Hello all!
Just wanted to let you know that we're going to be having a Living Stations of the Cross Service on Friday, March 24th. Please try to mark your calendars! We're still trying to work out the organization of the evening, but music will definitely a big part of the night.
If you have any ideas, please drop me a line. God bless everyone! Please check this post again in the future. I will try to update this post with scripts and other resources as they become available.
God bless!
/\/\ichael
Friday, February 24, 2006
Random Stuff and Praise!
Hello all!
Just wanted to share a few links with you that have been fairly useful to me in the past few months. If you find anything else of this nature, please drop me a line or a comment. Peace!
Just wanted to share a few links with you that have been fairly useful to me in the past few months. If you find anything else of this nature, please drop me a line or a comment. Peace!
- Another music ministry that posts their selections online: http://members.tripod.com/~Jeshrall/music.html
- Praise and worship goodness:
http://www.cpinternet.com/~robbfc/pwarchive.htm - NPM Planning:
http://www.npm.org/Planning/yearb/index.html
- Center for Liturgy:
http://liturgy.slu.edu/
March 12, 2006 - SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT B Lectionary #26
Context from http://www.npm.org/Planning/yearb/2sl.html
The covenant between God and the people is made in family flesh: Isaac, Jesus, ourselves.
Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18. This is the very difficult story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to please God. It is interpreted here as a “test” of Abraham's fidelity; later Jewish thought also described the practice of circumcision, understood primarily as a dedication to God even to the core of one's being, as evoking the (almost) sacrifice of Isaac.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (115) 116
An individual song of thanksgiving, composed in two sections. Today's selections come from the second part of the psalm (vv. 10-19), which express the psalmist's faith and a vow to offer a thanksgiving sacrifice in the Temple .
Suggested Common Psalm: Ps (94) 95
The “invitatory” that begins the Church's daily prayer each morning is an enthronement hymn praising YHWH as king that shifts into a prophetic warning to avoid infidelity.
If Today You Hear His Voice, Harden Not Your Hearts
Romans 8:31b-34. Paul writes to a community that has already been condemned as heretical by other Jews, one facing imminent persecution from the Roman state. He reminds them that God has been revealed as “for them” in the death of Jesus, so why are they worrying about human accusations?
Mark 9:2-10. Moses and Elijah represent the Torah and the prophets; Jesus transfigured between them is revealed as the fulfillment of the Scriptures. Peter is revealed as a typical human who wants the “good stuff” to last forever.
Opening: If God Is for Us
Ps: Ps 116 : I will walk in the presence of God [R. Cooney] (sing & read)
Offertory: Soul of My Savior (CC-521) *** Instrumental ***
Com1: Lamb of God (see music sheet)
Com2: How Can I Keep from Singing (CC-431)
Closing: Forty Days and Forty Nights
The covenant between God and the people is made in family flesh: Isaac, Jesus, ourselves.
Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18. This is the very difficult story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to please God. It is interpreted here as a “test” of Abraham's fidelity; later Jewish thought also described the practice of circumcision, understood primarily as a dedication to God even to the core of one's being, as evoking the (almost) sacrifice of Isaac.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (115) 116
An individual song of thanksgiving, composed in two sections. Today's selections come from the second part of the psalm (vv. 10-19), which express the psalmist's faith and a vow to offer a thanksgiving sacrifice in the Temple .
Suggested Common Psalm: Ps (94) 95
The “invitatory” that begins the Church's daily prayer each morning is an enthronement hymn praising YHWH as king that shifts into a prophetic warning to avoid infidelity.
If Today You Hear His Voice, Harden Not Your Hearts
Romans 8:31b-34. Paul writes to a community that has already been condemned as heretical by other Jews, one facing imminent persecution from the Roman state. He reminds them that God has been revealed as “for them” in the death of Jesus, so why are they worrying about human accusations?
Mark 9:2-10. Moses and Elijah represent the Torah and the prophets; Jesus transfigured between them is revealed as the fulfillment of the Scriptures. Peter is revealed as a typical human who wants the “good stuff” to last forever.
Opening: If God Is for Us
Ps: Ps 116 : I will walk in the presence of God [R. Cooney] (sing & read)
Offertory: Soul of My Savior (CC-521) *** Instrumental ***
Com1: Lamb of God (see music sheet)
Com2: How Can I Keep from Singing (CC-431)
Closing: Forty Days and Forty Nights
Thursday, February 23, 2006
March 5, 2006 -- FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT B Lectionary #23
Context from http://www.npm.org/Planning/yearb/1sl.html
The covenant between God and the people is made in water: Noah, Jesus, baptism.
Genesis 9:8-15. The covenant between God and Noah reaches beyond humanity to embrace all living beings.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (24) 25
This individual lament encloses the psalmist's repentance over his sins in an evocation of God's mercy which is “from of old.”
1 Peter 3:18-22. Some commentators think that 1 Peter contains a baptismal homily or is based on a baptismal instruction. This excerpt unites three images: Christ going down to death (and to the realm of the dead) but coming to life in the Spirit; Noah saved through water; and baptism, an appeal to God “through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
Mark 1:12-15. After his baptism by John, Jesus is “driven” by the Spirit to a place of challenge and temptation—to the wilderness where Israel met God during the Exodus. The brief text ends with a summary of Jesus' preaching: “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Premass:
Psalm: Ps 25: I Lift Up My Soul (CC-16)
Gospel Acc: Glory and Praise To You by Maria Moon
Offertory: Take My Life (91/ see sheet)
Com 1: Panis Angelicus(CC-519)
Com 2: Come To the Water(CC-400)
Closing: Lord, Who Throughout these Forty Days(CC-260)
The covenant between God and the people is made in water: Noah, Jesus, baptism.
Genesis 9:8-15. The covenant between God and Noah reaches beyond humanity to embrace all living beings.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (24) 25
This individual lament encloses the psalmist's repentance over his sins in an evocation of God's mercy which is “from of old.”
1 Peter 3:18-22. Some commentators think that 1 Peter contains a baptismal homily or is based on a baptismal instruction. This excerpt unites three images: Christ going down to death (and to the realm of the dead) but coming to life in the Spirit; Noah saved through water; and baptism, an appeal to God “through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
Mark 1:12-15. After his baptism by John, Jesus is “driven” by the Spirit to a place of challenge and temptation—to the wilderness where Israel met God during the Exodus. The brief text ends with a summary of Jesus' preaching: “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Premass:
- Teach the Heritage Mass
Psalm: Ps 25: I Lift Up My Soul (CC-16)
Gospel Acc: Glory and Praise To You by Maria Moon
Offertory: Take My Life (91/ see sheet)
Com 1: Panis Angelicus(CC-519)
Com 2: Come To the Water(CC-400)
Closing: Lord, Who Throughout these Forty Days(CC-260)
Friday, February 03, 2006
3/1/06 -- ASH WEDNESDAY (A, B, C) Lectionary #219
This day and Palm Sunday and two of the more popular Lenten celebrations. It seems that some people come to church on these days because we're giving things away: ashes and palm. Clearly, this opening to the "forty days" was added to Lent after the practice of adult initiation had ceased to guide the meaning of the season. The texts focus on repentance by those already baptized rather than preparation for those to be initiated.
NOTE: The Lectionary includes this rubric: "If the blessing and distribution of ashes takes place outside Mass, it is appropriate that the Liturgy of the Word precede it, using texts assigned to the Mass of Ash Wednesday."
Joel 2:12-18. In response to a current calamity, the prophet calls for an act of communal repentance. This reading describes the ritual act itself as well as the prophet's sense, in the final verse, that the Lord will hear the people's prayer.
The great "penitential psalm" that becomes the church's Lenten prayer. Consider not only using a memorable setting of this psalm but also encouraging the parish staff to have copies of the text of the psalm available for personal prayer during Lent and for use by those preparing for sacramental reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:20–6:2. Writing to his favorite community—and also the community that seemed to have the most problem with internal divisions—Paul calls on the Corinthians to become Christ to one another by taking on the very mission that Jesus accomplished, becoming reconcilers for each other just as Jesus has reconciled humanity and God.
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18. Alms, prayer, and fasting are the three traditional actions for this season of repentance. When he discusses these activities, Jesus proposes that they be undertaken seriously and with no attempt to promote one's own piety.
NOTE: The Lectionary includes this rubric: "If the blessing and distribution of ashes takes place outside Mass, it is appropriate that the Liturgy of the Word precede it, using texts assigned to the Mass of Ash Wednesday."
Joel 2:12-18. In response to a current calamity, the prophet calls for an act of communal repentance. This reading describes the ritual act itself as well as the prophet's sense, in the final verse, that the Lord will hear the people's prayer.
The great "penitential psalm" that becomes the church's Lenten prayer. Consider not only using a memorable setting of this psalm but also encouraging the parish staff to have copies of the text of the psalm available for personal prayer during Lent and for use by those preparing for sacramental reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:20–6:2. Writing to his favorite community—and also the community that seemed to have the most problem with internal divisions—Paul calls on the Corinthians to become Christ to one another by taking on the very mission that Jesus accomplished, becoming reconcilers for each other just as Jesus has reconciled humanity and God.
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18. Alms, prayer, and fasting are the three traditional actions for this season of repentance. When he discusses these activities, Jesus proposes that they be undertaken seriously and with no attempt to promote one's own piety.
- Opening: Save Us, O Lord (CC-339)
- Ps: Ps 51: Be Merciful, O Lord (Haugen) ( See sheet)
- Ashes: Ashes(CC-248)
- Offertory: Hosea(CC-341)
- Com 1: We are one Body ( SS-165 )
- Com 2: Turn to Me ( CC-252 )
- Closing: We are called ( CC-511 )
2/26/06 -- EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME B Lectionary #83
Context from http://www.npm.org/Planning/yearb/index.html
This year, this Sunday is the last Sunday before the beginning of Lent. As we sing farewell to “Alleluia” (and to the Gloria ), we send our catechumens to the cathedral for the rite of election. One of the images for Lent is the desert, the place where God became espoused to Israel . Images of the meaning of marriage today can guide our sending of the catechumens and our own entry into Lent: Easter is the wedding garment in which the church is clothed as the bride of Christ.
Hosea 2:16b, 17b, 21-22. The prophet evokes memory of the desert wandering, when the people came to know God and to join a covenant (like a marriage covenant) at Mount Sinai . Through the prophet, God calls on the people to remember that time and that close union, promising to renew it in a covenant that will never be broken.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (102) 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
2 Corinthians 3:1b-6. The Gospel lives in the human heart.
Mark 2:18-22. One popular view of the coming reign of God was to picture it as a great wedding feast celebrating the undying covenant between God and Israel . By calling himself the "bridegroom," Jesus evokes that image. Additional images suggest that a whole new world is dawning in his presence: It will require new garments, not simply patches on old garments, and new wineskins for the new wine that God is preparing.
Prelude 1: Agnus Dei
Prelude 2: God of Wonders
Opening: Come Christians, Join to Sing [CC-361]
Ps: Ps 103: The Lord is kind and merciful (see sheet)
Offertory I have loved you [CC-399]
Com 1: Draw Me Close To You (see sheet)
Com 2: Table of Plenty [cc-475]
Closing Sing of the Lord's Goodness [ CC-357]
This year, this Sunday is the last Sunday before the beginning of Lent. As we sing farewell to “Alleluia” (and to the Gloria ), we send our catechumens to the cathedral for the rite of election. One of the images for Lent is the desert, the place where God became espoused to Israel . Images of the meaning of marriage today can guide our sending of the catechumens and our own entry into Lent: Easter is the wedding garment in which the church is clothed as the bride of Christ.
Hosea 2:16b, 17b, 21-22. The prophet evokes memory of the desert wandering, when the people came to know God and to join a covenant (like a marriage covenant) at Mount Sinai . Through the prophet, God calls on the people to remember that time and that close union, promising to renew it in a covenant that will never be broken.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (102) 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
2 Corinthians 3:1b-6. The Gospel lives in the human heart.
Mark 2:18-22. One popular view of the coming reign of God was to picture it as a great wedding feast celebrating the undying covenant between God and Israel . By calling himself the "bridegroom," Jesus evokes that image. Additional images suggest that a whole new world is dawning in his presence: It will require new garments, not simply patches on old garments, and new wineskins for the new wine that God is preparing.
Prelude 1: Agnus Dei
Prelude 2: God of Wonders
Opening: Come Christians, Join to Sing [CC-361]
Ps: Ps 103: The Lord is kind and merciful (see sheet)
Offertory I have loved you [CC-399]
Com 1: Draw Me Close To You (see sheet)
Com 2: Table of Plenty [cc-475]
Closing Sing of the Lord's Goodness [ CC-357]
2/19/06 -- SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME B Lectionary #80
NOTE: This will be the weekend that I will be away on retreat with CCM. For our MPB music team, please make sure to send me comments or questions regarding this Sunday as soon as possible.
Cathy!!! Thank you so much for taking the lead on picking music for this Sunday. I know it will be great.
Context from http://www.npm.org/Planning/yearb/index.html
One model for service that the church's deacons have always embraced is found in today's Gospel: The friends of the paralyzed man find a way to bring him into contact with Jesus. This model has also been suggested to other orders of the clergy; it is the model for humble service to be embraced by all the baptized.
Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25. The "something new" that the prophet celebrates is the return of the people from exile in Babylon . This surprising event is interpreted as an act of forgiveness for the sinfulness which caused the exile in the first place.
Psalm of the Day: Ps 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14
The psalm begins with a teaching about how God cares for the sick, moves into the prayer of a sick person, and ends with an affirmation that God has cured the sickness.
2 Corinthians 1:18-22. In response to the community's questioning about some of Paul's teaching (specifically about the return of Christ in glory), Paul calls the community to trust in God. Interpretations of God's plan may be mistaken, but God is always "Yes," and our response to God in Christ should always be "Amen."
Mark 2:1-12. The forgiveness of sin is a divine prerogative. By claiming it, Jesus is claiming divine power. To prove that he has such power, he does a less significant thing—he cures paralysis.
Cathy!!! Thank you so much for taking the lead on picking music for this Sunday. I know it will be great.
Context from http://www.npm.org/Planning/yearb/index.html
One model for service that the church's deacons have always embraced is found in today's Gospel: The friends of the paralyzed man find a way to bring him into contact with Jesus. This model has also been suggested to other orders of the clergy; it is the model for humble service to be embraced by all the baptized.
Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25. The "something new" that the prophet celebrates is the return of the people from exile in Babylon . This surprising event is interpreted as an act of forgiveness for the sinfulness which caused the exile in the first place.
Psalm of the Day: Ps 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14
The psalm begins with a teaching about how God cares for the sick, moves into the prayer of a sick person, and ends with an affirmation that God has cured the sickness.
2 Corinthians 1:18-22. In response to the community's questioning about some of Paul's teaching (specifically about the return of Christ in glory), Paul calls the community to trust in God. Interpretations of God's plan may be mistaken, but God is always "Yes," and our response to God in Christ should always be "Amen."
Mark 2:1-12. The forgiveness of sin is a divine prerogative. By claiming it, Jesus is claiming divine power. To prove that he has such power, he does a less significant thing—he cures paralysis.
- Opening: Christ, Be Our Light - [CC395]
- CCM Opening: Trading My Sorrows (see sheet)
- Psalm 41: O God, Heal My Soul(Haas) - (See Sheet)
- Offertory: You Are Near - [CC417]
- Communion 1: To Be Your Bread - [CC488]
- Communion 2: Remember Your Love - [CC337]
- CCM Closing: Light The Fire (see sheet)
- Recessional: Lift Up Your Hearts - [CC373]
2/12/06- SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME B Lectionary #77
Context from http://www.npm.org/Planning/yearb/index.html
Jesus is the one who welcomes the outcasts home. We pray on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time for those who bring healing and comfort to the sick, but we also think about the ministry that we share in Christ, to provide inner healing for all those who are exiled because of "a scab or pustule or blotch" which others might find offensive.
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46. The rules for dealing with someone marked by leprosy are, in fact, rules for protecting the community from the spread of disease. Since there was, until the twentieth century, no way to treat this disease or to prevent its spread, the only option the community had was to exile the person until all signs of the disease disappeared.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (31) 32:1-2, 5, 11
One of the traditional penitential psalms, this wisdom text treats sin as a disease—like leprosy—whose effects can only be taken away by the mercy of God.
1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1. The model for Christian behavior: Let the glory of God shine through your every action, especially through your care for each other.
Mark 1:40-45. Since people believed that only God could heal leprosy, Jesus' healing of the man who comes to him is a sign of the presence of divine power and the reign of God. Jesus tells the person who has been healed to observe the requirements listed in the first reading, so that he can be officially restored to the community, but the man has a somewhat different agenda.
Jesus is the one who welcomes the outcasts home. We pray on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time for those who bring healing and comfort to the sick, but we also think about the ministry that we share in Christ, to provide inner healing for all those who are exiled because of "a scab or pustule or blotch" which others might find offensive.
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46. The rules for dealing with someone marked by leprosy are, in fact, rules for protecting the community from the spread of disease. Since there was, until the twentieth century, no way to treat this disease or to prevent its spread, the only option the community had was to exile the person until all signs of the disease disappeared.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (31) 32:1-2, 5, 11
One of the traditional penitential psalms, this wisdom text treats sin as a disease—like leprosy—whose effects can only be taken away by the mercy of God.
1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1. The model for Christian behavior: Let the glory of God shine through your every action, especially through your care for each other.
Mark 1:40-45. Since people believed that only God could heal leprosy, Jesus' healing of the man who comes to him is a sign of the presence of divine power and the reign of God. Jesus tells the person who has been healed to observe the requirements listed in the first reading, so that he can be officially restored to the community, but the man has a somewhat different agenda.
- CCM Opening: Lord Reign In Me (see sheet)
- MPB Opening: Taste and see [CC27]
- Pslam: Ps 32: I Turn To You ( see sheet )
- Offertory Only In God [CC430]
- Com1 You are mine [CC435]
- Com2 Christians, Let Us Love One Another [CC446]
- Closing Be Glorified (see sheet)
- Postlude Grace Like Rain (see sheet)
2/5/06 -- FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME B Lectionary #74
Context from http://www.npm.org/Planning/yearb/index.html
The readings express the pain of long suffering and the hope of healing.
Job 7:1-4, 6-7. Unrelieved suffering is slavery. It makes a person long for death.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (146) 147
This communal hymn praises God, the creator, who is able to care for the afflicted.
1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23. Paul describes himself as a "slave of all" because he has bound himself to preach the Gospel.
Mark 1:29-39. Jesus heals Simon Peter's mother-in-law and many other people in the town. He describes this action as part of his "preaching," that is, he practices what he preaches.
The readings express the pain of long suffering and the hope of healing.
Job 7:1-4, 6-7. Unrelieved suffering is slavery. It makes a person long for death.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (146) 147
This communal hymn praises God, the creator, who is able to care for the afflicted.
1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23. Paul describes himself as a "slave of all" because he has bound himself to preach the Gospel.
Mark 1:29-39. Jesus heals Simon Peter's mother-in-law and many other people in the town. He describes this action as part of his "preaching," that is, he practices what he preaches.
- Opening: We are called [CC-511]
- Psalm: Ps 147: Bless the Lord, My Soul (Marty Haugen) -- Sing/Read - See Sheet
- Offertory: Abide With Me (instrumental) [CC-529]
- Com 1: Song of the Body of Christ [CC-480]
- Com 2: We Are the Light of the World [CC-396]
- Closing: I could sing of your love forever [SS-184]
Music Ministry @ MPB
Hello all!
Welcome to Most Precious Blood Catholic Church Music Ministry blog. Wow! That's a long title. I got a suggestion from one of our choir members that we need a place to know what's coming up in the next few weeks or so. In the past, we've used the forum format that worked pretty well, but I don't want to burden Ted with hosting it for the future.
I also hope to use this as a forum for sharing musical events coming up in our community as well as fun trends in media, music, and the Internet as related to our music ministry. For all posts, feel free to share your questions and comments.
Can't wait to Jam with you later!
In Christ,
Michael
Welcome to Most Precious Blood Catholic Church Music Ministry blog. Wow! That's a long title. I got a suggestion from one of our choir members that we need a place to know what's coming up in the next few weeks or so. In the past, we've used the forum format that worked pretty well, but I don't want to burden Ted with hosting it for the future.
I also hope to use this as a forum for sharing musical events coming up in our community as well as fun trends in media, music, and the Internet as related to our music ministry. For all posts, feel free to share your questions and comments.
Can't wait to Jam with you later!
In Christ,
Michael
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