TODAY S LITURGY A quarterly publication for liturgy preparation In this issue: NEW! Weekly cantor columns by James Hansen and Melanie Coddington Liturgy in Transition by Archbishop John G. Vlazny Stations of the Cross: Beyond Lent by Mary Jo Tully Seasonal Scripture Commentaries by Dr. Glenn CJ Byer Lent Easter Triduum Easter February 22 June 2, 2012 Year B
Lent Easter Triduum Easter February 22 June 2, 2012 Year B 4 6 7 8 9 10 14 16 18 20 FROM THE EDITOR Elaine Rendler-McQueeney ORA ET LABORA MARY JANE WAGNER, SSSF Finding your voice through music ministry ASK THE LITURGIST Answers to your questions on liturgy BULLETIN NOTES Liturgical catechesis for assembly members FULL, CONSCIOUS, AND ACTIVE PREPARATION Miscellaneous ministry tips NEW AND REVISED MASS SETTINGS: A CLOSER LOOK LITURGY IN TRANSITION MOST REV. JOHN G. VLAZNY A historical perspective on change in the Church SINGING AND CELEBRATING GOD S WORD Glenn cj byer Scripture Commentaries for Year B SING ALONG WITH THE CANTOR AS SONG LEADER MELANIE CODDINGTON A new look at the cantor s role in liturgy THE THIRD STATION: JESUS FALLS THE FIRST TIME MARY JO TULLY An excerpt from The Path toward Resurrection 22 Cantate angela westhoff-johnson Choral music for the season 24 NEW! CANTOR AVENUE MELANIE CODDINGTON & JAMES HANSEN Weekly commentaries on the responsorial psalm and more 28 30 ritual notes paul covino Help with planning ritual moments FEATURED SONGS Take Up Our Cross by Curtis Stephan, Sarah Hart, and Marc Byrd Litany of Peace by Barbara Bridge 32 Ash Wednesday 34 First Sunday of Lent 36 Second Sunday of Lent 38 Third Sunday of Lent 40 Fourth Sunday of Lent 42 Fifth Sunday of Lent 44 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 46 Thursday of the Lord s Supper 48 Friday of the Passion of the Lord 50 The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night 54 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection 56 Second Sunday of Easter 58 Third Sunday of Easter 60 Fourth Sunday of Easter 62 Fifth Sunday of Easter 64 Sixth Sunday of Easter 66 The Ascension of the Lord 68 Seventh Sunday of Easter 70 Pentecost Sunday: At the Vigil Mass 72 Pentecost Sunday: At the Mass during the Day 74 Abbreviations used in music suggestions Cover: Candlemas (Presentation) at Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church, Sterling Heights, Michigan. Jim West / Alamy (alamy.com).
Liturgy in Transition Most Reverend John G. Vlazny Archbishop John G. Vlazny was ordained a priest in 1961 and auxiliary bishop of Chicago in 1983. He served as bishop of Winona, Minnesota, from 1987 to 1997. He was appointed the tenth archbishop of Portland in Oregon on October 28, 1997. He has served on various USCCB committees, including the Committee on Catechesis and the Subcommittee on Liturgical Music. He attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, earning a sacred theology degree in 1960 and a sacred theology licentiate in 1962. Back in the mid-1950s I was a college seminarian of the Archdiocese of Chicago. During my first year on campus I heard some of the older seminarians talking about the movers in our midst. I wasn t quite sure what they were moving or where they were moving but I became curious. After all, movement meant action. Life in the seminary back then was rather contained and the activities were repetitious and even at times a bit tedious. I wondered if I could be a mover. Eventually it became clear that the so-called movers were students of our Church s sacred liturgy and their bibles were Louis Bouyer s classic entitled Liturgical Piety and Pius Parsch s The Church s Year of Grace. The movers promoted the use of the vernacular languages in celebrations of the sacraments. They even wanted to turn the altar around so the priest would face the people at Mass and to promote active participation in both word and song during liturgical celebrations. That all sounded great to me. Once Pope John XXIII announced his interest in convening an ecumenical council, heady days followed for all movers and their friends. During the preparatory days that preceded the Council, I was a student of theology in Rome. One of my professors was Jesuit Father Herman Schmidt, a highly respected professor of liturgical theology, a priest who eventually became a peritus at Vatican II. His lectures at the Gregorian University whet my appetite for the liturgical renewal that would result from the deliberations of the Council Fathers. Father Schmidt was one of the master teachers back in the twentieth century who stressed such things as the intrinsic The Church is alive and, as any student of biology can tell you, where there is life, there is change. relationship between liturgy and life, to which we all should be attentive. Implementing the changes put forward by Vatican II now seems a much easier task than the work of transition that has taken place over the last ten years in preparing our people to receive the new Roman Missal. The task was easy back then because few people were involved in the transition. Priests and people in those days received their marching orders and marched. We followed directions, probably not because we were more docile and obedient, but because we were so enthused and eager to welcome the vitality in worship that was promised as a result of the liturgical changes. Hindsight reminds me that not everyone welcomed the changes. Musicians were frustrated because so many of the Latin chants and motets were banned and new music was not at all of the high quality which sacred worship deserved. Choirs disbanded and it took a while before composers and publishers made music available that was truly worthy of sacred worship. Fortunately we are nowadays blessed with many fine works and the services of publishers truly dedicated to good liturgical praxis. Looking back over these fifty years, I thank God every day that when I preside at liturgy the full, active, and conscious participation of the assembly is a given in most parishes. In my service as diocesan bishop, both in Winona, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon, I have been blessed with two wonderful diocesan directors of liturgical worship: Sister Jean Ersfeld, SSND, back in Winona, and Sister Jeremy Gallet, SP, now in Portland. They faithfully stressed the 14 Return to
Ash Wednesday 2/22/2012 year B MUSIC SUGGESTIONS See page 74 for an abbreviation key. For additional music suggestions, visit liturgy.com. ENTRANCE CHANT Again We Keep This Solemn Fast erhalt uns, herr BB 128 CP2 255 J2 394 TM 109 UC 332 VOZ 426 The Glory of These Forty Days erhalt uns, herr BB 138 CM 52 CP2 256 GP2 343 H 237 J 248 J2 379 TM 119 UC 342 VOZ 424 Now Is the Acceptable Time (Bridge) BB 119 TM 100 OCP 12738TL Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days st. flavian BB 133 CM 54 CP2 260 GP2 348 H 235 J 260 J2 391 R3 84 TM 114 UC 326 VOZ 415 Blest Be the Lord (Schutte) BB/MI 428 CM 145 CP2 426 GP2 599 H 440 J 611 J2 708 UC 712 VOZ 640 OCP 9488TL Leave the Past in Ashes (Consiglio) BB 115 TM 96 OCP 20622TL Beyond the Days (Manalo) BB 121 H 244 J2 384 SS1 101 TM 102 OCP 11329TL Keep in Mind (Deiss) BB/MI 688 CP2 350 GP2 492 H 357 J 372 J2 589 UC 257 VOZ 330 Enter the Journey (Friedman/Vogt) BB/MI 656 NTY 125 R3 134 OCP 11794TL Praise to You, O Christ, Our Savior (Farrell) BB/MI 576 GP2 662 H 413 J 730 J2 674 UC 733 VOZ 651 OCP 7126TL RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Respond and Acclaim (Alstott) 40 41 A Lectionary Psalter (Schiavone) 33, 228 BLESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES Signed by Ashes (Keil/Quinlivan) BB 116 J 959 J2 375 TM 97 OCP 10915TL Have Mercy on Us, Lord attende domine BB 124 J 237 J2 378 TM 105 UC 329 VOZ 416 Be Merciful, O Lord (Angrisano) BB/MI 783 CP2 38 H 122 NTY 47 SS1 66 Hosea (Weston Priory/Norbet) BB/MI 679 CM 98 CP2 341 GP2 471 H 334 J 676 J2 559 UC 220 VOZ 318 OCP 8891TL PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS Turn Our Hearts (Bridge) BB 125 TM 106 OCP 12740TL With These Ashes (Chiusano/Hochman) BB 114 NTY 172 R3 85 TM 95 OCP 20769TL O God, You Search Me (Farrell) BB/MI 438 CP2 427 GP2 601 H 441 J 868 J2 711 R3 228 UC 722 VOZ 646 OCP 10057TL Parce Domine/Spare Your People, Lord (Chant, Mode I) BB 126 CP2 250 H 238 J 236 J2 376 TM 107 UC 328 VOZ 427 Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling thompson BB/MI 671 CP2 340 H 338 J2 557 VOZ 313 Turn to Me (Foley) BB/MI 673 CM 56 CP2 252 GP2 342 H 241 J 242 J2 377 TM 123 UC 224 VOZ 314 OCP 10484TL You Alone (Hart/Liles) BB/MI 677 H 243 NTY 240 SS2 378 OCP 11777TL Seek the Lord (O Connor) BB/MI 674 CP2 258 GP2 351 H 242 J 593 J2 558 UC 225 VOZ 315 OCP 10482TL COMMUNION CHANT With the Lord There Is Mercy (Modlin) BB/MI 825 NTY 60 SS2 280 OCP 20768TL With the Lord (Joncas) BB/MI 676 GP2 344 J 769 J2 393 VOZ 307 The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Dufford) BB/MI 810 CP2 72 GP2 250 H 147 J2 84 UC 147 VOZ 223 Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Manalo) BB/MI 809 Remember Your Love (Ducote/Daigle/Balhoff) BB/MI 675 CP2 337 GP2 474 H 337 J2 561 UC 223 VOZ 317 Create in Me (Kendzia) BB/MI 784 CP2 37 J 951 J2 47 OCP 11354TL Each liturgical season brings its own distinct vocabulary. Joyful expectation, hope, and light in darkness are terms that evoke the spirit of Advent. Likewise, Lent has its own seasonal terminology. Two words stand out, words that are sometimes used interchangeably: penance and repentance. Penance (not the sacrament of reconciliation) is about making amends. To repent means to feel sorrow, to ask forgiveness, and to change. Lent offers us an opportunity to create ourselves anew in these various ways. As you look over today s music suggestions, notice that the first and second entrance hymns listed use the same hymn tune, erhalt uns, herr. Both texts are attributed to Saint Gregory the Great (ca. 540 604), after whom Gregorian chant is named. Depending on your situation, you might use Again We Keep This Solemn Fast as the entrance song and The Glory of These Forty Days, which features the same tune but a different text, as a recessional. This can be useful at Ash Wednesday liturgies at downtown churches, which are usually filled with people from office buildings folks not part of the typical weekend worshipping community. The same may be true for campus ministry situations. You may want to use one text on Ash Wednesday and the other text this coming Sunday and save some rehearsal time. Now Is the Acceptable Time is from the text of today s second reading. Notice also that the entrance music selections set the tone for the season. Lent is a time for putting aside that which distracts us, whether it s the Internet, music, or any other addiction/obsession. We refrain from singing about crucifixion or the Passion during these early days of Lent. Elaine Rendler-McQueeney On Eagle s Wings/En Sus Alas (Joncas) BB/MI 433 CM 144 CP2 418 GP2 598 H 435 J 532 J2 704 NTY 27 R3 218 R2 217 SS1 195 UC 702 VOZ 630 OCP 9493TL Lord, By Your Cross and Resurrection (Foley) BB/MI 328 OCP 10698TL Out of the Depths (Soper) BB/MI 824 CP2 89 GP2 277 H 160 J 244 J2 107 VOZ 252 OCP 9566TL Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) BB/MI 517 CP2 456 GP2 579 H 475 J 660 J2 760 UC 543 VOZ 710 OCP 7115TL SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTH Ashes (Conry) BB 117 CM 51 CP2 248 GP2 340 H 234 J 240 J2 374 NTY 170 R2 126 TM 98 UC 323 VOZ 410 There s a Wideness in God s Mercy in babilone BB/MI 466 CP2 445 GP2 639 H 447 J 432 J2 748 UC 621 VOZ 690 Change Our Hearts (Cooney) BB/MI 672 CP2 338 GP2 349 H 336 UC 221 VOZ 310 OCP 5269TL Jesus, Lord (DeBruyn) BB/MI 457 GP2 594 J 692 J2 701 OCP 8739TL With the Lord There Is Mercy (Modlin) BB/MI 825 NTY 60 SS2 280 OCP 20768TL Give Me Jesus (Spiritual/Hansen) BB/MI 697 CP2 349 GP2 484 H 348 J 551 J2 583 VOZ 332 OCP 9709TL CHORAL Miserere Mei, Deus (D. Hurd) OCP 30101912TL Be Merciful, O Lord, for We Have Sinned (Schiavone) OCP 9805TL Miserere: Prayer of Repentance (DiCosimo) OCP 20200TL 32 Return to
Note: Changes made to planning pages cannot be saved. Please remember to print a copy for your records. Ash Wednesday 2/22/2012 year B Time Priest Celebrant Music Rehearsal/Liturgical Catechesis Introduction, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 31 THE INTRODUCTORY RITES Entrance Chant THE LITURGY OF THE WORD First Reading Responsorial Psalm Second Reading Gospel Acclamation Gospel Homily Blessing and Distribution of Ashes Dismissal of the Catechumens and Elect Universal Prayer, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 31 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 2011 OCP. All rights reserved. Permission granted to make copies of this planner for private use only. ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Wisdom 11:24, 25, 27 You are merciful to all, O Lord, and despise nothing that you have made. You overlook people s sins, to bring them to repentance, and you spare them, for you are the Lord our God. FIRST READING Joel 2:12 18 (219) The Lord is slow to anger and rich in kindness. The faithful return with their whole hearts, fasting and repenting. All God s people gather together before the Lord for mercy. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 51:3 4, 5 6ab, 12 13, 14 & 17 Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. SECOND READING 2 Corinthians 5:20 6:2 Paul implored the Corinthians to be reconciled to God right away. As Christ carried their sins upon the cross, so can they bear his holiness within them, if they turn to him. Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION See Psalm 95:8 If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. GOSPEL Matthew 6:1 6, 16 18 Jesus warned the disciples against performing religious acts only to attract the attention of others. In giving alms, praying and fasting, Christians are to conduct themselves in such a way that no one will know, except God, who sees all things. COMMUNION ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 1:2 3 He who ponders the law of the Lord day and night will yield fruit in due season. 33 Return to