A quarterly publication for liturgy preparation

By Ken Canedo

Managing Stress at Home and Church during Advent and Christmas

The Joy of the Gospel: Finding God in Our Common Poverty

The Spirituality of the Philippines: A Pope’s Visit to the Land of a Devout People

ADVENT • CHRISTMAS • EPIPHANY | NOVEMBER 29, 2015–FEBRUARY 9, 2016 | YEAR C

A quarterly publication for liturgy preparation

ADVENT • CHRISTMAS • EPIPHANY | NOVEMBER 29, 2015–FEBRUARY 9, 2016 | YEAR C

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

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

How Firm the Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Bulletin Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Full, Conscious, and Active Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What’s New in the 2016 Breaking Bread and Today’s Missal/Music Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rick Modlin

Advent and Christmas Down Under . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Ross Haigh

The Joy of the Gospel: Finding God in Our Common Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Ronald Raab, CSC

’Tis the Season: Managing Stress at Home and Church during Advent and Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Martin Gay

The Spirituality of the Philippines: A Pope’s Visit to the Land of a Devout People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ken Canedo

Merton and Me: Written on Thomas Merton’s 100th Birthday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Tom Booth

Singing and Celebrating God’s Word: Scripture Commentaries for Year C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Glenn CJ Byer

Understanding Quodlibet: Technical Advice on Music in the Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Rick Modlin

Cantate: Choral Music for the Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Angela Westhoff-Johnson

Cantor Avenue: Weekly Reflections for Cantors on the Responsorial Psalm and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30James Hansen and Melanie Coddington

Seasonal Ritual Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Paul Covino

Featured Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36“Jesus to Jordan’s Waters Came” by Michael Joncas

“A Child Is Born unto Us/Un Niño Nos Ha Nacido” by Alberto Taulé

Cover: A Simbang Gabi celebration at Saint James Cathedral, Seattle, Washington © Saint James Cathedral, Seattle

38 | First Sunday of Advent

40 | Second Sunday of Advent

42 | Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

44 | Our Lady of Guadalupe

46 | Third Sunday of Advent

48 | Fourth Sunday of Advent

50 | The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas): Vigil

52 | The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas): Night

54 | The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas): Dawn

56 | The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas): Day

58 | Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

60 | Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

62 | The Epiphany of the Lord

64 | The Baptism of the Lord

66 | Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

68 | Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

70 | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

72 | Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

74 | Abbreviations used in music suggestions

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Holy Cross Father Ronald Patrick

Raab serves as pastor of the

Tri-Community Parish of Colorado

Springs, Colorado. He broadcasts

a weekly Scripture commentary,

“On the Margins,” from KBVM FM.

Learn more at ronaldraab.com.

Ronald Raab, CSC Last year, just before Advent, I was sitting in the office of a social worker in Colora-do Springs. She was listing the services her agency offers for youth who live on the streets, who couch surf with friends, or who have been abused and neglected by their families. The social worker told me a story of a family who had many children. When the mother gave birth to another child, the parents told the oldest child they could no longer afford to feed him and that he would have to leave the house. He was about thirteen years old.

I never heard the real reasons for the parents’ decision to abandon their oldest child nor do I know how the courts might have handled the family situation. All I heard was that a young man was asked to leave his family and he did so. My mind swirls with unanswered questions. My heart still aches for him and his family.

This situation is in our lifetimes, not in ancient days in another country or during the Great Depression in our land. These realities rest in our communities now, and some-one in our parish assemblies should be listening, especially during this Advent season.

Advent challenges us to cultivate a desire for God. We wake up to realize that God comes to us in our trials and tribulations, our agonies and worries. We wait for relief from our deepest hungers and for forgiveness from our most violent sins. We wait for our own hearts to wake up to God, who crashes into our lives unexpectedly yet lov-ingly to prepare a place for love, compassion, and joy. Advent gives us heart-pounding hope that all people will find shelter, comfort, and warmth because that is exactly what Jesus longed for in his first days here on earth.

Advent taps into the longing that ancient Israel possessed through the words of Isaiah. This season opens our ears again to the voice of John the Baptist that hurls hope across the generations. We wait again for miracles to be borne, for hatred to be resolved, and for peace to thrive in our days. We wait for parents to accept their children, for tired and fearful parents to feed their families. We wait for parishes to care for all lives of innocent children who have been brought into the world.

Pope Francis is a new light in our Advent search for God’s desire to be among us. In Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), he challenges all Christians to become a “church which is poor and for the poor” (198). Pope Francis understands that we will never hear the needs of people who search for hope in their lives when we cling

We will never hear the needs of people who search for hope in their lives when we cling only to our riches.

The Joy of the GospelFinding God in Our Common Poverty

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MUSIC SUGGESTIONSSee page 74 for an abbreviation key.

For additional music suggestions, visit liturgy.com and spiritandsong.com/podcasts.

ENTRANCE CHANTSing Out, Earth and Skies (Haugen) A 508 BB/MI 555 CP2 388

CP3 414 H 462 R2 248 R3 184 UC 744The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns morning song A 552

BB 50 CM 26 CP3 224 GP2 307 H 198 J2 319 J3 282 TM 32 UC 283 VOZ 371

The King Shall Come (Thomson) A 924 BB 73 S&S 143 TM 55 OCP 30128212

The Advent of Our King (Williams) A 537 BB 62 CM 28 CP2 212 CP3 208 H 189 J2 322 J3 287 TM 44 UC 270 VOZ 354

Let the King of Glory Come (Joncas) A 324 BB 63 CP3 220 GP2 299 H 196 J2 320 J3 285 TM 45

Wake, O Wake, and Sleep No Longer wachet auf A 609 BB 53 J2 332 J3 298 TM 35

Save Us, O Lord (Dufford) A 480 BB/MI 663 CP2 339 CP3 353 GP2 301 H 202 J2 555 J3 528 UC 278 VOZ 316 OCP 9495

Come Now, Almighty King italian hymn A 135 BB/MI 715 CM 77 CP2 300 CP3 307 GP2 417 H 299 J2 471 J3 450 R2 161 R3 114 UC 417 VOZ 506

Litany of the Word (Farrell) A 338 BB 44 J2 312 J3 293 R3 61 TM 26 OCP 7162

Ready the Way (B. Hurd) A 462 BB 64 CP2 222 CP3 221 H 197 J2 323 J3 288 TM 46 OCP 8787

RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND GOSPEL ACCLAMATIONRespond and Acclaim (Alstott) 4–5A Lectionary Psalter (Schiavone) 10, 224

PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTSCome, Lord! Maranatha (Manalo) A 871 BB 65 TM 47 OCP 20317Christ the Lord (Hart) A 869 BB/MI 607 S&S 194 OCP 30107973To You, O God, I Lift Up My Soul (B. Hurd) A 590 BB/MI 401

CP2 408 CP3 423 GP2 302 H 470 J2 691 J3 648 NTY 123 S&S 138 SS1 60 UC 773 VOZ 653 OCP 9706

Maranatha I (Westphal) A 360 BB 71 TM 53Come, Lord Jesus (Ridge) A 134 BB 59 TM 41 OCP 11119Beyond the Moon and Stars (Schutte) A 93 BB 47 CP3 219 H 205

TM 29 UC 291 OCP 12913All People That on Earth Do Dwell old hundredth A 45 BB/MI 309

CM 101 CP2 473 CP3 513 GP2 535 H 372 J2 604 J3 570 UC 478 VOZ 785

Christ, Circle Round Us (Schutte) A 120 BB 54 J3 284 TM 36 OCP 10782

COMMUNION CHANTThere Is a Longing (Quigley) A 571 BB/MI 402 CP2 409 CP3 424

GP2 620 H 472 J2 692 J3 649 S&S 366 SS1 208 UC 777 VOZ 655 OCP 10028

This Body of Christ (Rosania) A 897 BB/MI 358 OCP 30106754Bread of Life (Farrell) A 102 BB/MI 320 GP2 498 UC 512 VOZ 814

OCP 7152To You, O Lord (Soper) A 673 BB/MI 753 CP2 15 CP3 15 GP2 183

H 105 J2 28 J3 28 UC 89 VOZ 153 OCP 8979Christ, Be Our Light (Farrell) A 118 BB/MI 601 CM 168 GP2 656

J2 661 J3 824 NTY 8 S&S 207 SS1 105 UC 737 VOZ 625 OCP 10087Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness (Psalm 85) (Soper) A 707 BB/MI 784

CP3 48 H 133 J3 64 OCP 20169Advent Litany (Prendergast) A 867 BB 56 TM 38 UC 285I Lift Up My Soul (Manion) A 671 BB/MI 752 CP2 16 CP3 14

GP2 184 H 103 VOZ 154 OCP 10478To You, O Lord (Joncas) A 672 BB/MI 751 CP2 14 CP3 16 GP2 185

H 104 J2 26 J3 27 OCP 10389

SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTHIn the Day of the Lord (Ridge) A 286 BB/MI 579 CP2 466 CP3 504

GP2 722 H 450 J2 685 J3 753 R2 314 SS1 121 UC 765 VOZ 673 OCP 9889

The Coming of Our God optatus votis omnium A 541Ready the Way (Stephan) A 463 BB 69 J3 294 NTY 147 S&S 142

SS2 293 TM 51 OCP 12789Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus stuttgart A 140 BB 39 CM 29

CP2 216 CP3 213 GP2 309 H 200 J2 328 J3 296 R2 95 R3 53 TM 21 UC 288 VOZ 365 OCP 8767

Anthem (Conry) A 65 BB/MI 503 CP2 459 CP3 492 GP2 578 H 415 J2 761 J3 727 UC 549 VOZ 705

Maranatha II (Schoenbachler) A 359 GP2 295 OCP 10003The King of Glory king of glory A 549 BB/MI 733 CM 89 CP2 315

CP3 328 GP2 423 H 313 J2 487 J3 470 NTY 184 R2 169 R3 126 UC 425 VOZ 514 OCP 8310

For the Healing st. thomas (tantum ergo) A 184 BB/MI 435 CP3 463 H 522 J3 844

Soon and Very Soon (Crouch) A 517 BB/MI 580 CP2 465 CP3 503 GP2 723 H 452 J2 683 J3 755 NTY 276 UC 766 VOZ 672 OCP 10265

City of God (Schutte) A 130 BB/MI 385 CM 119 CP2 509 CP3 558 GP2 548 H 540 J2 830 J3 813 NTY 9 R2 278 R3 263 SS1 106 UC 576 VOZ 742 OCP 9739

CHORALJesus Christ the Apple Tree (Helvey) OCP 30107494

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (Kennedy) OCP 30122281O Heavens, Open from Above (D. Hurd) OCP 4622

A warm welcome to our new readers! Today’s Liturgy provides articles, music suggestions, and these columns to assist you in your musical preparation for worship. The columns focus on new music, liturgical preparation, and creative ideas, and they are always written with the guidelines of the American bishops and the latest music and liturgy documents in mind. Often they explain the Scripture of the day so you can lead your musicians in prayer with more understanding and depth. They are and always have been directed toward the goal of full, conscious, and active participation of the people in liturgy.

How are the music suggestions assembled? After using the scriptural database, I take responsibility for the order and selection. The challenge is not so much the titles, but examining all the verses of the texts. Except for an occasional

“alleluia” that inappropriately slipped in (twice in twenty-five years. Argh!), these planning pages have stood the test of time and will continue to strive to serve you.

That said, it is important for you to select music that suits your pastoral situation. Obviously, titles don’t reveal the entire text. Read through all the verses before making your final decision. Are there enough verses for your Communion procession? How can your organ registration reflect the texts? Are the texts completely appropriate for the season and the ritual action? Is the text Trinitarian? If so, be sure to include the entire Trinity even if you must use one more verse. Either that or change course!

Remember: there is no Gloria during Advent (except on solemnities), and Tuesday December 1 is World AIDS Day.

— Elaine Rendler-McQueeney

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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 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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 Jeremiah 33:14–16 (3C)The time is coming when the Lord’s promise to Israel will be ful-filled. An offspring of David will come and bring justice for all na-tions of the world.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 25:4–5, 8–9, 10, 14To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.

SECOND READING 1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2Paul prayed to the Lord for the Christians of Thessalonica that their love for one another would overflow and that their hearts might be blameless and holy before God.

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

GOSPEL Luke 21:25–28, 34–36There will be great signs in the heavens and great distress on the earth when the Son of Man comes in glory. Therefore, “be vigilant at all times…to stand before the Son of Man.”

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

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