Daily Mass - Friday, March 4, 2022 - Fr. Andiy Egargo, Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

[Music] the name of the father and the son of the holy spirit amen the grace of o lord jesus christ the love of god and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all mother brothers and sisters to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries let us now call to mind our sins you were sent to heal the contrite of heart lord have mercy you came to call sinners christ have mercy you are seated at the right hand of the father than the seed for us lord have mercy may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us everlasting life amen let us pray show gracious favor o lord we pray 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 one god forever and ever amen a reading from the book of the prophet isaiah thus says the lord god cry out and full floated and unsparingly lift up your voice like a trumpet blast tell my people their wickedness and the house of jacob their sins they seek me day after day and desire 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 due them pleased 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 first 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 in this 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 bounty bound unjustly untying the thongs of the yoke setting freely 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 god 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 thank you thank you god responsorial psalm a heart can contrite and humbled o god you will not spurn a heart contrite and humbled 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 spring 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 you're tried and humbled oh god you will not spread please rise for the gospel acquiration grace to you lord jesus christ king of endless glory praise to you lord jesus christ king of endless glory seek good and not evil so that you may live and the lord will be with you praise to you lord jesus christ king of endless glory a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew [Music] the disciples of john approached jesus and said why do we in the pharisees fast much but your disciples did not fast jesus answered them can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegrooms with them the days will come with their bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will fast the gospel of the lord the three spiritual exercises that are associated with the season of lent as we were reminded last wednesday is prayers fasting and good works today again our readings are reminding us that specifically fasting we are always reminded that actions in themselves whatever action it is it is neither good or bad rather they become good or bad depending on what we do with those specific action for example um giving giving in itself is neither good or bad the goodness of the act of giving depends on exactly what we give if i give from my heart that is good but if i give something that i stole that's not good i could be very giving but the one the thing i i gave is not from me but rather something that i stole is that good the same thing with the three spiritual exercises prayers fasting and good works let's focus on fasting fasting fasting in itself is neither good or bad it becomes good or bad depending on how we do it when we fast remember the lord also said that in order to show off the people like i will fast and then i will look gloomy i will look sad i will look so tired and you know every time i would see people i would make sure that i would really appear so tired and so huggered and when people would ask me oh so father how are you i am fasting really and that's why i'm tired you know i am fasting for the lord that fasting is nothing and so the lord said if you fast make sure that you brush your hair wash your face smile every everyone so that people will not know that you are fasting and only the lord who sees what a secret will know that you are fasting and what the lord knows in secret he will reward you too fast is good but as we always say is really doing the right thing for the right reason and at the right time we don't simply fast because it's lent you know i wish the church would say no more fasting because it's land okay why should you fast not only because it is lent because i know that it helps me to become a better person that the things we do prayer fasting and almsgiving are things that we do exactly and precisely because it helps us to become closer to god to become better persons that we become transformed because of the things that we do not to show off the people but rather because we would like to grow in our relationship with god why do i pray because i would like to grow in my relationship with god and by being prayerful i become more loving to others why do i fast because i would like to grow in my relationship with god and by fasting i become closer to god and become more loving to others why do i give ams because i would like to grow in my relationship with god i would like to become more loving to others that's why they asked the disciples of saint john are asking the lord today hey jesus we know you are a teacher it's supposed to be fasting time why is it that you are not fasting we are fasting the pharisees are fasting everybody else is fasting it's the trend it's the season why are you not fasting you are wrong the lord said there's always time and reason for the things that we do including spiritual things because otherwise even if the very good spiritual things that we do prayers math for example even good works if we are doing them not for the right reason they become meaningless and useless you know even when we pray as we you know i think what's that's one of the concrete examples you know when we pray especially the the memorized prayers that we know rosaries novenas you know i'm sure some of the venus the naveena the lady of lords and i think you practically have memorized that because and we used to pray that here every monday evening and not now the veena to the mother perpetual help you know since we have been i remember as a kid even as a kid and as uh young seminarians we have been praying that until today i have memorized that the mysteries of the rosary and sometimes because we have memorized that the prayers sometimes become meaningless like hail mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed oh that's a very nice ceiling out there holy mary how many hail marys are we sometimes we get distracted why because we've memorized it prayer is good but how do we do that and for what reason again the question today is very important and the answer of the lord is very important why are you not fasting the lord said there is always reason for fasting doing the right thing at the right moment for the right reason so again today i think the challenge for us is really to examine ourselves in this whole season of lent what are the things that are useful what are the things that are not useful in my spiritual life what are the things that help me to become closer to god and more loving towards others it's a very important considerations the things that we do that help us to become closer to god and more loving to others it's not just about i feel good every time i fast oh i feel so good i feel so nice i feel like i'm the best person every time i pray i feel so good it's not about the feeling of being so good is realizing i am doing these things because i become closer to god and become more loving towards others anything else that do not help us to become more closer to god and more loving to others we probably have to leave them behind but all those things that help us become closer to god and loving to others those are the things that we precisely keep on doing every day so again we pray in this mass today for that gift to give the gift to make our spiritual life really mean a lot to know that my life is dependent on what i do my life in the lord is dependent on what i do not only in what i feel and what i do means the things i do for god and for others with the season of lent for all of us be an opportunity to grow in that relationship and to grow in that desire to become more loving to god and loving to others trusting in the lord's mercy let us know how we turn to god and present our needs we pray for their church throughout the world for all who have been appointed her leaders and for all who share in the one baptism we profess let us pray to the lord we pray for all nations we pray specifically for ukraine and for russia in this time of trouble of conflict of violence a war may the witness of committed christians foster an increased respect for human life let us pray to the lord we pray for all those who thirst for light and situation of great darkness may god's love lead them to everlasting life let us pray to the lord we pray for all those who have died may they be welcomed into eternal joy by the angels and saints in heaven let us pray to the lord and today we pray in a very special way for claire dolan for ephrain r bakhani today is his 73rd birthday he was always here one of our lectures for romeo and for the intentions of susan bakhani let us pray to the lord and for all of us gathered today for ourselves for those who ask for our prayers the son we promise to pray for praying for an end to the pandemic by the grace and mercy of god he would soon bring about an end to the pandemic we continue to pray for peace in the whole world peace in the hearts of men and women especially in ukraine and russia we pray for families safety and protection of our families and we join those who are celebrating this success with us all over the world we join them in prayers as well and for all the intentions that we hold dear in the silence of our hearts let us pray to the lord good and gracious god hear these prayers we offer you today through christ our lord blessed are you lord god of all creation for three goodness we have received the bread we offer you truth of the earth and work of human hands it will become for us the bread of life so blessed are you lord god of all creation for three goodness we have received the wine we offer you fruit of divine work of you my hands it will become our spiritual drink um let us now pray that my sacrifice and the always be made acceptable to god almighty father we offer a lot of sacrifice of our latin observance praying that we make our intentions acceptable to you and add to our powers of self-restraint through christ oh lord the lord be with you lift up your hearts let us give thanks to the lord our god it is truly right and just added our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god through christ o lord for by your gracious gift each year your faithful away the sacred paschal feast with the joy of minds made pure so that more eagerly intend and prayer and the works of charity and participating in the mysteries by which they have been reborn they may be led to the fullest of grace and that you bestown your sons and daughters and so with angels and archangels who throw us in dominions with all the hosts and powers of heaven we sing the hymn of your glory as without end we acclaim holy lord lord god you are indeed holy o lord defundable holiness make holy therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the jewfall so that they may become for us the body and blood of the lord jesus christ at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and giving says broke it and gave it 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 his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it for this the child is 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 the lord and profess the resurrection until you come again therefore we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life for the chalice of salvation giving thanks that he had hell is worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of christ may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lord your church spread throughout the world and bring it to the fullest of charity together with francis our pope john the bishop and all the clergy remember also all 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 with the blessed virgin mary mother of god with blessed joseph her spouse with the blessed apostles and all the saints that pleased you throughout the ages we mary to behold heirs eternal life and we 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 and honor is yours forever and ever at a savior's command and form the divine teachings we dare to say our father 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 and deliver us deliver us lord we pray every evil and gracely grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy and be always free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior jesus christ lord jesus christ who said to your apostles peace and leave you my peace i give you look not on our sins with the faith of your church and gracely grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will who live and reign forever and ever the peace of the lord be with you always and let us offer each other the sign of peace lamb of god thank you for the sins of the world have mercy on the lamb of [Music] lamb god god [Music] behold the lamb of god behold him takes over the sins of the world blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb [Music] amen [Music] our 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 receive 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 amen um yes so let us pray we pray almighty god that through the partaking of this mystery will be cleansed of all our misdeeds and so be suited for the remedies of your compassion through christ o lord the lord be with you and may almighty god bless you all the father the son and the holy spirit go in peace to love the lord have a beautiful day [Music] you

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Published: Fri Mar 04 2022