THE WEDNESDAY REPORT

March 16, 2022: The Bringin' of the Green 

Dear Partners in Ministry,

It’s late on Wednesday afternoon, so pardon the brevity here! 

Louis Pelton Funeral This Saturday

As many of you already know, Mary Pelton’s father, Louis, died this weekend. His funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday at 9:30 am here at St. Noel; on behalf of Mary and her family, all of you are invited to join the Resurrection Choir in sharing your gifts in service for this Mass.

If you’d like to join us, just be in the music area by 9 am. You’ll need your JourneySongs book and Mass of Creation score.

Music selections include:

• I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (JS 692)
• Psalm 63: As Morning Breaks (JS 53; Mary Pelton will cantor)
• Amazing Grace (JS 680)
• Look Beyond (JS 775)
• Kevin’s “Song of Commemoration” (we’ll have handouts if you need one)
• City of God (JS 813)

JourneySongs Return Tomorrow Night

A reminder to bring your JourneySongs choir hymnals to rehearsal tonight. Don’t worry about your Choral Praise books for now; we’ll deal with them after Easter. Those of you who either have a copy here or don’t have one will likely get them at rehearsal.

Name tags

I’ve put together name tags for all of you, which I’d like you to wear for a little while. This will not only help me, but help those who are new to our ministry. We’ll have tags, lanyards, and markers ready for you by the piano tomorrow night. Thank you!

Reminder: Scrutinies Begin March 19

The three Lenten Scrutinies begin next Saturday, March 19, and continue March 26 and April 2 at the 5 pm Masses. The readings and propers will be from Year A instead of Year C for the 5pm only these weekends; while this changes the Psalms, the rest of the music will remain the same. So: for the 5pm Mass those weeks, your psalms are:

March 19: [JS 72] Ps 95: If Today You Hear His Voice (Farrell)

March 26: [CP 449] Ps 23: Shepherd Me, O God (Haugen)

April 2: [JS 108] Ps 130: With the Lord There Is Mercy (Modlin)

Triduum and Easter Sunday Music Coming Friday

I will post all music selections for our Triduum and Easter celebrations this Friday and update the Music Selections links on this post as well. That same document will also feature the Sundays of Easter as I’m able. Thanks for your patience!

This Week in Liturgy

I’ll update links to music by Friday.

MARCH 20: THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

You’ll need:

• JourneySongs
• Kyrie (Ward)
• Mass of Creation

NEW THIS WEEK: We’ll introduce the Mystery of Faith (We Proclaim Your Death) and Amen from the Stephan Mass of Renewal (CP 153-154/JS 179-180). 

Hear the entire Mass of Renewal at https://www.ocp.org/en-us/collections/dg/24/mass-of-renewal#mp3

Gathering Song: MI 661 [JS 531] Seek the Lord (O'Connor)

Responsorial Psalm (Saturday): WA [JS 72] Ps 95: If Today You Hear God’s Voice (Farrell)

Responsorial Psalm (Sunday): MI 664 [JS 532] Ps 103: Loving and Forgiving (Soper)

Prep of Gifts: MI 438 [JS 678] O God, You Search Me (Farrell)

Communion: MI 354 [JS 788] Bread of Life (Farrell)

Sending: instrumental on “O God, You Search Me”

MARCH 27: FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

You’ll need:

• JourneySongs
• Kyrie (Ward)
• Mass of Creation

Hear the entire Mass of Renewal at https://www.ocp.org/en-us/collections/dg/24/mass-of-renewal#mp3

Adding music and links tomorrow (Thursday).

Music Selections

Lent and Holy Week (March 2–April 10) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/171vJ3lXcJ4QGkfExKZuiGiGcuVN8fUAwtGrpZNaIRXs/edit#gid=1188808936

Triduum and Easter Season (April 14-June 5) coming Friday!

Thank you all!

Tony