15 Sept - Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

in the scientists so [Music] [Music] good evening dear friends as we gather here today to celebrate the feast of our lady of sorrows our parish priest let us begin our celebration with the road seven sorrows rosary in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it 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 amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruits of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be will without an amen the first sorrow of mary the prophecy of simeon i grieve for you o mary most sorrowful in the affliction of your tender heart at the prophecy of the holy and aged simeon dear mother by your heart so afflicted obtain from me the virtue of humility and the gift of the holy fear of god let us pray for the church that she will be inspired by mary's sorrows to persevere in the mission of sharing the good news despite the various challenges of persecution and secularization that the message of hope will continue to penetrate into our world today our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy 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 amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of foul death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen most merciful mother remind us always about the sorrows of your son jesus the second sorrow of mary the flight into egypt i grieve for you o mary most sorrowful in the anguish of your most affectionate heart during the flight into egypt and your surgeon there dear mother by your heart so troubled obtain for me the virtue of generosity especially towards the poor and the gift of piety we pray for all medical front liners that our lady of sorrows will intercede for their safety and protection in carrying out this noble duty in the battle against the kovit 19 pandemic that the holy spirit will give them wisdom and knowledge in aiding the recovery of all infected patients our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy 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 amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen most merciful mother remind us always about the sorrows of your son jesus the third sorrow of mary the loss of jesus i grieve for you o mary most sorrowful in those anxieties which tried your troubled hearts at the loss of your dear jesus dear mother by your heart so full of anguish obtain from me the virtue of chastity and the gift of knowledge we pray for the discipline of all mankind that government authorities will be able to effectively implement appropriate social regulations together with successful vaccination programs and for the cooperation of all citizens to follow these measures in curbing the spread of the 19 virus in our community our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy 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 amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour about that amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen most merciful mother remind us always about the sorrows of your son jesus the fourth sorrow of mary mary meets jesus on the way of the cross i grieve for you o mary most sorrowful in the consternation of your heart admitting jesus as he carried his cross dear mother by your heart troubled obtain for me the virtue of patience and the gift of fortitude we pray for those who have lost their lives from the covet 19 pandemic may their souls rest in eternal peace with the lord and for those whom they have left behind may their families and friends find comfort in our lord certainty in all doubts and courage to continue living through time of grief our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it 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 amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of all death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen dear mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for sinners now and at the hour of our death amen most merciful father remind us always about the sorrows of your son jesus the fifth sorrow of mary jesus dies on the cross i grieve for you o mary most sorrowful in the martyrdom of which your generous heart endured in standing near jesus in his agony dear mother by your afflicted heart obtain from me the virtue of temperance and the gift of counsel we pray for awareness towards the environment that as we come to terms with global warming and the alarming rates of pollution there will be greater action in preserving the earth as our sign of care for god's creation our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come that will be done on earth as he says 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 delivers from evil amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen dear mary full grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary for grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our amen glory remind us always about the sorrows of your son jesus the sixth sorrow of mary jesus is taken from the cross i grieve for you o mary most sorrowful in the wounding of your compassionate heart which the sight of jesus was struck by the lungs before his body was removed from the cross dear mother by your heart thus transfixed obtain for me the virtue of fraternal charity and gift of understanding we pray for all our children that as the pandemic disrupts their educational pathway we pray that they will gain the opportunities to continue learning and to be guided by the holy spirit as they resume their studies our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as this 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 amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of about death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of all death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for a sickness now and at the hour of our death amen most merciful mother remind us always about the sorrows of your son jesus the seventh sorrow of mary jesus is laid in the tomb i grieve for you o mary most sorrowful for the pangs that wrench at your most loving heart at the burial of jesus dear mother by your heart sunk in the bitterness of desolation obtain from me the virtue of diligence and the gift of wisdom we pray for our parish ministries that as we commemorate the feast of our lady of sorrows virtually this year we will continue to find new ways to reach out to others and to grow closer to christ as a family of faith to remain in faithful service and bring the church to others around us our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as this 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 amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for a sinner now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of praise the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are your bounds women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen here mary full of grace the lord is of you blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen remind us always about the sorrows of your son jesus literally to our lady of sorrows lord have mercy on us lord have mercy on us christ hear us christ graciously hear us god the father of heaven have mercy on us god the son redeemer of the world have mercy on us god the holy spirit have mercy on us holy mary mother of god pray for us holy virgins of virgins pray pray for us mother of the crucified pray for us sorrowful mother pray for us strength of the week pray for us joy of all saints pray for us spring of your servants pray for us pray for us o more sorrowful mother of god that we may be made worthy of the promises of christ let us pray lord jesus we now improve both for the present and for the hour of our death the intercession of the blessed virgin mary your mother who was pierced at the time of your passion with a sword of grief grant us this favor o savior of the world who lives and reigns with your father and the holy spirit forever and ever amen in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the eucharistic celebration will begin shortly is yes glory and praise [Music] are the blessings he bears to those who trust in his grace we the daughters and sons of him [Applause] god has done in every heart that sings [Music] in this wisdom he strengthens us like gold that's though tested power of sin prevails our god is there to save glory and [Music] praise the lord gives light to our days [Music] many are the blessings he best to those who trust in his ways [Music] with joyful hearts we begin our celebration in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace of our lord jesus christ the love of god and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all and with your spirit my dear sisters and brothers we we gather we assembled this evening to celebrate the feasts of our lady of sorrows the team that we are invited to reflect on is our pandemic her sorrows our pain our anguish our struggle of humanity is very much part and parcel of the sorrow and the journey of mary and so as we prepare our hearts and minds to celebrate this eucharist let us prepare our hearts by acknowledging our human weakness our faults and seek god's mercy and forgiveness i confess to almighty god and to you my brothers and sisters that i have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words in what i have done and what i have failed to do through my fall through my fall through my most grievous faults therefore i ask blessed mary and the burden all the angels and saints and you my brothers and sisters to pray for me to the lord our god may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] lord [Music] glory to god in the highest [Music] we glorify you we give you thanks for your great glory lord heavenly kingdom [Music] lord jesus christ [Music] you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] jesus christ with the holy spirit in the glory of [Music] [Applause] [Music] let us pray oh god you who willed that when your son was lifted high on the cross his mother should stand close by and share his suffering grounded your church sharing with the virgin mary in the passion of christ may merit a share in his resurrection through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you and the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen a reading from the letter to the hebrews during his life on earth christ offered up prayer and and treaty aloud and in silent tears to the one who had the power to save him out of death and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard although he was son he learned to obey true suffering but having been made perfect he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation the word of the lord thanks be to god save me o lord in your love save me o lord in your life in you o lord i take refuge let me never be put to shame in your justice set me free hear me and speedily rescue me save me o lord in your love be a rock of refuge for me a mighty stronghold to save me for you are my rock my stronghold for your name's sake lead me and guide me save me o lord in your love release me from the snares they have hidden for you are my refuge o lord into your hands i command my spirit it is you who will redeem me lord save me o lord in your love as for me i trust in you lord i say you are my god my life is in your hands deliver me from the hands of those who hate me save me o lord in your love how great is the goodness lord that you keep for those who fear you that you show to those who trust you in the sight of men save me o lord in your love [Music] scoot the moon [Music] [Applause] close to jesus [Music] with sorrow sharing all his bitter anguish buried now at [Music] oh how sad and so distressed [Music] one [Music] she [Music] believed of your dying glorious sun is there one who would not we [Music] to be home can the human heart refrain from partaking in her [Applause] [Music] [Music] a tender child all with bloody [Music] for the sins of his old nation saw him hang in desolation till his spirit fall he said [Music] touch my spirits from above make my [Music] make me feel as he has felt make my soul to glow and with the love of christ our lord mother pierced me through in my heart each my savior [Music] let me share with his face for all our sins for slaves [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me all the days that i may leave by the cross we need to stay [Music] is [Music] [Applause] virgin's best listen to my foreign [Music] let me share my grief divine let me to my later prayer in my body better death [Music] steep my soul till [Music] [Music] is all for judgment day christ when thou shalt call me hands [Music] while my body here decays may my soul die goodness grace [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] happy is the virgin mary who without dying won the palm of martial beneath the cross of the lord [Music] the lord be with you and believe your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to john glory to you near the cross of jesus to this mother and his mother's sister mary the wife of clophas and mary of magdala seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her jesus said to his mother woman this is your son then to the disciple he said this is your mother and from that moment the disciples met a place for her in his home the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ a very good evening my dear sisters and brothers we joined the parish of our lady of soros as we celebrate the feast day when we begin to take a moment and look at the cross the cross has been a very powerful image icon or symbol in our faith to every christian the cross has been part and parcel of life journey whether it's a liturgical celebration in hymns in songs in rituals and rites in any way that we could relate our faith the cross has been the center of everything yesterday we celebrated the exaltation of the of the cross the triumph of the cross it was a moment for us to look up at the cross as jesus would say when i am lifted up i will draw all people to myself we took a moment to look at that whole experience of the triumph of the cross today we are still at the cross but today we are with mary our mother today we look in a very different experience of what it is to stand at the cross in pain in anguish in misery in grief in all moments when i looked at the team of this evening's reflection our pandemic for sorrow there are many ways that you could look at this whole experience of the journey of our life at this very moment you and i are in the midst of some form of sorrowful mystery when you take the moment to look at the traditions of the church that has been handed on since the very beginning with relation or in relation to the seven sorrows of mary you will find yourself in some moment of it when i was sitting behind listening and in a prayerful moment trying to engage myself in one of those seven sorrows in the rosary that we prayed before the eucharist you could start with the prophecy of simeon and simeon prophesied to marian says this child this man jesus will bring about the rise and the fall of humanity in many forms but amidst this great act mary appears a sword will pierce simply meaning there will be a moment of pain in anguish did mary respond did mary react mary just stood in a moment of stillness and silence as she received this prophecy and then you find yourself in the second sorrowful mystery which was the flight to egypt the struggle that joseph and mary was having with the baby jesus in their journey and yet in that dream they were asked to pack their bags and leave for egypt anxious anxiety uncertainty in the midst of life they had to move did mary respond did mary react didn't marry question and then we come to the moment when we have the story of jesus lost in the temple there was a moment of pain there was a moment of not knowing what was happening and unfolding and scripture tells us when this happened mary treasured and pondered them in her heart did she relate this to react all she did to her son was to treasure them and to ponder them that was the third sorrowful mystery and then you found the moment when mary met jesus on the way to his crucifixion face to face mother and son had come to a moment of stillness and mary could have asked 101 questions to her son but she stood there looking at the sun then you find the moment when the son is crucified and dies on the cross and mary stood there looking upward wondering is this all that i have begun this journey she may have asked 101 questions in her moment from the moment of the annunciation till this very moment she just wondered what lied ahead of her life and as she stood there with mary of claus and mary of magdala and with the beloved disciple apostle john she just stood there and then we come to the sixth and the most painful moment of any mother would have had and that is the descent of the body of christ into her arms and in that moment of pain she could have just given up at that moment but she stood in silence again and finally at the seventh station we have what is called the burial of our lord jesus christ when you take a moment in in the moment of your stillness tonight and you wonder what did mary do in that moments of all this unfolding there were questions there were uncertainties that mary was seeking and yet when you look at that image of that open heart and the seven swords that pierce her heart the seven sorrows are unfolding every moment of her life we are in the midst of the pandemic there is a job transition or some of us may have lost our job some of us are finding it hard to make ends meet in the journey of our life some of us are struggling be it a migrant a refugee or a local and we are struggling with many questions in this moment of pandemic and all we do is to bring this to mary to the lord tonight when you ask me on a personal level on a personal note if i could in any way relate to any of the seven sorrows of mary i've always found myself at home with the sixth one i've always found this very much close to the core of my my vocation as a priest when mary holds on to the body of the lord christ we call it the piata the pieta in italian in italian pieta simply means compassion that's pieta the work of michelangelo piata compassion pasio in latin it means to suffer with to feel the pain and if you have taken a moment to look at this image for the longest time of your life you will understand what anguish and pain what grief and misery is at that moment of a mother to hold on to a son in the journey of life and yet mary didn't utter a word as scripture keeps telling us mary treasured mary pondered them in a heart how did she do this how did she find the strength to step into this mystery of life it stems from one word it's about her faith the mother of faith the mother of the church that's how mary lived her life because from the very beginning of the annunciation till the very end of mary's life and the life of jesus mary accompanied jesus that's all mary walked with jesus mary stood with jesus mary realized what it is to be with the lord and that was her faith because everything that mary did knowing christ was the destiny of life and that is why she could say do what he tells you to do she was in that moment of listening and attuning to every moment of what god wanted her to do and she was everything in a total abandonment and if you to ask ourselves today how do we find this mary in you mary gives us the courage mary gives us the consolation and mary gives us the faith today to walk amidst the trials the tribulations the anguish and the pain and the miseries of life the emptiness and the brokenness of life when everything collapse in life mary gives us the courage that is why when you and i pray the hail mary without fail when we come to that beautiful line holy mary mother of god pray for us now and at the hour of our death it simply means at the moment of our pain of our suffering of our dying to ourselves every moment we ask mary to accompany us with jesus in the sun with the sun that is all married us this journey of our life that is unfolding to us these days has been a moment when we begin to see the very act of god in our lives and all we need to do at this moment is to place ourselves in the lord mary walked with us i would like to just end my sharing with you this morning on this whole experience of mary of a little incident that took place in my life many years ago it was just after my priesthood and i i was assisting in a parish back home and i was working with the standard four kindergarten kids children and i was invited to talk to them about the stations of the cross and it was a very exciting experience because as i came to the fourth station i asked the children what's the fourth station what's the fourth station and they all scream out jesus meets the mother jesus meets his mother i said very good kids you've got it and i told the kids during that encounter of face to face between a mother and a son and a son and a mother i told the kids i believe strongly there may have been an exchange of words there may have been a conversation that took place on that encounter the mother would have said something the son would have said something you know in that moment of pain and misery what do you think jesus would have said or what mary would have said so one of the kids raised his hands in the front row and he said this father father and i said yes what is it jesus would have said not fair not fair not fair i said okay you take a seat boy that's good and i said anyone else in the class have anything else to say one another kids screamed on the top of his voice father father i said yes what's it get back to them get back to them make it even get back to them i said okay you sit down that's enough anyone else and i remember this young girl's face at this very moment she was seated at the back of the class and she was not well during that class she's father could i answer and i said come forward and i said what what word sort of vection says mary would have told jesus carry on son carry on till the end carry on son carried on till the end one of the greatest gift that mary would have given us tonight is the gift of perseverance carry on son carry on till the end courage faith and strength in the gift of mary in our lives this trials this tribulations will continue my dear friends because each one of us tonight we have our own story it could be our marriage it could be our family it could be our job it could be our illness it comes in different shapes and in different colors of life and the story continues in our life the only words that we could hold on tonight is the words carry on son carry on till the end because that's the journey of faithfulness till the end as saint paul would say i fought the good fight i kept the faith i finished the race let us step into the table of the eucharist this evening and ask the lord for that strength that emits our own pandemics of life we will soldier on having mary as a companion in our journey kindly stand for the prayer of the faithful my dear sisters and brothers in christ let us in be inspired by mary's sorrows as she shares in our difficulties and intercedes for our needs which we now bring before the table of the lord the response to the prayer of the faithful is lord hear our prayer for the church that the memorial of our lady of sorrows will inspire her to continue having persevering faith especially in phase of difficulty and persecution as she continues to remain steadfast in her belief towards our lord and savior we pray to the lord our r for our world today as it grapples with the koi 19 pandemic that all leaders and health care workers through the intercession of our lady of sorrows will unite the efforts to help the vulnerable as we pray for the recovery of those who accept the success of the vaccination program and the discipline of all peoples to follow regulations to minimize the spread of the virus we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for our country malaysia that our leaders will be guided by the holy spirit in all their decision-making to build and guide the nation towards peace harmony and prosperity respecting the rights of minorities and the vulnerable and safeguarding the underprivileged during this time of the pandemic we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for our clergy that as they participate in their annual retreat this month they will be renewed physically mentally and spiritually so that they are further empowered in their service towards the kingdom of god we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for all of us here that in all our struggles and pains and your throughout the pandemic period we will draw hope and inspiration from our most sorrowful mother and remain fervent in prayer just as how she stood by our savior through his passion and suffering we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for our personal needs and intentions lord hear us lord hear our prayer heavenly father grant us the perseverance of our lady our mother and give us strength to cope with all life challenges we make this prayer through christ our lord amen [Music] to god [Applause] [Music] all [Applause] [Music] red green wine give glory to the lord of god [Music] with your song and your music with joy go to the altar of god [Music] great give glory to the lord [Applause] [Music] pray my dear sisters and brothers that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name for our good and the good of all his holy church receive a merciful savior to the praise of your name the prayers and sacrificial offerings which we bring to you as we venerate the blessed virgin mary our mother whom you graciously gave to us as a most devoted mother when she stood by the cross of jesus who lives and reigns forever and ever amen as we step into the preface this evening we bring before the lord the intentions offered in this mornings this evening's mars we bring before the lord all the families of the parish that have consecrated themselves we pray for ourselves and for the intentions of those who have asked us to pray for them especially those who are in hospitals during this pandemic those who are isolation those who are in quarantine those who are in loneliness in anguish and pain those who have lost their loved ones for the lord knows what lies in our heart and we bring them to the table of the lord tonight the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god he is right and just it is truly right in just our duty in our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god to praise to bless to glorify your name as we venerate and celebrate the feasts of the blessed ever virgin mary our mother for by the overshadowing of the holy spirit she conceived your only begotten son and without losing the glory of virginity she brought forth into the world eternal light jesus christ our lord through him the angels praise your majesty dominions adore and powers tremble before you heaven and the virtues of heaven and the blessed seraphim worship together with exaltation may our voices we pray join with us in humble praise as we acclaim [Music] holy [Music] of your blood [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] of the lord [Applause] [Music] you are indeed holy lord the fount of all holiness make holy therefore this gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewfall so that they may become for us the body and the blood of our lord jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread in giving you thanks father he broke the bread he gave it to the disciples saying take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which should be given up for you in a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice and once were giving you thanks he gave it to the 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 virtually fought out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me the mystery of faith we are dead [Music] 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 have 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 your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the fullness of charity together with francis our pope and sebastian our bishop in all the clergy remember our sisters and brothers 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 the mother of god blessed joseph her husband with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages we may merit to be coerced to eternal life to praise and to glorify you through your son jesus christ through him and with a man in him o god almighty father [Music] in the unity of the holy spirit [Music] all glory and honor is yours forever and everything placing all our faith our trust in our confidence in god we pray the words jesus gave us our father who art in name heaven kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven heaven give us the we speech those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil delivers 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 safe from all distress anxiety and fear as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior jesus christ and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ said to your apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you look not on our sins upon the fate of your church and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will or live and reign forever and ever amen my dear friends the peace the lord be with you always and with your spirit we take the moment to offer that peace to one another peace be with you all 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 [Music] behold the lamb of god behold him who takes away the sins of the world blessed are those who are 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 communion and different rejoice when you share in the sufferings of christ that you may also rejoice exultantly when his glory is revealed [Music] let us pray having received the sacrament of eternal redemption we humbly ask oh lord that honoring how the blessed virgin mary our mother suffered with her son we may in our life complete for the sake of christ and the kingdom what is lacking in the sufferings of christ he who lives and reigns forever and ever amen good evening dear friends i'd like to wish each one of you a happy feast day as we celebrate the feast of our lady of sorrows today and on behalf of the parish we would like to thank father michael raymond for celebrating our first day march with us today thank you father michael malaysia day we will have our seven sorrows rosary at 5 pm followed by month the main celebrant is father joe steven from ippo coming friday we invite the parishioners and those who join us in the celebration to have a day of prayer and fuss to ask god to end this pandemic on the same day friday 6 pm we will have holy hour and 8 pm we will have mars in mandarin the main celebrant is monsignor stephen liu the program for saturday and sunday is same as usual although many of you are not able to join us but through our activities many of you contribute and join us in the celebration the candle we have around the statue of our lady of sorrow is an effort to join to up together as family individual to ask for intercession of our lady we have about 200 plus calendars offered and all this money will be used for the outreach program on coming friday we will outreach to those in need and instead of when we fast we will share our food with those in needs so please continue to stay with us to join us for this week-long celebration thank you very much before the final blessing i just want to thank monsignor loschus for the invitation but most importantly to echo what he just said a blessed feast day to each one of you today as we celebrate the gift of mary our mother in our lives the lord be with you and with your spirit by your heads for god's blessings may god who through the child bearing of the blessed virgin mary willed in his great kindness to redeem the human race be pleased to enrich you with his blessings amen may you know always and everywhere the protection of our blessed mother through whom you have been found worthy to receive the order of life amen may you who have devoutly gathered on this night carry away with you the gifts of spiritual joys and heavenly rewards amen and may the blessings of the almighty god the father the son and the holy spirit come down and remain with you forever and ever amen my dear friends go in the peace of christ glorifying the lord by your lives thanks be to god have a blessed peace day and stay safe prayer to saint joseph hail guardian of the redeemer spouse of the blessed virgin mary to you god entrusted his only son in you mary places her trust with you christ bless became men joseph to us to show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life obtain for us grace mercy and courage and defend us from every evil amen [Music] of grace [Music] [Applause] [Music] captioning not available [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] us [Music] full of praise [Music] upon peace [Music] [Applause] you

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