Ash Wednesday | 8:00AM Mass | March 2, 2022

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in seeking power and wealth mother ever help us that they may always take pride in doing our work well mother ever helped us that the workers may be justly rewarded for for an honest day's work that we never take unfair advantage of others by usury or fraud mother ever help us that we never interfere with justice by bribery or perjury that we may rise above personal considerations we sailed on to vote or to serve the community mother ever help us that we may never lose sight of the beauty of our country and the goodness of our people mother ever helped us that we may do everything in our power to be injustice and prosperity to all mother ever help us that we may never grow so proud as to think we can do without god or religion mother ever help us when seriously ill and we realize that death is near mother ever help us when our loved ones are called home to their heavenly father mother ever help us when we pray that our deer departed me sharing the full joy of christ's resurrection mother will help us as we pray for our own special intentions mother ever help us holy mary you always help those in need you choose those who weep you encourage those who have lost hope and help them lead good christian lives join with us now we ask our father for guidance let us pray lord god it is your will that we come together today to honor mary as a mother ever ready to help us may we who implore her motherly health benefit by the great great gift of salvation through christ our lord amen thanksgiving prayer o mother perpetual help with grateful hearts we join you in thanking god for all the wonderful things he has done for us oh god our creator we thank you for the gift of life and all gifts of nature our senses and faculties our talents and abilities we thank you for creating us in your image and likeness and for giving us this earth to use and develop to rule and control despite our failures you continue show your love for us today by increasing the life of your spirit in us at the eucharistic table finally we thank you loving father for giving us mary the mother of your son to be our mother a perpetual help we are grateful for all the favors we have received through his intercession we pray that those past favors may inspire us the greater confidence in your loving mercy and to seek the aid of our mother a perpetual help amen for protection against calvin 19. merciful and compassionate father we confess our sins and we humbly come to you to find forgiveness and life we come to you in our need to seek your protection against the coffee 19 virus let us disturbs and claims many lives we ask you now to look upon us with love and by your healing hand dispel the fair sickness and death restore our hope and strengthen our faith we pray that you guide the people to us to find cures for this disease and to steam its transmission bless our efforts to use the medicines developed to end the pandemic in our country we pray for our health workers that they may minister to the sick with competence and compassion grant them health in mind and body strength and her 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 may our concern and compassion for each other see us through this crisis and lead us to conversion and holiness grant all these through our 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 the protection of holy mother of god do not despise our petition in our necessities but deliver us always from all dangers o glorious and blessed virgin amen our lady health of the sea pray for us saint joseph great for us saint raphael's archangel pray for us sandroque gravel san lorenzo ruiz rivera san pedro colomso pray for us prayer for the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the santonino image in cebu senor santorini decibel you are the abiding presence of the father in our journey of faith as we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of your miraculous image in our shores we humbly ask you to send the holy spirit upon us so that we may become your faithful apostles in the vast and complex arena of today's world may our christian faith and our deep devotion to you become the source of renewal in our society as we go along a pilgrimage to you who lives and reigns forever and ever amen senior santorini disciple have mercy on us please be in the name of the father the son of the holy spirit amen please be seated [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace of our lord jesus christ and the love of god and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all and with your spirit brothers and sisters let us call to mind our sins and ask the lord for forgiveness together i confess almighty god and to you my brothers and sisters they are greatly seen in my death saying my views in what i have done and in what have i feared to do through my fault through my fault through my most people's 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 and bring us to everlasting life amen [Music] forever [Music] christ ever [Music] received [Music] stream lord [Music] [Music] let us pray grant o lord that we may begin with holy fasting this campaign of christian service so that as we take up battle against spiritual evils we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint to our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god forever and ever amen a reading from the book of the prophet joel even now says the lord return to me with your whole heart with fasting and whipping and mourning rend your hearts not your garments and return to the lord your god for gracious and merciful is he slow to anger rich in kindness and relenting in punishment perhaps he will again relent and leave behind him a blessing offerings and libations for the lord your god blow the trumpet in zion proclaim a fast call an assembly gather the people notify the congregation assemble the elders gather the children and the infants at the breast let the bridegroom quit his room and the bride her chamber between the porch and the altar let the priests the ministers of the lord weep and say spare o lord your people and make not your heritage a reproach with the nation's ruling over them why should they say among the peoples where is their god then the lord was steered to concern for his land and took pity on his people the word of the lord thanks be to god be merciful oh lord for we have seen the [Music] have mercy on me [Music] in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my hands thoroughly wash me [Music] me [Music] [Music] and my foreign is before me always [Music] against you only up i see [Music] four years [Music] and your holy spirit take not from me [Music] me back the joy of your salvation and a willing spirit sustaining me o lord open my leaves and my mouth shall proclaim your praise for we have seen from the second letter of saint paul to the corinthians brothers and sisters we are ambassadors for christ as if god were appealing through us we employ you on behalf of christ be reconciled to god for our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin so that we might become the righteousness of god in him working together then we appeal to you not to receive receive the grace of god in vain for he says in an acceptable time i hear you and on the day of salvation i helped you behold now is a very acceptable time behold now is the day of salvation the word of the lord [Music] the lord and more subversion oh shall i fear oh shall i fear the lord is [Music] [Music] if today you hear his voice harden not your hearts the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew glory to you lord jesus said to his disciples take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them otherwise you will have no recompense from your heavenly father when you give arms do not blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others amen i say to you they have received their reward but when you give alms do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that uran's giving may be secret and your father who sees in secret will repay you when you pray do not be like the hypocrites who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them amen i say to you they have received their reward but when you pray go to your inner room close the door and pray to your father in secret and your father who sees in secret will repay you when you fast do not look gloomy like the hypocrites they neglect their appearance so that they may appear to others to be fasting amen i say to you they have received their reward but when you fast anoint your head and wash your face so that you may not appear to be fasting except to your father who is hidden and your father who sees what is hidden will repay you the gospel of the lord christ you lord jesus christ my dear friends today we begin a new liturgical season that is the season of land 40 days of preparation it is a period of 40 days which begins today ash wednesday and ends on holy thursday when we enter the pascual tree dumb from holy thursday and in that paschal tridum we commemorate the last supper the crucifixion of the lord this pascual pascal tridum precedes the joyful easter season when the church celebrates the glorious resurrection of the lord and so in a way lenten season is a preparation for that easter season what makes this period significant we say that we always want change in our society but the question is do we want that change to start within in our own heart in the first reading we heard from the prophet joel the lord saying return to me with your whole heart with fasting weeping and mourning rend your hearts return to the lord your god and so this period of 40 days is a time of repentance of metanoia a time of change of mind a time of changing our decisions we are drawn to get our life right personally and as a community it is a time of significant change for our self a time of spiritual renewal jesus underwent a period he also underwent a period of prayer and fasting for 40 days in this desert and he battled with the enemy with the devil for catholic humans in the early days of the church the season of lent was a preparation for baptism at easter it was a time of purification through fasting almsgiving and prayer and a period of enlightenment through catechesis or the study of scriptures in the bible that is in the old testament repentance happened with dust and ashes men and women were dressed in sac clothes you read that from the from the first book of kings chapter 20 external realities were marks of repentance mourning and grieving for sins in parentheses on sundays we do not fast because it is a day of celebration or commemoration of the feast of the lord's resurrection today ash wednesday is a turning point for all of us who wants change not only for our society but the change within a turning point it is a point of life's movement a significant movement to our savior today reminds us as in the right of the distribution of ashes that on our death which we shall also come to unto dust we shall return unto dust we shall return but in christ is the promise of the rising to eternal life and so that dust and so that ashes find its new meaning in our life in our baptized life as we live our faith and our hope and love in the lord in christ from dust we shall rise up again with christ through his cross in this season the church requires fasting on ash wednesday and on good friday and on fridays that is fasting from food and abstinence from meat the law of fasting obliges one to have a full day a full meal during the day and two other smaller meals that do not add up to a full meal in the ancient times in saint augustine we do not fast just for the sake of fasting alone but what we gather from that fasting we give it unto the poor for their own for their benefit and so it is in a way self-giving we have heard from the gospel today in matthew chapter 6 verse 1 to 6 and 16 to 18 calling us to pray and give alms when you give arms jesus said do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that your arms giving may be in secret and your father who sees in secret will repay you in a certain way my dear friends this is telling us not to give absolute value to material things that shall pass away but to let go and to give materially especially to those who are needy in our in our solidarity with them as we see christ in the poor and it also gives prime value spiritual value of generosity and charity which is prime to christian life not give absolute value to what is to material things and in the gospel we also heard when you pray go to your inner room saint augustine said to pray with our in our inner self with our whole heart because it is from within starting from that decision of our heart that we return to god that we return to the lord in our heart christ is fully present and so we and so the gospel said pray to your father in secret and your father in secret will repay you saint paul whose life was moved by grace in christ such that he converted our lord said in a second letter to the corinthians chapter 5 we implore you on behalf of christ to be reconciled with god when we long for peace especially if we are if if somebody is our enemy and we long for peace we long to be reconciled to that person for us to have and to achieve that inner priest but saint paul tells us probably in our restlessness in our life not to be reconciled to man alone but to be reconciled with god our life in reconciliation with the lord for us to achieve the peace spiritual peace for our sake he made himself to be sin who did not know sin so that we might become the righteousness of god in him we appeal to you saint paul said not to receive the grace of god in vain behold now is a very acceptable time now is the day of salvation the mortification of body my dear friends is a sign of conversion of the spirit what's important here is that we have this conversion especially of our soul this spiritual life marks our christian living hence we are called to read to reflect upon the gospel upon our scriptures pray and act let us feed on the word of god return and believe in the gospel and as i said act based on it let it be our food we don't need only this the physical food material food but above all we need that spiritual food to guide and illumine us in our earthly journey as christ said in john chapter 4 my food is to do the will of the father two great bishops in the early church one saint john chrysostom said we fast not for easter not for the cross but we fast for our sins beautiful we fast not for easter not for cross but for our sins and saint augustine said the truly great feast the one that engages all men is abstinence from iniquity i repeat abstinence from iniquity from sins and from the illicit pleasures of the world and this fasting my dear friends as practice in the church is accompanied by prayer and alms giving and so this forms a triad in our lenten journey the season of lent is an invitation for a healthy life for a healthy interior life and so we confess our sins to the sacrament of reconciliation my dear friends this season of lent prepares us as i said from the beginning for easter or the day of our resurrection and we have this this this interior journey as we prepare as well for our resurrection that is the new life in god through jesus christ but as we encounter jesus christ our lord and savior we are reminded like him to die to oneself to die to oneself for us this means to die in sin and to live a new life in christ to live a new life in christ the gospel said unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies it remains alone but if that grain of wheat dies it bears much fruit and so through this to dying to oneself from sin we can give ourself our life with joy and to others as we respond fully to our christian vocation for the glory of god and of god's kingdom and so we are called to die to oneself and accept christ's power his saving power that works in us we are reminded to that new life through conversion and spiritual renewal as you walk the path of true life in jesus christ amen we now follow with the distribution of ashes foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] be [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign oh [Music] [Music] [Music] let us all rise the penance of lent has begun the sign of the blessed ashes invites us to respond to the god who calls us to come back to him with all our heart let us bring before the father our desire for renewal and so we pray lord hear our prayer lord hear our prayer that as we enter the season of lent we as a church may join christ in his act of sacrifice let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that we may discipline ourselves by fasting and self-denial let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that we may not close our eyes to the needs of the poor by practically almsgiving and create concrete generosity let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that we may seek the sacrament of penance especially in this season of grace and renewal let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that we may show special care for the sake and those abundant by society let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that the servant of god love community bishop be raised to the altar of the saints let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for all the intentions and prayers offered by the pilgrims and devotees of senior santo nino let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for peace in our country and in the whole world let us pray to the lord r lord hear our right for all in direct patient care give them strength for their service let us pray to the lord r for all those isolated in their homes sustain them in joy and peace let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for our decision makers at all levels send them your wisdom and good counsel to serve their communities let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for all those who have died because of the pandemic and those who grieve their loss in isolation comfort them in their sorrow let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer god of mercy and compassion look upon the petitions of penitent people may the ashes we receive today truly symbolize our commitment to do your will may our self-denial express our desire to die to self that we may live your divine life in us more fully we ask this through christ our lord amen we are all for our lives [Music] for it's jesus [Music] is [Music] that we tell you [Music] [Music] see [Music] [Music] his glory [Music] [Music] pray brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord save sacrifice through hands with the raising glory of his name for good and the good of all his solid church as we solemnly offer the annual sacrifice for the beginning of lent we entreat you o lord that through works of penance and charity we may turn from harmful pleasures and cleanse from our sins may we become worthy to celebrate devoutly the passion of your son who lives and reigns forever and ever amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them out to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god it is righted yes 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 the angels and archangels with thrones and dominions and with all the hosts and powers of heaven we sing the hymn of your glory as without and we acclaim [Music] [Music] the sun [Music] [Music] you are indeed holy o lord the fount of all holiness make holy therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the jew fall so they may become for us 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 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 [Music] [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 lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the fullness of charity together with francis our po who see our bishop and all the clergy remember also brothers and sisters who are falling asleep in the hope of their resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcome them into the light of of your face have mercy on us all we pray that with the blessed virgin mary mother of god with the blessed apostles and all the saints of pleasure throughout the ages we may merit to be cool ears to eternal life and we 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 [Music] at the savior's command and formed by divine teachings we dare to pray [Music] [Music] the cities [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] 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 [Music] 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 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 let us offer each other the sign of peace [Music] uh [Music] [Music] 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 i should enter under my roof but i will say the word and my soul shall be healed 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 we believe [Music] it [Music] we remember how you loved us and still we celebrate for you are we as here [Music] we remember celebrate we believe [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] sign our peace and mercy the presence of the lord we remember [Music] [Music] me and we believe that we will see [Music] [Music] we celebrate we believe if let us pray may the sacrament we have received sustain oh lord that our lenten fast may be pleasing to you and be for us a healing remedy pour out a spirit of compunction on those who who bow before your majesty and by your mercy may they merit the rewards you promised to those who do penance through christ our lord amen prayer to saint michael the archangel saint michael the archangel defend us in battle be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil may god rebuke him we humbly pray o prince of the heavenly hosts by the power of god cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits roaming around the world seeking to ruin of souls amen mary queen of angels holy angels in heaven blessing of religious articles let us pray god by whose word all things are made holy pour out your blessing on these religious articles and grant that anyone who uses them in accordance with your will and your law and with the spirit of thanksgiving experienced by your power health in body and protection in soul as they invoke your most holy name through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit and may almighty god bless you the father the son and the holy spirit amen the mass has been offered let us go in christ's love and peace thanks be to god good morning to us [Music] all you will be always within my head take your heart and give it [Music] is [Music] you

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Published: Tue Mar 01 2022