. (MALE VOICE SPEAKING) BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD (MUSIC) (FEMALE VOICE CHANTING SOFTLY) (MUSIC) ( MALE VOICE) TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. (MUSIC) ( MALE VOICE) TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, (MUSIC) (MALE VOICE) DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME. (MUSIC) . (SEPTEMBER 21)(FEAST) (SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST) (ENTRANCE ANTIPHON) ( BELLS) (CANTOR:) ♪GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM AND TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU, SAYS THE LORD. ♪ (ALL) GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM AND TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU, SAYS THE LORD. (CANTORS) ♪ GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING IT IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE WORLD WITHOUT END. AMEN. (ALL) ♪GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM AND TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU, SAYS THE LORD. . (PRIEST: )IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. R. AMEN. . (PRIEST:) THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. THIS MORNING WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME FATHER MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN. THE ASSISTANT OF VOCATION DIRECTOR FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON AND WILL BE ON LIFE ON THE ROCK TODAY. . (PENITENTIAL ACT) (PRIEST:) BRETHREN [BROTHERS AND SISTERS] LET US ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SINS, AND SO PREPARE OURSELVES TO CELEBRATE THE SACRED MYSTERIES. (ALL:) I CONFESS TO ALMIGHTY GOD AND TO YOU, MY BROTHER, [BROTHERS AND SISTERS] THAT I HAVE GREATLY SINNED, IN MY THOUGHTS AND IN MY WORDS, IN WHAT I HAVE DONE AND IN WHAT I HAVE FAILED TO DO, (PEOPLE STRIKE THEIR BREAST, SAYING) THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY MOST GRIEVOUS FAULT; THEREFORE I ASK BLESSED MARY EVER-VIRGIN, ALL THE ANGELS AND SAINTS, AND YOU MY BROTHER, TO PRAY FOR ME TO THE LORD OUR GOD. (ABSOLUTION BY THE PRIEST ) MAY ALMIGHTY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, AND BRING US TO EVERLASTING LIFE. R. AMEN. . ♪ >>KYRIE, ELEISON. ( SINGING IN PARTS) ♪ R. KYRIE, ELEISON. ♪ >>CHRISTE, ELEISON. ♪ R. CHRISTE, ELEISON. ♪ >>KYRIE, ELEISON. ♪ R. KYRIE, ELEISON. . ( LATIN VERSION OF THE "GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST") ♪ >>GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO ( ALL) ET IN TERRA PAX HOMINIBUS BONAE VOLUNTATIS LAUDAMUS TE BENEDICIMUS TE, AORAMUS TE, GLORIFICAMUS TE, GRATIAS AGIMUS TIBI PROPTER MAGNAM GLORIAM TUAM, DOMINE DEUS, REX CAELESTIS, DEUS PATER OMNIPOTENS. DOMINE FILI UNIGENITE, IEUS CHRISTE, DOMINE DEUS, AGNUS DEI, FILIUS PATRIS, QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI, MISERERE NOBIS; QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI, SUSCIPE DEPRECATIONEM NOSTRAM. QUI SEDES AD DEXTERAM PATRIS, MISERERE NOBIS. QUONIAM TO SOLUS SANCTUS, TU SOLUS DOMINUS, TU SOLUS ALTISSIMUS, IESU CHRISTE, CUM SANCTO SPIRITU: IN GLORIA DEI PATRIS. AMEN. . (SEPTEMBER 21)(FEAST) (SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST) (COLLECT) (PRIEST:) LET US PRAY. (PRIEST:) O GOD, WHO WITH UNTOLD MERCY WERE PLEASED TO CHOOSE AS AN APOSTLE SAINT MATTHEW, THE TAX COLLECTOR, GRANT THAT, SUSTAINED BY HIS EXAMPLE AND INTERCESSION, WE MAY MERIT TO HOLD FIRM IN FOLLOWING YOU. THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. R. AMEN. . (643 SEPT. 21) (SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST FEAST) (FIRST READING) (READER:) A READING FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS (4:1-7, 11-13) (READER:) BROTHERS AND SISTERS: I, A PRISONER FOR THE LORD, URGE YOU TO LIVE IN A MANNER WORTHY OF THE CALL YOU HAVE RECEIVED, WITH ALL HUMILITY AND GENTLENESS, WITH PATIENCE, BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER THROUGH LOVE, STRIVING TO PRESERVE THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE: ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT, AS YOU WERE ALSO CALLED TO THE ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALL; ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM; ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS OVER ALL AND THROUGH ALL AND IN ALL. BUT GRACE WAS GIVEN TO EACH OF US ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S GIFT. AND HE GAVE SOME AS APOSTLES, OTHERS AS PROPHETS, OTHERS AS EVANGELISTS, OTHERS AS PASTORS AND TEACHERS, TO EQUIP THE HOLY ONES FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY, FOR BUILDING UP THE BODY OF CHRIST, UNTIL WE ALL ATTAIN TO THE UNITY OF FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, TO MATURE MANHOOD, TO THE EXTENT OF THE FULL STATURE OF CHRIST. THE WORD OF THE LORD. R. THANKS BE TO GOD. (SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST FEAST) ( LCM) (RESPONSORIAL PSALM 19:2-5) ♪( ORGAN) ♪( CANTORS) THEIR MESSAGE GOES OUT THROUGH ALL THE EARTH. ♪ R. THEIR MESSAGE GOES OUT THROUGH ALL THE EARTH ( CANTOR) ♪THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THE FIRMAMENT PROCLAIMS HIS HANDIWORK DAY POURS OUT THE WORD TO DAY, AND NIGHT TO NIGHT IMPARTS KNOWLEDGE. ♪ R. THEIR MESSAGE GOES OUT THROUGH ALL THE EARTH ♪( CANTOR) NOT A WORD NOR A DISCOURSE WHOSE VOICE IS NOT HEARD. THROUGH ALL THE EARTH THEIR VOICE RESOUNDS AND TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD, THEIR MESSAGE. ♪ R. THEIR MESSAGE GOES OUT THROUGH ALL THE EARTH (VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL) ♪ (ORGAN ) ♪ (CANTORS:) ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ♪ R. ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA (VERSE ON FEAST OF ST. MATTHEW) (CANTOR) ♪ WE PRAISE YOU, O GOD, WE ACCLAIM YOU AS LORD; THE GLORIOUS COMPANY OF APOSTLES PRAISE YOU. ♪ (R. )ALLELUIA ♪ALLELUIA ♪ALLELUIA ♪ALLELUIA ♪ALLELUIA ♪ALLELUIA (SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST FEAST) (GOSPEL) (LATIN WORDS) ♪ >>DOMINUS VOBISCUM. ♪ R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO. ♪>> LECTIO SANCTI EVANGELII SECUNDUM MATTHEUM (9:9-13) (PEOPLE MAKE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON FOREHEAD, MOUTH & HEART WHEN GOSPEL ANNOUNCED ) ♪ R. GLORIA TIBI, DOMINE. >>AS JESUS PASSED BY, HE SAW A MAN NAMED MATTHEW SITTING AT THE CUSTOMS POST. HE SAID TO HIM, FOLLOW ME. AND HE GOT UP AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHILE HE WAS AT TABLE IN HIS HOUSE, MANY TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS CAME AND SAT WITH JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES. THE PHARISEES SAW THIS AND SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, WHY DOES YOUR TEACHER EAT WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS? HE HEARD THIS AND SAID, THOSE WHO ARE WELL DO NOT NEED A PHYSICIAN, BUT THE SICK DO. GO AND LEARN THE MEANING OF THE WORDS, I DESIRE MERCY, NOT SACRIFICE. I DID NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS BUT SINNERS. (LATIN WORDS:) ♪VERBUM DOMINI ♪ R. LAUS TIBI, CHRISTE TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST. HE IS CALLED BY JESUS WHILE HE IS SITTING AT THE CUSTOMS POST. HE IS A TAX COLLECTOR. HATED HIS FELLOW JEWS. PROBABLY EXTORTING THE PEOPLE. COLLECTING HIS SALARY FROM ON TOP OF WHAT HE COLLECTS. AND HE IS CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE. 1 OF THE 12. THE FOUNDATION STONES OF THE CHURCH. THE PHARISEES TAKE UMBRAGE AT JESUS EATING THEM IN THE HOUSE AND JESUS CLOSE TO THEM HOSEA CHAPTER 6 VERSE 6. I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE. HOSEA WAS A PROPHET IN THE NORTHERN KINGDOM IN THE 700S B C. AND CANAANITE PRACTICES HAVE BEEN MIXED WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. THEY PRACTICE FERTILITY CULTS. WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. THE PROPHETS CONDEMN THEM FOR THEIR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LORD. AND SO HOSEA IS TRYING TO EXHORT THEM TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE COVENANT TO OFFER RIGHT SACRIFICE. AND AT THE CORE OF THE MESSAGE IS I DESIRE MERCY NOT SACRIFICE. IT IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE ATTITUDE, THE HEART WE ARE TO HAVE WHEN WE DO OFFER SACRIFICE. WHEN WE PERFORM A RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. OF COURSE THE SAME APPLIES TO US TODAY. BUT OUTWARD SACRIFICE TO BE GENUINE MUST BE THE EXPRESSION OF SPIRITUAL SACRIFICE OF OUR INTERIOR ARE MIND AND WILL MUST BE SEEKING THE LORD NOT JUST PERFORMING AN EXTERIOR RITUAL BUT OUR HEART HAS TO BE IN IT. WE HAVE TO LOVE GOD AND LOVE NEIGHBOR. PSALM 51 TELLS US THE SACRIFICE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD IS A BROKEN SPIRIT. CONTRITE HEART. HUMBLE HEART. THAT RECOGNIZES OUR SINFULNESS. OUR NEED FOR GOD. AND TO BE MOTIVATED BY A LOVE FOR GOD THAT WANTS TO RECEIVE HIS BLESSINGS, HIS GRACE. JESUS SAYS I DID NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS BUT SINNERS. THIS CALL IS ULTIMATELY A CALL TO THE MESSIANIC BANQUET THE WEDDING FEAST OF THE LAMB. A CALL TO HEAVEN. TO ETERNAL LIFE. TO ETERNAL FELLOWSHIP. BY JESUS EATING WITH THE TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS HE IS SAYING THESE PEOPLE THESE PUBLIC CENTERS ARE CALLED TO THE MESSIANIC BANQUET. AND THE PHARISEES TAKE UMBRAGE AT THIS THE TERM MEANS SEPARATED ONES. THEY ARE TRYING TO LIVE THE JEWISH FAITH IN THIS HOSTILE WORLD THEY ARE IN THAT THE ROMANS OCCUPIED THE HOLY LAND THERE PERSECUTING THEM. IN SOME SENSE YOU UNDERSTAND THEY ARE TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THE RELIGIOUS CULTURAL VALUES. TRYING TO BE FAITHFUL JEWS BUT WE SEE THEIR OPPOSITION TO JESUS THROUGHOUT THE GOSPEL THAT THEY EXAGGERATE ASPECTS OF THE LAW. EVEN APPLY IT LIKE SOME OF THE PRIESTLY REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW TO THE LAITY AND THEY MISSED THE WEIGHTIER MATTERS OF THE LAW AND JESUS CHALLENGES THEM ON THAT AS WELL. THEY ARE EMPHASIZING THE LAW OVER JESUS WHO HE IS THE SON OF GOD THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW. AND THEY ARE MISSING AND DOING ALL OF THIS THEY FEED A CERTAIN SELF-SATISFACTION OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THEY FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR PERSONAL NEED FOR CONVERSION AND FOR GRACE. THAT ALL ALL ARE CALLED. THAT IS THE NEWNESS OF WHAT JESUS BRINGS. THE OLD COVENANT WAS FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND JESUS IS MAKING IT UNIVERSAL. THESE COVENANT PROMISES IN THE NEW COVENANT SINNERS AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OUR SON 14 TELLS US THAT ALL OF GONE ASTRAY. THAT WE ARE ALL SICK. WE ALL NEED THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN. AS HE SPEAKS ABOUT IT TODAY. TO RECOGNIZE THIS WE MUST HAVE A BROKEN HEART A CONTRITE SPIRIT. WE ARE TOLD IN THE GOSPEL, JESUS IS COME TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. THESE ARE ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT RECOGNIZE THEIR SINFULNESS AND THEIR NEED FOR CHRIST. WE MUST CONSIDER OURSELVES AS UNWORTHY SINNERS AND THAT MAKES OUR HEART OPEN TO GOD TO RECEIVE HIS GRACE OF DIVINE FULLNESS. THE PHARISEES WERE SELF-RIGHTEOUS, AND THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS DOES NOT COME FROM GOD. AT LEAST IN THEIR ACTIONS. THERE REJECTING JESUS. SO FOR OUTWARD SACRIFICE OUTWARD RELIGIOUS PRACTICES TODAY TO HAVE VALUE MUST BE HUMBLE WE MUST HAVE THIS CONTRITE HEART AND IT MUST BE FROM THE HEART. OUR HEARTS AND MINDS HAVE TO BE IN IT SO TO SPEAK YOU CANNOT JUST HAVE EMPTY RITUALS. IT MUST BE COUPLED WITH A LOVE OF NEIGHBOR. MATTHEW 5:23. IT TALKS ABOUT JESUS SPEAKS ABOUT BEING RECONCILED WITH A BROTHER OR SISTER BEFORE OFFERING OUR GIFT AT THE ALTAR. THAT WE CANNOT SEPARATE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AND THE LOVE OF GOD. THE 2 GO TOGETHER. THIS LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR GOD INFORMS OUR LOVE FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THAT IS THE TRUE TASK. IS IT NOT? THE PEOPLE WE STRUGGLE WITH OUR ENEMIES THAT WE HAVE, HOW MUCH DO WE LOVE THEM? ARE WE FORGIVING TOWARDS THEM? WE ARE TOLD CLEARLY IN MATTHEW'S GOSPEL AT THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT THAT JESUS IS COME NOT TO ABOLISH THE LAW BUT TO FULFILL IT IN THE SUMMARY OF THAT LAW IS THE HEART OF IT IS THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. THE 2 PILLARS. LOVE GOD LOVE NEIGHBOR. THAT JESUS IS THE NEW MOSES. WE SEE THAT THEME IN MATTHEW. HE IS GREATER THAN MOSES. THE SON OF GOD. AND CARDINAL RATZINGER SAID JESUS FULFILLS THE OLD COVENANT. THAT HE IS THE TORAH IN PERSON. THE FULFILLMENT OF THIS LAW. WE SEE IN HIM A LOVE FOR HIS FATHER. AND A LOVE FOR US. THAT HE LOVES SINNERS HE EATS WITH THE SINNERS . IT WAS SCANDALOUS TO THE PHARISEES. HE CAME TO DIE FOR US FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. HE LOVES US. SO HE SUPREMELY FULFILLS WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE GOD AND NEIGHBOR. AS I MENTIONED THE OLD COVENANT WAS FOR THE JEWS THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. THEIR LINEAGE. THIS NEW COVENANT IS FOR ALL. THAT THIS NEW COVENANT IS WRITTEN ON OUR HEARTS. IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT POURED INTO OUR HEARTS. THE GRACE THAT HE GIVES TO US. IT IS MADE UNIVERSAL FOR ALL THROUGH FAITH. WE HAVE FAITH IN CHRIST. AND THE SACRAMENTS. THAT WE RECEIVE. THAT GRACE IS GIVEN TO US. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED UPON US. SO THE BOTTOM LINE I THINK FOR US TODAY THAT I REFLECTED ON IS THAT WE ARE TO BE HUMBLE TO RECEIVE IT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A HUMILITY IN ORDER TO BE FILLED WITH HIS GRACE. 1ST READING TODAY FROM EPHESIANS PAUL CALLS US TO LIVE IN A MANNER WORTHY OF THE CALL YOU HAVE RECEIVED WITH ALL HUMILITY AND GENTLENESS WITH PATIENTS BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER THROUGH LOVE PRESERVING THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT. HE CALLS US TO HUMILITY. AT THE ESSENCE OF THAT HUMILITY IS TO RECOGNIZE AND TO LIVE DEPENDENT ON GOD. ST. FRANCIS CHAMPION THAT THIS OR EXHORTED HIS BROTHERS TO DO THIS. HE DID NOT WANT THEM TO BE TOO INDEPENDENT. TO HAVE THIS DEPENDENCE ON GOD. HUMILITY IS REQUIRED TO PRACTICE THE OTHER VIRTUES. WE COULD SAY IT IS THE ROOT. THAT BY THE PRACTICE OF HUMILITY IT PLACES US IN A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, DEPENDENT ON HIM AS HIS CREATURES. PRIDE DESTROYS EVERYTHING. HUMILITY COMBATS PRIDE THAT WE SO EASILY FALL INTO. WE SEE IT THERE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WITH ADAM AND EVE DISOBEYING GOD. SO WE ARE CALLED TO DIE TO OURSELVES THAT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE NOTHING IN OURSELVES. TO IMITATE CHRIST WHO IS MEEK AND HUMBLE OF HEART THE SERVANT OF ALL. TO SEEK THE LOWEST PLACE. ONE COMMENTATOR PUT IT THIS WAY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IMAGE THAT WE ARE TO BE LIKE WATER THAT SEEKS THE LOWEST PLACE. TO BE A SERVANT. SIN CAN REVEAL OUR PRIDE AND IT CAN HELP US TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEED FOR GOD PEER WE KEEP FALLING INTO SIN. WE DO NOT TRUST IF IT WE DO NOT HAVE RECOURSE TO THEM WE DO NOT ASK FOR THE GRACE TO OVERCOME THAT SIN BUT GRACE I WAS READING THIS AGAIN FROM A SPIRITUAL WRITER, GRACE HUMBLES US THE MOST. NOT OUR SINS. WE THINK OF PETER ON THE BEACH AFTER THE CATCH OF THE MIRACULOUS FISH. HE DROPS TO HIS KNEES AND SAYS DEPART FROM ME FOR I AM A SINFUL MAN. SEEING THE POWER OF GOD. YOU COULD SAY IN A SENSE SEEING THE GRACE HE RECOGNIZES, HE RECOGNIZES HIS OWN SINFULNESS AND HE HAS THIS NEW EXPERIENCE OF HUMILITY IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS IN THAT GRACE. AGAIN THEY HUMILITY PLACES US IN THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WE RECOGNIZE HIS POWER. THIS HUMILITY GIVES US HOPE. BECAUSE I AM SAYING IT IS NOT UP TO ME BECAUSE I KEEP FAILING. OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK WITH MY TRACK RECORD. IT IS HOPE BECAUSE IT ORIENTS US IN A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD TO TRUST IN THAT HE IS THE SOURCE THAT YES I AM SPIRITUALLY SICK AND I NEED THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN THAT THERE IS ONE. THERE IS AN ANSWER TO THIS HUMAN FRAILTY THIS HUMAN WEAKNESS THAT WE HAVE. AND AGAIN I'M STEALING THIS FROM SPIRITUAL WRITERS BUT WHAT EVER THIS REALLY TOUCHED ME WHATEVER YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH TO ACQUIRE HUMILITY IT IS WORTH IT. WE DO NOT WANT THE STRUGGLES. WE DO NOT WANT THE CROSS. WE DO NOT WANT TO EXPERIENCE FAILURES. BUT IT IS WORTH IT IF WE ACQUIRE HUMILITY AND EXPERIENCES GRACE IN A NEW WAY. DOES THAT NOT HELP US TO LOOK AT OUR TRIALS DIFFERENTLY AND ARE STRUGGLES? THAT THIS IS MAKING ME HUMBLE, THAT IS A NECESSARY THING FOR ME TO PRACTICE ANY VIRTUE. EVEN FAITH HOPE AND LOVE. TO RECEIVE ALL OF GOD'S BLESSINGS AND BENEFITS. PRIDE SHUTS THE DOOR TO IT. HUMILITY OPENS US UP TO THIS NEW COVENANT THIS WORLD OF GRACE THAT THE LORD WANTS TO GIVE TO US. . (INTERCESSIONS FOR TUESDAY, WEEK IV ) (PRIEST INVITES THE PEOPLE TO PRAY.) ...LET US OFFER OUR PETITIONS TO GOD... (READER) 1) THAT OUR HOLY FATHER AND HIS FELLOW BISHOPS MAY REJOICE IN THE WORD OF GOD AND PROCLAIM HIS MERCIFUL LOVE TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER:) ) THAT ALL PEOPLE MAY EXPERIENCE MEANING AND DIGNITY IN THEIR WORK AND GAIN A JUST REMUNERATION FOR THEIR LABOR. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER:) ) FOR AN INCREASE IN VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE CONSECRATED LIFE, THAT THE LORD MAY SEND MORE LABORERS INTO THE HARVEST AND ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY CONSECRATED TO HIM. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER:) ) FOR ALL THE DEAD, THAT THEY MAY ENJOY THE FULLNESS OF JOY IN GOD'S PRESENCE. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (PRIEST CONCLUDES INTERCESSIONS) ...WE MAKE OUR PRAYER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. R. AMEN. ♪ (OFFERTORY MUSIC) (ORGAN) (CANTORS) ♪("HOW LOVELY ARE THE MESSENGERS") ♪ ♪ . (PRIEST) PRAY, BRETHREN, (BROTHERS AND SISTERS) THAT MY SACRIFICE AND YOURS MAY BE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THE ALMIGHTY FATHER. R. 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. . (SEPTEMBER 21)(FEAST) (SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST) (PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS) (PRIEST:) AS WE CELEBRATE ANEW THE MEMORY OF SAINT MATTHEW, WE BRING YOU SACRIFICES AND PRAYERS, O LORD, HUMBLY IMPLORING YOU TO LOOK KINDLY ON YOUR CHURCH, WHOSE FAITH YOU HAVE NOURISHED BY THE PREACHING OF THE APOSTLES. THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. R. AMEN. . ♪( PRIEST:) DOMINUS VOBISCUM. ♪R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO. ♪( PRIEST:) SURSUM CORDA. ♪R. HABEMUS AD DOMINUM. ♪( PRIEST: ) GRATIAS AGAMUS DOMINO DEO NOSTRO. ♪R. DIGNUM ET IUSTUM EST. . (P64)(PREFACE I OF APOSTLES) (THE APOSTLES, SHEPHERDS OF GOD'S PEOPLE) (PRIEST) 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. FOR YOU, ETERNAL SHEPHERD, DO NOT DESERT YOUR FLOCK, BUT THROUGH THE BLESSED APOSTLES WATCH OVER IT AND PROTECT IT ALWAYS, SO THAT IT MAY BE GOVERNED BY THOSE YOU HAVE APPOINTED SHEPHERDS TO LEAD IT IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON. AND SO, WITH ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS, WITH THRONES AND DOMINIONS, AND WITH ALL THE HOSTS AND POWERS OF HEAVEN, WE SING THE HYMN OF YOUR GLORY, AS WITHOUT END WE ACCLAIM: . ♪(LATIN WORDS:) SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS DOMINUS DEUS SABAOTH. PLENI SUNT CAELI ET TERRA GLORIA TUA. HOSANA IN EXCELSIS. BENEDICTUS QUI VENIT IN NOMINE DOMINI. HOSANA IN EXCELSIS. . . (EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III) (PRIEST:) 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 O LORD, (BELLS)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 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. (BELLS) 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. (BELLS) ♪ ("MYSTERY OF FAITH"/LATIN WORDS:) (PRIEST:) MYSTERIUM FIDEI ♪(R.) MORTEM TUAM ANNUNTIAMUS, DOMINE, ET TUAM RESURRECTIONEM CONFITEMUR, DONEC VENIAS. (PRIEST:) 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 RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICIAL VICTIM BY WHOSE DEATH YOU WILLED 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. >>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 [WITH SAINT MATTHEW ] AND WITH ALL THE SAINTS, ON WHOSE 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 STEVEN, OUR BISHOP, 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, O MERCIFUL FATHER, GATHER TO YOURSELF ALL YOUR CHILDREN SCATTERED THROUGH OUT THE WORLD. TO OUR DEPARTED BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND TO ALL WHO WERE PLEASING TO YOU AT THEIR PASSING FROM THIS LIFE, GIVE KIND ADMITTANCE TO YOUR KINGDOM. THERE WE HOPE TO ENJOY FOR EVER THE FULLNESS OF YOUR GLORY, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD, THROUGH WHOM YOU BESTOW ON THE WORLD ALL THAT IS GOOD. ♪ (LATIN WORDS:) (PRIEST:) PER IPSUM, ET CUM IPSO, ET IN IPSO, EST TIBI DEO PATRI OMNIPOTENTI, IN UNITATE SPIRITUS SANCTI, OMNIS HONOR ET GLORIA PER OMNIA SAECULA SAECULORUM. ♪ (ALL/R.) AMEN. . (PRIEST:) AT THE SAVIOR'S COMMAND AND FORMED BY DIVINE TEACHING, WE DARE TO SAY: (ALL PRAY TOGETHER) 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. (PRIEST) 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. (ALL) FOR THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY ARE YOURS NOW AND FOR EVER. . ( PRIEST: ) 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 GRANT HER PEACE AND UNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL. WHO LIVE AND REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER. R. AMEN. (PRIEST:) THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. ♪. (CANTORS) (LATIN WORDS) AGNUS DEI, ♪ (ALL) QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI: MISERERE NOBIS. ♪ (CANTORS) AGNUS DEI, ♪ ( ALL) QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI: MISERERE NOBIS. ♪ (CANTORS) AGNUS DEI, ♪ (ALL:) QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI: DONA NOBIS PACEM. . (PRIEST:) 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 R. LORD I AM NOT WORTHY THAT YOU SHOULD ENTER UNDER MY ROOF BUT ONLY SAY THE WORD AND MY SOUL SHALL BE HEALED. ( BELLS) . (SEPTEMBER 21)(FEAST) (SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST) (COMMUNION ANTIPHON) (PRIEST:) I DID NOT COME TO CALL THE JUST, BUT SINNERS, SAYS THE LORD. . (FEMALE VOICE) FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT NOW RECEIVE JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER. ♪ (ORGAN) ( COMMUNION MUSIC ) ( CANTORS) ( "COMMIT THEE ALL THAT GRIEVES THEE") ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ( LATIN HYMN ) . (SEPTEMBER 21)(FEAST) (SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST) (PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION) (PRIEST:) LET US PRAY. (PRIEST:) SHARING IN THAT SAVING JOY, O LORD, WITH WHICH SAINT MATTHEW WELCOMED THE SAVIOR AS A GUEST IN HIS HOME, WE PRAY: GRANT THAT WE MAY ALWAYS BE RENEWED BY THE FOOD WE RECEIVE FROM CHRIST, WHO CAME TO CALL NOT THE JUST, BUT SINNERS TO SALVATION. pWHO LIVES AND REIGNS FOR EVER AND EVER. R. AMEN. . ♪(LATIN) (PRIEST:) DOMINUS VOBISCUM. ♪ R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO. ♪(LATIN) (PRIEST:) BENEDICAT VOS OMNIPOTENS DEUS, PATER, ET FILIUS, ET SPIRITUS SANCTUS. ♪ R. AMEN. ♪>>ITE MISSA EST. ♪ R. DEO GRATIAS. ♪ ( RECESSIONAL) ( ORGAN) ("GO MAKE OF ALL DISCIPLES") ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . ( ALL PRAY) ST. MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL, DEFEND US IN BATTLE. BE OUR PROTECTION AGAINST THE WICKEDNESS AND SNARES OF THE DEVIL. MAY GOD REBUKE HIM, WE HUMBLY PRAY AND DO THOU, O PRINCE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST, BY THE POWER OF GOD, CAST INTO HELL SATAN, AND ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS WHO PROWL ABOUT THE WORLD, SEEKING THE RUIN OF SOULS. AMEN. . ( CANTORS) ♪ADOREMUS IN AETERNUM SANCTISSIMUM SACRAMENTUM. . (MALE VOICE) PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS. (ALL PRAY) GOD OUR FATHER WHO WILLS THAT ALL MEN BE SAVED AND COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR TRUTH, WE BEG YOU TO SEND LABORERS INTO YOUR HARVEST AND GRANT THEM GRACE TO SPEAK YOUR WORD WITH ALL BOLDNESS SO THAT YOUR WORD MAY SPREAD AND BE GLORIFIED AND ALL NATIONS MAY KNOW YOU THE ONLY GOD AND HIM WHOM YOU HAVE SENT JESUS CHRIST YOUR SON OUR LORD, AMEN. OUR LADY QUEEN OF THE AMERICAS MARY MOTHER OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF THE ETERNAL WORD PRAY FOR US.
