Mass for September 19, 2021 | 25th Sunday | Sacred Heart Catholic Church

[Music] the catholic community of sacred heart welcomes you to this celebration of the holy eucharist on the 25th sunday in ordinary time thank you for joining us here to celebrate the lord our masses this weekend are being offered for the following intentions jack conley the intention of jack bolen edward teague junior rose crumb don caruso james larmon steve and kathy skender george chamberlain lois mang john and kathleen flynn the tabernacle light this week is in memory of john graham together we celebrate the wonder of our god [Music] light of the world you step down into darkness open my eyes let me see beauty that made this heart adore you hope of a life span with you here i am to worship here i am to bow down here i am to say that you're my god you're all together lovely all together worthy all together wonderful to me [Music] of all days are so highly exalted glorious in heaven humbly you came to the here i am to worship here i am to bow down here i am to say that you're my god you're all together lovely all together worthy all together wonderful to me and i'll never know how much it costs to see my sin upon that cross i'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross i'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross i'll never know how much it cost to see myself that cross [Music] here i am to worship here i am to bow down here i am to save and worthy all together wonderful to me you're wonderful to me [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace and the peace of god our father the great love the wisdom and the joy of our resurrected and ascended savior jesus our christ and the fellowship of their holy spirit be with you all and with your spirit well hello to all of you from us at sacred heart i'm so happy to be with you all of us are and we hope that you now take the opportunity to unplug from everything and allow yourself to have a truly satisfying spiritual experience with us to prepare to enter the divine mystery of the mass let's take that big inspiring deep breath in and as we breathe out we simply let go of all of the contents of our active lives our projects and our plans our worries and our concerns we simply drop everything and become simple like children let's take that second big breath and on the out breath we allow an interior silence to come and usher us into the contemplative dimension of our faith we take that third breath deeply [Music] and as we breathe out we sink profoundly into the depths of our hearts and there from a place of inner mystery but inner knowledge we cry out to god to touch us in exactly that place where we need that god-like love and healing the most [Music] is [Music] is [Music] may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] glory to god in the highest and on [Music] we earth you we give you thanks for your great glory [Music] glory to god in the highest glory glory to god in the highest and on earth [Music] lord jesus christ only begotten son lord god lamb of god son of the father you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us you take away the sins of the world receive our prayer you are seated at the right hand of the father have mercy on us glory glory to god in the highest glory glory to god in the highest and on earth [Music] [Music] with the holy spirit in the glory of god the father glory glory to god in the highest glory glory to god in the highest and on earth [Music] [Applause] let us pray o god who founded all the commands of your sacred law upon love of you and of our neighbor grant that by keeping your precepts we may merit to attain eternal life we ask these things through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in unity with the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen a reading from the book of wisdom the wicked say let us beset the just one because he is obnoxious to us he sets himself against our doings he reproaches us for transgressions of the law and he charges us with violations of our training let us see whether his words are true let us find out what will happen to him for if the just one is the son of god then god will defend him and he will deliver him from the hand of his foes with revilement and torture let us put the just one to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness of his patience let us condemn him to a shameful death for according to his own words god will take care of him the word of the lord [Music] the lord [Music] upon the [Music] oh god by your name save me and by your might defend my cars oh god hear my prayer hearken to the words of my mind [Music] [Music] for the [Music] up against me the ruthless seek my life they said not god before their eyes [Music] behold god is my helper the lord sustains my life [Music] freely will i offer you sacrifice i will praise your name o lord for its goodness [Music] a reading from the letter of saint james beloved where jealousy and selfish ambition exist there is disorder and every foul practice but the wisdom from above is first of all pure then peaceable gentle compliant full of mercy and good fruits without inconsistency or insincerity and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from it is not from your passions that make war within your members you covet but you do not possess you kill an envy but you do not obtain you fight and wage war but you do not possess because you do not ask you ask but you do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it only on your passions the word of the lord [Music] [Music] has hallelujah us through the gospel to possess the glory of our lord jesus christ [Music] [Music] [Applause] a reading from the holy gospel according to mark glory to you lord jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through galilee but he did not anyone he did not want anyone to know about it he was teaching his disciples privately and telling them the son of man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him and three days after his death the son of man will rise but they did not understand the saying and they were afraid to question him they came to capernaum and once inside the house he began to ask them what were you arguing about along the way but they remained silent they had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest and then jesus sat down called the twelve and said to them if anyone wishes to be first he shall be the last of all and the servant of all and taking a child he placed the child in their midst and putting his arms around it he said to them whoever receives one such child as this in my name receives me and whoever receives me receives not me but the one who sent me the gospel of the lord my dear friends my pastoral associate gwen cote has a marvelous gift for writing if you have not seen her reflections i invite you to turn to our sacred heart parish pontegorda website and to avail yourselves of the wisdom of this marvelous woman of the church who is such an amazing disciple of christ she inspires me greatly and i learn a lot from her particularly lately she reminds us how these disciples just don't get it here jesus is speaking to them privately away from the crowds and talking about what's coming he's going to jerusalem to be killed and then he'll be buried and he'll rise on the third day this goes right over their head but notice they're afraid to say anything because the last time he broke this news to them it was peter remember and jesus says get behind me you satan so fearing that he will have a response like that they just remain silent but get this as they proceed along to capernaum they start discussing and arguing amongst themselves who among the 12 of them is going to be the greatest and they have not understood what greatness according to jesus christ is at all they keep thinking that jesus is going to be enthroned as king of israel in an earthly way and therefore there will be power prestige money independence as i guess the senate of jesus or something but who's going to be sitting at his right who's going to be sitting at his left who's the if he's president who's vice president that type of thing and of course jesus knows this and he when they're in the house i love this he kind of says boys what were you discussing along the way and so sheepishly they had to remember that they were discussing who's the greatest in his kingdom notice what he does jesus takes a child now why a child hmm why a child do you ever notice about children that really they are rather little poor ones when you think about it they are really inexperienced they don't have the command of our human language they don't have wealth they are powerless they don't have legal rights they are in a sense the most vulnerable vulnerable of us all and jesus utters two big teachings about children first he says welcome them and second as today he says become them he'll go so far as to say unless you become as one of these children you will not enter the kingdom you won't have that experience of being one with god and having all of the benefits of divine love that really are your birthright so the art of becoming a child is to number one drop our superior sense the sort of supremacy that we think we've got also to be aware that sometimes we can all get a little inflated in our ambitions do you know what i mean just that little bit of one-upmanship that little bit of grandiosity the little bit of my achievement was better than yours or i went to a better school than you did or i did better in the stock market than you did or my car is better or it goes on and on do you see what i mean it is into this distraction that jesus brings the child and says hey remember that you're really dependent on the grace and the generosity and the love and mercy of god which is pouring out in abundance all the time remember that jesus is not a stern you know beating those disciples up because they were going off on a grandiose tangent he's not doing that at all but he is reminding them that the kingdom is about riches that no money no achievement no striving can attain the experience of the kingdom is rather received it is when one becomes so child-like that one is restored by the steady radiance of the beauty of god in creation in one's own heart in the love of those around us children are dependent completely and totally of the love and tenderness of its parents or caregivers can we agree little children are totally dependent on the tenderness and care of those around it now then he says whoever welcomes one such as this child welcomes me he will also teach them that whatever you do to the least not the greatest whatever you do to the least is the greatest in the kingdom you do it to me you honor me when you give so much as a drink of water to someone out of love you have done it to me and in the end he goes so far as to say that's the final judgment so welcome a child who might that child represent in our lives today hmm [Music] the marginalized who is it now that doesn't have command of the language who is it now that is powerless who is it now that doesn't have legal rights who is it now who is totally dependent on the care and the mercy of others who comes to mind well to begin with how about the people fleeing their countries because they are in fear of their lives there are they not the children of the gospel how about those marginalized people in our own society in our own country how about people that are different than we are and where we might look superior down our noses at them how about that homeless person that doesn't smell too good doesn't have teeth how about that drug addict how about that sex addict how about those people of sexual orientation that is not like ours and this big spectrum how about people on the spectrum what about the alzheimer's patients the people in nursing homes aren't they the children in our midst where jesus teaches whoever welcomes one of these welcomes me this is deep gospel teaching and not only is it a challenge of every day but it is the opportunity of every day to grow in the riches of the kingdom of god in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen and so do you believe in god the father the almighty the maker of heaven and earth i do too and do you believe in his son our lord jesus christ who was born of the virgin mary suffered under pontius pilate was crucified died and was buried i do too do you believe that jesus who died rose from the dead that he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of god the father and to him alone belongs the divine right to judge anyone the living and the dead i do i do too do you believe in the holy spirit the holy catholic church the communion of the saints the forgiveness of sins the resurrection of the body and life everlasting me too this is our faith and we celebrate it with great easter joy on this 25th sunday in ordinary time jesus calls us to be the servants of all with this in mind we bring our needs and the needs of our world to the heavenly father for the church that we may be good stewards of the gifts that god has given us and use these gifts for the good of others we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for all those called to leadership within the church that by their example they will teach us to act wisely to love tenderly and to walk humbly with our god we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer may we be people of peace avoiding jealousy and ambition in our families and in our communities and may we support by word and action those who work for peace in our world we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer the way of christ is the way of the cross may we accept that way as the cost of discipleship ready to witness to gospel teaching and how we live and in what we value we pray to the lord r lord hear our prayer that the lord will show great care for our parish catechists and guide them in their ministry we pray to the lord r lord hear our prayer for all who have died may christ welcome them into the eternal light and the joy of god's presence for our loved ones for the sick and the homebound military law enforcement personnel and first responders we remember most especially those for whom we have promised to pray we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer father of our savior these prayers we bring before you express our faith in your son who humbled himself to die on the cross for us and rose again to be our glorious lord who lives and reigns for ever and ever amen [Music] leads us [Music] for just [Music] [Music] leads us [Music] with your god [Music] mercy leads [Music] with [Music] mercy leads [Music] [Applause] with [Music] pray brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the for the lord and glory of his name for our good and the good of all his holy church receive with favor o lord we pray the offerings of your people that what they profess with devotion and faith may be theirs through these heavenly mysteries through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit 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 laid the foundations of the world and have arranged the changing of times and seasons you formed us in your own image and set us over the whole world in all its wonder to rule in your name over all you have made and forever praise you in your mighty works through christ our lord and so with all the angels we praise you as in joyful celebration we acclaim holy holy holy lord god of hosts heaven and earth [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] you are indeed holy oh 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 chalice and once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you entering 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 o lord and profess your resurrection until you come 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 the 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 frank our bishop and all those who serve you 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 her spouse with the blessed apostles saint francis saint claire saint therese 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 forever and ever [Music] from our hearts together we pray the beautiful and powerful prayer jesus himself gave us 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 for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus you said to the apostles i leave you peace my peace i give you look not on our sins but on the faith of your church and grant us the peace and the unity of your kingdom where you live forever and ever amen the peace of the lord be with you always and with your spirit dear friends it is the perfect time to express our love and affection to whoever is watching the mass with us today and if by chance you are alone please join me in extending an interior smile of peace and hopefulness to all of our troubled world [Music] love of [Music] me on earth [Music] the lamb of god you take away the sins of the world have mercy mercy on us [Music] lamb of god you take away the sins of the world grant us [Music] behold the lamb of god behold him who takes away the sins of the world blessed are those who are called to the supper of the lamb i am not r that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed [Music] my jesus i believe that you are in the blessed sacrament i love you above all things and i long for you and my soul since i cannot receive you sacramentally come at least spiritually into my heart as though you have already come i embrace you and unite myself entirely to you never permit me to be separated from you amen [Music] we worship you today and sing the love amazing [Music] blessings with us [Music] upon [Music] lord [Music] accept the love we bring that we who know your favor they serve you as our king and please [Music] to bless you still [Music] and make a joyful duty our sacrifice [Music] [Music] let us pray graciously raise up o lord those you renew with this sacrament that we may come to possess your redemption both in mystery and in the manner of our life through christ our lord before our final blessing thank you again to all of my beautiful musicians and singers rory you do such a great job directing the music at sacred heart and uh billy lovely becky joey and marcella marvelous singing harmonies in tune so beautiful and on the bass our dear tony on the drums our dear richie thank you thank you thank you and let's not forget the wonders of our cameraman brent billman and daryl nutt who are co-producing the mass every week and daryl doing all of that editing and all of that titling and all the amazing work that he puts in all those little touches and gwen cote my pastoral associate i thank you for always being an inspiration and guide to me as i do my best to minister as a priest of jesus christ daryl makes it easy for you to hit the like button the subscribe and the bell when you do this please bear in mind that you become partners with us in this ministry and youtube keeps bumping us up kind of in priority that people more and more will see our mass to the extent that you especially hit that like button it just gives us a little edge to have our message communicated more than say some other brand advertising who knows what so we thank you for that partnering with us and as we go internationally i'm happy to say that for the first time i've heard from you in poland so nostrovia that's pretty much mendenjobra that's what i know in polish but it's wonderful to welcome our people far and wide and we read those notes and those messages that you send to us thank you thank you thank you for those so dear friends we conclude our liturgy with the beautiful blessing of saint francis the lord be with you r and with your spirit may the lord bless you and keep you may he show his face to you and be gracious to you may he show his providence tenderness and care for you this day and all the days of your lives may he at this moment touch you with the grace of his peace the lord bless you the father the son and the holy spirit amen amen this our celebration of the eucharist is now finished we go forth in peace and enjoy to love and to see the lord thanks be to god we'll see you next sunday [Music] we stand and lift up our hands for the joy of the lord is our strength [Music] we bow down and worship him now how great how awesome is he and together we sing oh he is the lord [Music] [Music] is filled with his glory the earth is filled with his glory we stand and lift up our hands for the joy of the lord is our strength we bow down and worship him now how great and together we sing holy is the lord god almighty the earth is filled with his glory the earth is filled with his glory the earth is filled with his glory [Music] [Music] together we sing holy is the lord god almighty the earth is filled with his glory holy is the lord god almighty the earth is filled with glory holy is the lord god [Music] [Music] glory [Music] [Music] you

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Published: Sat Sep 18 2021