May 1, 2022, 3rd Sunday of Easter

The Family Choir will be singing Sunday, May 1, 2022 for the 11 a.m. Mass. We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. The practice will end at 10:30 p.m. to allow for the Rosary to follow afterwards.

The transparent vinyl sheet in front of the choir area at the front has been removed. There are no longer any social distancing requirements, and no mask requirements. Choir members are welcome to join in singing for this service. Those who may prefer to sing with the choir from the pews in front of the choir are welcome to do so. If you are still concerned about COVID, please feel free to join us from the congregation.

The music selections for the 3rd Sunday of Easter and First Holy Communion are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting (10 page PDF file) available online. For individual pages of the PDF, or audio files of the Mass parts, please select this link which will open up a page of links to individual pages in the Mass setting, and an audio file of the corresponding keyboard accompaniment.

Entrance: GP 313 Alleluia No. 1 (also called Alleluia Gives Thanks to the Risen Lord) (YouTube link)
Kyrie: link to PDF
Gloria: link to PDF

Psalm: Psalm 30 - link to PDF

Response: I will extol you, Lord, for you have raised me up.

Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia - link to PDF

Christ is risen, the Lord of all creation;

he has shown pity on all people.

Preparation of the Gifts: GP 478 Bread of Life verses 1 to 3,1 (YouTube link)

Holy Holy: link to PDF

Memorial Acclamation: A - We Proclaim Your Death... link to PDF

Amen: link to PDF
Lamb of God: link to PDF

Communion: GP 511 Taste and See (YouTube link)
                        GP  512 Bread, Blest and Broken (YouTube link)

Recessional: GP 739 Sing a New Song (YouTube link)

April 17, 2022, Easter Sunday

The Family Choir will be singing Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 for the 11 a.m. Mass. We will meet at 9:15 a.m. on Sunday morning to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. The practice will end at 10:30 p.m. to allow for the Rosary to follow afterwards.

The transparent vinyl sheet in front of the choir area at the front has been removed. There are no longer any social distancing requirements, and no mask requirements. Choir members are welcome to join in singing for this service. Those who may prefer to sing with the choir from the pews in front of the choir are welcome to do so. If you are still concerned about COVID, please feel free to join us from the congregation.

The music selections for Easter Sunday are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting (10 page PDF file) available online. For individual pages of the PDF, or audio files of the Mass parts, please select this link which will open up a page of links to individual pages in the Mass setting, and an audio file of the corresponding keyboard accompaniment.

Entrance: 389 CBW Jesus Christ is Risen Today (YouTube link)
Kyrie: link to PDF
Gloria: link to PDF

Psalm: Psalm 118 - link to PDF, link to audio

Response: Blessed the one who trusts in the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia - link to PDF

Christ our Paschal Lamb, has been sacrificed;
let us feast with joy in the Lord.

Preparation of the Gifts: CBW 403 Now The Green Blade Rises (YouTube link)

Holy Holy: link to PDF

Memorial Acclamation: A - We Proclaim Your Death... link to PDF

Amen: link to PDF
Lamb of God: link to PDF

Communion: CBW 404 O Songs and Daughters (YouTube link)
                       CBW 393 Something Which is Known (YouTube link)

Recessional: GP 331 This Day Was Made by the Lord (YouTube link)

Good Friday, April 15, 2022

The Family Choir will be singing Friday, April 15, 2022 for the  3 p.m. Service.  We will meet at 1:15 p.m. on Friday afternoon to get organized for the practice and then begin rehearsal at 1:30 a.m.  The practice will end at 2:30 p.m. to leave a period of quiet before the Service begins.

 

The transparent vinyl sheet in front of the choir area at the front has been removed.  There are no longer any social distancing requirements, and no mask requirements.  Choir members are welcome to join in singing for this service.  Those who may prefer to sing with the choir from the pews in front of the choir are welcome to do so.  If you are still concerned about COVID, please feel free to join us from the congregation.

The Good Friday Service is not a Mass.  Instead, it consists of three components: the Liturgy of the Word, the Adoration of the Holy Cross, and Holy Communion.  Therefore, we won't be singing the usual parts of the Mass for Lent (except for the Gospel Acclamation), and there will be no Entrance or Recessional hymns.

The music selections for this Good Friday Service are listed below.

CBW - Catholic Book of Worship III
GP - Glory and Praise III

Mass Parts - Please see the 2021 Mass Setting available online.

Entrance:  No entrance hymn.  The priest and servers enter in silence.

First Reading:

Psalm:  Psalm 31 - link to PDF, link to audio

Response:  Father into your hands, I commend my spirit.

Second Reading:

Gospel Acclamation:  2021 Mass Setting - Lenten Gospel Acclamation

Christ became obedient for us to death, even death on a Cross.

Therefore God exalted him and gave him the name above every name.

Solemn Intercessions:  Fr. Mitch will be intoning the intercessions.  He will first intone the intention.  There will be a brief pause.  Then he will say (or sing) the prayer response.  The choir will respond with a simple sung Amen.  There are 10 intercessions in total.

Adoration of the Cross:  Fr. Mitch will process in from the back of the church with a cross veiled in a violet covering.    He will first uncover a little of the upper part of the cross.  Then he will sing, "Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world."  The choir and congregation responds "Come, let us adore."   The second time more of the cross is exposed and the refrains repeated.  Similarly, the same thing is done the third time and the entire veil is removed.  Fr. Mitch will venerate the cross and then be seated.  There will not be any veneration of the cross by the congregation at this time.  The hymn will be sung after Fr. Mitch is seated.

Hymn During Adoration of the Cross:  CBW #378 O Sacred Head Surrounded

Communion:  Fr. Mitch will prepare the bare altar for Holy Communion.  The Our Father will be receited along with additional prayers.  There will be no Lamb of God said or sung.

Communion:  CBW #379 Behold The Wood
                         CBW #380 Jesus Remember Me
                         G&P #300 Were you There

Recessional:  No recessional hymn.  The priest and servers leave in silence.