The 29th Sunday

in Ordinary Time
18 October 2009

Saint Andrew & Saint William

Catholic Churches in Verona, Wisconsin

The Church’s readings today in the Liturgy of the Word have a curious
connection to the liturgical season of Lent. In the Old Testament reading
from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, we hear the prophecy of the Passion and
Death of the Lord Jesus Christ--the Messiah Who was sent to earth to redeem
His people: “If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descen-
dants in a long life, and the will of the Lord shall be accomplished through
him” (Isaiah 53:10b). This reading is very intense, illustrating the salvific
nature of Christ’s redeeming work; His Passion, Death, and Resurrection had
specific purpose, namely to “see the light in fullness of days” (Is 53:11a). We
know that this light is given to us by virtue of our baptism, when we are in-
corporated into the very life of Christ. We are reminded of this participation
in the life of Christ each time we make the sign of the Cross with water from
the baptismal font.
Earlier in the passage, Isaiah proclaims that “the Lord was pleased to
crush him in infirmity” (Is 53:10a). At face value, this presents a side of God
the Father that could wrongly be interpreted as sadistic--or delighting in cru-
elty. This could not be farther from the truth! We know that “God so loved
the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him
might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son
into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved
through him” (John 3:16-17). Therefore, the Father’s pleasure in crushing
His Son (for our sake) should be seen as the deepest expression of Love the
world has ever known--or ever will know. Today’s Psalm (which also ap-
pears in the Lenten calendar) reminds us to place our trust in God: “Lord,
let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you” (Psalm 33:22). Per-
haps these “Lenten” readings are a reminder of Christ’s suffering (and our
redemption) in the midst of our extended season of Ordinary Time.

INTRODUCTORY RITES
Hymn at the Procession - 535
All People That on Earth Do Dwell Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH

Penitential Rite

Priest All
          
Lord, have mer - cy. Lord, have mer - cy.

            
Christ, have mer - cy. Christ, have mer - cy.

          
Lord, have mer - cy. Lord, have mer - cy.
  
For you a-lone are the Ho - ly One, you a -
For you a-lone are the Ho - ly One, you a -
  on G 
     Mass
Gloria in excelsis

      Calvin M. Bower
 ALL: 
you a - lone are the Most High,

you a - lone are the Most High,

Je -
Je -
     
            

           
Glo - ry to God in the high - est and peace to hispeo -ple  on earth.
 Ho - ly Spi - rit in the glo - ry of God the
Ho - ly Spi - rit in the glo - ry of God the
                   

            
Lord God, heav'n -ly King, al - might- y God and Fa- ther,
  we
         A A -
-
-
-
men.
men.

A
A
-
-
    
           

  

wor
ALL: - ship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glo - ry.
   alone:
 ALL:
Cantor/Choir
      A  -   -  -  men.
A - - -
 
men.

 Jesus
Lord GloChrist,     ALL:
-ryto God  and  tohispeo     
in the high - est
ALL:  peace

-ple on earth.
only Son of the Father,
    
LordGod, God,are the Ho
Lamba-oflone - ly  One,  
      Lord, 
 take
For you
  the     you a - lone arethe
 
sins of the world: 
you away
have
  mer 
- cy on us.

 Lord  God, heav'n   -ly King, al - might- y God and Fa- ther,
have mer - cy on us.
 we 

 ALL:
ALL:

 
you 
a
Cantor/Choir alone:

-    
lone are the   High,
Most
     Je - sus
  with
Christ,
 
the

You 
 
are seated at the
  
 wor    re- ceive our  prayer. for your glo - ry.
- ship you, we give you thanks,
right hand of the Father:
re - ceive
we praise ouryou prayer.

ALL:
Ho - ly Spi - rit in the glo - ry of God the
 
Fa - ther.
               
               
For you a-lone are the Ho - ly One, you a - lone arethe Lord,
A -

-

men.
 
A -
 
-

men.
         
    
you a - lone are the Most High, Je - sus Christ, with the
A
     
- - - men.
  
 ALL:    
 
 Ho  -rit in the glo - ry of God the Fa - ther.
 - ly Spi

 mer- cy on
 have  us.          
ALL:
A - - men. A - - men.
       
      
re - ceive our prayer.
A - - - men.

ALL:
Opening Collect
      
The priest prays the collect. All respond Amen.

have mer - cy on us.

ALL: 
     
re - ceive our prayer.
 LITURGY OF THE WORD
Reading I Isaiah 53:10-11

If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,

He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 33

Richard Proulx



       

Lord, let your mer - cy be on us,

          
as we place our trust in you.

Reading II Hebrews 4:14-16

Let us therefore draw near with confidence

to the throne of grace.

Gospel Acclamation A. Gregory Murray

The Son of Man came to serve

and to give His life as a ranson for many.

Gospel Reading Mark 10:35-45

The Son of Man came to give His life

as a ranson for many.

Homily Rev. William F. Vernon

Pastor

General Intercessions
 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Preparation of the Altar and Gifts

Anthem at the Offertory (10:30am Sunday)

Laudate Dominum Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Laudate Dominum omnes gentes. Laudate eum, omnes populi. Quon-

ian confirmata est super nos misericordia eius, et veritas Domini manet in
æternum. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto: sicut erat in principio,
et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

Praise the Lord, all you nations; Praise Him all you people. For He
has bestowed His mercy upon us, and the Truth of the Lord will
endure for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, worl
without end. Amen.

Hymn at the Offertory - 644 (5pm Saturday & 8am Sunday)

Where Charity and Love Prevail Tune: CHRISTIAN LOVE

Sanctus et benedictus Mass for the City


Richard Proulx

                
 

Ho - ly, ho - ly, ho - ly Lord, God of pow - er and might.
  
              

         
Hea - ven and earth are full of your glo - ry. Ho -

  
    
     

               
san - na, ho - san - na, ho - san -na in the high - est. Bless -ed is
 
    

    2.
he who comes in the name of the Lord. Ho - san na, ho -

      
 1.
      
san - na, ho - san -na in the high - est. Ho - high - est.
Memorial Acclamation Mass for the City
Richard Proulx

      

       


   
Dy - ing you des - troyed our death, ris - ing you re -

   


  

  
stored our life. Lord Je - sus, come in

   

    
  
glo - ry, Lord Je - sus, come in glo - ry.

Great Amen Mass for the City

  
Richard Proulx

            
A - men, a - men, a - - men!

COMMUNION RITE
The Lord’s Prayer traditional chant

             
 Our
 Fa
 - ther,
 who  art in heav
 - en,   - lowed
hal
 be  thy name;

 Fa- ther, who art in heav - en,  hal
 Our  bethyname;
 -lowed 
  thy  - dom
 king  come;   bedone
 thywill   on  as it is in heav
 earth  - en. 
  thy  -dom come;
 king  bedone onearth
 thywill  asit is in heav - en.

 Give
 us this
 day
 our  -ly bread;
 dai  and  for  us
 -give  our
 tres - pass
 -es
 Give
 us this day our dai -ly bread;  usour tres- pass
 andfor-give  -es 
 aswe forgive those who tres-pass  us;
 a - gainst  and
 lead us
 not
 in - to
 aswe forgive
  those who tres  a - gainst
 -pass  us; and leadus not
 in - to
 temp
 - ta - tion,
   - liv
but de  - er us  e - vil.
 from 
 temp - tion,
 - ta Priest: (ending but de
 with): “our  - er Jesus
Savior,
- liv  from
us e - vil.
Christ.” 
  For
 
the  - dom,
king  
the 
power 
and 
the

  For
  the   - dom,
king 
the   and
power the
 - ry
  glo are 
 yours,  and
now  
for ev - 
er.

glo - ry are yours, now and for ev - er.

Agnus Dei Richard Proulx
 
                
Lamb of God, you take a-way the sins of the world: have

           
  
   
mer - cy on us. Lamb of God, you take a- way the

               

sins of the world: grant us peace, grant us peace.

Communion

Song at the Communion - 525

Gift of Finest Wheat Tune: BICENTENNIAL

Hymn of Thanksgiving - 419

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus Tune: HYFRYDOL

Prayer after Communion

CONCLUDING RITES
Final Blessing and Dismissal

Organ Postlude

Musical Remarks
Our Saint Andrew and Saint William Parish Choir continues singing at
the 10:30am Sunday Mass this weekend. The Choir, which is open to mem-
bers of our parish family of high school age and up, prepares music from all
time periods. The repertoire draws from the Church’s rich musical heritage
of Gregorian Chant in Latin, as well as music composed within the last few
years.
This weekend, the choir’s anthem at the Offertory is the Psalm 116 Lau-
date Dominum (“Praise the Lord”) setting by Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Charpentier (1644-1704) was a French composer during the late-eighteenth
century, in a musical era known as the Baroque (a period of music history
extending from approximately 1600-1750, ending with the death of Johann
Sebastian Bach). Charpentier was a remarkably versatile composer who pro-
duced an astonishing number of works, including operas, oratorios (bible-
based tragedies), theater music, ballets, sonatas, and sacred music. Laudate
Dominum is the Latin version of Psalm 116, meaning “Praise the Lord,” and
consists of three large sub-sections with phrases of the Psalm sung by the
choir and echoed by the organ and trumpet. The final doxology of the an-
them is a lively section with vibrant rhythms and scales introducting the text
Gloria Patri (“Glory be to the Father”). -B. G.

Permissions: Glory to God music by Calvin M. Bower. All rights reserved, reprinted with permission of the compos-
er. Psalm 33: Lord, let your mercy be on us music by Richard Proulx © GIA Publication, Inc. All rights reserved, reprinted
with permission under Onelicense.net #A-715895. Gospel Acclamation music by A. Gregory Murray © GIA Publica-
tion, Inc. All rights reserved, reprinted with permission under Onelicense.net #A-715895. Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation,
and Great Amen from Mass for the City. Music by Richard Proulx © GIA Publication, Inc. All rights reserved, reprinted
with permission under Onelicense.net #A-715895. Lamb of God music by Richard Proulx © GIA Publication, Inc. All
rights reserved, reprinted with permission under Onelicense.net #A-715895. All other selections in the public domain.