♪ Lift up your hearts to the Lord ♪
♪ Praise God's gracious mercy ♪
♪ Sing out your joy to the Lord ♪
♪ Whose love is enduring ♪
♪ Shout with joy to the Lord on the Earth ♪
♪ Praise the name above all names ♪
♪ Sing to God how wondrous your works ♪
♪ How glorious your name ♪
♪ Lift up your hearts to the Lord ♪
♪ Praise God's gracious mercy ♪
♪ Sing out your joy to the Lord ♪
♪ Whose love is enduring ♪
- In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
The grace and peace of God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
My brothers and sisters,
as we enter this celebration
we recall times we have failed
to show love in our families,
relying always on God's mercy.
Lord Jesus, you came to reconcile us
to one another and to the Father.
Lord have mercy.
- [Audience] Lord have mercy.
- Christ Jesus, you heal the wounds of sin and division.
Christ have mercy.
- [Audience] Christ have mercy.
- Lord Jesus, you intercede for us with your Father.
Lord have mercy.
- [Audience] Lord have mercy.
- May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
- [Audience] Amen.
- Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth,
peace to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you,
we adore you, we glorify you.
We give you thanks for your great glory.
Lord God, heavenly King, oh God almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten Son.
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.
You take away the sins of the world.
Have mercy on us.
You take away the sins of the world.
Receive our prayer.
You are seated at the right hand of the Father.
Have mercy on us.
For you alone are the holy one.
You alone are the Lord.
You alone are the most high Jesus Christ
with the Holy Spirit and the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Let us pray.
Almighty everliving God,
increase our faith, hope and charity
and make us love which you command,
so that we may merit what you promise
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God forever and ever.
- [Audience] Amen.
- A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah.
Thus says the Lord: shout with joy for Jacob.
Exalt at the head of the nations.
Proclaim your praise and say,
the Lord has delivered his people,
the remnant of Israel.
Behold, I will bring them back from the land of the north.
I will gather them from the ends of the world,
with the blind and the lame in their midst,
the mothers and those with child.
They shall return as an immense throng.
They departed in tears,
but I will console them and guide them.
I will lead them to brooks of water.
On a level road so that none shall stumble.
For I am a father to Israel.
Ephraim is my firstborn.
The word of the Lord.
- Thanks be to God.
♪ The Lord has done great things for us ♪
♪ We are filled with joy ♪
♪ The Lord has done great things for us ♪
♪ We are filled with joy ♪
♪ When the Lord brought back the captives of Zion ♪
♪ We were like men dreaming ♪
♪ Then our mouth was filled with laughter ♪
♪ And our tongue with rejoicing ♪
♪ The Lord has done great things for us ♪
♪ We are filled with joy ♪
- A reading from the letter to the Hebrews.
Brothers and sisters,
every high priest is taken from among men
and made their representative before God,
to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
He is able to deal patiently
with the ignorant and erring,
for he himself is beset by weakness.
And so for this reason must make sin offerings
for himself as well as for the people.
No one takes this honor upon himself,
but only when called by God.
Just as Aaron was.
In the same way,
it was not Christ who glorified himself
in becoming High Priest,
but rather the one who said to him, you are my Son,
this day I have begotten you.
Just as he says in another place,
you are a priest forever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.
The word of the Lord.
- Thanks be to God.
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
- The Lord be with you.
- [Audience] And with your spirit.
- A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark.
- [Audience] Glory to the Lord.
- As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples
and a sizable crowd,
Bartemaus, a blind man, the son of Temaus,
sat by the roadside begging.
On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth,
he began to cry out and say,
"Jesus, son of David, have pity on me!"
And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent.
But he kept calling out all the more,
"Son of David, have pity on me!"
Jesus stopped and said, "Call him."
So they called the blind man,
saying to him,
"Take courage, get up, Jesus is calling you."
He threw aside his cloak,
sprang up and came to Jesus.
Jesus said to him in reply,
"What do you want me to do for you?"
The blind man replied to him,
"Master, I want to see."
Jesus told him, "Go your way. Your faith has saved you."
Immediately he received his sight
and followed him on the way.
The Gospel of the Lord.
- [Audience] Praise be the Lord Jesus Christ.
- My friends, I think each of us can probably name
persons in our lives who have been great examples
of what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus.
Perhaps a parent, a grandparent or another family member.
One reason we Catholics like to name our saints
is so that we can also hold them up as examples
of persons we would want to imitate.
On the other hand, perhaps we can also name persons
we have known which we might say, well,
they're examples of how not to be a disciple.
We won't go there.
These at least perhaps will say do as I say, not as I do.
Over these past several weeks we have,
as we've been making our way through the Gospel of Mark
in our Sunday readings,
we have been journeying with Jesus and his disciples
toward Jerusalem and we have seen and heard examples
of both how not to be a disciple,
and we have heard Jesus speak about how to be a disciple.
We heard about the rich young man who decided
he would rather have all of his riches,
the one thing that was keeping him from Jesus,
rather than follow the Lord.
Last week, James and John came to Jesus
with a request to sit at Jesus' right and his left
in an earthly kingdom.
Perhaps they were looking for fame and power.
And finally, we even heard how some so-called
disciples were preventing people from bringing
their children to Jesus.
But in each of these, we also saw Jesus responding
patiently, teaching us how to be a true disciple.
He says let the children come to me.
If you want to be the first, then you must be the last
and the servant of all.
If you want to be a disciple of mine,
you must deny yourself,
pick up your own cross,
and follow me.
And now finally today, brothers and sisters,
as Jesus and his disciples are nearing
the end of their journey,
as they pass through Jericho,
which is only about 15 miles from Jerusalem,
we finally see in the person of Bartemaus
a living example of what it means
to be a true disciple of Jesus.
Bartemaus recognizes Jesus for who he truly is.
Not only Jesus of Nazareth but Jesus the Messiah.
As he calls out to him, "Jesus, son of David".
Bartemaus honestly admits his need for Jesus.
"Jesus, have pity on me."
He's not concerned about what others might think of him.
And Bartemaus is persistent in his prayer.
In fact, the more people try to prevent him,
the more he persists.
And finally, when Jesus calls for Bartemaus,
he responds with great enthusiasm.
He holds nothing back.
And after he is healed by the Lord,
he follows him without hesitation on the way.
We also know that the story of Bartemaus is more
than a story about physical healing.
It is a story about being wiling to be healed
of whatever blindness that might prevent us
from following the Lord.
And we all have our blind spots, don't we?
We shouldn't deny it.
Like some of the Pharisees did in the Gospel of John,
to whom Jesus said,
"Because you say you see, your blindness remains."
Perhaps like Bartemaus, what matters most is to first
have a simple desire to see and to see more clearly.
And so as we continue to learn what it is to be a disciple
and perhaps how not to be as well,
let us resolve to follow the example of all the good people
in our lives and people like Bartemaus,
listening for the voice of the Lord calling us,
throwing aside whatever may keep us from following Jesus,
running to him saying Lord I want to see,
so that we may continue that journey together
with him on the way.
And now we profess our faith.
I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and Earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God.
Born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, light from light,
true God from true God,
begot and not made,
consubtantial with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered death and was buried
and rose again on the third day,
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated
at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the Giver of Life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified.
Who has spoken to the prophets.
I believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic church.
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins,
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
We trust and hope in the goodness of the Lord.
And we bring to him our needs,
the needs of the chrurch,
and those of the whole world.
- That the church may faithfully carry out it's mission
to gather people unto God by proclaiming
and living the Gospel of Jesus Christ
and that all priests may be strengthened in their
vocations and that all the faithful may support
their priests with prayer, gratitude and active
collaboration we pray to the Lord.
- [Audience] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That the youth of our society and of the church
may hear the voice of the Lord and fully utilize
all the gifts he gives them for the service of others.
We pray to the Lord.
- [Audience] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That our eyes may be opened to see more clearly
the dignity of every human life whether healthy or sick,
convenient or inconvenient, born or unborn,
and that those who are sick or homebound may be comforted
and assured by our ongoing prayer for them.
We pray to the Lord.
- [Audience] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That those who have died may know the peace
of the heavenly kingdom in the company
of the angels and saints.
We pray to the Lord.
- [Audience] Lord hear our prayer.
- Almighty God, you are the source of every blessing
and we give you praise and thanks.
Accept our humble prayers and grant what we need
according to your holy will.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
("Amazing Grace" playing)
- Pray, my brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice
and yours may be acceptable to God the almighty Father.
- [Audience] May the Lord accept our sacrifice
at your hands for the praise and glory of his name,
for our good and all the good of his holy church.
- Look, we pray oh Lord on the offerings we make
to your majesty that whatever is done by us in your service
may be directed above all to your glory.
Through Christ our Lord.
- [Audience] Amen.
- The Lord be with you.
- [Audience] And with your spirit.
- Lift up your hearts.
- [Audience] We lift them up to the Lord.
- Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
- [Audience] It is right and just.
- It is truly right and just.
Our duty and our salvation.
Always and everywhere to give you thanks,
Lord holy Father almighty and eternal God,
through Christ our Lord.
For out of compassion for the waywardness
that is ours, he humbled himself and was born of the virgin.
By the passion on the cross he freed us from unending death
and by rising from the dead he gave us life eternal.
And so with angels and archangels,
with thrones and dominions,
with all the hosts and powers of heaven,
we sing the hymn of your glory as without end we acclaim.
♪ Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ♪
♪ Heaven and Earth are full of your glory ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
♪ Blessed is he ♪
♪ Blessed is he ♪
♪ Who comes in the name of the Lord ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
- You are indeed holy oh Lord.
The fount of all holiness.
Make holy therefore these gifts we pray.
By sending down your spirit upon them like the dew fall,
so that they may become for us the body and blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At the time we was betrayed
and entered willingly into his passion.
He took bread and giving thanks, broke it
and gave it to his disciples saying,
"Take this, all of you, and eat of it.
"For this is my body which will be given up for you."
In a similar way, when supper was ended,
he took the chalice and once more giving thanks,
he gave it to his disciples, saying,
"Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
"For this is the chalice of my blood.
"The blood of the new and eternal covenant
"Which will be poured out for you and for many
"For the forgiveness of sins.
"Do this in memory of me."
The mystery of faith.
♪ When we eat this bread and drink this cup ♪
♪ We proclaim your death, oh Lord ♪
♪ Until you come again ♪
- Therefore as we celebrate the memorial of his death
and resurrection, we offer you, Lord,
the bread of life and the chalice of salvation.
Giving thanks that you've held us worthy
to be in your presence and minister to you.
Humbly we pray that partaking
of the body and blood of Christ,
we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.
Remember, Lord, your church,
spread throughout the world
and bring her to the fullness of charity,
together with Francis, our Pope,
and George Leo, our Bishop and all the clergy.
Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen
asleep in the hope of the resurrection,
and all who have died in your mercy.
Welcome them into the light of your face.
Have mercy on us all, we pray,
that with the blessed Virgin Mary,
mother of God, with blessed Joseph,
her spouse, with the blessed Apostles
and all the saints who have pleased you
throughout the ages.
We may merit to be co-heirs to eternal life,
and may praise and glorify you
through your Son, Jesus Christ.
Through him and with him and in him,
oh God almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor is yours forever and ever.
♪ Amen, amen, ♪
♪ Amen, amen ♪
♪ Amen, amen, ♪
♪ Amen, amen ♪
- At the Savior's command informed by divine teaching,
we dare to say our Father,
who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
They kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
on Earth as is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Deliver us, Lord, we pray from every evil.
Graciously grant peace in our days.
That by the help of your mercy we may be always
free from sin and safe from all distress.
As we wait the blessed hope and the coming
of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
- [Audience] For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours now and forever.
- Lord Jesus Christ who said to your Apostles,
"Peace. I leave you my peace I give you."
Look not on our sins but on the faith of your church
and graciously grant her peace in unity
in accordance with your will.
Who live and reign forever and ever.
- [Audience] Amen.
- The peace of the Lord be with you always.
- [Audience] And with your spirit.
- Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
♪ Lamb of God ♪
♪ You take away the sins of the world ♪
♪ Have mercy on us ♪
♪ Lamb of God ♪
♪ You take away the sins of the world ♪
♪ Have mercy on us ♪
♪ Lamb of God ♪
♪ You take aways the sins of the world ♪
♪ Grant us peace ♪
- Behold the Lamb of God,
behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
♪ Unless a grain of wheat shall fall upon the ground and die ♪
♪ It remains but a single grain with no life ♪
♪ If we have dined with him then we live with him ♪
♪ If we hold firm we shall reign with him ♪
♪ Unless a grain of wheat shall fall upon the ground and die ♪
♪ It remains but a single grain with no life ♪
♪ Unless a grain of wheat shall fall upon the ground and die ♪
♪ It remains but a single grain with no life ♪
- Let us pray.
May your sacraments, oh Lord,
we pray perfect in us what lies within them.
That what we now celebrate in signs,
we may one day possess in truth.
Through Christ our Lord.
- [Audience] Amen.
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The Lord be with you.
- [Audience] And with your spirit.
- May almighty God bless you.
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- [Audience] Amen.
- Let us go in peace to glorify the Lord with our lives.
- [Audience] Thanks be to God.
♪ Awake from your slumber ♪
♪ Arise from your sleep ♪
♪ A new day is dawning ♪
♪ For all those who weep ♪
♪ The people in darkness ♪
♪ Have seen a great light ♪
♪ The Lord of our longing ♪
♪ Has conquered the night ♪
♪ Let us build the city of God ♪
♪ May our tears be turned into dancing ♪
♪ For the Lord, our light and our love ♪
♪ Has turned the night into day ♪
(inspirational music)
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