October 2025

Propers

October 5 – The 27th Sunday in OTWorship Aid: 9:30 am | 5pm&11am
Cantor: Ali
Notes: “Family Mass” at 11 am, Cantor to do Welcome/Announcements at BOTH Masses.

Reflection: As ministers of music, our service is a humble offering, not for our own glory but as faithful servants of God. May our song strengthen the mustard seed of faith in the hearts of the assembly.

Hymn: I Sing the Mighty Power of God
Psalm 95: If Today You Hear His Voice[PDF]
Preparation – 5 /11: Lord, Help Us Walk Your Servant Way
Preparation – 9:30: Center of My Life
Communion: One Bread, One Body
Hymn: God’s Blessings Sends us Forth

October 12 – The 28th Sunday in OTWorship Aid
Cantor: Bekki
Notes: The Feast of St. Carlo Acutis

Reflection: Like the grateful leper who returned to glorify God, our ministry of music is an offering of thanksgiving. St. Carlo Acutis, who called the Eucharist his “highway to heaven,” inspires us to lead the assembly in song with joyful hearts of gratitude.
 
Hymn: Hymn for St. Carlo Acutis
Psalm 98: The Lord Has Revealed to the Nations[PDF]
Preparation: Unless a Grain of Wheat
Communion: I Received the Living God
Hymn: Now Thank We All Our God

October 19 – The 29th Sunday in OTWorship Aid
Cantor: Bernadette
Notes: “Family Mass” at 9:30 am

Reflection: Our role in worship is to encourage the community to keep lifting their voices in prayer and song, even when burdens weigh them down. Through faithful music-making, we help sustain the Church’s prayer.
 
Hymn: Let the Church in Celebration – [Text: Dufner/ Tune: REGENT SQ]
Psalm 121: Our Help is From the Lord[PDF]
Preparation: How Can I Keep from Singing
Communion: Taste and See … Moore
Hymn: Go to the World (vss: 1, 2, 4)

October 26 – The 30th Sunday in OTWorship Aid
Cantor: Joe
Notes:

Reflection: In leading song, our task is not self-display but humble service, like the tax collector who simply laid his heart before God. May our ministry point always to God’s mercy and not to ourselves.
 
Hymn: The Virtue of Humility – [Text: Dufner/ Tune: PUER NOBIS]
Psalm 34: The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor[PDF]
Preparation: Here I am, Lord
Communion: Christ Be Our Light – [Extra Verses]
Hymn: Lift High the Cross