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5th February2012
Litrugy Spot....
Liturgy Spot...
The Eucharistic Liturgy includes three processions, each with a different purpose and needing, therefore, different styles of music.
The entrance procession begins the liturgy and leads ultimately to the opening prayer which concludes the introductory rites. The hymn which accompanies the entrance procession is meant to help us become present to God and one another so that we may enter into the liturgy we have gathered to celebrate. It needs to be in a style which fits processional movement. Its text should speak of praising God, or of gathering for worship, or of the particular liturgical season or feastday. When we have finished singing it we should find ourselves moved from being separate individuals to awareness of ourselves as body of Christ, and from private prayer to readiness for communal worship in union with the whole Church.
The church asks us for ‘full, conscious and active participation’ in the liturgy. During the entrance procession we, the assembly, participate through our singing, standing and preparing to open our hearts and our senses to the great mystery of God who is present among us, inviting us into fullness of life.
(Ref Living Liturgy, year B, JA Zimmerman et al)