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Theological Awareness: The Holy Spirit

Community is the Key Retaining young people’s interest in the Church lies in small group faith encountersBy Robert Feduccia

LENT • EASTER TRIDUUM • EASTER | MARCH 6-JUNE 15, 2019 | YEAR C

A quarterly publication for liturgy preparation

LENT • EASTER TRIDUUM • EASTER | MARCH 6–JUNE 15, 2019 | YEAR C

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

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

Bulletin Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

Online Offerings: Breaking down OCP’s Digital Products . . 10 Julie Taylor

For Your Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Parish Grants: Part of OCP’s mission of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Community is the Key: Retaining young peoples’ interest in the Church lies in small group faith encounters . . . . . . . . . 16 Robert Feduccia

Theological Awareness: The Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dr. Glenn CJ Byer

Rite of Penance: Reconciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Technical Advice on Music in the Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Rick Modlin

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

Seasonal Ritual Suggestions: Help for Planning Ritual Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Deacon Paul Covino

Featured Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 “Hallelujah Is Our Song” by Sarah Hart, Sarah Kroger, Josh Blakesley, Trey Heffinger

“Arrepiéntete/Repent” by Jaime Cortez

Cover: Pastor of St. Michael Catholic Church, in Wheaton Ill., Fr. Dan Hoehn washes the feet of Michelle Brodhead. © 2018. Photo by Colleen Brodhead.

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 (Holy Thursday)

48 | Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)

50 | The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

54 | Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

56 | Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)

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: Extended Vigil

72 | Pentecost Sunday: At the Mass During the Day

74 | Abbreviations used in music suggestions

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Parish GrantsPart of OCP’s mission of serviceAs part of OCP’s ongoing commitment to service, the company provides direct financial assistance to Roman Catholic parishes across the United States through its annual OCP Parish Grants program.

Since the inception of the grants program in 2001, OCP has provided more than $2.8 million in support of parishes looking to enhance their worship experience.

We thought we would share some notes from parishes who have received grants through the program over the years with you, our faithful Today’s Liturgy readers.

Enjoy!

Dear OCP,Please accept our very heartfelt thanks for the 2014 grant award. We’ve just ordered the OCP Choral Praise books for our choir and have scheduled our much needed organ repair work. We are able to do this because of your generosity!

Marie WinnMusic Director, St. Lawrence Martyr Church, Sayville, New York

Dear OCP,We are ecstatic to have been given a parish grant from OCP. With this assistance we will be able to upgrade our facility and improve sound quality for our parishioners and visitors. Your grant will allow us to preserve what we have, so that people can continue to find sanctuary and visit the birthplace of San Francisco. There is no other place in San Francisco with greater historic importance to the Roman Catholic Church and to the city than Old Mission Dolores.

These funds will be specifically used for Basilica and Old Mission Sound System upgrades, specifically upgrading our sound system in the Old Mission and the sound system in the Basilica. I appreciate your help.

Rev. Francis M. Garbo Pastor, Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco, California

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Robert Feduccia was the founding

director of the Youth Liturgical

Leadership Program at Saint

Meinrad Seminary and School of

Theology, where he also earned

a master’s degree in theology.

He travels nationwide giving

retreats, parish missions, and

training presentations for lay

ecclesial ministers.  He served as

the general manager of Spirit &

Song at OCP for nine years, and

is currently the vice president of

Equipping the Saints, a division of

Declan Weir Productions.

In the summer before his eighth grade year, my son had an overwhelming religious experience at a Catholic camp. During the final night of the camp, the eager young

teens from other parts of the country were collected like seashells in a hot little chapel in the north Georgia mountains. Candles were glowing. The incense was lit. The mu-sician led a song of tenderness and intimacy. The anticipation was palpable and they waited for the procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the altar for adoration. At the sound of the bell that began the procession, all the middle school students dropped to their knees and the songs intensified in both tempo and volume. A time of prayer that was scheduled to last a total of 30 minutes continued for an additional 75 minutes. When we arrived to pick him up from the camp, he was hoarse from singing at the top of his lungs the night before. God was real. And he was changed. For two weeks.

He came back home and saw his old friends. He tried to talk about his experience to them, but there was clearly no interest as the friends were much more concerned with their Xbox tournament than hearing about my son’s encounter with the transcen-dent and ever-living God of the Universe. Shortly after getting home, his enthusiasm waned, as did his commitments to daily prayer, learning guitar, and reading the Bible from “In the beginning” to “Amen! Come Lord Jesus!” Two weeks is what we got. Then he was back to former ways of living.

Fast-forward one year.

He is on another church trip. This time it is with our own parish and with other teens that he knew, not with teens from around he country. On the last night of the trip, there again was a night of Eucharistic adoration. Hot room, candles, incense, music, eager teens: everything was the same. However, there has been no two-week fade. My son renewed his commitment to Christ and things have lasted. I’ve been delighted to see him serve as a reader, usher, and extra-ordinary minister of Holy Communion at Mass. He is careful about the friends he chooses at school and he is staying committed to the weekly youth Bible study at our parish. In other words, it stuck.

We were recently riding in the car and I asked him what the difference was between the two summer experiences. His answer is what I am sure you are expecting. “I had friends with me and I came back to a group of friends who felt the same way I did.” There was a community.

Community is the KeyRetaining young peoples’ interest in the Church

lies in small group faith encounters

Robert Feduccia

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MUSIC SUGGESTIONSSee page 74 for an abbreviation key.

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

ENTRANCEThere’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy in babilone A 553 BB/MI 476

CP2 445 CP3 477 GP2 639 GP3 670 H 442 J2 748 J3 712 UC 641 VOZ 690

Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days st. flavian A 337 BB 137 CP2 260 CP3 266 GP2 348 GP3 277 H 253 J2 391 J3 352 R3 84 TM 119 UC 346 VOZ 415

In These Days of Lenten Journey (Manalo) A 281 BB 128 CP2 257 CP3 264 GP3 271 H 244 J2 392 J3 362 TM 110 UC 338 VOZ 421 OCP 11097

Attende Domine attende domine A 76 BB 119 J2 378 J3 346 TM 101 UC 333 VOZ 416

Parce Domine A 424 BB 123 CP2 250 CP3 255 H 243 J2 376 J3 344 TM 105 UC 332 VOZ 427

Enter the Journey (Friedman) A 170 BB/MI 657 GP3 392 H 339 NTY 125 R3 134 OCP 11794

Come, Follow Me (Berberick, B. Walker) A 136 BB/MI 504 GP3 558 OCP 20063

Return to the Lord Your God (Dufford) GP2 472 GP3 412Pardon Your People (Landry) GP2 470 GP3 416

RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONRespond and Acclaim (Alstott) 46–47Lectionary Psalter (Schiavone) 33, 228Spirit and Psalm (Various) 106–109

SONG FOR THE GIVING OF ASHESAshes to Ashes (Schutte) A 71 BB 115 GP3 260 H 241 TM 97 UC 326

OCP 30130060With These Ashes (Chiusano) A 623 BB 113 CP3 252 H 591 J3 341

NTY 172 R3 85 TM 95 OCP 20769Signed by Ashes (Keil) A 474 BB 114 J2 375 J3 340 TM 96

OCP 10915Be Merciful, O Lord (Angrisano) A 672 BB/MI 770 CP2 38 CP3 36

GP3 153 H 123 J3 50 NTY 47 S&S 158 SS1 66Hosea (Norbet) A 251 BB/MI 666 CP2 341 CP3 355 GP2 471 GP3 411

H 356 J2 559 J3 529 UC 222 VOZ 318 OCP 8891

PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSGod of Mercy (Manalo/Hurd) A 874 BB/MI 508 OCP 30135383Renew Me, Lord (B, Farrell) safe harbour A 447 BB/MI 645

OCP 30129763Christ in Me Arise (Thomson) A 123 BB/MI 513 GP3 573 H 427

S&S 278 UC 579 OCP 30104536Arrepiéntete/Repent (J. Cortez) A 892 BB 134 TM 116 OCP 30139108Turn to Me (Foley) A 578 BB/MI 661 CP2 252 CP3 258 GP2 342

GP3 280 H 247 J2 377 J3 345 UC 220 VOZ 314 OCP 10484Be Still and Know That I Am God (C. Walker) A 84 BB/MI 469

J3 694 UC 698 OCP 20672Come Home (Landry) GP2 468 GP3 410 OCP 11166

COMMUNIONUbi Caritas (B. Hurd) A 580 AC 223 BB/MI 327 CP2 497 CP3 531

GP3 510 H 383 J2 805 J3 776 S&S 259 SS2 367 UC 507 VOZ 804 OCP 10539

Loving and Forgiving (Soper) A 344 BB/MI 665 CP2 74 CP3 356 GP2 251 GP3 413 H 361 J2 560 J3 532 UC 216 VOZ 226 OCP 9893

With the Lord There Is Mercy (Modlin) A 718 BB/MI 810 CP3 82 J3 108 NTY 60 S&S 95 SS2 280 OCP 20768

Psalm 51: Create in Me (Kendzia) A 675 BB/MI 769 CP2 37 CP3 37 GP3 154 H 124 J2 47 J3 48 OCP 11354

Psalm 51: Create in Me (B. Hurd) A 674 BB/MI 771 CP2 36 CP3 39 GP2 209 GP3 152 H 125 J2 562 J3 534 UC 110 VOZ 185

Be Merciful, O Lord/Create a Clean Heart (Consiglio) S&S 69Ubi Caritas (Rosania) A 581 BB/MI 479 CP2 444 CP3 476 GP2 364

GP3 664 H 259 J2 754 J3 710 UC 636 VOZ 687 OCP 9661Remember Your Love (Ducote) A 446 BB/MI 662 CP2 337 CP3 358

GP2 474 GP3 417 H 360 J2 561 J3 533 UC 219 VOZ 317Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling thompson A 488 BB/MI 658

CP2 340 CP3 354 GP3 414 H 358 J2 557 J3 530 VOZ 313

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHAshes (Conry) A 70 BB 116 CP2 248 CP3 253 GP2 340 GP3 261

H 239 J2 374 J3 339 NTY 170 R2 126 TM 98 UC 324 VOZ 410Again We Keep This Solemn Fast erhalt uns, herr A 33 BB 121

CP2 255 CP3 261 GP3 266 H 240 J2 394 J3 353 TM 103 UC 336 VOZ 426

Christ before Us (Whitaker) SUO GÂN A 121 BB/MI 409 GP3 586 H 473 J3 640 OCP 20463

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

Save Your People (Farrell) A 457 BB 130 CP2 254 CP3 260 GP2 341 GP3 276 H 246 J3 364 TM 112 UC 330 VOZ 429

Into the Desert (Stephan, Hart) S&S 159 OCP 30108740God Be in My Head (Brown) A 212 BB/MI 404 GP3 628 J2 686

J3 651 OCP 11356Pardon Your People (Landry) GP2 470 GP3 416

CHORALMiserere Mei, Deus (D. Hurd) OCP 30101912Into the Woods (Hawes) OCP 4575

Miserere: Prayer of Repentance (DiCosimo) OCP 20200

By the second century, a two-day fast preceded the great celebration of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Then the Easter penance and fasting were extended to an entire week before Easter until by the fourth century there were/are six weeks in Lent. At the same time, because of the influx of converts, Lent became a preparation time for Baptism. The current Rite of Initiation of Adults (RCIA) in Lent, therefore, is not new, but a restoration of an ancient tradition that was lost from the Middle Ages until the Second Vatican Council. So, we have a dual focus in our liturgy preparation throughout this season: penitential and baptismal. Today’s texts announce the season.

The first entrance music suggestion, “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy,” captures the prescribed entrance antiphon of the liturgy: we are invited by a loving Lord who “despises nothing you have made” to become whole.

Don’t miss a new charming bilingual (English/Spanish refrain; Spanish verses) addition to Breaking Bread,

“Arrepiéntete/Repent” by Jaime Cortez with its relaxed tempo and distinctively Latin feel. It is listed in the Preparation section today because it is new to the missal, and opting for a familiar opening hymn usually works better. Once learned, it certainly can be used for entrance as well.

Ashes take on a new level of meaning in this era when cremation is an acceptable part of the Order of Catholic Funerals. These ashes used today are burned palm fronds from last year’s Passion/Palm Sunday celebration.

No Gloria during Lent; no penitential act today.— Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

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Time ______________________________________________ Priest Celebrant ____________________________________________________

Music Rehearsal/Liturgical Catechesis _______________________________________________________________________________________

Introduction, see Prayer of the Faithful, page 32 _______________________________________________________________________________

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 32 _______________________________________________________________________

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 Wisdom 11:24, 25, 27You 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 & 17Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

SECOND READING 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2Paul 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 95:8If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

GOSPEL Matthew 6:1–6, 16–18Jesus 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 1:2–3He who ponders the law of the Lord day and night will yield fruit in due season.

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