A quarterly publication for liturgy preparation

By James Hansen

On Gathering

Piano vs. Organ: Vive la Différence!

Motu Proprio: A Personal Essay

ORDINARY TIME 2 | SEPTEMBER 2–DECEMBER 1, 2018 | YEAR B

A quarterly publication for liturgy preparation

ORDINARY TIME 2 | SEPTEMBER 2–DECEMBER 1, 2018 | YEAR B

From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Ask the Liturgist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Bulletin Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Full, Conscious, and Active Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Motu Proprio: A Personal Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 James Hansen

Ora et Labora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Two Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Savor God’s Love through the Saints: A primer on the new Lectionary for Mass Supplement . . . . 14 Tom Booth

For Your Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Young People and the Sacrament of Confirmation: The Catechism vs. The Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 John Angotti

On Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Father Michael S. Driscoll

Piano vs. Organ: Vive la Différence! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Gerard Chiusano

Theological Awareness: The Catechism and the Music Minister—The Father . . . . . . 24 Dr. Glenn CJ Byer

Technical Advice on Music in the Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Rick Modlin

Cantate: Choral Music for the Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Angela Westhoff-Johnson

Seasonal Ritual Suggestions: Help for Planning Ritual Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Deacon Paul Covino

Featured Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 “A Place at Your Table” by Ben Walther “For All Once Broken”by Steve Angrisano

Cover: Saints Katherine Drexel and Peter Claver on stained glass at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Portland, Oregon. Photo by Le Vu. Stained glass by Debora Coombs. www.coombscriddle.com

36 | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

38 | 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

40 | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

42 | 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

44 | 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

46 | 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

48 | 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

50 | 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

52 | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

54 | All Saints

56 | 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

58 | 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

60 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

62 | Thanksgiving Day

64 | Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

66 | Abbreviations used in music suggestions

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I think back to train travel, and how friendly it was in the mid-20th century. Conver-sation was integral to most passengers in any given car; particularly during longer

distances when story narratives might make an appearance, and perhaps a snack was shared from a picnic basket.

But allowing even my own word about train travel at that time, I find it difficult to re-construct the degree of verbal and emotional lengths I had to expend for my parents to entrust their 17-year-old son into the care of the Chicago Northwestern Railroad on a 700-mile journey—alone—into the wild northern summer of Minnesota for chant school.

There I was, in 1954, headed for 10 days of chant at Collegeville with Dom Jean Des-roquette, OSB, from Solesmes, and Dominic Keller, OSB, from Saint John’s. A year earlier I had begun work as a church choir director in my small Upper Michigan home town, so I knew already where I was going.

A vital part of chant study was a sense of our historical connection, and students were quickly placed in a relationship with the current liturgy movement blossoming in the mid-west of the country. Every teacher of liturgy had a lecture about the Motu Proprio of Pope Saint Pius X, from 1903 (motu proprio = “as I was thinking about things ..”) .

As each goal of the document was significant, they were almost in competition with each other; active participation (public ritual prayer), Gregorian chant sung by the congregation as the highest model for sacred music, with theatrical music banished for good. As a reminder; Latin was the language of ritual worship, with the vernacular as unacceptable in those moments.

I remember with clarity the rush I felt when told by one of my teachers that we were living in an amazing time: a golden age of chant; a long time had passed since the Church had focused such energy on its study and performance. I only had to look around me at the schola to know the teacher was not misinformed.

For the next several years my attention was devoted to an education degree (following the lead of the men and women who up to that time, were the major influences in the stories of my life) and in the study of chant when it was possible ... always balanced with a church music position.

James Hansen served the NPM

Cantor and Lector Schools as a

master teacher for many years.

A co-author of Cantor Basics,

Revised Edition (ocp.org/11837)

with his wife Melanie Coddington,

the pair wrote Cantor Avenue,

a column for this magazine, for

years before his retirement.

James Hansen

Motu Proprio...A Personal Essay

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Most churches have the grace of a beautiful organ—either a pipe instrument, elec-tronic, or a hybrid combination. Many parishes also have pianos (again, acous-

tic, electronic, or hybrid). In this article, I will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both piano and organ, but I will limit the instruments to the acoustic piano and pipe organ (although the electronic organ can be substituted in most of the discussion).

Let’s begin with a treatment of each instrument separately. This is not an endorsement of one instrument over the other (although I am partial to acoustic instruments), but a trumpeting of the virtues of both. Let’s begin with the organ.

The organ has 61 keys on each of its manuals (keyboards), usually with two or three manuals, larger instruments consisting of even five or six. The organ also includes a 32-note pedalboard (keyboard) played by the feet. Most of the time these pedals pro-duce bass notes, although there are exceptions. The sound of the instrument is made by the movement of air through pipes, each key of the organ opening the stop on a specific pipe to allow air to pass through and make sound. The most distinct features of the organ are its ability to sustain sound indefinitely and its ability to play com-binations of multiple sounds from its ranks of pipes. (A rank is roughly equal to the number of notes on a manual.) An organ may have anywhere from a few to more than 150 ranks of pipes.

The piano is a single 88-note keyboard that ranges from A more than three octaves below middle C to C four octaves above. The piano does not possess the ability to play sounds other than its natural one, and each note sounds and decays over a short time, because the sound is made by the striking of hammers against stretched strings. The decay can be prolonged by the use of a damper pedal (the pedal all the way on the right), but the notes will have to be restruck to continue their sound. Any sense of var-ied timbre in the piano is made by the manipulation of chord structures by the player.

Is either of these instruments better suited for worship than the other? That depends on a number of factors, such as the specific selection of music being used at any par-ticular moment, the size of the worship space, the number of people in attendance, the number of ranks of the organ, the type of piano (spinet, upright, grand), and the capability of the player.

Selection of MusicUpon first glance, it would appear there is a dichotomy between those styles known as “traditional” and “contemporary,” anything traditional to be played on the organ and anything contemporary on the piano. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I have played “Sing a New Song” on the organ and “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” on the piano. It depends on the liturgy, and it is in these moments that the three-fold

Piano vs. Organ: Vive la Différence!

Gerard Chiusano started in music

ministry at the age of 10.

He studied at The Juilliard School

and Mannes College of Music,

all in New York City. He is currently

the director of music and

liturgical formation for the

Catholic Community of Saint

Joseph in North Plainfield, New

Jersey. He is currently pursuing a

Master of Arts in Theology degree

at The College of Saint Elizabeth

in Morristown, New Jersey.

Gerard Chiusano

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MUSIC SUGGESTIONSSee page 66 for an abbreviation key.

For additional music suggestions, visit liturgy.com and ocp.org/liturgy-podcast.

ENTRANCE CHANTChrist before Us (Whitaker) A 121 BB/MI 410 GP3 586 H 473 J3 640

OCP 20463For the Beauty of the Earth dix A 185 BB/MI 587 CP2 383 CP3 404

GP2 704 GP3 705 H 463 J2 642 J3 609 NTY 139 R2 293 R3 171 UC 653 VOZ 602

I Am the Bread of Life (Come and Follow Me) (Angrisano/Booth) A 876 BB/MI 371 OCP 30134793

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus hyfrydol A 57 BB/MI 732 CP2 312 CP3 324 GP2 419 GP3 361 H 314 J2 477 J3 458 R2 168 R3 125 UC 435 VOZ 518

I Heard the Voice of Jesus kingsfold A 262 BB/MI 463 CP2 437 CP3 467 GP2 633 GP3 646 H 443 J2 729 J3 692 UC 682 VOZ 728 OCP 11574

Lover of Us All (Schutte) GP2 643 GP3 663 OCP 9903The Church’s One Foundation aurelia A 521 BB/MI 420 CP2 464

CP3 502 GP2 573 GP3 571 H 440 J2 779 J3 746 UC 612 VOZ 770Sing, O Sing (Schutte) A 482 BB/MI 551 GP2 689 GP3 744 OCP 9904Lord, as the Day Begins (Dean) J2 868 J3 849 OCP 10624Canticle of the Sun (Haugen) A 112 BB/MI 426 CP2 386 CP3 412

H 465 R2 242 R3 188 UC 764

RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONRespond and Acclaim (Alstott) 130–131A Lectionary Psalter (Schiavone) 157, 245

PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSYour Words Are Spirit and Life (Farrell) A 635 BB/MI 593 CP2 393

CP3 408 GP3 692 H 570 J2 680 J3 644 R3 273 SS1 56 UC 761 VOZ 650Come to Me (Norbet) A 146 BB/MI 461 CP2 442 CP3 472 GP2 629

GP3 644 H 447 J2 728 J3 695 UC 688 VOZ 730Where Love Is Found (Schutte) A 614 BB/MI 668 CP3 351 GP3 453

H 343 J2 572 J3 537 OCP 11568I, the Lord (Kendzia) A 267 BB/MI 680 GP2 480 GP3 433 J2 584

J3 552 OCP 5905Jesu, Jesu chereponi A 288 BB 141 CP2 264 CP3 269 GP2 361

GP3 287 H 257 J2 402 J3 371 R2 270 R3 241 UC 352 VOZ 445The Least of These (B. Hurd) A 887 BB/MI 372 TM 40 OCP 30133951See Us, Lord, About Your Altar drakes broughton A 460 BB/MI 368

CP2 494 CP3 546 GP2 503 GP3 477 H 406 J3 807 VOZ 827Come to the Water (Foley) A 150 BB/MI 604 CP2 400 CP3 434

GP2 706 GP3 770 H 433 J2 650 J3 626 UC 675 VOZ 613 OCP 9489

COMMUNION CHANTBlest Are They (Haas) A 100 BB/MI 629 CP2 397 CP3 431 GP3 759

H 532 R3 140 UC 574Eat This Bread (Berthier) A 167 BB/MI 337 CP2 491 CP3 538

GP3 505 H 398 R2 201 UC 548O How Blessed (Schutte) A 384 BB/MI 632 OCP 30134220Your Words, Lord, Are Spirit and Life (B. Hurd) A 642 BB/MI 740

CP3 7 GP3 120 J3 20 NTY 40 R3 278 S&S 56 SS2 248Lord, You Have the Words (Haas) A 640 CP2 7 CP3 6 H 96One Love Released (Frenzel) A 406 BB/MI 360 CP3 543 GP3 508

H 379 J2 814 J3 802 OCP 11287Taste and See (Moore) A 512 BB/MI 335 CP2 28 CP3 533 GP3 511

H 392 UC 544The Supper of the Lord (Rosania) A 548 BB/MI 354 CP2 486 CP3 527

GP2 518 GP3 513 H 395 J3 774 UC 545 VOZ 803 OCP 10048Gusten y Vean/Taste and See (Reza) A 227 BB/MI 350 GP3 145 J2 39

J3 39 R2 58 UC 99 VOZ 168

Ang Katawan ni Kristo/Behold, the Body of Christ (Manalo) A 62 BB/MI 352 GP3 481 OCP 20041

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHCity of God (Schutte) A 134 BB/MI 386 CP2 509 CP3 558 GP2 548

GP3 538 H 523 J2 830 J3 813 NTY 9 R2 278 R3 263 SS1 106 UC 591 VOZ 742 OCP 9739

For the Fruits of This Creation ar hyd y nos A 186 BB/MI 421 CP2 385 CP3 416 GP3 697 H 460 J2 629 J3 615 R2 238 R3 189 UC 767 VOZ 599

I Am the Light of the World (Hayakawa) A 259 BB/MI 598 GP2 658 GP3 684 J2 664 J3 630 SS1 118 VOZ 624 OCP 9331

Sent Forth by God’s Blessing (Westendorf) A 468 BB/MI 388 CP2 504 CP3 552 GP2 588 GP3 532 H 531 J2 768 J3 740 UC 599 VOZ 745

God of Our Fathers national hymn A 219 BB/MI 628 CP3 571 GP3 748 H 575 J2 867 J3 847

We Are Called (Haas) A 592 BB/MI 617 CP2 511 CP3 560 GP3 524 H 538

In Christ Alone (Getty) A 273 BB/MI 406 GP3 584 H 471 J3 637 S&S 320

Tell the Good News gelobt sei gott A 514 BB/MI 389 TM 44Lead Me, Lord (Becker) A 307 BB/MI 630 CP2 398 CP3 432 GP2 715

GP3 760 H 533 J2 659 J3 733 NTY 19 R2 284 S&S 221 SS1 107 UC 575 VOZ 619 OCP 8831

Just Like You (Maher) NTY 100 S&S 322 SS2 390 OCP 11990

CHORALWhat Does the Lord Require? (Sturk) OCP 30103389

Peace I Leave with You (Farrell) OCP 30130966Prayer for Peace (Thatcher) OCP 20609

Welcome back from vacation! Welcome back to school and meetings…and meetings… and calendars, and schedul-ing. It’s also time for recruitment of music ministers – no easy task. Music ministry is more time-consuming than most other liturgical ministries. Alternatively, music ministry often has a stronger sense of community than other minis-tries because we meet so regularly. Here are two suggestions for recruitment, one of which I modified from the movie, Field of Dreams: “If you feed them, they will come.” A wine and cheese and song event or a gathering at someone’s home is a surefire recruitment tool. It’s also important that the music ministry look attractive and enthusiastic at worship. New members aren’t attracted to sad looking choirs. Lastly, here’s a note for your parish bulletin that I use: “Music min-istry provides beauty, joy, comfort, inspiration, and musical prayer for our communal liturgies and various parish cele-brations. This is possible due to the generous sharing of time and talent of diverse and committed members. If you can carry a tune and want to learn, come sing with us.”

Tomorrow is Labor Day in the US. The “Church’s One Foundation” with its building imagery title could set the tone for the entire season. It sings of our creed and even the com-munion of saints if you include all four verses. Weston Pri-ory’s “Come to Me” and John Foley’s “Come to the Water” (v. 3) speak of workers. Our national hymn is “God of Our Fathers.” “For the Fruits of This Creation” gives thanks for the fruits of the harvest. — Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

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Time ______________________________________________ Priest Celebrant ____________________________________________________

Music Rehearsal/Liturgical Catechesis _______________________________________________________________________________________

Introduction, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 69 _______________________________________________________________________________

THE INTRODUCTORY RITES

Entrance Chant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Blessing and Sprinkling of Water/Penitential Act ______________________________________________________________________________

Gloria ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

First Reading ________________________________________ Responsorial Psalm _________________________________________________

Second Reading ______________________________________ Gospel Acclamation ________________________________________________

Gospel ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Homily ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dismissal of the Catechumens and Elect _________________________________________________________________________________

Universal Prayer, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 69 _______________________________________________________________________

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 Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–8 (125B)Moses urged the Israelites to be faithful to the commands of the Lord. They were not to change them in any way but to follow them wisely.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 15:2–3, 3–4, 4–5The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.

SECOND READING James 1:17–18, 21b–22, 27In order for God’s word to take root, believers must do more than merely listen to it. They must act upon it.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION James 1:18The Father willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

GOSPEL Mark 7:1–8, 14–15, 21–23Jesus said that nothing coming from outside can make a person impure. Rather, it is the evil coming from within that constitutes impurity.

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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