The Liturgy Committee
PRAYER
BEFORE A LITURGY
Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy.
Know that he, the Lord, is God.
He made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the sheep of his flock.
Go within his gates, giving thanks.
Enter his courts with songs of praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name.
Indeed, how good is the Lord,
eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to age.
-- Psalm 100
We prepare for Sunday Masses, liturgies for special occasions, baptisms, funerals, weddings, and RCIA.
A Ritual Life
Our lives a full of rituals. Our Catholic tradition is replete with ritual. This site from the Collaborative Ministry Office at Creighton University in the USA looks at some practical ways we can use rituals to enhance our everyday prayer. Using Ritual EverydayThe complete Liturgical Calender for 2007
is available on line:On the First Sunday of Advent, 3rd December, 2006 we begin the Liturgical Year C in the Sunday cycle of readings.
The weekday readings are Cycle 1.
The complete Liturgical Calender for 2008
is available on line:On the First Sunday of Advent, 2nd December, 2007 we begin the Liturgical Year A in the Sunday cycle of readings.
The weekday readings are Cycle 2.
Reflection on the Eucharist from St Augustine
What you see is bread and a cup. This is what your eyes report to you. But your faith has need to be taught that the bread is the body of Christ, the cup the blood of Christ.. If, then, you wish to understand the body of Christ, listen to the Apostle as he says to the faithful, "You are the body of Christ and his members." You reply, "Amen," to that which you are, and by replying you consent. For you hear, "The body of Christ," and you reply, "Amen." Be a member of the body of Christ so that your "Amen" may be true.... Be what you see, and receive what you are.
(St Augustine Sermon 272)
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one of the liturgical ministries.
You can download a MINISTRY COMMITMENT FORM
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Music List for Advent 2007:
Liturgical Music for Advent 2007Music List for January 2008:
Liturgical Music for January 2008Download the latest Liturgy Rosters for St Joseph's Church here:
- Greeters and Hospitality:
Greeters February - April 2008 Hospitality Cuppa February - April 2008 - Eucharistic Ministers:
Eucharistic Ministers Vigil Mass February 2008 - April 2008 Eucharistic Ministers 7.00am February 2008 - April 2008 Eucharistic Ministers 9.00am February 2008 - April 2008 - Readers Rosters:
Readers Roster February 2008 - April 2008 - Prayer Leader:
Roster for Prayer Leader February 2008 - April 2008 - Children's Liturgy:
Children's Liturgy Roster Term 1 2008
- Computer Operators:
Computer Operator February 2008 - April 2008
- Servers Roster:
Servers Roster Feb - Apr 2007
- Counters Roster:
Counters Roster 2006 - Music Rosters:
Music Roster May-July 2007
- Church Cleaning Roster:
Cleaning Roster commencing 18th August 2007
"Mass in a Moment" is a series of 140 word items making up a guide to the celebration of Mass. They were originally written to accompany a video of a televised Mass in the US.
You can down load the whole document on this link: Mass in a Moment