(LIVE) Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Augustine Vallooran, VC | Divine Colombo I 04 Mar

as we gather in this place today holy spirit come and have your way heavier as we lay aside our own desires sweep across our hearts with holy fire your way this is your house your home we welcome you lord we welcome you this is your house your home we welcome you today when i cried to the lord he heard me he rescued me from those who attacked me entrust your cash to the lord and he will support you the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace of our lord jesus christ and the love of god and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all and with your spirit my dear sisters and brothers as we prayed in the entrance antiphon entrust your cares to the lord as we begin this eucharistic celebration we offer on this altar in the hands of our god whatever concerns we have in our heart whatever anxieties and fears together with all that bothers us as our sinfulness it is here that our sins are forgiven it is at this altar that the lord gives us the grace to believe in his love is everlasting love that takes care of our life with that firm confidence in the love of our god let us confess our sins together i confess to almighty god unto 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 of a virgin all the angels and saints and you my brothers and sisters to pray for me to the lord our god may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen lord have mercy lord have mercy christ have mercy christ have mercy lord have mercy lord have mercy let us pray prompt our actions with your inspirations we pray o lord and further them with your constant help that all we do may always begin from you and by you be brought to completion through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen a reading from the prophet isaiah thus says the lord god cry aloud do not hold back lift up your voice like a trumpet declare to my people their transgression to the house of jacob their sins yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their god they ask of me righteous judgments they delight to draw near to god why have we fasted and you see it not why have we humbled ourselves and you take no knowledge of it behold in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure and oppress all your workers behold you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high is such the fast that i choose a day for a person to be humbled himself is it to bow down his head like a reed and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the lord is it not this the fast that i choose to lose the bonds of wickedness to undo the straps of the yolk to let the oppressed to go free and to break every yoke is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house when you see the naked to cover him and not to hide yourself from your own flesh then shall your light break forth like the dawn and your healing shall spring up speedily your righteousness shall go before you the glory of the lord shall be your rear guard then you shall call and the lord will answer you shall cry and he will say here i am the word of the lord thanks be to god responsorial psalm your response a broken and humble heart oh god you will not spurn a broken and humble heart or god you will not spurn have mercy on me o god according to your merciful love according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions wash me completely from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin response a broken and humble heart oh god you will not spurn my transgressions truly i know them my sin is always before me against you you alone have i sinned what is evil in your sight i have done response a broken and humble heart oh god you will not spurn for in sacrifice you take no delight burnt offering from me would not please you my sacrifice to god a broken spirit a broken and humble heart oh god you will not spurn response a broken and humble heart oh god you will not spurn verse before the gospel glory and praise to you o christ glory and praise to you o christ seek good and not evil that you may live and the lord the god of host will be with you glory glory to me of christ the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to matthew glory to you oh lord at that time the disciples of john came to jesus saying why do we and the pharisees fast but your disciples do not fast and jesus said to them can the wedding guests moan as long as the bridegroom is with them the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will fast the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ my dear brothers and sisters the answer of jesus in the gospel today is very pertinent to understand the mystery of our salvation the wedding guests cannot fast when the bridegroom is with them but but the bridegroom is taken away from them they will fast a christian life is essentially a celebration a celebration with our bread groom and that's why saint paul is telling us philippians 4 4 rejoice and again i say rejoice rejoice in your union with the lord jesus christ as long as we are united with the lord jesus we always rejoice and celebrate we call this moment at the altar eucharistic celebration we are with jesus jesus is with us and we are celebrating at the same time saint paul tells us we shall not be despondent we shall be very realistic we are living in a very sinful world the bridegroom could be taken away or rather i could be taken away from the bread room and paul himself speaks of a cross-section of a sinful heart roman chapter 7 verses 15 onwards i do not understand what is happening to me i want to be good it's good that i want to do what i'm determined to do but i understand i'm not able to do what i want to do there are pulls within me passions powers of sin that drag me into sin miserable mandram well this is our experience an experience of everyone struggling in a sinful world to be faithful to the lord and there is a virtue called the fear of the lord fear of the lord does not mean a stifling fear now fear of the lord comes from love of god i love my god so much that i don't want to hurt him not even by a bit of sin not even by a desire of sin at the same time i understand there are powers of sin all around me even within me passions and pressures of evil i need as impulses i need to subdue this evil powers within me so that i may not be thrown away from the presence of the bridegroom from the wedding feast that my christian life is i fast i subbed you this evil powers and jesus said that's why we are fasting we are fasting in order to restrain our senses say eating all of us need to eat in order to be healthy but then we know we eat not only to be healthy all sorts of over eating we call it celebration often but it is merely satisfying the cravings of the flesh every such time we leaning towards evil going away from the bridegroom from the real celebration such celebrations lead us away from the wedding feast of the presence of the lord and every other type of celebration that we go to things are pleasures that we seek that drag us away from god all of us are aware of such pressures within us it is by fasting and prayer that we are able to subdue such powers and in the season of lent the church is inviting us be aware of such evil powers around us and within us and subdue them by fasting and prayer so that we may never be taken away from the wedding feast from the presence of the bridegroom amen [Music] heal me [Music] heal [Music] me [Applause] [Music] bready awful fruit of the earth and work of human hands it will become for us the bread of life and through your goodness we have received the wind the off for you the fruit of the vine and the work of human hands it will become our spiritual drink blessed be [Music] may we be accepted by you o lord and may our sacrifice in your sight this day be pleasing to you lord god wash me lord from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin 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 the good of all his holy church we offer you o lord the sacrifice of our lantern of servants praying and it may make our intentions acceptable to you and add to our powers of self restraint through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts release them up to the lord 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 for you will there are 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 who comes the name of the lord you are indeed holy oh lord the phone the full holiness make holy therefore these gifts we pray by sitting 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 chalice and once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it for this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins do this in memory of me the mystery of faith we proclaim your death oh lord and profess your resurrection until you come again therefore as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life and the chalice of salvation giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the fullness of charity together with francis our pope cardinal ranjit our archbishop and all the clergy remember also brothers and sisters who fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who died in our mercy welcome them into the light of your face how may soon as well we pray that with the blessed virgin mary mother of god with the blessed apostles and the old saints who have preached you throughout the ages we may merit to be coheirs eternal life and may praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through him and with him and in him o god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever amen with the confidence of the children in the love of our heavenly father that soul pray to him in the words our savior taught us our father who art in heaven our lord 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 always be 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 forever 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 will and reign forever and ever amen the peace of the lord be always with you and with your spirit let's offer each other a sign of peace lamb of god you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us lamb of god you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us lamb of god you take away the sins of the world grant us peace 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 they should enter under my roof and my soul shall be healed may the body and blood of christ keep us safe for each other [Music] blessed redeemer [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] act of spiritual communion my jesus i believe that you are truly present in the most holy sacrament i love you about all things and i desire earnestly to receive you into my soul since i cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally come spiritually into my heart i embrace you as you are already there in my heart i unite myself holy to you never permit me to be separated from you o lord make me know your ways teach me your paths let us pray we pray almighty god the through partaking of this mystery we may be cleansed of all our misdeeds and so be suited for the remedies of your compassion through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit may almighty god bless you father son and the holy spirit amen let's go in the peace and joy of the lord thanks be to [Music] god i can face tomorrow because [Music] because i know he holds the future [Music] and life is worth the living just because he lives you

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Length: 28min 54sec (1734 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 04 2022