Catholic Mass Today, Thursday, 3 March 2022

[Music] entrance him come back to me come back to me with all your hearts don't let fear keep us apart trees to bend those straight and tall so must we to others call long have i waited for your coming home to me and living deeply your new life mass intentions thanksgiving masses offered by maureen fernandez dalton rodrigo marianne for nathan manasseh laura de costa for favors received and daryl pinto on his birthday for the intentions of augustine and mercy for a successful operation reagan fernandes jennifer naylor for good health zilen pereira and darus de souza for a good job death anniversary of lc checo for the souls of sheila tony and nikhil britto lucy serrao xavier hodges mr mr alice samuel custodio fernandez and departed members of family lloyd de souza joe dice sister trinidad tranco raymond fernandez professor p ramachandran constancio sandan dayas mr mm jaco and elsie cheko mr psv krishnan and for the souls in purgatory my dear brothers and sisters you're all very welcome to the celebration of our eucharist today the very first thursday in our journey through lent and also the first thursday in this month we begin our celebration praying together in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace and peace of our lord jesus christ the love of god our father and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all and with your spirit let's take a few moments entering into this celebration to acknowledge this constant fact and be aware of it that we come unworthy as sinners seeking what god gives in abundance his mercy and forgiveness you were sent to heal the contrite of heart lord have mercy lord have mercy you came to call sinners christ have mercy christ have mercy and you intercede for us with your father in heaven lord have mercy lord have mercy may almighty god have mercy on us may he forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen 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 forever and effort amen a reading from the book of deuteronomy spoke to the people saying see i have set before you today life and good death and evil if you obey the commandments of the lord your god that i command you today by loving the lord your god by walking in his ways and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules then you shall live and multiply and the lord your god will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it but if your heart turns away and you will not hear but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them i declare to you today that you shall surely perish you shall not live long in the land that you are going over the jordan to enter and possess i call heaven and earth to witness against you today that i have set before you life and death blessing and curse therefore choose life that you and your offspring may live loving the lord your god obeying his word and holding fast to him for he is your life and length of days that you may dwell in the land that the lord swore to your fathers to abraham to isaac and to jacob to give them the word of the lord thanks be to god your response will be blessed the man who has placed his trust in the lord blessed the man who has placed his trust in the lord blessed indeed is the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor stands in the path of sinners no abides in the company of scorners but whose delight is in the law of the lord and who ponders his law day and night blessed the man who has placed his trust in the lord he is like a tree that is planted besides the flowing waters that yields its fruit in due season and whose leaves shall never fade and all that he does shall prosper blessed the man who has placed his trust in the lord not so are the wicked not so for they like vinod shaft shall be driven away by the wind for the lord knows the way of the just but the way of the wicked will perish blessed the man who has placed his trust in the lord let us prepare our hearts for the gospel glory and praise to you lord jesus christ repent says the lord for the kingdom of heaven is at hand glory and praise to you lord jesus christ my brothers and sisters the lord to be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to saint luke glory to you o lord at that time jesus said to his disciples the son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and of the third day be raised and he said to all if anyone would come after me let him deny himself take up his cross daily and follow me for whoever would save his life will lose it whoever loses his life for my sake will save it for what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose or profit himself the good news the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ my dear brothers and sisters every day thousands of moments in the day we are constantly choosing some of these choices are pretty insignificant we don't even think about them and then there are some which are very important they're life-changing and then there are others that are life determining and so the simple ones the perhaps insignificant ones to wake up when your alarm rings or just to lie in bed or maybe what to wear or maybe what to have for breakfast many of these go on all through the day and we don't even think about them and then as i said there are others that are life-changing what career to choose in life partner to choose in life perhaps a change of address or change of place or change in job these are very significant and then there are those that determine who we are again sometimes we don't even think about these choices that determine the kind of person i am and perhaps these are most significant and there are many and they happen all through the day to show an act of kindness to forgive someone to be gentle with another to visit an elderly person to let go of the past to make allowances for the mistakes of others these are choices i'm making or yes i'm angry but what do i do with that do i scream yell and use harsh words that's another choice or perhaps i'm driving and somebody cuts me up and i be roll the window down and scream and abuse that's another choice so there are choices that we are making that determine the kind of person i am talking of choices moses gives a very very strong reminder to the people he says you either choose god and his commandments and you live or you choose to disobey and you die wow that's scary but that's what he places before the people of israel there is no in-between road i can have a little bit of this and a little bit of that it's an either or you choose god you live you choose to go against him and his commandments you pay for it jesus in the gospel is not quite so dramatic as moses but is even deeper he starts with his own life he's made a choice and his choice is to live and walk the way of love no matter what he will love as the father loves with the generosity that has no calculations but there's a price he will have to pay rejection but he's willing to pay it because of love and so he says the son of man will be rejected will suffer but die but would be raised up and then he throws it open to his disciples and says you want to follow me you have a choice but if you want to follow me and if you're choosing me then like me take up your cross daily daily and follow me what would it profit you if you gain everything but you lose that which is essential your inner calm and peace your life but if you choose me you will find that inner calm and peace and life you might lose everything else how does this translate into our daily life i spoke of the choices that determine who we are in our reflection on ashwini's day yesterday we spoke of the journey of lent as rending the heart opening the heart tearing it open to make space to make room for god for significant the things that matter for god's loved ones the poor the widow the orphan the suffering so let's take the first one the very fact you have chosen to be here this morning at mass and you have chosen to follow mass online you've made a choice for god and that's quite significant it's determining who you are and so now through this day you are invited to keep making these choices to spend time in prayer a little time in prayer acknowledging god's presence in your life praising him thanking him seeking his strength and grace his forgiveness and his spirit to live this day that's a choice that's determining who you are for this choice we have to die to die to ourself our laziness our procrastination our excuse giving that's the dying take up your cross daily die to self so that god is first in my life or let's take the second to choose the significant things that matter true happiness determines who i am and so today maybe you'll be in you'll be challenged to at home amongst your family members to make allowances for the weakness of someone the mistakes of someone to overlook it and not make a big deal about it because we all make mistakes or maybe it's to show a little more kindness or maybe it's to spend a little more time or maybe it's [Music] to let go of something of the past these are simple but significant life-determining choices or maybe it's no i won't spend and overspend today or maybe i'll restrain myself from indulgence these are choices or maybe it's no i'll do today what i must do rather than putting it off for tomorrow significant choices for each of these i'm called to die to laziness to selfishness to the ego and in that dying the life of jesus is shining through i'm determining the kind of person i am and then as i said third aspect to make space to make room in our hearts for the suffering the poor the sick the elderly and maybe you can choose today to pray thinking of the suffering people in the ukraine spend a moment in quiet prayer praying that god may change the heart of leaders who have big egos and aren't able to let peace prevail or maybe pray for the suffering victims of this war or maybe you might as you begin this journey in land say i'll save a little money aside instead of spending it rashly i'll save it and perhaps at the end of the lent there'll be quite a bit accumulated i'll give it to an orphanage or i'll give it to a poor person and nobody will know about this that's a choice it determines who you are who i am so let's not panic about the whole season of lent let's take one day at a time what can i do today what choice can i make to let god occupy the seat of my heart what choice can i make for the things that matter which will determine the kind of person i am what choice can i make that will bring a smile and peace to a poor person for all of this we seek the grace of god who gives us his son jesus who comes to us in this eucharist that today we focus on a choice or choices that manifest who we are children of god brothers and sisters with jesus filled with god's spirit amen [Music] blessed are you lord god of all creation through your goodness we have this bread to offer which earth is given which human hands have made made become for us the bread of life blessed be god forever blessed are you lord god of all creation through your goodness we have this wine to offer fruit of the vine and work of human hands made become for us our spiritual drink blessed be god forever pray my dear brothers and sisters this your sacrifice and mind may be acceptable to god our heavenly and 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 regard with favor o lord we pray the offerings we set upon this sacred altar but bestowing on us your pardon our oblations may give honor to your name through christ our lord amen the lord's be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them up to the lord let us 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 joy of minds made pure so that 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 all the angels and saints we praise you as with one voice we acclaim holy holy holy lord god of hosts heaven and earth are full of your glory hosanna in the highest blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord in the name of the lord hosanna i am the highest hosanna in the highest 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 dewfall so that 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 jesus took bread and giving thanks broke it 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 jesus took the chalice once more giving thanks 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 it will be shed for you and for all for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me the mystery of faith save the savior of the world for by your cross and resurrection you have set us free 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've held us worthy to be in your presence and to minister to you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and the 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 pope oswald gracious our bishop and all the clergy remember also our brothers and sisters 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 but the blessed virgin mary mother of god with saint joseph our most chaste spouse with the blessed apostles and with all the saints redemptorists blessed and martyrs who have done your will throughout the ages we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life and may give you glory through your son jesus christ through him 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 amen at the savior's command and formed by his divine teaching we dare to say 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 coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ you said 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 forever and ever amen the peace of jesus be with each of you today and with your spirit let us share with one another the peace of christ 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 behold the one who enables us to live our life choosing him and him alone and his life it's his grace that we seek and he gives it to us generously in his body and blood or blessed are we to receive the lamb of god lord i'm not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed spiritual communion prayer 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 let us pray having received the blessing of your heavenly gifts we humbly beseech you almighty god that they may always be for us a source of both pardon and of salvation through christ our lord amen we pray our prayer invoking the intercession of saint jared mitchell prayer to see in gerard for a special favor i thank you o most holy trinity for the grace is granted to saint gerard especially for the and virtues the glory which you have given him in heaven since these favors were granted to him for the gratification of the holy church and for his glorification before all people through the merits of jesus and mary the grace and you saint gerard my powerful advocate for me in your great charity i place the search in need of mine in your in your hands yourself therefore before the throne of the divine mercy may almighty god bless you the father the son and the holy spirit amen go in the peace of christ thanks be to god have a good day today final hymn i've decided i have decided to follow jesus i have decided to follow jesus i have decided to follow jesus no turning back no turning back the world behind me the cross before me there wall behind me the cross before me the world behind me the cross before me no turning back no turning back [Music]

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Published: Wed Mar 02 2022