If the choirs had been singing at Masses this weekend perhaps you would have heard these anthems....                           ENJOY!

Below are hymn selections as well as a gallery of music and lyric images of the hymns for all 4 upcoming weekend masses.  (Consider having this link open on your PHONE while you watch MASS on your computer, a virtual hymnal if you will.)  You will need to swipe through to find the specific hymn you're looking for.  (The white right/left click arrow appears at the edge of the image if you hover the cursor over the margin.) Generally the hymns are in performance order.  Please consult the Upcoming Weekend list (below) for exact titles per Mass.  Also included in the gallery are the Responsorial Psalm refrain and the Gospel Acclamation. Eucharistic Acclamations come from the Mass of Spirit and Grace for the season of Eastertide.

As well, for those who would like to print out at home, PDF Worship Aids are now available.

ABOUT THIS WEEK'S MUSIC: 
Pentecost:
COMMUNION ANTIPHON:  "They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke of the marvels of God, Alleluia."

Alleluia!  We made it!  I think I was an adult before I learned that "PENTA"-COST literally meant 50 days after the celebration of a Jewish holiday which coincided with the Resurrection of our Lord.  From Wikipedia:  The term Pentecost comes from the Greek Πεντηκοστή (Pentēkostē) meaning "fiftieth". It refers to the festival celebrated on the fiftieth day (or Seventh Week depending on how you count it) after Passover, also known as the "Feast of Weeks" and the "Feast of 50 days" in rabbinic tradition.  I've read that pilgrims would travel from far and wide to Jerusalem for the Festival which "celebrated God's presenation of the Jewish Law to Moses on Mount Sinai."  Wouldn't it be cool if we had as big a celebration this Sunday as the Jews had celebrating Shavuot, or Feast of "Weeks" in Hebrew, and the disciples and Mary experienced on that wonderful first Pentecost Day after 9 solid days of PRAYING?   What does a Big Feast look like in this day and age?  Will it be windy tomorrow?  If you have family, check out this link:  https://www.catholicicing.com/whos-ready-to-celebrate-pentecost/

One other thing to note about our music this Sunday is the singing of the Pentecost Sequence. "Veni Sancte Spiritus" is one of only four medieval Sequences which were preserved in the Roman Missal published in 1570 following the Council of Trent (1545–63). Before Trent many feasts had their own sequences.^[2] It is still sung today in some parishes on Pentecost, including ours!  It was traditionally sung in Latin of course, and that version will be featured at the 10:30am Mass, but a wonderful English translation also works beautifully with the well-known HYMN TO JOY melody by Ludwig van Beethoven.
-Jen

PS- Be sure to check out Dave Bartoletti's teaching videos on songs that may not be familiar to our whole Parish community.  


Excerpts from the English translation of Lectionary for Mass (ICEL) 1997; excerpts from the English translation of the Roman Missal 2010 ICEL. All rights reserved.

Weekend of May 30/31, 2020
PENTECOST 
selections subject to change...

Eucharistic Acclamations from "Mass of Spirit and Grace" by Ricky Manalo

Saturday 4 PM  - Fr Peter Kaseta    
JoJo Kilroy, piano   
Lynn McLain, cantor
 
By the Waking of our Hearts (based on Pentecost Sequence)
ENT:       Come, Holy Ghost        
Sequence:      Veni Sancte Spiritus
OFF:       Send Us Your Spirit (D.Schutte)           
COMM:  Spirit and Grace (R.Manalo)     
RECESSIONAL:  One Spirit, One Church

Sunday 8:30 AM  - Fr Phil Tracy    
Chip Carney, guitar
Kate Madore, piano

PRELUDE:          Send Us Your Spirit (D.Haas)
ENT:                   Come, Holy Ghost
Sequence           Come, O Holy Spirit (HYMN TO JOY)
Musical accompaniment to offertory

Sunday  10:30 AM   -    Fr Paul Marquis  
Phil Thibault, organ         
Ron Siviski, cantor

PRELUDE:   Improvisation on Veni Creator Spiritus ( 9th century Latin Hymn), Thibault
ENT:           Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid LASST UNS ERFRUEN 
Sequence:  Veni Sancte Spiritus/Come, O Holy Spirit, Come  CHANT, Mode I
OFF:            O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God     
ANTIPHON:  "They were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke of the marvels of God, Alleluia."
COMMUNION SONG:     Abide with Me   
RECESSIONAL:   Lord you Give the Great Commission
POSTLUDE:   "Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist" (We now implore the Holy Ghost), Dietrich Buxtehude  (1637-1707) Based on the Latin sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit)

Sunday  5:30 PM -   Fr Phil Tracy
Matt Emkey, organ     
tbd, cantor

PRELUDE:   
ENT:            Come, Holy Ghost
Sequence:   Come, O Holy Spirit (HYMN TO JOY)
OFF:            Send Us Your Spirit
COMM:       One Bread, One Body
RECESSIONAL:  Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid  LASST UNS ERFREUEN
POSTLUDE:  

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