CFC USA: Consecration to St. Joseph

[Music] good afternoon and good evening brothers and sisters in christ i am jody cayenne your servant from the cfc usa pastoral office today we conclude our consecration to saint joseph i hope you had a wonderful experience of the daily retreat for the last 33 days as we continue our path to holiness early this year we are blessed to have our consecration to mary that has helped us to know more and understand our importance to our call to holiness finally our journey with saint joseph that had opened our eyes on the true essence of his role and responsibility in the fulfillment of jesus christ mission for all of us we are blessed to have saint joseph mother mary jesus christ the holy family in our journey before we celebrate the mass we will be led to our day 33 reading and prayer let us continue to journey and walk together with the holy family remember you will never walk alone thank you and to god be the glory the joyful mysteries i believe in god the father almighty creator of heaven and earth i believe in jesus christ's only son our lord was conceived by the power of the holy spirit the virgin mary is suffered under pontius pilate once crucify died and was buried he descended into the dead on the third day he rose again he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father you will come again to judge the living and the dead i believe in the holy spirit the holy catholic church the communion of saints the forgiveness of sins the resurrection of the body and life everlasting amen our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come they 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 amen hail mary full of grace the lord is willing blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother god pray for our sinners found our pardon amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now in the heart of our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is whipping blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now at the heart of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit i said to us in the beginning is now that ever shall be evolved without end amen the first joyful mystery the annunciation our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come they 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 amen hail mary full of praise the lord is with thee blessed art down among women blessed discipline of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now that they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother god pray for us sinners know that they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is sweetie blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners to know that they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now at the hour for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is worthy blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners smell of the heart for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is whipping blessed art thou among women blessed is the will of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners knowledge heart for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is witty blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now that they are part of amen hail mary full of praise the lord is worthy blessed art thou among women and blessed is that with thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are for the amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the support of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are for our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb mary mother of god pray for us sinners now that they are for death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit bless it to us in the beginning is known and ever shall be world without end amen oh my jesus forgive us our sins save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven especially those in most need of thy mercy the second joyful mystery the visitation our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come they 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 amen real mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god praying for us sinners now they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is sweeping blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother father pray for us sinners now with the heart of our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is whipping blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners knowledge for our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and they are part of amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother father pray for us sinners knowledge they are part of amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now in the heart of our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women blessed is the food of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god praying for us sinners now at the hour of our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the food of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are far death demons hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is support of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and they are for our death came in glory be to the father and to the son unto the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen oh my jesus forgive us our sins save us from the parts of hell especially those in most need of diversity but their joyful mystery the birth of our lord our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come they 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 amen hail mary full of grace the lord is smoothie blessed art thou among women and blessed is the food of thy womb jesus holy mary mother god pray for us sinners now and they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners known as the heart of our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women blessed is the word of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners knowledge they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is within blessed art thou among women blessed is that with thy wound jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother god pray for us sinners now they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is living blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners know what they are part of amen hail mary full of grace the lord is worthy blessed art thou among women and blessed with thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now as they are for our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are for death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are for our death amen glory be to the father to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is known and ever shall be world without end amen oh my jesus forgive us our sins save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven especially those who most need of thy mercy the fourth joyful mystery the presentation in the temple 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 amen real mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women blessed is the food of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now as they are part of amen hail mary full of praise the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are for death healing hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the food of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners know they are part of amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother pray for us sinners now they are part of amen hail mary full of praise the lord is with thee blessed artha among women blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners know what they are for death amen hail mary full of praise the lord is weaving blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god praying for us sinners knowledge they are part of amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother god pray for us sinners number three our part as demons hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners long as they are part as amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother god pray for us sinners now they are for death haman hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother god pray for us sinners now that they are for death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without and amen oh my jesus forgive us our sins save us from the fires of hell the lead also especially those who most need of thy mercy the fake joyful mystery the finding of jesus in the temple 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 amen hail mary full of grace the lord is sweeping blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god praying for us sinners numb and they are for death amen hail mary full of praise the lord is sweeping blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are for our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the food of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are part of amen hail mary full of praise the lord is with me blessed artha among women bless the support of thy womb jesus holy mary pray for us sinners now that they are for that amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother god pray for us sinners now they are for our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother father pray for us sinners now they are part of amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed artha among women bless the support of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now are they our part of amen hail mary full of praise the lord is free blessed art thou amongst women and bless the support of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now they are part of amen hail mary full of grace the lord is witty blessed art thou among women blessed the support of thy wolf jesus holy mary mother father pray for us sinners now they are part of amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with me blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary pray for us sinners now that they are for death amen glory be to the father and to the son to the holy spirit bless it to us in the beginning it's not and ever shall be worldly with love and amen oh my jesus forgive us our sins save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven especially those in most need of thy mercy will holy queen mother of mercy our life our sweetness we and our hope right for banished children of eve indeed we send up our signs mourning and reaping this fatter tears during that most gracious advocate thine eyes of mercy towards us and after this our exiles show unto us the blessed food of thy womb jesus o please with virgin mary pray for us the holy mother of god that we may be made worthy of the promises of christ let us pray oh god whose only begotten son but his life death and resurrection has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life grantee besieged me that meditating on these mysteries of the most holy rosary of the blessed virgin mary we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promised through the same christ our lord amen may the divine assistance remain always with us amen may the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of god rest in peace amen may the blessings of the almighty god the father the son and the holy spirit descend upon us and remain with us always amen jesus mary and joseph i give you my heart and my soul jesus mary and joseph assist me in my last agony jesus marrying joseph and my soul resting peace in you memorabili remember almost gracious virgin mary that never was it known that anyone who pled to your protection implored your help or sought your intercession was lemonade inspired by this confidence i cry unto you o virginal virgins my mother to you do i come before you i stand sinful and sorrowful o mother of the lord incarnate despise not my petitions but in your mercy hear and answer me amen prayer to saint michael the archangel thank michael the archangel defend us be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil may god rebuke him we humbly pray and do thou o prince of the heavenly host by the power of god thrust into our satan and all the evil spirits who brought about the world seeking the ruin of souls amen in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen good evening brothers and sisters my name is mike sarapio and i will be your worship leader this evening for the central and the east coast good evening and for the west coast good afternoon all right so worship is very important in our life and mission and couples for christ because it brings us closer to the heart of jesus but not only that it brings us closer to the heart of god and when we are there we realize that we have a god who is not distant but a god who totally loves us a god who is our father so tonight brothers and sisters i invite all of you to worship with me if you want to stand up stand up if you want to sit down that's fine for as long as we all come together in god's presence let's put our hearts you know um in his heart and where our home is and in the fathers and the holy spirit amen praise jesus praise under god we honor you your walkings praise jesus be honest you are a savior you have called me by name and i've followed you [Music] my heart is a flavor i know [Music] worthy i am you gave me the chance to be the best i can hours away and i was straight but here i [Applause] am [Applause] [Music] [Music] you have called me my name you have called me by name and i've followed you [Applause] my heart is a flavor i know i'm one [Music] [Music] [Applause] but here i am standing before you i am home back [Music] [Applause] and you held my hand you took me up i'm truly home [Music] and i'm truly home [Applause] jesus you are our king and you are our her savior praise you jesus i hear your voice oh god i feel your presence [Applause] i have grown in love with you but i only want your is is sufficient [Music] your embrace is all i need to be with you my god it's all i ever desire oh god it's enough for me nothing else will ever be and i am satisfied [Applause] [Music] praise you jesus i hear your voice oh god [Applause] i feel your presence [Music] [Applause] i have grown in love with you but the only one is you lord your grace is sufficient [Music] your embrace is all i need to be with you my god is all i ever desire oh god is enough for me nothing else will ever be [Applause] nothing else maybe face i may be [Music] you god oh god is enough for me nothing else will ever be and i am satisfied [Applause] god is enough oh god is enough for me oh god is enough for me for i am founder jesus praise the lord together face with [Music] jesus jesus praise the lord you are a savior your god [Applause] praise jesus lord praise come [Music] i confess bowing here i'll find my rest without you i fall apart you're the one that guides my heart lord i need you oh i need my righteousness [Music] your grace is more where grace is where you are and where you are lord i am free in holiness this christ [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh god now i need you so teach my song to rise to you [Music] when tentation comes my way and when i cannot stand i'll fall on you and jesus you're my open state [Music] oh god how i need you you're my one defense my righteousness [Music] praise you jesus praise jesus praise jesus lord heavenly and merciful god we thank you for allowing us lord to come a little bit closer to your sacred heart and especially lord to the closer to the heart of your father lord for your father our father is not distant at all but a god who is ever present you know a father who loves us dearly that he sent you his son to us so lord heavenly god we humbly ask the lord to be with us lord tonight as we you know um consecrate our lives to your earthly father saint joseph lord god may we rest lord in the home that you have set for us lord with saint joseph as our father and mom mary is our mother and with god you know us our heavenly father so father we pray lord for your um blessing you know for all of us today we live up to all of our worries you know all of our um troubles lord all of our anxieties lord and may you dwell in our hearts father you know as we consecrate our lives dear early father hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed arab amongst women and blessed is the fruit to thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour for our death amen holy family pray for us saint joseph pray for us in the name of the father son of the holy spirit amen good evening everyone good evening brothers and sisters in christ welcome to our consecration to saint joseph mass celebration please allow us to introduce our guest celebrant for tonight he is the second and current bishop of passing in the philippines he sisters we are humbled to pray with you the 33rd day consecration to saint joseph in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit amen when it's anti-spiritus come holy spirit come holy spirit send down those beams which swiftly flow in silent streams from thy right throne above o come thou father of the poor o count thou source of all our storm come fill our hearts with love o thou comforters the best although the source delightful guest the pilgrims sweet relief rest art dao in our toil most sweet refreshment in the noonday heat and so last in our grief o blessed light of life thou art filled with thy light the inmost heart of those who hope in thee without thy godhead nothing can have any prize or worth in man nothing can harmless be lord wash our sinful stains away refresh from heaven our bar and clay our wounds and bruises heal to die sweet yoke our stiff necks bowel one we die fire our hearts of snow our wandering feet recall grant to thy faithful dearest lord whose only hope is thy sure word the seven fault gifts of grace grant us in life thy grace that three in peace may die and ever be enjoy before thy face amen hallelujah day 33 he made him the lord of his household and brings over all his possessions as almighty god appointed joseph son of the patriarch jacob over all the land of egypt to save the green for the people so when the fullness of time was come and he was about to send on earth his only begotten son the savior of the world he chose another joseph of whom the first had been attacked and he made him the lord and chief of his household and possessions the guardian of his choicest treasures the blessed pope pius the night our spiritual father saint joseph is lord chief and guardian of the treasures of heaven many saints believe that jesus referred to the greatness of saint joseph in his preaching it occurred when the mother of james and john asked jesus if persons could sit next to him in his kingdom the text reads as follows then the mother of the sons of zebedee approached him with her sons and did him homage wishing to ask him for something he said to her what do you wish she answered him command that these two sons of mine sit one at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom jesus said in reply you do not know what you are asking can you drink the cup that i am going to drink they said to him we can here implied my cup you will indeed drink but to sit at my right and at my left this is not mine to give but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my father when the ten heard this they became indignant at the two brothers but jesus summoned them and said you know that the rulers of the gentiles loaded over them and the great one makes the authority over them felt but it shall not be so among you rather whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave just so the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many matthew chapter 20 verses 20-28 what are we to make of jesus statement what persons has the father prepared to sit next to jesus in heaven obviously mary the mother of jesus sits on jesus right she is the queen mother in god's kingdom what about the other side who is that seed reserved for it makes sense that it is reserved for saint joseph it is fitting that god would place saint joseph on the left side of jesus because no saying is greater than the father of jesus christ it is a monstrous crime for a father to be poor while the sun lives in abundance who could imagine that the son of god who is master of all virtues would forget joseph whom he loved and cherished as his father he must have spared no effort to enrich him my blessed william joseph shannon seated on the left of jesus in the kingdom of heaven saint joseph dispenses all the treasures of heaven devotion to saint joseph is one of the choicest graces that god can give to us all for it is a tantamount to revealing the entire treasury of our lord's graces praising peter julian amer saint joseph is your increaser let him increase your intimacy with jesus and mary joseph is an all-powerful intercessor we must then be devoted to him we must honor him and consecrate ourselves to him in that way we shall greatly please jesus and mary who consider us done for themselves what is done for joseph by saint peter julian amar litany of saint joseph lord have mercy lord and mercy christ have mercy christ have mercy lord have mercy lord have mercy christ hear us christ graciously hear us god the father of heaven have mercy on us god the son redeemer of the world have mercy on us god the holy spirit have mercy on us holy trinity one god have mercy on us holy mary pray for us saint joseph pray for us noble offspring of david pray for us light of patriarchs pray for us spouse of the mother of god pray for us chaste guardian of the virgin pray for us foster father of the son of god pray for us zealous defender of cry christ pray for us head of the holy family pray for us joseph most just pray for us joseph most chaste pray for us joseph most prudent free for us joseph most courageous pray for us joseph most obedient pray for us joseph most faithful pray for us mirror of patience free for us lover of poverty pray for us model of workmen pray for us glory of domestic life free for us guardian of virgins free for us pillar of families free for us comfort of the afflicted pray for us hope of the sick pray for us patron of the dying pray for us terror of demons free for us protector of the holy church pray for us lamb of god who takes away the sins of the world spirits oh glory lamb of god who takes away the sins of the world graciously hear us o lorry lamb of god who takes away the sins of the world have mercy on us he has made him lord of his household and brings over all his possessions let us pray oh god who in your loving providence chose blessed joseph to be his possible most holy mother for of heavenly in heaven whom on earth you will leave and reign forever and ever amen good evening brothers and sisters in christ welcome to our consecration to saint joseph mass celebration please allow us to introduce our guest celebrant for tonight he is the second and current bishop of passing in the philippines he had previously served as the third bishop of san jose in the philippines he took an undergraduate degree in bs management engineering and masters in philosophy at the ateneo de manila university and he also took his licensee in sacred theology at the loyola school of theology doctorate in sacred theology at the university of santa damas his mother is passe agnosmeos or feed my lambs brothers and sisters please join us to welcome our very own most reverend bishop michael hubert claudio vergara glory and peace many are the blessings he bears to those who trust in his ways be the daughters and sons of [Music] raise the wonders our god has done in every heart many are the in the name of the father of the son and of the holy spirit amen peace be with you and with your spirit so my dear friend since in christ especially uh all those in the usa caribbean islands uh for this uh uh one cfc couples for christ usa this is being broadcasted live from tahana namabutin pastol here in pasik city philippines uh we are also joined in the presence of our retired priests and also our mcst sisters and other tech persons to set to make sure that this euristic celebration is brought to you in the best way possible we come together on this fifth sunday of easter because as you well know here in the philippines it's already sunday and i also know in the u.s it's still saturday but we have this anticipated mass for today also in line with me one's consecration to saint joseph we also ask his intercession into the shukaris and to prepare ourselves to celebrate the holy sacrifice of the mass let us first call to mind our sins are done and mercy you were sent to heal the contrite of heart lord have mercy you came to call sinners christ have mercy christ have mercy you are seated at the right hand of the father to intercede for us lord have mercy lord have mercy may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen glory to god glory to god glory to god in the highest in honor please honor [Music] peace we praise you we bless you we adore you we glorify you we give you thanks for your great glory lord [Music] glory to god glory to god glory to god [Music] [Music] peace only begotten son lord god lamb of god of the father you take away the sins of the world mercy on us you await the sins of the world [Music] have mercy on us glory to god glory to god glory to god in the highest in honor [Music] are the lord you alone are the most time jesus christ in the holy spirit in the glory of lord the father glory to god glory to god glory to god in the highest [Music] [Music] peace [Music] let us pray almighty ever living god constantly accomplished the paschal mystery within us that those you were pleased to make new in holy baptism may under your protective care bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen a reading from the acts of the apostles when soul arrived back in jerusalem he tried to join the disciples there but it turned out that they were all afraid of him they even refused to believe that he was a disciple then barnabas took him in charge and introduced him to the apostles he explained to them how on his journey soul had seen the lord who had conversed with him and our soul had been speaking out fearlessly in the name of jesus at damascus solely stayed on the with them moving freely about jerusalem and expressing himself quite openly in the name of the lord he even addressed the greek speaking jews and debated with them they for their part responded by trying to kill him when the brothers learned of this some of them took him down to this area and sent him off to tarsus meanwhile throughout all judea galilee and samaria the church was at peace it was being built up and was making steady progress in the here of the lord at the same time it enjoyed the increased consolation of the holy spirit lord thanks be to god i will praise you lord in the assembly of your people i will praise you lord in the assembly of your people i will fulfill my vows before those who hear the lord the lowly shall eat their seal they who seek the lord shall praise him dear hearts be ever mary i will praise you lord in the assembly of your people all the ants of the earth shall remember and turn to the lord all the families of the nations shall bow down before him i will him alone shall bow down all his sleep in the earth before him shall bend although go down into the dust i will praise you lord in the assembly of your people and to him my soul shall live my descendants shall serve him the coming generation be told of the lord that they may proclaim to a people yes yet to be this he has shown i will praise you lord in the assembly of your people a reading from the first letter of saint john children let us love indeed and in truth and not merely talk about it this is our way of knowing we are committed to the truth and are at peace before him no matter what our conscience says may charge us sweet for god is greater than our hearts and all this is known to him beloved if our conscience says have nothing to charge us with we can be sure that god is with us and that we will receive a descent whatever he we asked why because you are keeping his commandments and knowing what is pleasing in his sight his commandment is these we are to believe in the name of his son jesus christ and i to love one another as he commanded us those who keep his commandments remain in him and he in them and this is how we know that remains in us from the spirit that he gave us the void of the lord thanks be to god [Music] [Applause] yo believe in me and let me live in you says the lord my brain says bear much fruit [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to john glory to you o lord jesus said to his disciples i am the true vine and my father is the vine grower he prunes away every barren branch but the fruitful ones he trims clean to increase their yield you are clean already thanks to the word i have spoken to you live on in me as i do in you no more than a branch can bear fruit of itself apart from the vine can you bear fruit apart from me i am divine you are the branches he who lives in me and i in him will produce abundantly for apart from me you can do nothing a man who does not live in me is like a withered rejected branch picked up to be thrown in the fire and burnt if you live in me and my words stay part of you you may ask what you will it will be done for you my father has been glorified your bearing much fruit and becoming my disciples the gospel of the lord praise you o lord jesus christ you know as we celebrate our sunday liturgy for this fifth sunday in ordina in uh of easter sorry it's it's interesting that our first reading from the acts of the apostles basically recounts what happened when saul paul had this conversion experience you could just imagine the the shock of the disciples it was a big question mark for them why the lord chose paul to join them to be an apostle to the gentiles perhaps at the back of their minds they were thinking is this a joke choosing someone who wanted to eradicate the followers of christ from the face of the earth why him in the same vein i'd like to perhaps put your attention joseph why choose joseph to become the foster father of jesus there could have been an array of choices but why him and if we look at his profile again it's still a question mark true he was god fearing but he wanted things sort of planned out well he had set in his mind that he would wed mary but then we know what happened to him he had a lot of questions and he wrestled with the fact given jewish law and culture how can this be like mary in the annunciation that was his question and joseph though silent how can this be and come to think of it because he wanted things the way he planned it out he didn't want any hassle in his life he just slept it off just in slumber that's why we have the sleeping saint joseph as our icon but you see as we take the cue from pope francis who declared this year of saint joseph perhaps joseph can teach us many things and the answer why joseph why him can be specified in how we should live our christian lives in our second reading it's interesting from this letter of john the first letter of john the first line perhaps gives us a little bit of an answer the author of john it could not be the apostle john perhaps it could be his disciple was telling the community or his listeners little children let us love in deed and in truth and not merely talking about it many translations to that but i think this first letter is an invitation to go beyond words to become a witness of christ and that is saint joseph he became a witness of god in fact a silent witness no words from scripture mary had words but joseph did not and as we celebrate also this feast of saint joseph the worker we can look at him as a silent worker isn't that something to be inspired about for you who have been working for the church couples for christ in your families in community in your communities wherever you are isn't joseph someone to follow not seeking any adulation in whatever work not seeking any attention but just unassumingly working in the background and doing god's work so what we see in saint joseph are his deeds but again if we look at the gospel the core of the liturgy of the word's message today we will understand more why joseph was chosen this text from john 15 1-8 the image of the vine grower we the branches and the lord jesus our only true vine tells us of what joseph lived out and what we are called to live out look at that image the lord telling us as he told his disciples i am the true vine and my father is the vine grower and we are the branches it's a simple but profound lesson [Music] we should always be attached to jesus divine who is intimately connected to the vine grower no one else but his father if you have been attending mass daily or having your own meditation of the daily readings then you will understand with depth why the lord was telling his disciples in this last discourse from john 13 to 17 the great revelation of who he is and what is that the lord specified this in one line when you see me you see the father when you see the father you see me don't you know that i am in the father and the father is in me pope francis in patrice corde given all his traits of saint joseph as a father with a a beloved heart a tender and loving heart an obedient heart an accepting heart a creatively courageous heart a working heart at the end the seventh rate was that pope francis pointed out joseph is a father in the shadows and what did he mean by that he meant that he was the shadow of god the father when he took care of jesus the only begotten son of god so just stretch your imagination from the birth of jesus as he reared jesus he's growing up years until he was ready for ministry joseph was a shadow of the father joseph made sure that jesus would know the vine grower and he lived it out so well so profoundly by being attached to jesus whom he cared for you know something to think about in our own lives something we are also invited to emulate isn't it can you be a father in the shadows you know i always say this no like when i became a priest they called me father and what is that all about when they say father milo they they're saying you should be the mirror of the father for you who are fathers in your families shouldn't you mirror the father god even mothers even sons and daughters because i think the holy father was so prophetic in telling us the image of saint joseph as a father in the shadows should invite us all of us all who believe in god all of us are christians and proclaim the faith that we should be like the father in the shadows radiating the father god in our life and in our service to the church just a last brief point you know the gospel is very striking and i do not know if you noticed that when the lord talks about being the vine and with the branches the whole text of john speaks of bearing fruit bruce wilkins on uh a protestant author came out with you know a a short book entitled secrets of divine and he was able to identify there are many translations but i do not know if you notice look at the new american bible and see this text contemplate on it after your mass and you will see there are details that you have to notice about the secrets of the vine i borrow his points just three points he said there is a movement of bearing fruit the first one is really to bear fruit the second one is to bear more fruit finally you bear much fruit the translation in english is there to bear fruit to bear more fruit and to bear much fruit but then he indicates bruce wilkinson does in the spiritual life there are three words to characterize just bearing fruit bearing more fruit and bearing much fruit what are they in bearing fruit it's called disciplining in bearing more fruit it's called pruning and in bearing much fruit it is called abiding that's why the lord said remain in me as i in you look at those three words and see that in the life of saint joseph the first one bearing fruit disciplining wasn't he disciplined when he was revealed by in all his dreams actually there are actually four dreams but you have to discover it in the scriptures but in every dream he was being enlightened on how he should look at his relationship with god and his life for example he just thought i should be married the way it should be but it did not happen so he was disciplined by god and that was the fruit when he woke up he took mary as his wife a pregnant wife but that was not enough he still had to be pruned you know when you look at the if they say here in the philippines if you are a plantito or plantita no no you will understand it when you take care of plants when you talk of pruning it is streaming clean you have to trim like the branches why you're not killing it you're cleaning it more so that it will bear more fruit and joseph was pruned that way imagine the great threat of herod wanted to kill the messiah again in a dream he just had to wake up and go and travel to egypt if you have read the book of under donald calloway you will understand that that travel was not fit for an old man so in the words of mother angelica this was a young joseph who traveled the road to egypt and moving through that ravel it was a moment also that he had to be pruned i would always say saint joseph and the holy family was the first tnt tag tago in tagalog they had to hide in egypt the holy father in patrice cordee talked about joseph and the holy family as you know an inspiration to refugees overseas filipino workers migrants who are struggling and being pruned in their lives but then they just went back after egypt so that the plan of god will be fulfilled and when things were a-okay then the abiding came in joseph was a faithful silent worker he was the foster father who took care of his son imagine those years that are not written in scripture perhaps from the year 12 up to 30 when he made sure he would be at the side of jesus and jesus always introduced in scripture the son of the carpenter he was there abiding that working father for his son i guess the gospel is a powerful message for all of us to be like saint joseph attached to the true vine [Music] the shadow of the vine grower the father disciplined pruned and abided to make sure that the plan of salvation would pursue bearing much fruit and here we are we are the fruits of god's love thank you saint joseph amen i believe in one god the father almighty maker of heaven and earth of all things visible and invisible i believe in one lord jesus christ the only begotten son of god born of the father before all ages god from god light from light true god from true god begotten not made consubstantial with the father through him all things were made for us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven and became man and by the holy spirit virgin mary and became man for our sake he was crucified under pontius pilate he suffered death and was buried and rose again on the third day in accordance with the scriptures he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end i believe in the holy spirit the lord the giver of life who proceeds from the father and the son who with the father and the son is adored and glorified who has spoken through the prophets i believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church i confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins i look forward to the resurrection of the dead and life of the world to come amen let us now open our hearts in prayer to our father who has shown his power to heal through his son jesus the true vine let our response be lord hear our prayer lord hear our prayer for the sick among us that when we feel the gentle healing power of jesus touch we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for those among us whose hearts are sick who are possessed by hear and discouragement by confusion or gift the chase jesus may cast out these demons by his word of power we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for those among us whose souls are sick who are entangled with selfish pride in lust and laziness in greed for power in hatred in self-sufficiency that we may be liberated from our sin we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for those among us who are called to administer god's healing for doctors and nurses for the ministers of christ church for parents and friends that we may know the power of healing with christ puts in our hands and in our voices we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that christian husbands and wives will collaborate with all the people of god to strengthen the body of christ we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that through the intercession and protection of saint joseph that members of couples for christ may grow in holiness as authentic children of god we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that the world be filled with men like saint joseph will bring a renewal of social and moral order we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for those who have gone before us in death that they may know the refreshment of christ's peace we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer god our father the true vine grower we know that all health and wholeness comes from you and ask you to heal our sickness especially those inflicted infected by covered 19 our sins and our frailty through christ our lord amen [Music] blessed are you lord god of all creation for to your goodness have received the bread we offer you fruit of the earth and work of human hands it will become for us the bread of life blessed be god forever blessed are you lord god of all creation for your goodness have received the wine we offer you fruit of the vine and work of human hands it will become our spiritual dream blessed be god forever pray now my dear friends that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the 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 o god who by the wonderful exchange affected in this sacrifice have made us partakers of the one supreme godhead grant we pray that as we have come to know your truth we may make it ours by a worthy way of life 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 give thanks to the lord our god it is right and choice it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation at all times to acclaim you o lord but in this time above all to load you yet more gloriously when christ our passover has been sacrificed for with the old order destroyed a universe cast down is renewed and integrity of life is restored to us in christ therefore overcome with paschal joy every land every people exalts in your praise and even the heavenly powers with angelic hosts sing together the unending hymn of your glory as they acclaim holy holy holy lord god of hosts heaven and earth are full of your glory in the highest blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord o in the highest you're indeed holy oh lord the fount of all holiness make holy therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the jew falls 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 he 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 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 it 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 we proclaim your death oh lord and profess your resurrection until you come again 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 partake 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 pope mere and worthy and sinful bishop and all the clergy remember also our brothers and sisters have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all have died in your mercy welcome them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we pray that to the blessed virgin mary mother of god blessed joseph her spouse with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages we may merit to be co-heirs to eternal life and may 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 on her shores forever and ever [Music] at the savior's command and formed by divine teaching we dare to pray 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 the coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever 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 and with your spirit let us offer each other the sign of peace peace be with you all 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 jesus the lamb of god who takes away the sins of the word blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb lord i am that worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed [Music] my heart i know my savior i can hear him calling tenderly my name [Music] is [Music] [Music] i he has promised for me his peace and that wrong fear i may be [Music] my heart i know my savior [Music] prevails [Music] my heart i know my savior's [Music] this new life foreign [Music] let us pray graciously be present to your people we pray o lord and lead those who have imbued with heavenly mysteries to pass from forward ways to newness of life through christ our lord amen we will now be having the act of consecration to saint joseph hail saint joseph guardian of the redeemer spouse of the blessed virgin mary god our father entrusted to you his only son in you mary placed her trust with you christ jesus became man one with our lord jesus and the blessed mother we honor you with sincere love and veneration we choose you this day to be our father our guardian and our protect god our father has allowed us to celebrate this year dedicated to your honor and also the joyful 500th anniversary of christianity in our land with grateful hearts we recognize you as a great gift of god to us to be our companion teacher model and protector in this jubilee year we come to you to consecrate our people the church of the philippines our dioceses parishes and families with fatherly love and care you provided and built the life of the holy family at nazareth we humbly beg you to bless all our undertakings and help us to build the church the body of jesus in obedient faith steadfast love and unwavering hope in our loving father you were always ready to listen and obey the father's will and protected jesus from all dangers deliver us from all dangers that destroy the gospel values and teachings in our land protect us all as we battle against all moral and physical illnesses in our society when trust to you all our longings and desires that lead us to salvation we entrust to you all our families and all fathers that they may be true to their vocation as mirrors of the love of the father in heaven we entrust to you all our works to help our brothers and sisters in their suffering to you saint joseph after jesus and mary we consecrate our body and soul with all that we are and have saint joseph to us to show yourself a father guide us in the path of life obtain for us grace mercy and courage and defend us from evil amen [Music] please unmute yourself duffy please and mute yourself oh i apologize i'm sorry uh bishop milo uh for for many years you've always been a special friend to um our jeturian family especially to the late daddy jet and mommy mirna a way back from your parish priest days at santa rita parish um now the whole cfc usa uh embraces you in that same capacity and in behalf of our cfc usa family i would like to express our deepest gratitude for celebrating the sacrament of the eucharist in our consecration to saint joseph and it is time honored cfc usc tradition as our expression of gratitude to pray over our beloved priest so um we will do that now and name the father the son and of the holy spirit amen heavenly father words are not enough to thank you for the sacred gift of the most holy body and blood of jesus christ but the gift of the celebration of the sacrament of the eucharist is more than enough as eucharist literally means giving thanks if these celebrations are not possible lord without this faithful servants of god your beloved priest such as bishop milo has totally offered his life in loving and dedicated service of you and your people especially as bishop for the catholic diocese of passing father god as we celebrate here in the united states the feast of saint joseph the worker we ask that you continue to empower him with the holy spirit and grant him all the gifts that he would need to fulfill the mission that you have set forth for him in his vocation grant him all the necessary graces always provide humble and effective guidance direction and service to the flock that you have entrusted him may you continue to bless him with the virtues of saint joseph being just obedient selfless humble and faithful so he like saint joseph will continue to be a shadow of the father bearing much great fruit blessed mother and good saint joseph always help him feel your arm embrace and pour your mantle of protection over him so he will always be blessed with good health a sound mind and heart that only desires the perfect will of god and all these we ask and pray in the mighty name of jesus christ our lord and savior in union with the holy spirit the intercession of our blessed mother and son joseph one god forever and ever amen if the father son holy spirit amen thank you again bishop so thank you for all of you noah we will now have the blessing of religious articles no so if you have images of saint joseph with you we will be blessing it virtually our help is in the name of the lord who made heaven and the earth oh god by thy word all things are sanctified pour forth thy blessing upon these rosaries prayer books and other religious items that our faithful hold grant that whosoever shall use this with thanksgiving accordance to thy law and will may receive from the health of body and peace of soul through christ our lord amen so in behalf of the diocese of pasik especially our community here in tahana nama bhutan pastol it was a blessing a grace to uh celebrate mass for you there in the usa and other parts of the world may god strengthen you in faith and may the um may say joseph always intercede for you in all your works the lord be with you and with yours almighty god bless you all the father and the son and the holy spirit amen go forth the mass is ended thanks be to god [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] i [Music] my [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] here at the dawn of our new generation let us give our thanks and praise to god faithful ever true he has been through every season holy is the one we shall glorify the lord's promises at hand prepared away ready your hearts strive for holiness put on love [Music] [Music] put on love above all else whatever comes away be courageous be firm in faith keep our eyes on god you shall overcome he walks with us all through this journey love will bind us in perfect unity for the lord's promises at hand prepared away ready your hearts strive for holiness put on love above all else consecrate and offer yourself to god strive for holiness put on love above all else for tomorrow [Music] the living god is with us performing his son father wonders our swan desires to be queen [Music] the living god is with us performing his son fathom wonders our hearts one desires to behold strive for holiness put on love above all else consecrate and offer yourself to god strive for holiness strive for holiness [Music] thank you

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