Day Three of the \u201cLift Up Your Hearts 2014\u201d National Liturgical Conference in Wollongong, Australia, began with Morning Prayer in the Cathedral. Music employed included the introductory dialogue and short responsory used previously courtesy of St. Francis Church, Melbourne; the call to prayer used previously crafted by Elizabeth Murray SGS from phrases of AZMON; Sr. Delores Dufner\u2019s hymn \u201cGreat Artist of the Universe\u201d set to a tune by Terri Nehl, OSB; Paul Mason\u2019s setting of both antiphon and psalm for Psalm 50\/51; Psalm 100 set to Howard Hughes\u2019 Tone I with an antiphon crafted for it by Paul Mason and Robyn O\u2019Dea; and Ruth Duck\u2019s metrical translation of the Benedictus \u201cNow Bless the God of Israel\u201d set to Marty Haugen\u2019s hymn tune MELBOURNE.<\/p>\n
Dr. Clare Johnson, bravely battling laryngitis, presented the day\u2019s keynote, entitled \u201cUnearthing a Treasure of Inestimable Value: Liturgical Music and the ars celebrandi.\u201d Employing the image of a voyage to organize her presentation, she guided us from the port of \u201csacra musica\u201d (reflections on how official Roman Catholic documentation prior to the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy spoke of liturgical music), through the thickets of \u201ccriteria iudicandi\u201d (examining how official documents and scholarly reflections propose standards of judgment for the music to be used in liturgy), to a lengthy stop at \u201cars celebrandi\u201d (raising the issue of beauty in liturgical music, especially in the light of Benedict XVI\u2019s \u201cSacramentum Caritatis\u201d), skirting the \u201cstrait of despair\u201d (I\u2019m sorry that I neglected to write down the Latin she used for this part of the voyage) to arrive at the \u201cinsula quid mihi?\u201d (the island of so what?), where she powerfully showed the pastoral implications of the earlier parts of the voyage.<\/p>\n
After morning tea, participants could choose one of six breakout sessions: Mr. David Nelson on \u201cWhat makes Australians Participate in Liturgy?\u201d, Dr. Geoffrey Cox on \u201cWhat Shall We Do With Gregorian Chant?\u201d, Ms. Louise Campbell on \u201cHow Are You Keeping Lent This Year?\u201d (an exploration of liturgical inculturation of seasons in the southern hemisphere), yours truly on \u201cHymns in Christian Worship\u201d, Rev. Dr. Barry Craig on \u201cCelebrating the Reformed Communion Rites: From Practical Exclusion to Formal Inclusion\u201d, and Dr. Carmel Pilcher RSJ and Fr. John Fitz-Herbert on \u201c\u2019We Are Australians\u2019: Inculturation, Liturgy and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n
After time for lunch (and the possibility of cantor and\/or organ lessons), participants could then choose one of six further breakout sessions: Bishop Peter Elliott on \u201cThe New Liturgical Movement: Recovering Vatican II,\u201d Mr. Richard McMahon on \u201cMoving Eucharist from Side Show to Main Event in Pastoral Planning,\u201d yours truly on \u201cHymns for the Liturgical Year\u201d in which participants sang through 16 scores of hymns by myself and Australian composers and\/or text writers such as Richard Connolly, Christopher Willcock, Jenny O\u2019Brien, Amanda McKenna, Michael Herry, and Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Br. James Maher MSC on \u201cFacilitating Liturgical Music: Giving Voice to the Heart\u2019s Journey,\u201d Rev. Dr. Tom Elich on \u201cFull, Conscious, Active Participation,\u201d and Ms. Amanda McKenna and Ms. Gina Ogilvie on \u201cThe Power of Music to Touch and Transform Lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following afternoon tea and free time for special interest groups to meet and\/or cantor and organ lessons to continue, the Conference Mass was celebrated in the Cathedral with Archbishop Mark Coleridge presiding and preaching. The homily masterfully wove together the pericope from 1 Samuel in which the Israelite people cry out for a king against Samuel\u2019s warning that to do so would in effect bring them back into the same slavery as in Egypt from which God had rescued them, the Marcan gospel where Jesus demonstrates his authority to forgive sins by a miracle of healing, and the memorial of St. Anthony Abbot, by reminding us of how we are called to live a counter-cultural life with its source and nourishment found in the eucharist. Music employed included \u201cPraise to the Lord\u201d (LOBE DEN HERREN) as the Entrance Song, Christopher Willcock\u2019s \u201cThis Body Will be Given For You\u201d as the Communion Song, and \u201cPraise God from Whom All Blessings Flow\u201d (OLD HUNDREDTH) as the Song of Praise after communion; the Mass setting was Bernard Kirkpatrick\u2019s \u201cMass of Christ the Redeemer\u201d and Psalm 33\/34 \u201cI will bless the Lord at all times\u201d was sung in my setting.<\/p>\n
The rest of the evening was kept free for the participants. I was truly blessed by being invited to Bishop Ingham\u2019s house along with other speakers and workers on the conference for a wonderful buffet meal and delightful conversation. The high point for me was when we were all able to sing \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to Bishop Peter in anticipation of his 73rdbirthday on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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