Music and Prayer Supplement: There’s something new in the pew for you!

Please take a moment to notice the new Music and Prayer Supplement in your pews. This new booklet replaces the previous music supplement that served us well for many years but had become tattered and in need of a refresh. The new supplement contains music that isn’t found in our Gather hymnals and includes some prayers and other devotions for our parish’s prayer life. Fr. Paul and I collaborated to produce the booklet in-house, and a local Shakopee merchant gave us a very reasonable price. Even better, though, is that our SJA young adults chose to “pass the basket” in appreciation of music ministry and desiring to enrich our worship of God at Saints Joachim and Anne. As a result, there was NO cost to SJA. The cover and binding will be much more durable and look nice in the pews. Thanks to this booklet, we will not need to clutter the pews with individual prayer and music cards.

Music: Some old, some new

• As you take a look through the booklet, you’ll find some of the favorites from the old supplement, such as Only a Shadow, Whatsoever You Do, Lead Me, Lord, etc. (Please note that we had limited space and couldn’t include all of the music from the old supplement.)
• You will also find new additions, including some that will enhance our Communion music repertoire.    Several of these hymns feature lyrics written by saints and other important figures of our Faith, such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi.
• Our parish Mass setting, the Mass of St. Frances Cabrini, has been included.
• A few hymns are included in multiple languages (English, Spanish, and/or Latin), for those occasions when our whole community prays as one.

 
Prayers and Meditations
Several prayers are included for use at Mass (e.g., the Prayer for Vocations), and some are for personal devotion. You’ll find:

• Prayer for Vocations
• St. Michael Prayer
• Prayers for before and after Communion
• Rite of Eucharistic Exposition & Benediction
• How to pray the Rosary
• Acts of Faith, Hope, and Love
• Instructions for the reception of Holy Communion (chiefly for visitors)

May this new resource help to unite us even more as one parish family.
 
Saint Cecilia, pray for us!
Saints Joachim and Anne, pray for us!
 
Carol Diethelm, Director of Sacred Music and Funeral Ministry