Songs & Updates for Saturday, July 2, 2016

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This Saturday is the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Mass overall went well last week. Huge thanks to Jonathan, Tom, Maggie and all the singers who were able to make it! With a number of folks out over the past month, it was also great to (as Father put it) start to 'get the band back together'. Things should more-or-less normalize again beginning next Saturday, July 9th.

Our music for July was sent to the Office and approved same-day by Father Charlie.

'Glory and Praise to our God' is a fun, upbeat piece that we don't normally do at Saturday Mass. It's one that most of you should be familiar with from the Sunday Masses, but if not, please look it over before the weekend.

If you'd be interested in cantoring the Psalm or a verse for 'Bring Forth the Kingdom', let me know!

Our Communion song, 'Taste and See', is one I don't believe we've done before. Note this is not the tune that comes to mind out of Spirit & Song. I'm hoping most of you are at least somewhat familiar with this, but if not, definitely look it over before Saturday. Although the verses are a bit tricky, what's nice about this piece is we have quite a bit of flexibility when it comes to how fast or slow we take it. I'd also love to take some time to work on the harmonies at some point.

Since Monday is the 4th of July, we may want to consider doing a patriotic postlude -- there's a pretty standard arrangement of 'America the Beautiful' in the GC that would probably work if there's interest and we have enough people to pull it off.

Maggie is out this week, but will be back on July 9th; Jim will also be back on the 9th.

In the interim, Eva is available to play piano.

Tom is out for all of July.

No practice after Mass this week.

Gathering:
GC #522 – Glory and Praise to Our God
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

Glory to God:
Mass of Creation

Response:
SS #069 – Ps 66 – Let All the Earth
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

Gospel Acclamation:
Mass of Creation

Offertory:
SS #137 – The Summons
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

Holy, Holy, Holy:
Mass of Creation

Eucharistic Acclamation:
Mass of Creation

Eucharistic Doxology:
Mass of Creation

Lamb of God:
Mass of Creation

Communion:
GC #814 – Taste and See
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

Closing:
GC #658 – Bring Forth the Kingdom
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

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