Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil Mass LIVE! 9.00 pm April 3, 2021 [HD]

[Music] jesus the very thought of you it fills my heart with love jesus you burn like wildfire and i am overcome lover of my soul [Music] even unto death [Music] with my every breath i will love you you're the lover of [Music] i will love you you are my only hope and you my pride shall be [Music] jesus you are my glory now and in eternity [Music] lover of my soul even [Music] i will love you [Music] you in my darkest hour in humiliation i will wait for you [Music] [Music] be taken i wait for you i am not forsaken one thing i desire to see you in your beauty you are mighty lie yeah you are my only you are sacrifice all your love is all good to me you are my delight yeah you are my glory you're the lover of my soul [Music] even unto death with my every breath i will love you you're the lover of my soul even unto death with my every breath i will love you [Music] so [Music] would care [Music] [Applause] [Music] not because of who i am but because of what you've done not because of what i've done but because of who you are i am a flower quickly fading here today in god tomorrow [Music] and he told me who i am who am i now the eyes that see my sin will look on me with love and watch me rise again [Music] who am i and that the voice that caused the sea would call out through the rain and calm the storm in me not because of who i am but because of what you've done not because of what i've done but because of who you are i am a flower quickly fading here [Music] lord you catch me when i'm falling and you told me who i am [Music] so happy easter everyone good evening welcome to saint anthony's online mass god bless all of you for joining us my name is father justin huang and a special welcome if you're joining us for the first time it's good to be with you or if you haven't been with us in a while it's good to be back with you so tonight is the easter vigil the most important of all of our liturgical celebrations i just like to explain the four parts of this ancient liturgy the first part will be the solemn beginning outside the church so we'll begin there with the greeting the preparation of the paschal candle and then we will process in deacon will sing the exalted exultat which is the easter hymn and then just spiritually listen to those parts of the hymn when he says when he sings this is the night he'll sing that a number of times it's quite beautiful and of course you can respond at home to the parts where you normally say when he says the lord be with you you can respond also at this time we only have one light on i'd invite you at home or wherever you are to turn off the your lights at home create that complete darkness also if you have some candles at home i'd invite you to get them right now we will use them and you can light and extinguish them uh when the when the prompts on the screen tell you to so that's the first part of our liturgy the second part the liturgy of the word is special we have nine readings tonight which take us through what we call salvation history salvation history is basically how god has intervened in time to love us and to bring us home and how it all develops so there will be a reading a singing of a psalm and then a prayer after each reading the third part of the liturgy will be the renewal of baptismal promises we will bless the holy water and the font right there we'll light you you can light your candles at that point and then we'll renew our baptismal promises and i'll sprinkle you with holy water and the fourth part the liturgy of the eucharist the highest the highest part of our mass and that will be as usual and of course whenever we finish mass we'll have holy communion for one hour afterwards and i printed out the wrong prayer from saint gregory i i didn't write it out i'm sorry i i part of me oh but it's different i'm sorry alex i can't hear you can you just i'll invite you all to pray it at home by yourselves i will step off the camera and you can pray it by yourselves right after that we'll see you in a we'll see you in about a minute in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit dear brothers and sisters on this most sacred night in which our lord jesus christ passed over from death to life the church calls upon our sons and daughters scattered throughout the world to come together to watch and pray if we keep the memorial of the lord's paschal solemnity in this way listening to his word and celebrating his mysteries then we shall have the sure hope of sharing his his triumph over death and living with him in god let us pray oh god who through your son bestowed upon the faithful the fire of your glory sanctify this fire we pray and grant that by these paschal celebrations we may be so inflamed with heavenly desires that our mind that with minds made pure we may attain festivities of unending splendor through christ our lord christ yesterday and today the beginning and the end the alpha and the omega all time belongs to him and all the ages to him be glory and power through every age and forever amen glorious wounds may christ the lord guard us and protect us amen may the light rise rising glory dispel darkness of our hearts and mind for the light of christ thanks be to god the light of christ the light of christ do take songs let them exalt the holes of heaven exalt letting you ministers of god exalt let the trumpets of salvation [Music] be glad never be glad as glory fluttershy ablaze with life from eternal king let the corners of the heavy glass knowing an end rejoice let mother church also rejoice array with the lightning of his glory let this holy bearding shake with joy fill him with the mighty voices of her people the lord be with you and with your spirit let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right it is truly right in jazz with art in love in mind and heart and with devoted service of our voice to acclaim our god invisible the almighty father and jesus christ our lord his son his only begotten who for us say we pay adam's still to the eternal father and pouring out his own dear blood why clean the record of our ancient sinfulness these then are the feasts or passover in which he slain the lamb the one true lamb whose blood anointed the doorposts of believers these is tonight when once you let up forebears israel's children from slavery in egypt and made them past rice shard there through the red sea this is the night that with a pillow of fire banish the darkness of sin this is the night that even now throughout the world said christian believers apart from worldly vices and from the gloom of sin leading them to grace and joining them to his holy one this is the night when christ broke the prison bar of death and rose victoria from the underworld oh wonders of your humble care for us o love o charity beyond all telling to ransom a slave you give away your own son o truly necessary sin of adam destroyed completely by the death of christ oh oh happy fall that earned so great so glorious our redeemer the sanctifying power of this night [Music] this spirit wickedness washes fart away restoring no sense to the fallen and joined to mourners oh a truly blessed night when things of heaven are wet to those on earth and divine to the human [Music] on this your night of grace o holy father accept this candle a solemn offering the worker beasts and of your servant's hands an evening sacrifice o praise this gift from your most holy church therefore oh lord we pray you that this condo hollowed through the honor of your name may persevere and deemed to overcome the darkness of this night receive it as a pleasing fragrance and let it mingle with the light of heaven [Music] may this flame be found still burning by the morning star the one morning star who never says christ your son who coming back from death domain has shed his peaceful light on humanity and live and reign forever let us be seated and then distinguish the candles dear brothers and sisters now that we have begun our solemn vigil let us listen with quiet hearts to the word of god let us meditate on how god and times past saved his people and in these the last days has sent us the son as our redeemer let us pray that our god may complete this paschal work of salvation by the fullness of redemption a reading from the book of genesis in the beginning when god created the heavens and the earth the earth was a formless void the darkness covered the face of the deep while the spirit of god swept over the face of the waters then god said let there be light and there was light and god saw that the light was good and god separated the light from the darkness god called the light day and the darkness he called night and there was evening and there was morning the first day and god said let there be a dome in the midst of the waters and let it separate the waters from the waters so god made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome and the waters that were above the dome and it was so god called the dome sky and there were eve and there was evening and there was morning the second day and god said let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place and let the dry land appear and it was so god called the dry land earth and the waters that were gathered together he called seas and god saw that it was good then god said let the earth put forth vegetation plants yielding seed and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with a seed in it and it was so the earth brought forth vegetation plants yielding seed of every kind and trees of every kind bearing fruit with a seed in it and god saw that it was good and there was evening and there was morning the third day and god said let there be light in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth and it was so god made the two great lights the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night and the stars god set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth to rule over the day and over the night and to separate the light from the darkness and god saw that it was good and there was evening and there was morning the fourth day and god said let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky so god created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves of every kind with which the water swarm and every winged bird of every kind and god saw that it was good god bless them saying be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let birds multiply on the earth and there was evening and there was morning the fifth day god said let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind and it was so god made the wild animals of the earth of every kind and the cattle of every kind and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind and god saw that it was good then god said let us make man in our image according to our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth so god created man in his image in the image of god he created him male and female he created them god blessed them and god said to them be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth god said see i have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth and every tree that with seed in its fruit you shall have them for food and to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth everything that has the breath of life i have given every green plant for food and it was so god saw everything that he had made and indeed it was very good and there was evening and there was morning the sixth day thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude and on the seventh day god finished the work that he had done and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done the word of the lord lord send forth your spirit and renew the face of the earth lord send forth your spirit and renew the face of the earth [Music] bless the lord o my soul o lord my god you are very great you are glow with honor and majesty wrapped in light as with a garment lord send forth your spirit and renewed the face of the earth you set the earth on its foundations so that it shall never be shaken you cover it with the deep as with a garment the water stood above the mountains [Music] we're last the face of the air you make springs gush forth in the valleys they flow between thy ears the streams the birds of the air have their habitation they sing among the branches [Music] mountains the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work you cause the grass to grow for the cattle and plants for people to use to bring for food from the earth o lord how manifold are your works the wisdom you have made them all the earth is full of your creatures bless the lord o my soul your spirit every near the let us pray almighty ever living god who are wonderful in the ordering of all your works may those you have redeemed understand that there exists nothing more marvelous than the world's creation in the beginning except that at the end of the ages christ our passover has been sacrificed who lives and reigns forever and ever [Music] a reading from the book of genesis god tested abraham he said to him abraham and abraham said here i am god said take your son your only son isaac whom you love and go to the land of moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that i shall show you so abraham rose early in the morning saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and his son isaac he cut the wood for the burnt offering and sent out and went to the place in the distance that god had shown him on the third day abraham looked up and saw the place far away then abraham said to his young man stay here with the donkey the boy and i will go over there we will worship and then we will come back to you abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son isaac and he himself carried the fire and the knife so the two of them walked on together isaac said to his father abraham father and abraham said here i am my son isaac said the fire and the wood are here but where is the lamb for a burnt offering abraham said god himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering my son so the two of them walked on together when abraham and isaac came to the place that god had shown him abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order he bound his son isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood then abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son but the angel of the lord called to him from heaven and said abraham abraham and he said here i am the angel said do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him for now i know that you fear god since you have not withheld your son your only son from me and abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in a thicket by its horns abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son so abraham called that place the lord will provide as it is said to this day on the mount of the lord it shall be provided the angel of the lord called to abraham a second time from heaven and said by myself i have sworn says the lord because you have done this and have not withheld your son your only son i will indeed bless you and i will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore and your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies enemies and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves because you have obeyed my voice the word of the lord protect me o god for in you i take refuge protect me o god [Music] for in you i take refuge the lord is my chosen portion and my cup you hold my lot i keep the lord always before me because he is at my right hand i shall not be moved protect me o god for in you i take refuge therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices my body also rests secure for you do not give me up to show or let your faithful one see the pit protect me oh god [Music] you foreign me the path to life in your presence there is fullness of joy in your right hand or pleasures forevermore protect me oh god [Music] foreign let us pray o god supreme father of the faithful who increase the children of your promise by pouring out the grace of adoption throughout the whole world and who the past and who through the paschal mystery make your servant abraham father of nations as once you swore grant we pray that your peoples may enter worthily into the grace to which you call them through christ our lord a reading from the book of exodus the lord said to moses why do you cry out to me tell the children of israel to go forward but you lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it that the children of israel may go into the sea on dry ground then i will harden the hearts of the egyptians so they will so they will go in after them and so i will gain glory for myself over pharaoh and all his army his chariots and his chariot drivers and the egyptians shall know that i am the lord when i have gained glory for myself over pharaoh his chariots and his chariot drivers and the angel of god who was going before the israelite army moved and went behind them and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them it came between the army of egypt and the army of israel and so the cloud was there with the darkness and it lit up the night one did not come near the other all night then moses stretched out his hand over the sea the lord drove the sea back from by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land and the waters were divided the children of israel went into the sea on dry ground the waters forming a wall from for them on their right and on their left the egyptians pursued and went into the sea after them all of pharaoh's horses chariots and chariot drivers at the morning watch the lord in the pillar of fire and cloud looked down upon the egyptian army and threw the egyptian army into a panic he clogged their chariot wheels so they so that they turned with difficulty the egyptians said let us flee from the children of israel for the lord is fighting for them against egypt then the lord said to moses stretch out your hand over the sea so that the water may come back upon the egyptians upon their chariots and their chariot drivers so moses stretched out his hand over the sea and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth as the egyptians fled before it the lord tossed the egyptians into the sea the waters returned and covered the chariots and the chariot drivers the entire army of pharaoh that had followed them into the sea not one of them remained but the children of israel walked on dry ground through the sea the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left thus the lord saved israel that day from the egyptians and israel saw the egyptians dead on the seashore israel saw the great work that the lord did against the egyptians so the people feared the lord and believed in the lord and in his servant moses the prophet miriam aaron's sister took a tambourine in her hand and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing moses and the children of israel sang this song to the lord let us sing sing to the lord he has covered himself in glory let us sing sing to the lord he has covered himself in glory i will sing to the lord for he has triumphed gloriously horse and rider he has thrown into the sea the lord is my strength and my might and he has become my salvation this is my father and i will praise him and my father's god and i will exalt him let us sing sing to the lord he has covered himself in glory the lord is a warrior the lord is his name pharaoh's chariots and his army he cast into the sea his picked officers were sunk in the red sea the floods covered them they went down into the depths like a storm let us sing sing to the lord he has covered himself in glory [Music] your right hand o lord glorious in power your right hand o lord shattered the enemy in the greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries you sent out your fury it consumed them like stubble [Music] let us sing sing to the lord he has covered himself in glory [Music] you brought your people in and planted them on the mountain of your own possession the place oh lord that you made your abode the sanctuary o lord that your hands have established the lord will reign forever and ever let us sing sing to the heart he has covered himself in glory [Music] let us pray oh god whose ancient wonders remain undimmed in splendor even in our day for what he once bestowed on a single people freeing them from pharaoh's persecution by the power of your right hand now you bring about as the salvation of the nations through the waters of rebirth grant we pray that the whole world may become children of abraham and inherit the dignity of israel's birthright through christ our lord a reading from the book of the prophet isaiah thus says the lord the god of host your maker is your husband and the lord of hosts is his name the holy one of israel is your redeemer the god of the whole earth he is called for the lord has called you like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit like the wife of a man's youth when she is cast off says your god for a brief moment i abandoned you but with great compassion i will gather you an overflowing wrath for a moment i hid my face from you but with everlasting love i will have compassion on you says the lord your redeemer this is like the days of noah to me just as i swore that the waters of noah would never again go over the earth so i have sworn that i will not be angry with you and will not rebuke you for the mountains may depart and the hills be removed but my steadfast love shall not depart from you and my covenant of peace shall not be removed says the lord who has compassion on you o afflicted one storm tossed and not comforted i am about to set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires i will make your pinnacles of rubies and your gates of jewels and all your walls of precious stones all your children shall be taught by the lord and great shall be the prosperity of your children in righteousness you shall be established you shall be far from oppression for you shall not fear and from terror for it shall not come near you the word of the lord i will extol you lord for you have raised me up [Music] i will extol you lord for you have raised me up i will extol you o lord for you have drawn me up and did not let my force rejoice over me o lord you brought up my soul from shore restored me to life from among those gone down to the pit i will extol you lord for you have raised praises to the lord o you his faithful ones and give thanks to his holy name for his anger is but for a moment his favor is for a lifetime weeping may linger for the night but joy comes with the morning i will extol you lord for you have raised me [Music] here o lord and be gracious to me oh lord be my helper you have turned my mourning into dancing oh lord my god i will give thanks to you forever [Music] i will extol you lord for you have raised me let us pray almighty almighty ever living god surpass for the honor of your name what you pledge to the patriarchs by reason of their faith and through sacred adoption increase the children of your promise so that what the saints of old never doubted would come to pass your church may now see in great part fulfilled through christ our lord a reading from the book of the prophet isaiah thus says the lord everyone who thirsts come to the waters and you that have no money come by and eat come buy wine and milk without money and without price why do you spend your money for that which it which is not bread and your labor for that which does not satisfy listen carefully to me and eat what is good and delight yourself in rich food incline your ear and come to me listen so that you may live i will make with you an everlasting covenant my steadfast sure love for david see i made him a witness to the peoples a leader and commander for the peoples see you shall call nations that you do not know and nations that do not know you shall run to you because of the lord your god the holy one of israel for he has glorified you seek the lord while he may be found call upon him while he is near let the wicked person forsake their way and the unrighteous person their thoughts let that person return to the lord that he may have mercy on them and to our god for he will abundantly pardon for my thoughts are not your thoughts nor are your ways my way says the lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts for as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there until they have watered the earth making it bring forth and sprout giving seed to the sower and bread to the one who eats so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth it shall not return to me empty but it shall accomplish that which i purpose and succeed in the thing for which i sent it the word of the lord thanks be to god with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation with joy you will draw the worlds of salvation [Music] surely god is my salvation i will trust and will not be afraid for the lord god is my strength and my might he has become my salvation with joy you will draw from the wells of salvation with joy you will draw from the worlds of salvation give thanks to the lord call on his name make known his deeds among the nations proclaim that his name is exalted with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation sing praises to the lord for he has done gloriously let this be known in all the earth sing a lot and sing for joy of royal zion for great in your midst is the holy one of israel [Music] with joy you will draw water from the worlds of salvation let us pray almighty ever-living god soul hope of the world who by the preaching of your prophets unveil the mysteries of this present day graciously increase the longing of your people for only at the prompting of your grace to the faithful progress in any kind of virtue through christ our lord a reading from the book of the prophet barack hear the commandments of life o israel give ear and learn wisdom why is it o israel why is it that you are in the land of your enemies that you are growing old in a foreign country that you are defiled with the dead that you are counted among those in hades you have forsaken the fountain of wisdom if you had walked in the way of god you would be living in peace forever learn where there is wisdom where there is strength where there is understanding so that you may at the same time discern where there is length of days and life where there is light for the ice and peace who has found her place and who has entered her storehouses but the one who knows all things knows her he found her by his understanding the one who prepared the earth for all time filled it with four-footed creatures the one who sends forth the light and it goes he called it and it obeyed him trembling the stars shone in their watches and were glad he called them and they said here we are they shone with gladness for him who made them this is our god no other can be compared to him he found the whole way to knowledge and gave her to his servant jacob and to israel whom he loved afterward she appeared on earth and lived with humanity she is the book of the commandments of god the law that endures forever all who hold her fast will live and those who forsake her will die turn o jacob and take her walk toward the shining of her light do not give your glory to another or your advantages to an alien people happy are we o israel for we know what is pleasing to god the word of the lord my lord you have the words of eternal life lord you have the words of eternal life the love the lord is perfect reviving the soul the decrees of the lord are sure making wise the symbol lord you have the words of eternal life the precepts of the lord are right rejoicing the heart the commandment of the lord is clear enlightening the eyes [Music] the fear of the lord is pure enduring forever the ordinance of the lord are true and righteous all together lord [Music] more to be desired are they than gold even much fine gold sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb lord you have pores let us pray o god who constantly increase your church by your call to the nations graciously grant to those you wash clean in the waters of baptism the assurance of your unfailing protection through christ our lord [Music] a reading from the book of the prophet ezekiel the word of the lord came to me son of man when the house of israel lived on their own soil they defiled it with their ways and their deeds their conduct in my sight was unclean so i poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land and for the idols with which they had defiled it i scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed through the countries in accordance with their conduct and their deeds i judged them but when they came to the nations wherever they came they profaned my holy name in that it was said of them these are the people of the lord and yet they had to go out of his land but i had concern for my holy name which the house of israel had profaned among the nations to which they came therefore say to the house of israel thus says the lord it is not for your sake o house of israel that i am about to act but for the sake of my holy name which you have profaned among the nations to which you came i will sanctify my great name which has been profaned among the nations and which you have profaned among them and the nations shall know that i am the lord says the lord god when through you i display my holiness before their eyes i will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land i will sprinkle clean water upon you and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness and from all your idols i will cleanse you a new heart i will give you and a new spirit i will put within you and i will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh i will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances then you shall live in the land that i have i gave your ancestors and you shall be my people and i will be your god the word of the lord thanks be to god create in me a clean heart oh god create in me a clean heart o god create in me a clean heart o god and put a new and right spirit within me do not cast me away from your presence and do not take your holy spirit from me create in me a clean heart o god restore to me the joy of your salvation and sustain in me a willing spirit then i will teach transgressors your ways and sinners will return to you create in me a clean heart oh god for you have no delight in sacrifice if you were to give a burnt offering you would not be pleased the sacrifice acceptable to god is a broken spirit a broken and contrite heart oh god you will not despise creating me a clean heart oh god let us pray o god of unchanging power and eternal light look with favor on the wondrous mystery of the whole church and serenely accomplish the work of human salvation which you plan from all eternity may the whole world know and see that what was cast down is raised up what had become old is mania and all things are restored to integrity through christ just as by him they came into being who lives and reigns forever and ever glory to god in the highest [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] is [Music] lord jesus christ mercy on oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] jesus [Applause] foreign [Music] let us pray o god who make this most sacred night radiant with the glory of the lord's resurrection stir up in your church a spirit of adoption so that renewed in body and mind we may render you undivided service through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god for ever and ever a reading from the letter of saint paul to the romans brothers and sisters do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into christ jesus were baptized into his death therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death so that just as christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father so we too might walk in the newness of life for if we have been united with him in a death like his we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin for whoever has died is freed from sin but if we have died with christ we believe that we will also live with him we know that christ being raised from the dead will never die again death no longer has dominion over him the death he died he died to sin once for all but the life he lives he lives to god so you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to god in christ jesus the word of the lord [Music] ah [Music] oh give thanks to the lord for he is good his steadfast love endures forever let israel say his steadfast love endures forever [Music] the right hand of the lord is exalted the right hand of the lord does valiantly i shall not die but i shall live and recount the deeds of the lord [Music] the stone that the builders rejected has become the chief corner stone this is the lord's doing it is marvelous in our eyes [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah lord be with you and with your spirit of reading from the holy gospel according to to mark when the sabbath was over mary magdalene and mary the mother of james and salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint jesus and very early on the first day of the week when the sun had risen they went to the tomb they have been saved saying to one another who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb when they look up they saw that the stone which was very large had already been rolled back as they entered the tomb they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side and they were alarmed but he said to them do not be alarmed you are looking for jesus of nazareth who was crucified he has been raised he is not here look there is the place they laid him but go tell his disciples and peter that he is going ahead of you to galilee there you will see him just as he told you so they went out and fled from the tomb for terror in amazement has seized them and they said nothing to anyone for they were afraid the gospel of the [Music] the lord jesus christ happy easter everyone thank you thank you lectors jesus is the lord of life and so tonight we want to look at how the lord of life resurrects life from our failures now all of us know how good god is we all know when we sin he begins again he forgives us but quite often we only know this intellectually now for me there is a big change just over the years where i started to understand god is such a compassionate father he's so patient with me and if we look tonight in the gospel we're going to see three failures three examples of failures so first the women they're the most faithful disciples of jesus but they're still a bit of a failure they failed to understand his meaning of the resurrection he had talked about it before but they failed to grasp it so the text says when the sabbath was over mary magdalene and mary the mother of james and salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint jesus and very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb why do they go to the tomb because they believe he's dead they fail to understand his words of the resurrection have you ever wondered why jesus own mother never went to the tomb our mother mary she never went why a lot of theologians and st john paul ii they suggest she never went to the tomb because she understood his words she believed everyone failed to hope but our mother mary maintained hope the second failure the young man sitting in the tomb tells the women go tell his disciples and peter that he is going ahead of you to galilee so the disciples and peter the men they fail we remember they betrayed jesus and they don't even have the love of the women to go to the tomb the women have the love still and then the third failure okay so that young man tells the women to go tell peter and the disciples to meet jesus will meet you in galilee and they fail to do this scripture scholars note the irony the one time in saint mark's gospel where they're not supposed to be quiet but they're supposed to tell they fail there so how does jesus deal with all these failures he begins again and that was our theme for advent and christmas i don't know if you remember that and tonight god wants to repeat that theme to us he always begins again why does he repeat it because we need to hear it again and again and saint mark's gospel is so beautiful st mark's gospel out of the four gospels emphasizes the failure of the disciples and so it keeps on showing how jesus keeps on working with them he keeps on renewing them and we'll see that here so the women they fail to understand his words about the resurrection he still sends them out to be his witnesses the apostles fail he still chooses them to announce his name and it's very beautiful the reason why jesus says well scholars say the reason why jesus tells the women tell the disciples meet in galilee why galilee because that's where the journey for them first started and so scholars believe that saint mark specifically wrote his gospel for the early christians because the early christians they're reading his gospel they see the failure of the disciples and they say we're failing too so they get to the end of the book the resurrection what we heard tonight and jesus says go back to galilee what is saint mark saying he's telling the early christians i want you to read the book again and you're going to grow as you read it again and again so jesus always begins again with our failures and the resurrection is proof god will always accomplish his plan even in spite of our failures there's just one condition you have to have openness you have to care you have to have good will so the one thing that can block god's plan happening in our lives it's free will you can block god's love in your life but like we talked about two weeks ago if you just are open if you care if you have good will god can work with that because god is our compassionate father he wants to see some good will the women sure they fail but they have so much good will and jesus takes that the apostles saint peter yes he betrayed jesus but he cried you remember he cried and jesus takes that good will and over time he makes them saints and jesus took the good will of all the early christians in those first few centuries he took their goodwill and he transformed the whole roman empire there is a sociologist named rodney stark he's not a believer in christianity but he wrote a book called the rise of christianity and in the book he says that christianity grew at an amazing speed 40 percent growth per decade in the first 300 years so much so that they transformed the roman empire and how did they transform the roman empire by loving like jesus their lives were transformed by the risen jesus so stark says that everyday life in the ancient world was miserable but christianity made it more bearable whenever people were sick christians actually took care of the sick he also says it was particularly good for women he says that the average age for a non-christian back then you'd call that a pagan for a pagan woman she would get married at age 11 on average to a man who was on average age 35 but he said that christian women during that time on average got married at age 18. christians also they didn't abort their female babies and they also didn't practice infanticide so he says what christianity gave its converts was nothing less than their humanity that's happened throughout history and jesus is still alive today he still gives us our humanity he still renews us in 2018 in texas a man named botham john he was shot in his apartment by an off-duty police officer named amber geiger she was convicted of murder and during her trial the deceased's brother botham john's brother his name is brandt during the trial brand forgave geiger his brother's killer and just in a few moments i'm gonna show the clip because when we see brandt's faith in jesus it's amazing bran forgives her and it comes right from his heart and when i when i saw bran speak right from his heart his faith in jesus for me that's a sign that jesus is still risen today that jesus has transformed brant's his whole life and you see this amazing strength and understanding of the nature of love so here now is the clip i can speak for myself i i forgive you and i know if you go to god and ask him he will forgive you and i don't think anyone could say it again i'm speaking for myself not even bad for my family but i love you just like anyone else and i'm not gonna say i hope you rot and die just like my brother did but i see i i personally want the best for you and i wasn't gonna ever say this in front of my family or anyone but i don't even want you to go to jail i want the best for you because i know that's what that's exactly what both of them would want you to do and the best would be give your life to christ i'm not gonna say anything else i think giving your life to christ would be the best thing that both of them would want you to do again i love you as a person i don't wish anything bad are you i don't know if this is possible but can i give her a hug please please yes right after this scene ended the judged the judge named tammy kemp she went to geiger the killer and she said to her friend john has forgiven you please forgive yourself and geiger asked her if her life could still have a purpose if god would forgive her and the judge said yes he will apparently geiger said i don't have a bible i don't own a bible i don't know where to start so at that moment uh judge kemp goes to her chambers gets out her own bible gives it to geiger opens it up right to john 3 16 and they read it together and it says this for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life and so jesus is alive today and he's knocking at our hearts and he's inviting us to make him again the center of our lives he wants to be with us he's asking us also to invite other people so that he can give them life so that they can make him the center of their life i think there's one failure that jesus wants to heal in our parish family and it's this i think jesus wants to heal a lot of wounds in our families i think there's actually a lot of failure in our catholic families in this parish so i want to address this delicately i've known for years that actually a lot of catholic families marriages they are not strong they are just surviving we go to church but we're hurting at home and there's a lot of resentment there's a lot of wounds there's a lot of bitterness in our family and truth be told my family is all catholic and our family isn't that strong not as much as i think jesus wants it to be so here's what i would like to suggest i'd like to suggest that for the rest of 2021 this year our parish uh just focus on this theme of the family i don't know if we can do it every weekend but that will be my intention and i have three hopes so my first hope is starting on mother's day weekend saturday may 8th i'd like to propose that we do this 44-day consecration to jesus through saint joseph it's a thin book i know you like that and so what i propose is each day it's recommended you read two pages you do these beautiful reflection questions and then we meet once a week online in small groups i've i love this book it's really beautiful and who among us doesn't want to have some more healing in our families i think from this book we are going to learn some ways god wants to heal us so that's my first hope second hope if we do that consecration well and that conservation starts on mother's day and it finishes on father's day that's providence the second hope of mine is that we can get a net team to our parish so for those of you don't know net stands for national evangelization team basically these young adults from canada they give up a year of their lives to help teenagers encounter jesus last fall we were offered the team we wanted it we didn't get it uh ned canada wants to send a team here i would love them to come so here's here's what i hope if we do the conservation well we're going to see more and more the importance of jesus in our families and i'm going to ask specifically parents parents if you have teenagers or anyone younger i'm going to look to you to be more engaged if you support this we'll get a net team god willing this fall and then my third hope right now we're running something called the marriage course it's a very simple name it's a seven week course designed by the same group that created alpha and so the marriage course is designed to help couples invest in the relationship build a strong marriage and it works whether you're married two years or 30 years right now what the parish is doing is we are building up leaders so that more of us can take this marriage course in the fall and all of us we can invite our families and friends family and friends that don't even go to this parish so this is painting the picture of what i hope the holy spirit will do in this year if you have any feedback please let me know if you see any parish leaders please let them know because jesus wants to heal our families let's end now with a quote from pope benedict xvi he said jesus is not a character from the past he lives and walks before us as one who is alive he calls us to follow him and in this way to discover for ourselves the path of life dearly beloved let assembly invoke upon this font the grace of god the almighty father that those who from it are born in you may be numbered among the children of adoption in christ oh god who by invisible power accomplish a wondrous effect through sacramental signs and who in many ways have prepared water your creation to show forth the grace of baptism o god whose spirit in the first moments of the world's creation hovered over the waters so that the very substance of water would even then take to itself the power to sanctify god who by the outpouring of the flood foreshadowed regeneration so that from the mystery of one and the same element of water would come an end to vice and a beginning of virtue oh god who caused the children of abraham to pass dry shod through the red sea so that the chosen people set free from slavery to pharaoh would prefigure the people of the baptized o god whose son baptized by john in the waters of the jordan was anointed with the holy spirit and as he hung upon the cross gave forth water from his side along with blood and after his resurrection commanded his disciples go forth teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit look now we pray upon the face of your church and graciously unseal for her the fountain of baptism may this water receive the holy spirit the grace of your only begotten son so that human nature created in your image and washed clean through the sacrament of baptism from all the squalor of the life of old may be found worthy to rise to the life of newborn children through water and the holy spirit may the power of the holy spirit o lord we pray come down through your son into the fullness of this font so that all who have been buried with christ by baptism into death may rise again to life with him who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god forever and ever dear brothers and sisters through the paschal mystery we have been buried with christ in baptism so that we may walk with him in newness of life and so now that our lenten observance is concluded let us renew the promises of holy baptism by which we once renounced satan in all his work and his works and promised to serve god in the holy catholic church and so i ask you do you renounce sin so as to live in the freedom of the children of god i do do you renounce the lure of evil and so that sin may have no mastery over you i do do you renounce satan the author and prince of sin i do do you believe in god the father almighty creator of heaven and earth do you believe in jesus christ his only son our lord who was born of the virgin mary suffered death and was buried rose again from the dead and is seated at the right hand of the father do you 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 and may almighty god the father of our lord jesus christ who has given us new birth by water and the holy spirit and bestowed on us forgiveness of our sins keep us by his grace in christ jesus our lord for eternal life amen people are doing fine a lot going on let us now bring our prayers our heavenly father that all disciples consciously choose to make jesus again the center of their lives we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that all people have an openness to god the father and see how by jesus resurrection he gives them their humanity and renew them we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that the holy spirit bring healing to our families this year and that forgiveness overcomes resentment hope overcomes bitterness and courage over inaction overcomes inactions we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that the holy spirit inspires us to do the consecration to jesus christ and joseph support the coming of the nat team and invite others to the marian to the marriage course this fall we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer father who know that our life in this present age is subject to suffering and need hear the desires of those who cry to you through christ our lord amen oh oh o sons and daughters [Music] is [Music] jesus three [Music] is [Music] how blessed are and yet whose faith has [Music] is [Music] oh 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 for our goodness except we ask o lord the prayers of your people with the sacrificial offerings that what has begun in the paschal mysteries may by the working of your power bring us to healing of etern to the healing of eternity through christ our lord [Music] the lord be with you r [Music] let us give thanks to the lord our god it is it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation at all times to acclaim you o lord but on this night above all to lord you yet more gloriously when christ our passover has been sacrificed for he is the true love who has taken away the sins of the world by dying he has destroyed our death and by rising restored our life therefore overcome with paschal every land every people exalts in your praise and even the heavenly parts for the angelic hosts sing together the unending hymn of your glory as they acclaim [Music] is [Music] is to you therefore most merciful father we may humble prayer and petition through jesus christ your son our lord that you accept and bless these gifts these offerings these holy and unblemished sacrifices which we offer you firstly for your holy catholic church be pleased to grant her peace to guard unite and govern her throughout the whole world together with your servant francis our pope and michael our bishop and all those who holding to the truth and on the catholic and apostolic faith remember lord your servants and all gathered here whose faith and devotion are known to you for them we offer you this sacrifice of praise or they offer it for themselves and all who are dear to them for the redemption of their souls and hope of health and well-being and paying their homage to you the eternal god living and true celebrating the most sacred night of the resurrection of our lord jesus christ in the flesh and in communion with those whose memory we venerate especially the glorious ever virgin mary mother of our god and lord jesus christ and blessed joseph her spouse your blessed apostles and martyrs peter and paul andrew and all your saints we ask that through their merits and prayers in all things we may be defended by your protecting help therefore lord we pray graciously accept this oblation of our service that of your whole family which we make to you also for those to whom you have been pleased to give the new birth of water and the holy spirit granting them forgiveness of all their sins order our days in your peace and command that we be delivered from eternal damnation and counted among the flock of those you have chosen be pleased o god we pray to bless acknowledge and approve this offering in every respect make it spiritual and acceptable so that it may become for us the body and blood of your most beloved son our lord jesus christ on the day before he was to suffer he took bread in his holy and venerable hands and with eyes raised to heaven to you o god is almighty father giving you thanks he said the blessing broke the bread and gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you [Music] in a similar way when supper was ended he took this precious chalice in his holy and venerable hands and once more giving you thanks he said the blessing and gave the chalice to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it for this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me history of this the savior of the world for by a cross and resurrection you have set us free therefore o lord as we celebrate the memorial of the blessed passion the resurrection from the dead and the glorious ascension into heaven of christ your son our lord we your servants and your holy people offered your glorious majesty from the gifts that you have given us this pure victim this holy victim this spotless victim the holy bread of eternal life and the chalice of everlasting salvation be pleased to look upon these offerings with a serene unkindly countenance and to accept them as once you were pleased to accept the gifts of your servant abel the just the sacrifice of abraham our father in faith and the offering of your high priest melchizedek a holy sacrifice a spotless victim in humble prayer we ask you almighty god command that these gifts be borne by the hands of your holy angel to your altar on high in the sight of your divine majesty so that all of us who through this participation at the altar receive the most holy body and blood of your son may be filled with every grace and heavenly blessing remember also lord your servants who have gone before us with a sign of faith and rest in the sleep of peace grant him oh lord we pray and all who sleep in christ a place of refreshment light and peace to us also your servants who those sinners hope in your abundant mercies graciously grant some share and fellowship with your holy apostles and martyrs with john the baptist stephen matthias barnabas and all your saints admit as we beseech you into their company not weighing our merits but granting us your pardon through christ our lord through whom you continue to make all these good things oh lord you sanctify them fill them with life bless them and bestow them upon us 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 [Music] [Applause] [Music] 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 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 the peace of the lord you with you always let us so lamb of god you take away the sins love of god 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 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 [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so this joyful is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] is [Music] my [Music] is [Music] lettuce pro yes pour out on us o lord the spirit of your love and in your kindness make those you have nourished by this paschal sacrament one in mind and heart through christ our lord you'll be seated for a moment please so two big announcements so first of all we have alpha starting at the end of april as a lot of you know alphas are great beginning in christianity the essence of our faith 12 weeks just to always have that spiritual neola time for people to invite their friends so alpha's starting we've got three opportunities wednesday april 28th and then thursday april 29th in cantonese and then saturday morning on may 1st so i hope you can invite friends to join us anyone who's interested in exploring faith so registration is already available on our website and then the second announcement as i mentioned consecration to jesus through saint joseph we'll start that on mother's day may 8th and then on father's day so what we'll do is we'll have weekly zoom meetings uh organized and presented by ngd and registration for that is now on our website we will have communion until midnight someone said midnight well i'll if you need to how about this i'm thinking about deacon andrew who is so faithful if you can make it before midnight that would be wonderful if you will come just right after midnight please let us know in the chat box right now that would be helpful so once again uh wish all of you and your families a blessed and happy easter let us stand the lord be with you may almighty god bless you the father and the son and the holy spirit [Music] hallelujah [Music] oh to jesus christ [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you

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