Our Music Ministry is expanding and creating a new choir to serve the parish. The Resurrection Choir will support the singing and participation at our parish Funeral Masses and Memorial Masses. Open to adults of any age with the availability to provide music during the daytime at parish funerals. No auditions are required; the ability to read music, while helpful, is not required. Members will be contacted via e-mail or phone as funerals occur. The Resurrection Choir, with the Parish Choir, sings for the annual Mass of Remembrance each November. Volunteers will rehearse periodically throughout the year and before each funeral. An interest meeting will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 10:30 AM in the lower church. Contact Tim for more information. It's always good to learn something new. The Easter season, in which we experience again the newness of the Resurrection and our Baptism in Christ, is an ideal time to learn and experience new things. This weekend we will be learning new Communion song, although the music might sound a bit familiar! Based on the chant, Adoro te devote (Humbly Lord I worship you), the text focuses on the Eucharist's unifying aspect - how we all become one with our Lord and one another. A concert featuring many local parish choirs that make up a spectrum of our Church universal. Choirs from Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, African-American, and African communities of our Diocese present a special concert celebrating our Catholic diversity and the joys of the Resurrection. Another great concert opportunity is on Friday, April 24 at 8:00 PM at Saint Thomas More Cathedral. Free concert! Broadway musicians!
Tonight - the Great Easter Vigil - we celebrate Jesus' victory over Death. As we begin with the Service of Light, the deacon proclaims Christ as light of the world. In the seven readings from the Old Testament, we hear our salvation history. During the sacraments of initiation, we welcome new members into the Church, confirm others, and renew our own Baptismal promises. Then we celebrate the Eucharist with the newly initiated for the first time.
This evening we begin the Paschal Triduum. We, the People of God, re-present the saving Paschal Mystery of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in his suffering, death, and resurrection. As we remember Jesus' institution of the priesthood and the Eucharist, we also recall our Lord's mandatum, or command, to love and serve one another. Tonight we wash feet, receive the oils blessed at the Chrism Mass, celebrate the Eucharist together, and walk with our Lord to a place of repose. |