6:30 AM Holy Mass - March 3 2022 Thursday After Ash Wednesday

a blessed day to all of you sisters and brothers and to those who join us in worship through this live stream at the diocesan shrine of jesus the divine word in christ the king mission seminary quezon city today is thursday after ash wednesday our mass presider today is reverend father louis punzalan svd our celebration will now begin please rise [Music] uh [Music] [Music] after me [Music] your heart [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the lord be with you and with your spirit on the second day of lent we will listen to the story of jesus predicting about his death the gospel is a part of the prediction of the lord's death and resurrection at the same time the gospel spells out to us the cost of discipleship i confess to almighty god and to you my brothers and sisters that i have greatly seen in my thoughts and in my words in what i have done in what i have failed to do through my fault through my fault through my most grievous fault therefore i ask blessed mary ever virgin 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 bring us to everlasting life amen lord have mercy lord have mercy christ have mercy christ have mercy lord have mercy lord have mercy let us pray prompt our actions with your inspiration we pray o lord and further them with your constant help that all we do may always begin from you and by you be brought to completion through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god for ever and ever amen a reading from the book of deuteronomy moses said to the people today i have set before you life and prosperity death and doom if you obey the commandments of the lord your god which i enjoined on you today loving him and walking in his ways and keeping his commandments statutes and decrees you will live and grow numerous and the lord your god will bless you in the land you are entering to occupy if however you turn away your hearts and will not listen but are led astray and adore and serve other gods i tell you now that you will certainly perish you will not have a long life on the land that you are crossing the jordan to enter and occupy i call heaven and earth today to witness against you i have set before you life and death the blessing and the curse choose life then that you and your descendants may live by loving the lord your god heeding his voice and holding fast to him for that will mean life for you a long life for you to live on the land that lord's war he would give to your fathers abraham isaac and jacob the word of the lord thanks be to god blessed are they who hope in the lord blessed are they who hope in the lord blessed the man who follows not the cancer of the wicked nor walks in the way of sinners nor sits in the company of the insolent but delights in the law of the lord and meditates on his law day and night blessed are they who hope in the lord he is like a tree planted near running water that yields its fruit in due season and whose sleeves never fade whatever he does prospers blessed are they who hope in the lord not so wicked not so they are like shaft which the wind drives away for the lord watches over the way of the just but the way of the wicked vanishes blessed are they who hope in the lord we rise to honor the holy gospel [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading is taken from the holy gospel according to saint luke glory to you o lord jesus said to his disciples the son of man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders the chief priests and the scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised and then he said to all if anyone wishes to come after me he must deny himself he must take up his cross daily and follow me for whoever wishes to save his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it what profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself my dear brothers and sisters my dear people of god this is the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ today is the second day of the lenten season the vatican ii missile says the ashes are scarcely washed clean from our foreheads in this second lantern mass we get down to work on our spiritual program my dear brothers and sisters we have exactly 39 days to go before good friday we have enough time to meditate on the 40 days and 40 nights that our lord spent in the garden of gethsemane before his death by crucifixion yesterday the whole christendom is started the 40-day journey of penitence yesterday we started our 40-day lenten retreat or 40-day lenten pilgrimage a deep review of our life to help us in this effort the church points out to us a path that can be summarized in three powerful words number one is prayer number two is fasting and number three is arms giving whoever takes this message seriously must also make the commitment to a new life inspired by the gospel values it is a matter of moving from a superficial life to a deeper interiority from selfishness to charity of striving to live according to the model of christ himself and this is our assignment for all of us including myself as we enter more seriously into the latin spirit the gospel reading today reminds us how jesus informed the disciples about his approaching passion death and resurrection our lord knew he must actually die to this world in order to obtain eternal redemption for us our lord instructed the disciples about the meaning of the cross and the cross that he talks about here is our cross your cross my cross not somebody else's cross not the cross of jesus but our cross he instructed us about the significance of the cross and why it is necessary for the disciples to carry up or to take up the cross in the gospel reading on the second part of it today our lord lays down the conditions of discipleship the price or the cost of discipleship our lord describes the area of concentration and the dimensions of our lenten journey or program the liturgy today teaches us that it is the life of the soul that we are concerned with during these days i have three little points number one a person must learn to deny himself a person must learn to deny himself self-denial is a form of self-sacrifice it is not easy to deny anything to oneself thus self denial is like dying to oneself to deny oneself is to say to myself i do not know myself i will say no to myself it is to ignore the very existence of oneself by dying to this world and it is to treat the self as if the self is not important and usually we treat ourselves as if our self is far and away the most important thing in the world but if we are to follow the lord we must slowly learn to forget the self he must deny himself say no to yourself so that we can say yes to god the second point a person must take up his cross daily a person must take up his cross daily our lord jesus knew what crucifixion meant to take up our cross daily underlying daily not weekly not monthly not yearly but daily it means to be prepared to endure the worst that man can do to us for the sake of being true to the lord that is why when the lord says take up your cross daily it wants to teach us that christianity is not easy christianity is not for the weak christianity is for the strong christianity is for the brave the third and last point a person must spend his life not hoard his life what does this mean the whole commandment of the world standards must be changed the questions are not how much can i get but how much can i give not what is the safe thing to do but what is the right thing to do not what is the minimum permissible in the way of work but what is the maximum possible the christian must realize that he is given life not to keep for himself but to share with others not to husband it's blame but to burn it out for christ and for others my dear friends let us continue to persevere in our lenten pilgrimage amen all right please our lord calls us to follow him to carry the cross after him to entrust to him all those who suffer let the response be jesus let your cross be our salvation jesus let your cross be our salvation that as members of the church we may imbibe in our lives the spirit of the cross and be willing to suffer for the sake of christ and the gospel we pray jesus let your cross be our salvation that the leaders of our country may hear the cries of suffering people and may show commitment to the eradication of oppression and exploitation in society we pray jesus let your cross be our salvation that those who are suffering the poor the sick the handicapped and prisoners may never fall in despair but experience the comfort of god's love we pray jesus let your cross be our salvation that those who are alone in life may find companions who are willing to help them bear their crosses we pray jesus let your cross be our salvation we pray for our dear seminarian daniel james melgarejo who celebrate his birthday today may the heavenly father strengthen him in his chosen vocation and give him courage to persevere we pray jesus let your cross be our salvation for our civil and political leaders that the holy spirit may guide them to make sound and swift policy decisions to fight this public health crisis and come to the aid of those lacking in basic necessities of life and devise social and economic solutions for the welfare of the citizenry we also pray and thank for the ordinary people who find ways to help the least and the less among the society may the true by a nehand spirit prevail among all of us we pray jesus let your cross be our salvation that our beloved dead may be one with god and their loved ones in heaven for all eternity we pray jesus let your cross be ourselves salvation god our father the passion and death of your son brought life to the world help us to recognize the crosses and sufferings not just in the great trials of life but in day-to-day choices we make our prayer through christ our lord amen [Music] 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 regard with favor o lord we pray the offerings we set upon the sacred altar that bestowing on us your pardon our oblations may give honor to your name through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them up to the lord let us again give thanks to the lord our god 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 by your gracious gift each year your faithful await the sacred paschal feasts with the joy of minds made pure so that more eagerly intent on prayer and on the works of charity and participating in the mysteries by which they have been reborn they may be led to the fullness of grace that you bestow on your sons and daughters 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 [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] you are indeed holy o lord you are the fount of all holiness make holy there for these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewfall so that they may become the body and blood of our lord jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and gave you thanks he broke the bread gave it to the disciples and said take this all of you and it of it this is my body which will be given up for you in a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice again he gave you thanks and praise gave the chalice to the disciples and said 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 the many for the forgiveness of sins and do this every time you remember me the mystery of our faith we proclaim your death o lord and profess your resurrection until you come again therefore as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you o lord the bread of life 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 lord your church is spread all over the world bring her to the fullness of charity together with francis our pope and eunesto our bishop remember your servants darlene madlambayen grace aceron rogelio emiterio me leone de la torre whom you have called from this world to yourself grant that they who were united with your son in a death like his may also be one with him in his resurrection remember our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection all who have died in your mercy and 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 saint joseph her spouse the apostles and the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life and may praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through him with him in him oh god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever amen let us pray in the same way jesus prayed 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 from every evil and grant us peace in our days in your mercy keep us free from sin protect us from all anxiety and fear as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom their power and glory are yours now and forever you said to the apostles i leave you peace my peace i give you look not on our sins but on the faith of your church grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom where you live forever and ever amen and may the peace that can only come from the lord be always with you and with your spirit greet each other with a 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 away the sins of the world grant us peace lord says whoever loves his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it my dear brothers and sisters this is jesus calling all of us to a life of discipleship the lamb of god who takes away our sins and the sin of the world and happy are those invited to his meal lord i'm not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed may the body and blood of christ bring us to everlasting life amen the body of christ amen during holy communion we shall proceed by rose kindly wait for the ushers while waiting in line please observe the proper distance from one another proper wearing a face mask and sanitize your hands before receiving the body of christ holy communion will be given by hand to maintain a safe distance from our presider please extend your arms in receiving the holy communion keeping your face mask on after receiving the body of christ please make a few side steps to your side depending on where you are seated and now remove your mask to consume the body of christ please make sure to put on your face mask before walking back to your seat thank you act of spiritual communion my jesus i believe that you are present in the most holy sacrament i love you above all things and i desire to receive you into my soul since i cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally come at least spiritually into my heart i embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself holy to you never permit me to be separated from you amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] so oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] my [Applause] [Music] let us pray almighty god who have made known to your people the ways of eternal life lead them by that path we pray to you the unfading light through christ our lord amen merciful and compassionate father we confess our sins and we humbly come to you to find forgiveness in life we come to you in our need to seek your protection against the covet 19 that is disturbed and claimed many lives we ask you now to look upon us with love and by your healing hand dispel the fear of sickness and death restore hope and strengthen our faith we pray that you guide the people chance to find cures for this disease and to stem its transmission bless our efforts to use the medicines developed to end the pandemic in our country and the whole world we pray for our health workers that they may minister to the sick with confidence and compassion grant them health in mind and body strengthen their commitment protection from the disease we pray for those afflicted may they be restored to health protect those who care for them grant eternal rest to those who have died give us the grace in these trying times to work for the good of all and to help those in need we are concerned and compassion for each other see us through this crisis and lead us to conversion and holiness grant all these who are lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god forever and ever amen we fly to your protection o holy mother of god do not despise our repetition in our necessities but deliver us always from all dangers o glorious and blessed virgin amen our lady health of the sick praise saint joseph saint raphael the archangel san saints arnold janssen and joseph reinadimetz pray for us please be seated for some announcements the fast to feed a child an ash wednesday fundraising campaign to feed poor children of the hapag asa integrated nutrition program is seeking your help to feed the hungry children for those who wish to reach out envelopes are available at the back of the shrine and at the shrine office you may leave your envelopes at the collection boxes thank you reverend father ronnie chrysostom svd shrine rector good morning from christ the king mission seminary in quezon city philippines and to our mass goers in online muscovers in europe in americas in the americas in africa as well as in south america wherever you are australia and eight parts of asia we would like to greet you a pleasant good morning from the philippines and pleasant good evening if it's evening in your country i'd like to take this opportunity to thank our donors and benefactors those who continue to send their most valuable financial help or assistance to our seminarians here at christ the king we would like to acknowledge in a very special way the following without mentioning their family names almi yoon and malu maria arli cheril irene ann marie bleseda julius freddie and cora ckms high school class of 1972 maria rachel maria loreto carina i'd like also to continue introducing our seminarians at christ the king by batches we started this a few weeks ago and i promise that we will introduce today the seminarians from the visayas from summer from aklan and from bohol may i require request the seminarians from the visayas to come forward in order to be recognized summer aklan and bohol these are our seminarians from summer aklan stay in the middle please samara clan and bohol they are coming from different year levels they are studying philosophy here at christ king they are some of the seminarians that you are helping please thank you very much for helping us for helping this gentleman who will be our future priests and divine word missionaries let us remove the mass mask so that you can be seen gentlemen remove the muscle that your handsome faces can be seen in different parts of the world let us give these seminarians a round of applause thank you very much thank you very much you may go back to your seats next tuesday we will present the seminarians from mindanao and to be followed by the ncr national capital region on thursday and i am very happy and very proud to announce that this coming saturday at the divine world seminary in tagaytay we will have five new sbd priests who will be ordained five new deacons who will be ordained priests as divine word missionaries this coming saturday at tagaytay in our major seminary christ the king is our school of philosophy divine word seminary in tagaitai is our school of theology this five gentlemen who will be our new priests in the philippine svd one of them is going to be a missionary to paraguay two others are staying in the philippines or three others are staying in the philippines and one of them is assigned to timor leste let us even if you do not know them and even if we cannot see their faces let us congratulate them by giving them another round of applause congratulations to our new svd priests this coming saturday and to our benefactors and donors the seminarians that you are helping here in christ the king someday they will also be priests so please continue to help them please do not forget our seminarians help them with your prayers and help them with your financial aid we will certainly be honoring and not forgetting the assistance and the commitment and the help that you have been extending to us especially to our seminarians here at christ the king and if you would like to help and i'd like to encourage you to help we are showing the the way by which you can help in front of you on your screen is or are our bank details the bank details with banco di oro account name divine word mission seminary inc divine word mission seminary inc and the account number is zero zero zero two two zero one nine one two four seven we are also keeping a an email address that you can use if you want to communicate with us i will be the one to respond to the email but you have to be patient because i guess sometimes or most of the time i cannot i cannot do it quickly but i will and we are also keeping two gcash numbers zero nine six seven three one eight it's being flash on your screen nine eight three zero zero nine six seven three one eight nine eight three zero and zero nine four so our debt of gratitude is endless our debt of gratitude is something that we will treasure for a long time maraming maraming salamat san good morning attorney sally in cebu let us all stand the lord be with you and with your spirit may almighty god bless you the father and the son and the holy spirit amen the masses ended go in the peace of the lord thanks be to god [Music] oh [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] may the 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Published: Wed Mar 02 2022