Welcome, Liturgical Year B! With the First Sunday of Advent, we usher in a new liturgical year, and with it comes the changes in the Roman Missal.
For two months we have been practicing the sung parts of Dan Schutte’s “Mass of Christ, the Savior.” Our “help cards” are in the pews. We will need to follow them carefully. We will surely make mistakes, but that’s okay. It’s an exciting time in the Church!
Our new Heritage Missals are in the pews for the calendar year 2012. For those who prefer to follow along in the missal rather than from the “help card,” the Order of Mass starts on page 3 of the Heritage Missal.
We begin the Mass with “Come, O Promised One.” This is a simple melody that is repeated after the cantor intones it. We follow that with one verse of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” We will do this each of the four weeks.
Because it is Advent, the “Gloria” is omitted. The Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) is a familiar one that we use during Advent. Most notably will be the changes in the “Eucharistic Prayer” and the sung “Mystery of Faith.” If you still need to follow the music from the “Mass of Christ the Savior,” you can look on page 41 of the Heritage Missal. There you will find the “Holy,” “Mystery of Faith,” and on the next page, the rest of the sung parts. I will be sure to remind everyone of that before Mass. Happy “New Liturgical Year” to all!
