Monday 27 October 2008

SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF FATHER BEN'S ORDINATION


The EUCHARIST
ON THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDINATION OF R.D. BENJAMIN SUDARTO AND 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDINATION OF MGR MICHAEL COSMAS ANGKUR OFM AS BISHOP OF BOGOR

Finally the long-waited moment arrived: Father Benjamin Sudarto celebrated his silver anniversary of ordination and our beloved bishop Mgr Michael Cosmas Angkur OFM celebrated his 14 anniversary as bishop of Bogor. The celebration took place on Thursday, 23 October 2008 at the Cathedral BMV.

Again… the Parish Choir (Koor Paroki) accompanied the celebration. Again… we sang Mozart’s Spatzen Messe (Missa Brevis). The Eucharist ran smoothly as everything had been well prepared. The choir was also all right despite some shortcoming. I felt that when we sang ‘Gloria”, the tempo was not allegro anymore but andante. The good thing was that the Sopranos could sing Sanctus better than they did on 19 October. As the number of the congregation was far from what we thought, we only sang one song, which is “Santapan Peziarah”, for the Holy Communion. There was a little confusion when some choir members wanted to sing Veni, Veni, Sancte Spriritus for the Holy Communion song. For most of us, the idea was not accepted as it had not been prepared before. We hope that next time there will not be such confusion.

After the mass, Mgr Michael Cosmas Angkur met and talked to me. This is what he said, “Selamat, ya. Ini tadi bagus sekali. Teruskan latihan-latihan kalian. Nanti tanggal 13 November, kalian nyanyikan lagi lagu-lagu ordinarium tadi di depan uskup-uskup seluruh Indonesia ya. Tunjukkan pada para uskup bahwa kalian bisa. Apalagi banyak paroki yang tidak bersedia menerima para uskup. Ayo, kalian bisa. Tunjukkan pada mereka.” I was so taken aback that I could not say anything. If I am not mistaken, the bishop also talked to Pak Marhadi about the same thing.

What I am still confused about is that Sie Liturgi Paroki had been asked by Father Boli Ujan from Komisi Liturgi KWI to send him the song list. Father Boli said that the songs had to be ordinary songs which could be sung by everyone. Pak Agus Muhardi and I had sent him the song list, and the songs did not include Misa Brevis. I hope that the songs will still be able to be adjusted.

After the mass, everybody joined the anniversary party at Gedung Paroki (2nd floor). Happy anniversary Father Ben. Happy Anniversary Monsignor Michael. Ad multos annos.

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