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Advent-Christmas Year B (November 2014-February 2015)
Christmas Love
Text and music by M.D.Ridge
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Soft it comes, gift of night,
Star of Christmas, love so bright.
Joy and peace fill the earth
with Christmas love in Jesus’ birth
Born a king long ago,
Gentle as the sifting snow,
Still our hearts know the wonder:
Love made flesh in God’s own Son.
But still the homeless wander;
The hungry cry for bread.
Old hatred flares anew:
Where will we find our Prince of Peace?
Shepherds kneel, kings bow down:
All our world is Bethl’em town.
Blest is he who comes in glory,
bringing Christmas love once more.
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Text& Music: © 1989, M.D.Ridge. OCP Publications. All rights reserved. www.ocp.org
The Diocese of Wollongong is now taking orders for Redeem – Daily Advent
and Christmas Reflections 2014 at $3.00 per copy.
Continuing the tradition from past years, Redeem contains short daily
reflections from the beginning of Advent (30 November 2014) through to the
Epiphany (4 January 2015) primarily for personal use, but also appropriate for
group use such as parish, Church agency, religious community and school
staff/class prayer.
These spiritually rich, yet accessible, daily reflections have been written by six
clergy and religious from the Diocese of Wollongong:
Lectio Divina:
Praying the Scriptures in Advent Year B
From the Diocese of Broken Bay, this resource includes the texts
of the readings for Advent and Christmas with some reflections
to assist personal or group prayer.
This resource was published in 2011 for the Liturgical Year B.
Download a copy from the Diocese of Broken Bay
http://www.dbb.org.au/_uploads/_ckpg/files/Lectio%20ADVENT%202011.pdf
The Catholic Lectionary Website
This website by Jesuit Fr Felix Just provides resources for liturgy and prayer
for the Seasons of Advent and Christmas
http://catholic-resources.org/Lectionary/Seasons-Advent-Christmas.htm
Liturgical Ministry Formation for Advent
from the Archbishop's Office for Evangelisation, Melbourne.
Getting It Rite Liturgical Seminar (Advent)
"The Joy of the Gospel during Advent and Christmas – through Liturgical & Personal Prayer"
9.00 am – 3.00 pm Saturday 15th November 2014
Thomas Carr Centre, 278 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne
This seminar will focus on the Advent and Christmas season with a keynote
presentation by Rev. Anthony McSweeney SSS followed by workshops on:
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RCIA
Scripture
Rites of Anointing and Communion of the Sick
Christian Meditation
Advent/Christmas Organ Repertoire/Suzuki Method
Engaging Families During Advent,
Parish Choral Music Repertoire for Advent/Christmas
Liturgical Environment for Advent and Christmas.
Cost: $25 per person
To register: contact the Archbishop’s Office for Evangelisation
P: 03 9926 5761
F: 03 9926 5767
E: [email protected]
W: http://www.cam.org.au/evangelisation/Services/Liturgical-Ministry-Formation
‘Peace I leave you, my peace I give you’
By Fr Stanley Orji, Archdiocese of Brisbane Commission on the Liturgy.
THE Church has good news to tell: this joyful news springs from these words of Christ –
the “sign of peace”.
There is every reason to greet with pleasure the Church’s recent effort to reaffirm the
current form and place of the “sign of peace” within our sacred liturgy.
The Church tells us with an air of freshness what this timeless ritual is and what it is not.
St Justin Martyr in the second century recorded the first kiss of peace in the Eucharist
before the offertory. In the late fourth century this liturgical gesture was assigned to
follow on from the Our Father.
During the middle ages it was replaced with the kissing of the altar by the priest, and
not until the Second Vatican Council was the “sign of peace” restored to the Mass of the
Roman Rite.
Why a new teaching on the sign of peace?
For full article, visit the Catholic Leader (Brisbane) at
http://catholicleader.com.au/?s=stanley+orji
The Sign of Peace
By Elizabeth Harrington, Education Office, Liturgy Brisbane, Archdiocese of Brisbane.
In 2005 members of the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist investigated a proposal that
the Sign of Peace might be better placed elsewhere in the Mass because having it just
before Communion causes problems if not conducted appropriately.
After nine years of study and consultation, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the
Sacraments has issued a circular letter stating that the great majority of bishops
conferences around the world preferred the present place and form for the Sign of
Peace and so there would be no change to current practice.
The exchange of peace has been part of the Roman liturgy since earliest times.
Originally it occurred before the Presentation of Gifts in response to Jesus’ exhortation
in Matthew 5:23-24: “If you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your
brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be
reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”
In the late fourth century the Sign of Peace moved to its present location immediately
after the Our Father. This position links it with the last petition of the Lord’s Prayer that
we be forgiven “as we forgive those who trespass against us” and with the reception of
Eucharist which follows.
In the Middle Ages the gesture came to be limited to the clergy alone and was eventually
replaced by the priest’s kissing of the altar.
The 1969 Missal of Paul VI issued after the Second Vatican Council restored the Sign of
Peace to the Mass. This was in line with the renewed emphasis on the communal aspect
of liturgical worship, and also embodied the reminder from the Council that Christ is
present in the assembly.
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal explains that in the Rite of Peace “the
Church entreats peace and unity for herself and for the whole human family, and the
faithful express to each other their ecclesial communion and mutual charity before
communicating in the Sacrament”. It is a sign of conversion and peace-making, leading
us to the holy communion of the Body of Christ, the Church.
The General Instruction adds:
In the dioceses of Australia the most common form of the gesture of peace is the
handshake, although different practices according to region and culture are not excluded.
However, it is appropriate that each person offer the sign of peace only to those who are
nearest and in a sober manner.
While the Sign of Peace is being given, it is permissible to say ‘The peace of the Lord be
with you always’ to which the reply is ‘Amen’.
The Sign of Peace needs to be kept in proportion and not become more elaborate or
occupy more time than other more important elements of the celebration. The Sign of
Peace is not a time for shaking hands and saying Hello to as many people as possible in
the available time: hospitality is practised as people arrive for Mass, not when it is
almost over!
The Sign of Peace is a symbolic gesture, so we do it deliberately and sincerely with just
those around us. We are imparting to others the blessing of Christ’s peace.
From Liturgy Lines, 7th September 2014
http://liturgybrisbane.net.au/liturgy-lines/
Used with permission.
“Life is this simple:
we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent
and the divine is shining through it all the time.
This is not just a nice story or a fable, it is true. ”
Thomas Merton
LITURGY PLANNER ADVENT – ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B)
NOVEMBER 2014 – FEBRUARY 2015
SUNDAY/FEAST
1st Sunday
Advent
30th November
2014
LITURGY OF THE WORD
Is 63: 16-17;64:1,3-8: We are the
clay, you are the potter.
1Cor 1:3-9 I never stop thanking
God for all the graces you have
received.
Mk 13; 33-37 Stay awake! You do
not know the hour when the Lord is
coming.
Ps 79 (80): Lord, make us turn to
you, let us see your face and we
shall be saved.
As One Voice Psalms
http://www.asonevoice.com.au/sin
g-the-responsorial-psalms
CWB 173
GA 47, 455
G 37
AOV1 -115
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
PSYB
RM 1
RPB
Gospel Acc (Ps 84:8):
Lord show us your mercy and love
and grant us your salvation.
Use Advent Litany (GA 279: verses
1-4)
Advent Alleluia (FTS/TTT)
Advent Alleluia – M Joncas (GIA)
Celtic Alleluia (GA 141/AOV1)
Plainchant Alleluia (GA 142 / CWB
545)
Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
Mason/Willow)
HYMN SUGGESTIONS
Gathering
*Advent Song (GA)
*Stay Awake, Be Ready (verse1) (MCLW)
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (AOV1/CWB/GA)
Come Lord Jesus (FTS/TTT)
Come, Lord Jesus (Herry SSSL)
Come O Long Expected Jesus (CWB /TIS)
Maranatha (GA/G)
Watch Out, Wake Up! (FTS/TTT/SYJ)
Advent Wreath
Music & prayers (GA 272-276)
Christmas Is Coming (TIS 289)
Like a Candle (ANG 91)
Wait for the Lord (GA/G)
Gloria omitted
Prep Gifts (Music, Song or Silence)
*I Thank My God (EW)
* Be On Your Guard
http://www.maristmusic.org.au/advent-year-b/
A Trusting Psalm (AOV1 /GA)
Advent Litany (GA)
Advent Song (GA)
Come O Jesus (CWB)
Come to Set Us Free (GA/AOV1/ G)
Eye Has Not Seen (AOV1 /GA/G)
First Sunday of Advent (AOV1)
God of All People (G)
Send Down the Fire (AOV2)
The Promise Part 1 (CS)
Wait for the Lord (GA/ G)
Communion
Advent Chant (AOV2/ AOVK)
Bread of Life, Hope of the World(GA/AOV1)
Earthen Vessels (GP1)
Everyday God (RIH)
Holy Darkness (AOV2)
Love Divine All Loves Excelling
(GA/CWB/TIS)
My Soul In Stillness Waits (GA /G)
Now in this Banquet (GA/G)
People of the Night (G)
Table of Plenty (AOV2)
Wake, O Wake and Sleep No Longer (GA
/CWB)
Sending Forth
Bring Forth the Kingdom (AOV2/GA)
2nd Sunday
Advent
Is 40; 1-5, 9-11 Prepare the way for
the Lord.
7th December
2014
2 Pet 3:8-14 We wait for a new
heaven and a new earth.
Christ Be Our Light (AOV2 /GA)
City of God (AOV1/GA/ G)
Come O Long Expected Jesus (CWB/TIS)
Find Us Ready (FUR)
Go Now In Peace (AOVK/LCT)
God Of Abraham (GA)
Sing Out Earth and Skies (AOV2)
Take Christ to the World (GA)
Gathering
*Advent Song (GA)
*Stay Awake, Be Ready (verse 2)(MCLW)
*Prepare the Way (GA/CWB)
*Prepare the Way
http://www.maristmusic.org.au/advent-year-b/
Mk 1:1-8 Make straight the paths of
the Lord.
Ps 84 (85): Lord, let us see your
kindness and grant us your
salvation.
As One Voice Psalms
http://www.asonevoice.com.au/sin
g-the-responsorial-psalms
CWB 176
GA 49
G 37, 40
PFAT Ps 84
PFS
PSYB
RM 2
RPB
Gospel Acc (Lk 3:4-6): Prepare the
way for the Lord, make straight his
paths
Use Advent Litany (GA 279: v. 4-6)
Advent Alleluia (FTS/TTT)
Advent Alleluia – M Joncas (GIA)
Celtic Alleluia (GA 141/AOV1)
Plainchant Alleluia (GA 142 / CWB
545)
Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
Mason/Willow)
A Voice Cries Out (GA)
A Voice in the Wilderness (AOV1)
Advent Chant (AOV2/AOVK)
Advent Litany (GA)
Come O Long Expected Jesus (CWB/TIS)
Maranatha (GA)
On Jordan’s Bank (CWB)
Praise to You O Christ Our Saviour
(GA/AOV1/G)
Advent Wreath
Music & prayers (GA 272-276)
Christmas Is Coming (TIS 289)
Like a Candle (ANG 91)
Wait for the Lord (GA/G)
Gloria omitted
Prep Gifts (Music, Song or Silence)
*Comfort, Comfort My People (AOV2)
*Take Comfort God’s People (CWB)
*Be Consoled My People (CWB)
God of All People (G)
Let God’s Dream Be Born (AOV2)
Love Divine All Loves Excelling
(CWB/TIS/GA)
O Emmanuel (FTS/TTT/AOVK)
The Day Is Near (G)
The Promise Part 2 (CS)
The River Will Rise (G)
Wait for the Lord (GA/G)
Communion
*Like A Shepherd (GA/AOV2/ GP2/ G)
* Show Us Your Kindness (FIWS)
Bread of Life Hope for the World
(GA/AOV1)
Christ Circle Round Us (Dan Schutte
www.ocp.org )
Every Valley (GP1)
Hold Me In Life (G)
My Soul In Stillness waits (GA)
Now in this Banquet (GA/G)
Open the Heavens (AOV2)
Song of the Body of Christ (AOV1/GA)
Sending Forth
A New Heart for A New World (AOV1/ GA)
God of Abraham (GA)
City of God (GA/G/ AOV1)
Come Lord Jesus (FTS)
Fill Every Valley (AOVK/FTS/TTT)
Fill Every Valley (FTS)
Send Down the Fire (AOV2)
Take Christ to the World (GA)
The Voice of God (GA/ CWB)
Solemnity: The
Immaculate
Conception of
the Virgin Mary
th
8 December
2014
Gen 3:9-15,20
Eph 1:3-6, 11-12
Lk 1:26-38
Ps 97: Sing to the Lord a new song:
proclaim his marvellous deeds.
Gospel Acc Ps 84:8):
Lord show us your mercy and love
and grant us your salvation.
3rd Sunday
Advent
14th December
2014
Gaudete
(Rejoice) Sunday
Use Advent Litany
Advent Alleluia (FTS/TTT)
Celtic Alleluia (GA 141/AOV1)
Plainchant Alleluia (GA 142 / CWB
545) Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
Mason/Willow)
Is 61:1-2, 10-11 The Spirit of the
Lord has been given to me
1Thess 5;16-24 May you all be kept
blameless, spirit, soul and body, for
the coming of Christ.
Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 A man came, sent by
God and his name was John.
Psalm (Lk 1:46-50, 53-54): My soul
rejoices in my God.
As One Voice Psalms
http://www.asonevoice.com.au/sin
g-the-responsorial-psalms
GA 15, 50
CWB 179,606, 635
The Wonders He Has Done For You (EW)
Hail Mary Gentle Woman (GP1/ GA/AOV)
Salve Regina (CWB/GA)
Hail Queen of Heaven (CWB/GA)
There Is Nothing Told (GA)
Magnificat/Sing Out, My Soul (GA)
Magnificat/Canticle of Mary (CWB/G)
The Magnificat /My Soul Is Praising the
Lord (AOV1)
Gathering
*A Voice Cries Out (GA)
*On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry (CWB)
*Prepare the Way (GA/CWB)
*Stay Awake, Be Ready (verse 3) (MCLW)
Come O Long Expected Jesus (CWB/TIS)
Daughter of Zion;
God of All People (G)
Jubilate Deo (G/TIS)
http://www.treehaus1.com/Music/27.pdf OR
http://www.glgc.com/smfc/JubilateDeo.html
Micah’s Theme (GA/CWB)
Watch Out Wake Up (FTS)
Advent Wreath
Music & prayers (GA 272-276)
Christmas Is Coming (TIS 289)
Like a Candle (ANG 91)
Wait for the Lord (GA/G)
Gloria omitted
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
PSYB
RM 3
RPB
Prep Gifts (Music, Song or Silence)
*The Spirit of God Rests Upon Me (GA)
*Wait in Joyful Hope (SSSL)
http://www.maristmusic.org.au/Advent-year-B
Gospel Acc (Is 61:1): The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me; he sent me to
bring good news to the poor.
Use Celtic Alleluia (GA 141: v.1 /
AOV1)
Advent Litany (GA 279: v 5-8)
Advent Alleluia (FTS/TTT)
Advent Alleluia – M Joncas (GIA)
Plainchant Alleluia (GA 142 / CWB
545)
Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
Mason/Willow)
Advent Litany (GA)
Advent Song (GA)
Come Lord Jesus (FTS)
Come to Set us Free (GA/G)
Everlasting Your Love (AOV1)
He Has Anointed Me (G)
My Soul In Stillness Waits (GA)
My Soul Rejoices (GA)
On Jordan’s Bank (CWB)
Song of God Among Us (G)
The Day Is Near (G)
The Spirit of God (GA/CWB)
We Wait in Hope (AOVK)
Communion
Bread Broken, Wine Shared (AOV2)
Christ be Our Light (AOV2/GA)
Come to the Feast (GA/AOV1)
Come to the Water (EW/AOV1)
Hold Me In Life (G)
In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful
(GA/AOV2/G)
I Am the Light of the World (AOV1/SS1)
Lord To Whom Shall We Go? (GA/AOV1)
Now in this Banquet (GA/G)
Table of Plenty (AOV2)
Sending Forth
City of God (GA/G/AOV1)
Every Valley (GP1)
Fill Every Valley (FTS/TT)
Filled with the Spirit’s Power (CWB)
Go Tell Everyone (MM)Bring Forth the
Kingdom (GA/AOV2)
God Has Chosen Me (GA/AOV1)
God of Abraham (GA)
Let There Be Peace on Earth (AOV1)
Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory (TIS/NLP)
Deep In the Spirit (EW)
Send Down the Fire (AOV2)
Take Christ to the World (GA) God Has
Chosen Me (GA)
Tell Out My Soul (CWB)
Tell the Good News (WIG)
The Spirit of the Lord (AOV1)
The Voice of God (GA/CWB)
4th Sunday
Advent
21st December
2014
2 Sam 7:1-5,8-12,14,16 The
kingdom of David will be
established forever in the sight of
the Lord
Rom 16:25-27 The mystery kept
secret for endless ages is now
revealed.
Lk 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel tells
Mary that she will give birth to a
son.
Ps 88 (89): Forever I will sing the
goodness of the Lord
As One Voice Psalms
http://www.asonevoice.com.au/sin
g-the-responsorial-psalms
GA 50
CWB 182
G 41
Forever I Will Sing (FIWS)
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
PSYB
RM 4
RPB
Gospel Acc (Lk 1:38): I am the
servant of the Lord; may his will for
me be done
Use Advent Litany (GA 279: v. 9-12)
Advent Alleluia (FTS/TTT)
Advent Alleluia – M Joncas (GIA)
Celtic Alleluia (GA 141/AOV1)
Plainchant Alleluia (GA 142 / CWB
545)
Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
Mason/Willow)
Gathering
*Wait for the Lord (GA/ G)
*O Come O Come Emmanuel
(GA/CWB/AOV1)
Come O Long Expected Jesus (CWB/TIS)
Forever I Will Sing (FIWS)
Joyful in Hope (AOV1)
Maranatha (GA)
O Emmanuel (FTS/TTT/AOVK)
Sing of the Lord’s Goodness (GA)
Advent Wreath
Music & prayers (GA 272-276)
Christmas Is Coming (TIS 289)
Like a Candle (ANG 91)
Wait for the Lord (GA/G)
Gloria omitted
Prep Gifts (Music, Song or Silence)
*Of the Father’s Love Begotten (CWB)
*A Virgin Will Conceive (SSSL)
http://www.maristmusic.org.au/Adventyear-B
*Wait in Joyful Hope
http://www.maristmusic.org.au/Adventyear-B
*Hail Mary Full of Grace (SSSL)
Advent Litany (GA)
Be It Done Unto Me (AOV1)
Es Ist Ein Ros (A Tender Rose)
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman (GP1/GA)
Let God’s Dream Be Born (AOV2)
Mary Said Yes! (FTS/TTT)
Mary, O Blessed One (CS)
O Holy Mary (AOV1)
People of the Night (G)
Rorate Caeli ;
Communion
(GA/ AOV1)
Be It Done Unto Me (AOV1)
Bread of Life Hope for the World
Christ Be Our Light (AOV2/GA)
Magnificat/Sing Out My Soul (GA)
My Soul Gives Glory/Magnificat (GA/G)
Now in this Banquet (GA/G)
Taste and See (AOV1/GA/G)
The Whole World Is Waiting for Love
(AOV1)
Reflection:
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came /
Gabriel’s Message (CWB/Choral music
www.cpdl.org )
Christmas – The
Nativity of Jesus
25th December
2014
Vigil
Midnight
Day
For pastoral
reasons the
texts of the Vigil
may be replaced
by the texts for
midnight Mass.
(Ordo)
Christmas Mass
formularies
should be used
at the correct
time of the day:
this highlights
the key theme of
night giving way
to day, light
breaking
through the
darkness. (Ordo)
READINGS
Vigil
Is 62:1-5;
Acts 13:16-17,22-25
Mt 1:1-25
Midnight
Is 9:1-7;
Titus 2:11-14;
Lk 2:1-14
Dawn
Is 62:11-12
Titus 3:4-7
Lk 2:15-20
Day
Is 52:7-10;
Heb 1:1-6;
Jn 1:1-18
RESPONSORIAL PSALMS
As One Voice Psalms
http://www.asonevoice.com.au/sin
g-the-responsorial-psalms
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
PSYB
RPB
Day
Ps 89: Forever I Will Sing of the
Waiting for the Child (FTS/TTT)
Sending Forth
*Stay Awake, Be Ready (verse 3)
*Immaculate Mary (GA/CWB)
Advent Song (GA)
Church of God (GA/CWB)
God of All People (G)
He Came Down (GA)
Magnificat/Canticle of Mary (CWB/G)
She Walked in the Summer/The Visit
(MMS)
The Coming of Our Lord (CWB)
The Magnificat /My Soul Is Praising the
Lord (AOV1)
The Wonders He Has Done For You (EW)
Music for O Antiphons
Christ Circle Round Us (Schutte/OCP)
My Soul In Stillness Waits (GA)
O Come O Come Emmanuel (CWB/GA)
Sing Out Earth and Skies (AOV2/G
Gathering
Awake! Awake & Greet the New Morn/ (G)
Carol of the Bells/Orana to Christmas Day
(William James- Australian Carols)
Glory to God (FTS/ TTT)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (GA
/CWB/AOV1)
Let Heaven Rejoice (AOV1/GP1)
O Come All Ye Faithful (GA/CWB)
Rejoice, Rejoice! (CWB)
Silent Night (CWB/GA/G/AOV1)
The First Nowell (GA/CWB)
Christmas Wreath
GA 272-276; Gloria (GA 291)
Prep Gifts
A Child Is Born in Bethlehem (CWB)
A Light Will Shine On Us This Day (CWB)
Song of the Stable (G)
And God Said Yes! (AOVK)
Away In A Manger (GA)
Baby Lying In the Manger (AOVK)
Carol at the manger (G)
Child of Our Dreams (M Haugen
www.giamusic.com )
Christmas Day/The North Wind (TIS)
Coventry Carol;
He Came Down (GA)
Jesus’ Lullaby (CS)
Night of Silence (G)
Silent Night (CWB/GA/G/AOV1)
Goodness of the Lord
CWB
GA
Midnight
Ps 96: Today is born our Saviour
Christ the Lord
CWB
GA
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
RM 6
Dawn
Ps 97: A light will shine on us this
day: the Lord is born for us
CWB
GA
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
RM 7
Day
Ps 98: All the ends of the earth have
seen the saving power of God
CWB 185-90/597
GA 50, 56, 57
AOV 2:71/143/83
G (Ps 98)
PFAT (Ps 98)
PFS
RM 8
Gospel Acclamations:
 Christmas Alleluia (FTS)
 Melchizedek Alleluia (GP2)
 Gloria (GA)
 Celtic Alleluia (GA/AOV1)
 Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
Mason/Willow)
Feast of the
Holy Family of
Jesus, Mary and
Joseph
Sunday 28th
December 2014
Sirach 3:2-6,12-14 Whoever fears
the Lord honours his parents
OR
Gen 15:1-6, 21:1-3
Look up to heaven and count the
stars: such will be your descendants
Col 3:12-21 You are God’s chosen
race, his saints.
When there is no OR
Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 It was by
Sunday
faith that Abraham obeyed the call
occurring
Tell Me the Story of Christmas (AOVK)
Tidings of Great Joy (SSSL)
We Welcome You Little Baby (AOV2)
Communion
As With Gladness Men of Old (TIS)
Child of Mercy (GA)
Christ Be Our Light (GA/AOV2)
Christmas Ballad;
Christmas Love (MD Ridge www.ocp.org)
Infant Lowly, Infant Holy (TIS)
Mary’s Boy Child;
O Little Town of Bethlehem (GA/CWB)
Christmas Star (CS)
Of the Father’s Love Begotten (CWB)
Once In Royal David’s City (GA/G/CWB/TIS)
See Amid The Winter’s Snow (NLPH)
Table of Plenty (AOV2)
The Day That Christ Was Born On (William
James - Australian Carols)
This Little Boy (FTS)
Unto Us A Boy Is Born (CWB/TIS)
While Shepherds Watched (GA/AOV1/TIS)
Sending Forth
Angels from the Realms of Glory (TIS)
Angels We Have Heard on High
(CWB/GA/AOV2)
Christmas In the Scrub (AOV2)
Gloria (GA)
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen;
Good Christians All Rejoice/In Dulci Jubilo
(CWB/TIS)
He Came Down (GA)
Joy to the World (GA/AOV1/CWB)
My Heart Is A Stable (AOV1)
Rejoice, Rejoice (CWB/G)
Sing We, Sing We Noel (AOV1)
Unto Us A Child Is Born (CWB)
Gathering
Celebrate! (AOV1)
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
(GA/AOV1/CWB/TIS)
Once in David’s Royal City (G/GA/CWB)
We Come Together (LCT)
Prep Gifts (Music, Song or Silence)
Away In A Manger (GA/AOV1/GA/TIS)
Coventry Carol; Sussex Carol;
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly;
Lift This Child (AOV2)
between
Christmas Day
and 1st January,
the feast is
celebrated on 30
December, with
one reading only
before the
Gospel.
Solemnity of
Mary, the
Mother of God
Thursday
1st January 2015
of God
Noel Nouvelet/Il Est Né;
Of the Father’s Love Begotten (CWB)
Lk 2:22-40 The child grew in
Sing We Now of Christmas
wisdom and maturity
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came /
Gabriel’s Message (CWB/Choral music
Ps 128: O blessed are those who
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fear the Lord and walk in his ways
What Child Is This? (AOV1)
OR Ps 105: The Lord remembers his Communion
covenant for ever
Bread Of Life Hope of the World (GA)
CWB 193
Christ be Our Light (AOV2/GA)
GA 75
Christmas Star (CS)
G 54
Come to the Feast (GA)
AOV1:138
God Has Made Us A Family (AOV2)
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
Ubi Caritas (GA/G)
PSYB
Where There Is Charity and Love (CWB/GA)
RM 9
Christmas Ballad;
RPB
Sending Forth
Angels We have Heard on High
Gospel Acc (Heb 1:1-2) In the past, (GA/CWB/AOV2)
God spoke to our fathers through
Children Run Joyfully (GP1)
the prophets; now he speaks to us
God of Abraham (GA/AOV1)
through his Son.
He Came Down (GA)
Celtic Alleluia (GA/AOV1)
Joy to the World (GA/AOV1/ CWB)
Plainchant Alleluia (GA/CWB)
Halleluiah (CS)
Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
Nunc Dimittis (GA)
Mason/Willow)
Song of Simeon (GA)
Num 6:22-27 The Lord bless you
Gathering
and keep you.
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (CWB/GA/
AOV1/TIS)
Gal 4:4-7 When the time came,
Jubilate Deo (Praetorius www.cpdl.org)
God sent his Son, born of a
Jubilate Deo (Taizé/G/TIS)
woman.
Laudate Omnes Gentes (GA)
Once In Royal David’s City (GA/CWB/G/TIS)
Luke 2:16-21 On the eighth day,
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Mary’s child was circumcised
(GA/AOV1/TIS)
and given the name Jesus,
Sing A New Song (AOV1,2/GA/G/GP)
meaning “God saves”.
Prep Gifts
Born In the Night (AOV2)
Ps 67 (68): May God bless us in his
Joy to You O Virgin Mary (CWB)
mercy
Lady Mary (AOV1)
Magnificat/Canticle of Mary (CWB/G)
OR Ps 98 All the ends of the earth
Magnificat (GA)
Communion
CWB 195
A Christmas Ballad;
GA 45 [v. 1-2], 57
A Tender Rose (Es Ist Ein Ros);
G 44
A Virgin Most Pure;
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
Child of Mercy (GA)
PFS
Dona Nobis Pacem (www.cpdl.org)
PSYB
Mary’s Boy Child;
RM 10
Mozart Alleluia (www.cpdl.org)
RPB
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Epiphany of the
Lord
Sunday 4th
January 2015
The liturgical
season of
Christmas extends
from Christmas up
to and including
the Epiphany on
th
4 January.
During this season
it is fitting that
Christmas hymns
and carols are still
sung at Masses.
(AOV1/GA/CWB/TIS)
Gospel Acc (Heb 1:1-2):
Silent Night (CWB/GA/G/AOV1/TIS)
In the past God spoke to our
Sing of Mary (CWB)
ancestors through the prophets now Song of the Body of Christ (AOV1/GA)
he speaks to us through his Son
Infant Lowly, Infant Holy;
The First Nowell (GA/CWB/TIS)
Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
There Is Nothing Told (GA)
Mason/Willow)
What Child Is This?(AOV1)
Celtic Alleluia (GA 141/AOV1)
Sending Forth
Plainchant Alleluia (GA 142 / CWB
All the Ends of the Earth (GA/G)
545)
Angels We Have Heard on High (CWB/GA
/AOV2)
Angels From the Realms of Glory (TIS)
He Came Down (GA)
Joy to the World (AOV1/CWB/GA)
Let There Be Peace On Earth (AOV1)
Laudate Dominum (GA/G)
May God Bless and Keep You (AOV1/GA)
Blessing Song (AOV1)
May the Feet of God Walk with You (AOVK)
Irish Blessing (WIG)
The Mother of Jesus/ Immaculate Mary
(GA/ CWB)
Is 60:1-6 The light has come and the Gathering
glory of the Lord shines upon you.
All the Ends of the Earth (GA/G/AOV1)
Gloria (GA)
Eph 3:2-3,5-6 We all share the same Hark the Herald Angels Sing
inheritance as the apostles and
(CWB/GA/AOV1)
prophets through Jesus Christ.
Jubilate Deo (G/TIS)
Laudate Dominum (G/GA)
Mt 2:1-12 We have come from the
Lord I Lift Your Name on High (TIS/SS)
East to worship the king.
Praise to You O Christ Our Saviour
(GA/G/AOV1)
Ps 71: Lord, every nation on earth
The Church’s One Foundation (GA/CWB)
will adore you.
Prep Gifts
OR Ps 98: All the Ends of the Earth A Tender Rose (Es Ist Ein Ros);
CWB 196
Child of Our Dreams (Haugen)
GA 57
Coventry Carol;
G 36, 44
In Christ There is No East or West
PFAT (seasonal psalm- see below)
(CWB/TIS)
PFS
Of the Father’s Love Begotten (CWB)
PSYB
Open My Eyes (AOV1)
RM 11
Star Child (AOV2)
RPB
Summoned By Love (AOV2)
What Child Is This?(AOV1)
Gospel Acc (Mt 2:2)
Communion
We have seen his star in the East;
Bread of Life Hope for the World
and have come to adore the Lord.
(GA/AOV1)
Christ be Our Light (AVO2/GA)
Mass of Glory & Praise (Paul
I am the Light of the World (SS1/AOV1)
Mason/Willow)
I Want to Walk As A Child of the Light (G)
Celtic Alleluia (GA 141/AOV1)
Plainchant Alleluia (GA 142 / CWB
545)
Song of God Among Us (G)
One Body One People (COTL)
One Bread One Body (AOV1/GA/G)
Santo , Santo/ Holy, Holy (AOV2/TIS)
Song of Gathering (AOV1/G)
The First Nowell (GA/AOV1/CWB)
The Light of Christ (CWB)
We Live a Mystery (G)
Sending Forth
All the Ends of the Earth Ps 98 (GA/G)
Angels From the Realms Of Glory;
Joy to the World (AOV1/CWB/GA)
The Voice of God (CWB/GA/TIS)
Unto Us A Boy Is Born (CWB/TIS)
We Three Kings of Orient Are (GA)
HYMNAL CODES
ANG –As One Voice Next generation (Willow)
AOV – As One Voice (Vol. 1 & 2) (Willow)
AOVK – As One Voice for Kids (Willow)
BTC – Behold the Cross – Bob Hurd (OCP)
BTD – Beyond the Days – Ricky Manolo (OCP)
CAYP – Come All You People (Wild Goose /Iona)
CBL - Christ Be Our Light -B Farrell (OCP)
COL – Children of the Light –M. Mangan (Litmus)
CS – Christmas Star- John Burland
CTS – Celebrating the Sacraments -John Burland
CTTB- Come to the Table Year B (M Herry/Willow) CWB - Catholic Worship Book
EOA – Enemy of Apathy (Iona Community)
EW – Eagle’s Wings – Frank Andersen
FIWS – Forever I Will Sing – Michael Mangan
FTS – Follow the Star – Michael Mangan
FUR – Find Us Ready – Tom Booth (OCP)
G – Gather (USA edition) – (GIA Publications)
GA – Gather Australia (GIA/NLMC)
GIC – Glory in the Cross - Dan Schutte(OCP)
GP – Glory & Praise (Vol. 1, 2 & 3) (OCP)
GS – God of Surprises – M Herry fms (Spectrum)
LA – Love and Anger - Iona Community (Wild Goose Publications/GIA)
LC – Let’s Celebrate! By John Burland (Ovation)
LCT – Let’s Celebrate Too! By John Burland
LEW – Lifted – Emmanuel Worship, Brisbane
LGO – Love Goes On. Bernadette Farrell (OCP)
MB – Monica Brown’s music collections
MCLW – Music for Children’s Liturgy of the Word Years A,B,C. (Christopher Walker (OCP)
MMS- Medical Mission Sisters
MROJ – Many Roads One Journey. Andrew Chinn
NLP – New Living Parish Hymnal
OF – One Family – John Burland (Ovation Music)
OP – Ordinary People -Jane Mitchell http://www.janemitchell.com.au/
PET – Psalms for Easter Triduum & Other Feasts. Jenny O’Brien (Garratt Publishing)
PJ – Psalms for the Journey – Chris Willcock (OCP) PFAT - Psalms for All Time-P Mason (Willow Publishing)
PFS -Psalms for Feasts and Seasons-C Willcock (OCP)
PSYB – Psalms for the Liturgical Year B – Jenny O’Brien (Garratt Publishing)
RIH – Restless is the Heart – B. Farrell (OCP)
RM – Rising Moon, Scripture in Song – F. Andersen
RPB – Responsorial Psalms for Year B - Colin Smith (Willow Publishing)
RR – Renew and Rejoice - Michael Mangan (Litmus) SC – Saints and Celebrations – Michael Mangan
SHOF – Setting Hearts on Fire - Michael Mangan
SJ - Sing Jubilee – Michael Mangan (Litmus)
SM – by D Simmons/K Morehu (Eclipse Music)
SNC – Sing A New Church- Dolores Dufner (OCP)
SSSL – Sing Spirit, Sing Life – Br Michael Herry fms SS – Spirit and Song – Vol 1 &2 (OCP)
SWN – Sing We Now of Christmas – C Willcock (OCP) SYJ – Sing Your Joy – Michael Mangan (Litmus)
TCS – True Colours Shine – M Mangan (Litmus)
TOA- There Is One Among Us – Iona Community
TH – These Hands by A Chinn (Butterfly Music)
TIS – Together in Song (Harper Collins)
TTT – This Is The Time -Michael Mangan (Litmus)
UFW – Up From the Waters. Marty Haugen (GIA)
WCN – Who Calls You By Name. David Haas (GIA)
WIG – Wherever I Go - A Chinn (Butterfly Music)
WL – Wondrous Love. Marty Haugen (GIA)
YATW – You Are The Way –Steve Agrisano (OCP)
ADVENT & CHRISTMAS MUSIC COLLECTIONS
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Children’s Liturgy of the Word Cycle B: Christopher Walker and Paule Freeburg, DC
More than 130 psalm responses and gospel acclamations for Advent, Christmas,
Lent, Easter, Ordinary Time and major feasts. http://www.ocp.org/products/11193
Choral Public Domain Library is part of the Wikipedia stable and contains a large
range of public domain music including for Advent and Christmas.
ADVENT: http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Advent
CHRISTMAS: http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Christmas
Christmas Carols (public domain) http://www.christmascarolmusic.org/ Featuring
Choral versions, melody and guitar pages and settings for instruments.
Christmas Star – John Burland http://www.johnburland.com/
God Comes Tomorrow- by John Bell (Iona Community) GIA Publications www.gia.org
A collection of traditional Advent music and some of Bell’s insightful compositions.
Heaven Shall Not Wait – John Bell, Graeme Maule & the Iona Community
http://www.giamusic.com/products/P-267.cfm
Music for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany
http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/ChoralWiki:Music_for_the_Advent_and_Chris
tmas_season
Oxford Book of Carols (several volumes) There are various books and editions
published by Oxford University Press. They feature comprehensive selections of
favourite and less well known carols from the European tradition. Available online
from Amazon, Booktopia, or Book Depository
Sing We Now of Christmas: Christopher Willcock SJ (OCP Publications)
http://www.ocp.org/products/10194
http://www.ocp.org/products/10194#tab:contents click on song title and purchase
downloadable music
This Is The Time: Music for Advent, Christmas, Lent & Easter – Michael Mangan
http://www.litmusproductions.com/
LITURGY NOTES
The liturgical season of Christmas extends from Christmas up to and including the Epiphany
on 3rd January 2010. During this season it is fitting that Christmas hymns and carols are still
sung at Masses.
RESPONSORIAL PSALMS – Advent & Christmas
ADVENT YEAR B
 1st Sunday Ps 79: Lord, make us turn to you, let us see your face and we shall be saved.
 2nd Sunday Ps 84: Lord, let us see your kindness and grant us your salvation.
 3rd Sunday Luke 1:46: My soul rejoices in my God.
 4th Sunday Ps 88: Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
SEASONAL PSALMS FOR ADVENT
1. Ps 24: To you , O Lord, I lift my soul.
2. Ps 84: Lord, show us your mercy and love.
CHRISTMAS
VIGIL Ps 88: Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord
MIDNIGHT Ps 95: Today is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord.
DAWN Ps 96: A light will shine on us this day: the Lord is born for us.
DAY Ps 97: All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God
SEASONAL PSALMS FOR THE WHOLE CHRISTMAS SEASON
Ps 97: All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God
OTHER FEAST DAYS DURING ADVENT & CHRISTMAS
3rd December: St Francis Xavier (priest)
7th December: St Ambrose (bishop, doctor of the church)
13th December: St Lucy (virgin, martyr)
14th December: St John of the Cross (priest, doctor of the church)
26th December: St Stephen (the first martyr)
27th December: St John (apostle, evangelist)
28th December: The Holy Innocents (martyrs)
2nd January: Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (bishops, doctors of the church)
Living Liturgy is a publication of the Catholic Diocese of Sale,
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Editor: Sophy Morley, Diocesan Pastoral Coordinator
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