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April 7 /Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) C H R I S T I S R I S E N , A L L E L U I A ! N OW W H AT? If our Lenten observance was more than just an annual effort to become better people, how are we living radically different lives because Jesus was raised from the dead? In the Acts of the Apostles, we witness the life-changing difference Jesus’s death and resurrection made for the first Christian community. They no longer clung to things they thought would bring them security—possessions, wealth, status, proof. When they received Jesus’s blessing of peace from his own breath, saw the nail marks with their own eyes, and touched his wounds with their own hands, everything changed. Now, their mouths would carry Christ’s message of mercy to the ends of the earth. Their
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eyes would see one another anew. Their hands would heal and forgive, and they would be believed because they were “of one heart and mind.” Scripture scholar Matt Skinner calls their new way of living a “stunning display not of mutual concern but of mutual identity—an identity formed in Christ and his new life” (workingpreacher.com). Because of that community who committed their lives to one another in Christ, here we are. And because of us and how we commit ourselves to live together of one heart and mind in Jesus, others may also come to believe. For we belong to one another because all belong to Christ. —DM
LM2
RS2
524
Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks (Alleluia #1) Along this Holy Way
620
OC
435
620
G4
580
G3
633
Christ Has Risen
505
530
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
509
533
Gather 3rd Edition
LM2
610
466 447
Cristo Jesús Resucitó Easter Alleluia
713
Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises / Haleluya! Pelo Tsa Rona
559
537
629
785
728
819
595
668
626
738
508
452
RS2 OC
818 469
1008
945
755
1029
127
582
In the Breaking of the Bread Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
516
556
548 540
Just a Little Talk with Jesus
315
614
439
O Sons and Daughters
473
559
Let Your Mercy Wash over Us
166
507
Resucitó
Shout for Joy, Loud and Long
605
Sing with All the Saints in Glory
526
566
532
557
535
312
612
441
630
432
468
721 563
539
317
609
443
881
There’s a Presence
270
There's a Wideness: Be Merciful
271
We Walk by Faith
674
740
680
550
783
We Walk by Faith (My Lord and God) G I A Q U A R T E R LY
567 293
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Oramos Cantando
VCS
Voices
OIF
One in Faith
750
I Do Believe (Thomas)
Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd Edition Ritual Song Second Edition
Hymn of Joy
950
W4
Worship 4th Edition Gather 4th Edition
30
Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia / Mfurahini, Haleluya
I Am the Bread of Life / Yo Soy el Pan de Vida
OIF
743
Because He Lives (Amen)
Eye Has Not Seen
VCS
SM
WC/M
WS
CEL/H
All Creatures of Our God and King
296
933
784
368
CEL/M
Aleluya, Cantemos al Señor
622
343
Aleluya, el Señor Resucitó
501
341
All You on Earth
229
604
510
Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise
241
614
516
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
233
744
174 219
625
Amor Es Vida
183
585
337
260
788
660
299
Baptized in Water
250
635
548
234
Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine
283
879
726
341
611
514
Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna! Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (llanfair)
236
596
518
Christians, Praise the Paschal Victim
228
603
511
172
278
Baptized in Living Waters
220 497
333
El Señor Resucitó (easter hymn)*
498
331
El Señor Resucitó (tradicional)
504
336
El Señor Resucitó (Vizcaíno)
500
340
Él Vive, Él Reina
624
344
Éste Es el Día (Rosas)
502
335
Eye Has Not Seen
366
886
738
346
220
Hymn of Joy
231
608
524
223
175
In the Breaking of the Bread
361
662
563
253
Jesus Christ Is Ris'n Today
243
593
520
498
173
505
339
497
171
Por Tu Misericordia
542
395
¡Resucitó!
503
330
389
180
226
609
506
Sing with All the Saints in Glory
312
979
Sing, Rejoice, O Heavenly Powers
225
589
We Walk by Faith
291
850
707
321
260
699
561
522
382
Yo Soy el Pan de Vida*
805
WS
Word and Song
CEL/H
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Hymnal
CEL/M
176
Cristo Jesús Resucitó (o filii et filiae)*
O Sons and Daughters
WC/M
We Celebrate Hymnal Missal
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Missal
169
La Ruda Lucha Terminó*
SM
Seasonal Missalette
READINGS [44] Acts of the Apostles 4:32–35 Psalm 118:2–4, 13–15, 22–24 (Rx 1 or Alleluia) 1 John 5:1–6 Sequence (opt.): Victimae paschali laudes John 20:19–31
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Congregational Hymn and Song Selections from Peace Be with You (emmaus)....................................................D-92213 Text by Shirley Erena Murray / Music by Carlton Young
Show Me Your Hands, Your Feet, Your Side (morning song/the recognition)........................................D-U01535 Text by Sylvia G. Dunstan / Arr. Richard Proulx
Peace Be with You (salzburg)............................................... D-U01471 Text by Delores Dufner, OSB / Music by Jakob Hintze
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April 14 /Third Sunday of Easter D ISA B L E D F R O M B I RT H , H E CO U L D N ’ T I M AG I N E what it was like to stand. But now he was walking and jumping and praising God! When he saw Peter and John at the temple, he had been begging for change, as he did every day. What he got instead was a changed life. It wasn’t what he asked for, but it was what he truly desired. The Lectionary unfortunately omits this context for Peter’s speech in today’s first reading. So his words to the crowd gathered in awe sound to us more like a reprimand than an enthralling invitation to a new life in Christ. But remember, this was Peter speaking, the one who had boasted of his faithfulness then hid
from fear and guilt; who heard the incredulous news from the two on the road—“We have seen the Lord!” Peter, who, moments later, would never have dreamt that Jesus whom he had denied could ever forgive him. During the Easter season, those who had come to our parishes asking for the sacraments are now celebrating them in our midst. They ask to baptize their baby or confirm their child, to receive Communion or marry their beloved. But what God desires to give them—and us—is so much more. May our lives bear full witness to what we can only dare imagine is possible in Christ. —DM
Hymnals
LM2
W4
G3
RS2
1028
As the Bread of Life Is Broken Baptized in Water
G4
919
993
OC
903
746
1020
516 30
505
Easter Alleluia
565
530
559
537
713
572
906
785
728
819
G3
LM2
Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd Edition
595 693
Give Glory
1027
Gusten y Vean / Taste and See
915
1044
772
He Comes to Us as One Unknown
675
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
527
OC
VCS
561
In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd)
527
309
611
582
On the Journey to Emmaus
579
434
628
753
918
In the Breaking of the Bread (Ward)
548 636
538
205
Open the Eyes of My Heart
206
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless
941
910
Sing a New Song to the Lord
629
627
710
That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright
514
542
619
755
554
528 270
There’s a Presence
This Is the Feast of Victory (Festival Canticle)
515
558
520
We Walk by Faith
674
740
680
Who Are You Who Walk in Sorrow
506
550
30
618
446
783
567
Voices
OIF
One in Faith
Open My Eyes
G I A Q U A R T E R LY
RS2
Ritual Song Second Edition Oramos Cantando
542
Hamba Nathi / Come, Walk with Us
G4
Gather 3rd Edition
437
Emmaus
W4
Worship 4th Edition Gather 4th Edition
629
El Peregrino de Emaús / The Emmaus Road Eye Has Not Seen
OIF
1026
Because He Lives (Amen) Christ Has Risen
VCS
834
SM
WC/M
WS
CEL/H
All Creatures of Our God and King
296
933
784
368
Al Partir el Pan*
509
Alabemos a Dios
617
Alaben Todos: Sal 148*
409
Amor Es Vida At the Lamb’s High Feast
237
595
508
Bendeciremos por Siempre: Sal 145(144) Christ Is Risen! Shout Hosanna!
611
514
Come, Spread the News
610
522
CEL/M
SM
Seasonal Missalette
387
458
342
585
337
222
186
456
393
WC/M
We Celebrate Hymnal Missal
WS
Word and Song
CEL/H
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Hymnal
CEL/M
333
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Missal
Cristo Jesús Resucitó (o filii et filiae)*
497
El Amor de Dios: Sal 136(135)*
454
El Peregrino de Emáus
499
345
El Señor Resucitó (easter hymn)*
498
331
Él Vive, Él Reina
624
344
Éste Es el Día (Rosas)
502
335
READINGS [47] Acts of the Apostles 3:13–15, 17–19
Festival Canticle
331
963
790
224
168
Gift of Finest Wheat
354
665
572
248
237
God, We Praise You
937
781
373
I Come with Joy
823
673
I Know That My Redeemer Lives (duke street)
235
763
626
285
In the Breaking of the Bread (Ward)
361
662
563
253
Jesus Christ, Bread of Life
352
666
578
256
821
676
Remember Me
212
676
584
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless
362
664
559
On Emmaus' Road
Psalm 4:2, 4, 7–8, 9 (Rx 7a or Alleluia)
177
1 John 2:1–5a Luke 24:35–48
232
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Congregational Hymn and Song Selections from O God, Be Gracious, Hear My Prayer (winchester old)...D-897330 Text by David Gambrell
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April 21 /Fourth Sunday of Easter W E G E T A N OT H E R S P E E C H F R O M P E T E R in today’s first reading but with a different context. Last week, Peter preached the Gospel to a crowd whose ears and hearts were opened to its message by the miraculous healing they had witnessed “in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean.” From that, the number of Jesus’s followers—even after his death—grew to five thousand. This week, detained by the religious authorities, with John and the man they had healed standing at his side, Peter preaches the very same message to a tougher audience. The Jewish religious leaders thought they had silenced Jesus and his movement by killing him. But the crowd’s response to his disciples made the
authorities even more afraid of losing their influence over the people. For what good is it to be the leader if the people aren’t going to follow you and give you credit? That was the stumbling block for the high priest and those who wielded authority with him. And it’s ours as well who stand before our communities as leaders. When we put in the work and long hours to preach the Gospel and lead the people in prayer and song, are we looking for them to follow us and give us our due? Or are we focused on the voice of the One whom we, ourselves, are to heed and follow? —DM
Hymnals
W4
G4
G3
LM2
RS2
OC
All People That on Earth Do Dwell
837
912
853
674
928
682
826
Easter Alleluia
559
Follow Me
880
God, We Praise You
599
Good Shepherd, You Know Us
681
Heart of a Shepherd / El Corazon de un Buen Pastor
Gather 4th Edition
629
537
G3
703
682
838
786
833
634
821
593
RS2
781
724
598
777 782
In the Arms of the Shepherd Many and One My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
708
795
Now the Green Blade Rises
495
564
Pues Si Vivimos / If (When) We Are Living
754
825
827
597
785
534
607
433
476
756
798
612
730
Satúranos, Señor/Lord, Fill Us
640 787
723
786
712
601
820
592
749
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Blakesley)
261
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Thompson)
262
There's a Wideness: Be Merciful
271
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
645
703
644
511
755
546
585
What Wondrous Love
641
704
642
500
807
544
738
With a Shepherd’s Care
710
Worthy Is the Lamb 626
You Satisfy the Hungry Heart
939
G I A Q U A R T E R LY
725 570
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd / Tú, Pastor, También Cordero
1032
628
359
940
757
510 1028 32
761
OC
Oramos Cantando
VCS
Voices
190
712
LM2
Ritual Song Second Edition
372
His Name Is Wonderful
Shepherd of My Heart
Gather 3rd Edition Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd Edition
876
707
W4
Worship 4th Edition
G4
61
Come, Worship the Lord
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
OIF
1033
Carry Us in Your Arms
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
VCS
540
OIF
One in Faith
SM
WC/M
WS
CEL/H
Alabemos a Dios Alleluia! The Strife Is O'er
617 239
591
519
Amor Es Vida At That First Eucharist
357
655
At the Name of Jesus Baptized in Living Waters
CEL/M
573
505
179
585
337
239
238
635 260
788
660
SM
Seasonal Missalette
WC/M
We Celebrate Hymnal Missal
WS
Word and Song
CEL/H
299
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Hymnal
Con la Cruz*
561
399
Dime, Señor
567
370
El Amor de Dios: Sal 136(135)*
454
El Pan de la Vida (Cortés)
510
386
Eres Mi Pastor
600
415
Es Mi Cuerpo (a los hombres amó dios)
518
381
Estamos Reunidos
603
359
248
237
Hemos Oído Tu Voz
523
392
READINGS [50]
Hoy Nos Reunimos
604
357
Acts of the Apostles 4:8–12
345
251
Psalm 118:1, 8–9, 21–23, 26, 28, 29 (Rx 22 or Alleluia)
Gift of Finest Wheat
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Bolduc / kingsfold)
354
369
665
883/ 895
572
739/ 745
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
891
O Lord, You Are My Shepherd
890
One Communion of Love
684
570
257
Pues Si Vivimos / When We Are Living
841
700
579
Shepherd of Souls, in Love, Come, Feed Us
677
1 John 3:1–2
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless
362
664
559
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
304
858
717
703
597
707
599
There's a Wideness: Be Merciful There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
208
CEL/M ¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Missal
226
John 10: 11-18
332 267
Tomado de la Mano
599
374
Vine Para Que Tengan
548
403
Yo Soy el Buen Pastor
588
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Congregational Hymn and Song Selections from A Shepherd’s Voice (vox pastore).................................... D-00643331 Alan J. Hommerding
Hymn to Christ the Shepherd (conditor alme siderum)......................................................D-588428 Text by Mary Louise Bringle
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April 28 /Fifth Sunday of Easter M U CH H AS H A P P E N E D I N T H E ACTS of the Apostles since last week’s passage. Peter, John, and the man they had healed are released from the religious leaders’ questioning but not from their scrutiny. The Christian community thrives as the Gospel spreads. But trouble is brewing, and his name is Saul. An adherent of Jewish law, temple practice, and the political understanding of the awaited messiah, Saul viewed this Christian movement as a threat. No way would a messiah call for diversity and inclusion outside of the Jewish way of life. Better to nip this thinking in the bud than to let it infect the rest of the vine. Under his leadership, persecution of Christians intensifies.
The religious authorities jail and beat the apostles, and a mob fueled by Saul’s fervor hurls stones at Stephen, killing him, as they throw their cloaks at Saul’s feet in praise. No wonder the disciples couldn’t believe Saul was now a part of the vine he had just tried to destroy. Encountering Jesus changes everything. Mostly it changes us and how we see the world and one another. It is not for us to tend the vine; that is for the Father, the vine-grower. May the one who pruned Saul’s heart of hatred prune our hearts as well, so that we may bear witness to Christ to whom all belong. —DM
Hymnals
W4
G4
G3
LM2
RS2
OC
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
953
1018
949
752
1030
744
Can We Love?
630
713
785
819
728
Gather 4th Edition
595
G3
880 805
Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises / Haleluya! Pelo Tsa Rona
870 668
626
738
452
697 818
508
762
I Am the Vine I Am Yours
926
I Received the Living God
923
I Send You Out I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
585
I Will Be the Vine
919
754
934
742
1015
916
759
1023
745
851
758
650
593
872
872
420
693
Jesus Christ, Yesterday, Today, and Forever
624
723
813
One in Faith
711
674
Live in Me
167
Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace
697
Love Is His Word
696
703
810 813
556
Love One Another
186
710
Make Your Home in Me
O Christ the Great Foundation
606
Praise to You, O Christ, Our Savior
591
658
596
Sing with All the Saints in Glory
526
563
539
They’ll Know We Are Christians
904
835
Vine and Branches
882
We Belong to You
833
G I A Q U A R T E R LY
Voices
897
847
317
854
605
702
499
609
443
881
669
688
865 34
OC
544
150 843
Ritual Song Second Edition
VCS
492
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
LM2
Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd Edition
Oramos Cantando
123
I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord
Gather 3rd Edition
RS2
102
He Lives In Us
W4
Worship 4th Edition
G4
385
Follow Me God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending
OIF
45
Certainly, Lord! Eye Has Not Seen
VCS
OIF
SM
WC/M
WS
CEL/H
CEL/M
A New Commandment
303
857
713
329
143
Alabaré
623
Alabemos a Dios
617
Amémonos de Corazón
528
Bendeciremos por Siempre: Sal 145(144)
456
Canción del Misionero
571
Con la Cruz*
561
399
Estamos Reunidos
603
359
Hemos Oído Tu Voz
523
392
Hoy Nos Reunimos
604
357
I Am Yours (Consume Me Completely)
659
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Bolduc)
895
745
883
739
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (kingsfold)
369
I Received the Living God (Ballard)
WC/M
We Celebrate Hymnal Missal
WS
393
345
CEL/M ¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Missal
READINGS [53]
346
674
583
240
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
300
861
718
330
Love One Another (Alonso)
853
720
328
Love One Another (King)
863
714
270
236
521
390
Por Tu Misericordia
542
395
Somos Pueblo Santo
557
394
298
207
Un Mandamiento Nuevo
572
375
Vamos a la Casa del Señor
607
362
790
652
660
549
Acts of the Apostles 9:26-31 Psalm 22:26–27, 28, 30, 31–32 (Rx 26a or Alleluia)
Pan del Cielo*
This Is My Body
CEL/H
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Hymnal
251
586
302
Word and Song
252
I Received the Living God (Jacob)
The Church’s One Foundation
SM
Seasonal Missalette
1 John 3:18–24 John 15:1–8
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Congregational Hymn and Song Selections from Draw Us Together and Make Us One (glen hewitt)..........D-742356 Text by Mary Louise Bringle / Music by Sally Ann Morris
Rooted and Grounded in One Loving Source (ellers)....... D-383337 Text by Ruth Duck
God Has Planted Christ the Vine (christ the vine)............D-887908 Text by Adam M. L. Tice / Music by Marty Haugen
The Tree of Life (kaye linda).................................................D-U01566 Music by Benjamin Brody
Jesus, Faithful Ancient Tree (arbor mater)........................D-U01530 Text by Hannah C. Brown / Music by Benjamin Brody
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May 5 /Sixth Sunday of Easter TO DAY W H E N C H R IST I A NS A R E E V E RY W H E R E , I T is hard to grasp the magnitude of what Peter experienced in Cornelius’s home. The revelation of Pentecost that took place at the beginning of Acts is slowly becoming clearer to Peter and the early Christian community: the Spirit will not be contained to only those we like, understand, and accept. Prompted by an angelic message, “What God has made clean, you are not to call profane” (Acts 10:15), Peter accepts an invitation to the home of a centurion of the army that had done the Roman government’s bidding in executing Jesus. And it was in Caesarea, no less, which New Testament scholar Carl Holladay
calls in his commentary on Acts “the Roman capital of Judea and thus a symbol of Gentile power.” Clearly, Peter was in hostile territory. Cornelius, too, was inviting the state’s enemy into his home. But both trusted what had been revealed to them by God. Both dared to disregard society’s labels and, starting at home, tore down walls of fear and prejudice. If we let the Spirit of Christ lead us, as Saul did last week, God will redefine our relationships. “Love one another as I love you” is not a sweet sentiment among friends; it is an act of courage in the name of Christ to see one another, even our enemies, as beloved children of God. —DM
Hymnals
LM2
W4
G4
G3
RS2
OC
VCS
740
A New Commandment All Are Welcome
833
915
All Are Welcome, All Belong
924
All of Me
923
850
683
925
681
All Who Hunger (Gather Gladly)
1010/ 920
852/ 925
Baptized in Water
919
993
903
931/ 1032 746
516 45
838
761
I Come with Joy
926
914
919
I Have Been Anointed
850
718
I Will Be the Vine
872
872
897
624
847
723
843
Ritual Song Second Edition
867 754
934
742
769
Plenty Good Room
997
701
812
590
902
649
732
744
The Same Love
266
They’ll Know We Are Christians
904
Ubi Caritas (de Silva)
548
702
835
669
688
500
589
746
882
We Gather In Love
291
Where Charity and Love Abide
299
Where Charity and Love Prevail G I A Q U A R T E R LY
741
651
708
Set Your Heart on the Higher Gifts
Vine and Branches
One in Faith
847
813
745 36
VCS OIF
674
772 914
OC
Oramos Cantando Voices
186
Nothing Can Ever
Ubi Caritas (Taizé)
724 702
Love One Another
698
LM2
Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd Edition
RS2
880 781
O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God
G3
Gather 3rd Edition
1020
God Has Chosen Me
No Greater Love
G4
684/ 769
Can We Love? Follow Me
W4
Worship 4th Edition Gather 4th Edition
844/ 951
Jesus Christ, Yesterday, Today and Forever / Jesucristo Ayer
OIF
SM
WC/M
WS
CEL/H
CEL/M
A New Commandment
303
857
713
329
143
Acudamos Jubilosos
608
376
Aleluya, Cantemos al Señor
622
343
614
249
Amar Es Entregarse
533
378
Amor Es Vida
585
337
Banquete de Unidad
511
391
342
267
Bendeciremos por Siempre: Sal 145(144)
456
393
Bendigamos al Señor
576
All the Earth
324
Be Not Afraid
374
Come, Spread the News
936
882
610
782
742
SM
Seasonal Missalette
WC/M
We Celebrate Hymnal Missal
WS
Word and Song
CEL/H
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Hymnal
CEL/M ¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Missal
522
Dios Es Amor
534
Donde Hay Amor y Caridad*
584
321
Es Mi Cuerpo (A los Hombres Amó Dios)
518
381
Estamos Reunidos
603
359
READINGS [56]
203
Acts of the Apostles 10:25–26, 34–35, 44–48
From All That Dwell below the Skies
330
949
771
379
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
300
861
718
330
Love One Another (Alonso)
853
720
328
Love One Another (King)
863
714
270
Peace
909
748
Ubi Caritas/Live in Charity
318
854
711
333
Ubi Caritas/Where True Charity
224
856
712
334
Psalm 98:1, 2–3, 3–4 (Rx see 2b or Alleluia) 1 John 4:7–10 John 15:9-17
156
Un Mandamiento Nuevo
572
375
Vamos a la Casa del Señor
607
362
Venimos ante Ti
602
360
335
157
We Gather in Love Where Charity and Love Prevail (Benoit)
917 299
Where Charity and Love Prevail (Hill) Where Charity Is True
207
862
716
855
719
694
* = BILINGUAL
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Tell the Gospel’s Boundless Riches (hymn to joy).............D-803750 Text by Delores Dufner, OSB
Open My Heart to the Pulse of Grace (alma)......................D-U01668 Text by Adam M. L. Tice / Music by Benjamin Brody
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May 9, 12 /Ascension WE COME TO ANOTHER SYMBOLIC NUMBER in Luke’s account. Just as Jesus was “led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days” (Lk 4:1–2) before his public ministry, so too did Christ spend forty days with the apostles before ascending (Acts 1:3). We recall the symbolic forty days and nights of rain in the flood, the forty days Moses was instructed by God on Mount Sinai, the forty years Israel wandered the desert, and our own Lenten journey. Forty prepares us for something. When marked on a Thursday, Ascension is forty days after Easter, though most celebrate it on a Sunday. Nonetheless, we must ask ourselves: What has God been preparing us for these
past forty days? During their forty days, Christ taught the apostles about the coming reign of God, one that was not a political revolution, as they originally expected with Jesus, but more a life-changing, spiritual one. Once they received the Spirit, they would be ready to be witnesses from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Before they could do his mission, the apostles had to be instructed by Christ. Then they had to wait for his Spirit. We, however, do not, for in baptism we have already been given the mind and Spirit of Christ. So the question of Ascension for us is this: What are we waiting for? —DM
Hymnals
W4
G4
G3
LM2
A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing
530
583
545
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
953
1018
949
As a Fire Is Meant for Burning
734
817
744
752
RS2
OC
639
450
1030
744
VCS
630
850
486
Christ High-Ascended Christ Is Alive
510
Come Down, O Love Divine
534
455 589
556
Go Go Make of All Disciples
332
646
491 819
320
792
843
769
646
866
648
810 92
Go Out in the World
585
Go Out to the World
762
Go to the World
532
586
546
Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
529
584
543
Hail, Thee, Festival Day
524 668
626
I Send You Out
851
758
I Will Be with You
587
824
643 321
816
641
452
640
451
905
832
452
738
484
470 508
818 132
919
664
154
Jesus Shall Reign
569
812
Lord, You Give the Great Commission
790
837
544
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
642
767
641
345 494
843
478
633
638
645
668
806
543
743
Open the Eyes of My Heart
206
Open Up the Heavens
207
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
564
Since Our Great High Priest, Christ Jesus
531
To Jesus Christ Our Sov’reign King
570
You Are Called to Tell the Story
784
G I A Q U A R T E R LY
813 683
Jesus Reigns
568
349
618
573
347
848
774
635 671
38
472
W4
Worship 4th Edition
G4
Gather 4th Edition
G3
Gather 3rd Edition
LM2
Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd Edition
RS2
Ritual Song Second Edition
OC
Oramos Cantando
637
Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises / Halleluya! Pelo Tsa Rona
In Christ There Is No East or West
OIF
642
VCS
Voices
OIF
One in Faith
SM
WC/M
CEL/H
CEL/M
Acudamos Jubilosos
608
376
Seasonal Missalette
Alabemos a Dios
617 458
342
We Celebrate Hymnal Missal
Aleluya, Cantemos al Señor
622
343
Aleluya, el Señor Resucitó
501
341
278
183
Altísimo Señor
516
419
Cantemos al Amor de los Amores
660
417
Canten a Dios con Alegría
541
Alaben Todos: Sal 148*
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Christ Has No Body Now But Yours
WS
409
233
297
744
837
Christ High-Ascended
625
678
WC/M
307
224
561
399
284
181
232
Go
751
627
923
766
Go Out in the World
READINGS [58] Acts of the Apostles 1:1–11
920
764
360
Go, Make of All Disciples
405
931
767
366
248
365
431
384
Hail the Day That Sees Christ Rise
238
620
529
225
189
He Who Walked upon the Water
247
618
527
Gusten y Vean: Sal 34(33)*
I Send You Out
922 273
747
637
Let the Earth Rejoice and Sing
251
621
528
789
658
296
861
718
330
Lord, You Give the Great Commission 300
626
Señor, Tú Eres el Pan
520
388
226
188
557
394
286
208
572
375
619
526
Somos Pueblo Santo 274
745
Ephesians 1:17–23 or 4:1–13 or 4:1–7, 11–13 Mark 16: 15–20
Señor, Mi Dios* 248
Psalm 47:2–3, 6–7, 8–9 (Rx 6 or Alleluia)
363
Jesus Shall Reign
To Jesus Christ, Our Sov’reign King
CEL/M ¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Missal
361
400
Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise
CEL/H
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Hymnal
759
Go to the World!
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
WS
Word and Song
530
Con la Cruz* Crown Him with Many Crowns
SM
636
Un Mandamiento Nuevo
* = BILINGUAL
Congregational Hymn and Song Selections from Christ for the World We Sing (christ is our song).........D-00643310 Text by Samuel Wolcott, Alan J. Hommerding / Music by Jonathan Kohrs
Lift Up Your Hearts, Believers (webb)....................................D-U01516 Text by Sylvia G. Dunstan O People, Clap Your Hands (festal song)........................... D-897333 Text by David Gambrell
Clap Your Hands (hehn).........................................................D-U00618 Text by Mary Louise Bringle / Music by Sally Ann Morris
Worthy Is the Lamb (fort wayne).........................................D-987249 Text by Adam M. L. Tice / Music by Ryan Flanigan
Festal Acrostic: Ascension (leibrecht)........................... D-00643334 Text by Alan J. Hommerding / Music by Christian Cosas
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May 12 /Seventh Sunday of Easter WE RETURN TO THE FIRST CHAPTER of the Acts of the Apostles this week, to the choosing of Judas Iscariot’s successor. There are a few things to note about this passage. First, by ensuring there would be twelve named apostles carrying out Christ’s mission, Luke shows that in the Christian community, Israel and its twelve tribes are restored. Although the number twelve is significant for both Jews and Christians, this passage is a good reminder that Jesus had many more than twelve followers; the reading mentions 120 gathered there to choose from. So we need not take the number twelve literally in our ritual imagination, especially when choosing how many people will have their feet washed on Holy Thursday, noting
that the Roman Missal makes no mention of the number of people for that ritual. Second, there’s a typo in the USA Lectionary at Acts 1:23. The Lectionary names one of the proposed choices to be “Judas called Barsabbas.” But in the actual passage in the Bible, he is named “Joseph.” Text aside, the most significant element in this reading is how the apostles discerned. First they proposed two choices, then they prayed, and finally they followed supernatural inspiration as a direct outcome of their prayer. A disciple orients their life completely to Christ, for they know he is active in every part of it. —DM
Hymnals
W4
G4
G3
LM2
RS2
OC
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
953
1018
949
752
1030
744
As a Fire Is Meant for Burning
734
817
744
850
608
At That First Eucharist
954
1017
914
756
1024
763
Be Not Afraid
680
754
683
583
797
574
Can We Love?
VCS
OIF
630
G4
Gather 4th Edition
G3
Gather 3rd Edition
45
Christ Has No Body Now but Yours (Lawton)
860
760
Christ Has No Body Now but Yours (Warner) Go to the World
532
586
God, We Praise You
599
682
God, Whose Purpose is to Kindle
797
885
546
882 321
641
Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd Edition
838
Ritual Song Second Edition
905
Oramos Cantando
102 490
588
I Will Be with You
VCS
Voices
587
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
642
767
641
Love Has Brought Us Here Together
985
1069
969
494
806
543
743
1073
Love One Another (King)
186
741
No Greater Love
698
769
701
812
590
O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God
914
997
902
649
732
651
One Bread, One Body
931
1042
932
1027
756
555
They’ll Know We Are Christians
904
835
669
688
Ubi Caritas (de Silva)
548 500
589
746
Ubi Caritas (Taizé)
702
We Are Many Parts
822
910
760
834
918
671
We Gather in Love
291
Where Charity and Love Abide
299
Where Charity and Love Prevail
700
774
706
You Are Called to Tell the Story
784
848
774
G I A Q U A R T E R LY
809
40
RS2 OC
He Lives in Us I Have Loved You
LM2
691 452
703 813
W4
Worship 4th Edition
747
OIF
One in Faith
SM
WC/M
WS
CEL/H
CEL/M
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
233
744
625
278
183
516
419
Altísimo Señor Amémonos de Corazón Amén, el Cuerpo de Cristo*
528 351
551
Amor Es Vida
513
379
585
337
At That First Eucharist
357
655
573
239
238
At the Table of the World
345
680
577
255
235
Bendeciremos por Siempre: Sal 145(144)
456
393
Bendigamos al Señor
576
Con la Cruz*
561
399
El Pan de la Vida (Cortés)
510
386
446
409
603
359
El Señor Es Compasivo: Sal 103(102)*
183
463
393
Estamos Reunidos Go to the World!
400
920
Gusten y Vean: Sal 34(33)* He Who Walked upon the Water
247
618
764
360
365
431
384
527
Hemos Oído Tu Voz
523
392
Hoy Nos Reunimos
604
357
I Send You Out
922
363
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
300
861
718
330
One Bread, One Body
336
683
589
260
836
686
The Spirit of God
229
318
854
711
333
Ubi Caritas/Where True Charity
224
856
712
334
156
607
362
335
157
We Gather in Love Where Charity and Love Prevail (Benoit)
WS
Word and Song
CEL/H
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Hymnal
CEL/M ¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Missal
READINGS [60] Acts of the Apostles 1:15–17, 20a, 20c–26 Psalm 103:1–2, 11–12, 19–20 (Rx 19a or Alleluia)
John 17:11b–19
917 299
Where Charity and Love Prevail (Hill) Where Charity Is True
WC/M
We Celebrate Hymnal Missal
1 John 4:11–16
Ubi Caritas/Live in Charity Vamos a la Casa del Señor
SM
Seasonal Missalette
207
862
716
855
719
694
* = BILINGUAL
Congregational Hymn and Song Selections from Gathered and Scattered (gathered and scattered).........D-U01098 John L. Bell
Rejoice, and Join the Melody (st. columba)D-U01396 Text by Adam M. L. Tice
God Is Love (deus amor est)..................................................D-U01188 Text by David Bjorlin / Music by Benjamin Brody
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May 19 /Pentecost M A N Y D I O C E S E S C E L E B R AT E L I T U R GY in a multitude of languages. The three major ones in mine are English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. When our Irish-born bishop was assigned to our diocese, he worked hard to learn Spanish and could lead some parts of the Eucharistic prayer well. But truth be told, everything else he tried in Spanish sounded awful. What he lacked in languages, he excelled in love for the people he served. This became clear at a dedication of a new church that served a mostly Mexican and Vietnamese community. Sitting near me was an older Vietnamese couple. They had been mostly silent during the Mass, their arms crossed as was their
custom, their eyes lowered in deferent prayer. The time came for the bishop to bless the people at the end of Mass. In what I am certain was an even worse accent than his Spanish, he began bravely to lead the closing blessing in Vietnamese. I could see the couple’s surprised looks, their confused faces, then a softening in their bodies, and finally tears on their cheeks. That single gesture had made all the difference. The true gift of Pentecost is the courage and humility to step out beyond our fears and the familiar that we might enter the sacred and intimate world of another. More than just doors and mouths, Pentecost opens hearts. —DM
Hymnals
W4
G4
G3
LM2
RS2
OC
Baptized in Water
919
993
903
746
1020
733
Come Down, O Love Divine
534
589
556
332
646
Come, Holy Ghost
544
601
559
324
648
Come, Holy Spirit, Come Come, Spirit Blest/Ven, Creador
537
454
592
RS2
606 718
702
539
One in Faith
453 914
997
902
649
O Holy Spirit, by Whose Breath
546
588
551
651
O Spirit All-Embracing
536
599
553
652
732
651 650
Pentecost Sequence
213
542
Send Down the Fire
1100
Spirit of God
645 593
557
1188
1084
653 874
1186
896
598
Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayer
654
Sweet, Sweet Spirit
327
The Day of Pentecost
494 543
595
558
328
650
459
Veni Creator Spiritus (Angotti)
489 282
538
VCS
Voices
OIF
O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God
G I A Q U A R T E R LY
OC
Oramos Cantando
117
Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song/ Vayan con Dios!
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Ritual Song Second Edition
116
Holy Spirit (You Are Welcome Here)
Veni Creator Spiritus
LM2
Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd Edition
457
541
850
G4
Gather 4th Edition
G3
329
I Have Been Anointed
W4
Worship 4th Edition
Gather 3rd Edition
75
Holy Spirit, We're Calling You
Sequence for Pentecost
646
460
Holy Spirit, Flow Through Me
Praise the Spirit in Creation
516
604
Holy Spirit, Come
Laus Tibi Sancte Spiritus
OIF
491
Flowing River
Holy Spirit, Lord Divine
VCS
590
550
326
647 42
461
493
SM
WC/M
WS
Aleluya, Cantemos al Señor
CEL/H
CEL/M
622
343
All the Earth
324
936
782
614
249
At the Table of the World
345
680
577
255
235
Bautízame, Señor, con Tu Espíritu
549
351
Bendeciremos por Siempre: Sal 145(144)
456
393
Come Down, O Love Divine
628
Come, Holy Ghost
258
768
646
551
195
Come, Holy Spirit, on Us Shine
261
622
531
229
193
Come, Holy Spirit, Wind and Fire
257
765
642
Creator Spirit, Lord of Grace
191
534
Es Mi Cuerpo (A los Hombres Amó Dios)
518
381
Espíritu Santo, Ven
550
354
431
384
Gusten y Vean: Sal 34(33)*
365
I Have Been Anointed 255
769
645
O Holy Spirit, by Whose Breath
254
771
643
291
190
Por Ti Seré Pescador
568
Santifícame
661
Siempre Unidos
566
396
Somos Pueblo Santo
557
394
227
194
The Day of Pentecost Arrived
624
532
The Spirit of God
836
686
WC/M
We Celebrate Hymnal Missal
WS
Word and Song
CEL/H
¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Hymnal
CEL/M ¡Celebremos! (Let Us Celebrate!) Missal
VIGIL [62] Genesis 11:1–9 or Exodus 19:3–8a, 16–20b or Ezekiel 37:1–14 or Joel 3:1–5
819
O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God
SM
Seasonal Missalette
Psalm 104:1–2, 24, 35, 27–28, 29, 30 (Rx see 30 or Alleluia) Romans 8:22–27 John 7:37–39 EXTENDED VIGIL [62] Use all readings above
Un Solo Señor (Deiss)*
506
349
Un Solo Señor (Rubalcava)
581
352
Ven, Oh Creador*
551
350
644
552
348
Psalm 104:1, 24, 29–30, 31, 34 (Rx see 30 or Alleluia)
625
533
230
196
646
542
228
1 Corinthians 12:3b–7, 12–13 or Galatians 5:16–25
Ven, Oh Espíritu*
773
Veni Creator Spiritus (Angotti)
766
Veni, Creator Spiritus (chant) Veni Sancte Spiritus
259
DAY [63] Acts of the Apostles 2:1–11
Sequence: Veni, Sancte Spiritus John 20:19–23 or 15:26–27; 16:12–15
* = BILINGUAL
Congregational Hymn and Song Selections from Flame of God, Come Burn Inside Us (ae fond kiss)........... D-U01796 Text by David Bjorlin
O Holy Spirit, Power of the Weak (shepherd of your sheep)....................................................D-1010128 Text by David Bjorlin / Music by Swee Hong Lim
For Distant Clouds (koerselman)........................................ D-U00887 Text by Martin Leckebusch / Music by Benjamin Brody
Send, O God, Your Holy Spirit (stuttgart)..........................D-U01529 Text by Sylvia G. Dunstan
Holy Spirit, Bless Us with a Yearning (yearning)...............D-U00312 Text by Adam M. L. Tice, María Cornou / Music by Katie Graber
1-800-442-1358 The Spirit Is a Dove (marianne)............................................ D-919234 Text by Adam M. L. Tice / Music by Sally Ann Morris
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