Mother: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus. All: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus. All: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus. All: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus. All: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus. All: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus. All: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Mother: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. All: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Mother: Oh, My Jesus, forgive us our sins... All: ...save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy. Hail holy Queen,
Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness,
our hope. To Thee do we cry, poor banished children
of Eve. To Thee do we send up
our sighs, mourning and weeping
in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious
Advocate, Thine eyes of mercy
towards us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of
Thy womb, Jesus. O clement, o loving,
o sweet Virgin Mary. Mother: Pray for us,
o holy Mother of God, All: That we may be made
worthy of the promises of
Christ. Amen. Mother: let us pray. All: O God, whose only
begotten Son, by His life, death,
and resurrection, has purchased for us the
rewards of eternal life, grant we beseech Thee, that by meditating upon
these Divine Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they
contain and obtain what they
promise, through the same Christ
our Lord. Amen. Mother: May the Divine Assistane be always with us, All: And may the souls of
the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> FAMILY, A PRAYER THAT WE PRAY TOGETHER IS A POWERFUL PRAYER, SO PLEASE PRAY TOGETHER WITH ME, OUR EWTN FAMILY PRAYER. TODAY, WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE HOLY MARRIAGE. BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. ♪ TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT. FOR THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. ♪ TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND DRINK FROM IT FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD. ♪ DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME ♪ [BELLS RING] ♪♪ ♪ BLESSED ARE YOU, O VIRGIN MARY, BY THE LORD GOD MOST HIGH, ABOVE ALL WOMEN ON THE EARTH, FOR HE HAS SO EXALTED YOUR NAME THAT YOUR PRAISE SHALL BE UNDYING ON OUR LIPS ♪ ♪ BLESSED ARE YOU, O VIRGIN MARY, BY THE LORD GOD MOST HIGH, ABOVE ALL WOMEN ON THE EARTH, FOR HE HAS SO EXALTED YOUR NAME THAT YOUR PRAISE SHALL BE UNDYING ON OUR LIPS ♪ >> ♪ GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, TO THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE WORLD WITHOUT END ♪ ♪ AMEN ♪ ♪ BLESSED ARE YOU, O VIRGIN MARY, BY THE LORD GOD MOST HIGH, ABOVE ALL WOMEN ON THE EARTH, FOR HE HAS SO EXALTED YOUR NAME THAT YOUR PRAISE SHALL BE UNDYING ON OUR LIPS ♪ >> FATHER: ♪ IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ♪ >> ♪ AMEN ♪ >> FATHER: THE LORD BE WITH YOU. >> AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. >> BRETHREN, LET US ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SINS, AND SO PREPARE OURSELVES TO CELEBRATE THE SACRED MYSTERIES. [PAUSE] I CONFESS -- >> -- TO ALMIGHTY GOD, AND TO YOU, MY 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. 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 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO PRAY FOR ME TO THE LORD OUR GOD. >> FATHER: MAY ALMIGHTY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, AND BRING US TO EVERLASTING LIFE. >> AMEN. >> ♪ KYRIE, ELEISON ♪ >> ♪ KYRIE, ELEISON ♪ >> ♪ CHRISTE, ELEISON ♪ >> ♪ CHRISTE, ELEISON ♪ >> ♪ KYRIE, ELEISON ♪ >> ♪ KYRIE, ELEISON ♪ >> FATHER: ♪ LET US PRAY ♪ MAY THE VENERABLE INTERCESSION OF BLESSED MARY, EVER VIRGIN, COME TO OUR AID, WE PRAY, O LORD, AND FREE US FROM EVERY DANGER, SO THAT WE MAY REJOICE IN YOUR PEACE, THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. >> ♪ AMEN ♪ >> A READING FROM THE LETTER OF ST. PAUL TO THE EPHESIANS. BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GRACE WAS GIVEN TO EACH OF US ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S GIFT. THEREFORE, IT SAYS, HE ASCENDED ON HIGH AND TOOK PRISONERS CAPTIVE. HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN. WHAT DOES, HE ASCENDED, MEAN EXCEPT THAT HE ALSO DESCENDED INTO THE LOWER REGIONS OF THE EARTH? THE ONE WHO DESCENDED IS ALSO THE ONE WHO ASCENDED FAR ABOVE ALL THE HEAVENS, THAT HE MIGHT FILL ALL THINGS. 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, SO THAT WE MAY NO LONGER BE INFANTS, TOSSED BY WAVES AND SWEPT ALONG BY EVERY WIND OF TEACHING ARISING FROM HUMAN TRICKERY, FROM THEIR CUNNING IN THE INTERESTS OF DECEITFUL SCHEMING. RATHER, LIVING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, WE SHOULD GROW IN EVERY WAY INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, CHRIST, FROM WHOM THE WHOLE BODY, JOINED AND HELD TOGETHER BY EVERY SUPPORTING LIGAMENT, WITH THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF EACH PART, BRINGS ABOUT THE BODY'S GROWTH AND BUILDS ITSELF UP IN LOVE. ♪ VERBUM DOMINI ♪ >> ♪ DEO GRATIAS ♪ >> LET US GO REJOICING TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. >> LET US GO REJOICING TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. >> I REJOICED BECAUSE THEY SAID TO ME, WE WILL GO UP TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. AND NOW, WE HAVE SET FOOT WITHIN YOUR GATES, O JERUSALEM. >> LET US GO REJOICING TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. >> JERUSALEM, BUILT AS A CITY WITH COMPACT UNITY. TO IT THE TRIBES GO UP THE TRIBES OF THE LORD. >> LET US GO REJOICING TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. >> ACCORDING TO THE DECREE FOR ISRAEL TO GIVE THANKS TO THE NAME OF THE LORD. IN IT ARE SET UP JUDGMENT SEATS SEATS FOR THE HOUSE OF DAVID. >> LET US GO REJOICING TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. >> ♪ ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ♪♪ >> ♪ ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ♪ >> ♪ I TAKE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED MAN, SAYS THE LORD, BUT RATHER IN HIS CONVERSION THAT HE MAY LIVE ♪ >> ♪ ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ♪ >> FATHER: ♪ DOMINUS VOBISCUM ♪♪ >> ♪ ET CUM SPIRITU TUO ♪♪ >> FATHER: ♪ LECTIO SANCTI EVANGELII SECUNDUM LUCAM ♪ >> ♪ GLORIA TIBI, DOMINE ♪ >> FATHER: SOME PEOPLE TOLD JESUS ABOUT THE GALILEANS WHOSE BLOOD PILATE HAD MINGLED WITH THE BLOOD OF THEIR SACRIFICES. HE SAID TO THEM IN REPLY, DO YOU THINK THAT BECAUSE THESE GALILEANS SUFFERED IN THIS WAY THEY WERE GREATER SINNERS THAN ALL OTHER GALILEANS? BY NO MEANS! BUT I TELL YOU, IF YOU DO NOT REPENT, YOU WILL ALL PERISH AS THEY DID. OR THOSE 18 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WHEN THE TOWER AT SILOAM FELL ON THEM. DO YOU THINK THEY WERE MORE GUILTY, THAN EVERYONE ELSE WHO LIVED IN JERUSALEM? BY NO MEANS. BUT I TELL YOU, IF YOU DO NOT REPENT, YOU WILL ALL PERISH, AS THEY DID. AND HE TOLD THEM THIS PARABLE, THERE ONCE WAS A PERSON WHO HAD A FIG TREE PLANTED IN HIS ORCHARD, AND WHEN HE CAME IN SEARCH OF FRUIT ON IT BUT FOUND NONE, HE SAID TO THE GARDENER, FOR THREE YEARS NOW I HAVE COME IN SEARCH OF FRUIT ON THIS FIG TREE BUT HAVE FOUND NONE. SO CUT IT DOWN. WHY SHOULD IT EXHAUST THE SOIL? HE SAID TO HIM IN REPLY, SIR, LEAVE IT FOR THIS YEAR ALSO, AND I SHALL CULTIVATE THE GROUND AROUND IT AND FERTILIZE IT. IT MAY BEAR FRUIT IN THE FUTURE. IF NOT, YOU CAN CUT IT DOWN. ♪ VERBUM DOMINI ♪ >> ♪ LAUS TIBI, CHRISTE ♪♪ >> Father: BUT I TELL YOU, IF YOU DO NOT REPENT, YOU WILL ALL PERISH AS THEY DID! THE PARABLE OF THE FIGURE TREE IS MEANT TO TEACH US WHAT REPENTANCE LOOKS LIKE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. WITHOUT REPENTANCE, A SOUL WITHERS AND DIES AND RISKS HELL, FIRE, AND DAMNATION. LIKE THE FIGURE TREE THAT IS NOT PLANTED IN THE PROPER ORCHARD, AND THE FIGURE TREE THAT IS CULTIVATED AND NOURISHED AND FERTILIZED, A SOUL NOT PLANTED AND ROOTED IN THE LIFE OF GRACE WILL NOT PRODUCE FRUIT, WILL NOT PRODUCE ABUNDANCE. THIS PARABLE TEACHES US OF THE NECESSITY TO REMAIN IN FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD. AND THE CONSEQUENCES, IF WE DO NOT REMAIN IN FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD THERE ARE ALWAYS CONSEQUENCES TO OUR ACTSES, SINS -- ACTIONS, SINS AND OUR FAILURES. REPENTANCE IS WHAT BRINGS US CLOSER TO GOD AND AWAY FROM OUR SIN. SO, GOD THE CHRIST ASSUMES A HUMAN NATURE IN EVERYTHING BUT SIN IN ORDER TO RECONCILE US TO THE FATHER. AND TO MODEL FOR US WHAT FRIENDSHIP SEND UNION WITH GOD LOOK LIKE. I MIGHT REMIND YOU THAT HIS LIFE WAS FILLED WITH REJECTION, ABANDONMENT, EVEN FROM THOSE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO HIM. AND HIS FOOTPRINTS TO THE CROSS, THE WAY OF THE CROSS WERE NOT PRETTY FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND. THEY WERE BLOODY. AND THAT'S WHAT FRIENDSHIP WITH CHRIST SOMETIMES LOOKS LIKE, DOESN'T IT? IT'S NOT ALL NICE AND PRETTY, BUT IT INVOLVES A LIFE OF HEROISM, A LIFE OF SELF DENIAL, A LIFE OF SACRIFICE. IN THE OUR FATHER, THE LORD GOES TO THE HEART OF WHAT UNION AND FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD WILL REQUIRE. FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WE'RE ASKING THE FATHER, IN EFFECT TO FORGIVE US ONLY AS MUCH AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. WOW. IF THAT DOESN'T RATTLE YOU. WE'RE ASKING GOD ONLY TO FORGIVE US AS MUCH AS WE FORGIVE. AND HOW MUCH DO WE FORGIVE? HOW MUCH DO WE TURN TO GOD. REPENTANCE IS TO THE CHRISTIAN AS HEALTHY AS FERTILIZED SOIL IS TO AN ORCHARD. WITHOUT SINCERE AND HEARTFELT REPENTANCE OF ONES SINS AND FAILINGS, A CHRISTIAN IS LIFELESS, CUT OFF FROM THE LIFE OF GRACE, GOD'S OWN LIFE DWELLING WITHIN US. AND TO BE CLEAR, WHEN WE REPENT OF OUR SINS, IT IS A GRACE FROM GOD. REPENTANCE IS ALWAYS A GRACE. A DISTINCTION CAN BE MADE OF ACTUAL GRACE AND SANCTIFYING GRACE. WHEN A PERSON IS NOT IN FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD, THAT IS NOT THE STATE OF GRACE, THE STATE OF SANCTIFYING GRACE. BUT WHEN ACTUAL GRACE IS GIVEN. WHEN A PERSON RESPONDS TO GRACE, ACTUAL GRACE TO BRING HIM OR HER BACK INTO THE STATE OF GRACE, THIS IS WHAT BRINGS ABOUT ACTUAL GRACE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE GRACE THAT BRINGS A SINNER TO REPENTANCE WHEN PERHAPS A PERSON IS NOT IN A STATE OF GRACE IS ACTUAL GRACE. WHENEVER SOMEBODY REPENTS, WHENEVER A SINNER APPROACHES THE CONFESSIONAL AND REPENTS OF HIS OR HER SINS, THAT IS A GRACE. THEY MAY NOT BE IN A STATE OF GRACE AND FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD WHEN THEY APPROACH THE CONFESSIONAL BUT IT'S STILL A GRACE THAT DRAWS THEM THERE. IT'S NOTHING OF REALLY THEMSELF THAT THEY CONCOCTED. IT'S A GRACE THAT THEY HAD BEEN COOPERATING WITH AND ANSWERED. WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO SAY NO TO ACTUAL GRACE. HOW OFTEN DOES THE LORD GIVE US ACTUAL GRACES? ALL THE TIME! ALL THE TIME. DO WE RECOGNIZE THE ACTUAL GRACES THAT OUR LORD GIVES US IN OUR LIFE, OUR DAILY LIFE? ARE WE PLUGGED INTO THE LIFE OF GRACE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE GRACE AT WORK. IT'S KIND OF LIKE TWO MAGNETS, CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER. THE CLOSER THE MAGNETS GET TO ONE ANOTHER, THE NAG NETTIVITY, IT PULLS THEM TOGETHER. BUT THE FURTHER THEY GET AWAY FROM THE MAGNETTIVITY, THERE'S NOT THAT FORCE. WE WANT TO BE CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OUR LORD SO THAT WE MAY RECOGNIZE HIM AT WORK IN OUR LIVES. ULTIMATELY, TO BE IN UNION WITH HIM AND IN FRIENDSHIP WITH HIM. IF WE RESPOND AND TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND REPENT WHOLE-HEARTEDLY, GOD RETURNS US TO FRIENDSHIP WITH HIMSELF. AND THE MERE RECOGNITION THAT WE NEED TO REPENT AGAIN IS A GRACE IN ITSELF. JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT, I HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG, I AM AWAY FROM GOD. WHETHER IT'S SERIOUS SIN OR EVEN SMALLER SIN. JUST THE MERE RECOGNITION OF SOMETHING THAT IS GOING ON WHICH IS IMPEDING THE LIFE OF GRACE IN MY LIFE. JUST THAT RECOGNITION IS AN ACTUAL GRACE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO ME, TO RECOGNIZE THAT. GOD NEVER INTENDS FOR US TO BE SEPARATED FROM HIM. HE'S ALWAYS GOING THE EXTRA MILE. HE'S ALWAYS REACHING OUT TO GRAB US, FROM FALLING OFF THE CLIFF. HE'S REACHING OUT TO THE ONE SHEEP WHO HAS GONE ASTRAY AND LEAVING THE 99, REACHING OUT TO THAT ONE SHEEP. LIKE THE PARABLE, GOD IS ULTIMATELY THE GARDENER THAT WANTS YOU AND ME TO FLOURISH! HE IS THE GARDENER IN THIS PARABLE AND HE WANTS US TO FLOURISH IN THIS ORCHARD. AND WE CANNOT PRODUCE FRUIT UNLESS WE'RE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE ORCHARD. BY REMAINING IN FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD, AGAIN, IN THE STATE OF SANCTIFYING GRACE, GROWING IN CHARITY. OUR ROOTS BECOME DEEP WITHIN GOD WHO IS THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE. THE CATECHISM SAYS INTERIOR REPENTANCE IS A RADICAL REORIENTATION OF OUR WHOLE LIFE. A RETURN, A CONVERSION TO GOD WITH ALL OUR HEART, AN END TO SIN, TURNING AWAY FROM EVIL, A REPUGNANCE TOWARD THE EVIL ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED. AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT ENTAILS THE DESIRE AND REFERENCES DO YOO CHANGE ONE'S LIFE, WITH HOPE IN GOD'S MERCY. AND TRUST IN THE HOPE AND HELP OF HIS GRACE. THIS IS CATECHISM 1431, MEDITATE UPON THAT VERSE. THE NEXT PARAGRAPH SAYS, CONVERSION IS FIRST OF ALL A WORK OF GRACE, OF THE GRACE OF GOD WHO MAKES OUR HEARTS RETURN TO HIM. THIS IS A THEME THAT I WANTED TO GET ACROSS IN THIS HOMILY. THAT CONVERSION, FIRST OF ALL, IS A WORK OF THE GRACE OF GOD WHO MAKES OUR HEARTS RETURN TO HIM. IT'S GOD'S INITIATIVE FIRST! IT'S HIM, REACHING OUT TO US FIRST. AND ALL OF US ARE CALLED TO CONVERSION OF LIFE. CONVERSION REQUIRES A TURNING AWAY FROM THAT WHICH KEEPS US SEPARATED FROM GOD OR DAMAGES, WEAKENS OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD IN THIS WALKING WITH THE LORD, THIS REORIENTATION OF OUR LIVES. SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM SAYS, BE ASHAMED WHEN YOU SIN. DON'T BE ASHAMED WHEN YOU REPENT. HE SAYS, SIN IS THE WOUND. REPENTANCE IS THE MEDICINE. SIN IS FOLLOWED BY SHAME. REPENTANCE IS FOLLOWED BY BOLDNESS. SATAN HAS OVERTURNED THIS ORDER AND GIVEN BOLDNESS TO SIN AND SHAME TO REPENTANCE. THIS IS WHAT SATAN DOES. ANY OF US PERHAPS GET CLOSE TO GOD AND WANT TO GET CLOSER TO GOD AND REPENT OF OUR SINS, NOTICE SATAN SOMETIMES, LIKE A SNEAKY LITTLE SNAKE, SLITHERS IN AND MAKES US FEEL EVEN MORE SHAMEFUL THAT, NO, GOD CAN'T POSSIBLY FORGIVE YOU. HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT WAY? DURING THIS TIME OF THE WORLD-WIDE PANDEMIC, HOPEFULLY WE'VE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON OUR LIVES AND GIVE PRIORITY OVER WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE. AND PERHAPS DEDICATE OURSELVES TOWARD THE CONVERSION OF LIFE BY PROFOUND REPENTANCE. WHAT MIGHT THIS LOOK LIKE PRACTICALLY? THE SACRAMENTS IN MOST PLACES, IT SEEMS LIKE, THEY ARE BEING OPENED UP AND AVAILABLE AND THIS MIGHT MEAN APPROACHING THE CHURCH AND MAKING A SINCERE AND HUMBLE CONFESSION. WHEN POPE EMERITUS POPE BENEDICT 16, IN THE UNITED STATES, BACK IN 2008, HE HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFESSION TO AMERICANS. AND INDEED, THIS COULD BE APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE CHURCH. I WOULD LIKE TO READ WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID THE LIBERATING POWER OF THIS SACRAMENT, IN WHICH OUR HONEST CONFESSION OF SIN IS MET BY GOD'S MERCIFUL WORD OF PARDON AND PEACE NEEDS TO BE REDISCOVERED AND RE-APPROPRIATED BY EVERY CATHOLIC. TO A GREAT EXTENT, THE RENEWAL OF THE CHURCH IN AMERICA DEPENDS ON THE RENEWAL OF THE PRACTICE OF PENANCE AND THE GROWTH IN HOLINESS THAT WHICH BOTH THE SACRAMENT INSPIRES AND ACCOMPLISHES. THE RENEWAL OF THE CHURCH IN AMERICA AND EVEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IS CONTINGENT, IN OTHER WORDS, UPON A RENEWAL OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE, OF CONFESSION. MAYBE IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE YOU MADE A GOOD CONFESSION. PERHAPS YOU HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO CONFESS A CERTAIN SIN IN YOUR LIFE THAT HAS WEIGHED YOU DOWN IN SHAME. THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SHACKLED BY SIN FOR ONE DAY LONGER. GOD DOES NOT DESIRE FOR US TO BE CHAINED DOWN BY OUR SIN ANY LONGER. HE DESIRES THAT YOU BE FREE. HE DESIRES THAT YOU BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. AND HOWEVER LONG ITS BEEN SINCE YOUR LAST CONFESSION, DON'T PUT IT OFF A WEEK, MONTH OR ANY LONGER! GOD DESIRES THAT YOU HAVE PEACE OF MIND AND HEART. SO, THIS IS ME CASTING OUT THAT NET, VIRTUAL NET TO YOU, AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GRAB SOMEBODY AND PULL YOU IN, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE. I PRAY FOR THAT GRACE THAT YOU NEED TO BE HONEST, SORRY FOR YOUR SINS, ALONG WITH A FIRM RESOLUTION, TO COME BACK AND TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN. SO, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY AND TO CALL A LOCAL PARISH NEAR YOU, WHEREVER YOU ARE AT IN THE WORLD. TO CALL A PRIEST, IF YOU ARE CONFINED TO YOUR HOME, IF YOU ARE ELDERLY. MAYBE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE CONFESSION OR TO RECEIVE THE SACRAMENT OF THE SICK, CALL A PRIEST. I'M POSITIVE THAT A PRIEST WILL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO COME TO YOUR HOME, EVEN IF IT MEANS SITTING ON YOUR PORCH AND HEARING YOUR CONFESSION THROUGH THE SCREEN DOOR. THE PRIEST WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU, TO HELP YOU RESTORE YOUR LIFE TO GOD, TO GIVE YOU THAT PEACE OF MIND YOU WANTED FOR SO MANY YEARS BUT NOT KNOWN HOW TO GO ABOUT IT OR MAYBE TO EVEN HAVE BEEN AFRAID. MAYBE YOU ARE A CATHOLIC THAT GOES TO CONFESSION, ONCE A YEAR WHICH IS THE BARE MINIMUM OF WHAT THE CHURCH REQUIRES. THIS MEANS TO GO TO CONFESSION MORE OFTEN, NOT JUST ONCE A YEAR. MAYBE ONCE A MONTH. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT PRACTICE WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR ROAD TO HOLINESS. REMEMBER, WE ARE REQUIRED TO CONFESS ALL MORTAL SINS BY NAME AND NUMBER. WHAT THIS MEANS, CONFESS WHAT THE SIN IS, CONCRETELY. THAT WE DON'T JUST SKIRT AROUND WHAT IT IS. THAT WE CONFESS PLAINLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE, THAT WE ACCUSE OUR SELF OF THE SIN. WE DON'T ACCUSE ANYBODY ELSE. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE DONE. WE ARE THE JUDGE OF OURSELVES, WE ACCUSE OURSELVES. AROUND HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE COMMITTED THE SIN, IF WE KNOW AND JUST A SIN THAT MAY BE KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY IS PERHAPS THE SIN OF ABORTION. GOD, SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY CAN'T BE FORGIVEN BY SUCH A SIN. THAT'S NOT TRUE! DON'T LISTEN TO THAT LIE. GOD CAN FORGIVE ANYTHING, AND HE DOES. EVEN A PERSON THAT HAS HAD THREE ABORTIONS OR FIVE ABORTIONS OR 10 ABORTIONS. TO NAME THAT, WITH CONFIDENCE. AND GOD WANTS TO FORGIVE YOU. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO BE HELD IN SHACKLES. MAYBE YOU WERE AN REPLIES IN -- ACCOMPLICE IN ABORTION OR ABORTIONIST, HELPING TO PERFORM ABORTIONS. I REMEMBER WATCHING THE FILM, ABOUT ABBY JOHNSON'S LIFE. AT THE END OF THE FILM, SHE SAYS TO HER HUSBAND, HOW CAN GOD POSSIBLY FORGIVE ME? I'VE COMMITTED, BEEN INVOLVED IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ABORTIONS IN MY LIFE. HOW CAN HE POSSIBLY FORGIVE ME? AND THE ANSWER THAT HER HUSBAND GAVE WAS VERY SIMPLE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL. BECAUSE HE'S GOD. GOD CAN FORGIVE YOU. GOD WANTS TO FORGIVE YOU. LIKE THE PARABLE, GOD DESIRES US TO BE PART OF HIS VINEYARD. WHEN WE ARE WITHIN THE ORCHARD, WE ENJOY THE FRIENDSHIP OF GOD. IN COOPERATION WITH THE GRACE OF GOD, GOD REAPS AN ABUNDANCE OF HARVEST. BUT WHEN WE SEVER OURSELVES FROM THE ORCHARD AGAIN, WE LOSE OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD. WE ARE SPIRITUALLY DEAD. AND THE LORD DOES NOT DESIRE THAT OF US. HE DOES NOT DESIRE THAT WE'RE CUT OFF FROM HIS LIFE, FROM THE ORCHARD. IF YOU NEED TO, PRAY FOR THAT GRACE TO MAKE A GOOD, HUMBLE AND SINCERE CONFESSION. AND I'LL BE PRAYING FOR YOU AS WELL, EVERY DAY. ALTHOUGH WE MAY TURN OUR BACKS ON GOD, HE HAS NEVER TURNED HIS BACK ON YOU, ON US. AND HE PATIENTLY AWAITS US. THERE IS NO NEED TO WAIT ANY LONGER. [PAUSE] >> Father: WITH MARY, THE MOTHER OF GOD, LET US GIVE PRAISE TO THE LORD AND ASK HIM TO ANSWER ALL OUR NEEDS. >> THAT THE LAY FAITHFUL, MAY HAVE THE COURAGE AND GENEROSITY TO TAKE ON INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHURCH'S WORK OF EDUCATION AND EVANGELIZATION, WE PRAY TO THE LORD. >> LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. >> THAT WE MAY NOT BE AFRAID TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE TEACHING OF DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE EVEN IF IT CAUSES SOME TO SEPARATE FROM US, WE PRAY TO THE LORD. >> LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. >> FOR AN INCREASE TO THE VOCATIONS, PRIESTHOOD, AND TO THE CONSECRATED LIFE, WE PRAY TO THE LORD. >> LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. >> THAT THOSE WHO HAVE DIED, MAY REST IN PEACE, WE PRAY TO THE LORD. >> LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. >> 0 GOD TO THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, YOU CLOTHED YOUR PEOPLE IN SALVATION THROUGH HER CONSTANT INTERCESSION AND HELP US TO LOVINGLY AND GENEROUSLY FULFILL YOUR MOST HOLY WILL, WE MAKE OUR PRAYER THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. >> AMEN. [OFFERTORY HYMN] ♪♪ >> FATHER: PRAY, BRETHREN, 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 FOR THE GOOD OF ALL HIS HOLY CHURCH. >> FATHER: WE OFFER YOU, O LORD, THESE OFFERINGS OF CONCILIATION AND PRAISE, HUMBLY ASKING THAT, FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, WE MAY PRESENT OUR VERY SELVES AS A HOLY SACRIFICE PLEASING TO YOU, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. >> ♪ AMEN ♪♪ >> FATHER: ♪ THE LORD BE WITH YOU ♪ >> ♪ AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT ♪ >> FATHER: ♪ LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS ♪ >> ♪ WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD ♪ >> FATHER: ♪ 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 AND TO PRAISE, BLESS, AND GLORIFY YOUR NAME IN VENERATION OF THE BLESSED EVER-VIRGIN MARY. FOR BY THE OVERSHADOWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, SHE CONCEIVED YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON AND WITHOUT LOSING THE GLORY OF VIRGINITY BROUGHT FORTH INTO THE WORLD THE ETERNAL LIGHT JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. THROUGH HIM THE ANGELS PRAISE YOUR MAJESTY DOMINIONS ADORE AND POWERS TREMBLE BEFORE YOU. HEAVEN AND THE VIRTUES OF HEAVEN AND THE BLESSED SERAPHIM WORSHIP TOGETHER WITH EXULTATION. MAY OUR VOICES, WE PRAY, JOIN WITH THEIRS IN HUMBLE PRAISE, AS WE ACCLAIM: ♪ 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 ♪ >> FATHER: 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. [BELLS RING] 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. [BELLS RING] ♪ THE MYSTERY OF FAITH ♪ >> ♪ WHEN WE EAT THIS BREAD AND DRINK THIS CUP, WE PROCLAIM YOUR DEATH, O LORD, UNTIL YOU COME AGAIN ♪ >> FATHER: 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 STEVEN OUR BISHOP, AND ALL THE CLERGY. REMEMBER 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 CO-HEIRS TO ETERNAL LIFE, AND MAY PRAISE AND GLORIFY YOU THROUGH YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST. ♪ THROUGH HIM, WITH HIM, AND IN HIM, O GOD, ALMIGHTY FATHER, IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALL GLORY AND HONOR IS YOURS, FOR EVER AND EVER ♪ >> ♪ AMEN ♪ >> FATHER: 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. >> FATHER: 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 FOR EVER. >> AMEN. >> FATHER: LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOU SAID TO YOUR APOSTLES, PEACE I GIVE YOU, PEACE I LEAVE YOU, LOOK NOT ON OUR SINS BUT ON THE FAITH OF THE CHURCH AND GRACIOUSLY GRANT HER PEACE AND UNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL, WHO LIVE AND REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. >> AMEN. >> FATHER: THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. >> AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. >> ♪ AGNUS DEI -- >> ♪ -- QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI, MISERERE NOBIS ♪ >> ♪ AGNUS DEI -- >> ♪ -- QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI, MISERERE NOBIS ♪ >> ♪ AGNUS DEI -- >> ♪ -- QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI, DONA NOBIS PACEM ♪ >> FATHER: 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. [BELLS RING] >> FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT NOW RECEIVE JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER. ♪♪ [COMMUNION HYMN] ♪ ♪♪ [COMMUNION HYMN] ♪♪ >> FATHER: LET US PRAY. HAVING NOURISHED US WITH HEAVENLY FOOD, O LORD, GRANT THAT, ACCORDING TO THE EXAMPLE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, WE MAY SERVE YOU IN PURITY OF LIFE AND MAGNIFY YOU, WITH HER, IN WHOLEHEARTED PRAISE, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. >> AMEN. >> ♪ THE LORD BE WITH YOU ♪ >> ♪ AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT ♪ >> ♪ MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU: THE FATHER, AND THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ♪ >> ♪ AMEN ♪ >> ♪ GO IN PEACE ♪ >> ♪ THANKS BE TO GOD ♪ ♪ [RECESSIONAL HYMN] >> 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. ♪ ADOREMUS IN AETERNUM ♪ ♪ SANCTISSIMUM SACRAMENTUM ♪. >> PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS. >> 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 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, BLESSED MARY, MOTHER OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF THE [BELLS RING] >> AS WE, IN THE UNITED STATES, PREPARE FOR OUR GENERAL ELECTIONS, LET US CONTINUE TO PRAY TOGETHER THE HOLY ROSARY, HUMBLY ASKING FOR DIVINE ASSISTANCE FROM THE MOST BLESSED TRINITY THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF MARY, THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, PATRONESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE PRAY FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, AND THAT WE MAY CHOOSE AND BE BLESSED WITH LEADERS WHO WILL GOVERN US IN ACCORD WITH GOD'S WILL, FOR OUR SPIRITUAL AND SOCIETAL FLOURISHING. >> I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON OUR LORD, WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY, SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED. HE DESCENDED INTO HELL ON THE THIRD DAY AND HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD. HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, FROM WHENCE HE SHALL COME 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, 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. >> Father: FOR GREATER FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. >> 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 OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN. >> 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. >> THE FIRST JOYFUL MYSTERY. THE ANNUNCIATION. >> 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 WITH THEE. 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 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. >> 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 OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN. >> HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE, >> 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. >> O MY JESUS, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, SAVE US FROM THE FIRES OF HELL. LEAD ALL SOULS TO HEAVEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MOST NEED OF THY MERCY. ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ >> THE SECOND JOYFUL MYSTERY. THE VISITATION. >> 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 WITH THEE. 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 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN. >> 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. >> O MY JESUS, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, SAVE US FROM THE FIRES OF HELL. LEAD ALL SOULS TO HEAVEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MOST NEED OF THY MERCY. ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ >> THE THIRD JOYFUL MYSTERY. THE NATIVITY. THE BIRTH OF JESUS. >> 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 WITH THEE. 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 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN. >> 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. >> O MY JESUS, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, SAVE US FROM THE FIRES OF HELL. LEAD ALL SOULS TO HEAVEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MOST NEED OF THY MERCY. ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ >> 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. >> 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 OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN. >> 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. >> O MY JESUS, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, SAVE US FROM THE FIRES OF HELL. LEAD ALL SOULS TO HEAVEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MOST NEED OF THY MERCY. ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ >> THE FIFTH 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 WITH THEE. 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 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND 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 FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. >> HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, PRAY FOR US SINNERS, NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN. >> 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. >> O MY JESUS, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, SAVE US FROM THE FIRES OF HELL. LEAD ALL SOULS TO HEAVEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MOST NEED OF THY MERCY. ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ ♪ AVE AVE AVE MARIA ♪ >> HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, MOTHER OF MERCY, OUR LIFE, OUR SWEETNESS AND OUR HOPE! TO THEE DO WE CRY, POOR BANISHED CHILDREN OF EVE. TO THEE DO WE SEND UP OUR SIGHS, MOURNNG AND WEEPING IN THIS VALLEY OF TEARS! TURN, THEN, O MOST GRACIOUS ADVOCATE, THINE EYES OF MERCY TOWARD US, AND AFTER THIS, OUR EXILE, SHOW UNTO US THE BLESSED FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. O CLEMENT, O LOVING, O SWEET VIRGIN MARY. >> PRAY FOR US, O HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. >> THAT WE MAY BE MADE WORTHY OF THE PROMISES OF CHRIST. >> FOR THE SPECIAL, PARTIAL PLENARY INDULGENCE, THE INTENTIONS OF OUR HOLY FATHER. >> 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 WITH THEE. 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 AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN. >> 0 MARY CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN. >> PRAY FOR US WHO HAVE RECOURSE TO THEE. >> ELECTION PRAYER OF THE SERVANT OF GOD, FR. JOHN HARDON, S.J. TOGETHER. LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOU TOLD US TO GIVE TO CAESAR WHAT BELONGS TO CAESAR, AND TO GOD WHAT BELONGS TO GOD. ENLIGHTEN THE MINDS OF OUR PEOPLE IN AMERICA. MAY WE CHOOSE A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCORDING TO YOUR DIVINE WILL. GIVE OUR CITIZENS THE COURAGE TO CHOOSE LEADERS OF OUR NATION WHO RESPECT THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN HUMAN LIFE, THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE, THE SANCTITY OF MARITAL RELATIONS, THE SANCTITY OF THE FAMILY, AND THE SANCTITY OF THE AGING. GRANT US THE WISDOM TO GIVE YOU WHAT BELONGS TO YOU, OUR GOD. IF WE DO THIS, AS A NATION, WE ARE CONFIDENT YOU WILL GIVE US AN ABUNDANCE OF YOUR BLESSINGS THROUGH OUR ELECTED LEADERS. AMEN. >> PRAYER TO THE IMMACULATA. HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE, O MARY! >> HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE, O MARY! >> THE ORIGINAL STAIN IS NOT IN YOU. >> THE ORIGINAL STAIN IS NOT IN YOU. >> YOU ARE THE GLORY OF JERUSALEM. >> YOU ARE THE JOY OF ISRAEL. >> YOU ARE THE HONOR OF OUR PEOPLE. >> YOU ARE THE ADVOCATE OF SINNERS. >> O MARY! >> O MARY! >> YOU ARE THE WISEST OF VIRGINS. >> YOU ARE THE KINDEST OF MOTHERS. >> PRAY FOR US. >> INTERCEDE FOR US WITH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. >> HOLY VIRGIN, YOU WERE SPOTLESS FROM THE VERY MOMENT OF YOUR CONCEPTION. >> BECAUSE YOU BORE HIS SON, PRAY TO THE FATHER FOR US. >> O MARY, CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN PATRONESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> PRAY FOR US WHO HAVE RECOURSE TO THEE! >> O GOD, WHO BY THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN PREPARED A WORTHY DWELLING FOR YOUR SON, GRANT, WE PRAY, THAT, AS YOU PRESERVED HER FROM EVERY STAIN BY VIRTUE OF THE DEATH OF YOUR SON, WHICH YOU FORESAW, SO, THROUGH HER INTERCESSION, WE, TOO, MAY BE CLEANSED AND ADMITTED TO YOUR PRESENCE, 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. >> IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. ♪ TOTA PULCHRA ES, MARIA, ♪ TOTA PULCHRA ES, MARIA, ET MACULA ORIGINALIS NON EST IN TE ♪ ♪ ET MACULA ORIGINALIS NON EST IN TE, TU GLORIA IERUSALEM, TU LAETITIA ISRAEL, TU HONORIFICENTIA POPULI NOSTRI, TU ADVOCATA PECCATORUM ♪ [♪] Narrator:<i> It is important</i> <i> that Christians
of the 21st century</i> <i> understand
the Protestant Reformation,</i> <i> because we cannot understand
the modern world</i> <i> without understanding
the Reformation.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> For although
the Protestant leaders</i> <i> of the 16th century</i> <i> separated their local
churches from Rome,</i> <i> in effect nationalizing them,</i> <i> this actually weakened
these churches</i> <i> and ultimately
led to the separation</i> <i> of religion and state</i> <i> and banished it
from the public square</i> <i> to become a purely
private matter.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> If we want to know</i> <i> why the 21st century
is the way it is,</i> <i>we need to look back 500 years.</i> <i> And yet,
the so called Reformers</i> <i> would be horrified</i> <i> at how the modern world
has developed,</i> <i> with its militant secularism</i> <i>that threatens the very freedom</i> <i> of Christian belief itself.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> The modern world believes</i> <i>that the Reformation was caused</i> <i> by a number
of popular uprisings</i> <i> against the Catholic Church.</i> <i>However, this was not the case.</i> <i> It was often the elites</i> <i> that found the Church's
teachings inconvenient,</i> <i> and Church property,</i> <i>especially those of the abbeys,</i> <i> were just too tempting.</i> <i> Therefore,
nationalizing a Church</i> <i> founded by a Protestant leader</i> <i> was both convenient
and profitable.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> However, the Catholic Church</i> <i> traces its origins
not to Martin Luther,</i> <i> or John Calvin,</i> <i> or any other
Protestant Reformer,</i> <i> but to Jesus Christ Himself.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> By the turn of
the 16th century,</i> <i> the Old St Peter's
Basilica in Rome</i> <i> that had stood
for almost 12 centuries</i> <i> was in a poor state of repair.</i> <i> The basilica had been built</i> <i> by the Emperor Constantine</i> <i> over the grave
of the apostle Peter,</i> <i> the first pope,</i> <i> who had been martyred nearby</i> <i> in the Circus of Nero.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> In 1505, Pope Julius II</i> <i> was so concerned by the state
of the Basilica,</i> <i> that he ordered it
to be pulled down</i> <i> and a new St Peter's built</i> <i> that would be worthy
of its name.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> Pope Julius' successor, Leo X,</i> <i> needed to raise funds to
continue this great work,</i> <i> so he made indulgences
available</i> <i> for charitable donations.</i> <i> In Germany,
Archbishop Albrecht</i> <i> of Mainz and Magdeburg</i> <i> obtained permission from Leo</i> <i> to send only half</i> <i> the indulgence donations
to Rome</i> <i> and use the rest
to repay a large loan</i> <i> he had obtained</i> <i> from the Fugger
family of Augsburg.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> Albrecht appointed
the Dominican Friar</i> <i> Johann Tetzel to preach
this Indulgence.</i> Woman:<i>
Who's that coming?</i> Tetzel: Come, my
fellow Christians! Come. [people murmuring] None of us are perfect. We all need
a little indulgence. The pope has decreed that by making a small
donation and saying a prayer, you can help
in the building of a huge new basilica
for St Peter in Rome; and by doing so, will avert temporal
punishment in purgatory, and you can pray
for your loved ones who have gone on before you. So pray for them. When the coin
in the casket rings, the rescued soul
to Heaven springs. [people murmuring] Woman:<i> Oh, here it is.
I've found one.</i> Narrator:<i> So successful</i> <i> was Tetzel's preaching
and fundraising</i> <i> that when he came to a town
near Wittenberg,</i> <i> it came to the attention</i> <i> of an Augustinian friar
named Martin Luther,</i> <i> whose own pupils and friends</i> <i> were enthusing about them.</i> <i> Luther, perhaps
in a moment of pique,</i> <i> wrote his 95 Theses against
the sale of Indulgences</i> <i> and sent them
to Archbishop Albrecht.</i> <i> Copies began to circulate</i> <i> and thus the so-called
"Reformation"</i> <i> was born almost by accident.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> Recipients of an indulgence</i> <i> must first go
to sacramental confession</i> <i> to a priest
and receive absolution.</i> <i> But just as a person who
has fallen foul of the law</i> <i> must still serve time,
even if he is sorry,</i> <i> an indulgence is like
a remission.</i> <i> This is achieved by
the infinite treasury</i> <i> of merits
of Our Lord Jesus Christ.</i> Rev Dr Thomas Crean:
Because we are all one body in Christ - those who
are faithful on earth, the souls in Purgatory, the Blessed in Heaven - because we are all one body, the graces and the merits
of Our Lord, Our Lady, and of
the Saints in Heaven can be applied
to us on Earth. This is what the Church does when She grants
to us an indulgence. Narrator:<i> The practice of
confession and forgiveness</i> <i> goes back to the teachings
of Christ to His apostles,</i> <i> For in St John's Gospel,
Jesus says,</i> <i> "Whose sins you forgive
are forgiven them."</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> Confession is one of</i> <i> the Seven Sacraments
of the Church.</i> <i> The others are Baptism,
Holy Communion,</i> <i> Confirmation, Holy Orders,</i> <i> Anointing of the Sick,
and Matrimony.</i> <i> They were all instituted
by Jesus Christ our Lord,</i> <i> and are outward signs
of inward grace,</i> <i> necessary for salvation.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> There have been many reformers</i> <i> in the history
of the Catholic Church.</i> <i> And yet, unlike Luther,</i> <i> they remained faithful</i> <i> to the Church
and her sacraments;</i> <i> saints such as St Athanasius,</i> <i> St Francis, and St Dominic.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> And yet, to call them
reformers is a misnomer,</i> <i> for they came not to reform</i> <i> but to reaffirm the doctrines</i> <i> and holiness of
the Catholic Church</i> <i> in the face of corruption
and heresies,</i> <i> for She was founded
by Jesus Christ Himself.</i> [♪] Dr David Anders:
One of the marks of the Church is Its holiness. One, Holy, Catholic; One,<i> </i> Holy, Catholic,
and apostolic Church. Where do we see the Holiness of the Church
most manifest? It's in the lives
of the saints. When I think about the Holiness of the Church in confrontation with
the problem of corruption, the best example, I think, the most emblematic statement of the Church's holiness is the life
of Francis of Assisi. Narrator:<i> Good and loyal
followers of Jesus</i> <i> stretch back to the dawn
of Christianity.</i> <i> When at the age of 30,
Jesus called His apostles,</i> <i> He made Peter first
among them,</i> <i> the rock upon which
He will build His Church.</i> <i> He also said of Himself,</i> <i> "I am the Bread of Life.</i> <i> Whoever comes to Me
will never hunger,</i> <i> and whoever believes in Me
will never thirst".</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> However, satan will always try</i> <i> and attack the followers
of Christ.</i> <i> In the first century,</i> <i> pagan Rome ruled
most of Europe,</i> <i> and many Christians
met a Martyr's fate,</i> <i> both St Peter
and St Paul in Rome;</i> <i>hence, Rome became an important
pilgrimage site,</i> <i> and the successor of St Peter</i> <i> resides close to the tomb</i> <i> of the apostle to this day.</i> <i> The primacy of
the Church of Rome</i> <i> and the successors of St Peter</i> <i> were established
from the mid-first century.</i> <i> Other Churches turned
to Her for counsel.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> The Church Herself was
inflicted with many heresies,</i> <i> particularly the Gnostic.</i> <i> In order to distinguish the
true Church of Jesus Christ</i> <i> from heretical sects,</i> <i> the name Catholic Church
was used.</i> Fr Crean:<i> The word 'Catholic'</i> comes from a Greek word
meaning 'universal' and the first known application of the word comes
from about the year 100, from St Ignatius of Antioch, who was a bishop in Antioch
at that time. Narrator:<i> Under the Early
Church Fathers,</i> <i> from the late first century
to the early fourth,</i> <i> Christianity continued
to spread</i> <i> throughout the Roman Empire.</i> <i> In AD 313
the Emperor Constantine</i> <i> legalized Christianity.</i> <i> The Gospel of Jesus Christ</i> <i> had therefore conquered Rome.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> However, Constantine
became concerned</i> <i> about the disunity
in the Church</i> <i> caused by the Arian heresy.</i> <i> Arius was a priest</i> <i> that taught that Jesus</i> <i> was not co-eternal
with the Father,</i> <i> but was created,
and therefore, a lesser God.</i> <i> In response to this discord,</i> <i> Constantine convened
the first council</i> <i> of Nicaea in AD 325.</i> <i> He sent out invitations
to all the bishops</i> <i> of the Christian world.</i> <i> According to Athanasius
of Alexandria,</i> <i> 318 bishops attended.</i> <i> Each bishop was
allowed advisers,</i> <i> usually priests and deacons.</i> <i> The main advisor for
Alexander of Alexandria</i> <i> was Athanasius,</i> <i> who as a deacon,</i> <i> could not speak at the council</i> <i> but was allowed
to advise his bishop.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> Arius was only a priest,</i> <i> and priests also could not
take part in the council,</i> <i> but he was invited to speak.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> Hosius of Corduba,
the papal legate,</i> <i> presides over the council
on behalf of the pope,</i> <i> as the pope did not attend</i> <i> but remained in Rome.</i> <i> Eusebius of Nicomedia,
an Arian,</i> <i> gives the opening address,</i> <i> and asks for permission
to call Arius</i> <i> to the floor.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> Arius gives an account
of his beliefs.</i> <i> He falsely argues that if
the Father begat the Son,</i> <i> the Son was begotten
and had a beginning;</i> <i> therefore, there was a time
when the Son was not.</i> <i> The Council is in uproar
ov this statement.</i> <i>[♪]</i> <i> The majority of
the Council Fathers</i> <i> do not agree with Arius;</i> <i> even his own bishop,</i> <i> Alexander of Alexandria,
denounces him.</i> <i> Arius is called a heretic.</i> Bishop: Blasphemy! Blasphemy! [Bishops protesting Arius] Narrator: Alexander asks
the advice of Athanasius, who points out that Arius is not citing any
of the Church Fathers, for none have interpreted
sacred Scripture in this way before. The Council of Nicaea
affirmed that Jesus Christ is consubstantial
with the Father. They formulate what became
known as the Nicene Creed, which is recited
at Holy Mass to this day. Arius and his supporters
are banished. Fr William Slattery:
The Council of Nicaea was very important for the future
of Western Civilization, because it fought
over the foundation of any civilization,
which is truths. Ideas matter. Catholicism in its
truths matters; and the integrity
of Catholicism can depend on one iota, one I. In fact, the great debate
after Nicaea was all about the difference between two Greek words, homoousios and homoiousios, whether Christ was
consubstantial to the Father, or whether Christ
was merely similar in substance to the Father. Over this, the great men
of that age fought, led by the great St Athanasius. And today we have to
follow in their footsteps to ensure the integrity
of Catholicism in order to ensure
the integrity of a Christian civilization. <i>[♪]</i> Narrator:<i> It was at
the Councils of Carthage</i> <i> of AD 397 and 419</i> <i> that the canon
of the New Testament</i> <i> was finally settled.</i> <i> Before that, various books</i> <i> were scattered throughout
the Christian world</i> <i> and mixed with spurious books</i> <i> such as the false Gnostic
Gospel of Thomas and others.</i> Fr. Mitch Pacwa: The canon
of the New Testament became an issue
in the fourth century, after the persecutions
were done. And Pope St Damasus commissioned a priest of Rome, namely St Jerome, to go around the Mediterranean asking the bishops
which books they had. The most complete collection
of the New Testament was held by St Athanasius
of Alexandria, and he went all throughout
the Mediterranean. Then, upon returning to Rome, Pope St Damasus called a synod
of Italian bishops in 382, and this was the first decree
of a canon. A decade later,
another council was held in Carthage, and then about five years
later in Hippo, and again, I think, in Carthage, each of which agreed on that canon of both
Old and New Testaments. Narrator:<i> Therefore,
it was the Catholic Church</i> <i> that compiled
the New Testament</i> <i> through Her councils,</i> <i> which was then ratified
by the Pope.</i> <i> The canon of
the Old Testament</i> <i> was also confirmed</i> <i> as being the 46 books
of the Septuagint</i> <i> or the Greek Old Testament.</i> <i> Jesus and the Apostles</i> <i> reference
the Septuagint version</i> <i> of the Old Testament;</i> <i> however, Martin Luther
and the other Protestants</i> <i> threw some of these books
of the Bible out</i> <i> in the 16th century</i> . Fr Crean:
Well, St Paul quotes from the Greek version
of the Old Testament, even when the Greek
version differs from the Hebrew version
of the Old Testament, which is a sign that
he regarded the Greek version, which had the
disputed books in, that St Paul regarded that
as Holy Scripture. Narrator:<i>
It is important to note</i> <i> that the Church continued</i> <i> from the time of Jesus
and the Apostles,</i> <i> through the Church Fathers</i> <i> that adopted the word
'Catholic,'</i> <i> the Council of Nicaea</i> <i> that ratified the doctrine
of the Holy Trinity,</i> <i> and the Councils of Carthage</i> <i> that collected and listed
the books of the Bible.</i> <i> It was therefore
the Catholic Church</i> <i> that proclaimed Christianity.</i> <i> In AD 410, Rome fell
to the barbarians,</i> <i> and pagans blamed Christians</i> <i> because the decline
and fall of Rome</i> <i> happened during their watch.</i> <i> In response,
St Augustine of Hippo</i> <i> wrote 'The City of God'</i> <i>to illustrate that Christianity</i> <i> is no mere religion</i> <i> but a fully ordered
way of life</i> <i> and explains how
the Catholic Church</i> <i> can build a civilization
based on the Gospel.</i> <i> Popes, bishops, and rulers</i> <i> found in this work
the monumental blueprint</i> <i> for a true Christian
civilization.</i> <i> Arguably, St Augustine,</i> <i> along with Thomas Aquinas,</i> <i> are two of the greatest
philosophers</i>
