LIVE: Ash Wednesday Holy Mass with CARDINAL LUIS ANTONIO TAGLE (March 2, 2022) #LentenSeason

[Music] me to others deeply our new life will lead you to your heart where i will speak integrity and justice with tenderness you shall know long have i waited for your calming to me living deeply on love [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit peace be with you my dear brothers and sisters we begin the holy season of lent and we joined the holy father in his invitation for the whole church to devote this whole day ash wednesday in prayer and fasting especially for ukraine and the other places in the world where conflicts are still raging let us now pray the psalms a [Music] is foreign [Music] but here [Music] we foreign is [Music] [Applause] yes foreign [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] is is let us pray grant o lord that we may begin with holy fasting this campaign of christian service so that as we take up battle against spiritual evils we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god forever and ever [Music] a reading from the book of the prophet joel even now says the lord return to me with your whole heart with fasting and weeping and mourning rent your hearts not your garments and return to the lord your god for gracious and merciful is he slow to anger rich in kindness and relenting in punishment perhaps he will again relent and leave behind him a blessing offerings and libations for the lord your god blow the trumpet in seon proclaim a fast call an assembly gather the people notify the congregation assemble the elders gather the children and the infants of the breast let the bridegroom hit this room and the bride her chamber between the porch and the altar let the priests the ministers of the lord weep and say spare o lord your people and make not your heritage a reproach with the nations ruling over them why should they say among the peoples where is their god then the lord was steered to concern for his land and took pity on his people the word of the lord [Music] be merciful o lord for we have sinned have mercy on me oh god in your goodness in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin sin cleanse me for i acknowledge my offense and my sin is before me always against you only have i sinned and done what is evil in your sight [Music] a clean heart create for me o god and a steadfast spirit renew within me cast me not out from your presence and your holy spirit take not from me give me back the joy of your salvation and i will in spirit sustain in me o lord open my lips and my mouth shall proclaim your praise [Applause] everything from the second letter of saint paul to the corinthians brothers and sisters we are ambassadors for christ as if god were appealing through us we implore you on behalf of christ be reconciled to god for our sake he made him to be sin who did not no sin so that we might become the righteousness of god in him working together then we appeal to you not to receive the grace of god in vain for he says in unacceptable time i heard you and on the day of salvation i help you behold now is a very acceptable time behold now is the day of salvation the word of the lord [Music] oh [Music] the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew jesus said to his disciples take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them otherwise you will have no recompense from your heavenly father when you give arms do not blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrite hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others amen i say to you they have received their reward but when you give alms do not let your left hand know what your right is doing so that your arms giving may be secret and your father who sees in secret will repay you when you pray do not be like the hypocrites who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and the street corners so that others may see them amen i say to you they have received their reward but when you pray go to your inner room close the door and pray to your father in secret and your father who sees in secret will repay you when you fast do not look gloomy like the hypocrites they neglect their appearance so that they may appear to others to be fasting amen i say to you they have received their reward but when you fast anoint your head and wash your face so that you may not appear to be fasting except to your father who is hidden and your father who sees what is hidden will repay you the gospel of the lord my dear brothers and sisters we thank god for bringing us a swan community to this day for the latin church the beginning of lent let us reflect a bit on the message of the readings and of this season the prophet joel in the first reading says return to me with your whole heart the lord invites his people to return to him with their whole heart why are they invited to return because they have deviated from god you will not ask someone who's already with you to return to you you have someone to return if that one has left you but it is a return with your whole heart the heart which is not just the seat or the place of emotions but for for them it was the heart is the place where thoughts decisions actions originate the heart is the symbol of the whole person so return to god with your whole heart with all of you why because the tendency is is given to us in the gospel is even in righteousness deeds even in spiritual actions the heart is not focused on the lord or on others in fact that is a great temptation to use good acts external acts and spiritual deeds in order according to jesus to draw attention to oneself [Applause] so that people may see me oh look at him or her how prayerful oh they noticed me i have achieved my goal now they might consider me a candidate for beatification i do good deeds so that i will be remembered and people will be grateful to me and then i will develop a group of followers a fans club and that happens even with prayer with arms giving and with fasting and jesus says well if that is where your heart is to be seen to be recognized and people do it then you have already received your reward you have been noticed but jesus says that's not where your heart should be so return to god prayer is a relationship with god it's not a promotion of self almsgiving is a heart given to the poor the lady not for self adulation fasting is an expression of our total dependence on god and not to be noticed as someone capable of sacrifice return to me with your whole heart and returning to the lord with our whole heart we return to people in true service which starts during land today for that is what jesus did his passion his death was a heart fully given to god in obedience and fully given to neighbors to sinners it is in the spirit that we pray not only for the whole church but we pray in a special way for the people of ukraine and let us not forget the people in many other parts of the world experiencing conflicts may hearts be turned to god and be turned to neighbor may hearts not be obsessed with being recognized as the powerful one as the strong one as the dominant one may hearts even the hearts of society be turned fully to love and we christians need to pray for this and to give witness to this during lent and every day of our lives dear brothers and sisters let us humbly ask our father that he be pleased to bless with the abundance of his grace these ashes which we will put on our heads in penitence o god who desire not the death of sinners but their conversion mercifully hear our prayers and in your kindness be pleased to bless these ashes which we intend to receive upon our heads that we who acknowledge we are but ashes and shall return to dust may through a steadfast observance of land gain pardon for sins and newness of life after the likeness of your risen son who lives and reigns forever and ever so living right so [Music] hey is so so [Applause] so so so so so uh uh so the penance of lent has begun the sign of the blessed ashes invites us to respond to the god who calls us to come back to him with all our heart let us bring before the father our desire for renewal our responses lord hear our prayer that as we enter the season of land we as a church may join christ in his ark of sacrifice let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that we may discipline ourselves by fasting and solve the denial let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that we may not close our eyes to the needs of the poor by practical misgiving and concrete generosity let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer that we may seek the sacrament of penance specially in the season of grace and renewal let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer get amazing special care for the sick and those abandoned by society let us pray to the lord lord hear our prayer god of mercy and compassion look upon the petitions of your penitent people may the ashes we receive today truly symbolize our commitment to do your will may our self-denial express our desire to die to self that we may live your divine life in us more fully we ask this through christ our lord [Music] [Applause] [Music] within us [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] bread [Music] in this place jesus our hope life from the dead pray brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father [Music] as we hum as we solemnly offer the annual sacrifice for the beginning of lent we entreat you o lord that through works of penance and charity we may turn away from harmful pleasures and cleanse from our sins may become worthy to celebrate devoutly the passion of your son who lives and reigns for ever and ever the lord be with you lift up your hearts let us give thanks to the lord our god it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god for you will that our self-denial should give you thanks humble our sinful pride contribute to the feeding of the poor and so help us imitate you in your kindness and so we glorify you with countless angels as with one voice of praise we acclaim holy holy holy lord god of hosts heaven and earth are full of your glory hosanna in the highest blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord hosanna in the highest 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 in a similar way when supper was ended he took the challenge and once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it for this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me the mystery of faith save us savior of the world for by your cross and resurrection you have set us free 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 bishop and all the clergy remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcome them into the light of your face have mercy on us all we pray that with the blessed virgin mary mother of god the blessed joseph her spouse with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life and may praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through him and with him and in him o god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours for ever and ever 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 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 for ever and ever the peace of the lord be with you always let us offer each other a sign of peace um [Music] yes uh 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 hmm [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] me foreign oh oh [Music] oh when i got [Music] so so so [Music] foreign foreign amen let us pray may the sacrament we have received sustain us o lord that our lenten fast may be pleasing to you and be for us a healing remedy through christ our lord merciful and compassionate father we confess our sins and we humbly come to you to find forgiveness in life we come to you in our need to seek your protection against the covid19 virus that has disturbed and claimed many lives we ask you now to look upon us with love and by your healing hand dispel the fear of sickness and death restore our hope and strengthen our faith we pray that you guide the people tasks to find cures for this disease and to stem its transmission bless our efforts to use the medicines developed to end a pandemic in our countries we pray for our health workers that they may minister to the sick with competence and compassion random health in mind and body strength in their commitment protection from the disease we pray for those afflicted may they be restored to health protect those who care for them grant eternal rest to those who have died give us the grace in these trying times to work for the good of all and to help those in need through our concern and compassion for each other see us through this crisis and lead us to conversion and holiness grant all this to our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god for ever and ever amen we fly to your protection o holy mother of god do not despise our petition in our necessities but deliver us always from all dangers all glorious and virgin men our lady health of the sick saint joseph saint raphael the archangel san roque san lorenzo ruiz san pedro the lord be with you pour out the spirit of compunction o god on those who bow before your majesty and by your mercy may they merit the rewards you promise to those who do penance through christ our lord and may almighty god bless you the father and the son and the holy spirit go forth the mass is ended [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh yes

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Published: Tue Mar 01 2022