Christmas 2014 December 24-25 1003 4 p.m. 1004 7:30 p.m. 1006 7:30 a.m./10 a.m. READINGS Communion All Masses Preludes – 4:00 p.m. church only O Come, Little Children (hand chimes, arr. Geschke) Rise Up Shepherd and Follow Go Tell It On the Mountain Craol of the Children (Rutter) O Little Town of Bethlehem Christmas Peace Cannon (Shafferman) Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod arr Leininger if time permits) Octavo 453 428 Octavo 446 Octavo Octavo Preludes – 7:30 p.m. only Gloria In Excelsis (Beall & Carter) O Little Town of Bethlehem (Boesiger) Noel (Hess & Bolduc) Christmas Sanctus (Dengler) Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child (arr Larson) There Is No Rose (Koppin) Away in A Manger (Gjeilo) Gathering O Come, All Ye Faithful (4 P.M. arranged Bisbee) Gloria A Christmas Gloria (Laginya) Psalm 4 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 10 a.m. Gospel Acclamation Gifts 4 p.m. For Ever I Will Sing the Goodness of the Lord (Ps 89) Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord (Ps 96) A light will shine on us this day: the Lord is born for us (Ps 97) All the Ends of the Earth (Ps 98) Octavo Octavo Octavo Octavo Octavo 439 Octavo 1003 1005 1006 Octavo Sing We Now Of Christmas Octavo Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Sanctus Mystery of Faith Great Amen Lamb of God Mass of Renewal Mass of Renewal Mass of Renewal Mass of Renewal Lamb of God (Maher) 4 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sending Forth 4 p.m. O Come, Little Children (hand chimes) (also Postlude) Puer Natus in Bethlehem (arr Latona) Hark the Herald Angels Sing Joy to the World 448 Octavo Octavo 441 Octavo 424 437 CHRISTMAS TREE. The fir tree has a long association with Christianity. It began in Germany when St. Boniface the Apostle to Germany (b. 680 AD), who converted the German people to Christianity, was said to have come across a group of pagans worshipping an oak tree. In anger, St. Boniface is said to have cut down the oak tree. To his amazement, a young fir tree sprung up from the roots of the oak tree. Boniface took this as a sign of the Christian faith. It was not until the sixteenth century that fir trees were brought indoors at Christmas time. Legend has it that Martin Luther began the tradition of decorating trees to celebrate Christmas. One crisp Christmas Eve in about 1500, he was walking through snow-covered woods and was struck by the beauty of a group of small evergreens. Their branches, dusted with snow, shimmered in the moonlight. When he got home, he set up a little fir tree indoors so he could share this story with his children. He decorated it with candles lighted in honor of Christ’s birth. By the 1700s, the Christbaum, or “Christ tree,” was a firmly established tradition. 1004 Christmas Alleluia (Chepponis) All Masses save 4 p.m. or Octavo Octavo All Masses Song of Praise Away in A Manger Star Light, Star Bright (children) Silent Night (arr Rentz, Youth) Silent Night (violin) 445 Octavo Octavo Octavo Octavo 219 ADESTE FIDELES. During the eighteenth century the city of Douay in France was a center for persecuted English Catholics. Among the exiles living there was John Francis Wade (c.1711-1786), who was a teacher, a bookseller. and a music copyist. And this is just about all we know about him(silence always being prudent during times of religious persecution). Today Wade is generally acknowledged as the source (author and composer) of the familiar and much-loved Adeste Fideles. Already in 1782 the hymn was known in England where it was sung at the Catholic chapel of the Portuguese Embassy in London (a musical center and one place in England where the Roman Catholic liturgy was permitted). In fact, the carol was so identified with the Embassy that people called it "The Portuguese Hymn." Protestant musicians were soon attracted to the tune and used it for a variety of texts. In 1841 Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880) made an English translation (0 Come, All Ye Faithful) of the Latin. Today the carol is sung by many religious denominations, although with various textual differences.
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