ORDINARY TIME 2 | AUGUST 30–NOVEMBER 28, 2015 | YEAR B A quarterly publication for liturgy preparation Summer Choir and Resurrection Choir: Music Ministry Year-Round The Story of Ordinary Time: Art and Environment for Autumn Our Songs of Farewell By Ronald Raab, CSC ORDINARY TIME 2 | AUGUST 30–NOVEMBER 28, 2015 | YEAR B A quarterly publication for liturgy preparation From the Editor .............................................. 4 Seasonal Ritual Suggestions ....................... 34 Paul Covino Ask the Liturgist ............................................. 6 Featured Songs ..................................... 36 Ora et Labora ................................................ 7 “A Gift of Love/Tâm Tình Hiê´n Dâng” by Oanh Sông Lam and Rufino Zaragoza Bulletin Notes ................................................ 8 “Go Out, Go Out” by Curtis Stephan Full, Conscious, and Active Preparation..................... 9 38 | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Prayers for Pastoral Musicians .............................. 10 40 | 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time The New Evangelization: Fascinated by Christ ............. 12 42 | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Robert Feduccia 44 | 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Songs of Farewell ....................................... 14 46 | 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ronald Raab, CSC 48 | 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Story of Ordinary Time: 50 | 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Art and Environment for Autumn ........................... 16 Rev. Matt Pennington 52 | 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Summer Choir and Resurrection Choir: 54 | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Music Ministry Year-Round .................................. 18 56 | All Saints Ken Canedo 58 | 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Practical Copyright Answers for Pastoral Musicians ....... 20 60 | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Rick Modlin 62 | Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Singing and Celebrating God’s Word: 64 | Thanksgiving Day Scripture Commentaries for Year B ......................... 22 66 | Abbreviations used in music suggestions Glenn CJ Byer Time Signatures, Meters, Cover: European Christian Roman Catholic Cemetery and Primary and Secondary Beats: in Autumn. © Boscorelli / Alamy (alamy.com) Technical Advice on Music in the Liturgy ................... 24 Rick Modlin Cantate: Choral Music for the Season ...................... 26 Angela Westhoff-Johnson Cantor Avenue ............................................... 30 James Hansen and Melanie Coddington Summer Choir and Resurrection Choir Music Ministry Year-Round Ken Canedo ummertime, and the livin’ is easy…” So goes the old Gershwin song. After “Sa rather busy spring season that includes Holy Week, Easter, first Com- munions, confirmations, graduations, Pentecost, and other parish events, no one can blame pastoral musicians and choirs for wanting to take a break. School’s out! Vacation beckons! But how long should the break be? I have been involved in some parishes where music ministry adjourns for the whole summer. Really? Three months without music in the liturgies? Twelve Sundays of minimal participation and lowered ex- pectations? The message in this approach is to render music as mere icing on the cake, a fancy liturgical frill that is easily dispensed with and, therefore, not import- Ken Canedo, music development ant. It’s a harking back to the pre–Vatican II designations of High Mass (a liturgy specialist at OCP, serves as a in which everything is sung) and Low Mass (a liturgy in which there is no music pastoral musician at Holy Trinity at all). It is a disservice to the current understanding that “This common, sung ex- Catholic Church in Beaverton, pression of faith within liturgical celebrations strengthens our faith when it grows Oregon. He hosts the popular weak and draws us into the divinely inspired voice of the Church at prayer” (Sing Liturgy Podcast (spiritandsong.com/ to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship [STL] 5). podcasts) and wrote Keep the Fire Burning (ocp.org/6152), a history of A whole summer of liturgy without music also undermines the ministerial role of contemporary Catholic music in the the assembly. Without the leadership of pastoral musicians and a choir, the people 1960s. An accomplished liturgical can be reduced to simply watching the priest and other ministers as an “audience.” composer, his latest collection Certainly, as silent participants, the people are joined with the other ministers in- is Doxology (ocp.org/20794). ternally in their minds and hearts. But the external participation that music so uniquely embodies is glaringly missing since “Singing is one of the primary ways that the assembly of the faithful participates actively in the Liturgy” (STL 26). Please understand that I am in no way advocating that pastoral musicians not take a well-deserved break. Our priests go on vacation. But they take care to ensure the parish Sunday liturgy continues by arranging substitute presiders during their ab- sence. Besides, when music ministry adjourns for the summer, I have noticed that many choir members are sitting in the pews at Sunday Mass anyway. One creative approach that we use at my parish was developed by Mark Nieves, our director of music ministry. Our choirs continue to sing at their assigned liturgies throughout the summer months, but we cancel weekly choir rehearsals until Sep- tember. This means that we have to plan out the music for the whole summer well in TODAY’S LITURGY Ordinary Time 2 2015 18 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8/30/2015 YEAR B MUSIC SUGGESTIONS Today the liturgy returns again to the Gospel of Mark See page 66 for an abbreviation key. after several weeks of proclaiming the Bread of Life For additional music suggestions, discourse from John’s Gospel. visit liturgy.com and spiritandsong.com/podcasts. This issue of Today’s Liturgy often opens with Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of vacation season in the US. ENTRANCE CHANT School has already begun in some parts of the country. This Sing, O Sing (Schutte) A 505 BB/MI 560 GP2 689 TM 27 OCP 9904 I Sing the Mighty Power of God ellacombe A 270 BB/MI 426 year the holiday falls next weekend, Monday, September 7. CP2 390 CP3 417 GP2 668 H 460 J2 635 J3 618 R2 236 R3 191 Relax for one more week. UC 750 VOZ 598 An outstanding message for today’s preparation can Canticle of the Sun (Haugen) A 110 BB/MI 424 CM 152 CP2 386 be summed up by our second reading from James’ letter: CP3 412 H 459 R2 242 R3 188 UC 745 we are to humbly reverence and cherish the word of God, How Firm a Foundation foundation A 257 A 257 BB/MI 730 and we are to “Be doers of the word and not hearers only.” CP3 319 H 303 J2 716 J3 683 James says the only religion that is pure before God is Lead Me, Guide Me (Akers) A 313 BB/MI 396 J3 654 one that cares for widows and orphans. Today’s music All Creatures of Our God and King lasst uns erfreuen A 37 BB/MI 546 CM 122 CP2 358 CP3 380 GP2 672 H 499 J2 600 J3 578 suggestions are geared to today’s worship, and you will find R2 245 R3 153 UC 747 VOZ 563 some appropriate music for next weekend’s commemoration From All That Dwell Below the Skies duke street A 189 BB/MI 549 of the 9/11 attacks as well. CP2 370 CP3 392 H 502 UC 686 VOZ 586 This issue of Today’s Liturgy mailed in the early summer. From Glory to Glory (We Adore You) (François) A 887 BB/MI 699 From Long Island to Peachtree Street, grab your favorite iced S&S 119 tea, chill out, and think about this: now is the time to consider RESPONSORIAL PSALM AND GOSPEL ACCLAMATION what new music, if any, you want to introduce for Ordinary Respond and Acclaim (Alstott) 128–29 Time. This period is ideal to introduce a new Mass setting. A Lectionary Psalter (Schiavone) 157, 245 It’s also time to ruminate about music for Christmas. Use PRESENTATION AND PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS ocp.org to discover new options for music. On the left side Create in Me (Kendzia) A 696 BB/MI 780 CP2 37 CP3 37 H 124 J2 47 of the site, click on “ONLINE LITURGY RESOURCES.” J3 48 OCP 11354 In the drop-down list, click on “Music Finder.” You’re then In Perfect Charity (DeBruyn) A 284 BB/MI 486 GP2 547 J2 757 able to browse songs by season. J3 721 OCP 8413 — Elaine Rendler-McQueeney All Good Gifts (Keil) A 39 BB/MI 600 J2 644 J3 611 OCP 9967 Prayer of St. Francis (Temple) A 455 BB/MI 532 CM 160 CP2 452 CP3 484 GP2 651 H 426 J2 738 J3 702 NTY 136 R2 222 R3 209 S&S 339 SS1 199 UC 541 VOZ 720 OCP 10762 SONG OF PRAISE OR SENDING FORTH Tâm Tình Hiê´n Dâng/A Gift of Love (Sông Lam) A 883 BB/MI 531 Go Make a Difference (Angrisano) A 204 BB/MI 508 CP3 493 H 411 OCP 30108087 J3 730 NTY 260 S&S 213 SS1 113 Transfigure Us, O Lord (B. Hurd) A 594 BB/MI 509 CP3 494 H 412 Sing a New Church nettleton A 501 BB/MI 416 CP2 463 CP3 500 J3 726 NTY 186 S&S 164 SS2 309 OCP 12888 GP2 572 H 432 J3 830 OCP 9768 I Will Choose Christ (Booth) A 273 BB/MI 520 CP3 497 GP2 459 Lead Me, Lord (Becker) A 314 BB/MI 641 CP2 398 CP3 432 GP2 715 H 464 J2 775 J3 736 NTY 261 S&S 220 SS1 119 UC 206 H 479 J2 659 J3 733 NTY 19 R2 284 S&S 221 SS1 107 UC 561 OCP 10592 VOZ 619 OCP 8831 We Are Called (Haas) A 611 BB/MI 630 CP2 511 CP3 560 H 552 COMMUNION CHANT City of God (Schutte) A 130 BB/MI 380 CM 119 CP2 509 CP3 558 Make Us One with You (Modlin) A 875 BB/MI 329 OCP 30105765 GP2 548 H 540 J2 830 J3 813 NTY 9 R2 278 R3 263 SS1 106 Eat This Bread (Berthier) A 164 BB/MI 335 CM 108 CP2 491 UC 576 VOZ 742 OCP 9739 CP3 538 H 400 R2 201 UC 530 Beatitudes (Ducote) A 85 BB/MI 642 GP2 717 J2 657 Blest Are They (Haas) A 97 BB/MI 640 CM 167 CP2 397 CP3 431 Tell the Good News gelobt sei gott A 896 BB/MI 381 TM 29 H 478 R3 140 UC 560 Take the Word of God with You (C.