4:30 PM Mass, Saturday, March 5, 2022

so so so so so so so so so down so so foreign yes okay thank you thank you uh here so yes thanks so so so so so so so so so so so so so okay so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] good afternoon and welcome to saint jews as we begin the mass please take a moment to silence or turn off all cell phones please join in singing our lenten opening you'll find the cards in the pews join in singing god of creation please stand [Music] god of creation giver of light be the light in our darkness grant us peace in our strifes show us your mercy give us new births you have made us your children to bear fruit on the earth oh lord our redeemer healer of souls be the hope that restores us with your touch make us whole here we partake in your feasts of love give us strength on our journey with your body and blood [Music] [Music] please [Music] spirit most holy be the fire that consumes us and our hearts welcome guests for must renew us call us by name raise us up from the ashes and create us again [Music] [Music] [Music] we come together as one family of saint jude the apostle the name of the father the son of the holy spirit amen and 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 friends coming together as one holy people we remember the times and we have failed to live the gospel call we ask for the mercy of god who is full of gentleness and love let us kneel [Music] [Music] lord jesus christ or out your compassion grant your people pardons [Music] lord jesus christ bring healing and wholeness if your people comfort [Music] chris on please [Music] lord jesus christ the source of forgiveness show your people [Music] is [Music] almighty god have mercy on us and forgive us our sins and bring us all and everlasting life amen now arrive and return to our maker who has answered our christ growing up is revealed [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] let us pranks grant almighty god through the yearly observances of holy lent that we may grow an understanding of the riches hidden in christ and by worthy conduct pursue their effects to our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen a reading from the book of deuteronomy moses spoke to the people saying the priest shall receive the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar of the lord your god then you shall declare before the lord your god my father was a wandering aramean who went down to egypt with a small household and lived there as an alien but there he became a nation great strong and numerous when the egyptians maltreated and oppressed us imposing hard labor upon us we cried to the lord the god of our fathers and he heard our cry and saw our affliction our toil and our oppression he brought us out of egypt with his strong hand and outstretched arm with terrifying power with signs of wonders and bringing us into this country he gave us this land flowing with milk and honey therefore i have now brought you the first fruits of the products of the soil which you o lord have given me and having set them before the lord your god you shall bow down in his presence the word of the lord [Music] be with me lord when i am in trouble be with me lord i pray be with me lord when i am in trouble be with me lord i pray you who dwell in the shelter of the lord most high who abide in the shadow of our god say to the lord my refuge and fortress the god in whom i trust be with me lord when i am in trouble be with me lord i pray no evil shall befall you no pain come near for the angels stand close by your side guarding you always and bearing you gently watching over your life be with me lord when i am in trouble be with me lord i pray those who cling to the lord live secure in god's love lifted high those who trust in god's name call on the lord who will never forsake you god will bring you salvation and joy be with me lord when i am in trouble be with me lord i pray a reading from a letter of saint paul to the romans brothers and sisters what does scripture say the word is near you in your mouth and in your heart that is the word of faith that we preach for you confess with your mouth that jesus is lord and believe in your heart that god raised him from the dead you will be saved for one believes with the heart and so is justified and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved for the scripture says no one who believes in him will be put to shame for there is no distinction between jew and greek the same lord is lord of all enriching all who call upon him for everyone who calls on the name of the lord will be saved the word of the lord [Music] glory to you word of god lord jesus christ glory to you word of god lord jesus christ your words o lord our spirit and life you have the words of everlasting life glory to you word of god lord jesus [Music] christ my friends the lord be with you this is a reading from the holy gospel according to luke glory to you lord filled with the holy spirit jesus returned from the jordan and was led by the spirit into the desert for 40 days to be tempted by the devil he ate nothing during those days and when they were over he was hungry the devil said to him if you are the son of god command this stone to become bread jesus answered him it is written one does not live on bread alone then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant the devil said to him i shall give to you all this power and glory for it has been handed over to me and i may give it to whomever i wish all this will be yours if you worship me jesus said to him in reply it is written you shall worship the lord your god and him alone shall you serve then he led him to jerusalem made him stand on the parapet of the temple and said to him if you are the son of god throw yourself down from here for it is written he will command his angels concerning you to guard you and with their hands they will support you lest you dash your foot against a stone jesus said to him in reply it also says you shall not put the lord your god to the test when the devil had finished every temptation he departed from him for a time my friends the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ i remember giving a homily to the school kids one time a while back and it it it might have been on this gospel and one of the other gospel translations of satan tempting jesus and i was sharing with them about the common phrase maybe i brought it up here the common phrase speak of the devil and for whatever reason that phrase is often used when we are maybe talking about someone and then they come into the room and at that moment we say oh speak of the devil i was sharing with the kids what the entire phrase really is the entire phrase is speak of the devil and he will appear that's the phrase and i told him that i believe that the meaning that phrase is that the more we talk about satan the more we worry about him or think of him or whatever the more power that we give him that's what's trying to get the kids to realize and the only way that satan has any power on this earth is if we give it to him so i was trying to tell the kids don't speak about the devil and he won't appear sadly enough i think with each passing day i really believe satan is very real he is alive and he's well and he's living among us in our world because we see so much of it in people's behavior or certainly in events of our lives just look what putin is doing to the people of ukraine he may very well be satan himself with what he's doing what about those guys that flew the planes into the world trade center and then and they did that in the name of god these gang members from ms-13 the brutality vicious brutality innocent people just walk the streets of new york and chicago now you know what people are doing attacking elderly citizens just walking the sidewalks we're on the subways evil is alive and well in our country in our world and it cannot be written off as oh well they're probably mainly disturbed well maybe some of them yes so many more no not at all they're just pure evil the next time you watch mel gibson's passion of the christ which a lot of people do during lent it and that accurately describes and portrays the last 12 hours of jesus life next time you watch it take notice of the slithering hooded creature that appears everywhere it's in the background during the scourging he's quietly walking along with jesus as he's carrying the crossbeam to calvary he's there among the crowd when jesus is dying on the cross and i really believe that mel gibson was trying to drive home two very distinct points that satan was truly present during the darkest time in human history which was the final hours of jesus life and he's trying to teach us the truth that satan is present throughout our world throughout our lives now with that in mind i also think luke is telling us today that jesus showed us the way to conquer satan is to never give him any power saint james once wrote resist the devil and he will flee you filled with the holy spirit jesus returned from the jordan and was led by the spirit into the desert for 40 days to be tempted by the devil he ate nothing during these days and when they were over he was hungry now jesus hadn't done anything yet nothing hadn't preached a single word hadn't called anyone to follow him hadn't healed anyone and done a thing he had just been baptized by john in the jordan and a few days before that he's probably making a table or a chair as a carpenter but as luke says he was filled with the holy spirit and was led by the spirit talk about having armor wow luke points out specifically that he was hungry emphasizing the reality that jesus is fully human and he hungers as we do luke introduces us to the presence of satan the devil and he does it at the very beginning of jesus mission in ministry the devil challenges jesus's divinity to take away the human hunger remember not eating a thing for a month and 10 days the devil offers him power over the whole world the devil finally challenges jesus as the son of god to use his own power to protect himself jesus hadn't done a single thing yet and preached a word hadn't healed a single leper nothing he hadn't eaten a thing for a month and 10 days so probably being now the most vulnerable he had ever been in his 30 years so far but as luke says again filled with the holy spirit led by the spirit jesus conquered and dismissed whatever power satan thought he had not with just the scriptures but jesus conquered satan mostly with his human strength human determination and powerful faith in his father and in himself as the human son of god filled with the holy spirit jesus the messiah son of god didn't really conquer the power of satan himself jesus of nazareth the son of mary and joseph did the conquering of evil was purely human when the devil finished every temptation he departed from him for a while he'd be back time and time again he would be there in the garden during the agony he'd be there on the way to calvary he would be there when jesus thirsted on the cross and i'm sure he just smiled as they put jesus in that tomb but when they found that tomb empty satan would realize that jesus did it to him again jesus pushed satan back the human jesus again and forever my friends evil does exist it is very real and each and every one of us faces it every single day of our lives that is a reality that is life as we know it period and the discussion at the very same time it is nothing to worry about nor is it editing to fear not if we are people of real christian faith because the human christ showed us how to conquer it he showed us how to push back with our human lives and faith the world has become a very secular very sinful place to be sure and truth be told it always was because the human person can be very weak and choose to give in to the weakness probably more in these times in our society than ever before but we're only human is a gutless cop-out it is a statement spoken from weakness jesus humanity pushed satan back daddy didn't do it for him he knew the spirit was within himself and he pushed satan back jesus did the son of joseph and mary we are every bit as human as he was we have the same spirit within us evil is real evil is here it is in our world it is in our lives we can push it back just as hard as jesus did me you the son of art and jeanette you can too i wish you god's peace we are the new apostles so as people of faith together let us profess our beliefs in the god of creation let us use the apostles creed i believe in god the father almighty creator of heaven and earth and in jesus christ his only son our lord was conceived by the holy spirit born of the virgin mary suffered under pontius pilate was crucified died and was buried he descended to hell on the third day he rose again he is sent under heaven and is seated at the right hand of god father almighty from there he will come to judge living the dead i believe in the holy spirit the holy catholic church the communion of saints the forgiveness of sins the resurrection of the body everlasting amen my friend saint paul tells us that everyone who calls on the name of the lord will be saved we call upon the name of the lord today as we call to mind our needs and the needs of our sisters and brothers throughout the world please respond hear us o lord for the church that through fasting prayer and almsgiving you may help to satisfy the physical and spiritual hunger of our neighbors around the world we pray to the lord hear us o lord for world leaders and others in positions of authority that they may work for a quick end to the war in ukraine and that the holy spirit will protect all those who are threatened by the war we pray to the lord hear us for those who suffer from hunger and malnutrition day in and day out that they may know the grace of god through the efforts of those working for an equitable distribution of resources we pray to the lord hear us for those preparing for the sacraments of initiation during the lenten season especially arabelle kubit michaela falbo nevaeh heinemann pasley root dicken kinsley maddox larson ashland and taylor laws and will shafer when we send to celebrate their election this day that they may know our support and god's grace as they become formerly enrolled in the ranks of those to be initiated into the church this easter we pray to the lord hear us for bishop troutman who served as a shepherd of god's flock that he may be given a place in the heavenly liturgy we pray to the lord hear us for all the people saint jude the apostle church for whom this mass has offered we pray to the lord hear us for those who have gone before us that the power of god's grace may bring them to the fullness of glory we pray to the lord hear us for all the prayer requests of the prayer line and intention book for our needs and intentions that we now recall in our hearts may these prayers be united with those of jesus mary joseph saint jude our patron and all the saints we pray to the lord hear us lord loving god guide us as we wander through the desert of temptation losing awareness of your constant care sustain us on our lenten journeys as we make these prayers to you through your son and our savior jesus christ our lord amen our offertory hymn is number 904 covenant him wherever you go i will follow wherever you live is my home though days be of blessing or sorrow the house be of canvas or [Music] wherever you go i am with you i never will leave you alone whatever you dream i am with you when stars call your name in the night those shadows and mist clouds of future together we bear there light like abram and sarah we stand with only a promise in hand but lead where you dream i will follow to dream with you is my delight [Music] pray my friends and my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord accept the sacrifice at our hands for the praise and the glory of his name for our good of all his holy church give us the right dispositions o lord we pray to make these offerings for with them we celebrate the beginning of this venerable and sacred time through christ our lord amen my friends the lord be with you lift up your hearts let us give thanks to the lord our god it is truly right and just our dude in our salvation [Music] always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty eternal god through christ our lord by abstaining forty long days from earthly food he consecrated through his fast the pattern of our lenten observance and by overturning all the snares of the ancient serpent taught us to cast out the leaven of malice so that celebrating worthily the paschal mystery we might pass over at last to the eternal feast and so with the company of angels and saints we sing the hymn of your praise as without end we are acclaimed [Music] holy holy holy lord god of hosts heaven and earth are full are full of your glory hosanna hosanna hosanna in the highest blessed is he who comes who comes in the name of the lord you are holy indeed o lord and from the world's beginning are ceaselessly at work so that the human race may become holy just as you yourself are holy look we pray upon your people's offerings and pour out on them the power of your spirit that they may become the body and the blood of your beloved son jesus the christ in whom we too are your daughters and sons indeed though we once were lost and could not approach you you loved us with the greatest love for your son who alone is just handed himself over to death and did not disdain be nailed for our sake to the wood of the cross but before his arms were outstretched between heaven and earth to become the lasting sign of your covenant he desired to celebrate the passover with his disciples as he ate with them he took bread and giving you thanks he said the blessing broke the bread gave it to them 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 knowing is about to reconcile all things in himself through his blood to be shed on the cross he took the chalice filled with the fruit of the vine and once more gave you thanks hannah the chalice to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it 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 a mystery of faith when we eat this bread and drink this cup we proclaim your death o lord until you come again [Music] therefore as we celebrate the memorial of your son jesus christ who is our passover and our surest peace we celebrate his death and resurrection from the dead and looking forward to his blessed coming we offer you who are our faithful and merciful god this sacrificial victim who reconciles to you the human race look kindly most compassionate father and those who unite to yourself by the sacrifice of your son and grant that by the power of the holy spirit as we partake of the one bread of one chalice that we may be gathered into one body in christ who heals every division be pleased to keep us always in communion of mind and heart together with francis our pope lawrence our bishop and all of the bishops and clergy and religious help us to work together for the coming of your kingdom until the hour when we stand before you saints among the saints in the halls of heaven with the blessed virgin mary the mother of god joseph our beloved husband with jude and the blessed apostles and all the saints and all of our deceased sisters and brothers whom we humbly commend to your mercy that freed at last from the wound of corruption and made fully into a new creation we shall sing to you with gladness the thanksgiving of christ who lives for all eternity through him with him and in him oh god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours ever and forever [Music] [Music] let us all pray for the coming of the kingdom as jesus taught us 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 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 await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior jesus christ but the kingdom and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ who said to your apostles peace i leave you my peace i give to you look not on our sins but on the faith of your church graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will who live and reign for ever and ever amen the peace of the lord be with you always with your spirit with a share sign of that peace with each other so [Music] lamb of god you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us [Music] 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 grant us peace [Music] so behold the suffering servant the lamb of god who takes away all of 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 [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] please join in singing our communion hymn it is number 933 now in this banquet [Music] lord you can open hearts that are stone live in our flesh and our bones lead us to wonder mystery and grace one in your loving embrace [Music] you who have touched us and graced us with love make us your people of goodness and light lord you can open hearts that are stone live in our flesh and our bones lead us to wonder mystery and grace one in your loving embrace [Music] let our hearts burn with the fire of your love open our eyes to the glory of god lord you can open hearts that are stone live in our flesh and our bones lead us to wonder mystery and grace one in our loving embrace god who makes the blind to see god who makes the lame to walk bring us dancing in today lead your people in your way lord you can open hearts that are stone live in our flesh and our bones lead us to wonder mystery and grace won in your loving embrace hope for the hopeless light for the blind strong is your name lord gentle and kind [Music] lord you can open hearts that are stone live in our flesh and our bones lead us to wonder mystery and grace won in your loving embrace [Music] foreign [Music] so [Music] so [Music] monday evening our moms group will be meeting at 6 pm in the founders room all moms of all ages are welcome uh there'll be extra confessions wednesday morning from 9 until 10 in the chapel thursday evening we have a first in a series of lenten speakers our clergy director clergy personnel father nick rao who used to be vicar of education is going to be preaching and the speakers are talking about eucharist in the lenten season uh great speakers uh i'll be thursday evening at seven in context of evening prayer friday at seven we have stations that cross with benediction and saturday march 12 is the women's conference it is it's not too late to sign up there's been stuff in the bulletin uh we're hosting it here again at st jude's like we did with the men's uh there are two wonderful speakers we'll be presenting to all ladies i encourage you to sign up and join us on saturday let us pray renewed now with heavenly bread by which faith is nourished hope increased and charity strengthened we pray o lord that we we may learn to hunger for christ the true and living bread and strive to live by every word which proceeds from your mouth through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and many god bless us all the father the son and the holy spirit amen our mass descended let us go now in peace to love and to serve the lord thanks be to god [Music] so [Music]

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Length: 68min 18sec (4098 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 05 2022