♪ Lord, who throughout
these forty days ♪ ♪ For us did fast and pray ♪ ♪ Teach us with you to
overcome our sins, ♪ ♪ And close by you to stay ♪ ♪ As you with Satan
did contend, ♪ ♪ And did the victory win, ♪ ♪ O give us strength
in you to fight, ♪ ♪ In you to conquer sin ♪ - In the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. - [Congregation] Amen - The grace of our Lord,
Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the
Holy Spirit be with you all. - [Congregation] And
with your spirit. - Brothers and sisters,
today's gospel reminds us of the importance of
prioritizing God in our lives even over comfort and riches. For the times that we have
not made God a priority, we ask for forgiveness. I confess to almighty God and to you, my
brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my 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 the
blessed Mary ever-virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers
and sisters, to pray for me to
the a Lord, our God. May Almighty God
have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and
bring us to everlasting life. Lord have mercy. - [Congregation]
Lord have mercy. - Christ have mercy. - [Congregation]
Christ have mercy. - Lord have mercy. - [Congregation]
Lord have mercy. - Let us pray. Grand Almighty God, through the yearly
observances of holy land, that we may grow
in understanding of the riches hidden in
Christ and by worthy conduct, pursue their effects, through our Lord Jesus
Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, God, forever and ever. - [Congregation] Amen. - A reading from the
book of Deuteronomy. Moses spoke to
the people saying, "The priest shall receive
the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar
of the Lord, your God. Then you shall declare
before the Lord, your God, 'My father was a wandering
Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and
lived there as an alien. But there, he became a nation
great, strong and numerous.' When the Egyptians
maltreated and oppressed us, imposing hard laborers upon
us, we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers,
and he heard our cry and saw our affliction, our
toil, and our oppression. He brought us out of
Egypt with his strong hand and outstretched arm,
with terrifying power, with signs and wonders, and
bringing us into this country, He gave us this land
flowing with milk and honey. Therefore, I have now
brought you the first fruits of the products of the soil, which you oh Lord have given me. And having set them
before the Lord your God you shall bow down
in his presence." The word of the Lord. - [Congregation]
Thanks be to God. ♪ Be with me Lord be with me ♪ ♪ When I am in trouble ♪ ♪ Be with me Lord be with me ♪ ♪ When I am in trouble ♪ ♪ You who dwell in the
shelter of the most high ♪ ♪ Who abide in the
shadow of the Almighty ♪ ♪ Say to the Lord, my
refuge and fortress ♪ ♪ My God, in whom I trust ♪ ♪ Be with me Lord be with me ♪ ♪ When I am trouble ♪ - A reading from the letter
of St. Paul to the Romans. Brothers and sisters,
what does scripture say? The word is near you, and in
your mouth and in your heart, that is the word of
faith that we preach. For if you confess
with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and
believe in your heart that God raised
him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the
heart and so is justified. And one confesses with
the mouth and so is saved. For the scripture says,
"No one who believes in him will be put to shame. For there is no distinction
between Jew and Greek, the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him. For everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved." The word of the Lord. - [Congregation]
Thanks be to God. ♪ Praise to you
Lord Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ King of endless glory ♪ ♪ Praise to you
Lord Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ King of endless glory ♪ - The Lord be with you. - [Congregation] And
with your spirit. - A reading from the Holy
Gospel according to Luke. - [Congregation]
Glory to you oh Lord. - Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the spirit
into the desert for 40 days to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing
during those days. And when they were
over, he was hungry. The devil said to him,
"If you are the son of God command this stone
to become bread." Jesus answered him,
"It is written, one does not live
on bread alone." Then he took him up and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world in a single instant. The devil said to him, "I should give to you
all this power and glory for it has been
handed over to me and I may give it
to whomever I wish. All this will be yours
if you worship me." Jesus said to him and
replied, "It is written, you should worship
the Lord, your God and him alone shall you serve." Then he led him to
Jerusalem, made him stand on the parapet of the
temple and said to him, "If you are the son of God, throw yourself down from here. For it is written, He will command his
angels concerning you, to guard you, and with their
hands, they will support you, lest you dash your
foot against a stone." Jesus said to him and replied, "It also says, "You should not put the
Lord your God to the test." When the devil had
finished every temptation he departed from him for a time. The gospel of the Lord. - [Congregation] Praise
be to Lord Jesus Christ. - There was an advice given to
me by a good friend of mine, Father Robert Michael,
may he rest in peace. He said, "Mauricio,
remember you are weaker than what you think you are." I thought it was an insult, but I thought about it,
this is coming from a priest who served the
Lord for 64 years. There has to be more to it. And when I started thinking
about it, he was right. The problem is that
when temptations come I think I'm strong
enough to handle them. I think I am strong enough on my own free will
to overcome them. And he was giving me the advice, know that by your own
strength, by your own will, you're gonna fail. You have to rely on the Lord. You have rely on him
to be your strength. He has to be your support. He has to be your own. But for that to happen, I
have to come and humble myself and realize by
myself, I am weak. By myself, I cannot
overcome temptations. By myself, I am a fallen human. But it is him who raises me up. It is him who gives
me the strength to overcome the
temptations of the devil and to come closer to himself. This is what Christ
wants from all of us. During this Lent
season, humble yourself. I want a humble and
contrived heart. I want you to know
that by yourself you are nothing, but
you need to seek me. You need to depend on me. I need to be your whole support. I have to be your hope. I have to be your faith. I have to be your God. That is the main thing
that we need to know this Lenten season, remembering
one of the first rules of the spiritual life,
you are God, I am not. You are God, I am not. Something so simple, isn't it? But so hard to
actually comprehend and to have it in the heart. Because once we
comprehend that rule we know that I depend on
him, that he is my strength. He is my faith. He is my everything. And when I put
everything on him, when I rely solely on him,
he will give me the strength, he will give me the support
to remain a child of his, because a child knows his
father, obeys him, follows him, and tries to please him. So as we go through
in this Lenten season, let's try to keep a humble heart that relies solely
on God, our father. Amen. - [Congregation] Amen.
- Amen. And now brothers and
sisters, let us turn together and profess our faith. We will do the Apostle's Creed. I believe in God,
the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived
by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died
and was buried, He descended into hell, on the third day he rose
again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the
right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From there he will come to
judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the
body, and live everlasting. Amen. Just as Jesus entered the
desert to fast and pray, on this first Sunday of Lent, we bring our prayers
to our loving God. - That the church may
be a beacon of hope as we begin this season of Lent. We pray to the Lord. - [Congregation]
Lord hear our prayer. - That all local
and national leaders resist the temptations of
comfort, wealth, and power. We pray to the Lord. - [Congregation]
Lord hear our prayer. - That we might recommit
ourselves to our baptismal call this Lenten season. We pray to the Lord - [Congregation]
Lord hear our prayer. - For all who have died,
for all those who suffer during these trying times, and for all the
personal mass intentions we bring before the Lord
in the quiet of our hearts. We pray to Lord - [Congregation]
Lord hear our prayer. - Loving God, we bring
our prayers to you today, and ask that you walk with
us during this 40 days so that we may rejoice with you in the resurrection of Easter. We ask this through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. (gentle piano music) Pray brothers and sisters,
that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to
God, the Almighty Father. - [Congregation] May the
Lord accept sacrifice at your hands, for the
praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good
of all of his holy church. - Give us the right
dispositions oh Lord we pray, to make these offerings. For with them we
celebrate the beginning of this vulnerable and sacred
time through Christ our Lord. - [Congregation] Amen. The Lord be with you. - [Congregation] And
with your spirit. - Lift up your hearts. - [Congregation] We lift
them up to the Lord. - Let us give thanks
to the Lord, our God. - [Congregation] It is
truly right and just. - It is truly right and just
our duty in our salvation, always and everywhere
to give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father
Almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord. For by abstaining 40 long
days from earthly food, he consecrated through his fast, the pattern of our
Lenten observance. And by overturning all the
snares of the ancient serpent, taught us to cast out
the ravin of malice so that by celebrating
worthily the Passover mystory we might Passover and lasts
to the eternal Passover feast. And so with the company
of angels and saints, we sing the hymn of your praise. As we are bound in, 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 ♪ ♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪ - You are indeed, holy oh Lord, the founder of all holiness. Make holy therefore
these gifts we pray, by sending down your spirit
upon them like the do fall so that they may become
for us, the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
your Son, our savior. 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
disciple saying, "Take this all of
you in need 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 blood than you 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 ♪ ♪ 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 the
partaking of the body and blood of Christ. We may be gathering to
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, George Leo our Bishop, and his Assistant, Gregory,
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, her spouse,
with the blessed apostles and all those 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, oh God Almighty Father in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is
yours forever and ever. ♪ Amen, amen, amen ♪ ♪ Amen, amen, amen ♪ - At the saviors command
informed by divine teaching, we there to say, - [All] 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 grand
peace in our days that by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin
and saved from all distress as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our
savior, Jesus Christ. - [All] 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, who live and reign
forever and ever. - [Congregation] Amen. - The peace of the
Lord be with you always - [Congregation] And
with your spirit. - Let us offer each other a sign of God's love and peace - [Lissy] Lamb of God, you
take away the sins of the world have mercy on us. - [Congregation] 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 sin of the world. Blessed are those called
to the supper of the lamb. - [All] Lord, I am not worthy that you should
enter under my roof, but only say the word and
my soul shall be healed. ♪ Now in this banquet,
Christ is our bread ♪ ♪ Here shall all
hungers be fed ♪ ♪ Bread that is broken,
wine that is poured, ♪ ♪ Love is the sign of our Lord ♪ ♪ You who have touched us
and graced us with love ♪ - Let us pray. Renew now with heavenly bread, by which faith is
nourished, hope increased, and charity strengthened. We pray oh Lord that we may
learn to hunger for Christ, the true and living bread, and to strive to
live by every word, which proceeds from your mouth through Christ our Lord. Amen. - The Lord be with you. - [Congregation] And
with your spirit. - Bow down for the blessing. May bountiful of
blessing oh Lord we pray, come down upon your people, that hope may grow
in tribulation, virtue be strengthened
in temptation, and eternal
redemption be assured, through Christ our Lord. - [Congregation] Amen. - And may the blessing
of almighty God, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit come down upon you, remain with you forever. - [Congregation] Amen. - Go in peace, glorifying
the Lord by your life. - [All] Thanks be to God. ♪ Change our hearts this time ♪ ♪ Your words as it can be ♪ ♪ Change our minds this time ♪ ♪ Your life could make us free ♪
