from the famous parable of lavish forgiveness.

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time My aging, fragile heart trembles whenever this Amos read-ing comes around; even more so as this Holy Year of Mer-cy motivates greater scrutiny of our motives and practices, both personal and societal. Recorded in a time of plenty, Amos’ diatribe exposes the actions of those who exploit

the poor for profit. Alas, the methods have changed, be-coming both more sophisticated and more opaque, but the fundamental injustice endures.

Lately I encountered a large parish with an enviable cohort of nearly fifty lectors (one might say an embarrassment of riches). More than forty showed up for the workshop, demonstrating a loyalty to the word and to the craft. In the course of our conversation, participants lamented that a four-week or more rotation was not sufficient to main-tain the appropriate skill level. I affirmed their conviction and quietly observed as they struggled to find a solution. Gradually an idea that first seemed oddly conceived took hold. The richness of their devotion bloomed as the group decided in favor of a new approach to the readings. Each reader would resolve to prepare the first or second reading for every Sunday, period. Other details followed. I stood at the edge, happily seared by this freely shared wealth of spirit.

Today’s selection from Psalm 113 demonstrates God’s loy-alty to the most vulnerable. In Lectionary verse 3 (verses 7-8 in the biblical version), “He raises up the lowly from the dust…to seat them with princes.” In the biblical vision of God’s reign, inequality equals injustice, period.

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Today’s first reading brings to my mind the advertising strategy of a local insurance firm, known for its focus on rural clients. Characterized by attempts to cleverly disguise the common sense of country folk as occult wisdom to met-ro dwellers, the technique might have been invented by our own famous Amos. Though our hero claims to be a rustic, he actually trades in wisdom language and philosophy. This gives evidence of his familiarity with wisdom literature.

Reading (aloud) his verses, one hears a certain similarity to the Book of Proverbs and the rhetorical rants of oth-er literate prophets. Not surprisingly, the plain-spoken, dramatic flair of this self-described “bumpkin” meets rejection among the sophisticates and intellectuals of the northern kingdom. As a grassroots moralist, his intrusive voice inspires as much welcome as one more presidential candidate might receive in our day. The upper class urban-ites of his time were less than enthusiastic about anything that threatened the social boundaries so beneficial to their well-being. Sound familiar?

In today’s selection from Psalm 146, God acts once again to relieve the suffering of the marginalized. The psalmist names each group receiving help from the Lord, imparting dignity to persons, and drawing attention to their situa-tions. Poverty and suffering remain a scandal in our day.


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Singing this text with an active faith, we join the assembly in dialogue, reflecting on the mystery of God invested in his compassion, and the possibility of God acting through us, the spirit-empowered disciples of his son.

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Why do we experience relief, even triumph, when a Sun-day reading demonstrates both cultivated skill and care-ful preparation? Why should excellent reading strike us as out-of-the-ordinary? Several factors contribute, but I suspect our lack of aural models dominates. While we have actors, commentators, and pundits aplenty, oratory no longer holds a privileged place in popular imagination. Scenes of folks gathered around the wireless still show up in period films but seem quaint to twenty-first century eyes (glued to small screens). In the US, the White House retains a tradition of oratory, but presidential speeches in-creasingly fall on deaf ears.

No question about it, it takes talent and work to invest the word spoken aloud with actual life and meaning. One fundamental approach asks us to discover the arc of the reading. The arc recalls the basic divisions of any work into beginning, middle, and end. Somewhere between the start and the finish lies a point of interest or emphasis. What comes before that point builds actively toward it, and what follows moves away from it.

In today’s reading from Habakkuk, the reality of violence gets the emphasis: “Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and clamorous discord.” The principle of the arc informs the lector that the appeal to God that precedes this clear pronouncement aims toward it. The verses that follow after, narrating the Lord’s response, move away in a measured manner.

Now cantor, consider the Lectionary verses of Psalm 95. Can you find an arc there?

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Today’s Lectionary reading from 2 Kings 5 packs pro-phetic punch even in its present form, but let me tell you, the rest of the story (preceding and following this brief excerpt) reads like a novel, with the transformation of its protagonist, Naaman the leper, going way more than skin deep. Take a few minutes to peruse the whole chapter.

Since most of our first readings consist of a shorter section of a longer story, permit me to introduce a couple of new words into our collective vocabulary. In scholarly circles, the technical term for a passage excerpted from a larger body of text is pericope. (Consult an online dictionary for a playback of the surprising four syllable pronunciation.) Pericope comes from two Greek words, peri (around), and

kope (a cutting). The word lection similarly describes a smaller portion of a larger work, with the word Lectionary leaning on this meaning. (Both pericope and lection sound more elegant and substantial than snippet!)

Naaman’s story is representative of a type that appears sev-eral times in Scripture. A stranger from a foreign territory comes into our land for a while, finds welcome and trans-formation at our river of mercy, and leaves as a member of our people (signified here by the take away of dirt). In support of this free sharing of spiritual wealth, this reck-less divine hospitality, Psalm 98 tells of a justice meant for all nations, of kindness and faithfulness spreading in time to the very ends of the earth.

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time In recent years, some parts of the country have seen an increase in the number of larger-sized worship spaces within ever-expanding church facilities. Generous space for a sizable assembly brings certain complications to the celebration of liturgy. It takes longer for a larger group to enter and leave and to move within the ritual. Beginning on time presents a challenge. The Communion procession, even carefully choreographed, can get lengthy, encourag-ing folks to slip away after receiving. More relevant to our work, it requires an enhanced skill set and more extensive preparation to minister to the many, and the quality of the sound system becomes even more critical.

It seems that the idea of training lectors has gone out of style. The general opinion that if a person can read, she can be a lector, dims the value of lector training and promotes lackluster ministry. (Certainly one would not dare to say the same about singing and cantors!) Yet a reader, fully prepared and fully present, proclaiming the spoken word of Scripture with understanding and conviction, conveys the very pres-ence of Christ. This quality of ministry calls forth from the assembly something beyond mild attention. It challenges the people in the pews to listen actively for what Christ wants to teach his Church, gathered this day, in this place.

Today’s first reading narrates a battle and mentions God only in reference to the staff Moses holds. Like it or not, the lector must proclaim this word. How might Psalm 121 shed light on its meaning?

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time You might find it convenient to refer to the author of the first lection (see 28th Sunday) in today’s liturgy as Ben Sira, and the name of the book as Sirach (to avoid confu-sion between its alternate designation, Ecclesiasticus, and the Book of Ecclesiastes, another gem of the wisdom tra-dition). A sage and scribe, Ben Sira lived in Jerusalem in


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the latter part of the Old Testament period, writing the text between 200 and 175 BC.

Untouched by electricity or technology, our Hebrew an-cestors in faith lived their lives from a different perspective. People who suffered illness or severe loss communicated this by relating the social dimensions. Not knowing of germs, viruses, or replacement hips, they understood misfortune to be caused, not by what, but by whom. An enemy or demon might get the blame, but both the harm and the plea for its healing landed squarely at the feet of the Lord God. Who else could be counted on to hear the cry of the poor?

In biblical parlance, poverty has implications beyond eco-nomic lack, pointing to abandonment or breakdown of the human relationships meant to keep the individual anchored in community. Those without family ties—orphans, wid-ows, blind or incapacitated persons, and prisoners are con-sidered truly poor. With no one else to help, they cry to the Lord, and their persistent prayer “pierces the clouds.”

The refrain of Psalm 34 echoes this emphasis on the prayer of the powerless, who sing praise rooted in the experience of utter dependence upon God.

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Historical records indicate that for a long time all reading was done aloud. The ability to read was limited to a few and anything written belonged to all within earshot. A famous story about Saint Augustine describes his amazement at

the sight of Saint Ambrose reading a manuscript silently. Embarrassed by the oddity of it, Augustine slipped out of the room without saying a thing. It simply had not oc-curred to him that such an act was possible. Think of Mo-ses reading the law on Sinai, Joshua addressing the tribes, Ezra the scribe “reading plainly,” Baruch in the temple, Jesus in the synagogue, all reading aloud. Some things still need to be read aloud.

Today’s Wisdom reading arises from the sunset of the pre-Christian millennium in Jewish Alexandria. In the midst of the overwhelming influence of Greek thought and the flat denial of any other life but the present, earthly one, the author of Wisdom peaks over the horizon at a new future, sustained by the “imperishable spirit” of the Lord God, the “lover of souls.” This Solomon devotee, well-versed in ear-lier Old Testament writings, raises a soothing voice to his faithful fellow Jews in a time of suffering and oppression.

Psalm 145 sounds as much of an echo as it does a response, summing up the message of the Wisdom reading with the familiar formula, “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness.”

In this Holy Year of Mercy, dare we aspire to the bound-less compassion of God?

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Paul Covino received his

master’s in liturgical research

from Notre Dame and has

worked for more than

thirty years in pastoral

liturgy. He is the editor of

Celebrating Marriage

(ocp.org/30106208) and

currently serves as director

of Campus Ministry at

Assumption College in

Worcester, Massachusetts.

Paul Covino Fall is, among other things, a time of new beginnings and of harvest. Schools begin a new academic year, and parishes resume activities that may have been dormant

over the summer. Grocery stores and farmers markets are stocked with the bounty of late summer and autumn fields and orchards. Culminating in Thanksgiving, this is a time of year when people of faith are aware of the many blessings that God bestows. The General Introduction of the Book of Blessings summarizes this appreciation:

The source from whom every good gift comes is God, who is above all, blessed for ever. He who is all good has made all things good, so that he might fill his creatures with blessings and even after the Fall he has con-tinued his blessings as a sign of his merciful love. (1)

Carrying on a tradition inherited from our Jewish ancestors, Catholics have cel-ebrated blessings with prayer and ritual from the earliest days of the Church. As Fa-ther Thomas Simons explains, “The Church calls down God’s blessing upon people and upon whatever they do and whatever serves them. Blessings serve as signs; they direct our attention to God’s active presence in and around us” (9; Blessings for God’s People, Ave Maria Press, avemariapress.com).

The Church provides two books to facilitate the celebration of blessings. The first is the Book of Blessings (Liturgical Press, litpress.org). This ritual book provides brief orders of service for six categories of blessings: persons, buildings and various forms of human activity, objects in churches, articles to foster Christian devotion, feasts and seasons, and various needs and occasions. Some of these blessings are led by a bishop, priest, or deacon, while others may be led by a lay minister. The second book is Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers, Revised Edition (ocp.org/20607). Designed to be led by a family member in a home setting, the blessings and prayers in this book are arranged in ten sections: basic prayers, daily prayers, days and seasons, family prayers from birth to death, prayers for Catholic living, prayers for the Church and the world, litanies, God’s word in times of need, stations of the cross, and a calendar of the saints. The weeks of late summer and autumn provide a number of opportunities to use the blessings in these two books.

Late August: The Book of Blessings has an “Order for the Blessing of Students and Teachers” (chapter 5) which could be celebrated at the start of the new school year. Three forms of the blessing are offered: one for use within Mass, one for use in a celebration of the Word of God, and an abbreviated version that includes just a Scripture reading and a prayer of blessing. As the school year progresses, the “Or-der for the Blessing of an Athletic Event” (chapter 29) could be used in Catholic schools and in parishes to ask “that God may protect the athletes from injury and that throughout the event they may show respect for one another” (1024).

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September: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (page 176) has a prayer for Labor Day which is observed on the first Monday in September. It also has a “Prayer for Placing Objects for Prayer and Devotion” (page 323) that could be used to bless crosses worn around the neck or displayed in the home on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14. The Book of Blessings has an “Order for the Blessing of a New Cross for Public Veneration” (chapter 35) that is used to bless the principal cross in a church or a cross in a public place separate from a church (e.g., a cross in a Catholic school). Peter Mazar offers practical suggestions for a blessing of crosses in a classroom setting in School Year, Church Year: Customs and Decorations for the Classroom (87–93; Liturgy Train-ing Publications, ltp.org). Catechetical Sunday, which is observed in many places on the third Sunday in Septem-ber, is an opportunity to recognize and commission those who serve the community as catechists. The Book of Bless-ings (chapter 4) provides an order for blessing catechists within Mass, as well as a blessing of catechists outside of Mass and a blessing for a catechetical meeting.

October: Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (pages 154–157) provides a blessing of animals for the memorial of Saint Francis on October 4. It includes an introduction, a Scripture reading, and a prayer of bless-ing. The memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, which is observed on October 7, could be an occasion to celebrate the “Order for the Blessing of Rosaries” in the Book of Blessings (chapter 45). Information about how to pray the Rosary is available in Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (pages 18–19). The “Prayer for Missions” in Cath-olic Household Blessings and Prayers (page 370) could be recommended for World Mission Sunday which is ob-served on the next to last Sunday in October. In places that observe Priesthood Sunday (October 30 in 2016), sug-gest the “Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Re-ligious Life” in Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (pages 385–386).

November: Beginning with All Saints and All Souls’ Day, the Church in November “celebrates the communion of saints, intercedes for those who have died, and prepares to welcome the one whom St. Francis called ‘Sister Death’” (Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers, page 161). The Book of Blessings (chapter 57) has an “Order for Visiting a Cemetery” that could be celebrated on All Souls’ Day. Home prayers for this month, including one for visit-ing a grave, are available in Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (pages 158–162). For the national elections on November 8, see the “Prayer Before an Election” and the

“Prayer After an Election” in Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (pages 371–373).

Thanksgiving: The Book of Blessings (chapter 58) pro-vides an “Order for the Blessing of Food for Thanksgiving Day” that may be used to bless food that families will use for their Thanksgiving dinner as well as food that will be distributed to the poor. Three forms of this blessing are provided: one for use within Mass, one for use in a celebra-tion of the Word of God, and an abbreviated version that includes just a Scripture reading and a prayer of blessing. Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (pages 177–179) has both simple and extended table blessings for use in the home on Thanksgiving Day. The Book of Blessings (chap-ter 28) has an “Order for a Blessing on the Occasion of Thanksgiving for the Harvest” that could be used anytime during the fall harvest.

Miscellaneous: Fall is often a time when new people start serving the community in roles of pastoral service and ministry, and the Book of Blessings provides ways for the community to bless and/or commission them within Mass or within a celebration of the Word of God. If, for example, a new member of the parish staff is being intro-duced, consider celebrating the “Order for the Blessing of Those Who Exercise Pastoral Service” (chapter 60). If new members of the parish council are starting their term of service, see the “Order for the Blessing of a Parish Coun-cil” (chapter 64). There are also similar blessings for people who are beginning ministry as a reader/lector, altar server, sacristan, music minister, usher/greeter, or extraordinary minister of Holy Communion (chapters 61–63).

The Book of Blessings is an important resource for parishes and other worshipping communities. Take some time to become familiar with its contents and keep it alongside the Roman Missal, Lectionary, and other ritual books in the sacristy. Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers is an equally excellent introduction and guide to home prayer for Catholic individuals and families. Consider giving a copy to couples preparing for marriage, to families pre-senting a child for baptism, and to new parishioners regis-tering in your community.



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Composer refleCtion—The first good news we human beings can receive is the news that we are valued. Stanza one of “Tell the Good News” proclaims the truth that we are, indeed, valued by God. “Jesus reveals our hu-man worth” because his life and death show how much God loves and values us. The In-

carnation—God’s Word-made-flesh—is truly good news and reason for joy.

Stanza two reminds us that Jesus began his public ministry by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus described his mis-sion by reading from the prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me [sending me] to bring glad tidings to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives, recovery of sight to the blind, release to prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the Lord” (Luke 4:18–19). The Gospels tell us that Jesus healed the sick, even those not of his Jewish faith. He engaged in lengthy conversation with the Samaritan woman, a foreigner of ill repute. He ate with tax collectors and sinners. He treated everybody with dignity, regardless of their faith, race, gender, or social standing. His inclusive stance is truly good news and reason for joy.

Stanza three recalls that the same Holy Spirit that filled

Jesus now fills us. Our mission is the same as Jesus’ mis-sion—to pass on the good news we have received, showing the world by word and action that God values each and every person, each and every race and nation.

gelobt sei gott, a tune by German composer Melchior Vulpius (ca. 1570–1615), expresses the conviction and en-ergy that characterize a good recessional song, sending us forth as living icons of Jesus’ Gospel. The hymn is especial-ly appropriate on the Sundays of Ordinary Time between Pentecost and Advent. Because of frequent chord changes, this hymn is most effectively accompanied on organ or keyboard. It requires a strong, energetic interpretation. The tempo is brisk and the accompaniment crisp.

Pope Francis began his 2013 apostolic exhortation, Evan-gelii Gaudium, with these words: “The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus… With Jesus, joy is constantly born anew.” May our worship as-semblies experience this joy for themselves, and then go forth to share it with the world.

—Delores Dufner, OSB


Tell the Good News by Delores Dufner, OSB

Octavo: 30129329 (accompaniment package)

Voicing: SATB, unison

Instrumentation: keyboard, guitar

Difficulty level: easy

Topics: Discipleship, healing, Holy Spirit, praise, sending forth, word

Missals and hymnals: BB/MI 373 (see page 66 for abbreviation key)

Sound samples, downloadable sheet music, and more: ocp.org/compositions/10336

Tell The Good News Acc #896 GELOBT SEI GOTT

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Text: 888 with alleluias; Delores Dufner, OSB, © 1990, The Sisters of St. Benedict. Published by OCP. All rights reserved. Music: Melchior Vulpius, ca. 1560–1616.

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refleCtion—In 1966, the Mass began to go into the vernacular in the British Isles. Scot-tish Jesuit Father James Quinn began to ex-periment with vernacular hymns in schools and parishes. His aim was primarily liturgi-cal, but he was also concerned with doctrine

and Scripture. The hymn texts that he wrote were intended to form a “catechism in song” for schools and “a rich Scriptural quarry” (New Hymns for All Seasons Preface).

Quinn was not a musician and relied upon others to advise him about suitable music for his texts. From the beginning, he made use of hymn tunes from the Anglican and Scottish Episcopal traditions, and he was always pleased at the way in which this furthered ecumenical relationships. His first 87 hymns were published in 1969 in a collection entitled New Hymns for All Seasons.

The seventh song in the collection was “This Day God Gives Me,” an adaptation of part of the eighth-century Irish text known as “St. Patrick’s Breastplate” that was to be sung in conjunction with the traditional Gaelic melody bunessan (pronounced Boo-NESS-n), named after a tiny village on the Isle of Mull, not far from Iona, and a place

of pilgrimage for lovers of hymns. Although Saint Patrick ministered in the fifth century, experts date the actual text to some three centuries later.

Quinn subsequently altered one line of the hymn in a col-lected edition of his texts published in 1994. Verse 2, line 2, originally ran “strength as my steersman,” with its imagery of God guiding the Christian like the helmsman steers the boat. This was revised in the interests of more inclusive lan-guage to “strength to sustain me.” (The version published by OCP has “strength as my guardian.”)

Quinn gave a number of possibilities for the use of this text: Christian life, guidance, morning, opening of worship, processional. Many people use it as the entrance hymn at Mass. Verse 4, beginning “Rising, I thank you,” could even make it suitable for unaccompanied solo singing when get-ting out of bed in the morning!

—Paul Inwood


This Day God Gives Me by James Quinn, SJ

Octavo: 30102414 (keyboard/guitar/unison), 30118278 (SATB)

Voicing: SATB, unison

Instrumentation: keyboard, guitar

Difficulty level: easy

Topics/season: confidence, creation, graduation, introductory rites/entrance song, journey, morning prayer, retreats, sending forth, Sunday (Lord’s Day)

Missals and hymnals: BB/MI 640, CP3 574, GP3 779, H 564, J2 2, J3 850, VOZ 838, R2 179, R3 136, UC 756 (see page 66 for abbreviation key)

Sound samples, downloadable sheet music, and more: ocp.org/compositions/1490

This Day GoD Gives Me Acc #579 / CP3 #574 BUNESSAN

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MUSIC SUGGESTIONSSee page 66 for an abbreviation key.

For additional music suggestions, visit liturgy.com and spiritandsong.com/podcasts.

ENTRANCE CHANTTable of Plenty (Schutte) A 525 BB/MI 310 CM 99 CP2 475 CP3 518

GP2 530 GP3 463 H 378 J2 793 J3 761 NTY 75 S&S 233 SS1 163 UC 489 VOZ 786 OCP 9846

I Heard the Voice of Jesus kingsfold A 266 BB/MI 460 CP2 437 CP3 467 GP2 633 GP3 646 H 439 J2 729 J3 692 UC 663 VOZ 728 OCP 11574

Canticle of the Sun (Haugen) A 110 BB/MI 421 CM 152 CP2 386 CP3 412 H 459 R2 242 R3 188 UC 745

Here at This Table (Whitaker) A 241 BB/MI 312 CP3 510 GP3 464 H 374 J2 807 J3 777 NTY 68 S&S 248 SS2 362 UC 483 OCP 11560

From All That Dwell Below the Skies duke street A 189 BB/MI 542 CP2 370 CP3 392 H 502 UC 686 VOZ 586

Praise to the Lord lobe den herren A 452 BB 197 CM 125 CP2 356 CP3 378 GP2 686 GP3 732 H 487 J2 597 J3 585 R2 253 R3 164 TM 26 UC 704 VOZ 588

How Firm a Foundation foundation A 257 BB/MI 725 CP3 319 H 303 J2 716 J3 683

Rain Down (Cortez) A 461 BB/MI 614 CP2 401 CP3 435 GP2 713 GP3 771 H 423 J2 651 J3 627 NTY 25 S&S 228 SS1 134 UC 659 VOZ 616 OCP 9771

RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONRespond and Acclaim (Alstott) 128–129A Lectionary Psalter (Schiavone) 158, 251

PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSCome to Me (Norbet) A 141 BB/MI 456 CP2 442 CP3 472 GP2 629

GP3 644 H 443 J2 728 J3 695 UC 669 VOZ 730I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (Thomerson) A 272 BB/MI 605

CP3 429 GP3 682 H 515 J3 632 R2 308 R3 202You Gather In the Outcast (Crandal) A 927 BB/MI 627 OCP 30126384Come to the Water (Foley) A 145 BB/MI 609 CM 149 CP2 400

CP3 434 GP2 706 GP3 770 H 422 J2 650 J3 626 UC 656 VOZ 613 OCP 9489

Come unto Me (B. Hurd) A 146 BB/MI 517 GP2 418 GP3 580 J2 770Abba! Father (Landry) A 27 BB/MI 536 CP2 365 CP3 387 GP2 696

GP3 716 H 485 J2 615 J3 600 UC 695 VOZ 568 OCP 5519We Praise You (Ducote) A 619 BB/MI 551 CP2 379 GP2 677 GP3 736

J2 626 J3 579 VOZ 569Show Us Your Mercy (Friedman) GP2 473 GP3 418 J2 563 J3 527

NTY 183 R2 130 R3 88 OCP 10921

COMMUNION CHANTBlest Are They (Haas) A 97 BB/MI 635 CM 167 CP2 397 CP3 431

GP3 759 H 478 R3 140 UC 560The Cry of the Poor (Foley) A 542 BB/MI 622 CM 159 CP2 510

CP3 559 GP2 203 GP3 526 H 551 J2 847 J3 829 NTY 278 R3 248 S&S 340 SS1 63 UC 598 VOZ 836 OCP 9498

Jesus, the Bread of Life (Brown) A 303 BB/MI 339 GP2 527 GP3 515 J2 817 OCP 10490

Loving and Forgiving (Soper) A 354 BB/MI 671 CP2 74 CP3 356 GP2 251 GP3 413 H 364 J2 560 J3 532 UC 216 VOZ 226 OCP 9893

Transfigure Us, O Lord (B. Hurd) A 594 BB/MI 502 CP3 494 GP3 274 H 412 J3 726 NTY 186 S&S 164 SS2 309 OCP 12888

Pescador de Hombres/Lord, You Have Come (Gabaráin) A 448 BB/MI 505 CP2 458 CP3 491 GP2 580 GP3 555 H 413 J2 763 J3 729 NTY 129 R2 272 R3 234 S&S 256 SS1 162 UC 543 VOZ 702 OCP 8419

Taste and See (Dean) A 686 BB/MI 766 CP2 29 CP3 28 GP2 200 GP3 143 H 117 J2 37 J3 42 UC 104 VOZ 169 OCP 7114

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHLead Me, Lord (Becker) A 314 BB/MI 636 CP2 398 CP3 432 GP2 715

GP3 760 H 479 J2 659 J3 733 NTY 19 R2 284 S&S 221 SS1 107 UC 561 VOZ 619 OCP 8831

O God, Our Help in Ages Past st. anne A 396 BB/MI 442 CM 142 CP2 419 CP3 449 GP2 613 GP3 612 H 528 J2 705 J3 672 UC 731 VOZ 627

City of God (Schutte) A 130 BB/MI 385 CM 119 CP2 509 CP3 558 GP2 548 GP3 538 H 540 J2 830 J3 813 NTY 9 R2 278 R3 263 SS1 106 UC 576 VOZ 742 OCP 9739

Beatitudes (Ducote) A 85 BB/MI 637 GP2 717 GP3 757 J2 657Tell the Good News gelobt sei gott A 896 BB/MI 373 TM 43Alleluia! Raise the Gospel (Farrell) A 56 BB/MI 626 GP3 525 J3 827

NTY 273 R3 250 OCP 11978All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) A 49 BB/MI 547 CP2 363


The Spirit Sends Us Forth azmon A 565 BB/MI 377 H 546 J2 835 J3 817

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name grosser gott A 246 BB 195 CM 124 CP2 355 CP3 377 GP2 681 GP3 721 H 482 J2 593 J3 566 NTY 95 R2 255 R3 195 TM 24 UC 688 VOZ 590

CHORALGive Us a Pure Heart (Willcock) OCP 4529

Peace I Leave with You (R. Farrell) OCP 30130966Jesus Christ, Homeless One (Landry) OCP 30133874

This week we begin preparation for the last season of this liturgical year, the conclusion of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Although this issue often begins with Labor Day, this is not so this year. Labor Day is next week.

Most of us are familiar with the nightmare of seating charts for weddings and banquets. Well, the custom goes back as far as Jesus, and he has some strong words about it. Today’s Gospel parable tells of a banquet that ends with a mandate to the host to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind to the banquet. In the kingdom, the last will be first. The music suggestions include a variety of song/hymns pertaining to the Gospel texts.

The opening antiphon of today’s celebration from Psalm 86 calls to mind again the Jubilee Year of Mercy: “Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call to you.”

Before the season gets busy with recruitment, organiza-tional activities, meetings, and celebrations, take a moment to think about a song such as “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” (BB/MI 488) for use during the rest of the Year of Mercy. It has a powerful text and tune that works well with or without accompaniment. Consider taking rehearsal time to gather hymns concerning mercy that are familiar to your choir. Sprinkle these throughout the liturgies until the end of the Year of Mercy…and beyond.

Remember: Your Music Survey is due!— Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time8/28/2016 YEAR C


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Introduction, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 70 _______________________________________________________________________________

THE INTRODUCTORY RITES

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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 70 _______________________________________________________________________

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 cf. Psalm 86 (85):3, 5Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call to you.

FIRST READING Sirach 3:17–18, 20, 28–29 (126C)Conduct your affairs more humbly, the greater you are, and God will favor you. A wise person always takes joy in listening to others.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 68:4–5, 6–7, 10–11God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.

SECOND READING Hebrews 12:18–19, 22–24a“You have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God.” The judge of all comes close into our assembly. Jesus our mediator reaches to touch us and invites us to touch him. We join the festal gathering of our living God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Matthew 11:29abTake my yoke upon you, says the Lord, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.

GOSPEL Luke 14:1, 7–14The exalted shall be humbled and the humble exalted. When you have a dinner, invite poor people or persons with disabilities. Have a reception for persons who cannot repay you, “For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 31 (30):20How great is the goodness, Lord, that you keep for those who fear you.Or Matthew 5:9–10Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteous-ness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.



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ENTRANCE CHANTTake Up Our Cross (Stephan) A 530 BB/MI 721 GP3 383 J3 502

S&S 354 UC 552 OCP 21076I Heard the Voice of Jesus kingsfold A 266 BB/MI 460 CP2 437


Come, Now Is the Time to Worship (Doerksen) A 136 BB/MI 550 GP3 457 H 582 NTY 81 S&S 284 SS2 383


Lift High the Cross crucifer A 329 BB/MI 720 CM 81 CP2 305 CP3 314 GP2 444 GP3 384 H 300 J2 522 J3 500 R2 163 UC 553 VOZ 707

Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) A 331 BB/MI 534 CP2 373 CP3 395 GP2 676 GP3 725 H 492 J2 620 J3 593 NTY 23 UC 693 VOZ 580 OCP 9938

God of Our Fathers national hymn A 217 BB/MI 634 CP3 571 GP3 748 H 567 J2 867 J3 847

Give Us, O Lord (B. Hurd) A 917 BB/MI 317 OCP 30130636Anthem (Conry) A 65 BB/MI 503 CP2 459 CP3 492 GP2 578 GP3 556

H 415 J2 761 J3 727 UC 549 VOZ 705


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSCome to Me (Norbet) A 141 BB/MI 456 CP2 442 CP3 472 GP2 629

GP3 644 H 443 J2 728 J3 695 UC 669 VOZ 730In Every Age (Whitaker) A 282 BB/MI 463 CP3 473 GP3 653 H 448

J2 727 J3 696 NTY 134 S&S 317 SS2 242 OCP 11579Come to the Water (Foley) A 145 BB/MI 609 CM 149 CP2 400


Tâm Tình Hiên Dâng/A Gift of Love (Sông Lam) A 883 BB/MI 521 OCP 30108087

The Lord Is My Light (C. Walker) A 556 BB/MI 682 CP2 348 CP3 366 GP2 486 GP3 443 H 354 J2 587 J3 557 R2 305 S&S 357 SS1 61 UC 254 VOZ 339 OCP 10448

Dwelling Place (Foley) A 161 BB/MI 494 CP3 441 GP2 591 GP3 596 H 512 J3 664

COMMUNION CHANTAs the Deer Longs (B. Hurd) A 690 BB/MI 770 CP2 32 CP3 32

GP2 207 GP3 149 H 119 J2 42 J3 44 UC 108 VOZ 175 OCP 9103O God, for You I Long (Farrell) A 689 CP2 33 GP2 206 GP3 148

J2 688 VOZ 177We Have Been Told (Haas) A 618 BB/MI 511 CM 166 CP2 460

CP3 495 GP3 564 H 418 UC 546 OCP 8533Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen) A 495 BB/MI 464 CM 165 CP2 11

CP3 474 GP3 642 H 441 S&S 128 SS1 59 UC 661Age to Age (Vogt) A 35 BB/MI 489 CP3 442 GP3 598 H 510 J2 703

J3 670 SS1 98 OCP 10900Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz) A 196 BB/MI 324 CM 107 CP2 484


Restless Is the Heart (Farrell) A 468 BB/MI 687 GP2 483 GP3 441 OCP 9283

My Shepherd Is the Lord (Gelineau) A 667 BB/MI 749 CP2 12 CP3 12 GP3 128 H 101 UC 85 VOZ 147

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHFor the Fruits of This Creation ar hyd y nos A 183 BB/MI 424

CP2 385 CP3 416 GP3 697 H 454 J2 629 J3 615 R2 238 R3 189 UC 748 VOZ 599

Lord of All Hopefulness slane A 343 BB/MI 396 CM 103 CP2 406 CP3 421 GP2 622 GP3 623 H 469 J2 690 J3 647 NTY 121 R2 291 R3 280 UC 776 VOZ 654

I Am the Light of the World (Hayakawa) A 262 BB/MI 604 GP2 658 GP3 684 H 334 J2 664 J3 630 SS1 118 VOZ 624 OCP 9331

We Are the Light of the World (Greif) A 614 BB/MI 603 CM 169 CP2 396 CP3 430 GP2 657 GP3 687 H 516 J2 660 J3 629 NTY 35 S&S 237 SS1 143 UC 736 VOZ 621 OCP 11111

Alleluia! Give the Glory (Canedo) A 812 BB/MI 890 CP2 164 CP3 146 GP2 70 GP3 39 H 22 J3 245 NTY 3 SS1 5 UC 61 VOZ 113 OCP 9788

Faith of Our Fathers st. catherine A 173 BB/MI 493 CM 137 CP2 412 CP3 444 GP2 592 GP3 593 H 509 J2 698 J3 667 UC 634 VOZ 679

Eternal Father, Strong to Save melita A 169 BB/MI 633 CP2 523 CP3 567 GP3 746 H 568 J2 865 J3 848 VOZ 758

We Shall Overcome (Trad.) GP2 556 GP3 527 J2 842 J3 822 NTY 280We Are Called (Haas) A 611 BB/MI 625 CP2 511 CP3 560 GP3 524

H 552

CHORALPrayer for Peace (Thatcher) OCP 20609

Peace I Leave with You (Helvey) OCP 30130620Peace at the Last (Willcock) OCP 30104103

Tomorrow is Labor Day in the US. Suggestions such as “How Firm a Foundation,” “Come to Me,” “Come to the Water,” “For the Fruits of This Creation,” and “God of Our Fathers” can help celebrate the holiday in a scriptural context.

The liturgical calendar, however, calls us to prepare a musical liturgy with a Gospel lesson where Jesus is using seemingly stern words. He tells his followers they must renounce their possessions if they are to be disciples, and he speaks of children hating parents! Sister Verna Holyhead (Welcoming the Word in Year C, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2006) writes with comforting insight: “When Jesus calls for ‘hate’ of parents and family, he is not discarding his love command, but using a word that exaggerates the choice one must make in establishing priorities” (p. 144). For us musicians, it’s like when somebody says, “Don’t shoot the piano player!” Fortunately, “shoot” is just an exaggeration of “blame” in this context. (At least, I hope so. Practice, practice, practice!)

As you may know, Glory & Praise, Third Edition (GP3) is now available. Today’s Liturgy includes some of these selections among the song suggestions. The last entry of each suggestion box this year will be something distinct to Glory & Praise, Third Edition. You may even recognize some favorites which are no longer in the missals. If you are currently not using Glory & Praise, Third Edition, it’s easy to download a special song from licensingonline.org for use with your community. Go to ocp.org, or call Customer Service: 1-800-LITURGY (548-8749). They are very gracious and helpful. — Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

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Homily ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________






Holy, Holy, Holy ____________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Communion Rite

The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________



Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________




ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Psalm 119 (118):137, 124You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right; treat your servant in accord with your merciful love.

FIRST READING Wisdom 9:13–18b (129C)No one understands heaven or earth completely, but God sends wis-dom and the Holy Spirit to light up the paths of those who search for the way.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 90:3–4, 5–6, 12–13, 14–17In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

SECOND READING Philemon 9–10, 12–17While Paul was in prison, he begged Philemon to receive back the runaway slave, Onesimus, as a beloved brother and partner in Christ.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Psalm 119:135Let your face shine upon your servant; and teach me your laws.

GOSPEL Luke 14:25–33Jesus taught his followers the hard lesson of the cross: good ac-counting, careful planning, anticipating changes, decision making, and finishing the job.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 42 (41):2–3Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearn-ing for you, my God; my soul is thirsting for God, the living God.Or John 8:12I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.


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ENTRANCE CHANTGlory in the Cross (Schutte) A 202 BB/MI 719 CP3 313 GP3 289

H 302 J2 523 J3 375 S&S 170 SS2 313 VOZ 439 OCP 11484Lift High the Cross crucifer A 329 BB/MI 720 CM 81 CP2 305

CP3 314 GP2 444 GP3 384 H 300 J2 522 J3 500 R2 163 UC 553 VOZ 707

Gather Us In (Haugen) A 193 BB/MI 302 CM 102 CP2 471 CP3 511 GP3 471 H 377 UC 481

The King of Love My Shepherd Is st. columba A 551 BB/MI 466 CP2 438 CP3 468 GP2 632 GP3 648 H 440 J2 733 J3 690 NTY 33 R2 208 R3 180 UC 665 VOZ 724 OCP 11563

Holy, Holy, Holy nicaea A 247 BB 209 CM 78 CP2 299 CP3 306 GP2 414 GP3 358 H 295 J2 469 J3 448 R2 162 R3 115 TM 38 UC 414 VOZ 505 OCP 30106572

Lord of All Hopefulness slane A 343 BB/MI 396 CM 103 CP2 406 CP3 421 GP2 622 GP3 623 H 469 J2 690 J3 647 NTY 121 R2 291 R3 280 UC 776 VOZ 654

Shepherd of Souls st. agnes A 496 BB/MI 372 CP2 499 CP3 549 GP2 501 GP3 475 H 380 J2 825 J3 808 UC 527 VOZ 830

Take Up Your Cross erhalt uns, herr A 531 BB/MI 718 CM 80 CP2 304 CP3 312 GP3 552 H 301 J2 524 J3 501 UC 554 VOZ 708

We Ever Will Praise You (McDonell) NTY 111 S&S 363 SS2 399 OCP 12166


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSCreate in Me (Kendzia) A 696 BB/MI 775 CP2 37 CP3 37 GP3 154

H 124 J2 47 J3 48 OCP 11354There Is a Balm in Gilead balm in gilead A 570 BB/MI 471 CP2 440


Pastures of the Lord (Stephan) A 877 BB/MI 455 GP3 650 OCP 20127Did You Know (Farrell) A 916 BB/MI 533 OCP 30108028Prayer of St. Francis (Temple) A 455 BB/MI 527 CM 160 CP2 452

CP3 484 GP2 651 GP3 679 H 426 J2 738 J3 702 NTY 136 R2 222 R3 209 S&S 339 SS1 199 UC 541 VOZ 720 OCP 10762

Keep in Mind (Deiss) A 310 BB/MI 679 CP2 350 CP3 368 GP2 492 GP3 434 H 357 J2 589 J3 559 UC 257 VOZ 330

Song of Farewell (Sands) A 513 BB/MI 686 CP2 351 CP3 369 GP2 494 GP3 442 H 351 J2 580 J3 553 UC 256 VOZ 343 OCP 9288

Come, Lord Jesus (Angrisano) A 133 BB/MI 512 GP3 579 J3 656 NTY 146 S&S 283 SS1 174 OCP 11316

COMMUNION CHANTLitany of Peace (Bridge) A 334 BB/MI 528 J3 707 OCP 20373Our Blessing Cup (B. Hurd) A 430 BB/MI 319 CP2 489 CP3 535

GP2 513 GP3 500 H 391 J2 92 J3 778 UC 508 OCP 9102The Cry of the Poor (Foley) A 542 BB/MI 622 CM 159 CP2 510


Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) A 601 BB/MI 509 CP2 456 CP3 489 GP2 579 GP3 563 H 419 J2 760 J3 725 UC 545 VOZ 710 OCP 7115

Let Us See Your Kindness (MacAller) A 706 BB/MI 785 CP2 51 CP3 49 GP2 225 GP3 165 H 134 J3 62 UC 127 VOZ 200

On Eagle’s Wings (Joncas) A 415 BB/MI 432 CM 144 CP2 418 CP3 447 GP2 598 GP3 606 H 535 J2 704 J3 671 NTY 27 R2 217 R3 218 S&S 333 SS1 195 UC 714 VOZ 630 OCP 9493

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHLet There Be Peace on Earth (Jackson) A 326 BB/MI 532 CM 161

CP2 449 CP3 481 GP2 655 GP3 672 H 427 J2 739 J3 703 R2 221 R3 213 UC 538 VOZ 719

For the Healing of the Nations st. thomas (tantum ergo) A 184 BB/MI 435 CP3 463 GP3 517 H 522 J3 844

In the Day of the Lord (Ridge) A 286 BB/MI 579 CP2 466 CP3 504 GP2 722 GP3 752 H 450 J2 685 J3 753 R2 314 SS1 121 UC 765 VOZ 673 OCP 9889

I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan) A 261 BB/MI 349 CM 111 CP2 478 CP3 520 GP3 493 H 393 R2 196 R3 304 UC 510

Day of Peace (Whitaker) A 885 BB/MI 529 GP3 673 S&S 287 SS2 405

Make Our Lives a Prayer of Peace (Hillebrand) GP2 654 GP3 677 OCP 10098

Healing River of the Spirit beach spring A 237 BB/MI 693 CP3 362 GP3 422 H 369 J3 545

Change Our Hearts (Cooney) A 114 BB/MI 665 CP2 338 CP3 352 GP2 349 GP3 264 H 363 J3 535 UC 219 VOZ 310 OCP 5269

Go in Peace (Schiavone) CP2 500 J2 126 J3 126

CHORALMay Christ Support Us (Joncas) OCP 30130955

What Does the Lord Require? (Sturk) OCP 30103389Make Us Instruments of Peace (C. Walker) OCP 20712

As Catholics, we belong to a liturgical church. One as-pect of this is the observation of the Church Year—a fixed, three-year (Sunday) calendar. In other words, we follow the Lectionary. We do not freely choose the readings, but rather, subject ourselves to the discipline of a Lectionary that proclaims the same message to all members. This is part of being a universal Church. That being said, on 9/11 in this Year of Mercy, today’s celebration just happens to proclaim stories of God’s mercy in each of the readings, as well as the responsorial Psalm 51. It is the great penitential psalm known as the Miserere. This fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy becomes even more significant in the light of subse-quent terrorism in our country.

Today’s second reading from Saint Paul to Timothy ex-presses the evangelist’s gratitude to Christ for being treated with mercy and patience. The Gospel’s parable of the prodi-gal son completes the mercy and forgiveness circle.

What’s the challenge for preachers and ministers today? To help us open our hearts to forgiveness on a day of dark memories like today. We mustn’t let our hearts and souls be held captive the rest of our lives. For an extraordinary book on forgiveness, consider The Heart of the Amish: Life Lessons on Peacemaking and the Power of Forgiveness by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Ada, MI: Revell Books, 2015). The author has collected brief, true stories of Amish people who share similar contemporary struggles of parents and commu-nities, with some surprising approaches.

— Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time9/11/2016 YEAR C




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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON cf. Sirach 36:18Give peace, O Lord, to those who wait for you, that your prophets be found true. Hear the prayers of your servant, and of your people Israel.

FIRST READING Exodus 32:7–11, 13–14 (132C)The people of Israel forgot God’s goodness and turned to idols. Moses pleaded with God for mercy, and the Lord God showed kind-ness to them.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 51:3–4, 12–13, 17, 19I will rise and go to my father.

SECOND READING 1 Timothy 1:12–17The apostle Paul described to Timothy why he gave thanks to the Lord. Despite Paul’s sin, Christ Jesus treated him mercifully and strengthened him.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 2 Corinthians 5:19God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

GOSPEL Luke 15:1–32 or 15:1–10Jesus taught that God loves a sinner as a loving father receives back a wayward son. Repentance leads to joy, celebration, music, danc-ing, gifts, and food.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 36 (35):8How precious is your mercy, O God! The children of men seek shelter in the shadow of your wings.Or cf. 1 Corinthians 10:16The chalice of blessing that we bless is a communion in the Blood of Christ; and the bread that we break is a sharing in the Body of the Lord.


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ENTRANCE CHANTLord, You Give the Great Commission abbot’s leigh A 351

BB/MI 375 CP2 291 CP3 299 GP2 401 GP3 339 H 283 J2 452 J3 431 UC 573 VOZ 738


All Are Welcome (Haugen) A 36 BB/MI 415 CP2 462 CP3 499 GP3 570 H 431 UC 591

Alleluia! Give the Glory (Canedo) A 812 BB/MI 890 CP2 164 CP3 146 GP2 70 GP3 39 H 22 J3 245 NTY 3 SS1 5 UC 61 VOZ 113 OCP 9788

Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens hymn to joy A 451 BB/MI 535 CM 129 CP2 375 CP3 397 GP3 731 H 483 J3 584 UC 710 VOZ 578

O Love of God/Amor de Dios (B. Hurd) A 403 BB/MI 301 GP2 541 GP3 466 NTY 30 S&S 225 SS2 354 UC 601 VOZ 760 OCP 10151

Gather the People (Schutte) A 192 BB/MI 303 CP3 514 GP3 460 H 373 J3 766 UC 490 OCP 20122

Lead Us to Your Table (Angrisano) S&S 253 SS1 155As Grains of Wheat (Rosania) A 66 BB/MI 327 GP3 509 OCP 9662


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSI Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (Thomerson) A 272 BB/MI 605

CP3 429 GP3 682 H 515 J3 632 R2 308 R3 202Your Words Are Spirit and Life (Farrell) A 657 BB/MI 596 CP2 393

CP3 408 GP3 692 H 477 J2 680 J3 644 R3 273 SS1 56 UC 742 VOZ 650

Amazing Grace new britain A 58 BB/MI 428 CM 146 CP2 423 CP3 452 GP2 615 GP3 614 H 519 J2 713 J3 680 NTY 214 R2 219 R3 221 SS1 104 UC 723 VOZ 639

Because the Lord Is My Shepherd (C. Walker) A 87 BB/MI 458 CP2 436 CP3 466 GP2 627 GP3 641 H 356 J2 725 J3 697 NTY 132 UC 670 VOZ 731 OCP 7105

Open My Eyes (Manibusan) A 429 BB/MI 391 CP2 410 CP3 426 GP3 636 H 475 J2 695 J3 659 NTY 122 R2 292 R3 287 S&S 337 SS1 196 UC 202 VOZ 289 OCP 11902

God of My Salvation (Weston Priory) A 215 CP3 448 H 521In Perfect Charity (DeBruyn) A 284 BB/MI 482 GP2 547 GP3 660

J2 757 J3 721 OCP 8413Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence picardy A 320 BB 210 CM 131

CP2 374 CP3 396 GP2 694 GP3 730 H 491 J2 611 J3 591 TM 34 UC 684 VOZ 584 OCP 11285

COMMUNION CHANTUbi Caritas (Rosania) A 599 BB/MI 478 CP2 444 CP3 476 GP2 364

GP3 664 H 255 J2 754 J3 710 UC 624 VOZ 687 OCP 9661My Shepherd Is the Lord (Gelineau) A 667 BB/MI 749 CP2 12 CP3 12

GP3 128 H 101 UC 85 VOZ 147Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen) A 495 BB/MI 464 CM 165 CP2 11

CP3 474 GP3 642 H 441 S&S 128 SS1 59 UC 661Remember Your Love (Ducote) A 466 BB/MI 668 CP2 337 CP3 358

GP2 474 GP3 417 H 362 J2 561 J3 533 UC 221 VOZ 317A Listening Heart (B. Hurd) A 23 OCP 30100236Take and Eat (Joncas) A 526 BB/MI 360 H 587Praise the Lord, My Soul (Foley) GP2 691 GP3 738Remembrance (Maher) S&S 258The Lord Is My Shepherd/I Shall Live in the House/The Lord Prepares

a Banquet (Cooney) GP2 179 GP3 125

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHThanks Be to God (Dean) A 535 BB/MI 593 J2 638 J3 605 OCP 10162The Spirit Sends Us Forth azmon A 565 BB/MI 377 H 546 J2 835

J3 817Companions on the Journey (Landry) A 152 BB/MI 584 CP2 514


Lord, You Give the Great Commission abbot’s leigh A 351 BB/MI 375 CP2 291 CP3 299 GP2 401 GP3 339 H 283 J2 452 J3 431 UC 573 VOZ 738

In Christ Alone (Getty) A 280 BB/MI 407 GP3 584 H 580 J3 637 S&S 320


We Belong to You (Thomson) A 615 BB/MI 649 GP3 405 H 577 J3 523 NTY 269 S&S 368 UC 592 OCP 20188

The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Is Ended st. clement A 544 J2 874 J3 855

I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (Smith) NTY 97 S&S 313 SS1 184

CHORALIf You Bring Your Gift to the Altar (Hillert) OCP 30126037

May God Support Us (C. Walker) OCP 30130605O Come, Let Us Worship (Sturk) OCP 30121271

Today’s Gospel story is of the steward who mismanaged his boss’ money. This reading comes after another “squan-dering” story—the prodigal son.

Don’t squander your time! Today’s responsorial Psalm 113 isn’t read on Sunday very often. It occurs in the Lectionary every year only on Thanksgiving Day. With the exception of verse three about the rising sun, the rest of the psalm will be sung today. With this in mind, schedule the same cantors for today and Thanksgiving. Then you can concentrate on other things such as teaching new Mass parts during this Ordinary Time.

Prepare wisely if you want to teach a new musical setting of the Mass. Don’t present too much new music to the assembly at one time. Use songs that are familiar to your assembly during these weeks and teach new eucharistic acclamations, or begin a new Glory to God. Be sure to include something that includes “mercy” and keep in mind that the Magnificat is always appropriate for this. It makes sense to teach a new set of eucharistic acclamations (Holy, Mystery of Faith, and Amen) as one musically thematic unit, but not necessarily a new Gloria along with them. Just saying…Keep in mind that in many communities, people travel on weekends and acclamations need to be repeatedly taught for several weeks.

I’m not a minimalist when it comes to liturgy preparation. I spend hours preparing even though I’ve pulled it together once already for this publication. My parish has its own needs and pastoral style. I still have to tailor it for them. But less paperwork is more time for practicing.

Teaching new Mass parts is a major undertaking! Con-sider making your final choice a collaborative effort.






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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON I am the salvation of the people, says the Lord. Should they cry to me in any distress, I will hear them, and I will be their Lord for ever.

FIRST READING Amos 8:4–7 (135C)Amos the prophet of God warned that greedy people who cheat the poor or take advantage of others’ misfortune do not escape God’s justice.Or: Alleluia

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 113:1–2, 4–6, 7–8Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor.

SECOND READING 1 Timothy 2:1–8Paul urged Timothy to preach truth and justice: leaders should respect the dignity of all, and everyone should pray to God with blameless hands.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION cf. 2 Corinthians 8:9Though our Lord Jesus Christ was rich, he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

GOSPEL Luke 16:1–13 or 16:10–13Jesus encouraged his disciples to have an enterprising spirit. He also warned them: “No servant can serve two masters….You cannot serve both God and mammon.”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 119 (118):4–5You have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept; may my ways be firm in keeping your statutes.Or John 10:14I am the Good Shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.


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ENTRANCE CHANTA Rightful Place (Angrisano) A 911 BB/MI 638 GP3 756 S&S 202

OCP 30130906All Creatures of Our God and King lasst uns erfreuen A 37

BB/MI 539 CM 122 CP2 358 CP3 380 GP2 672 GP3 714 H 499 J2 600 J3 578 R2 245 R3 153 UC 747 VOZ 563

Blest Be the Lord (Schutte) A 98 BB/MI 426 CM 145 CP2 426 CP3 455 GP2 599 GP3 605 H 529 J2 708 J3 677 UC 724 VOZ 640 OCP 9488

O Bless the Lord, My Soul st. thomas (williams) A 384 BB/MI 538 CP2 364 CP3 386 H 361 J2 599 J3 576 VOZ 593

O Bless the Lord (Michaels) A 383 BB/MI 543 CP2 362 CP3 384 GP2 679 GP3 729 H 505 J2 623 J3 568 R2 243 UC 699 VOZ 575

Ven al Banquete/Come to the Feast (B. Hurd) A 143 BB/MI 307 CP2 477 CP3 519 GP3 458 H 376 J2 795 J3 763 NTY 80 R2 204 R3 297 SS1 164 UC 480 VOZ 779 OCP 10336

Beautiful Savior st. elizabeth A 86 BB 200 CM 153 CP2 520 CP3 418 GP2 669 GP3 696 H 461 J2 859 J3 841 R2 263 TM 29 UC 687 VOZ 560

We Ever Will Praise You (McDonell) NTY 111 S&S 363 SS2 399 OCP 12166


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSYou Gather In the Outcast (Crandal) A 927 BB/MI 627 OCP 30126384O Beauty, Ever Ancient (O’Connor) A 382 BB/MI 523 GP3 582

J3 739 OCP 20124In God Alone (Farrell) A 891 BB/MI 619 GP3 776 OCP 30128974What Wondrous Love Is This wondrous love A 628 BB/MI 479

CP2 446 CP3 478 GP2 642 GP3 668 H 537 J2 755 J3 719 NTY 187 UC 618 VOZ 693

One Sacrifice of Christ (Modlin) A 921 BB 188 GP3 338 S&S 189 OCP 30126372

Water of Life (Dean) A 859 BB/MI 934 CM 187 CP2 191 CP3 199 GP2 91 GP3 400 H 74 J2 255 J3 255 UC 378 VOZ 470 OCP 7125

Come to the Water (Foley) A 145 BB/MI 609 CM 149 CP2 400 CP3 434 GP2 706 GP3 770 H 422 J2 650 J3 626 UC 656 VOZ 613 OCP 9489

All That Is Hidden (Farrell) A 47 BB/MI 504 GP2 585 GP3 553 J2 762 J3 728 OCP 7161

COMMUNION CHANTThe Cry of the Poor (Foley) A 542 BB/MI 622 CM 159 CP2 510


Lord, You Have the Words (Haas) A 662 CP2 7 CP3 6 H 96Glory and Praise for Ever (Daniel 3) (Smith) GP3 204 J3 119 S&S 105

OCP 21021Praise the Lord, My Soul/Lord, Come and Save Us (B. Hurd) A 748

BB/MI 821 CP3 88 GP3 201 H 166 UC 173Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) A 601 BB/MI 509 CP2 456 CP3 489

GP2 579 GP3 563 H 419 J2 760 J3 725 UC 545 VOZ 710 OCP 7115Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz) A 196 BB/MI 324 CM 107 CP2 484


Behold the Lamb (Willett) A 89 BB/MI 333 CP2 481 CP3 523 GP2 524 GP3 492 H 394 J2 809 J3 785 UC 505 VOZ 799 OCP 8737

Pan de Vida (B. Hurd) A 437 BB/MI 340 CP2 482 CP3 525 GP2 500 GP3 501 H 395 J2 813 J3 784 NTY 74 R2 195 R3 294 UC 506 VOZ 796 OCP 9110

That There May Be Bread (Norbet) A 536 BB/MI 345 GP2 515 GP3 503 OCP 8878

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHAlleluia! Raise the Gospel (Farrell) A 56 BB/MI 626 GP3 525 J3 827

NTY 273 R3 250 OCP 11978Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service holy manna A 350

BB/MI 623We Are Called (Haas) A 611 BB/MI 625 CP2 511 CP3 560 GP3 524

H 552God of the Hungry (Soper) A 218 BB/MI 629 GP2 560 GP3 518

OCP 9567Sing of the Lord’s Goodness (Sands) A 507 BB/MI 557 CP2 357


Hallelujah Is Our Song (Hart) GP3 720I Will Choose Christ (Booth) A 273 BB/MI 515 CP3 497 GP2 459

GP3 574 H 464 J2 775 J3 736 NTY 261 S&S 220 SS1 119 UC 206 OCP 10592

Your Grace Is Enough (Maher) A 656 BB/MI 611 GP3 766 H 588 J3 624 NTY 112 S&S 374 SS2 403 OCP 12143

Come, Follow Me (Berberick) A 870 BB/MI 507 GP3 558 OCP 20063

CHORALLet the Peace of Christ Rule In Your Hearts (D. Hurd) OCP 4621

Laudate Dominum (Villanueva) OCP 30127134O Sweet and Sacred Feast (McCabe) OCP 4551

Lazarus in today’s Gospel story is not the same Lazarus that Jesus raised from the dead, the brother of Mary and Martha. This Lazarus was a poor beggar at the door of a rich man. Today’s Gospel story is a classic one often told as a lesson on life after death. The rich man dies and goes to a place of torment, while the hungry Lazarus goes to heaven. But having read some Scripture commentaries, perhaps we might consider judging the rich man, not because of his wealth, but because of his lack of compassion. Consider this: even after he dies, the rich man still doesn’t get it! He’s still expecting others to do his bidding. He’s not a bad guy, he just doesn’t know any other way of life. How many of us know the rich man?

In a Jubilee Year people are invited to make a pilgrim-age, most often to a sacred place. Consider taking your musicians on a pilgrimage this year. If you can’t afford to travel to Rome, make a pilgrimage to your local cathedral, make a retreat together somewhere off-campus; or travel to a national or regional shrine, either alone or with a group. If that’s not possible, consider watching a video like, The Way, about a father who travels the Way of Saint James (“El Camino de Santiago”) to honor his late son who did not complete the journey.

You may consider a personal pilgrimage to a place of poverty, a soup kitchen, a halfway house, or a hospice. Why? To get in touch with our own personal blindness and poverty.






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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Daniel 3:31, 29, 30, 43, 42All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done with true judg-ment, for we have sinned against you and not obeyed your com-mandments. But give glory to your name and deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy.

FIRST READING Amos 6:1a, 4–7 (138C)Amos, God’s prophet, rejected the individualist, consumerist values of lazy, greedy and unjust people who ignore the rights of the poor. Their life of ease will be ended.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 146:7, 8–9, 9–10Praise the Lord, my soul!Or: Alleluia

SECOND READING 1 Timothy 6:11–16Paul exhorted Timothy to “pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.”

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION cf. 2 Corinthians 8:9Though our Lord Jesus Christ was rich, he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

GOSPEL Luke 16:19–31Jesus told the story about the rich man and Lazarus so that his lis-teners would repent and put their faith in God. Then they, too, like Lazarus, will rest in the bosom of Abraham.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 119 (118):49–50Remember your word to your servant, O Lord, by which you have given me hope. This is my comfort when I am brought low.Or 1 John 3:16By this we came to know the love of God: that Christ laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for one another.


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ENTRANCE CHANTRain Down (Cortez) A 461 BB/MI 614 CP2 401 CP3 435 GP2 713

GP3 771 H 423 J2 651 J3 627 NTY 25 S&S 228 SS1 134 UC 659 VOZ 616 OCP 9771


All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) A 49 BB/MI 547 CP2 363 CP3 385 GP2 683 GP3 712 H 486 J2 595 J3 573 UC 701 VOZ 571 OCP 10475

Laudate, Laudate Dominum (C. Walker) A 312 BB/MI 562 J2 598 J3 597 OCP 10704

The Church’s One Foundation aurelia A 540 BB/MI 412 CM 120 CP2 464 CP3 502 GP2 573 GP3 571 H 436 J2 779 J3 746 UC 594 VOZ 770

Enter the Journey (Friedman) A 167 BB/MI 651 GP3 392 H 341 NTY 125 R3 134 OCP 11794

The God of All Grace (Manalo) A 879 BB/MI 318 GP3 474 J3 773 OCP 10510

In This Place (Thomson) A 289 BB/MI 308 CP3 517 GP3 467 H 371 J3 770 NTY 18 R2 302 R3 295 S&S 219 SS1 122

Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation westminster abbey J2 780 J3 747


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSWe Walk by Faith (Haugen) A 622 BB/MI 490 CM 139 CP2 416

CP3 445 GP3 594 H 507 UC 635O God, You Search Me (Farrell) A 397 BB/MI 433 CP2 427 CP3 456

GP2 601 GP3 620 H 530 J2 711 J3 678 R3 228 S&S 334 UC 733 VOZ 646 OCP 10057

All Good Gifts (Keil) A 39 BB/MI 595 GP3 703 J2 644 J3 611 OCP 9967

Dwelling Place (Foley) A 161 BB/MI 494 CP3 441 GP2 591 GP3 596 H 512 J3 664

Bread That Was Sown (Norbet) A 105 BB/MI 329In God Alone (Farrell) A 891 BB/MI 619 GP3 776 OCP 30128974In the Land There Is a Hunger (Lynch) A 287 BB/MI 597Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life the call J2 693 J3 662

COMMUNION CHANTMany and One (Angrisano) A 357 BB/MI 414 GP3 551 S&S 331

OCP 30103396We Are Many Parts (Haugen) A 612 BB/MI 586 CM 156 CP2 516

CP3 565 GP3 550 H 559 UC 606One Bread, One Body (Foley) A 420 BB/MI 342 CM 114 CP2 490

CP3 536 GP2 499 GP3 498 H 381 J2 820 J3 793 NTY 72 R2 189 R3 299 S&S 249 SS1 161 UC 526 VOZ 824 OCP 9494

One Love Released (Frenzel) A 423 BB/MI 359 CP3 543 GP3 508 H 382 J2 814 J3 802 OCP 11287


We Are God’s People (Haas) A 721 BB/MI 798 CP2 70 CP3 63 H 147 UC 142

Love One Another (Dufford) A 353 BB/MI 483 GP2 645 GP3 665 J2 752 J3 718 VOZ 685 OCP 10347

If Today You Hear His Voice (Harbor) A 276 BB/MI 500Eat This Bread (Berthier) A 164 BB/MI 331 CM 108 CP2 491

CP3 538 GP3 505 H 400 R2 201 UC 530

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHHow Can I Keep from Singing endless song A 256 BB/MI 434

CP2 431 CP3 460 GP2 616 GP3 607 H 526 J2 721 J3 686 NTY 116 S&S 216 SS1 117 UC 727 VOZ 638 OCP 9202

Take the Word of God with You (C. Walker) A 529 BB/MI 381 CP2 503 CP3 551 GP2 543 GP3 543 H 549 J2 838 J3 812 R2 187 R3 266 UC 577 VOZ 743 OCP 9847

With One Voice (Manalo) A 642 BB/MI 384 GP3 535 J3 814 NTY 38 S&S 232 SS1 147 OCP 11872

Jerusalem, My Happy Home land of rest A 294 A 294 BB/MI 618 GP3 775 H 555 J2 788 J3 758 UC 251 VOZ 333

River of Glory (Schutte) A 473 BB/MI 657 CP2 329 CP3 342 GP2 454 GP3 404 H 336 J2 548 J3 517 SS1 135 UC 205 VOZ 291 OCP 9902

Somos el Cuerpo de Cristo/We Are the Body of Christ (Cortez) A 613 BB/MI 582 GP2 589 GP3 547 J2 852 J3 826 NTY 31 R2 89 SS1 136 UC 593 VOZ 763 OCP 9887

Let All Things Now Living ash grove A 321 BB/MI 591 CP3 407 GP3 706 H 458 J2 641 J3 608

A Mighty Fortress ein’ feste burg A 24 BB/MI 441 CM 140 CP2 421 CP3 450 GP2 617 GP3 616 H 513 J2 709 J3 674 UC 728 VOZ 641

We, the Body of Christ (Hillebrand) GP2 517 GP3 506 OCP 5410

CHORALPrayer of St. Francis (Willcock) OCP 30127192Taste and See (D. Hurd) OCP 4535Steal Away (Coker) OCP 4630

Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, begins tonight at sunset. Jesus celebrated Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), which begins at sunset on October 11. He prayed the psalms, went to synagogue, and respected the Law. Our liturgies have their roots in Jewish liturgical tradition.

Amy-Jill Levine, professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University, in her article, “Misusing Jesus” (The Christian Century, Dec. 26, 2006, pp. 20–25), contends that “too many want to deny Jesus’ Jewishness since he seems to oppose Jewish law (speaks to women, cares for the poor, teaches non-violence). However, he is from first-century Nazareth, not some mythical kingdom. He sees the world through the prophets and Jewish teachers. The parables and healings also come from a first-century world-view.” These are important aspects of Christ’s Incarnation.

The 1965 Vatican II document on the Church and non-Christian religions, Nostra Aetate, reminds us: “The Church, therefore, cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old Testament through the people with whom God in His inexpressible mercy concluded the Ancient Covenant. Nor can she forget that she draws sustenance from the root of that well-cultivated olive tree onto which have been grafted the wild shoots, the Gentiles (cf. Romans 11:17–24). Indeed, the Church believes that by His cross Christ, Our Peace, reconciled Jews and Gentiles, making both one in Himself (cf. Ephesians. 2:14–16)” (4).

As we pray our psalms today, let us remember just how ancient these prayers are. Consider using common Psalm 122, with its prayer for peace in the holy city, Jerusalem.






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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON cf. Esther 4:17Within your will, O Lord, all things are established, and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all.

FIRST READING Habakkuk 1:2–3; 2:2–4 (141C)The prophet learned that his hopes would be fulfilled, even though it may take longer than he expected. He is told to wait in confidence, for just people will live.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 95:1–2, 6–7, 8–9If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

SECOND READING 2 Timothy 1:6–8, 13–14Paul reminded Timothy that God bestows a spirit that makes the people strong, loving, and wise. That Holy Spirit dwells in Chris-tians and enables them to guard the rich deposit of faith.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 1 Peter 1:25The word of the Lord remains for ever. This is the word that has been proclaimed to you.

GOSPEL Luke 17:5–10Jesus taught the apostles that faith gives power: a person with faith the size of a mustard seed can uproot a giant sycamore tree and transplant it in the sea with a single word.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.Or cf. 1 Corinthians 10:17Though many, we are one bread, one body, for we all partake of the one Bread and one Chalice.


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ENTRANCE CHANTSing a New Song (Schutte) A 503 BB/MI 558 CM 130 CP2 372

CP3 394 GP2 670 GP3 739 H 495 J2 607 J3 598 R2 252 R3 154 UC 691 VOZ 564 OCP 9496

There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy in babilone A 574 BB/MI 488 CP2 445 CP3 477 GP2 639 GP3 670 H 438 J2 748 J3 712 UC 626 VOZ 690

Enter the Journey (Friedman) A 167 BB/MI 651 GP3 392 H 341 NTY 125 R3 134 OCP 11794


All the Ends of the Earth (B. Dufford) A 49 BB/MI 547 CP2 363 CP3 385 GP2 683 GP3 712 H 486 J2 595 J3 573 UC 701 VOZ 571 OCP 10475

Let Heaven Rejoice (B. Dufford) A 322 BB/MI 567 CP2 286 CP3 292 GP2 392 GP3 333 H 277 J2 435 J3 412 R2 144 UC 313 VOZ 393 OCP 10479

Gather Us Together (Alstott) A 194 BB/MI 316 CP2 472 CP3 512 GP2 534 GP3 455 H 375 J2 801 J3 765 UC 485 VOZ 783 OCP 8725

All People That on Earth Do Dwell old hundredth A 45 BB/MI 309 CM 101 CP2 473 CP3 513 GP2 535 GP3 456 H 372 J2 604 J3 570 UC 478 VOZ 785

Bless the Lord (Canedo) NTY 7 S&S 205 SS2 340 OCP 11980


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSFor the Sake of Christ (Canedo) A 185 BB/MI 519 GP3 575 J3 658

S&S 296 SS2 409 OCP 20825O Word of God (Manalo) A 413 BB/MI 600 GP3 690 J3 645

OCP 11817You Are the Healing (Soper) A 653 BB/MI 395 GP3 624 OCP 9892Your Words Are Spirit and Life (Farrell) A 657 BB/MI 596 CP2 393

CP3 408 GP3 692 H 477 J2 680 J3 644 R3 273 SS1 56 UC 742 VOZ 650

Now We Remain (Haas) A 381 BB/MI 506 CP2 455 CP3 488 H 414 SS1 158 UC 544

Christ, Be Our Light (Farrell) A 118 BB/MI 601 CM 168 CP2 395 CP3 428 GP2 656 GP3 683 H 517 J2 661 J3 824 NTY 8 S&S 207 SS1 105 UC 737 VOZ 625 OCP 10087

Alleluia No. 1 (Fishel) A 55 BB/MI 573 CP2 290 CP3 296 GP2 389 GP3 313 H 275 J2 439 J3 413 R2 143 R3 107 UC 650 VOZ 668

Christ Has No Body Now but Yours (Warner) GP3 566

COMMUNION CHANTMiracle of Grace (Stephan) A 876 BB/MI 363 GP3 497 S&S 254

OCP 30100701Taste and See (Moore) A 534 BB/MI 328 CM 110 CP2 28 CP3 533

GP3 511 H 396 UC 531Lord, By Your Cross and Resurrection (Foley) A 341 BB/MI 366

OCP 10698With the Lord There Is Mercy (Modlin) A 744 BB/MI 817 CP3 82

J3 108 NTY 60 S&S 95 SS2 280 OCP 20768Lord, You Have the Words (Joncas) A 663 BB/MI 744 CP2 6 CP3 5

GP2 172 GP3 121 H 97 J2 20 J3 19 UC 77 VOZ 141 OCP 10193Amén. El Cuerpo de Cristo (Schiavone) A 59 BB/MI 336 GP3 479

J2 824 J3 783 UC 515 VOZ 809 OCP 10528

With the Lord (Joncas) A 643 BB/MI 669 GP2 344 GP3 275 J2 393 J3 361 VOZ 307

Out of the Depths (Soper) A 742 BB/MI 816 CP2 89 CP3 83 GP2 277 GP3 196 H 161 J2 107 J3 109 VOZ 252 OCP 9566

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHThanks Be to God (Dean) A 535 BB/MI 593 J2 638 J3 605 OCP 10162Now Thank We All Our God nun danket A 379 BB 198 CM 132

CP2 382 CP3 403 GP2 700 GP3 704 H 456 J2 636 J3 603 R2 297 R3 169 TM 27 UC 644 VOZ 611 OCP 10237

Give Thanks to the Lord (Schutte) A 199 BB/MI 588 GP2 699 GP3 700 J2 643 J3 610 OCP 9905

Take the Word of God with You (C. Walker) A 529 BB/MI 381 CP2 503 CP3 551 GP2 543 GP3 543 H 549 J2 838 J3 812 R2 187 R3 266 UC 577 VOZ 743 OCP 9847

All the Ends of the Earth (B. Hurd) A 50 BB/MI 544 CP2 66 GP2 241 GP3 177 H 589 J2 77 J3 79 OCP 9107

Church of God, Elect and Glorious hyfrydol A 129 BB/MI 416 CP3 501 H 434 J2 533 J3 508

Go Ye Out (Booth) NTY 12 S&S 215 SS1 110 OCP 11225Give Thanks to the Lord (Angrisano) S&S 89 SS2 276Grateful (Tomaszek) A 227 BB/MI 589 GP3 708 J3 602 NTY 140

S&S 242 SS2 361 OCP 12130

CHORALPrayer of Fátima (Rosania) OCP 30107132God Be in My Head (Barton) OCP 30126398We Walk by Faith (Phillips) OCP 4611

In today’s Gospel we hear the story of ten lepers whom Jesus cures, but only one returns to thank him. Songs of gratitude, healing, and mercy are all appropriate. Ken Canedo’s “For the Sake of Christ” embraces the suffering motif of the second reading from Saint Paul.

October is filled with feasts of many popular saints, including two women whose names are quite similar: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (popularly known as “The Little Flower”) on October 1, and Saint Teresa of Jesus (Avila) on October 15. Both have been named “Virgin and Doctor of the Church.” One is French and one is Spanish. As we approach the feast of the latter, consider two octavos for women’s voices from OCP.”

The first octavo is Jeffrey Honoré’s setting of “St. Teresa’s Prayer” (“Christ has no body now, but yours…”) for SSA a cappella (ocp.org/30121267). It is listed as easy/medium, but don’t underestimate the challenge of its fresh contemporary harmonies. It’s a great way to learn the prayer by heart. The second is Carmelite Sister Clare Sokol’s lush setting of “Nada Te Turbe,” (“Nothing Can Trouble”) for SSAA and piano (ocp.org/30129934). If you have the female forces for four parts, go for it. Did I mention that it’s in Spanish? It’s a great addition to your Spanish repertoire! See Glory & Praise, Third Edition (566) for a Steve Warner setting in English.

Both of these mystical women and their stories, plus others from Hildegarde of Bingen to Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), can be found in Mystical Women, Mystical Body by (Deacon) Owen Cummings (ocp.org/6130).









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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Psalm 130 (129):3–4If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel.

FIRST READING 2 Kings 5:14–17 (144C)Through the word of Elisha, the prophet, God cured Naaman the leper. Naaman’s gratitude changed his life, and he refused to offer worship to any other god except the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 98:1, 2–3, 3–4The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.

SECOND READING 2 Timothy 2:8–13Paul told Timothy that the resurrection of Christ makes preaching the gospel worthwhile: “If we have died with him we shall also live with him; if we persevere we shall also reign with him.”

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 1 Thessalonians 5:18In all circumstances, give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

GOSPEL Luke 17:11–19Jesus cured ten people, and one, a Samaritan, returned to give God thanks and praise. Jesus said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 34 (33):11The rich suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.Or 1 John 3:2When the Lord appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.


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ENTRANCE CHANTO God beyond All Praising thaxted A 393 BB/MI 537 CP3 402

GP3 733 H 489 J2 614 J3 589 UC 706Gather Us In (Haugen) A 193 BB/MI 302 CM 102 CP2 471 CP3 511

GP3 471 H 377 UC 481Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) A 331 BB/MI 534 CP2 373 CP3 395

GP2 676 GP3 725 H 492 J2 620 J3 593 NTY 23 UC 693 VOZ 580 OCP 9938

Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) A 201 BB/MI 540 CM 128 CP2 359 CP3 381 GP2 671 GP3 723 H 481 J2 596 J3 574 R2 249 R3 149 UC 708 VOZ 576 OCP 9491

Be Thou My Vision slane A 84 BB/MI 394 CP3 427 GP3 633 H 468 J3 646

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus hyfrydol A 57 BB/MI 737 CM 87 CP2 312 CP3 324 GP2 419 GP3 361 H 312 J2 477 J3 458 R2 168 R3 125 UC 428 VOZ 518

Come, Lord Jesus (Angrisano/Tomaszek) A 133 BB/MI 512 GP3 579 J3 656 NTY 146 S&S 283 SS1 174 OCP 11316

Christ before Us (Whitaker) A 119 BB/MI 410 GP3 586 J3 640 OCP 20463

God Is Here! As We His People abbot’s leigh J2 796 J3 764


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSYou Gather In the Outcast (Crandal) A 927 BB/MI 627 OCP 30126384See Us, Lord, About Your Altar drakes broughton A 484

BB/MI 367 CP2 494 CP3 546 GP2 503 GP3 477 H 408 J3 807 VOZ 827

Your Words Are Spirit and Life (Farrell) A 657 BB/MI 596 CP2 393 CP3 408 GP3 692 H 477 J2 680 J3 644 R3 273 SS1 56 UC 742 VOZ 650

Speak, Lord (Uszler) A 519 BB/MI 599With All the Saints (B. Hurd) A 641 BB/MI 417 J3 744 UC 586

OCP 30100247O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God st. columba A 385 BB/MI 656

CP2 332 CP3 345 GP3 399 H 335 J2 551 J3 521 UC 214 VOZ 293O Beauty, Ever Ancient (O’Connor) A 382 BB/MI 523 GP3 582

J3 739 OCP 20124This Alone (Manion) A 577 BB/MI 399 CP2 405 CP3 420 GP2 621

GP3 631 H 474 J2 689 J3 652 UC 771 VOZ 657 OCP 9937

COMMUNION CHANTBread of Angels (Stephan) A 914 BB/MI 371 GP3 484 OCP 30126357Lord, You Have the Words (Joncas) A 663 BB/MI 744 CP2 6 CP3 5

GP2 172 GP3 121 H 97 J2 20 J3 19 UC 77 VOZ 141 OCP 10193Many and Great (Manalo) A 356 BB/MI 585 GP3 546 J3 834

OCP 10872Shelter Me, O God (B. Hurd) A 494 BB/MI 468 CP2 441 CP3 471

GP2 626 GP3 649 H 437 J2 724 J3 689 UC 673 VOZ 732 OCP 8836For Ever I Will Sing (Schoenbachler) A 708 BB/MI 786 CP2 52

CP3 50 GP2 227 GP3 167 H 135With the Lord (Joncas) A 643 BB/MI 669 GP2 344 GP3 275 J2 393

J3 361 VOZ 307Center of My Life (Inwood) A 113 BB/MI 491 CP2 414 CP3 439

GP2 593 GP3 591 H 511 J2 697 J3 665 UC 633 VOZ 678 OCP 7136

Taste and See (Moore) A 534 BB/MI 328 CM 110 CP2 28 CP3 533 GP3 511 H 396 UC 531

Remember Your Love (Ducote) A 466 BB/MI 668 CP2 337 CP3 358 GP2 474 GP3 417 H 362 J2 561 J3 533 UC 221 VOZ 317

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHStand by Me (Kendzia) A 523 BB/MI 639 GP3 629 H 534 J3 653

S&S 352 OCP 12093Tell the Good News gelobt sei gott A 896 BB/MI 373 TM 43Go Out, Go Out (Stephan) A 888 BB/MI 374 GP3 536 S&S 212

OCP 30108742O Bless the Lord (Michaels) A 383 BB/MI 543 CP2 362 CP3 384

GP2 679 GP3 729 H 505 J2 623 J3 568 R2 243 UC 699 VOZ 575Give Thanks to the Lord (Angrisano) S&S 89 SS2 276Change Our Hearts (Cooney) A 114 BB/MI 665 CP2 338 CP3 352

GP2 349 GP3 264 H 363 J3 535 UC 219 VOZ 310 OCP 5269Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above mit freuden zart J2 610

J3 590Church of God, Elect and Glorious hyfrydol A 129 BB/MI 416

CP3 501 H 434 J2 533 J3 508I Give to You a Future (Manibusan) S&S 315

CHORALNada Te Turbe (Kingsbury) OCP 30130607Laudate Dominum (Thatcher) OCP 30106735Praise the Lord, My Soul (Hirten) OCP 4526

The second reading since Sept. 11 has been from the first letter of Saint Paul to Timothy, and, since Oct. 2, his second letter. Since part of our call to music ministry is to offer musicians an opportunity to deepen their understanding of liturgy, a word about these Scripture lessons might be in order.

Saint Paul’s letters are written mostly to churches, but he also wrote several personal letters: two to Timothy and one each to Titus and Philemon. Timothy’s letters concern Church organization and behavior, and the second letter is more personal than the first. What is of most value to us today is that we are given a picture of the Church near the end of the first century. It was having significant growing pains. There were persecutions, leadership and succession issues, doctrinal issues, aging elders, and men abandoning ministry. One can hear Paul encouraging Timothy to steady the barque of Peter! Already it was becoming an institution.

Consider what Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron wrote (tinyurl.com/Barron-1-19-2016) about the institution in Pope Francis’ era: “According to Catholic ecclesiology, the Church is not primarily an institution, but rather the prolon-gation of the Incarnation across space and time, the mystical body of Jesus through which people come to an encounter with the Lord. When this organic relationship between Jesus and his Church is forgotten or occluded, a stifling institution-alism can follow, and this is precisely why Francis insists,

‘we cannot passively and calmly wait in our church buildings; we need to move from a pastoral ministry of mere conser-vation to a decidedly missionary pastoral ministry.’” More growing pains! Let’s do it!





http://tinyurl.com/Barron-1-19-2016


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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 17 (16):6, 8To you I call; for you will surely heed me, O God; turn your ear to me; hear my words. Guard me as the apple of your eye; in the shadow of your wings protect me.

FIRST READING Exodus 17:8–13 (147C)When Moses raised his arms to God in prayer, the battle went well. So Aaron and Hur supported his arms, lest the attackers defeat Is-rael. When they got tired, they used a rock to keep his arms up. By sunset, Israel won the fight.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 121:1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

SECOND READING 2 Timothy 3:14—4:2Paul urged Timothy to remain faithful to sacred Scripture because God inspired it. God’s inspired word, the source of wisdom in Christ, helps people learn goodness and holiness.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Hebrews 4:12The word of God is living and effective, discerning reflections and thoughts of the heart.

GOSPEL Luke 18:1–8Jesus taught a lesson about the power of persistent prayer by telling the story of a persistent widow who wore down a corrupt judge by continually demanding her rights. The judge issued a settlement in her favor, lest she do him in.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 33 (32):18–19Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, who hope in his merciful love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine.Or Mark 10:45The Son of Man has come to give his life as a ransom for many.


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ENTRANCE CHANTChrist in Me Arise (Thomson) A 121 BB/MI 513 GP3 573 H 590

S&S 278 UC 564 OCP 30104536As We Gather at Your Table nettleton A 69 BB/MI 311 GP3 473

H 586 J2 792 J3 760Let Us Go to the Altar (Schutte) A 328 BB/MI 315 CP3 509 GP2 539

GP3 470 H 370 J2 800 J3 767 UC 487 VOZ 773 OCP 10509Gather Us Together (Alstott) A 194 BB/MI 316 CP2 472 CP3 512

GP2 534 GP3 455 H 375 J2 801 J3 765 UC 485 VOZ 783 OCP 8725We Gather Together kremser A 617 BB 202 CM 100 CP2 470

CP3 515 GP2 698 GP3 734 H 484 J2 794 J3 762 TM 31 UC 476 VOZ 787

Let Us Go Rejoicing (Harbor) A 738 BB/MI 812 CP3 78 OCP 20912Gather Us In (Haugen) A 193 BB/MI 302 CM 102 CP2 471 CP3 511

GP3 471 H 377 UC 481Lover of Us All (Schutte) GP2 643 GP3 663 OCP 9903Come to Us (Cooney) GP2 537 GP3 461 OCP 11099


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSThese Alone Are Enough (Schutte) A 575 BB/MI 393 GP3 632 H 575

J3 655 OCP 20356For the Sake of Christ (Canedo) A 185 BB/MI 519 GP3 575 J3 658

S&S 296 SS2 409 OCP 20825This Alone (Manion) A 577 BB/MI 399 CP2 405 CP3 420 GP2 621

GP3 631 H 474 J2 689 J3 652 UC 771 VOZ 657 OCP 9937Magnificat (Farrell) A 752 BB/MI 826 CP2 106 CP3 93 GP3 210

H 171 J2 11 J3 11 R3 22 UC 183 VOZ 528 OCP 10370Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Dorsey) A 456 BB/MI 692 CP2 343

CP3 359 GP2 478 GP3 424 H 367 J3 548 UC 678 VOZ 726Voice of Christ (Smith) GP3 576 J3 743 S&S 231 SS1 138 OCP 10923Without You (Kendzia) GP2 552 GP3 533 OCP 5888Take, Lord, Receive (J. Foley) GP2 576 GP3 561 OCP 10483

COMMUNION CHANTThe Cry of the Poor (J. Foley) A 542 BB/MI 622 CM 159 CP2 510


As Grains of Wheat (Rosania) A 66 BB/MI 327 GP3 509 OCP 9662Taste and See (Kendzia) A 311 BB/MI 350 GP3 504 OCP 20324Eye Has Not Seen (Haugen) A 171 BB/MI 457 CM 163 CP2 439

CP3 469 GP3 645 H 444 UC 672We Will Rise Again (Haas) A 623 BB/MI 440 CP2 429 CP3 458

GP2 603 GP3 609 H 523 J2 714 J3 681 UC 720 VOZ 629 OCP 8731Taste and See (Moore) A 534 BB/MI 328 CM 110 CP2 28 CP3 533

GP3 511 H 396 UC 531You Are Mine (Haas) A 651 BB/MI 454 CM 164 CP2 435 CP3 465

GP3 651 H 445 UC 671Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) A 485 BB/MI 357 CP2 495


Only in God (Foley) GP2 600 GP3 611 OCP 10480

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHCity of God (Schutte) A 130 BB/MI 385 CM 119 CP2 509 CP3 558

GP2 548 GP3 538 H 540 J2 830 J3 813 NTY 9 R2 278 R3 263 SS1 106 UC 576 VOZ 742 OCP 9739


Though the Mountains May Fall (Schutte) A 584 BB/MI 425 CM 147 CP2 432 CP3 461 GP2 605 GP3 619 H 524 J2 715 J3 682 R2 216 R3 220 UC 729 VOZ 644 OCP 9499

Alleluia! Raise the Gospel (Farrell) A 56 BB/MI 626 GP3 525 J3 827 NTY 273 R3 250 OCP 11978


We Belong to You (Thomson) A 615 BB/MI 649 GP3 405 H 577 J3 523 NTY 269 S&S 368 UC 592 OCP 20188

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise st. denio A 279 BB/MI 565 J2 621 J3 594

In Christ There Is No East or West mckee A 281 BB/MI 583 CP2 515 CP3 564 GP2 565 GP3 548 H 560 J2 850 J3 831 UC 602 VOZ 761

Companions on the Journey (Landry) A 152 BB/MI 584 CP2 514 CP3 563 GP2 566 GP3 545 H 561 J2 851 J3 835 UC 603 VOZ 762 OCP 5539

CHORALO Taste and See (Doherty) OCP 4592

Amazing Grace (Chiusano) OCP 30134216Jesus Christ, Homeless One (Landry) OCP 30133874

Many have been conditioned to understand that the responsorial psalm usually consists of a refrain sung by the cantor/psalmist and repeated by the assembly, and verses sung by the cantor alone. But there are other acceptable ways to sing the psalm.

Today’s psalm can provide an opportunity for the assembly to sing the entire psalm without relying on a cantor to sing the verses alone. Why do this? To empower folks to sing the psalm even when there’s no cantor—such as on weekdays. The Psalm 34 setting “The Cry of the Poor” by Jesuit Father John Foley is very well known. Consider using it as the responsorial psalm for today. Instruct folks ahead of time, though. (See Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship, 155–160.)

As Paul’s letter to Timothy approaches its conclusion today, he gives thanks to God for saving him from the lion’s mouth. Commentaries suggest that Paul was not speaking about his execution in the coliseum, but about the philoso-phers of the day who were often referred to as “animals.” Too bad we don’t hear the conclusion of this letter (vss. 19–22). There, Paul asks Timothy to say hello to Prisca and Aquila, names you may recognize from the litany of the saints! They were frequent companions and co-workers of Paul who travelled with him to Rome, Corinth, and Ephesus, and were in the tent-making business, as was Paul. Mentioned six times in Scripture, they were known for sharing the Word. I’m sure there are many Catholics who would be interested in knowing more about those we call upon in the litany of the saints and why. — Elaine Rendler-McQueeney





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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 105 (104):3–4Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice; turn to the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face.

FIRST READING Sirach 35:12–14, 16–18 (150C)Though not unduly partial toward the weak, God hears the cry of the oppressed. God is not deaf to the wail of the orphan or the com-plaints of the widow. The Lord is a God of justice.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 34:2–3, 17–18, 19, 23The Lord hears the cry of the poor.

SECOND READING 2 Timothy 4:6–8, 16–18Paul claimed to Timothy that he had fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith. He claimed that now a crown of victory awaits him as he arrives safely in the heavenly reign.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 2 Corinthians 5:19God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, and entrusting to us the message of salvation.

GOSPEL Luke 18:9–14Jesus told the story about the Pharisee and the tax collector to help those who placed confidence in their own righteousness while hold-ing others in contempt. Jesus encouraged people to pray with the tax collector, “O God, be merciful to me a sinner.”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 20 (19):6We will ring out our joy at your saving help and exult in the name of our God.Or Ephesians 5:2Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, as a fragrant offering to God.


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ENTRANCE CHANTAll Creatures of Our God and King lasst uns erfreuen A 37

BB/MI 539 CM 122 CP2 358 CP3 380 GP2 672 GP3 714 H 499 J2 600 J3 578 R2 245 R3 153 UC 747 VOZ 563

All Are Welcome (Haugen) A 36 BB/MI 415 CP2 462 CP3 499 GP3 570 H 431 UC 591


Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven lauda anima A 450 BB/MI 561 CP2 367 CP3 389 GP2 685 GP3 735 H 490 J2 612 J3 586 UC 709 VOZ 562

Sing a Joyful Song (Farrell) A 500 BB/MI 541 CP2 354 CP3 376 GP2 688 GP3 743 H 497 J2 616 J3 595 VOZ 582 OCP 9292

Come, Christians, Join to Sing madrid A 131 BB/MI 556 CP2 361 CP3 383 GP2 684 GP3 711 H 498 J2 608 J3 571 UC 692 VOZ 577

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come st. george’s windsor A 150 BB 208 CM 134 CP2 384 CP3 405 GP2 705 GP3 702 H 453 J2 639 J3 606 TM 37 UC 639 VOZ 603


Our God Is Here (Muglia) A 432 BB/MI 305 GP3 459 H 591 J3 771 NTY 29 S&S 226 SS2 395 UC 470 OCP 20091


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSYou Alone (Hart) A 650 BB/MI 670 CP3 357 GP3 415 H 246 J3 581

NTY 240 S&S 365 SS2 378 OCP 11777You Gather In the Outcast (Crandal) A 927 BB/MI 627 OCP 30126384All Good Gifts (Keil) A 39 BB/MI 595 GP3 703 J2 644 J3 611

OCP 9967O Beauty, Ever Ancient (O’Connor) A 382 BB/MI 523 GP3 582

J3 739 OCP 20124Loving and Forgiving (Soper) A 354 BB/MI 671 CP2 74 CP3 356

GP2 251 GP3 413 H 364 J2 560 J3 532 UC 216 VOZ 226 OCP 9893Age to Age (Vogt) A 35 BB/MI 489 CP3 442 GP3 598 H 510 J2 703

J3 670 SS1 98 OCP 10900Make Your Home in Me (Walther) A 894 BB/MI 628 GP3 521

S&S 324The Lord Is Near (Booth) J3 114 NTY 62 S&S 100 SS2 285

COMMUNION CHANTSpirit and Grace (Manalo) A 520 BB/MI 344 GP3 496 H 578 J3 798

UC 535 OCP 20319Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz) A 196 BB/MI 324 CM 107 CP2 484


I Will Praise Your Name (Haas) A 746 BB/MI 820 CP2 95 CP3 86 H 165 UC 172

The Path of Life (Soper) A 659 BB/MI 740 CP2 2 CP3 1 GP2 169 GP3 117 H 93 J2 536 J3 15 UC 75 VOZ 136 OCP 9793

Ang Katawan ni Kristo/Behold, the Body of Christ (Manalo) A 62 BB/MI 354 GP3 481 OCP 20041

Center of My Life (Inwood) A 113 BB/MI 491 CP2 414 CP3 439 GP2 593 GP3 591 H 511 J2 697 J3 665 UC 633 VOZ 678 OCP 7136

Take and Eat (Joncas) A 526 BB/MI 360 H 587Shelter Me, O God (B. Hurd) A 494 BB/MI 468 CP2 441 CP3 471

GP2 626 GP3 649 H 437 J2 724 J3 689 UC 673 VOZ 732 OCP 8836As We Remember (Cooney) GP2 504 GP3 480 OCP 11098

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHPsalm 23 (Conry) A 458 BB/MI 470 GP2 636 GP3 652 J2 736Let All Things Now Living ash grove A 321 BB/MI 591 CP3 407

GP3 706 H 458 J2 641 J3 608Lead Me, Lord (Becker) A 314 BB/MI 636 CP2 398 CP3 432 GP2 715

GP3 760 H 479 J2 659 J3 733 NTY 19 R2 284 S&S 221 SS1 107 UC 561 VOZ 619 OCP 8831

Now Thank We All Our God nun danket A 379 BB 198 CM 132 CP2 382 CP3 403 GP2 700 GP3 704 H 456 J2 636 J3 603 R2 297 R3 169 TM 27 UC 644 VOZ 611 OCP 10237

Holy Wisdom, Lamp of Learning beach spring A 252 BB/MI 524 CP3 496 H 581 J2 774 J3 741

How Can I Keep from Singing endless song A 256 BB/MI 434 CP2 431 CP3 460 GP2 616 GP3 607 H 526 J2 721 J3 686 NTY 116 S&S 216 SS1 117 UC 727 VOZ 638 OCP 9202

Thanks Be to God (Dean) A 535 BB/MI 593 J2 638 J3 605 OCP 10162Sing Alleluia, Sing (Ault) GP3 741Sing, O Sing (Schutte) A 505 BB/MI 553 GP2 689 GP3 744 TM 39

OCP 9904

CHORALGive Praise to God with Music (Inwood) OCP 30106261Praise the Lord (Mawby) OCP 4510

Praise, O Praise the Lord (C. Walker) OCP 20711

Here are some texts that have been set to music by OCP composers. Consider using these at your rehearsals and meetings.

The first is Saint Teresa of Avila’s poem “Christ Has No Body” (see p. 46):

“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”

The next is from the Confessions of Saint Augustine, written circa 400 AD. See Jesuit Father Roc O’Connor’s

“O Beauty, Ever Ancient” (BB/MI 523) and Steve Angri-sano’s “A Rightful Place” (BB/MI 638). “Too late have I loved you, O Beauty so ancient, O Beauty so new. Too late have I loved you! You were within me but I was outside myself, and there I sought you! In my weakness I ran after the beauty of the things you have made. You were with me, and I was not with you. The things you have made kept me from you—the things which would have no being unless they existed in you.” (Confessions X, 27, 38).

The Confessions begin with “Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless till they rest in Thee.” See the connection with Bernadette Farrell’s

“Restless Is the Heart” (BB/MI 687) and Laurence Rosania’s “This Body of Christ” (BB/MI 358).


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31st Sunday in Ordinary Time10/30/2016 YEAR C

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 38 (37):22–23Forsake me not, O Lord, my God; be not far from me! Make haste and come to my help, O Lord, my strong salvation!

FIRST READING Wisdom 11:22—12:2 (153C)The Lord, who can do all things, spares all things. God’s imperish-able spirit is in all things, and the Lord God overlooks “people’s sins that they may repent.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 145:1–2, 8–9, 10–11, 13, 14 I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God.

SECOND READING 2 Thessalonians 1:11—2:2The name of Christ is to be glorified in you and you in him.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION John 3:16God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life.

GOSPEL Luke 19:1–10When Jesus passed through Jericho, Zacchaeus climbed a syca-more tree in order to see him. Jesus went home with Zacchaeus and blessed his house, for the “Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 16 (15):11You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your pres-ence, O Lord.Or John 6:58Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Fa-ther, so whoever feeds on me shall have life because of me, says the Lord.


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ENTRANCE CHANTSing with All the Saints in Glory hymn to joy A 510 BB/MI 617

CP3 507 GP3 774 H 556 J2 789 J3 759Lift High the Cross crucifer A 329 BB/MI 720 CM 81 CP2 305

CP3 314 GP2 444 GP3 384 H 300 J2 522 J3 500 R2 163 UC 553 VOZ 707

Holy, Holy, Holy Cry (Modlin) A 889 BB 182 J3 423 NTY 193 S&S 183 SS2 320 OCP 20034

Table of Plenty (Schutte) A 525 BB/MI 310 CM 99 CP2 475 CP3 518 GP2 530 GP3 463 H 378 J2 793 J3 761 NTY 75 S&S 233 SS1 163 UC 489 VOZ 786 OCP 9846

Holy, Holy, Holy nicaea A 247 BB 209 CM 78 CP2 299 CP3 306 GP2 414 GP3 358 H 295 J2 469 J3 448 R2 162 R3 115 TM 38 UC 414 VOZ 505 OCP 30106572

God, We Praise You nettleton A 220 BB 207 CP3 401 GP3 719 H 480 J2 594 J3 567 TM 40

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name coronation A 41 BB/MI 732 CM 88 CP2 313 CP3 325 GP2 421 GP3 364 H 315 J2 482 J3 462 UC 421 VOZ 510

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven lauda anima A 450 BB/MI 561 CP2 367 CP3 389 GP2 685 GP3 735 H 490 J2 612 J3 586 UC 709 VOZ 562

Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones lasst uns erfreuen A 648 BB/MI 724 CM 84 CP2 307 CP3 315 GP2 446 GP3 390 H 307 J2 528 J3 505 UC 465 VOZ 552


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSIn God Alone (Farrell) A 891 BB/MI 619 GP3 776 OCP 30128974With All the Saints (B. Hurd) A 641 BB/MI 417 J3 744 UC 586

OCP 30100247We Walk by Faith (Haugen) A 622 BB/MI 490 CM 139 CP2 416

CP3 445 GP3 594 H 507 UC 635Where My Father Lives (Ridge) A 637 BB/MI 620 GP3 777

OCP 12818Give Me Jesus (Spiritual) A 198 BB/MI 680 CP2 349 CP3 367

GP2 484 GP3 435 H 348 J2 583 J3 554 VOZ 332 OCP 9709We Are the Light of the World (Greif) A 614 BB/MI 603 CM 169


Worthy Is the Lamb (Manalo) A 646 BB/MI 578 CP3 506 GP3 754 H 449 J2 682 J3 754 NTY 200 S&S 264 SS1 166

COMMUNION CHANTLitany of the Saints (Becker) A 336 BB/MI 727 CM 83 CP2 308


Saints of God in Glory (Farrell) A 478Blest Are They (Haas) A 97 BB/MI 635 CM 167 CP2 397 CP3 431

GP3 759 H 478 R3 140 UC 560Be Not Afraid (Dufford) A 81 BB/MI 427 CM 143 CP2 424 CP3 453

GP2 602 GP3 600 H 518 J2 706 J3 673 NTY 213 R2 214 R3 225 S&S 271 SS1 170 UC 725 VOZ 647 OCP 9527


I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan) A 261 BB/MI 349 CM 111 CP2 478 CP3 520 GP3 493 H 393 R2 196 R3 304 UC 510

Miracle of Grace (Stephan) A 876 BB/MI 363 GP3 497 S&S 254 OCP 30100701


Pastures of the Lord (Stephan) A 877 BB/MI 455 GP3 650 OCP 20127

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHFor All the Saints sine nomine A 181 BB/MI 723 CM 82 CP2 306

CP3 318 GP2 445 GP3 388 H 306 J2 526 J3 504 NTY 131 R2 165 R3 117 UC 464 VOZ 550

Blessed Feasts of Blessed Martyrs in babilone A 95 BB/MI 726 CP3 317 GP3 386 H 304 J2 782 J3 749

A Rightful Place (Angrisano) A 911 BB/MI 638 GP3 756 S&S 202 OCP 30130906

Beatitudes (Ducote) A 85 BB/MI 637 GP2 717 GP3 757 J2 657Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow old hundredth A 449

BB/MI 545 CM 127 CP2 371 CP3 393 H 501 UC 703 VOZ 592Alleluia! Raise the Gospel (Farrell) A 56 BB/MI 626 GP3 525 J3 827

NTY 273 R3 250 OCP 11978Somos el Cuerpo de Cristo/We Are the Body of Christ (Cortez) A 613

BB/MI 582 GP2 589 GP3 547 J2 852 J3 826 NTY 31 R2 89 SS1 136 UC 593 VOZ 763 OCP 9887

Jerusalem, My Happy Home land of rest A 294 BB/MI 618 GP3 775 H 555 J2 788 J3 758 UC 251 VOZ 333

CHORALFor All Thy Saints, O Lord (Healey) OCP 4631

Saints of God (B. Hurd) OCP 12091Saints of God (Mayernik) OCP 30107143

Strictly speaking, saints are those officially canonized by the Church. Saint Paul referred to all the Christian faithful as saints. Today we celebrate all saints those canonized and those who are a “work in progress.”

The cult of the saints arose by custom. The Blessed Virgin Mary, the first disciple, is the most esteemed of all saints. Next, martyrs—those who died for the faith were revered. Confessors—those who confessed the faith and perhaps were arrested or tortured, but not killed, and bishops—many of whom were martyrs and some who weren’t, also were honored. Virgins and selfless widows who helped the poor received the same honor as martyrdom. The ascetics who escaped to the desert were acknowledged for living a life of self-martyrdom through self-denial, penance, and control of passion and desire. Included later were official eminent doctors (teachers of doctrine).

Initially, saints were remembered in the Canon of the Mass. The cult of the saints grew too large to be included there. Devotion to the saints became so popular that people prayed to favorite saints more than to Jesus. Devotions became more important than liturgy. The Council of Trent (1545–1563) affirmed the cult of the saints but made it clear that Jesus Christ alone is Redeemer and Savior. The custom continued into the twentieth century. The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) reaffirmed the centrality of Jesus. The saints may intercede for us, but they do not redeem us.

Seasonal music that sings of harvest is most appropriate as we look to the second coming of Christ.


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All Saints11/1/2016 YEAR C

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honor of all the Saints, at whose festival the Angels rejoice and praise the Son of God.

FIRST READING Revelation 7:2–4, 9–14 (667)The author of the Book of Revelation had a vision that reaffirmed the belief that all who remain faithful to the Lamb of God receive fulfillment and glory after their trial.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 24:1bc–2, 3–4ab, 5–6Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

SECOND READING 1 John 3:1–3John exhorted his brothers and sisters, God’s children in the faith, to place their hope in the light of the world and in that way to keep themselves pure.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.

GOSPEL Matthew 5:1–12aJesus offered the beatitudes as the charter of the heavenly reign. The poor in spirit, the sorrowing, the lowly, the peacemakers—all these receive God’s love.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Matthew 5:8–10Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.


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ENTRANCE CHANTGlory in the Cross (Schutte) A 202 BB/MI 719 CP3 313 GP3 289

H 302 J2 523 J3 375 S&S 170 SS2 313 VOZ 439 OCP 11484Come, Ye Thankful People, Come st. george’s windsor A 150

BB 208 CM 134 CP2 384 CP3 405 GP2 705 GP3 702 H 453 J2 639 J3 606 TM 37 UC 639 VOZ 603

Gather Your People (B. Hurd) A 195 BB/MI 314 CP2 474 CP3 516 GP2 529 GP3 465 H 379 J2 798 J3 768 NTY 10 SS1 111 UC 477 VOZ 782 OCP 9699

Lift High the Cross crucifer A 329 BB/MI 720 CM 81 CP2 305 CP3 314 GP2 444 GP3 384 H 300 J2 522 J3 500 R2 163 UC 553 VOZ 707


In the Day of the Lord (Ridge) A 286 BB/MI 579 CP2 466 CP3 504 GP2 722 GP3 752 H 450 J2 685 J3 753 R2 314 SS1 121 UC 765 VOZ 673 OCP 9889

Come, Follow Me (Berberick) A 870 BB/MI 507 GP3 558 OCP 20063God Is Here! As We His People abbot’s leigh J2 796 J3 764Come, Now Is the Time to Worship (Doerksen) A 136 BB/MI 550

GP3 457 H 582 NTY 81 S&S 284 SS2 383


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSIn God Alone (Farrell) A 891 BB/MI 414 GP3 551 S&S 331

OCP 30128974Because the Lord Is My Shepherd (C. Walker) A 87 BB/MI 458

CP2 436 CP3 466 GP2 627 GP3 641 H 356 J2 725 J3 697 NTY 132 UC 670 VOZ 731 OCP 7105

Pastures of the Lord (Stephan) A 877 BB/MI 455 GP3 650 OCP 20127Isaiah 49 (Landry) A 292 BB/MI 615 CP2 403 CP3 437 GP2 711

GP3 767 H 424 J2 653 J3 628 UC 657 VOZ 615’Tis the Gift to Be Simple simple gifts A 880 BB/MI 514 GP3 583

H 592 J2 772 J3 735For the Sake of Christ (Canedo) A 185 BB/MI 519 GP3 575 J3 658

S&S 296 SS2 409 OCP 20825The Eyes and Hands of Christ (Kendzia) A 545 BB/MI 520 GP3 585

H 584 J3 738 NTY 77 S&S 234 SS2 376 OCP 12072I Will Choose Christ (Booth) A 273 BB/MI 515 CP3 497 GP2 459

GP3 574 H 464 J2 775 J3 736 NTY 261 S&S 220 SS1 119 UC 206 OCP 10592

COMMUNION CHANTShelter Me, O God (B. Hurd) A 494 BB/MI 468 CP2 441 CP3 471

GP2 626 GP3 649 H 437 J2 724 J3 689 UC 673 VOZ 732 OCP 8836Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen) A 495 BB/MI 464 CM 165 CP2 11

CP3 474 GP3 642 H 441 S&S 128 SS1 59 UC 661You Are Near (Schutte) A 652 BB/MI 430 CM 141 CP2 417 CP3 446

GP2 619 GP3 610 H 532 J2 722 J3 687 R2 218 R3 222 UC 716 VOZ 631 OCP 9503

We Praise You (Ducote) A 619 BB/MI 551 CP2 379 GP2 677 GP3 736 J2 626 J3 579 VOZ 569

We Are God’s People (Haas) A 721 BB/MI 798 CP2 70 CP3 63 H 147 UC 142

Precious Lord, Take My Hand (Dorsey) A 456 BB/MI 692 CP2 343 CP3 359 GP2 478 GP3 424 H 367 J3 548 UC 678 VOZ 726

We Have Been Told (Haas) A 618 BB/MI 511 CM 166 CP2 460 CP3 495 GP3 564 H 418 UC 546 OCP 8533

In the Breaking of the Bread (B. Hurd) A 285 BB/MI 332 CP2 479 CP3 521 GP2 508 GP3 489 H 398 J2 808 J3 779 UC 528 VOZ 806 OCP 8776

Draw Near (Janco) GP3 486

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHRise Up with Him (Vogt) A 472 BB/MI 575 NTY 197 R2 151 SS2 322

OCP 10846Sent Forth by God’s Blessing (Westendorf) A 491 BB/MI 387 CP2 504

CP3 552 GP2 588 GP3 532 H 548 J2 768 J3 740 UC 575 VOZ 745Psalm 23 (Conry) A 458 BB/MI 470 GP2 636 GP3 652 J2 736Three Days thaxted A 585 BB 180 J2 423 J3 406 OCP 11501Alleluia! Raise the Gospel (Farrell) A 56 BB/MI 626 GP3 525 J3 827

NTY 273 R3 250 OCP 11978Though the Mountains May Fall (Schutte) A 584 BB/MI 425 CM 147

CP2 432 CP3 461 GP2 605 GP3 619 H 524 J2 715 J3 682 R2 216 R3 220 UC 729 VOZ 644 OCP 9499

Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service holy manna A 350 BB/MI 623



CHORALO How Amiable (Crandal) OCP 30121275I Know that My Redeemer Lives (Wright) OCP 4607

Pie Jesu (Manalo) OCP 12201

Remember: spring forward, fall back! Daylight Saving Time ends early Sunday morning. Don’t forget to set your clocks back on Saturday night.

HOSPITALITYRecent studies (e.g., see cara.Georgetown.edu) show

that the primary reason that people join a parish is because they feel welcome. Of course, it goes without saying that the pastor is the most influential person in this regard. Vying for second place at liturgy are the preaching and the music.

How do you let visitors know they are welcome? You tell them! I hope by now everyone has stopped beginning Mass with “Welcome to Saint ___ Parish”—especially since some have been there longer than the greeter! Try this, “Good morning! Today is the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. We offer a special welcome to those who are visiting.” That will do. And it’s not annoying!

Depending on the style and size of the community, the greeter might ask the visitors voluntarily to stand to be acknowledged and welcomed. Then, if the community is small enough, you can even ask them where they traveled from. Or say “Please welcome one another so no one is alone in the house of the Lord.” Or consider “Welcome our visitors and one another so we might celebrate together as brothers and sisters in Christ.” How to center everyone? I wait for folks to settle down, maintain thirty seconds of silence, and then I ring the bell (or chime on the organ) three times. This is the cue for them to rise and we begin the opening song.






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Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Homily ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________






Holy, Holy, Holy ____________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Communion Rite

The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________



Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________




ENTRANCE ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 88 (87):3Let my prayer come into your presence. Incline your ear to my cry for help, O Lord.

FIRST READING 2 Maccabees 7:1–2, 9–14 (156C)Even their torturers marveled at the heroism of the seven Maccabee brothers who trusted in God and faced death with courage. They believed in the resurrection to life.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 17:1, 5–6, 8, 15Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

SECOND READING 2 Thessalonians 2:16—3:5Paul prayed that God the Father, who consoled him, also comfort and strengthen the saints of the Thessalonian church. He asked for their prayer and gave them God’s blessing.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Revelation 1:5a, 6bJesus Christ is the firstborn of the dead; to him be glory and power, forever and ever.

GOSPEL Luke 20:27–38 or 20:27, 34–38When some Sadducees tried to trap Jesus with some legal questions, he showed them God’s power over life and the Lord’s love for the living: God “is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 23 (22):1–2The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose, near restful waters he leads me.Or cf. Luke 24:35The disciples recognized the Lord Jesus in the breaking of bread.


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ENTRANCE CHANTO God, Our Help in Ages Past st. anne A 396 BB/MI 442 CM 142

CP2 419 CP3 449 GP2 613 GP3 612 H 528 J2 705 J3 672 UC 731 VOZ 627

The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns morning song A 552 BB 50 CM 26 CP3 224 GP2 307 GP3 226 H 198 J2 319 J3 282 UC 283 VOZ 371

Though the Mountains May Fall (Schutte) A 584 BB/MI 425 CM 147 CP2 432 CP3 461 GP2 605 GP3 619 H 524 J2 715 J3 682 R2 216 R3 220 UC 729 VOZ 644 OCP 9499


Come, Ye Thankful People, Come st. george’s windsor A 150 BB 208 CM 134 CP2 384 CP3 405 GP2 705 GP3 702 H 453 J2 639 J3 606 TM 37 UC 639 VOZ 603

We Gather Together kremser A 617 BB 202 CM 100 CP2 470 CP3 515 GP2 698 GP3 734 H 484 J2 794 J3 762 TM 31 UC 476 VOZ 787

Table of Plenty (Schutte) A 525 BB/MI 310 CM 99 CP2 475 CP3 518 GP2 530 GP3 463 H 378 J2 793 J3 761 NTY 75 S&S 233 SS1 163 UC 489 VOZ 786 OCP 9846



PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSThe Lord Is My Hope (Ridge) A 555 BB/MI 469 GP2 631 J2 730

OCP 9271All Is Well with My Soul (Landry/ville du havre) A 43 BB/MI 465

GP3 643 H 579 OCP 30104966Seek Ye First (Lafferty) A 487 BB/MI 431 CM 148 CP2 422 CP3 451

GP2 608 GP3 613 H 525 J2 720 J3 685 R2 304 R3 217 SS1 160 UC 732 VOZ 648

Come to Me (Norbet) A 141 BB/MI 456 CP2 442 CP3 472 GP2 629 GP3 644 H 443 J2 728 J3 695 UC 669 VOZ 730

Many and Great (Manalo) A 356 BB/MI 585 GP3 546 J3 834 OCP 10872

All Good Gifts (Keil) A 39 BB/MI 595 GP3 703 J2 644 J3 611 OCP 9967

Parable (Ridge) A 441 BB/MI 690 CP2 347 CP3 365 GP2 481 GP3 440 H 352 J2 588 J3 558 UC 261 VOZ 345 OCP 8876

Give Me Jesus (Spiritual) A 198 BB/MI 680 CP2 349 CP3 367 GP2 484 GP3 435 H 348 J2 583 J3 554 VOZ 332 OCP 9709

COMMUNION CHANTWe Are Many Parts (Haugen) A 612 BB/MI 586 CM 156 CP2 516

CP3 565 GP3 550 H 559 UC 606Hear the Prayers That Rise (Bridge) A 239 BB/MI 403The Lord Is My Light (C. Walker) A 556 BB/MI 682 CP2 348

CP3 366 GP2 486 GP3 443 H 354 J2 587 J3 557 R2 305 S&S 357 SS1 61 UC 254 VOZ 339 OCP 10448

Be Not Afraid (Dufford) A 81 BB/MI 427 CM 143 CP2 424 CP3 453 GP2 602 GP3 600 H 518 J2 706 J3 673 NTY 213 R2 214 R3 225 S&S 271 SS1 170 UC 725 VOZ 647 OCP 9527

Jesus, the Lord (O’Connor) A 304 BB/MI 731 GP2 370 GP3 363 H 259 J2 484 J3 467 VOZ 509 OCP 9935

Unless a Grain of Wheat (B. Hurd) A 602 BB/MI 346 CP2 485 CP3 544 GP3 516 H 397 J2 802 J3 801

Without You (Kendzia) GP2 552 GP3 533 OCP 5888

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHHow Can I Keep from Singing endless song A 256 BB/MI 434


I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Soper) A 268 BB/MI 684 CP2 345 CP3 363 GP2 482 GP3 431 H 353 J2 586 J3 556 R2 317 R3 199 S&S 131 SS1 154 UC 263 VOZ 346 OCP 9564

Somos el Cuerpo de Cristo/We Are the Body of Christ (Cortez) A 613 BB/MI 582 GP2 589 GP3 547 J2 852 J3 826 NTY 31 R2 89 SS1 136 UC 593 VOZ 763 OCP 9887


Soon and Very Soon (Crouch) A 517 BB/MI 580 CP2 465 CP3 503 GP2 723 GP3 750 H 452 J2 683 J3 755 NTY 276 UC 766 VOZ 672 OCP 10265

Stand by Me (Kendzia) A 523 BB/MI 639 GP3 629 H 534 J3 653 S&S 352 OCP 12093

People of Peace (Landry) GP2 564 GP3 522 OCP 5597Act Justly (Farrell) GP3 520 OCP 30130827

CHORALAve Verum Corpus (Crandal) OCP 30130597

The Grace of God (C. Walker) OCP 30127200Act Justly (Farrell) GP3 520 OCP 30130827

HOSPITALITYHow do you communicate the numbers for the music

to your assembly during liturgy? Do you announce them? Do you use a hymn board? Or do you put all words on a screen and have no need of numbers? Whatever the routine, my question concerns the Ordinary of the Mass. Are the acclamation numbers posted somewhere? After all, we are encouraged to sing the Mass, not just sing hymns at Mass. According to our music guidelines as found in Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship (USCCB, 2007), the essential people’s parts are dialogues (e.g. “The Lord be with you,” etc.) and acclamations, the Holy, Mystery of Faith, and Great Amen. Where are these numbers listed?

While we’re on the subject, here’s a question. Do you feel more ownership when someone says, “Please join us in our Communion song,” or “Our Communion song is____”? A leader of song should not invite people to join him or her but rather, say, “Our Communion song is number __” (if you announce numbers). Minimize words. If directions are necessary, often saying only the number slowly is enough. The seventies are over! We’re in the twenty-first century.

Liturgy is the work of the people—not just a few people—but all of us. It is the work of the people to dialogue, to stand, to sit, to sing, to listen together, to offer ourselves when the priest offers the gifts in our name, to make peace with one another, to share the body and blood of Christ, and to be missioned together in Christ’s name.






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Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Homily ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________






Holy, Holy, Holy ____________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Communion Rite

The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________



Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________




ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Jeremiah 29:11, 12, 14The Lord said: I think thoughts of peace and not of affliction. You will call upon me, and I will answer you, and I will lead back your captives from every place.

FIRST READING Malachi 3:19–20a (159C)The sun of justice shines with healing warmth on those who walk in the Lord, but evildoers face a blazing oven, for the day of the Lord is coming.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 98:5–6, 7–8, 9The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.

SECOND READING 2 Thessalonians 3:7–12Paul urged members of the church in Thessalonica to conduct them-selves in a way that befits Christ’s followers. He asked them to work in the community and earn their keep.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Luke 21:28Stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.

GOSPEL Luke 21:5–19Jesus urged patient endurance for his followers when they face trial or contradiction. He consoled them and calmed their worries in the midst of war, earthquake, disease, and hunger.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 73 (72):28To be near God is my happiness, to place my hope in God the Lord.Or Mark 11:23–24Amen, I say to you: Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you will receive, and it shall be given to you, says the Lord.


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ENTRANCE CHANTThree Days thaxted A 585 BB 180 J2 423 J3 406 OCP 11501Hail, Redeemer, King Divine st. george’s windsor A 231

BB/MI 730 CP2 314 CP3 326 GP3 365 H 316 J2 481 J3 463 UC 424 VOZ 515

To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King ich glaub an gott A 588 BB/MI 729 CM 86 CP2 310 CP3 322 GP2 422 GP3 360 H 309 J2 485 J3 468 R2 170 R3 124 UC 430 VOZ 517

Holy, Holy, Holy Cry (Modlin) A 889 BB 182 J3 423 NTY 193 S&S 183 SS2 320 OCP 20034

Blessed Feasts of Blessed Martyrs in babilone A 95 BB/MI 726 CP3 317 GP3 386 H 304 J2 782 J3 749

Behold the Lamb of God (Dufford) A 90 BB 153 CP2 262 CP3 278 GP2 360 GP3 295 H 251 J3 386 UC 364 VOZ 461

Festival Canticle: Worthy Is Christ (Hillert) A 177 BB/MI 568 CP3 297 H 274 J2 428 J3 424 VOZ 667 OCP 8213

King of My Heart (Walton) NTY 237 S&S 252 SS2 363Christ in Me Arise (Thomson) A 121 BB/MI 513 GP3 573 H 590

S&S 278 UC 564 OCP 30104536


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSWorthy Is the Lamb (Manalo) A 646 BB/MI 578 CP3 506 GP3 754

H 449 J2 682 J3 754 NTY 200 S&S 264 SS1 166What Wondrous Love Is This wondrous love A 628 BB/MI 479

CP2 446 CP3 478 GP2 642 GP3 668 H 537 J2 755 J3 719 NTY 187 UC 618 VOZ 693

At the Name of Jesus king’s weston A 74 BB/MI 734 J3 465Ubi Caritas (B. Hurd) A 598 BB/MI 337 CP2 497 CP3 531 GP3 510

H 386 J2 805 J3 776 S&S 259 SS2 367 UC 495 VOZ 804 OCP 10539


Resucitó/He Is Risen (Argüello) A 469 BB 177 CP2 281 CP3 287 GP2 391 GP3 323 J3 404 R2 146 R3 101 UC 400 VOZ 486 OCP 11714

Your Kingdom Is Glorious (François) S&S 198Jesus Christ Is Lord (Canedo) GP3 367 J3 464 S&S 195 SS2 327

OCP 20827

COMMUNION CHANTJesus, the Lord (O’Connor) A 304 BB/MI 731 GP2 370 GP3 363

H 259 J2 484 J3 467 VOZ 509 OCP 9935Bread of Angels (Stephan) A 914 BB/MI 371 GP3 484 OCP 30126357Lord, By Your Cross and Resurrection (Foley) A 341 BB/MI 366

OCP 10698Behold the Lamb (Willett) A 89 BB/MI 333 CP2 481 CP3 523

GP2 524 GP3 492 H 394 J2 809 J3 785 UC 505 VOZ 799 OCP 8737Jesus, Remember Me (Berthier) A 302 BB/MI 409 CM 105 CP2 270

CP3 275 H 260 R2 206 R3 229God’s Holy Gifts (Schutte) A 223 BB/MI 347 H 583 J3 792

OCP 20690Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) A 601 BB/MI 509 CP2 456 CP3 489

GP2 579 GP3 563 H 419 J2 760 J3 725 UC 545 VOZ 710 OCP 7115Unless a Grain of Wheat (B. Hurd) A 602 BB/MI 346 CP2 485

CP3 544 GP3 516 H 397 J2 802 J3 801He Is Exalted (Paris) NTY 94 S&S 196 SS1 179

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHTell the Good News gelobt sei gott A 896 BB/MI 373 TM 43The King of Kings, Christ Jesus Reigns (Farrell) A 550 BB/MI 736

CP2 311 CP3 323 H 314 J2 486 J3 469 TM 36 UC 429 VOZ 516 OCP 20130

At the Name of Jesus (C. Walker) A 75 BB/MI 735 CP3 327 GP2 424 GP3 366 H 310 J2 483 J3 466 NTY 5 SS1 100 UC 423 VOZ 512 OCP 10150



Rejoice, the Lord Is King darwall’s 148th A 465 BB/MI 728 CP3 321 H 308 J2 478 J3 459 UC 427 VOZ 508

Hail, Redeemer, King Divine st. george’s windsor A 231 BB/MI 730 CP2 314 CP3 326 GP3 365 H 316 J2 481 J3 463 UC 424 VOZ 515

Crown Him with Many Crowns diademata A 156 BB/MI 738 CM 85 CP2 309 CP3 320 GP2 420 GP3 362 H 311 J2 480 J3 461 UC 422 VOZ 511

Rise Up with Him (Vogt) A 472 BB/MI 575 NTY 197 R2 151 SS2 322 OCP 10846

CHORALGo into All the World (Hillert) OCP 30129118

O Christ, You Reign in Splendor Robed (Glen) OCP 4608Te Deum (Hillert) OCP 30126035

The history of this solemnity is rather interesting. The complete title of today’s feast tells it all. We celebrate the supreme authority and power of Jesus Christ, Messiah, over all people, nations, and the universe. Established in 1925 by Pope Pius XI as a reaction to nationalism and Fascism, this celebration is unusual in that it doesn’t mark an event in the life of Jesus. It is, however, rooted in the celebration of Christ’s Ascension, but was placed at the end of the liturgical year because of the eschatological nature of the autumnal and liturgical season.

Don’t let the Jubilee Year of Mercy go by with only a nod. Do something that will make a difference in your life, both personally and in your ministry. Pope Francis has asked us to both rejoice in God’s great mercy and to show mercy to others. Have you shown mercy to someone recently?

Mercy shows itself in various ways. One that comes to mind this time of year is caring for the aged. More and more baby boomers are facing the loss of parents through illness, including dementia. Let’s be there for our brothers and sisters who may be the caregivers. It’s very, very difficult. Unless you have walked a mile in their shoes, don’t give advice or criticize. How about a thank-you note, or a gift card? Better yet, how about giving them some free time? Take your turn caring for your elderly. You can handle it! Indeed, it can be one of the richest times of your life. Don’t miss it. — Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe11/20/2016 YEAR C




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Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Homily ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________






Holy, Holy, Holy ____________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Communion Rite

The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________



Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________



Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe11/20/2016 YEAR C

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Revelation 5:12; 1:6How worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and divin-ity, and wisdom and strength and honor. To him belong glory and power for ever and ever.

FIRST READING 2 Samuel 5:1–3 (162C)Because David was so loved as a leader, the elders of all the tribes anointed him king of Israel at Hebron. King David shepherded the people from then on.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 122:1–2, 3–4, 4–5Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

SECOND READING Colossians 1:12–20God’s Son brought the people into the reign of forgiveness and love. He heads the body, the church, and has primacy in all things, mak-ing peace through the blood of his cross.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Mark 11:9, 10Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come!

GOSPEL Luke 23:35–43The soldiers made fun of Jesus on the cross, offered him bitter wine, told him to save himself if he was the Christ, and told him to put an inscription over his head: “This is the King of the Jews.”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 29 (28):10–11The Lord sits as King for ever. The Lord will bless his people with peace.


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ENTRANCE CHANTCome, Ye Thankful People, Come st. george’s windsor A 150

BB 208 CM 134 CP2 384 CP3 405 GP2 705 GP3 702 H 453 J2 639 J3 606 TM 37 UC 639 VOZ 603

We Gather Together kremser A 617 BB 202 CM 100 CP2 470 CP3 515 GP2 698 GP3 734 H 484 J2 794 J3 762 TM 31 UC 476 VOZ 787

Thanks Be to God (Dean) A 535 BB/MI 593 J2 638 J3 605 OCP 10162Here at This Table (Whitaker) A 241 BB/MI 312 CP3 510 GP3 464

H 374 J2 807 J3 777 NTY 68 S&S 248 SS2 362 UC 483 OCP 11560O God beyond All Praising thaxted A 393 BB/MI 537 CP3 402

GP3 733 H 489 J2 614 J3 589 UC 706Sing of the Lord’s Goodness (Sands) A 507 BB/MI 557 CP2 357


Ven al Banquete/Come to the Feast (B. Hurd) A 143 BB/MI 307 CP2 477 CP3 519 GP3 458 H 376 J2 795 J3 763 NTY 80 R2 204 R3 297 SS1 164 UC 480 VOZ 779 OCP 10336

Sing to the Lord of Harvest wie lieblich ist der maien J2 640 J3 607


PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSAll Good Gifts (Keil) A 39 BB/MI 595 GP3 703 J2 644 J3 611

OCP 9967Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow old hundredth A 449

BB/MI 545 CM 127 CP2 371 CP3 393 H 501 UC 703 VOZ 592Amazing Grace new britain A 58 BB/MI 428 CM 146 CP2 423

CP3 452 GP2 615 GP3 614 H 519 J2 713 J3 680 NTY 214 R2 219 R3 221 SS1 104 UC 723 VOZ 639

The Sacrifice of Praise (Joncas) A 559 BB/MI 552 OCP 20615Let There Be Peace on Earth (Jackson) A 326 BB/MI 532 CM 161

CP2 449 CP3 481 GP2 655 GP3 672 H 427 J2 739 J3 703 R2 221 R3 213 UC 538 VOZ 719

’Tis the Gift to Be Simple simple gifts A 880 BB/MI 514 GP3 583 H 592 J2 772 J3 735

Prayer of St. Francis (Temple) A 455 BB/MI 527 CM 160 CP2 452 CP3 484 GP2 651 GP3 679 H 426 J2 738 J3 702 NTY 136 R2 222 R3 209 S&S 339 SS1 199 UC 541 VOZ 720 OCP 10762

COMMUNION CHANTGift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz) A 196 BB/MI 324 CM 107 CP2 484


This Body of Christ (Rosania) A 897 BB/MI 358 OCP 30106754Spirit and Grace (Manalo) A 520 BB/MI 344 GP3 496 H 578 J3 798

UC 535 OCP 20319In the Presence of God (Kendzia) A 728 BB/MI 805 CP2 77 CP3 69

GP2 259 GP3 189 H 152 J3 96 UC 152 VOZ 234Our Blessing-Cup (Psalm 116) (Soper) A 731 BB/MI 804 CP3 71

GP3 186 J3 93 OCP 20173Give Thanks to the Lord/This Is the Day (Smith) A 734 BB/MI 811

CP2 82 CP3 76 GP2 264 GP3 190 H 156 VOZ 238Pan de Vida (B. Hurd) A 437 BB/MI 340 CP2 482 CP3 525 GP2 500

GP3 501 H 395 J2 813 J3 784 NTY 74 R2 195 R3 294 UC 506 VOZ 796 OCP 9110

On the Day I Called (Cooney) A 745 BB/MI 818 CP2 92 CP3 84 GP2 279 GP3 198 H 163 J2 109 J3 110 VOZ 255 OCP 10474

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHFor the Fruits of This Creation ar hyd y nos A 183 BB/MI 424

CP2 385 CP3 416 GP3 697 H 454 J2 629 J3 615 R2 238 R3 189 UC 748 VOZ 599

Now Thank We All Our God nun danket A 379 BB 198 CM 132 CP2 382 CP3 403 GP2 700 GP3 704 H 456 J2 636 J3 603 R2 297 R3 169 TM 27 UC 644 VOZ 611 OCP 10237

Give Thanks to the Lord (Schutte) A 199 BB/MI 588 GP2 699 GP3 700 J2 643 J3 610 OCP 9905

God of Our Fathers national hymn A 217 BB/MI 634 CP3 571 GP3 748 H 567 J2 867 J3 847

Grateful (Tomaszek) A 227 BB/MI 589 GP3 708 J3 602 NTY 140 S&S 242 SS2 361 OCP 12130

For the Beauty of the Earth dix A 182 BB/MI 590 CM 133 CP2 383 CP3 404 GP2 704 GP3 705 H 457 J2 642 J3 609 NTY 139 R2 293 R3 171 UC 636 VOZ 602

Sacred Creation (Zaragoza) J3 617 NTY 141 R3 330Sent Forth by God’s Blessing (Westendorf) A 491 BB/MI 387 CP2 504

CP3 552 GP2 588 GP3 532 H 548 J2 768 J3 740 UC 575 VOZ 745

CHORALThanksgiving Psalms (L. Mayernik) OCP 30101056

May You Be Blessed for Ever, Lord (Mawby) OCP 4576All Praise and Glad Thanksgiving gott vater sei gepriesen

OCP 11926

This is truly an easy day for liturgy preparation. I suggest that you include a sung prayer for peace among the nations: e.g., “For the Healing of the Nations,” or “Let There Be Peace on Earth.”

Last but not least, here is a Confiteor especially for choirs that I hope you will use. Enjoy with your musicians. Pray it regularly!

Choristers’ ConfessionAlmighty and most merciful Choirmaster, we have erred

and strayed from thy beat like lost sheep.We have followed too much the intonation and tempi of

our own hearts.We have offended against thy dynamic markings, we have

left unsung the notes we ought to have sung, and we have sung the notes we ought not to have sung, and there is no breath in us.

But thou, O Choirmaster, have mercy on us, miserable singers, succour the chorally challenged, restore them that need extra note bashing, spare thou them without pencils.

Pardon our mistakes, and have faith that we will follow thy directions, and sing together in perfect harmony. Amen. (from the choir vestry in Lichfield Cathedral, Stafford- shire, England)

Okay, we all know the meaning of Thanksgiving. However, consider the manifold benefit of taking some quiet time and penning (or keyboarding) your own Gratitude List. Our gifts are truly given from a God of mercy.

Congratulations! You have just completed the last of Church Year 2016 as well as the full three-year Sunday cycle—Years A, B, and C of liturgy preparation. Be sure to take time to celebrate! — Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

Thanksgiving Day11/24/2016 YEAR C




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Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Homily ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________






Holy, Holy, Holy ____________________________________________________________________________________________________


The Communion Rite

The Lord’s Prayer ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lamb of God _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Communion Chant __________________________________________________________________________________________________



Sending Forth ______________________________________________________________________________________________________



Thanksgiving Day11/24/2016 YEAR C

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Ephesians 5:19–20Sing and make music to the Lord in your hearts, always thanking God the Father for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

FIRST READING Sirach 50:22–24 (943.2)Give God thanks, blessing, and praise for doing wondrous things on earth. The Lord God grants joy of heart and peace among all people.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 113:1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8 (945.2)Blessed be the name of the Lord for ever.Or: Alleluia

SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 (944.1)Paul gave thanks to God for the saints of the church at Corinth be-cause Christ endowed them richly with gifts of speech and knowl-edge. Paul called them to fellowship with the Lord.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (946.7)In all circumstances, give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

GOSPEL Luke 17:11–19 (947.6)Jesus cured ten people, and only one, a Samaritan, came back to give thanks and praise to God in a loud voice. Jesus told him,

“Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 138 (137):1I thank you, Lord, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth.Or Psalm 116 (115):12–13How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me? The chalice of salvation I will raise, and I will call on the name of the Lord.


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