March 2, 2022 | Ash Wednesday | 5:00 PM

good afternoon sisters and brothers please all rise for the stewardship creed in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen all together i believe in the god of love and mercy who has chosen me to be us toward i believe in loving like jesus because love is the only way to righteousness i believe in giving because giving is the best proof of loving i believe in freely offering my time i believe in humbly sharing my talents i believe in generously sacrificing my treasures for i know perfect renunciation leads to a limited fruitfulness i believe that the best time to give is now not tomorrow much is ask of me because much has been given to me i will be the first to give i will not wait for the others i will keep on giving even if others do not give i will not be afraid to have none for i know that the lord will always provide he will take care of me and bless me i will keep my needs and wants simple and few for i know that in freeing my heart of selfishness i will grow in holiness and happiness i am a steward of the lord i will return all gifts to him with abundant yield i praise the lord for his goodness and graciousness now and forever amen in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen please be seated first announcement let us ensure the safety and health of everyone in our religious gatherings please observe the minimum protocols where always and properly you your face mask maintain adequate physical distancing and sanitize well your hands thank you so good afternoon again sisters and brothers welcome to the holy sacrifice of the mass today is ash wednesday march 2 2022 ash wednesday opens the season of lent which prepares us for the celebration of the paschal mystery the passion death and resurrection of jesus the beginning of lent is marked by the giving of ashes to signify our mourning or contrition for our sins this sign of penance hueva should be accompanied by inner conversion by metanoia or change of heart we rend our hearts not our garments and return to the lord our lenten practices prayer fasting almsgiving are rightly done before god's eyes please all rise and join the choir in singing the entrance him [Music] [Music] la [Music] my foreign [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the lord be with you and with your spirit sisters and brothers we begin today the season of land length is a 40-day preparation for easter this season calls us to self-denial it calls us to self-discipline and as we continue this celebration we submit ourselves to god and commit ourselves to cooperate with his grace 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 amen 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 in mourning rend 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 zion proclaim a fast call an assembly gather the people notify the congregation assemble the elders gather the children and the infants at the breast let the bridegroom quit his room and the bride her chamber between the porch and the altar let the priests the ministers of the lord reap 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 stirred to concern for his land and took pity on his people the word of the lord thanks be to god be merciful o lord for we have sinned be merciful o lord [Music] have mercy on me o god in your goodness in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse [Music] 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 created for me o god and a steadfast spirit when you within me cast me not ought from your presence and your holy spirit take not from me [Music] give me back the joy of your salvation and the willing spirit sustain in me o lord open my lips and my mouth shall proclaim your praise [Music] a reading 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 seen who did not know 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 an acceptable time i heard you and on the day of salvation i helped you behold now is a very acceptable time behold now is the day of salvation the word of the lord thanks be to god glory and praise to you lord jesus christ all together if today you hear his voice harden not your hearts glory and praise [Music] the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to saint matthew glory to you o lord 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 alms do not blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others amen i say to you they have received the 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 on street corners so that others may see them amen i say to you they have received the 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 your father who is heathen and your father who sees what is hidden will repay you the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ we begin the season of land with ash wednesday later in this mass ashes will be imposed on our foreheads this reminds us that as human beings we are frail we are weak we are mortal but when ashes are imposed on our forehead this is done by signing the cross [Music] sisters and brothers lent is an opportune occasion for us to encounter and experience god we allow god to reveal himself to us to make us feel to make us experience his mercy his compassion his forgiveness christmas forgives us christ heals us christ renews us because we are assured that we are a people saved by god we are a people loved by god we are a people saved by god sisters and brothers in today's gospel we are again introduced to the pious acts that we must engage ourselves into in this season of land arms giving penance and prayer and these we ought to do without pretense without duplicity without hypocrisy the basis of our action must be our faith in jesus the force should always be the love of god for us the hope is the promise of god for us to have life and to share with him eternal joy eternal glory was we confirm and we express that without christ our life will truly be meaningless our life will truly be fruitless as we find ourselves gathered anew in worship of the god who loves us who saves us who protects us we must allow him really to immerse us in his love so that through the same love we may be able to care we may be able to respect we may be able to serve one another [Music] we must never grow tired we must not grow weary doing good we must not grow tired we must not grow weary avoiding evil evil in our thoughts evil in our words evil in our actions and we need really to do this we need to commit ourselves to conversion we need to commit ourselves to an offering of our life we must really commit ourselves to reparation tells us about the need for us to have a change of heart to allow god to make this heart a heart that throbs with love with selfless and self-giving love it is not to be a heart that is self-seeking a heart that is indifferent today the holy father pope francis urged us to make this day truly a day of prayer and fasting for peace because we know what is happening to ukraine our brother and sister ukrainians they are hungry and thirsty for peace their life is threatened their security their comfort their safety at alamnatin hasan we need to be agents of peace we need to be promoters of peace and these we can achieve if we truly reconcile ourselves to god reconcile ourselves to one another cases and so sisters and brothers as we heard from the gospel today we must be true we must be just we must have hearts that are true and just we should read ourselves of any pretension of any duplicity on having begun our lenten journey we beg you o heavenly father for the grace of genuine repentance and compassion with firm faith we pray renew your life in us o lord renew your life in us oh lord father help us to discard any religious displays that are in sincere may we strive to cultivate a richer prayer life centered in your word we pray review your life in us father help us to be more keen to the voice of christ appealing to us through the cries of the poor the hungry the despised and the lost we pray renew your life in us o lord father help us to fast from the harness and arrogance in our actions may we follow faithfully the help measures set for us so that we may be spared from the discomfort and sickness caused by covet 19 virus we pray renew your life in us father help us build bridges of faith hope love and mercy between enemies may we be free to let go our grudges and strive for reconciliation we pray remember your life in us o lord father through the power of jesus cross may our beloved dead entered eternal life we pray renew your entire life in us let us now pray for our intentions and for all these intentions we pray remember your life in us loving and gracious father our help and strength by the grace of your spirit enable us to live in greater fidelity to the gospel of reconciliation and rejoice in the peace it offers grant this through christ your son and our lord amen amen [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] pray sisters and brothers that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god our 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 spirit as we solemnly offer the annual sacrifice for the beginning of lent we entreat you o lord the true 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 forever and ever amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we'll lift them up to the lord 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 [Music] me [Music] foreign [Music] you are indeed holy o lord the fount of all holiness make holy therefore this gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the jewfall 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 he 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 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 [Music] the mystery of faith [Music] 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 jose our 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 with blessed joseph 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 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] at the savior's command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say [Music] um [Music] mother [Music] foreign [Music] 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 save 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 love 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 amen the peace of the lord be with you always and with your spirit let us out for each other the sign of peace [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] my [Music] 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 hmm [Music] oh [Music] um [Music] yo [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] oh [Music] god [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] be your peace [Music] is [Music] to be true [Music] oh [Music] we are [Music] oh [Music] 19 all together merciful and compassionate father we confess our sins and we humbly come to you to find forgiveness and life we come to you in our need to seek your protection against the covet 19 virus that has disturbed and claimed many lives we ask you now to look upon us with love and by your healing spell 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 extend this transmission bless our efforts to use these medicines developed to end the pandemic in our country we pray for our health workers that they may minister to the sick with competence and compassion grant them health in mind and body strengthen their commitment protection from the deceased 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 describing times to work for the good of all and to help those in need may our concern and compassion for each other see us through this crisis and lead us to conversion in 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 forever and ever amen we fly to your protection of holy mother of god do not despise our petition in our necessities but deliver us always from all dangers o glorious and blessed virgin amen our lady health of the sick pray for us saint joseph pray for us saint raphael the archangel pray for us saint andrew the apostle pray for us pray for us pray for us pray for us peace all right 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 amen please be seated for some announcement let us therefore join the holy father and our brothers and sisters in ukraine through prayer and fasting today march 2 2022 ash wednesday which is the beginning of lent the lord himself taught us that there is no other way to combat the enticements of the devil especially among those who are obsessed with power wealth and fame other than prayer fasting and acts of charity by most reverend pablo dabid didi cbc president ash wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence kindly donate whatever we say from this spiritual practice to hapagasa let us fast to feed our needy and undernourished children you may get your envelopes from our greeters and collectors drop your love offerings at the designated hapag asa boxes or remit them to the parish office we must pray we must never cease praying but we must also never forget that here on earth god's work must truly be our own the marian year 1985 a pilgrimage of hope with our blessed mother the cbcp pastoral letter of february 2 1985 is worth revisiting and reflecting especially as we usher into the season of lands join us in an hour of prayer this thursday march 3 at 7 15 in the evening with mary queen of apostles let us thread anew the path of renewal and faith and commitment life and action and lastly this lenten season we invite you to join the young people of the parish in praying the stations of the cross every fridays of lent marks 4 11 18 25 and april 1 and 8 inside the parish church after the 6 30 pm mass let us reflect on the passion death and resurrection of jesus jesus christ with our family friends and all the whole parish community thank you please all rise we shall now have the blessing and imposition of ashes dear sisters and brothers let us humbly ask god 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 are moved by acts of humility and respond with forgiveness to works of penance lend your merciful ear to our prayers and in your kindness pour out the grace of your blessing on your servants who are marked with these ashes that as they follow the lantern of servantses they may be worthy to come with minds made pure to celebrate the paschal mystery of your son through christ our lord amen repent and believe in the gospel amen [Music] we rise again from ashes from the food we fear we rise again from ashes to create ourselves a new if all our lord is [Music] the dreams not full [Music] oh [Music] the spring has turned to winter [Music] who creates the [Music] to you thanks be to the father who gives us [Music] the is who creates the world on you from an opening of horses [Music] we fear to do we rise again from us [Music] to create ourselves if all our lord is useless then all our life be true and over [Music] direction keep our nations like their views oh [Music] for glowing [Music] an opening [Music] thanks be to his son who made us like himself [Music] thanks be to the spirit who creates the wars on you from an overwing [Music] to create our third [Music] if all our lord is ashes and both our life be true [Music] our failures we offer you a quest the gift not fully given [Music] if our stumbling directions give our visions wider [Music] then rise again from us earth let healing come to aim the spring has turned [Music] [Music] to you [Music] thanks be through the scholar who made himself [Music] thanks be to [Music] oh [Music] for you [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so let us pray pour out the spirit of compunctional 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 amen and may the blessing of almighty god the father and the son and the holy spirit come upon you and remain with you forever amen the mass has been offered go in the love and peace of jesus thanks be to god [Music] foreign [Music]

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Published: Wed Mar 02 2022