ARCHDIOCESE OF PORTLAND IN OREGON Divine Worship Newsletter Poor Clares Monastery - Tonopah, AZ. ISSUE 43 - MAY 2021 Welcome to the forty-third Monthly Newsletter of the Office of Divine Worship of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. We hope to provide news with regard to liturgical topics and events of interest to those in the Archdiocese who have a pastoral role that involves the Sacred Liturgy. The hope is that the priests of the Archdiocese will take a glance at this newsletter and share it with those in their parishes that are involved or interested in the Sacred Liturgy. This Newsletter is now available through Apple Books and always available in pdf format on the Archdiocesan website. It will also be included in the weekly priests’ mailing. If you would like to be emailed a copy of this newsletter as soon as it is published please send your email address to Anne Marie Van Dyke at [email protected]. Just put DWNL in the subject field and we will add you to the mailing list. 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Contents Chapter 1 - Pope Francis Calls for Global Rosary to end Pandemic Pope Francis Calls Catholics throiughout the Whole World to Pray the Rosary for an end to the Pandemic Chapter 2 - Corpus Christi 6 June 2021 Some Information about the Origins of this Feast Chapter 3 - The Most Holy Trinity A Reflection on the Most Holy Trinity by the Renowned Liturgist Dr. Pius Parsch Chapter 4 - The Immaculate Heart of Mary This Memorial is Celebrated on the Day after the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapter 5 - Responsorial Psalms The Responsorial Psalms to be used at Holy Mass and their Selection Chapter 6 - The Chasuble An Article about the Outer Vestment used at Holy Mass Chapter 7 - Blessings From the Archdiocesan Liturgical Handbook Chapter 8 - Ideas for Prayer More Thoughts on Prayer from Dom Hubert van Zeller ii He emphasized the importance of considering anti-COVID vaccination as a CHAPTER 1 “universal common good.” Pope Francis Calls for Global He said: “In this area, initiatives that seek to create new forms of solidarity at the international level are particularly welcome, with mechanisms aimed Rosary to end Pandemic at guaranteeing an equitable distribution of vaccines, not based on purely The Vatican has announced a rosary initiative dedicating the month of economic criteria, but taking into account the needs of all, especially those May to prayer for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. of the most vulnerable and needy.” The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization said “It is urgent to consider a recovery model capable of generating new, more April 21 that “for the deep desire of the Holy Father, the month of May inclusive and sustainable solutions, aimed at the universal common good, will be dedicated to a prayer marathon with the theme ‘Prayer to God fulfilling God’s promise for all men,” Pope Francis said. went up incessantly from the whole Church.’” He added that, in responding to the coronavirus, attention should be paid The council said that the world’s Catholic shrines would be involved in a to reforming the international debt structure and allowing access to special way as promoters of the rosary among Catholic individuals, external financing to promote economic development “so that everyone can families, and communities. get out of the current situation with the best chance of recovery.” Thirty of the shrines will take turns leading a daily live-streamed rosary at “None of this will be possible without a strong political will that has the 12 p.m. Eastern time, the council said. courage to decide to change things, mainly priorities, so that it is not the poor who pay the highest cost for these tragedies that are hitting our The Catholic Church dedicates the month of May to the Blessed Virgin human family,” he said Mary. Pope Francis will open the month of prayer on May 1, asking for Mary’s intercession 21 April 2021 - Catholic News Agency Pope Francis spoke about the coronavirus and its economic effects in a video message to participants in the 27th Ibero-American Summit in Andorra April 21. The COVID-19 pandemic “has demanded enormous sacrifices from each nation and its citizens,” he said. The crisis has called on “the entire international community to commit, united, with a spirit of responsibility and fraternity, to face the many challenges already in action, and those which will come.” The pope said that he had prayed for the millions of people who have died from COVID-19 or who are suffering from the illness, as well as their families. “The pandemic has made no distinctions and has hit people of all cultures, creeds, social and economic strata,” he said. CHAPTER 2 Corpus Christi - 6 June 2021 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, historically known by its Latin name, Corpus Christi, celebrates the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. It is traditionally celebrated on the Thursday following the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, however in most ecclesial provinces it is now transferred to the following Sunday. The feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated with great solemnity in many countries throughout the world usually involving beautifully prepared processions. The feast dates to the Middle Ages and originated with a visionary nun and a Eucharistic miracle In 1263 a German priest, Fr. Peter of Prague, made a pilgrimage to Rome. He stopped in Bolsena, Italy, to celebrate Mass at the Church of St. Christina. At the time he was having doubts about Jesus being truly After many years of trying, she finally convinced the bishop, the future Pope present in the Blessed Sacrament. He was affected by the growing debate Urban IV, to create this special feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, among certain theologians who, for the first time in the history of the where none had existed before. Soon after her death, Pope Urban instituted Church, began introducing doubts about the Body and Blood of Christ Corpus Christi for the Universal Church and celebrated it for the first time in being actually present in the consecrated bread and wine. In response to Orvieto in 1264, a year after the Eucharistic Miracle in Bolsena. his doubt, when he recited the prayer of consecration as he celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, blood started seeping from the consecrated Inspired by the miracle, Pope Urban commissioned a Dominican friar, St. host and onto the altar and corporal. Thomas Aquinas, to compose the Mass and Office for the feast of Corpus Christi. Aquinas’ hymns in honor of the Holy Eucharist, Pange Fr. Peter reported this miracle to Pope Urban IV, who at the time was Lingua, Tantum Ergo, Panis Angelicus, and O Salutaris Hostia are the nearby in Orvieto. The pope sent delegates to investigate and ordered that beloved hymns the Church sings on the feast of Corpus Christi as well as host and blood-stained corporal be brought to Orvieto. The relics were throughout the year during Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed then placed in the Cathedral of Orvieto, where they remain today. Sacrament. This Eucharistic Miracle confirmed the visions given to St. Juliana of Mont Cornillon in Belgium (1193-1258). St. Juliana was a nun and mystic Join us on Sunday 6 June after the 11:00am Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for the Corpus Christi Procession. We will who had a series of visions in which she was instructed by Our Lord to gather on the steps of the Cathedral and walk to the North Park Blocks for work to establish a liturgical feast for the Holy Eucharist, to which she had the Rosary and benediction. Then. return to the Cathedral for a final a great devotion. benediction and reposition. The Father created and predestined us; on the first day of the week He began the The Most Holy Trinity work of creation. The Son redeemed us; Sunday is the “Day of the Lord,” the day of Dr. Pius Parsch His resurrection. The Holy Spirit sanctified us, made us His temple; on Sunday the Holy Spirit descended upon the infant Church. Sunday, therefore, is the day of the The fundamental dogma, on which everything in Christianity is based, is that of the Most Holy Trinity. Blessed Trinity in whose name all Christians are baptized. The feast of the Blessed Try to realize how your whole life begins and ends by virtue of the Holy Trinity. Trinity needs to be understood and celebrated as a prolongation of the mysteries of Recall how the sacraments, of how blessings are administered in the Name of the Christ and as the solemn expression of our faith in this triune life of the Divine Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Think about how the sacrament of baptism or the Persons, to which we have been given access by Baptism and by the Redemption sacrament of penance uses the trinitarian formula.