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Pastoral Liturgy Formation and Resources for Lectionary-Based Worship Ordinary Time June – November 2020 Year A Vol 50, 3 Founding Editor – Russell Hardiman Editor– Angela McCarthy Pastoral Liturgy A Publication of the School of Philosophy & Theology, The University of Notre Dame Australia. Pastoral Liturgy is published three times per year in January, June and October. Essays are refereed by members of the International Peer Review Committee and Editorial Board according to their respective disciplines. Accredited as a Refereed Journal by the Department of Education, Science & Training Canberra, ACT Australia ISSN 1446-0661 International Peer Review Committee Very Revd Andrew McGowan Dean and President, Berkeley Divinity School, Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven CT 06511 USA Prof Gerard Moore Principal and CEO, BBI - The Australian Institute of Theological Education Caroline Chisholm Centre, 423 Pennant Hills Road, Pennant Hills Editorial Board Dr Angela McCarthy Editor. The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus, WA. Chris Kan Campus Minister, Sacred Heart College, Sorrento WA. Michael Mangan Litmus Productions, Albany Creek, Queensland National Chair, Australian Pastoral Musicians Network. Joe Tedesco Lecturer, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus and The Centre for Faith Enrichment in the Archdiocese of Perth. Mary-Anne Lumley College Liturgist, John XXIII College, Mount Claremont WA. Founding Editor Rev Dr Russell Hardiman Editor Dr Angela McCarthy Assistant to the Editor Liz Roff – 08 9433 0138 Logo ‘The Mustard Seed’ designed by Iris Rossen (architect) Contents 4 From the Editor 81 Musicians’ Appendix: Abbreviations and Explanations 83 Our Contributors Formation 6-9 *From Cave to Tomb by Glenn Morrison Book Review 10 Hunt, Jeanne. Choir Prayers. Reviewed by Angela McCarthy Articles with an * are fully peer reviewed papers. Resources for Lectionary Worship Year A, 2020 Table in Sundays and Feasts 11-13 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 21 June 14-16 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 28 June 17-19 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5 July 20-22 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 12 July 23-24 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 19 July 25-27 Seventeeth in Ordinary Time 26 July 28-30 Eighteen in Ordinary Time 2 August 31-33 Nineteen in Ordinary Time 9 August 34-36 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 15 August 37-39 Twentieth in Ordinary Time 16 August 40-41 Twenty First in Ordinary Time 23 August 42-44 Twenty Second in Ordinary Time 30 August 45-47 Twenty Third in Ordinary Time 6 September 48-49 Twenty Fourth in Ordinary Time 13 September 50-51 Twenty Fifth in Ordinary Time 20 September 52-54 Twenty Six in Ordinary Time 27 September 55-56 Twenty Seventh in Ordinary Time 4 October 57-59 Twenty Eighth in Ordinary Time 11 October 60-62 Twenty Ninth in Ordinary Time 18 October 63-65 Thirtieth in Ordinary Time 25 October 66-68 All Saints 1 November 69-72 All Souls Day (The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed) 2 November 73-74 Thirty Second in Ordinary Time 8 November 75-77 Thirty Third in Ordinary Time 15 November 78-80 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 22 November Pastoral Liturgy Vol 50,3 | June - November 2020 | Page 3 From the Editor Dr Angela McCarthy Editor: Dr Angela McCarthy At the time of preparation of this issue of Pastoral liked a good laugh. We miss her in so many ways and Liturgy, we are in the early weeks of isolation due to are grateful for everything that she did for us. COVID-19. Easter is upon us and there will be no Easter Fr Vincent Glynn has resigned as Editor as he has gatherings, instead, live streamed liturgies will be made been called to be the Vicar for Education and Faith available to us. Much has been circulated on all kinds of Development in the Archdiocese of Perth. We all wish media to help us keep our spirits up and one particularly him well in his new position in these very different touched me. It began: ‘The very first Easter was not in times. Education is certainly challenged by COVID-19 a crowded worship space with singing and praising. and the way of delivery will be changed for the future. On the very first Easter the disciples were locked in their house. It was dangerous for them to come out…’ The Plenary Council has also been affected as have There is no author attributed to this reflection, but it is a all aspects of society. The Plenary sessions have been beautiful thought and continues in a beautiful manner. delayed with a new timeline to be announced that It concludes: ‘when it is safe for all people, when it is will still give the appropriate time for discernment and the most loving choice, we will come out, gathering development between both Council sittings. I have together, singing and shouting the good news that God been privileged to be selected as a delegate and look brings life even out of death, that love always has the forward to all the preparation and the experience of final say’. Thank you to the anonymous author. this important event in our Australian Church. By the time we are celebrating Ordinary Time again, The article in this issue by Glenn Morrison is a beautifully what will the world be like? Considering what we have poetic look at the issue of vulnerability, melancholy learnt during this pandemic, what will change in our and awakening to the silken voice of God. In this time liturgical gatherings? The disciples were gathered in of pandemic and restrictions on gatherings that have locked rooms, afraid to come out, afraid to celebrate, banned communal liturgies, we are certainly vulnerable and then the unthinkable happened. Jesus was among and that leads to melancholy. Morrison sees this as an them, he had risen! It changed everything for them and opening for the Spirit, a time of grace, and that is indeed when Pentecost arrived they were ready to tell the world. a beautiful way to view our current circumstances. It is a Instead of hiding the Easter message in a faith that is valuable view of life, grace and faith. distanced from our ‘real’ lives, let us hope that we will live These particular times have provoked another change. as resurrected people once we are again allowed to live Universities have been deeply affected financially and in community. Jesus Christ has earned heaven for us so so we can no longer afford to produce Pastoral Liturgy now it is about reflecting heaven in our lives. in hard copy. This copy will be sent to you as a pdf in an There have been so many changes to our lives and email but the task from here on is to put the journal fully our way of working that we have to call on personal online. That will mean that you have available to you all strength to help us be people of faith while in isolation. the things that you value in Pastoral Liturgy for free! Each This has taken its toll on all of us in many ways and part will be downloadable in a way that will assist you liturgies and the sacraments have changed because with liturgy preparation. As the project develops, we will of this. One of our previous editors for Pastoral Liturgy, notify all our subscribers and provide the necessary links. Sr Clare Sciesinski BVM, died in March and since May Ordinary Time be a time of communal liturgical there were limited numbers allowed to attend funerals development as we move through the pandemic phase it was live streamed for us to watch and participate. Sr of our lives and into a resurrected future, safe and well. Clare was a New Testament scholar at the University Abundant blessings to you all, of Notre Dame and much loved by staff and students. She had a warm and generous manner and always Dr Angela McCarthy Page 4 | Pastoral Liturgy Vol 50,3 | June - November 2020 Pastoral Liturgy Vol 50,3 | June - November 2020 | Page 5 From Cave to Tomb: Vulnerability, Melancholy and Awakening to the “Silken Voice” of God by Glenn Morrison Liturgy creates an open space of hope and gives acting producing a soulful engagement with the world. fresh air to the mind and heart to breathe in the great Melancholy as a mood deepens the spiritual sense mysteries of the faith.1 The sacraments help us to to seek God’s nourishment, help and providence. encounter the action of Christ making space for the As a force that opens the human soul to self, others, breath of the Holy Spirit to enter our lives with grace the world and God,4 melancholy awakes the virtue and the word of God. The cycle of the celebration of of hope with a reality check, so to speak, about life, liturgy and the sacraments invite “thanksgiving, praise, namely that we are lonely, that we find ourselves faith and hope”.2 Today, as this very moment, we more in relation to others, and that our hearts can be grieve and lament the loss of liturgy and sacrament. assuaged when we share our pain and sufferings. The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic has driven the Melancholy is a like a child of vulnerability. Gestating faithful into an exile, or an empty tomb or cave to wait and bearing forth an enduring moment of melancholy, upon God’s voice and help. From the vulnerability of vulnerability nurtures melancholy to embrace the loss comes the melancholy of hope to remember that patience of silence, to awaken hope and let loose the we live in the liturgical and sacramental time between spontaneity of faith to talk with others.