FIRST SOLEMN MASS OF THANKSGIVING

REVEREND JOSEPH JAMES FAULKNER

CHURCH OF SAINT TERESA
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI
29 MAY, 2005
I
t is my firm intention, at this Mass, and at all Masses I shall ever
celebrate, to transform the bread and wine into the Sacred Body
and Blood of Jesus Christ; and in the celebration of all the Sacra-
ments, to do exactly what the Holy Catholic Church intends, according
to the rite of the Roman Church. May the sacrifice of Christ, made
present at my unworthy hands, ever redound to the praise and glory
of God the Father, and serve to sanctify His Bride, the Church.

This First Mass of Thanksgiving is being offered for:

• a greater love for Jesus,
• in thanksgiving for the pontificate of John Paul II,
• the deceased members of the Faulkner and Clark families,
• and for the repose of the soul of Hannah Burnison.
 PRINCIPAL CELEBRANT
Rev. Joseph James Faulkner
PRINCIPAL CONCELEBRANTS
Rev. Timothy Alkire
Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana
Rev. Kevin McGoldrick
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Rev. Peter Mitchell
pastor, Assumption Parish, Dwight
Rev. Joseph Nemec
pastor, St. Teresa
Priests of the Diocese of Lincoln
HOMILIST
Rev. Peter Mitchell
pastor, Assumption Parish
Dwight, Nebraksa

DEACONS
Rev. Mr. Nicholas A. Kipper
Diocese of Linocln
Rev. Mr. Pang Joseph Shiu Tcheou
Diocese of Harrisburg
Rev. Mr. Christopher R. Cooke
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Rev. Mr. Ik-Joon Choi
Archdiocese of Philadelphia

LECTOR
Bjorn Lundberg
Diocese of Arlington

MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Rafael Rodriguez
SERVERS
Christopher Miller, thurifer
Scott Yates Matthew Rolling
Michael Ventre, book bearer Michael Zimmer, crucifer
Matthew Rawe Sam Pynes
Michael O’Donnell Seth Donahue
Ian Werner Tyler Minchow
 MUSIC DIRECTOR
Mr. Scott Rieker

ORGANIST
Mr. Michael Emmerich

CANTOR
Mrs. Sarah Moje

GUITARISTS
Karen Gokie
Kim Wilson

BRASS QUARTET
Brian Botsford, trumpet
Joe Smith, trumpet
Tyler Hottovy, trombone
Gary Jungck, tuba

CHOIR
Robyn Furasek
Amy Groathouse
Judy Fulton
Karen Gokie
Becky Mach
Phil Rosno
Darren Furasek
Dennis Klimes
Ryan Miller
Tyler Hale
Jennifer Van Dyke
Emily Nannen
Mary Zimmer
Amy Niewald
Brian Havlat
Kim Wilson
Annie Leiter
 THE ORDER OF MASS
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD AND LITURGY OF THE EUCAHRIST TOOGETHER FORM “ONE SINGLE
ACT OF WORSHIP”; THE EUCHARISTIC TABLE SET FOR US IS THE TABLE BOTH OF THE WORD OF
GOD AND OF THE BODY OF THE LORD. -- CATECHSIM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Mass, or some sort of congregational gathering, has been the center of Chris-
tian worship since the Last Supper. While certain things have been adapted to ac-
commodate the specific needs of a time or place, the key elements have remained
intact since the beginning: the reading of Scripture, the instruction by the priest,
and the commemoration of the Paschal Mystery (in other words, the mystery of
salvation: the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, most especially those events
from the Last Supper through the Resurrection on Easter) through the Eucharist
(Holy Communion). The texts of the Ordinary of the Mass (those parts which are
said or sung at every Mass) have also remained virtually unchanged – the Gloria
being the newest, and added in 400AD. Consequently, there is a long history of
devout men and women adding music to the Mass, according to their culture, to
add beauty to the rites, to help people concentrate better, and to understand the
mysteries more fully. Even though the musical expression, and sometimes the
language, may be different at different points in the service, the texts and the Mass
itself are the same as they have been from the beginning. *
PRELUDES
O Bone Jesu Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
(c.1514-1594)
Christus Vincit Nicola A. Montani
(1880-1948)
Surrexit Christus Jacques Berthier
(1923-1994)
Translations and explanations are available at the end of this program booklet.
PROCESSIONAL HYMN At the Lamb’s High Feast
Rieker, arr.

TEXT: Ad regias agni dapes; Latin, 4th C.; Tr. by Robert Campbell, 1814-1868, alt.
TUNE: SALZBURG, 77 77 D; Jakob Hintze, 1622-1702; Harm. by J.S. Bach, 1685-1750; Arr. Scott Rieker. Copyright © 2005

KYRIE Kyrie I
Jacques Berthier

Copyright © 1978, 1980 and 1981, Les Presses de Taizé (France). All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.
Scott Rieker, arr.
GLORIA Papal Mass
Charles Callahan

Copyright © 1999, Birnamwood Publications. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.
 THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
The readings in the Catholic Church are assigned throughout the calendar year in
a three-year cycle, so that in the course of three years, the gospels in their entirety,
most of the New Testament, and a good portion of the Old Testament, are read at
Mass. Since, as Christians believe, God entered time, time is now holy, and the
different seasons of the year celebrate the mystery of salvation, from the birth
to the death and resurrection of Jesus, and other events which bear directly on
that. During the Seasons of Christmas and Easter, and the preparatory seasons
of Advent and Lent, humankindʼs need for salvation and Godʼs direct intervention
to supply this need are the focus of the liturgy. In between these times, Ordinary
Time (“ordinary” in the sense of “ordinal” or an “ordered” counting of the weeks
between the major liturgical seasons) focuses on the broader scope of salvation
and manʼs response thereto.

The first reading is from the Old Testament, and shows a prefiguring of the mys-
tery, which is revealed in the New Testament. The sung Responsorial Psalm an-
tiphon is repeated after every strophe of the Psalm, and allows a meditation to
connect the themes in the Old Testament with the New. The second reading is from
the New Testament, often from the writings of St. Paul, and shows the application
for the theme of the day in the listenerʼs daily life. The gospel is the high point of
the Liturgy of the Word, since it is the recounting of the actual words and deeds of
Jesus. Out of respect, the people stand, and to show its solemn nature; it begins
with the alleluia and a preparatory dialogue. On particularly special feast days, a
Sequence highlighting the celebration of the day precedes the gospel as well.*
FIRST READING Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a
He gave you a food unknown to you and your fathers.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 147

Praise the Lord, Je - ru - sa - lem!

SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 10:16-17

The bread is one, and we, though many, are one body.

SEQUENCE Lauda Sion

Johan de Meij & Scott Rieker

TEXT: Lauda Sion (Praise, O Zion), Gregorian chant;

Tr. Scott Rieker. (b. 1976); Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission
TUNE: Johan de Meij (b. 1953); First Symphony for Wind Band; Scott Rieker, arr.;
Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Festival Alleluia
James Chepponis

Copyright © 1999 MorningStar Music Publishers of St. Louis.

All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

GOSPEL John 6:51-58

My flesh is true food, and my blood is true dink.

HOMILY Father Peter Mitchell

pastor, Assumption Parish
Dwight, Nebraska
 THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
[CHRIST], OUR LORD AND GOD, WAS ONCE AND FOR ALL TO OFFER HIMSELF TO GOD THE
FATHER BY HIS DEATH ON THE ALTAR OF THE CROSS, TO ACCOMPLISH THERE AN EVERLASTING
REDEMPTION. BUT BECAUSE HIS PRIESTHOOD WAS NOT TO END WITH HIS DEATH, AT THE LAST
SUPPER, [HE WANTED] TO LEAVE TO HIS BELOVED SPOUSE THE CHURCH A VISIBLE SACRIFICE BY
WHICH THE BLOODY SACRIFICE WHICH HE WAS TO ACCOMPLISH ONCE FOR ALL ON THE CROSS
WOULD BE RE-PRESENTED, ITS MEMORY PERPETUATED UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, AND ITS
SALUTARY POWER BE APPLIED TO THE FORGIVENESS OF THE SINS WE DAILY COMMIT.
-- COUNCIL OF TRENT (1562)
OFFERTORY HYMN O Sacrum Convivium
Tomás de Vittoria
(c. 1548-1611)
SANCTUS Heritage Mass
Owen Alstott

Copyright © 1978, Owen Alstott. Published by Oregon Catholic Press. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Heritage Mass

Owen Alstott

Copyright © 1988, Owen Alstott. Published by Oregon Catholic Press. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.
GREAT AMEN Heritage Mass
Owen Alstott

Copyright © 1988, Owen Alstott. Published by Oregon Catholic Press. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

AGNUS DEI Heritage Mass

Owen Alstott

Copyright © 1978, Owen Alstott. Published by Oregon Catholic Press. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.
 GUIDELINES FOR RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION

For Catholics:
Catholics fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when
they receive Holy Communion in fulfillment of Christ’s command to
eat His Body and drink His Blood. In order to be properly disposed
to receive Communion, communicants should not be conscious of
grave sin, have fasted for an hour and seek to live in charity and
love with their neighbors. Persons conscious of grave sin must
first be reconciled with God and the Church through the sacrament
of Penance. A frequent reception of the sacrament of Penance is
encouraged for all.

For Other Christians:

We welcome to this celebration of the Eucharist those Christians
who are not fully united with us. It is a consequence of the sad divi-
sions in Christianity that we cannot extend to them a general invita-
tion to receive Communion. Catholics believe that the Eucharist is
an action of the celebrating community signifying a oneness in faith,
life and worship of the community. Reception of the Eucharist by
Christians not fully united with us would imply a oneness which
does not yet exist, and for which we must all pray.

For Those Not Receiving Holy Communion:

Those not receiving sacramental Communion are encouraged to
express in their hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord
Jesus and with one another.

For Non-Christians:
We also welcome to this celebration those who do not share our faith
in Jesus. While we cannot extend to them an invitation to receive
Communion, we do invite them to be united with us in prayer.

THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR EUCHARISTIC WORSHIP. JESUS AWAITS
US IN THIS SACRAMENT OF LOVE. LET US NOT REFUSE THE TIME TO GO TO MEET HIM IN ADORA-
TION, IN CONTEMPLATION FULL OF FAIUTH, AND OPEN TO MAKING AMENDS FOR THE SEROIUS
OFFENSES AND CRIMES OF THE WORLD. LET OUR ADORATION NEVER CEASE.
-- POPE JOHN PAUL II (DOMINICAE CENEA)
COMMUNION HYMNS This Is Jesus
Jim Cowan; Rieker, arr.

TEXT: Jim Cowan (b. 1952); Copyright © 1987. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission
TUNE: Jim Cowan (b. 1952); Copyright © 1987. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.
Choral Arrangement: Scott Rieker (b. 1976); Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

Ubi Caritas
Jacques Berthier

TEXT: 1 Cor. 13:2-8, Where charity and love are found, Gos is there. Taizé Community, 1978
TUNE: Jacques Berthier (1923-1994); Copyright © 1979, Les Presses de Taizé

POST-COMMUNION MEDITATION Tantum Ergo

Author Unknown

MARIAN CONSECRATION Ave Verum Corpus

Plainchant
RECESSIONAL HYMN Father, We Thank Thee
Rieker, arr.

Verse 4. (Choir only)

To Christ, who lives in heaven, reigning
Risen from death to save mankind. Amen!
And to the Father all sustaining
The goal our souls shall seek and find. Alleluia!
With Godʼs own Spirit of creation
The breath of life and fire of love; Alleluia, Alleluia!
Be glory, praise and adoration
Thus to the Trinity above.
TEXT: vs. 1, 3: From the Didache, c. 110AD; Tr. by F. Bland Tucker, 1895-1984, alt., Copyright © 1940, The Church Pension Fund
vs. 2, 4; Scott Rieker (b. 1976); Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.
TUNE: RENDEZ A DIEU 9 8 9 8 D; Genevan Psalter, 1551; Attr. Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-1561
Arragnement: Scott Rieker (b. 1976); Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.
POSTLUDES
Laudate Dominum Jacques Berthier
(1923-1994)
Panis Angelicus Giuseppe Baini
(1775-1844)
Greith, arr.
Song of the Cross Susan HooKong-Taylor & Ana Da Costa
World Youth Day 2002
Please observe a prayerful silence during the Postludes.

HAVING PASSED FROM THIS WORLD TO THE FATHER, CHRIST GIVES US IN THE EUCHARIST
THE PLEDGE OF GLORY WITH HIM. PARTICIPATION IN THE HOLY SACRIFICE IDENTIFIES US
WITH HIS HEART, SUSTAINS OUR STRENGTH ALONG THE PILGRIMAGE OF THIS LIFE, MAKES
US LONG FOR ETERNAL LIFE, AND UNITES US EVEN NOW TO THE CHURCH IN HEAVEN, THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, AND ALL THE SAINTS.
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
 A WORD OF THANKS

I
wish to thank everyone, those who were able to attend this Mass
of thanksgiving and those who could not, who have helped me by
their prayers, example, and encouragement to respond to God’s
call to the priesthood.

In particular, I want to thank my mother, father, and sister, as well as

my extended family members, living and deceased, who have loved,
supported, and inspired me these twenty-six years. I love you all.
Truly, the family is the seedbed of vocations.

Thank you to all who have assisted in making this Mass a beauti-
ful sacrifice of praise to God—especially the priests, servers, and
choir—and to those who have helped with all the physical prepara-
tions for this day. A special word of thanks to Mr. Scott Rieker who
directed the choir and assembled this program booklet.

To all, thank you for your love and support. I know I would not be a
priest today, and maybe not even a Christian, without your prayers.
Be assured of my prayers for you at the altar of God.
Sincerely in Christ and in His Blessed Mother,
 THE PLENARY INDULGENCE
Any Catholic in the state of grace can receive a plenary indulgence
by devoutly participating in the first solemn Mass of thanksgiving
of a newly ordained priest. It may be attained by fulfilling usual
conditions, namely:

1. receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation - preferably

on the day of - within one week before or after the event;
2. performing the act itself by participating in the First
Mass; and
3. receiving Holy Communion - preferably on the day of
- within one week before or after the event.

A plenary indulgence provides for the full remission of temporal

punishment due to sins which have already been forgiven.
 ABOUT THE MUSIC
O BONE JESU
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina may easily be considered the greatest
composer of liturgical music of all time. His copious composition
of Masses and sacred motets set him apart, but his profound spiritual
connection to the liturgy - through the influence of such persons as
St. Charles Borromeo and St. Philip Neri - is what makes him truly
remarkable. His Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass) was
the gold standard of Catholic music for at least four centuries after
its composition in 1565, and his motets and other music are still
performed regularly as foundations and masterpieces of the Western
musical tradition. O Bone Jesu is one such motet.

Translation:
O good Jesus!
have mercy on us,
because you created us
and you redeemed us
through your most precious blood.

CHRISTUS VINCIT
The acclamation “Christus Vincit” (Christ Conquers!) has accompa-
nied solemn liturgical celebrations since the very earliest days of the
Church. This setting was composed and arranged by Nicola A. Mon-
tani, and American composer, in 1939 for the election and coronation
of Pope Pius XII. Montani was an internationally famous author-
ity on Catholic liturgical music, the onetime editor of the Catholic
Choirmaster, founder of the Society of St. Gregory, instructor at Seton
College in New Jersey and other institutions. For his contribution to
the Catholic Church, he was knighted by the Pope.

Translation:
Christ Conquers! Christ Reigns! Christ Commands!
To Benedict, our Supreme Pontiff and universal father,
peace, long life and health forever.
To Fabian, our most reverend bishop, peace...
(translation continues...)
 To Joseph, reverend priest, and all the clergy with him,
peace...
May a time of goodness come,
May the Peace of Christ come!
May the Reign of Christ come!

SURREXIT CHRISTUS
Many of the works of music included in this Mass grew out of the
Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in rural
France. Taizé was founded in 1940 by Brother Roger, to promote
good works for the needy, and inter-denominational prayer through
music. Jacques Berthier was the composer Brother Roger entrusted
with the task of creating these unique, harmonic congregational
meditations. In addition to composing for Taizé, Berthier was an
influential composer in his own right.

Translation:
Christ is Risen, Alleluia!
Sing to the Lord, Alleluia!

O SACRUM CONVIVIUM
While Palestrina was creating the pinnacle of polyphonic liturgical
music in Rome, Tomás de Vittoria, was pushing the envelope in terms
of style and harmony in the courts and churches of Spain. His music
is less “perfect” than Palestrina’s, incorporating more chromatic al-
terations and rhythmic irregularities. For this work, he drew on the
text by St. Thomas Aquinas for the Second Vespers Antiphon for the
Feast of Corpus Christi.
Translation:
O sacred banquet, in which Christ is received, and we recall
the memory of his passion. Our minds are filled with grace and a
foretaste of the future glory [of heaven] is given to us. Alleluia.
UBI CARITAS
Another work from Jacques Berthier and the Taizé Community, this
is an adaptation of the famous chant of the same name.

Translation:
Where there is charity and love, there also is God.

TANTUM ERGO
The text of this motet is St. Thomas Aquinas’ Pange Lingua Gloriosi
hymn from the Holy Thursday Liturgy. The composer of this musical
setting is unknown, and this fact has caused confused attribution to
appear in numerous settings.

Translation:
Therefore, we bend low in homage before this Greatest of
Sacraments, and the old forms of instruction give way to this new
ritual while faith supplies what failing sense lack.
To the Father and to the Son, give praise and jubilation.
Likewise, let health, honor, power and blessing proceed from both,
who are equally to be praised. Amen.

AVE VERUM CORPUS

This chant is the famous Eucharistic text of Pope Innocent V
(c1226-1276). It quickly became a favorite text for such composers
as William Byrd and Palestrina, as well as others, with the rebirth
of Eucharistic theology during and after the Protestant Reformation
and the Council of Trent.
Translation:
Hail the true body, which was born of the Virgin Mary;
[which] truly suffered and was sacrificed (immolated)
upon the cross for mankind:
out of whose pierced side flowed water and blood:
Be for us the foretaste [of heaven] during the test of death.
O sweet, O loving, O Jesus, Son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.
LAUDATE DOMINUM
This work from Taizé and Berthier comprises the whole of Psalm 117
in Latin, with meditative verses in English.

Translation:
Praise the Lord, all you nations, Alleluia.
Acclaim Him, all you peoples, Alleluia.

PANIS ANGELICUS
St. Thomas Aquinas composed this text as the Hymn for Matins on
the Feast of Corpus Christi. Baini, an influential Roman composer
of the 19th Century, who strove to emulate the style of Palestrina,
composed this work as a tribute to Palestrina.

Translation:
The bread of angels has been made bread for mankind.
He gives the bread from heaven, which ends all symbols.
What a miraculous thing!
We are eating our Lord:
Poor, a servant; and humble.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE
All of the music reprinted in this program is either in the public domain, or it is
copyrighted as noted and reprinted with the permission of the copyright holder.

*Catechetical content in this program is adapted from What In God’s Name Is

Going On Here? (A Guide to Avoiding Mass Confusion), by Scott Rieker, Copy-
right © 2003. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved.
 MEDITATIONS ON THE EUCHARIST

“Present in the Eucharist as the Risen Lord, [Christ] nonetheless

bears the marks of his passion, of which every Mass is a ʻmemorial,ʼ
as the Liturgy reminds us in the acclamation following the consecra-
tion: ʻWe announce your death, Lord, we proclaim your resurrec-
tion...ʼ ”

“Faith demands that we approach the Eucharist fully aware that we

are approaching Christ himself.”

“We are constantly tempted to reduce the Eucharist to our own di-
mensions, while in reality it is we who must open ourselves up to the
dimensions of the Mystery.”

“Dear priests, who repeat the words of consecration each day, and
are witnesses and heralds of the great miracle of love which takes
place at your hands: be challenged by the grace of this special Year;
celebrate Holy Mass each day with the same joy and fervour with
which you celebrated your first Mass, and willingly spend time in
prayer before the tabernacle.”

“May all of you, the Christian faithful, rediscover the gift of the
Eucharist as light and strength for your daily lives in the world, in
the exercise of your respective professions amid so many different
situations. Rediscover this above all in order to experience fully the
beauty and the mission of the family.”

-- Pope John Paul II

Mane nobiscum Dominum
October 7, 2004