In this issue:

NEW! Weekly cantor columns by James Hansen and Melanie Coddington

A Transformative Approach to the Roman Missal by Diana Macalintal

Technology in Liturgical Ministries by Daniel Houze

Seasonal Art and Environment by Father Philip Horrigan

A d v e n t • C h r i s t m a s • E p i p h a n y | N o v e m b e r 2 7 , 2 0 1 1 – F e b r u a r y 2 1 , 2 0 1 2 | Ye a r B

TODAY’SLITURGYA quarterly publication for liturgy preparation

Today’s LITURGY Advent • Christmas • Epiphany 2012

Advent • Christmas • Epiphany | November 27, 2011 – February 21, 2012 | Year B

4 FROM THE EDITOR ElainE REndlER-McQuEEnEy

6 ASK THE LITURGIST Answers to your questions on liturgy

7 ORA ET LABORA TOny WaRd

Building community through music ministry

8 BULLETIN NOTES Liturgical catechesis for assembly members

9 FULL, CONSCIOUS, AND ACTIVE PREPARATION

Miscellaneous ministry tips

10 WHAT’S NEW IN THE 2012 BREAKING BREAD AND MUSIC ISSUE

Randall dEBRuyn

12 NEW AND REVISED MASS SETTINGS: A CLOSER LOOK

16 A TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO THE NEW ROMAN MISSAL

diana MacalinTal A diocesan director of worship’s perspective

18 THE LITURGICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SEASON OF ADVENT-CHRISTMAS

REV. PHiliP HORRiGan Art and environment for the seasons of hope

20 SINGING AND CELEBRATING GOD’S WORD

GlEnn cj ByER Scripture Commentaries for Year B

22 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT AFFECT PARISH WORSHIP

daniEl HOuZE Tools for bringing the Gospel to a modern world

24 CANTATE anGEla WEsTHOff-jOHnsOn

Choral music for the season

27 SING TO THE LORD A NEW SONG TOM TOMasZEK

Five steps to selecting a Mass setting

30 NEW! CANTOR AVENUE MElaniE cOddinGTOn & jaMEs HansEn

Weekly commentaries on the responsorial psalm and more

34 RITUAL NOTES Paul cOVinO

Help with planning ritual moments

36 FEATURED SONGS “With All the Saints” by Bob Hurd

“Come, Lord Jesus” by Steve Angrisano & Tom Tomaszek

38 First Sunday of Advent40 Second Sunday of Advent42 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary44 Third Sunday of Advent46 Our Lady of Guadalupe 48 Fourth Sunday of Advent50 The Nativity of the Lord: Vigil 52 The Nativity of the Lord: Night54 The Nativity of the Lord: Dawn56 The Nativity of the Lord: Day58 Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God60 The Epiphany of the Lord62 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time64 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time66 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time68 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time70 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time72 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time74 Abbreviations used in music suggestions

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24 Advent • Christmas • Epiphany 2012 Today’s LITURGY

“Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week,” says the old spanish proverb. after a long wait for the new Roman Missal, the time for implementation will be here before we know it, and possibly before we’re ready. These last days before advent will be busy ones for every-one in the church—even more than usual. and while the new Roman Missal is certainly a big change and deserves much of our attention and preparation, we are also entering a new liturgical year and approaching seasons filled with their rites of great anticipation and joy. This year it is equally important to be equipped with solid choral music that will enhance the liturgies that begin this time of change and transformation. it is a wonderful yet challenging time to be a church musician!

Advent Gathering Litany and Penitential Riteby Michael Prendergast and Rick ModlinOCP Choral Series, octavo 30106259 Voicing/Instrumentation: SATB, organ, hand bells

Difficulty: easy | ocp.org/30106259

i had the good fortune of using Michael Pren-dergast and Rick Modlin’s “advent Gathering litany and Penitential Rite” before its publica-tion. Throughout advent for the last few years, this complete gathering rite has opened the sun-day morning liturgy at our cathedral. Based on the “conditor alme siderum” chant, it opens with hand bells playing the chant melody, fol-lowed by unison a cappella choir on the “con-ditor” text (in latin or English). The organ then enters to set up the assembly response: “Ma-ranatha, maranatha. come, O lord, and set us free,” which alternates with cantored verses, set in a Gelineau-style. all this takes place as

my choir begins to process from the back of the church, weaving the choral parts into the very midst of the assembly’s singing. it is a beautiful and emotionally moving opening to these litur-gies. it may end either after this opening song or move directly into a chanted setting of the sign of the cross, collect, (opening prayer), confite-or, and absolution. it closes with a polyphonic choral Kyrie, based once again on the “condi-tor” chant. updated just this year with text from the new Roman Missal, it is accessible and beau-tiful, and will make a great addition to your ad-vent liturgies.

When Christ Was Born of Mary Freeby Colin MawbyTrinitas Choral Series, octavo 4591

Voicing/Instrumentation: SAATB, organ

Difficulty: medium/difficult; Time: 1:37 | ocp.org/4591

Part of an octavo titled “Three christmas an-thems,” this festive christmas anthem is full of energy and vigor. scored for saaTB choir and organ, it’s an entertaining piece written in the style of many classic choral christmas anthems. crisp diction is essential when telling the story of christ’s birth with a resounding “Gloria in ex-celsis deo” at the end of each section or phrase. ample rehearsal time is inevitable but well worth it when learning this medium-to-difficult work. it makes a fantastic addition to a carol ser-vice preceding Midnight Mass, countering the many christmas pieces that are more sentimen-tal and sweet.

The Lowly Childby Derek HealySisters in Song, octavo 20044

Voicing/Instrumentation: SSA, organ

Difficulty: easy; Time: 3:45 | ocp.org/20044

angelaWesthoff-johnson

angela Westhoff-johnson is a

managing music editor for OcP and

music director at the cathedral of the immaculate

conception in Portland,

Oregon. she holds a bachelor’s

degree in music from simpson

college in indianola, iowa,

and a master’s degree in

conducting from the university of

Oregon. she lives in Portland with her husband and

two daughters.

antateCChoral Music for the Season

Discover more resources related to “Cantate” at ocp.org/choral-music. Every month Angela uses that web page to highlight two songs from her columns. Each song features sound samples, quick links to downloadable and print versions of the octavos, and more. Sign up for the e-mail newsletter (announcing when new content is posted online) at ocp.org/enews (check the Choral Music Suggestions box).

38 Advent • Christmas • Epiphany 2012 Today’s LITURGY

First Sunday of Advent11/27/2011 yeAr B

With Advent we begin our new liturgical year. We again prepare for the coming of Christ at the end of time and in time at Christmas. Last but not least, we begin to use the new translation of the Roman Missal this weekend. Today’s Gospel proclaims that we should “be alert.” Those involved with liturgical ministry may find the ending of today’s Gos-pel amusing in the context of the implementation, “May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.” There’ll be no chance of that happening at today’s liturgies, for sure! Ev-eryone will be paying close attention. Years of work and struggle have gone into this revision and, in the midst of everything, the Holy Spirit lives and guides us. Today we call to mind the words of Isaiah in the first reading, “Yet, O Lord…we are the clay and you the potter: we are all the work of your hands.” Celebrants should not make a joke if and when they stumble over new words. Be instruments of peace to your people. Implore them not to judge and to be willing to let the potter mold us all. Everyone should simply agree to refrain from making judgments about the new texts until we have some time to gain familiarity with the word-ing. Perhaps we will even gain fresh insight from today’s new texts.

This Thursday, December 1, we celebrate an important international health day: World AIDS Day. Let not our li-turgical tasks today diminish our concern for these mostly economically poor 33 million people of God’s creation who are infected with HIV. — Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

MUSIC SUGGESTIONSSee page 72 for an abbreviation key.

For additional music suggestions, visit liturgy.com.

ENTRANCE CHANTSing Out, Earth and Skies (Haugen) BB/MI 562 CP2 388 H 397 R3 184

R2 248 UC 735The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns morning song BB 51

CM 26 GP2 307 H 197 J 163 J2 319 TM 32 UC 285 VOZ 371Save Us, O Lord (Dufford) BB/MI 670 CP2 339 GP2 301 H 201 J 695

J2 555 UC 280 VOZ 316 OCP 9495TLCome, Thou Long-Expected Jesus stuttgart BB 40 CM 29 CP2 216

GP2 309 H 199 J 170 J2 328 R3 53 R2 95 TM 21 UC 289 VOZ 365 OCP 8767TL

The Advent of Our King st. thomas (wiLLiams) BB 62 CM 28 CP2 212 H 188 J 165 J2 322 TM 43 UC 272 VOZ 354

Wake, O Wake, and Sleep No Longer wachet auf BB 54 J 164 J2 332 TM 35

Ready the Way (Stephan) BB 70 NTY 147 SS2 293 TM 51 OCP 12789TL

Come, Lord Jesus (Angrisano/Tomaszek) BB/MI 537 NTY 146 SS1 174 OCP 11316TL

Litany of the Word (Farrell) BB 45 J2 312 R3 61 TM 26 OCP 7162TLLetanía de Adviento/Advent Litany (Cortez) BB 71 TM 52 UC 286

OCP 20326TL

RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONRespond and Acclaim (Alstott) 4–5A Lectionary Psalter (Schiavone) 9, 224

PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSMaranatha (Chiusano) BB 75 TM 56 OCP 11973TLJesu, Joy of Our Desiring werde munter BB/MI 405 CP2 392 H 402

J 377 J2 669 UC 604 VOZ 683Come, Lord Jesus (Ridge) BB 76 J 981 TM 57 OCP 11119TLI Lift Up My Soul (Manion) BB/MI 764 CP2 16 GP2 184 H 102 J 527

VOZ 154 OCP 10478TLTurn 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 10484TLTo You, O God, I Lift Up My Soul (B. Hurd) BB/MI 398 CP2 408

GP2 302 H 407 J 628 J2 691 NTY 123 SS1 60 VOZ 653 OCP 9706TL

Eye Has Not Seen (Haugen) BB/MI 492 CM 163 CP2 439 H 454 UC 669

God Is Light (Norbet) BB/MI 538 OCP 21090TL

COMMUNION CHANTBread of Life (Farrell) BB/MI 323 GP2 498 J 535 UC 507 VOZ 814

OCP 7152TL [Adv./Chr. setting: BB 79 TM 60]Hold Me in Life (Huijbers/Oosterhuis) BB/MI 447 GP2 596 J 670

J2 702 R3 230 OCP 8835TLMaranatha II (Schoenbachler) BB 42 GP2 295 J 185 TM 23

OCP 10003TLThe Vineyard of the Lord/Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Keil)

BB/MI 792 CP2 47 H 129 J2 58Lord, This Is the People/Let the Lord Enter (Smith) BB/MI 763 CP2 13

H 101 VOZ 152To You, O Lord (Soper) BB/MI 766 CP2 15 GP2 183 H 103 J 634

J2 28 UC 89 VOZ 153 OCP 8979TLTo You, O Lord (Joncas) BB/MI 765 CP2 14 GP2 185 J2 26

OCP 10389TLChrist, Be Our Light (Farrell) BB/MI 542 CM 168 GP2 656 J 887

NTY 8 SS1 105 VOZ 625 OCP 10087TLI Want to Walk as a Child of the Light houston BB/MI 540 H 420

R3 202 R2 308

Jesus, Come to Us (Haas) BB/MI 388 CP2 411 GP2 304 H 198 J 732 J2 694 NTY 118 R3 286 R2 290 UC 763 VOZ 652

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHLet the King of Glory Come (Joncas) BB 63 GP2 299 H 195 J 187

J2 320 TM 44Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates truro BB 77 J 169 J2 330

TM 58Soon and Very Soon soon and very soon BB/MI 614 CP2 465

GP2 723 H 551 J 496 J2 683 NTY 276 UC 757 VOZ 672 OCP 10265TL

City of God (Schutte) BB/MI 373 CM 119 CP2 509 GP2 548 H 522 J 561 J2 830 NTY 9 R3 263 R2 278 SS1 106 UC 572 VOZ 742 OCP 9739TL

The King of Glory king of gLory BB/MI 746 CM 89 CP2 315 GP2 423 H 305 J 598 J2 487 NTY 184 R3 126 R2 169 UC 423 VOZ 514 OCP 8310TL

The Coming of Our God optatus votis omnium BB 73 J 162 TM 54In the Day of the Lord (Ridge) BB/MI 613 CP2 466 GP2 722 H 549

J 879 J 879 J2 685 R2 314 SS1 121 UC 756 VOZ 673 OCP 9889TLLet the Heavens Be Glad (Feiten) BB/MI 611 CP2 467 J 626 J2 684O Come, O Come, Emmanuel veni, veni, emmanueL BB 39 CM 31

CP2 213 GP2 293 H 186 J 161 J2 311 NTY 151 R3 47 R2 94 TM 20 UC 269 VOZ 349 OCP 11492TL

Go Make of All Disciples eLLacombe BB 185 J2 828

CHORALO Heavens, Open from Above (D. Hurd/Glen) OCP 4622TL

Adam Lay Ybounden (Kingsley) OCP 11491TLRorate Caeli (Phillips) OCP 4500TL

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Today’s LITURGY Advent • Christmas • Epiphany 2012 39

Time ______________________________________________ Priest Celebrant ___________________________________________________

Music Rehearsal/Liturgical Catechesis ______________________________________________________________________________________

Introduction, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 10 ______________________________________________________________________________

THE INTRODUCTORY RITES

Entrance Chant ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Blessing and Sprinkling of Water/Penitential Act _____________________________________________________________________________

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 10 ______________________________________________________________________

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 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

First Sunday of Advent11/27/2011 yeAr B

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON cf. Psalm 25 (24):1–3To you, I lift up my soul, O my God. In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to shame. Nor let my enemies exult over me; and let none who hope in you be put to shame.

FIRST READING Isaiah 63:16b–17, 19b; 64:2–7 (2B)Isaiah prophesied, “All our good deeds are like polluted rags; we have all withered like leaves….We are the clay and you are the pot-ter: we are the work of your hands.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 80:2–3, 15–16, 18–19Lord make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.

SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 1:3–9Paul wrote, “God is faithful, and by him you were called to fellow-ship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. You are not lacking in any

spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Psalm 85:8Show us Lord, your love; and grant us your salvation.

GOSPEL Mark 13:33–37Jesus said, “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come….Watch, therefore” whether at sunset, midnight, cock crow, or sunrise. “Watch!”

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 85 (84):13The Lord will bestow his bounty, and our earth shall yield its in-crease.