Catholic Schools Week Mass - February 2, 2022

[Music] foreign [Music] good morning the student council of saint mary basha catholic school welcomes you to st mary's church in celebration of catholic schools week today marks the end of national catholic schools week catholic schools week is a reminder of the privilege we have to be part of a faith-based education we are taught that through our efforts to be faithful to the gospel values that guide our school community we are helping to share the good news of god's love to those around us saint mary basha catholic school has been fulfilling its mission since 1944. we have a history of teachers who are dedicated to excellence in the classroom helping us learn the subjects of english math history science and social studies our religion curriculum focuses not only on information about our faith but helps students encounter the living god who loves us with an everlasting love our school has a clear mission to be a community of faith sharing the good news of god's love our school educates the whole child to be faith-filled knowledgeable disciple of christ who puts faith into action by helping others let us celebrate together the gift of 75 years of catholic education as we begin the mass [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] yours faithfulness is what i need faithfulness faithfulness [Music] take my heart [Music] to yourself [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit peace be with you [Music] do you have any idea why the bishop greets you with peace be with you good question i won't ask the priests because that's the greeting of jesus resurrected from the dead to his very first apostles remember that when he died and he rose and the apostles were all locked away for fear and jesus comes resurrected and he says peace be with you the bishop greets you with that greeting of jesus himself for jesus christ is with us today resurrected and alive for us in his word in the holy eucharist and in the gathering of all of us as his holy body thank you to father dan for inviting me to be here thank you to father john for his presence the vicar for evangelization for mr dominic our superintendent and for all of you brothers and sisters who educate our children in the catholic faith and in all the other sciences thank you to my brother deacon we got you up early today before we celebrate the holy mass during this beautiful week dedicated to catholic schools let us first pause to call the mind our sins i confess to almighty god and to you my brothers and sisters that i have greatly sinned in my thoughts in my words in what i have done and what i have failed to do through my fall through my fall through my most grievous fault therefore i ask the 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 [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we praise you we [Music] lord jesus christ [Music] son of the [Music] the father of the world have mercy on us [Music] me [Music] [Music] jesus christ [Music] is [Music] [Music] today we celebrate the feast of the presentation of the lord when joseph and mary brought the child jesus to the temple to present him to god each of us come today to be presented before the lord and we ask that the lord accept the gift of our self and we want to pray this holy mass offer it for each of you and we want to offer the holy mass for all of those who are involved with our catholic schools throughout the entire diocese those that are viewing us through the different media outlets and all of those parents grandparents teachers administrators principals superintendent everybody involved as well as the pastors that help to educate all of these children in so many different ways so the masses offered for each and every one of you let us pray almighty of a living god we humbly implore your majesty that just as your only begotten son was presented on this day in the temple in the substance of our flesh so by your grace we may be presented to you with minds made pure through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god forever and ever [Music] thank you a reading from the book of malachi thus says the lord god lord i am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me and suddenly they there will come to the temple the lord whom you seek and the messenger of the covenant whom you desire yes he is coming says the lord of hosts but who will endure the day of his coming and who can stand when he appears for he is like the refiner's fire or like the fuller's lie he will sit refining and purifying silver and he will purify the sons of levi refining them like gold or like silver that that they may offer do sacrifice to the lord then the sacrifice of judah and jerusalem will please the lord as in the days of old as in years gone by the word of the lord so [Music] who is this king of glory it is the lord who is this king of glory lift up o gates your lentils reach up your ancient portals that the king of glory may come in who is this king of glory it is the lord who is this king of glory the lord strong and mighty the lord mighty in battle [Music] [Music] reach up your ancient portals that the king of glory may come in who is this king of glory it is the lord who is this king of glory the lord of hosts he is the king of glory [Music] [Applause] [Music] a reading from the book of hebrews since the children share in blood and flesh jesus likewise shared in them that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death that is the devil and free those who fear of death have been subject to slavery all their life surely he did not help angels but rather the descendants of abraham therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every way that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest before god to expedite the sins of the people because he himself was tested through what he suffered he is able to help those who are being tested the word of the lord [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to luke the days were completed for their purification according to the law of moses mary and joseph took jesus up to jerusalem to present him to the lord just as it is written in the law of the lord every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the lord and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons in accordance with the dictate in the law of the lord now there was a man in jerusalem whose name was simeon this man was righteous and devout awaiting the consolation of israel and the holy spirit was upon him it had been revealed to him by the holy spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the christ of the lord he came in the spirit into the temple and when the parents brought in the child jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him he took him into his arms and blessed god saying now master you may let your servant go in peace according to your word for my eyes have seen your salvation which you prepared in sight of all the peoples a light for revelation to the gentiles and glory for your people israel the child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him and simeon blessed them and said to mary his mother behold this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in israel and to be a sign that will be contradicted and you yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed there was also a prophetess anna the daughter of faneuil of the tribe of asher she was advanced in years having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage and then as a widow until she was 84. she never left the temple but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer and coming forward at that very time she gave thanks to god and spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the redemption of jerusalem when they had fulfilled all the prescriptions of the law of the lord they returned to galilee to their own town of nazareth the child grew and became strong filled with wisdom and the favor of god was upon him the gospel of the lord so nice to see all of you here today thank you to mr dominic our superintendent and to all of you the teachers the superintendent the principals all of the janitors everyone that makes possible our catholic schools parents grandparents you're also very special in the holy gospel we hear something very very beautiful we hear that jesus came into a family in the beautiful jesus came into a family each of us have a family that love us that encourage us that support us and that bring us to the temple just like joseph and mary did for the child jesus and so our family is so important for each of us as it was in the holy family and the gospel also tells us something very beautiful that jesus grew in wisdom that he grew in strength that he grew in all of the ways that any of us grow in our daily life have you ever thought about that let's see are you six years old how old are you six is there anybody here that's three or four no not here okay six years old isn't that beautiful jesus was six years old at one time have you thought about that isn't that beautiful so you have to learn your english and your math and your science and your bible your religion jesus was just like you and he grew in his knowledge and his wisdom in his strength so let's see some of you must be eight years old let's see there you are over there how wonderful jesus was eight years old can you imagine that wow just like you growing growing growing growing becoming more strong and more intelligent and more knowledgeable now let's see where the 10 year olds oh my there's a bunch of them and just imagine that jesus was just like you 10 years old 10 years old can you imagine that wow and jesus was learning he was learning just like you and then after school he would go home and he would be with his mama and daddy in the holy family and then after he finished his homework what would he do he'd go out and play isn't that great just like you let's see where the 12 year olds way over there boy oh boy oh boy growing growing growing growing growing and the 14 year olds where are you there you are back there in the choir beautiful and the 16 year olds where are you do what huh high school oh there's no there's no high school here oh well it's early mr dominic did not give me my cheat sheet how wonderful so you get the idea that just as you started here at six years old and then you grow and you grow and you get smarter and you get stronger and you get more and more wisdom and you get more and more knowledge of jesus and of the church so also jesus he grew and he grew in wisdom in knowledge and strength he grew to become the beautiful person that god made him to be and so that is what catholic schools are all about your parents your grandparents bring you to catholic schools so that you may learn all about science all about math all about english all about geography all about the world but also about god and then you grow and you mature and you become those beautiful people those beautiful young men and young ladies that god has created it created you to be and then with the help of your family with the help of your parents and godparents your relatives your grandparents then together you can grow together and mature and become the family the beautiful family that god wants you to be and then once you go on to high school you continue learning and you continue maturing and you continue developing and becoming those beautiful young adults that god wants you to be and then you go out you go on to college do some of you have brothers and sisters that are in college good wonderful so you after you finish your studies here in elementary school and junior high then you will go on to college and continue learning and continue developing and continue being those beautiful people that god has made you to be today we celebrate the feast of the presentation of jesus in the temple and during this beautiful feast it is the feast of light because jesus is the light for the world so as you come to learn all of your lessons here at st mary's and throughout the whole diocese the catholic education once you learn all of those lessons then holy mother church catholic church will ask that you go forth once you graduate that you go forth and bring that light of jesus be those beautiful young men and women that god has created you to be we're very proud of you we're very proud of your families that enable catholic education to go on to our superintendent our administrators our teachers for everybody that helps you in this wonderful effort in this wonderful mission of maturing of becoming those beautiful young men and women that god has created you to be during this holy mass we ask for his blessing upon each of you and upon all those involved with catholic education throughout the whole diocese of phoenix uh let us bring our prayers of petition before the heavenly father for pope francis and all bishops may they be strengthened in their leadership by the outpouring of the holy spirit let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for governments and world leaders may the gospel message of hope and redemption for all nations bring peace to violent lands let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for all who are facing adversity or burden of any kind may jesus calm their fears and bring them consolation let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for this community of faith may christ the redeemer fill us to overflowing with his hope and a hunger for justice let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for our beloved dead may they come to share in the heavenly kingdom let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for the repose of the soul of lee ortiz for who this most is being offered let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer and we want to pray for all of those involved with catholic education throughout the whole diocese of phoenix we want to pray for all of our families we want to pray for each of you the students in our catholic schools and we want to pray that the lord continue to bless our catholic schools and to prosper all of our efforts in forming young men and women to be missionary disciples we pray to the lord and that there be more vocations to the priesthood to the consecrated life to the permanent diaconate especially from our catholic students in our catholic schools we pray to the lord and for all of your special intentions for all of these we pray to the lord father you sent your only son into the world that he might enlighten our hearts and drive away the darkness of sin hear our prayers and answer them according to your holy will we ask all this through jesus christ our lord please be seated [Music] to you pray that i may have the grace [Applause] [Music] we are here [Music] and [Music] i will hold the cry for you in the night time of your fears [Music] [Music] [Music] till we see this [Music] when we sing to god in heaven we shall find such harmony born of all we know together of christ's love [Applause] [Music] thank you pray brethren that this my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the father almighty may the offering made with exaltation by your church be pleasing to you o lord we pray for you will that your only begotten son be offered to you for the life of the world as the lamb without blemish who lives and reigns forever and ever the lord be with you lift up your hearts let us give thanks to the lord our god is truly right and just our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god for your co-eternal son was presented on this day in the temple and revealed by the spirit as the glory of israel and light of the nations and so we too go forth rejoicing to encounter your salvation and with the angels and saints praise you as without end we acclaim [Music] [Music] blessed is [Music] you are indeed holy o lord and all you have created rightly gives you praise for through your son our lord jesus christ by the power and working of the holy spirit you give life to all things and make them holy and you never cease to gather a people to yourself so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name therefore lord we humbly implore you by the same spirit graciously make holy these gifts we have brought to you for consecration that they may become the body and the blood of your son our lord jesus christ at whose command we celebrate these mysteries for on the night he was betrayed he himself took bread and giving you thanks he said the blessing broke the bread 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 giving you thanks he said the blessing and gave the chalice 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] is [Music] therefore o lord as we celebrate the memorial of the saving passion of your son his wondrous resurrection and ascension into heaven and as we look forward to his second coming we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice look we pray upon the oblation of your church and recognize in the sacrificial victim by whose death you will to reconcile us to yourself grant that we who are nourished by the body and blood of your son and filled with his holy spirit may become one body one spirit in christ [Music] may he make of us an eternal offering to you so that we may obtain an inheritance with your elect especially with the most blessed virgin mary mother of god with blessed joseph her spouse with your blessed apostles and glorious martyrs and with all the saints on his constant intercession in your presence we rely for unfailing help may this sacrifice of our reconciliation we pray o lord advance the peace and salvation of all the world be pleased to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim church on earth with your servant francis our pope and thomas our bishop eduardo his auxiliary the order of bishops all the clergy and the entire people you have gained for your own listen graciously to the prayers of this family whom you have summoned before you in your compassion a merciful father gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world to our departed brothers and sisters and to all who are pleasing to you at their passing from this life give kind admittance to your kingdom there we hope to enjoy forever the fullness of your glory through christ our lord through whom you bestow on the world all that is good through him with him in him o god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is used forever [Music] thank you at the savior's command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say [Music] thy will be done on earth [Music] our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation [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] [Music] lord jesus christ you 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 peace of the lord be always with you let us offer each other the sign of peace peace peace of christ father peace [Music] so [Music] of the world [Music] [Music] you take away the sins of the world [Music] of the world [Music] us peace [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 you should enter under my roof but only say the word my soul shall be healed amen [Music] so [Music] [Music] i worship you i worship you you are here working in this place [Music] i worship you i worship you you are here [Music] you are here working in this place [Music] [Music] my god that is who you are [Music] my god that is who you are you are here touching every heart [Music] you are here [Music] keeper light in the darkness my god that is who you are [Music] light in the darkness my god that [Music] is who you are that is who you are [Music] let me be as cold [Music] [Music] [Music] holy [Music] i choose [Music] ready to do your will [Music] and make me holy purify my heart cleanse me from my sin deep [Music] my heart's one desire is [Music] glory set apart for ready to do your will [Music] there's nothing worth more that could ever come goals nothing can come [Music] your presence lord [Music] where my heart becomes free and my shame is unknown your presence [Music] holy spirit you are welcome here come forth [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] there's nothing worth more that will ever come [Music] your presence [Music] i've tasted and see of the sweetest of loves where my heart becomes free and my shave is undone [Music] [Music] uh let us pray by these holy gifts which we have received o lord bring your grace to perfection within us and as you fulfill simeon's expectation that he would not see death until he had been privileged to welcome the christ so may we going forth to meet the lord obtain the gift of eternal life through christ the lord please be seated before we before we have our excuse me before we have our essays this year we each year we ask our students to to write essays about why they love their catholic school i just want to say it excuse me i just want to say a moment of gratitude just say thank you to bishop novaris and father john nargang for coming and celebrating with us today especially coming and celebrating with the whole diocese i know there are many catholic schools around the diocese that are watching this live on youtube and on facebook and we're so grateful i want to say thank you a special way to our media team uh catholic media ministry to for helping to transmit this throughout throughout the diocese and really throughout the world that families all over the all over the world watch this and we're so grateful that you're here to celebrate with us today and now we have some essays from our school children describing their why they love their catholic school my name is edie and i'm in first grade saint mary bassa is the best school it is fun my favorite subjects are math and reading our brains get stronger when we read hard words and when we do hard math problems at saint mary beth so we learn about god we learn about the saints and what they did to become a saint we have morning prayer each day and we have a lot of stuff to do after school i love saint mary bastard catholic school hi i am landon and i am in third grade i am very blessed to go to saint mary basha catholic school i really love my school because we learn about many things we get to pray and we also have many fun activities learning is very important at st mary russia we learn a lot about different subjects math is my favorite subject and my teacher makes it really fun we get to learn multiplication division and rounding i feel like i get smarter at math every day faith is a very big deal at our school we learn and talk about the bible and we pray many times during the day in third grade we are able to make our first holy communion and confirmation that day was very special to me and my classmates at st mary basha we have medical events and activities we have free dress days and each month students are chosen to be the elite eagles elite eagles are students that are leaders and show the fruits of the holy spirit these are some of the many reasons why i absolutely love my school i highly recommend saint mary basher catholic school and i am thankful that my parents send me here hi my name is mia and i'm in fifth grade i like st mary basha catholic school because every single day when i walk into school i hear about god and it's a great start to my day in school we learn subjects such as english math religion science and social studies another amazing thing about my school is that we have extracurricular activities like band chess theater robotics and sports my favorite thing about my school is that i have found friends that will be my friends forever a catholic education at st mary basha will help us students to continue to live our faith for the rest of our lives thank you mom and dad for sending me to saint mary basha it is truly the best school [Applause] my name is abby and i am in eighth grade one of the most important and impactful things that parents can decide for their children is where they should attend school the choice to send a child to saint mary basha catholic school is a decision that will positively impact any child an education at her school is such an amazing opportunity achievement in school and in life is something that is practiced here at st mary basha we are god's children and we are taught to work hard we are also taught good study habits that will lead to a bright future not only in high school and college but in the workforce as well this is an example of how guidance and instruction given to young minds will lead to obtaining success in future endeavors students here at st mary basha are taught to work hard into a high standard learning at a young age the quality of a hard worker and the qualities of someone who is successful or produce highly clear-sighted students that go into the world to put their best foot forward in any endeavors they face in life saint mary basha teaches the work habits that lead to success at st mary basha we are also taught christian morals we are taught about our faith so that we can continue to be active catholics after we graduate our faith is a part of everything we do at our school in conclusion making the decision to attend saint mary basha is a decision that can lead to future success is a decision that will ensure children graduate with high morals and continue on a life of faith thank you i am patrick and i i am an 8th grader saint mary basha catholic school is one of the many catholic schools throughout the state of arizona however there are some attributes of saint mary basha that make our schools so special one of these qualities is that we offer instruction in many subject areas including math science english language arts social studies religion music art technology spanish and physical education st mary basha also has a high grading scale so we have to work hard for good grades the teachers at st mary basha work hard to help students reach their full potential our school also offers after school sports such as volleyball flag football softball basketball soccer and baseball moreover saint mary basha also offers after school clubs such as robotics chess club and theater but you must maintain good grades in all classes in order to participate in these activities at st mary basha we learn to be responsible citizens active learners and efficient communicators but most importantly we learn to be active catholics students at st mary basha are respectful and we are blessed to be in such a fulfilling learning environment these are only some of the qualities that make saint mary bash an exemplary school but these qualities are nothing short of astonishing [Applause] thank you to all of uh all of our students who wrote their essays and thank you for kind of proving why catholic schools are so vital and so important they're really good communicators and uh and great citizens in this great nation before we end i cannot allow this mess to go on without mentioning catholic education arizona this is a wonderful organization that a lot of you parents grandparents as well as uh businesses contribute it's one of those tax what do you call it thank you tax credit program so instead of giving your taxes to the state you direct them to catholic education arizona and that goes to support our catholic schools last year because of the very wonderful efforts of catholic education arizona and its board the director is nancy pepberg we were able to acquire 18 million dollars for the support of our catholic schools so please if you are a member contributing to catholic education arizona thank you and you might invite your neighbors and your other family members to look into this wonderful opportunity that we have here in our state to redirect our state taxes year after year after year so thank you all and thank you to catholic education arizona let's give them a big round of applause the lord be with you r may almighty god bless you and all of your families the father the son and the holy spirit [Music] go forth being a light to the world thanks be to god [Music] sometimes the night is beautiful sometimes the skies are so far away sometimes it seems to [Music] sometimes [Music] but so much [Music] [Music] and i will seek you in [Music] and step by step you'll lead me and i will follow you [Music] sometimes [Music] righteous [Music] [Music] you are my [Music] god oh god you are my god and i will ever [Music] step by step you'll need me and i will follow you all of my [Music] and days by step you lead me [Music] you

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Published: Wed Feb 02 2022