Daily Mass at the Manila Cathedral - March 04, 2022 (7:30am)

[Music] [Music] prayer for the 2022 national and local elections let us pray that the forthcoming national and local elections may truly reflect the will of the lord who guides our nation for every petition let us pray together deliver us lord deliver us lord from coercion intimidation violence and terrorism deliver us lord from dishonesty lies and all distortion of truth deliver us lord from bribery graph and all conspiracy for fraud deliver us lord from gullibility to the deceptive and blindness of perspective deliver us lord from threats intimidation and perverse language deliver us lord now let our response be hear us lord hear us lord that conscience may always be our ultimate norm hear us lord that the common good may always be our highest goal hear us lord that human dignity may be respected all the time hear us lord that the poor and the weak may always have the priority hear us lord that care for creation may never be ignored hear us lord that solidarity may guide the path of peace and development hear us lord that genuine fear of god and love of neighbors may guide those who seek public office hear us lord let us pray shepherd of souls and savior of the nations politics is your gift to us a call to serve others and grow in holiness guide our politics as you guide our lives may our political engagement for voters and candidates bring glory to your loving name and help us grow in holiness forever and ever amen good morning brothers and sisters please stand as we begin our eucharistic celebration oh [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the lord be with you and with your spirit my dear brothers and sisters we gather this first friday of the month and also a friday of the season of land doing our acts of fasting and abstinence of penance and sacrifices we pray that these acts of penance may ease the suffering of our savior to prepare ourselves to celebrate this eucharist let us first acknowledge our sins and humbly ask the lord for his pardon and mercy have mercy on us o lord for we have sinned against you show us o lord your mercy and grant us your salvation may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen lord have mercy lord have mercy christ have mercy christ have mercy lord have mercy lord have mercy let us pray show gracious favor o lord we pray to the works of penance we have begun that we may have strength to accomplish with sincerity the bodily observances we undertake through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god forever and ever amen please be seated [Music] a reading from the book of the prophet isaiah thus says the lord god cry out full-throated and inspiringly lift up your voice like a trumpet last tell my people their wickedness and the house of jacob their sins they seek me day after day and decide to know my ways like a nation that has done what is just and not abandoned the law of their god they ask me to declare what is to them please to gain access to god why do we fast and you do not see it afflict ourselves and you take no note of it lo on your fast day you carry out your own pursuits and drive all your laborers yes your fast ends in quarreling and fighting striking with wicked claw with that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high is this the manner of fasting i wish of keeping a day of penance that a man bow his head like a reed and lie in sackcloth and ashes do you call this a fast a day acceptable to the lord this rather is the fasting that i wish releasing those bound unjustly untying the thongs of the yoke setting free the oppressed breaking every yoke sharing your bread with the hungry sheltering the oppressed and the homeless clothing the naked when you see them and not turning your back on your own then your light shall break forth like the dawn and your wound shall quickly be healed your vindication shall go before you and the glory of the lord shall be your rear guard then you shall call and the lord will answer you shall cry for help and he will say here i am the word of the lord thanks be to god a heart contrite and humbled o god you will not spurn a heart contrite and humble o god you will not spurn have mercy on me o god in your goodness in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me a heart contrite and humbled o god you will not spurn for i acknowledge my offense and my sin is before me always against you only have i sinned and done what is evil in your sight a heart contrite and humbled o god you will not spurn for you are not pleased with sacrifices should i offer a burnt offering you would not accept it my sacrifice o god is a contrite spirit a heart contrite and humbled o god you will not spurn a heart contrite and humbled o god you will not spurn please stand [Music] [Applause] [Music] the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew glory to you o lord the disciples of john approached jesus and said why do we and the pharisees fast much but your disciples do not fast jesus answered them can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will fast brothers and sisters the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ please be seated my dear brothers and sisters when jesus was asked about fasting [Music] and his disciples jesus answered only one thing [Music] he said when the bridegroom is taken away from them then they will fast for the disciples of jesus then [Music] there is only one answer to the question why they are fasting because the bridegroom jesus was taken away from them [Music] taken away to suffer taken away to be maligned taken away to be imprisoned and oppressed taken away to be killed on the cross the disciples fasted mourned they hungered because jesus was suffering and why do we still fast until now because jesus is still suffering until now [Music] but where is jesus suffering jesus is suffering in the victims of war the children in ukraine who were killed innocent children who are now hiding under the bunkers their little hearts pounding very fast when they hear the bombings and the guns jesus is still suffering the people who just disappear in the middle of the night taken away nowhere to be found their families still searching for them [Music] jesus is still suffering the proliferation of fake news and because of this fake news corrupt officials still proliferate and because of corrupt officials people remain poor people remain hungry jesus is still suffering that is why our first reading today is challenging us that in our fasting today in our abstinence in our acts of penance and sacrifices we may see clearly that in the suffering of people in the suffering of the poor in the suffering of people who are oppressed because of injustice we can see that god himself is suffering may our acts of fasting penance sacrifices this day friday of lent ease and help the suffering of our savior jesus christ is [Music] [Music] if someone [Music] if somebody asks you today why are you fasting this day we only one we only have one answer because jesus is still suffering please stand by fasting we give god space in our lives let us ask the lord to strengthen us in self-denial that we may set our minds and hearts firmly on him for every petition let us say lord hear our prayer lord hear our prayer that as followers of christ we may conform to the precepts of our heavenly father let us pray to the lord hear our prayer that god's people may persevere in their lenten sacrifices let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that all who deny themselves for the lord's sake may find happiness with him let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that the sick and the dying and those who are faced with life sorrow may be filled with god's grace let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer we pray for all who are sick especially those afflicted with covet 19 and for those who care for them may the vaccines and medicines as well as our concern for each other help end this pandemic let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that our deceased relatives and friends may freely share in the life of god let us pray to the lord r our prayer [Music] heavenly father grant us the strength to devote ourselves to a life in the spirit that we may rise now above our weaknesses and share fully in the resurrection of our lord jesus christ forever and ever amen please be seated please stand pray brothers and sisters 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 we offer oh lord the sacrifice of our lenten observance praying that it may make our intentions acceptable to you and add to our powers of self-restraint 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 just it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god for you will that our self-denial should give you thanks humble our sinful pride contribute to the feeding of the poor and so help us imitate you in your kindness and so we glorify you with countless angels as with one voice of praise we acclaim holy holy holy lord god of hosts heaven and earth are full of your glory o in the highest blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord hosanna in the highest please snail you are indeed holy o lord the fount of all holiness make holy therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewfall so that they may become for us the body and blood of our lord jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks broke it 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 [Music] so 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 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 [Music] resistant the mystery of faith when we eat this bread and drink this cup we proclaim your death o lord 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 partaking 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 and jose our bishop and all the clergy remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcome them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we pray that with the blessed virgin mary mother of god with blessed joseph her spouse with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life and may praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through him and with him and in him o god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever amen [Music] at the savior's command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say allah 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 forever and ever amen the peace of the lord be with you always and with your spirit let us now offer each other the sign of peace 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 please snail 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 and my soul shall be healed brothers and sisters the body of christ amen act of spiritual communion my jesus i believe that you are present in the most holy sacrament i love you above all things and i desire to deceive you into my soul since i cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally come at me spiritually into my heart i embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself holy to you never permit me to be separated from you amen [Music] love and service share the treasure i know that is [Music] my [Music] in the face of the age [Music] in the face [Music] within my soul over [Music] my love let's have a great please stand let us pray we pray almighty god that through partaking of this mystery we may be cleansed of all our misdeeds and so be suited for the remedies of your compassion through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit bow your heads and pray for god's blessing for your mighty deeds o god of mercy may your people offer endless thanks and by observing the age-old disciplines along their pilgrim journey may they merit to come and behold you forever through christ our lord amen and may almighty god bless all of you the father and the son and the holy spirit amen go forth the mass is ended thanks be to god [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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Length: 55min 15sec (3315 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 03 2022