As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Fr. Stowe (via the diocese) approved the needed repair work to be done on the organ. As of Tuesday, the parts have been ordered (two sound cards), but before installation they need to be programmed. Other repairs include repairing a sticky pedalboard, replacing any missing lights on stop tabs (these are toggle tabs that turn voices on and off) and/or pistons (these are combinations of said voices that the organist can preset), and repairing a wobbly organ bench (a safety issue!). We could have the organ back in time for All Souls Day (November 2), but please DON'T mark my word on it! Once it is fixed, I will be overjoyed!
Earlier in the week, Paul and some help (including Father Emmanuel) brought up an electric keyboard that we've had downstairs over the years that was in use when we used to do outdoor Benedictions with Father Bucci. It actually fills the church with sound much better than my own keyboard was doing. Regardless of which of these two keyboards are in use, let's pray for a speedy but proper fix to the Rodgers organ. It is 24 years old as I write this, and with these fixes, we should get at least another 24 years out of it.
This will be the last numbered Sunday of the Year for the next three weeks. The following Sunday (November 2) is the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed (or for short, All Souls Day). The Saturday Mass, although on November 1 (which is normally All Saints Day) is the anticipated Mass for All Souls, as it is a late afternoon/evening Mass. Because All Saints falls on a Saturday this year, 1 - there is no obligation, and 2 - All Saints would only apply to any morning Masses celebrated on that day. The Sunday after that (November 9) is the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. While St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is the Pontifical Basilica, St. John Lateran is the Cathedral of Rome, and the official seat of the Pope as Bishop of Rome.
Numbering of Sundays of the Year will resume on November 16 (Sunday XXXIII), but not for long as the Sunday after that (November 23) is the Solemnity of Christ the King (formal title: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe).
Going back to November 2: the 10 AM Mass that Sunday will be offered for all the deceased of Sacred Heart Parish over the past year (that is, since last All Souls Day).
Without further ado, for THIS Sunday...
MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS
Memorial Acclamation: Save us, Savior of the world (ICEL chant)
Offertory hymn: Pew Missal, #261 The King of love my shepherd is ("St. Columba") (Listen)
BMP
