Sunday Holy Mass Live | Fr Augustine Vallooran | 06 Mar | Divine Retreat Centre

i will sing off the mercies of the lord forever i will sing i will sing i will sing off the mercies of the lord for ever i will sing off the mercies of the lord i will sing off the mercies of the lord when he calls on me i will answer him i will deliver him and give him glory i will grind him length of days 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 let us begin this eucharistic celebration with a very consoling thought given to us by the entrance and the fun when we call upon the lord he will answer us we have much to call upon god for first for the forgiveness of our sins and for every need every concern of our life of our heart for all that we need to ask of him god is concerned about our pain about our sin what i need and that's why he's telling us he's waiting to answer a call that is offered to him all that we are in need of and very specially the grace of forgiveness we have cut ourselves off from him because of our sin and that's the cause of all the dryness we feel in our hearts all the sadness all the sorrow all the emptiness let us ask for god's forgiveness i confess to almighty god and to 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 grant 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 one god forever and ever amen a reading from the book of genesis the lord god formed the man of dust from the ground and read into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living creature and the lord god planted a garden in eden in the east and there he put the man whom he had formed and out of the ground the lord god made to spring up every tree pleasant to the sight of and good for food the tree of life which was in the middle in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that lord god had made he said to the woman did god actually say you shall not eat of any tree in the garden and the woman said to the serpent we may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden but god said you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden neither shall you touch it lest you die but the serpent said to the woman you will not surely die for god knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like god knowing good and evil so when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise she took off its fruit and ate and she also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate then the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked and they sowed fig leaves together and made themselves lying clothes the word of the lord thanks be to god respond to the psalm have mercy o lord for we have sinned have mercy o lord for we have sinned 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 have mercy o lord for we have sinned 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 have mercy o lord for we have sinned create a pure heart for me o god renew a steadfast spirit within me do not cast me away from your presence take not your holy spirit from me response have mercy o lord for we have sinned restore in me the joy of your salvation sustain in me a willing spirit o lord open my lips and my mouth shall proclaim your praise response have mercy o lord for we have sinned the second reading a reading from the letter of saint paul to the romans bretheren just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin and so death spread to all men because all sinned for if because of one man's trespass that reigned to that one man much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life to the one man jesus christ therefore as one trespass led to condemnation for all men so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men for as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous this is the word of the lord thanks be to god please stand for the gospel accommodation glory and praise to you o christ glory and praise to you o christ man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of god glory and praise to you o christ the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to saint matthew glory to you a lord chapter 4 verses 1 to 11 at that time jesus was lit up by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil and after fasting 40 days and 40 nights he was hungry and the tempter came and said to him if you are the son of god command these thorns to become laws of bread but he answered it is written man shall not live by blood alone but by the very word that comes from the mouth of god then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him if you are the son of god throw yourself down for it is written he will command his angels concerning you and on their hands they will bear you up lest you strike your foot against a stone jesus said to him again it is written you shall not put the lord your test again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory and he said to him if you if you will fall down and worship me then jesus said to him be gone satan for it is written you shall worship the lord your god and simply shall you serve then the devil left him and behold angels came and bear means ministering to him the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ my dear brothers and sisters jesus the son of god become man was tempted by satan and we are told he was led to the desert by the holy spirit to be tempted and satan knew jesus was the son of god every temptation begins by saying if you are the son of god and yet satan tried on the son of god to distract him from the way of god by offering another way the way of satan with the hope satan might succeed with the son of god if satan succeeded with the son of god the whole world would have been doomed and that's a warning for you and for me we will not be left alone however holy we are we will not be left alone satan will try on us and if satan succeeds and every time satan succeeds on us we are doomed and all our failures all our sorrows all our disasters are due to this satan succeeded and therefore the gospel today is a warning always to be aware of the activities of the powers of evil there are powers of evil always bent upon destroying us by taking us away from the way of god the three temptations that jesus faced are the temptations that satan always plays before every man every woman beginning with adam and eve as we read in the first reading today from genesis the three visions of life on this earth why we should be living three visions of life first a vision of life centered on the body on the body and the needs and cravings of the body if you are a son of god change these stones to bread satan knew jesus was fasting for 40 days and 40 nights naturally he was hungry at that weak moment satan tried to catch him use your divine to turn the stones to bread the body is always with us and yet we are more than body there are a lot of people who have said and who are saying all that we are all that is real is a body and the needs of the body the cravings of the body and longings of the body can be very pressing and powerful so powerful that satan can use these needs and cravings and passions to lead us away from god the cravings and needs of the body like hunger eating and drinking and resting and sexual needs all these are needs of the body needs of the body that are to be met in a divine way the way god is designed for us but everything god has designed satan will prompt us to use the devilish way the evil way and these temptations could be so powerful so pressing we could deny god all the over eating [Music] all the alcoholism all the sexual orgies and the moral behavior and the terrible things that are happening around us a body-centered vision of life even philosophers have said eat and drink and make merry what's important is to to fulfill all the needs of the body or the cravings of the body and that is what makes life ultimately delightful all such philosophers and thinkers and people who followed them have entered up in disaster to that disaster satan was inviting jesus jesus said man does not live by bread alone however pressing and powerful the passions of the body are man has to be led by the word of god man has to listen to what god has to say when the dictates of the passions of the body become powerful and pressing and that's a warning for every one of us and then a world centered vision of life we are very much part of the world we are born into the world but we are not of the world jesus made that distinction you are in the world but i have chosen you you are not of the world and the temptation of satan was to become part of the world just of the world world alone a world-centered life i will give you everything of the world all the kingdoms all the powers you jump down it was the time of the festival four hundred thousands of people gathered in jerusalem and quoting the psalms satan said you just jump down and the angels will carry you in their hands and come down there smiling everybody will accept you as the messiah popularity and power a name and fame and wealth easy way to save the world jesus said no you shall not tempt the son of god jesus rejected the way of the world a lot of people have gone after power authority wealth popularity and all of them have ended up in disaster nothing of this world can ever fill our hearts and jesus is giving us clearly that vision not a world centered life is what we are created for a third temptation satan centered life bow down and worship me there are a lot of people today and always who are possessed so to say by the powers of evil hatred jealousy lust when we allow the powers of evil to enter into our hearts what happens is this powers of evil will begin to dictate terms to us and we are slaves then having seen in films the heroes just wanting to take revenge cutting people to pieces all the bloodshed and violence what is happening in the world today so much of violence brother against brother sister again sister and that's why saint paul is warning us do not allow satan room in your heart when we allow satan to enter into our hearts he begins to dictate terms to us we are possessed and we lose all our freedom and that's what jesus said a sinner is a slave of sin john 8 34 i become a slave of hatred of jealousy of revenge of lust of alcoholism of drug addiction the slaves running after the powers of evil somehow to take revenge on people the one intention of life to take revenge bloodshed how many people destroying life for drinking every day craving for the bottle all the time that's the only reason to lift the bottle the drugs an unholy relationship destroying the family they know they're destroying the holy marriage the sacred family relationships and yet running after unholy relationships what makes them do that is more than human it is devilish they allowed satan to enter into their hearts and now satan is driving them for one purpose jesus said john 10 10 satan comes in to destroy to plunder and to kill and satan will not be satisfied until these people are destroyed how many families how many individuals how many nations are destroyed by the powers of evil and that is a satan-centered evil centered life and jesus clearly opted for a god-centered life worship the lord your god what jesus declared in front of satan the power of evil worship the lord your god alone what is worship worship does not mean only to say that i worship worship a decision worship is an attitude of my heart a surrender i surrender my life to my god i decide to live for him i bow before my god not only my head my life and my life is centered on god before i make any decision i will come to my god waiting upon him to know if that is god's will a beautiful example of worship is mother mary mother mary she got a message from god she would conceive and bear his son she worshipped she did not understand and yet she worshiped she said here i am your handmaid let it be done to me according to your word she worshipped she surrendered and every step she took was a step of surrender self-surrender worshiping and that's the way the lord is showing us today be sure you and i we are bound to be tempted but we must be able to say begone satan i do not want a body-centered life a lot of people today say bodhi culture is all the culture we need today world culture is all the culture we need today satan culture is all the culture that is thrilling now all these are big lies the lord is revealing to us the one culture we must be living out the one culture that will fill our hearts is god culture a life centered on god worshiping the lord our god at every moment of our life amen let us respond to the word of god by praying together the profession of faith the apostles creed what the apostles taught us to believe in god to be rooted in faith uh life should be rooted at every moment in faith with a clear decision with the firm determination to serve god and him alone let us profess our faith together 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 tied 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 a life everlasting amen let us bring to the lord all our prayers when we believe in god when we are rooted in our love of god one thing we understand before we love him he has loved us us and paul tells us us and john tells us saint john tells us so clearly when i say love of god i don't mean that we love him but he loved us first and offered his own son for our salvation being convinced of that great love of our god let us bring to him all our needs we are suffering the humanity is suffering after every invocation [Music] you may respond lord hear our prayer lord hear our prayer we offer to you the war in ukraine the two leaders of the nations all the leaders of the nations of the world the people suffering the bloodshed the massacre the terrible disasters happening oh god let wisdom dawn on the leaders to come together around the table and discuss what's good what is good for the welfare of the two nations war is no answer bloodshed and massacre is no answer for the good of humanity lord touch them intervene into their hearts let your power intervene and let there be peace in ukraine we pray to you o lord lord hear our prayer we pray for all the countries where there is conflict there is strife and war so that people may realize the way of peace wherever there is war there is satan trying to destroy let people realize the way of peace is through your way your way of salvation we pray to you o lord lord hear our prayer lord we pray for all the sick all those who are treating them the doctors or the medical personal who have dedicated their life for the sick and this pandemic lord strike this pandemic that there may be security and safety for this humanity that you offered your life for we pray to you o lord lord hear our prayer god we pray for the holy father pope francis strengthen his hands to lead the church holy spirit strengthen him that he may be able to guide the church guide the world in the way of peace in the way of salvation all the bishops and priests and religious leaders our own bishop malcolm cardinal ranjith that that the leadership of the church may be anointed with the holy spirit but the church may be led in the way of salvation we pray to you o lord lord hear our prayer we pray for all the youth seeking a vision of life and being misled by the body culture the world culture the evil culture that they may understand the only culture they should prevail is the god culture a life centered on you o god we pray to you o lord lord hear our prayer god we offer all our needs all our eggs and our ailments all our struggles believing you are there for us increase our faith never to lose our hope in you we make our prayer through christ our lord amen father i place [Music] [Music] human [Music] [Music] i always can trust you [Music] 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 give us the right disposition so lord we pray to make these offerings for with them we celebrate the beginning of this venerable and sacred time through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them after 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 through christ our lord by abstaining 40 long days from earthly food he consecrated through his fast the pattern of our lenten of servants by overturning all the snares of the ancient serpent taught us to cast out the leaven of malice so that celebrating worthily the paschal mystery we might pass over at last to the eternal paschal feast and so with the company of angels and saints we sing the hymn of your praise as without end we acclaim [Music] holy holy holy lord god of hosts heaven and earth are full of your glory hosanna in the highest blessed is you comes in the name of the lord hosanna in the highest you are indeed holy oh lord the phone the full holiness make holy therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like that you fall 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 scented 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 when we eat this bread and drink this cup we proclaim your death 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 and malcolm cardinal ranjit our bishop and all the clergy remember also 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 how mercy on this world we pray that with the blessed virgin mary mother of god with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages remember it to be cohesed in 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 high 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 you 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 amen the peace of the lord be always with you and with your spirit so for each other a sign of peace lamb of god you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us lamp of god you take away the sins of the world have mercy on us lamp of god you take away the sins of the world grant us space behold the lamb of god behold them 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 but only say the word and my soul shall be healed may the body and blood of christ keep me safe for eternal life [Music] you are my everything you are my own you are my everything both great and small [Music] you gave your life for me you made everything new you are my everything i love you [Music] act of spiritual communion my jesus i believe that you are truly present in the most holy sacrament i love you above 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 one does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of god let us pray renewed now with heavenly bread by which faith is nourished hope is increased and charity is strengthened we pray o lord that we may learn to hunger for christ the true and living bread and strive to live by every word which proceeds from the your mouth 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 god because he lives [Music] because he lives oh fear is gone [Music] because i know he holds the future [Music] and life is worth the living just because [Music]

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Length: 49min 28sec (2968 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 05 2022