Holy Mass - 03/03/2022 - Thursday after Ash Wednesday

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through my fault through my most grievous fault therefore i ask blessed mary ever virgin all the angels and saints and to you my brothers and sisters to pray for me to the lord our god may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life lord have mercy lord have mercy christ our mercy have mercy lord have mercy lord have mercy let us pray [Music] prompt our actions with your inspiration we pray o lord and further them with your constant help that all we do may always begin from you and by you be brought to completion 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 a reading from the book of deuteronomy moses said to the people see today i set before you life and prosperity death and disaster if you obey the commandments of the lord your god that i enjoy on you today if you love the lord your god and follow his ways if you keep his commandments his laws his customs you will live and increase and the lord your god will bless you in the land which you are entering to make your own but if your heart strays if you refuse to listen if you let yourself be drawn into worshipping other gods and serving them i tell you today you will most certainly perish you will not live long in the land you are crossing the jordan to enter and possess i call lemon and nerd to witness against you today i said before you lie for death blessing or curse choose life then so that you and your descendants may live in the love of your lord your god obeying his voice clinging to him for him for in this your life consists and on this depends your long stay in the land which the lord swore to your fathers abraham isaac and jacob he would give them the word of the lord happy are thee who opened the lord open the lord happy indeed is a man who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor lingers in the way of sinners nor sits in the company of corners but whose delight is in the law of the lord and who ponders his law day and night he is like a tree that is planted beside flowing waters that yields its fruit and used season and whose leaves shall never fade and all that he does shall prosper happier good hope in the lord not who are the wicked not so for they like vinod shaft shall be driven away by the wind for the lord guards the way of the just by the way of the wicked leads to doom happy are [Music] [Music] lord jesus christ [Music] repentance says the lord the kingdom of heaven is at hand [Music] praise [Music] the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to luke jesus said to his disciples the son of man is destined to suffer grievously to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death and to be raised up on the third day then to all he said if anyone who wants to be a follower of mine let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me for anyone who wants to save his life will lose it but anyone who loses his life for my sake that man will save it what gain then is it for a man to have won the whole world and have lost or ruined his very self the gospel of the lord christ [Music] we have a very fast life fast paced lifestyle in our country everything moves on quickly and you can see that already we are into into the month of march all that i remember is christmas see the problem with such a fast paced life is that a spiritual self lags behind if we are not careful we have so much to worry so much to fret about that we forget sometimes the most imp most important thing in our life that our relationship with god so therefore jesus says or wants us what good is it for us to have everything in life but have ruined our very self at the end of the day so holy church holy mother church gives this time the lent as a time to slow down to contemplate reflect and mend our relationship with god primarily and then with our brothers and sisters so that a spiritual self that is lagging so behind may catch up with our physical self now this happens in many situations for example when we were students in the seminary we used to have something called recollection day every three months or so and the very nature of that recollection day was we go away from the seminary spent a whole day or two days in prayer without worrying about any of the studies and any of the other activities and it was true that when we were so much drawn into studies and so many assignments and essays to be written we slowly start missing our prayer life we sleep in a bit and we are too tired to pray and all of that and those two days would refresh us normally and bring us back into the normal rhythm of catching up uh spiritual life with our physical life so this time 40 days is a time for all of us to take a slow pace not saying that we should forget about our daily commitments and daily job and all that but it should not be at the expense of our spiritual life and our relationship with jesus because today and tomorrow and day after will pass but our souls will not so at the end of the day what matters is the nature and the state of our soul so our lord jesus calls us to follow him by carrying the cross of our daily lives after him and to interest to him all those who suffer so let us pray through him jesus let your cross be our salvation that as members of the church we may imbibe in our lives the spirit of the cross and be willing to suffer for the sake of christ and the gospel let us pray to the lord jesus let your cross be our salvation that the leaders of our country may hear the cries of suffering people and makes your commitment to the eradication of oppression and exploitation in society let us pray to the lord jesus let your cross be our salvation that those who are suffering the poor the sick the handicapped and prisoners may never fall into despair but experience the comfort of god's love let us pray to the lord jesus let your cross be our salvation that those who are alone in life may find companions who are willing to help them bear their crosses let us pray to the lord jesus let your cross be our salvation that our beloved dead may be one with god and their loved ones in heaven for all eternity let us pray to the lord jesus let your cross be our salvation god our father the passion and death of your son brought life to the world help us to recognize the crosses and sufferings not just in the great trials of life but in day-to-day choices as well we make this prayer through christ our lord [Music] so uh [Music] me oh [Music] 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 in the good of all his holy church regard with favor o lord we pray the offerings we set upon this sacred altar that bestowing on us your pardon our oblations may give honor to your holy name through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right 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 have given your children a sacred time for the renewing and purifying of their hearts that freed from disordered affections they may so deal with the things of this passing world as to hold rather to the things that eternally endure and so with all the angels and saints we praise you as without end we acclaim holy holy holy holy lord god of us heaven and earth are full of your glory in the highest blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord osana in the highest you are indeed holy o lord the fond 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 in a similar way when the 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 the mystery of our faith we proclaim your death o 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 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 fullness of charity together with francis our pope gregor bishop and all the clergy remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcome them into the light of your face our mercy on us all we pray that with the blessed virgin mary mother of god with the blessed joseph her spouse with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased to you throughout the ages we may merit to be coerced 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 at the savior's command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say 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 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 believe and reign forever and ever may the peace of the lord jesus christ be with you always and with your spirit let us turn to each other and offer a sign of peace lamb of god you take away the sins of the world have mercy on lamb of god you take away the sins of the world have mercy on spirit lamb of god you take away the sins of the world behold the lamb of god behold him who takes away the sins of the world blessed are we who are called to the supper of the lamb lord i am not worthy and it should enter under my roof but only say a word my soul shall be healed spiritual communion prayer 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 only to you never permit me to be separated from you amen [Music] jesus is mine [Music] virtuous of god born of his spirit washed in his blood [Music] this is my song [Music] praising my savior all this is my story this is my soul [Music] [Music] angel's [Music] [Music] whispers of love [Music] this is [Music] this is my soul [Music] all the day long [Music] [Music] um [Music] lost in his love [Music] this is my soul [Music] oh [Music] so so so let us try having received the blessings of your heavenly gifts we humbly beseech you almighty god that they may always be for us a source both of pardon and of salvation through christ our lord the lord be with you and with your spirit may almighty god bless you all the father the son and the holy spirit amen i must descended let us go in the peace of christ [Music] christ for all to see may the lives of those we touch sing praise to god above let us [Music] all the angels will spread [Music] [Music] see may we all set out to live in peace [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] you

Channel: St Agathas Parish, Cranbourne

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Length: 47min 2sec (2822 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 02 2022