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My suggestions for next weekend:

Sunday, May 30, 2010 - Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - Year C

Processional Hymn: #724 All Praise and Glad Thanksgiving
Preparation of the Gifts: #725 Farther than the Farthest Sun
Communion Hymn: #416 How Great Thou Art
Recessional Hymn: #730 All Hail, Adored Trinity
 
This is what I suggested to the music director for next week:

Entrance: Holy, Holy, Holy
Offertory: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus
Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence or Eat This Bread
Recessional: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

Here is what I suggested for Corpus Chrisit Sunday;
Entrance: Lord Who at Thy First Eucharist
Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Communion: Amen, El Cuerpo de Cristo (Bilingual)
Recessional: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus

At least she did not put in that One Church, One Spirit song and had the kids sing Come, Holy Ghost. The rest of the music, sadly, was OCP stuff.

How Great Thou Art gives me a bad visual of Elvis singing this in a white jumpsuit. I tend to avoid that song at any length.
 
Here is what we sang for Pentecost:

Entrance: Send us your Spirit (Haas)
Judy Hylton Gloria
Gifts: By the waking of our Hearts
Mass of Glory
Communion: Come to me and drink
Recessional: One Spirit, One church
 
benedictgal said:
This is what I suggested to the music director for next week:

Here is what I suggested for Corpus Chrisit Sunday;
Entrance: Lord Who at Thy First Eucharist
Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Communion: Amen, El Cuerpo de Cristo (Bilingual)
Recessional: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus
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I’m expecting to hear “Table of Plenty” as the processional on Corpus Christi Sunday.
 
CatholicZ09 said:
I’m expecting to hear “Table of Plenty” as the processional on Corpus Christi Sunday.
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That and “Ven al Banquete/Come to the Feast” are really bad. I am begging our music director not to subject us to that torture.
 
benedictgal said:
That and “Ven al Banquete/Come to the Feast” are really bad. I am begging our music director not to subject us to that torture.
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Those are the top suggestions for that Sunday! 😛

I was reading the suggestions for the Sundays of Ordinary Time in their new planner, and there is what I consider a lot of bad OCP songs. For example: “Glory and Praise to our God”, which is actually suggested as a processional quite a few times; “Let Us Go to the Altar”, and “Gather Us In”. :eek:

So, I expect to hear those three at least once within Ordinary Time. 😦
 
June 5/6, 2010 - Body & Blood of Christ

Gathering: Holy Holy Holy (#281 CCH)
Offertory: Now We Remain (#380 CCH) 4:30 PM Sat and 8:00 AM Sun
Living Word, Living Bread (Choir) 10:00 AM Sun
Communion: Let Us Be Bread (#439 CCH)
Closing: Praise To You O Christ Our Savior (#298 CCH) 4:30 PM Sat and 8:00 AM Sun
Pomp & Circumstance (Graduation Mass Recessional) 10:00 AM Sun

And back to “Mass of Creation” for a few months.

Apparently, the church has done away (or would like to) with the name “Corpus Christi”

As a side note, my Assoc. Pastor needs prayers. He was taken to the hospital Thursday night, no longer considered critical (as of this morning) but not out of the woods yet.
 
pianomany2k said:
June 5/6, 2010 - Body & Blood of Christ

Gathering: Holy Holy Holy (#281 CCH)
Offertory: Now We Remain (#380 CCH) 4:30 PM Sat and 8:00 AM Sun
Living Word, Living Bread (Choir) 10:00 AM Sun
Communion: Let Us Be Bread (#439 CCH)
Closing: Praise To You O Christ Our Savior (#298 CCH) 4:30 PM Sat and 8:00 AM Sun
Pomp & Circumstance (Graduation Mass Recessional) 10:00 AM Sun

And back to “Mass of Creation” for a few months.

Apparently, the church has done away (or would like to) with the name “Corpus Christi”
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I don’t think the Church has done away with that title. The music books and some parishes may have, but, not the Church.

I am concerned with Let Us Be Bread and Now We Remain, as these pieces seem to have too much of a horizontal take. The music needs to focus on the mystery of Corpus Christi. This is also the time to use the beautiful traditional pieces like At that First Eucharist, Pangia Lingua, and the like.

I am always concerned about piggy-backing a graduation Mass to a major feast like the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. These, in my own experience, do not mix well. The focus turns towards the graduates and not on the Mass.
 
benedictgal said:
I am always concerned about piggy-backing a graduation Mass to a major feast like the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. These, in my own experience, do not mix well. The focus turns towards the graduates and not on the Mass.
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Well, the way we plan to do it (with this Pastor), is not to focus so much on the graduates. I know a lot of churches who would use the beginning of Mass to actually focus on the graduates. Although the KofC gives out bibles to all the graduates at Mass, the only thing that shows focus is the recessional.

And I jumped ahead of myself…I mixed “Trinity Sunday” with “Corpus Christi”

The opening for Corpus Christi is “Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”
 
And when Corpus Christi comes, let’s please not forget the sequence! It’s optional, but given that Lauda Sion is one of only four sequences left in the Mass and sets out all our Eucharistic theology, it’s a good choice – either where it belongs, before the Gospel acclamation, or if not there then instead of whatever random non-liturgical hymn you might stick in the Offertory.
 
I haven’t decided for sure, but this is what I was thinking for Corpus Christi:

O Sacrament Most Holy
Table Song
We Come to Your Feast
O Lord I am not Worthy
Alleluia Sing to Jesus
 
This is what I suggest for Corpus Christi:

Sunday, June 6, 2010 - Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Year C

Processional Hymn: #201 Praise to the Lord
Preparation of the Gifts: #368 Lord, Who At Thy First Eucharist
Communion Hymn: #370 Panis Angelicus
Recessional Hymn: #199 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
 
ok…to back up here a bit to THIS weekend.

May 29/30, 2010 - Trinity Sunday

Gathering: Holy Holy Holy (#281 CCH)
Offertory: Come Now Almighty King (#280 CCH)
Communion: O God, Almighty Father (#279 CCH)
Closing: Holy God We Praise Thy Name (#306 CCH)

Not exactly sure yet whether I am going to use Psalm 8, or maybe use Psalm 145: “I Will Praise Your Name” in place? Opinions please?
 
pianomany2k said:
ok…to back up here a bit to THIS weekend.

May 29/30, 2010 - Trinity Sunday

Gathering: Holy Holy Holy (#281 CCH)
Offertory: Come Now Almighty King (#280 CCH)
Communion: O God, Almighty Father (#279 CCH)
Closing: Holy God We Praise Thy Name (#306 CCH)

Not exactly sure yet whether I am going to use Psalm 8, or maybe use Psalm 145: “I Will Praise Your Name” in place? Opinions please?
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I would keep it as is. Although, for Communion, I would use a hymn for the Son such as Alleluia, Sing to Jesus or Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. Of course, “Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether” would work out fine, too. For the Offertory, I would use a hymn for the Father such as "Father, We Thank Thee Who Has Planted. The recessional hymn is a good pick. Either that or “God We Praise You” is suitable because they are pretty much the English version/paraphrase of the Te Deum.
 
The following is out music director’s plans for Trinity Sunday:

Entrance: This Day God Gives Me MI: 643
Gloria will not be sung
Offeratory: Eye Has Not Seen MI: 479 key of D minor
Mass of God’s promise
Communion: When We Eat This Bread MI: 360
Recessional: Let There Be Peace MI 497

We might do God Most Holy #729 for the Entrance instead of This Day God Gives Me
 
Our school does an “Awards Mass” toward the end of the year for the kids.

I’m trying to find at least one sing that would not only fit the readings for June 4, but also say something about receiving awards. Any ideas?
 
I’ll be doing my thing at Mass on Memorial Day at 10AM. It is not a well attended Mass, and not ‘ceremonial’ in the sense being a part of a larger Memorial Day celebration. Problem I have is that I will catch grief and tongues will wag if I don’t include a patriotic hymn in the mix. One rule I always follow is that is the dismissal hymn. I have problems with doing the Star Spangled Banner as that hymn at time, less so after the dismissal hymn. So that leaves me with:
America
America the Beautiful
God Bless America
Battle Hymn of the Republic

My first wish on that day would be to pray for peace, and so I’d much rather being doing Let There be Peace on Earth. I’d am also thinking of doing Amazing Grace, as I see that very often associated with the memorials to fallen soldiers/ veterans. firemen/ policemen etc. Plus I can do some of that one in Croatian for the specific needs of our parish

Anyone have any thoughts

God bless

Tony
 
agp2176 said:
I’ll be doing my thing at Mass on Memorial Day at 10AM. It is not a well attended Mass, and not ‘ceremonial’ in the sense being a part of a larger Memorial Day celebration. Problem I have is that I will catch grief and tongues will wag if I don’t include a patriotic hymn in the mix. One rule I always follow is that is the dismissal hymn. I have problems with doing the Star Spangled Banner as that hymn at time, less so after the dismissal hymn. So that leaves me with:
America
America the Beautiful
God Bless America
Battle Hymn of the Republic
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I’d use “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Actually, after last night (when I realized it was Memorial Day on Monday) I decided I’m using “Battle Hymn of the Republic” as the closing this weekend. Something just a tiny bit patriotic.
 
pianomany2k said:
I’d use “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Actually, after last night (when I realized it was Memorial Day on Monday) I decided I’m using “Battle Hymn of the Republic” as the closing this weekend. Something just a tiny bit patriotic.
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I try to stay away from patriotic songs, especially this weekend since it’s the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Even though technically, the Mass has already ended, we should focus on the triune God.

Furthermore, I don’t think that the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” doesn’t sit too well among Southerners. 😃
 
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