This weekend Masses for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ are today at 4:30 PM and tomorrow at 8:00 AM,10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

The 8:00 AM Mass tomorrow morning is streamed live at this link.

Fr. Emmanuel makes available his homily on his blog at this link.

A link to the weekly bulletin is here.

Dear Fellow Parishioners,

This week we celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi. The music for Mass this week should be familiar to you with the possible exception of the second communion song, ‘Song of Remembrance’ that the choir has sung in the past, but which is not in our missal, Breaking Bread. Here is a link if you want to hear it with all its harmony parts: https://youtu.be/YZUAB34d0k4. The words to this song and all the rest for this Sunday at the 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM Masses can be found in this attachment.

As you might imagine, the songs I’m sharing with you this week all focus on the Body and Blood of Christ.

First are two Latin hymns:

‘Tantum Ergo Sacramentum’
(unattributed, but sounds like Kitty Cleveland)
https://youtu.be/INljg1sHyhg

‘Panis Angelicus’ (Franck) sung by Elina Garanča
https://youtu.be/5U9gIr5aIyU

Next we have two with the same very unimaginative title, but with beautiful lyrics and music:

‘Communion Song’ by Laura Kaczor
https://youtu.be/Ni75_U6xdlc

‘Communion Song’ by Ben David Trigg
https://youtu.be/tSpV3j7R3dw

Another pair of songs with that share a title, but have very different melodies:

‘In Remembrance of Me’ sung by the Treblemakers
https://youtu.be/fEf2vi9nsQA

‘In Remembrance of Me’ by Cheri Keaggy
https://youtu.be/WReXhV7MpI0

Sorry, no toe-tappers today, but the last two have a country feel to them:

‘Table of Grace’ by Phillips, Craig & Dean
https://youtu.be/gfJkJavuz-s

‘We Hunger and Thirst’ by Sovereign Grace
https://youtu.be/jq9i98gBL0A

I hope you enjoy them all. Have a great week! God bless.

Janis Cantú

Next Saturday June 12th we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart. The Sisters of the Sacred Heart will be renewing their vows at the 4:30 PM Mass. We will then have a BBQ celebration and everyone is invited!

Due to COVID we need to make sure we have room for everyone as well as enough food. Please RSVP here or on the home page by June 7th. It’s BYOB!

This Memorial Day weekend Masses are this afternoon at 4:30 PM and tomorrow at 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

The 8:00 AM tomorrow morning is streamed live at this link.

Fr. Emmanuel makes available his homily on his blog at this link.

A link to the weekly bulletin is here.

Dear Fellow Parishioners,

You may have heard that the congregation is now allowed to sing during Mass, albeit with their masks on. This has introduced a little hiccup: most people do not have the hymnal and we don’t have any in the pews because of Covid restrictions set by the diocese. We are looking into ways to solve the problem, but in the meantime, I will be posting the lyrics for both the 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM Masses so that people interested in singing at the morning Masses can either print the lyrics or look it up on their phone if they’re on the parish email list. This week the songs are the same, but some weeks they may be different. The attachments will be labeled as is the one today. Please pass this information on to friends and family in the parish. If people find this helpful, I can see about posting the lyrics for the 4:30 PM Mass as well.

This week we are celebrating the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity and our music choices reflect that. The opening song for Mass is a new take on an old hymn, ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’. The words are exactly the same but the tune is different. You can have a preview of the tune here: https://youtu.be/26mHAPDKd1s. As always, the words for this and all the other songs can be found in this attachment. For Memorial Day, we are ending with the Navy hymn, ‘Eternal Father, Strong to Save’.

First we have a couple of different takes on the traditional tune, ‘Holy, Holy, Holy.’ The first is a modern rendition by Audrey Assad
https://youtu.be/AgHrNNM23p8

Next an a cappella version by Harvest Church
https://youtu.be/a1bNmHv4-8s.
There are so many versions of that song out there, you could do a study on it!

Take a trip down that rabbit hole! It inspires me to try one of them next year with the choir.

‘Glory Be’ composed by Mark David Girardin and performed by the Girardin Family
https://youtu.be/W1tVhZO286Y

‘Song to the Trinity’ by Boyce and Stanley
https://youtu.be/cdYD9E4bWeE

‘Trinity Song’ by Sandra McCracken
https://youtu.be/dk28HVgQ0AE

‘Let There Be Light’ by Paul Melley
https://youtu.be/mfV8n054dL4

‘This I Believe’ by Maranatha Music
https://youtu.be/AdU4Kbn3B3M

And this week’s toe-tapper: ‘Father, Son and Holy Ghost’ by Ernie Thacker
https://youtu.be/-irtqdWYAis

That’s it for this week. Happy Memorial Day and a special thanks to all of you veterans out there. Enjoy the music and the long weekend!

Janis Cantú