And with your Spirit!

When the responses of our Mass officially "changed" in December of 2011, the response that threw everyone for a loop was "And with your Spirit", which is derived from the Latin - et cum spiritu tu.  It became a more formal response than "And also with you".  It doesn't seem so welcoming anymore, does it?  Really, the priest has the best line "The Lord be with you!" And we really want to say "YES, and also with you!  Good morning!  How are you!  How's your day?" - so "And with your spirit" seems like a downer.

In class, we've been talking about HOW to respond and not just responding because that's what we're suppose to do.  Putting some "sub-text" behind "And with your spirit" to make it seem like it's a welcoming response to the priest.  We have great priests at OLA, and they are always very welcoming at Mass, so when they say "The Lord be with you" - let's say "And with your spirit" with some enthusiasm and excitement.  It's hard to do.  Let's make the effort to try and be less and less robotic.

Speaking of changing the text of the Mass, many of our prayers that we sing at Mass had to be re-written to reflect the changes in the Mass text.  We've learned a few melodies for these changes and we started a new one today.  Wanna listen to it? 

Check it out!

 

Remember, singing at Mass brings us together as community.  Especially singing our prayers.  

It's Fun Fair week!  We'll continue our nautical songs in K-5 and in 6-8 grade, we'll keep working our our Mass responses and why we sing our Prayers.  We'll also do some singing!!

Enjoy the Fun Fair!

Mr. Mattei