1 DIOCESIAN MUSIC MINISTRY

ST

CONGRESS
October 2, 2010
Saint Peter’s College Seminary
SACRED MUSIC
 WHAT IS SACRED MUSIC?

• Music that glorifies God and

sanctifies the faithful.
 WHAT IS LITURGICAL MUSIC?

• A type of sacred music that

glorifies God and sanctifies
the faithful.
• It satisfies the needs of the
liturgy / liturgical celebration.
 REMEMBER:
• All liturgical music is
sacred music...

• But not all sacred music

can be used as liturgical
music.
 MUSICAM SACRAM
• These are instructions of music for the sacred
liturgy.

• It is in page 80 of Vatican II

• Vatican II implements how Catholics should

behave.
 MUSICAM SACRAM P. 81
INSTRUCTION 9
In selecting the kind of sacred music to
be used, whether it be for the choir
or for the people, the capacities of
those who are to sing the music
must be taken into account. No kind
of sacred music is prohibited from
liturgical actions by the Church as
long as...
 MUSICAM SACRAM P. 81
INSTRUCTION 9
• It corresponds to the SPIRIT of the
LITURGICAL CELEBRATION.
• It corresponds to the NATURE of the
INDIVIDUAL PARTS of the celebration.
• It does not hinder the ACTIVE
PARTICIPATION of the FAITHFUL.
• It corresponds to the
SPIRIT of the liturgical
celebration.
 LITURGICAL SEASONS
• Advent Season
• Christmas Season
• Lenten Season (Lent)
• Easter Season
• Ordinary Season
 ADVENT SEASON
• Is about the waiting for the birth of Jesus Christ.
• It runs for more or less 4 weeks
• Liturgical color: Violet (or Pink: Gaudete Sunday)
 MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE
SIMBANG GABI
• Question: Why does the priest wear white
from December 16 – 24? Is it because it’s
Christmas?
• Answer: No, because during those days, it is
the nine-day novena for the journey of Mary
with Jesus in her womb (paglalakbay ni Maria
sa kanyang siyam na buwang pagdadalang-tao)
 CHRISTMAS SEASON
• It is the Birth of Jesus Christ.
• It runs for more or less 3 weeks (from the birth
of Christ to the Baptism of the Lord)
• Liturgical color: White
 ORDINARY SEASON
• It is about the ministry of Jesus. About
His works, His miracles, His Parables.
• The longest season in the Liturgical Calendar
• First part of OT is after Christmas Season
• Second part is after Pentecost Sunday
• It runs for more or less 34 weeks
• Liturgical color: Green
 LENTEN SEASON
• It is about the Passion of our Lord.
• It runs for more or less 6 weeks
(from Ash Wednesday to Black Saturday)
• Liturgical color: Violet (or Pink: Laetare Sunday)
 EASTER SEASON
• It is the Resurrection of our Lord.
• It is the season of great joy.
• It runs for 50 days (including eight Sundays:
6 Sundays of Easter, Ascension Sunday, and
Pentecost Sunday)
• Liturgical color: White or Gold (for Easter),
Red (Pentecost Sunday)
 FEASTS, SOLEMNITIES, MEMORIALS
• Red – for Martyrs
• Red – for Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday)
• White – for Non-Martyred Saints
• White – for feast of Our Lady (Mama Mary)
• It corresponds to the
NATURE of the
individual parts of the
celebration.
 SINGING PARTS OF THE MASS
• INTROIT • SANCTUS
• KYRIE • ACCLAMATION
• GLORIA • GREAT AMEN
• SALAMAT SA DIYOS • OUR FATHER
• RESPONSORIAL PSALM • AGNUS DEI
• ALLELUIA • COMMUNION
• CREDO • RECESSIONAL
• OFFERTORIUM
 INTROIT (Pambungad)
• Procession of the ministers
• A song of gather.
• It sets the mood of the liturgical celebration.
• It accompanies the procession.
KYRIE (Panginoon, kaawaan Mo kami!)
• Talks about Jesus Christ
• It is not a Trinitarian formula
• Who is Christ in our lives
• You are requesting Christ
 GLORIA
• It is a happy, joyful song
• Talks about the Holy Trinity
• We do not sing this during Advent and Lent
 SALAMAT SA DIYOS
• It is usually sung after the 1st and 2nd reading.
• The simple, the better.
 RESPONSORIAL PSALM
• It is a recitation with a note.
• Psalmist must understand the psalm so the
faithful (parishioners) will not hesitate to
respond in the psalm.
• Make it simple and clear.
 ALLELUIA
• Purihin ang Diyos!
• It should not sing this part during Lent.
• In singing Alleluia, the pattern is:
Alleluia – Gospel Acclamation – Alleluia
 CREDO (Sumasampalataya Ako...)
• It is about professing faith.
• It should be recited or sang with dignity, that
we believe in the Holy Trinity: the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit
 OFFERTORIUM
• Misconception: There’s no such thing as
Offertory Song, but it is a Song for the
Preparation of Gifts.
• It is the consecration and elevation of the
Host and the Chalice.
 SANCTUS
• Highest form of praise!
 ACCLAMATION
• The Acclamation must depends on the
celebration

(NOTE: ‘We Remember’ is not an acclamation

song but it is a communion song.)
 GREAT AMEN
• It means ‘Yes,’ ‘So be it,’ ‘I believe.’
• It should sang with great exultation.
 AMA NAMIN
• The Lord’s prayer
• It is a masculine prayer
• The lines of ‘Our Father’ describe what
qualities of a father have.
• Make it simple.
 AGNUS DEI (Kordero ng Diyos)
• It has two sections: Section A and B
• A.) Lamb of God who... Have mercy on us.
• B.) Lamb of God who... Grant us peace.
• To accompany the action of breaking the
bread.
• The Section A sings during the bread breaking.
• The Section B sings after the bread breaking.
 COMMUNION
• You can sing this with voicing, humming,
descant, as a choir or with solo lines, etc.
• It should be prayerful, inspiring, and solemn;
so that they (the faithful) will receive Jesus,
the Eucharist, with dignity.
 RECESSIONAL
• It is a song of sending forth.
• Sing a sacred or liturgical song.
• It does not hinder the
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
of the FAITHFUL.
 ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
• According to instruction 15 of the Musicam
Sacram, the faithful fulfill their liturgical role
by making that full, conscious, and active
participation which is demanded by the
nature of the liturgy itself and which is, by
reason of baptism, the right and duty of the
Christian people. This participation should be
internal and external.
• The faithful should also be taught to unite
themselves interiorly to what the ministers or
choir sing, so that by listening to them they
may raise their minds to God.
 ANY
QUESTIONS????
?
 GOD BLESS US ALL!

The End!