Baclaran Church Live Mass: Ash Wednesday

[Music] imperative 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 covet 19 virus that has 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 our hope and strengthen our faith we pray that you guide the people to us 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 we pray for health workers that they may minister to the sick with competence and compassion grant them health in mind and body strength in their commitment protection from the disease we pray for those afflicted may they be restored to health protect those who care for them grant its an arrest to those who have died give us the grace in this 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 these 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 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 pray for us saint joseph pray for us saint raphael the archangel pray for us pray for us san lorenzo ruiz pray for us pray for us our mother of perpetual help pray for us good afternoon dear brothers and sisters once again good afternoon dear brothers and sisters today is ash wednesday the beginning of the season of lent let us now watch a short video presentation [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] a is [Music] [Music] [Music] me please all stanford opening him immaculate mother [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we pray for that peace [Music] [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen brothers and sisters as children of our blessed mother we are gathered before her miraculous picture to honor her and to pray for all our needs and worthy children that we are let us first of all ask god's mercy and pardon merciful father you sent your divine son to redeem us based death and resurrection and to give us new life by this you make us your children to love one another in christ how many times in the past we have forgotten the sublime dignity we have sent against our brothers and sisters we have offended you merciful father forgive us repenting sincerely of our sins we ask your mercy may we always live as your truly devoted children last week our mother of perpetual help received letters of petitions in thanksgiving our mother received 1216 letters of petitions and 1876 letters of thanksgiving among the thanksgiving letters 89 for spiritual favors three for conversion 2 for reconciliation 56 for health and recovery from sickness 45 for delivered from all danger three financial needs one education and success in studies one board exam eight local employment one overseas employment seven for temporal favors and one thousand six hundred sixty letters for the unspecified and all the blessings here is a thanksgiving letter from a devotee dear mahala inanglage in schedule for interviewing employer miami florida usa supply february 28 and the letter was signed please so stand for the hymn mary immaculate stop please the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew glory to you o 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 ams 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 amps do not let your left hand know what your right is doing so that your arms 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 yourself at 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 sisters and brothers the good news of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen we pray in the novena that there will be genuine and lasting peace in the world pope francis made an appeal that the faithful and even those who are not in the faith join this day of prayer and fasting for peace in ukraine dear sisters and brothers allow me to read to you the appeal of pope francis for peace in ukraine my heart aches greatly at the worsening situation in ukraine despite the diplomatic efforts of the last few weeks increasingly alarming scenarios are opening up like me many people all over the world are feeling anguished and concerned once again the peace of all is threatened by partisan interest i would like to appeal to those with political responsibility to examine their consciences seriously before god who is the god of peace and not of war who is the father of all not just of some who wants us to be brothers and not enemies i pray that all the parties involved refrain from any action that would cause even more suffering to the people destabilizing coexistence between nations and bringing international law into disrepute and now i would like to appeal to everyone believers and non-believers alike jesus taught us that the diabolical senselessness of violence is answered with god's weapons with prayer and fasting i invite everyone to make next or today march 2 ash wednesday a day of fasting for peace i encourage believers in a special way to dedicate themselves intensely to prayer and fasting on that day may the queen of peace preserve the world from the madness of war stop the war in ukraine let us join the ukrainian people in their prayer that peace be attained and that the stop of the war in ukraine our mother of perpetual help pray for us please all stand for the hymn mary immaculate star of the morning [Music] running down [Music] satan [Music] my [Music] [Applause] stretch [Music] r [Music] perfect [Music] me [Music] [Music] is [Music] me [Music] please o'neill for the novena prayer dear mother of perpetual help from the cross jesus gave it to us for our mother you are the kindest the most loving of all mothers look tenderly on us your children as we now ask you to help us in all our needs especially this one while you're on earth dear mother you willingly share it in the sufferings of your son strengthened by your faith and confidence in the fatherly love of god you accepted the mysterious designs of his will we too have our crosses and trials sometimes they almost crush us to the ground dearest mother share with us your abundant faith and confidence in god make us aware that god never ceases to love us that he answers all our prayers in the way that is best for us strengthen our hearts to carry the cross in the footsteps of your divine son help us to realize that anyone who shares the cross of christ will certainly share his resurrection dearest mother as we worry about our own problems let us not forget the needs of others you always love others so much help us to do the same while praying for our own intentions and for the intentions of all year present at this novena we earnestly ask you our mother to help us comfort the sick in the dying give hope to the poor and the unemployed heal the brokenhearted walk in solidarity with the oppressed teach justice to their oppressors and bring back to god all those have offended him dearest mother help us to avoid sin which separates us from our heavenly father and from one another full of trust in you we place ourselves under the mantle of your maternal protection and confidently hope for your compassionate intercession amen prayer for the home mother of perpetual help we choose you as queen of our homes we ask you to bless all our families with your tender motherly love may the sacrament of marriage bind husbands and wives so closely together that they will always be faithful to each other and love one another as christ loves his church we ask you to bless all parents may they love and cherish the children whom god has entrusted to them may they always give them the example of a truly christian life help them to bring up their children in the love and fear of god bless all children that they may love honor and obey their fathers and mothers to your loving care we especially entrust the youth of today give us all a sense of responsibility that we may do our part in making our home a haven of peace like her own home at nazareth we take you as our model help us to grow daily in genuine love of god and neighbor so that justice and peace may happily reign in the entire human family amen petitions to our mother of perpetual help holy mary holy virgin conceived without sin pray for us our mother of perpetual help pray for us we sinners call to you loving mother pray for us that we may be faithful to the promises we made at baptism loving mother pray for us that we may be filled with the holy spirit and become courageous witnesses of christ's love for all people loving mother pray for us that we may be more and more like our divine lord as you were loving mother pray for us that we may be make and humble of heart like your son jesus loving mother pray for us that we may fear losing god's friendship forever be unrepented sin loving mother pray for us that we may seek christ's mercy and forgiveness constantly in the sacrament of penance loving mother pray for us that we may be aware of god speaking to us in the events of daily life loving mother pray for us that we may pray daily with love and trust especially in moments of temptation loving mother pray for us that we may understand the value of worshiping god together in the eucharist loving mother pray for us that we may grow in the love of christ and neighbor by frequent communion loving mother pray for us that we may all respond to the challenges of the affliction brought about by the covet 19 pandemic with courage hope and support for one another loving mother praying for us that we may reverence our bodies as temples of the holy spirit loving mother pray for us that we may strive to be true christian by our loving concern for others loving mother pray for us that we may proclaim the dignity of work by doing our own work conscientiously loving mother praying for us that we may forgive from our heart those who have wronged us loving mother pray for us that we may see the evil of seeking our own interest at the expense of others loving mother pray for us that we may work for the just distribution of this world's goods loving mother pray for us that we may share our talents with others for the good of the community loving mother pray for us that we may accept our responsibility in the community in the spirit of genuine service loving mother pray for us that the holy spirit may guide and strengthen pope francis the bishops and the clergy loving mother pray for us that we may be blessed with an increase of firstly and religious vocations loving mother pray for us that we may care for and protect god's creation loving mother pray for us that we may defend human dignity in the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death loving mother pray for us that we may promote the equality of men and women loving mother pray for us there will be genuine and lasting peace in the world loving mother pray for us that we may bring the knowledge and love of christ to those who do not know him loving mother pray for us that we may be aware of our dependence on god in the midst of human achievements loving mother pray for us that we may be ready at death to enter the home of our heavenly father loving mother pray for us that we may be comforted at the death of our dear ones by our hope in the risen lord loving mother pray for us that our departed brothers and sisters quickly share in your son's resurrection loving mother pray for us let us pray for our own intentions holy mary pray for us pray for all the people of god may all experience god's perpetual help lord you gave us mary to be our mother ever ready to help us grant us the grace to have recourse to her in all our needs amen act of consecration immaculate virgin mary mother of god and mother of the church you are also our mother ever ready to help us with hearts full of love for you we consecrate ourselves to your immaculate heart so that we may be your devoted children obtain for us through sorrow for our sins and fidelity to the promises of our baptism we consecrate our minds and hearts to you that we always do the will of our heavenly father we consecrate our lives to you that we may love god better and live not for ourselves but for christ your son and that we may see him and serve him in others by this humble act of consecration dear mother of perpetual help we pledge to model our lives on you the perfect christian souls that consecrated to you in life and in death we may belong to your divine son for all eternity amen please all stand for the hymn mother of christ [Music] i foreign [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is treasurer [Music] see [Music] i [Music] is [Music] is [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] to your great [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] greedy thanksgiving prayer lord jesus christ truly present in the most blessed eucharist we adore you it has pleased the father that in you all his fullness should dwell and that through you he should reconcile all things to himself grant us the grace to be truly grateful for all that our father has done for us grant that we may be truly sorry for our sins and renew our lives through you we thank the eternal father for the gift of life he has created all the wonderful things of this world for us may we learn to use them well so that through them we may grow in love for him above all we thank our father for sending it to us as the greatest expression of his love to save us in all creation by your death and resurrection we thank you lord for giving us your own mother to be our mother of perpetual hell may the countless favors we have received through her intercession and especially through the nuvena inspire us with greater confidence in god's loving mercy grant that we may always do the holy will of god and persevere in his love to the most holy trinity father son and holy spirit be honor glory and thanksgiving for ever and ever amen prayer for the sick let us remember the people that we have to pray for lord jesus christ you bore our suffering and carried our sorrows in order to show us clearly the value of human weakness and patience graciously hear our prayer for the sick grant that they who are weighed down with pain and other affliction of illness may experience god's healing power and comfort restore them to health in body and soul so that they can continue to serve you and their brothers and sisters amen prayer for ukraine loving father as we begin our lenten journey we pray for the end of the war in ukraine silence the noise temper the rapid fire disarm the bombs comfort those in fear heal the wounded embrace the innocent they are not alone guide the leaders of each country so that dialogue may prevail and decisions be for the good of all people touch their hearts and may brotherhood and sisterhood flourish to overcome divisions we do not give up o god we cannot give up mary our mother of perpetual help pray for us [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] we [Music] in [Music] new [Music] strengthen us [Applause] [Music] you have given them bread from heaven us pray lord god by the paschal mystery of the death and resurrection of your only son you accomplish the work of our redemption full of trust you proclaim that pascal mystery in the sacramental science of the eucharist help us to see ever growing in us the fruits of your saving work through christ [Music] the divine praises blessed be god blessed be his holy name blessed be jesus christ true god and true man blessed be the name of jesus blessed be his most sacred heart blessed be his most precious blood blessed be jesus in the most holy sacrament of the altar blessed be the holy spirit the paraclete blessed be the great mother of god mary most holy blessed be her holy and immaculate conception blessed be her glorious assumption blessed be the name of mary virgin and mother blessed be saint joseph her most chaste spouse blessed be god in his angels and in his saints [Music] oh [Music] [Music] every moment [Music] is [Music] pray for us [Music] r [Music] you

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Length: 44min 12sec (2652 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 02 2022