Parish Path/Planning - Resurrection Parish

Apart from those seasons having their own distinctive character, thirty-three or thirty-four weeks remain in the yearly cycle that do not celebrate a specific aspect of the mystery of Christ. Rather, especially on Sundays, they are devoted to the mystery of Christ in all its aspects. This period is known as Ordinary Time.

General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, 43

Each Easter….as on each Sunday
ON THE MEANING OF MASS: We are not dismissed FROM the Mass. We are dismissed TO the world.

path

paragraph

The concluding rite is a movement
from church to the world;
from altar to people;
from Christ crucified on Calvary
to Christ crucified in our streets.

Walter Burghardt

Our problem is how to live what we pray,
how to make our lives a daily commentary
on our prayer book,
how to live in consonance with what we promise,
how to keep faith with the vision we pronounce.

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

SENSE OF THE SEASON

For reflection and sharing . . .

What do you normally do after Mass? How do you keep the rest of the day and the coming week holy?
Think about what it means to you when someone says, “Be good!” Reflect on the words, “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.” In the coming week, what specifically do these words call you to?
Think about the concluding rites at this Sunday’s Mass being the beginning of next week’s Mass.

Please note this change in our ritual pattern:
As a result of reflection on the Concluding Rites of the Mass, we will be moving the announcements to the end of the Mass. These announcements will follow the prayer after communion. They will be brief and include activities that help us live out our baptismal call, ways in which we will live what we pray during the following week. Any information that prepares us to celebrate the liturgy for which we are present will be shared before Mass, as is our usual practice.

NOTES on the LITURGY OF THE WORD
-- from Sourcebook 2008 © 2007 Liturgy Training Publications
We begin the summer months of Ordinary Time celebrating the solemnities of the Most Holy Trinity (May 18) and the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (May 25). Then the seasonal Sunday Gospel resumes at the Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time on June 1.

In the Gospel readings of this season, we will hear of the beginning of Jesus Galilean ministry: the call of Matthew the tax collector; Christ’s healing ministry; his preaching on the mission of the Church and the kingdom of God. The second readings are from three of Saint Paul’s letters: Romans (May to September 7); to be followed by Philippians (September 14 through October 12) and then Thessalonians (October 19 through November 14). The first readings of this season include some of the most well-known Old Testament stories: God’s promise to make Israel a holy nation (11^th Sunday); Elijah meeting the Lord on Mount Horeb (19^th Sunday); the word of the Lord preparing a feast on his holy mountain (28^th Sunday). The psalms of the season help us sing in praise of the law of God; his faithfulness and saving presence; that we are God’s holy people. And in the final weeks of the year, the psalms point us to the final destination of our journey here on earth: the house of the Lord to which we go with great rejoicing.

Keep in mind that the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (#29) emphasizes this in the Liturgy of the Word:

When the Sacred Scriptures are read in Church, God himself speaks to his people, and Christ, present in his own word, proclaims the Gospel.

Therefore, all must listen with reverence to the readings from God’s word, for they make up an element of greatest importance in the Liturgy.

With this basic understanding of the Liturgy of the Word, the proclamation of scripture, then, deserves every care and attention—from both ministers and the listening assembly.

What kind of care and attention are needed? A partial list of considerations follows.

Do the lectors, cantors and those who proclaim the Gospel approach their ministry with the above understanding in mind?
Are the readings prepared well before they are proclaimed?
Are the psalms prepared well before they are proclaimed?
Does the flow of the Liturgy of the Word include communal silence?
Does this silence allow the proclaimed and preached word of God to echo in the hearts of souls of the assembly?
Does the assembly prepare to hear the proclaimed word?

The Look of the Season—Environment and Art
The liturgical color throughout Ordinary Time is green. Our Ordinary Time cross banner will return, but with an accent color for Summer Ordinary Time versus Winter and Fall Ordinary Time.

Again we would like to incorporate native plant life of the area and season as an accent in our Worship Space. By using local and seasonal plants, we are acknowledging God’s faithful abundance and presence in our daily lives. Parishioners may be invited to coordinate with the environment coordinator to bring in flowers or plants from their gardens.

The icon stand could again be placed in front of the chapel. As preparation time permits, this area in our Gathering Space could use any saints icons we have during the week of their “day” as it occurs during Ordinary Time. A brief explanation of the saint’s life could be incorporated as well. (Is there anyone who would like to coordinate this effort?)

Sounds of the Season—Liturgical Music
“One means of keeping the music of Ordinary Time special is to focus as much attention on the specific mysteries and stories contained in the texts of every Sunday Mass as we do on those of great solemnities.”

2006 Sourcebook for Sundays and Seasons, page 211

Liturgical music echoes to bear in mind in the solemnities and feasts of Ordinary Time: Trinity Sunday~Pentecost; Corpus Christi~Holy Thursday; All Saints~fruits of Resurrection (Easter); Christ the King~Ascension.
Because the assembly already sings in their entirety three different versions of the Gloria in refrain-verse form, last fall we learned a through-composed Gloria. We will use this again during this segment of ordinary time.
We will use the responsorial psalm of the day whenever possible. Also, continue building our parish psalm repertoire.

Our parish sings well at least one version of each Ordinary Time seasonal psalms. These psalms sing in praise of the law of God, praise God for his faithfulness and saving presence. They sing of us as God’s holy people. And the one for the final weeks of the year calls us to go rejoicing to our final destination: the house of the Lord.

Currently in our repertoire are:

Psalm 19: Lord, You Have the Words of Everlasting Life (Haas)
Psalm 27: The Lord is My Light and My Salvation (Haas)
Psalm 34: Taste and See (Haugen)
The Cry of the Poor (Foley)
Psalm 63: Your Love is Finer Than Life (Haugen)
I Long for You, O Lord (Balhoff/Daigle/Ducote)
Psalm 95: If Today You Hear God’s Voice (Haas)
Psalm 100:We are God’s People (Haas)
Psalm 103:The Lord is Kind and Merciful (Cotter)
The Lord is Kind and Merciful (Haugen)
Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name (Haas)
And Psalm 122 for the final weeks of the year: Come, Let Us Go Rejoicing

back to top

GENERAL RITUAL PATTERN -- Ordinary Time during the Summer

Before mass begins:
Lights will be dimmed and spotlights on the font, altar and ambo well before Mass begins. This is the “Before Mass” setting.

Candles are lighted at the AMBO before people arrive.
Lectionary is already on the ambo.
5 minutes before Mass begins:

~ chime sounds and
~ doors close, with the exception of those closest to the chapel. (The last
doors will be closed during the procession.)
~ lights raised to “full on” by the lector

Musicians are encouraged to do a prelude.
After a period of silence, lector or cantor welcomes all and may offer an introduction and any comments necessary as preparation for the celebration of the liturgy at this time. (Announcements will be made at the end of Mass.)

There is a procession of cross, ministers and Book of the Gospels carried by the Deacon (or lector in the absence of a deacon). Book of the Gospels is placed on the altar.
Remaining open doors close for the Gathering procession.

Gathering Rite:
Entrance Procession: Cross, Server, Gospel Book (Deacon or lector when deacon is not present), Presider.
Sign of the cross and greeting

Sprinkling Rite or Penitential Rite
****Special notes****
When we have baptisms at mass, there is a special opening that may need to replace your chosen opening remarks and penitential rite, etc.
Based on prayers and scriptures of the day, choose the Sprinkling Rite or one of the options for the Penitential Rite:
Confiteor with Spoken or Sung Kyrie
Penitential Form C – with varying invocations (Litany of Praise)
The Gloria is sung each Sunday during Ordinary Time.
Opening Prayer concludes the Gathering Rite.

Liturgy of the Word
****Special notes****
NOTE: For baptisms and other sacraments there are special intercessions that may need to replace those prepared for other Masses that weekend.
The Gospel procession follows the usual Ordinary Time pattern. Low (or short) procession of the Book of Gospels (i.e., no candles, direct route from altar to ambo). General intercessions could focus on the challenges of discipleship.

Liturgy of the Eucharist
This follows the usual Ordinary Time pattern.
Altar servers move the candles come to the altar.
Lights are dimmed at the Communion Meditation.
The Prayer after Communion follows.
Announcements-- How will we live what we pray this week; how will we keep faith with the vision we pronounce: At this time, we make announcements of ways in which we are asked to live our baptismal call in the coming week.

Concluding Rite
Full procession out. Cross leads the way.
Gospel book will remain at the ambo and candles at altar.
Altar servers return after Mass to snuff out candles.

back to top

LITURGY CALENDAR
ORDINARY TIME after Pentecost -- Summer
Cycle A (Matthew)
Now through August 31, 2008

Still to be scheduled:
Anointing of the Sick
Baptisms (group and at Mass) July onward
Confirmation prayer support, fall
Taizé
Parish Stewardship Drive
Days included in [brackets] are feasts and solemnities for which we will not require scheduled lectors or musicians.
Items included in (parentheses) are events or activities that could be considered for inclusion in the general intercessions, but will not be specifically included in the liturgy in any other way.

Ordinary Time

Tuesday 06/10/09 7 pm Sending Mass for Pitcher and Basin, YNIA
06/15/08: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wednesday 06/18/08 7:00 pm Liturgy Committee Meeting (Room 3)
06/22/08: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sat. 5:30 pm; Sun. 8:00 and 10:30 am Anointing of the Sick during Mass
12:30 pm Group Baptism Option
[06/24/08: Nativity of St. John the Baptist: Day – Solemnity]

06/29/08: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles: Day - Solemnity Second Collection: Works of the Holy Father
[07/03/08: Saint Thomas, Apostle – Feast]
07/06/08: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
07/13/08: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time All Masses -- Baptism at Mass Option
Wednesday 07/16/08 7:00 pm Liturgy Committee Meeting (Room 3)
07/20/08: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
[07/25/08: Saint James, Apostle – Feast]
07/27/08: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 12:30 pm Group Baptism Option
08/03/08: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
[08/06/08: Transfiguration of the Lord – Feast]
08/10/08: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time All Masses—Baptism at Mass Option

Friday 08/15/08: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Day - Solemnity 8:30 am 7:00 pm
08/17/08: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wednesday 08/20/08 7:00 pm Liturgy Committee Meeting (Room 3)
08/24/08: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 12:30 pm Group Baptism Option
08/31/08: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

back to top

ALTAR SERVER
ORDINARY TIME PROCEDURES

COLOR FOR CORDS: Green and White

SIGN IN on the Schedule in the Sacristy

GATHERING RITE
1.Make sure candles are at the ambo and light them
10 minutes before Mass starts.
2.Full procession from sacristy.
Cross leads the procession.

LITURGY OF THE WORD
1.Remain at your seat.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
1.Prepare the altar as usual.
2.Bring the candles from the Ambo to the Altar.
3.Help Father and Deacon receive the gifts in front of the altar. Get the finger bowl and towel, go stand behind the altar and be ready to help Father wash his hands.
4.Return to your seats.

CONCLUDING RITE
1.Full procession out. Cross leads the way.
2.Candles remain at altar; however, you must return and put them out. Please use a snuffer to avoid blowing wax onto the candleholder, wall or floor. THANK YOU!