The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe | SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH | Punta

the catholic community of sacred heart welcomes you to this celebration of the solemnity of our lord jesus christ king of the universe thank you for being with us to celebrate this marvelous feast that closes out our church year in our masses this weekend we're remembering the following intentions izzy benson james maroon the intention of gene carr the intention of joan shoot robert murgis nancy saylor louise mang bob taylor gene altiri and my dad george cote the tabernacle light this week is in memory of the deceased members of the newman family once again welcome together we celebrate the wonder and the awesomeness of our god [Music] is of the earth [Music] [Music] eternity [Music] who [Music] is [Music] to die [Music] a [Music] his praise resounds for he is lord of lords [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 immensity of the love and the powerful presence of our lord and savior jesus the christ and the fellowship of their holy spirit be with you all well a happy feast of the solemnity of jesus christ the king of the universe ah it's an awesome feast and a beautiful way to end the church year we're going to hear the amazing gospel that the church serves up to celebrate this feast to prepare ourselves let's practice that moment of centering prayer that's so profound a wonderful tradition in our church we take that first deep breath in [Music] we breathe out all of the contents of our minds and hearts all the clutter projects plans noises we drop everything and become very childlike simple and receptive like children we take that second breath in when we breathe out we welcome a moment of interior silence this is a refuge from the usual activity of the mind the silence ushers us into that mystical quality of our faith we take that third deep breath and on the out breath we enter our hearts as deeply as we can and from that place of self-knowledge we cry out to god to touch us as beautifully and as compassionately as the healing that comes from his son in that place where we need his power the most in our lives at this time [Music] is [Music] [Music] please [Music] may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life [Music] glory to god glory to god in the highest and honor peace on of earth will we praise you we bless you we adore you we glorify you we give you thanks for your great glory lord god heavenly clean o god almighty father glory to god glory to god glory to god in the heart and honor peace to people of good will lord jesus christ only begotten son lord god lamb of god 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 brain you are seated at the right hand the right hand of the father have mercy on us glory to god glory to god glory to god in the heart for you alone are the holy one you are the lord jesus christ with the holy spirit in the glory of god the father glory to god glory to god glory to god in the [Music] [Applause] on heart [Music] let us pray almighty ever-living god whose will is to restore all things and your beloved son the king of the universe grant we pray that the whole creation set free from slavery may render your majesty's service and ceaselessly proclaim your praise 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 the prophet daniel as the visions during the night continued i saw one like the son of man coming on the clouds of heaven when he reached the ancient one and was presented before him the one like the son of man received dominion glory and kingship all peoples nations and languages serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away his kingship shall never be destroyed the word of the lord [Music] the lord is king he is [Music] the lord is king and splendor [Music] with strength [Music] and he has made the world firm [Music] not to be moved your throne stands firm from of old from everlasting you are all lord the lord he is [Applause] [Music] your decrees are worthy of trust indeed holiness befits your house o lord for length of days [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] a reading from the book of revelation jesus christ is the faithful witness to the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood who has made us into a kingdom priests for his god and father to him be glory and power forever and ever amen behold he is coming amid the clouds and every eye will see him even those who pierced him all the peoples of the earth will lament him yes amen i am the alpha and the omega says the lord god the one who is who was and who is to come the almighty the word of the lord [Music] blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord blessed is the kingdom of our father david that is [Music] [Music] the lord be with you a reading from the holy gospel according to john gloria pilate said to jesus are you king of the jews jesus answered do you say this on your own or has someone told you about me pilate answered i am not a jew am i your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me what have you done jesus answered my kingdom kingdom does not belong to this world if my kingdom did belong to this world my attendance would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the jews but as it is my kingdom is not here so pilate said to him then you are a king jesus answered you say i am a king for this i was born for this i came into the world to testify to the truth everyone who belongs to the truth here's my voice the gospel of the lord praise praise to you lord jesus christ my dear friends each year on the feast of the sacred heart of jesus we celebrate in our church one person couple or family who have exemplified an extraordinary witness to the gospel of christ and been outstanding in their service to the parish and it has never been a staff person except for this year that person is our brent billman who is standing behind the camera as we speak and over the course of working together for many many years i've learned more from brent than anyone else about science about the way things really are he is a fact checker with everything he's he's very reality based he's very science based and he's brilliant and uh i was mentioning to brent i said you know somehow science knows that the big bang that began this incredible performance piece of god called the universe happened about 14.6 billion years ago and then brent said yeah you know we can actually you know we can actually see the microwaves i said what he said yeah there's the cosmic microwave background of the universe i said what's that he says well you know waves they're frequencies and a microwave gets to be very very fine when we have sensitive instruments that can detect and see these things and you know when the when the waves lengthen it takes time that can be measured and there's something called the red shift and we see a red that is so magnificent in its placement on the spectrum of light that we can calculate scientifically methodically and by many other proofs that the universe exploded into being about 14.6 billion years ago and we have instruments to show that it is expanding like crazy now you don't want to get into a dessert course with brent because then he'll be talking about the merging of two black holes and all kinds of phenomena that he's way advanced my point is this we sometimes have a very limited understanding of who god is you know it's nobody's fault didn't we have catechism books i did when i was a child that has lovely of the trinity you see god the father he's very benevolent he's an old man sitting on a throne somewhere and then sometimes you see jesus the christ wearing a crown sitting at his right hand and the holy spirit is flying overhead like a dove this is great poetry it's great art it's wonderful nothing wrong with that it's when we take these things literally that get us off the track when jesus says my kingdom is not here you know perfectly well what he was getting at this world anybody that wants to establish a kingdom in this world of course puts a banner in the ground raises the flag and then raises an army around them and everybody salutes the flag and are willing to die for their country you know this came home to the men who flew up to the moon you know they went up there all of them had personal family problems by the way they landed on the moon and when they finally looked back at this shimmering shining jewel of a planet hanging in the black velvet of space they became mystics they suddenly saw how stupid it was for the human race to ever plant a flag in the ground raise the flag get people to salute and die for it just so you can call this parcel of the planet earth by a name that you've invented that somebody's invented and these are ideas but that's not the reality the reality is this gorgeous unity as of a symphony all the parts working together it's this beautiful esta astounding creation and mystics you know who have been in touch with god feel the grandness of being part of this but we don't see it we don't see it why not we don't see it because we've ascribed to a kingdom that does not belong to christ what kingdom the kingdom that you and i got roped into by advertising by stupidity of the human race by listening to the news this is news well it's what sells why does it sell because it's tintalating because it's fascinating people talk a lot about speculation and opinions and all this and we get filled with it and thinks that this is what reality is wait a minute reality let's all go to the moon and look back at this planet and now let's pray to christ the christ of faith we call him christ of the universe and to make the theological proclamation that we do we can go back to that big bang because there's a prime mover what caused the bang the difference with christians is we say who caused the bang and the reason we do that is because it's our understanding through the spirit that this big expression we call the big bang is god expressing god's self and the word meaning the understanding of god god understanding god's self is the christ preexistent with the father before the bang and their spirit is this grace and gift of being involved with god and god's self and god's perfect mirror of god's self which is the word now the word became flesh and dwelt among us that's jesus his last name is not christ jesus is the son of joseph wed to mary born in a dusty little town called nazareth think how profound our faith is when we say that this man jesus born from that small little podunk town nazareth is the blueprint of everything in the universe you know it's on holy saturday night when we say christ the beginning and we trace the alpha alpha is the first letter of the greek alphabet and then he is the omega the last thing i am the alpha and the omega the beginning and the end our science tells us that in this expansion we don't know how long the universe is going to continue to expand in this stretching out into myriads more glory than we can contain but one day it will stop expanding our physics tells us and will retract relatively quickly that's the end and brent just looked from around the camera and he goes maybe oh it might actually go dark well that would make sense too but that's not really our problem now and the gospel is always now and it's the amazing understanding of christ as king of the universe his kingdom is not here in the way that pilate would understand the kingdom he's actually just a pawn but he's addicted to his power and prestige i can promise you that he's tied to caesar think about his frame of mind he thought he was god divine being sitting on a throne in rome later burned rome burns so does jerusalem his kingdom is not here in that sense however in the christ sense he's cosmically king but of everything and how free we become when finally we get in touch with that truth he says for this i was born that you may have the truth that i may testify to the truth he's the blueprint of everything staring pilate in the face but nobody sees finally there he is on the cross naked bereft last word forgive them they don't know what they're doing then he gives us everything he's got this holy spirit is given the resurrection is accomplished it's a promise for everyone eternal life everything's opened and you are called priest prophet and king when you're baptized you're of the royal family christians when they understand this feel like royalty you feel the grandness and the beauty of everything it's a continual torrent of beauty and goodness the expression of god's self and we stand in it beautifully radiantly as if we're shining like stars or swimming in the sun yes jesus you are a king you are the king of the universe you are the one who was to come into our world as messiah and savior to you lord jesus who are the truth itself i pledge allegiance to your flag now and forever in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit and so do you believe in god the maker the creator the designer the author of the universe and everything in it i do too and do you believe that jesus indeed is the word made flesh that he dwelt among us born of the virgin mary suffering under pontius pilate that he was crucified died and was buried i do too do you believe that jesus who died a death like ours rose from the dead that he ascended into the heights of his full stature as god and that to him alone belongs the divine right to judge anyone the living and the dead 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 i do too this is our faith we celebrate it with great joy on this sublime feast of jesus christ king of the universe with glory and eternal sovereignty the father has established his incarnate son as king of the universe trusting his power and providence we bring now before him our needs for the church that our belief in christ as king will lead us to value the things of god's kingdom more than the things of earth we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for all people nations and languages that they may come to acknowledge the dominion of jesus christ whose kingship is everlasting we pray to the lord r all who labor under a burden of suffering or grief may they have the grace to carry their cross bravely in the footsteps of the king of kings and know his intimate consolation we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer may we follow the example of christ our king listening to his teaching in every generation and may we be known as people of the truth bearing witness to the message of the gospel in what we profess and in how we live we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for our celebration of the feast of christ the king that it would be a time of reflection on our crucified lord and an opportunity for us to imitate his attitude of humility and service to others we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer for all who have died may they enjoy their eternal reward with christ in heaven for our loved ones for the sick the homebound the military law enforcement personnel and all first responders and most especially we remember those for whom we have promised to pray we pray to the lord r lord hear our prayer father of our lord and king as we pray for the people of this world give us the courage to be brought to newness of insight as we explore the universe of love we ask this through christ our lord amen [Music] wonderful merciful save your precious redeemers [Music] of men [Music] spirit we long to embrace you offer hope when our hearts have helplessly lost lost the way you are the one that we praised [Music] [Music] oh oh [Music] [Music] falling before your throne [Music] we're falling before your throne you are the one that we praise you [Music] is [Music] you are the [Music] one we are doing [Music] oh [Music] [Music] pray my brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord as we offer you o lord the sacrifice by which the human race is reconciled to you we humbly pray that your son himself may bestow on all nations the gifts of unity and peace through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right 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 anointed your only begotten son our lord jesus christ with the oil of gladness as eternal priest and king of all creation so that by offering himself on the altar of the cross as a spotless sacrifice to bring us peace he might accomplish the mysteries of human redemption and making all created things subject to his rule he might present to the immensity of your majesty an eternal and universal kingdom a kingdom of truth and life a kingdom of holiness and grace a kingdom of justice love and peace and so with angels and archangels with thrones and dominions and with all the hosts and powers of heaven we sing the hymn of your glory as without end we acclaim [Music] holy holy holy [Music] blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord [Music] is [Music] you are indeed holy o 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 the 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 [Music] the mystery of faith [Music] 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 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 oh god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and forever [Music] [Music] [Music] from the kingdom residing deeply within our hearts we pray the immensely beautiful prayer that was taught to us by jesus himself 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 his 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 christ you said to your apostles i leave you peace my peace is my gift to 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 for ever and ever amen the peace of the lord be with you always and with your spirit we turn to each other now and offer a sign of our love and peace and if by chance you're tuning in alone today join me won't you and sending out a little prayer of peace throughout all the world [Music] love 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 [Music] you take away the sins of the world [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 lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed [Music] [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 the king shall come when morning dawn and light triumphant breaks when beauty guilts the eastern hills enlightened joy [Music] mud crown with glory like the sun that lights the morning sky [Music] oh brighter than the rising more when he victorious rose and left alone some place of death despite the rage [Music] [Music] and we his face shall see [Music] the [Music] king of kings [Music] having received the food of immortality we ask o lord that glorying in obedience to the commands of christ the king of the universe we may live with him eternally in his heavenly kingdom who lives and reigns forever and ever amen amen before we go our separate ways on this final sunday of the year can you believe next sunday is the beginning of advent i a big big thank you from all of us to you who write to us they the notes just touch us and delight us no and thank you for those uh kind words that you send to us they encourage us and inspire us thanks to for all of you who partner with us by hitting the like button every week that helps us because youtube keeps promoting us the more you hit like the more this mess goes around the world so to speak and uh thank you the like subscribe and the bell icon that gives you alerts when the next mass is available for you okay and then finally thank you thank you thank you for all of you that are tipping in a little something each week to help us produce this mass many pennies add up to pay for the product production costs involved with our broadcast of the holy mass and we count on you for those donations thank you to each and every one of you who do that to help continue this beautiful uplifting ministry a big word of thanks finally to my 12 apostles here who make up the cast and the crew of the sacred heart broadcast mass every one of you is very dear to me and i pray that each and every one of you feel the love from all of our tv viewers all over the world the lord be with you r and may almighty god bless you all the father the son and the holy spirit amen our celebration of the eucharist is now finished we go forth in peace and enjoy to love and to serve the lord thanks be to god please take good care of yourselves and one another and by god's grace we'll be right in your living room again next sunday for the first sunday of advent we'll see you then [Music] thank you for the crosstalk thank you for the price [Music] bearing all my sin and shame in love you came and gave amazing grace thank you for this love lord thank you for the nail please [Music] [Music] embrace [Music] [Music] with many crowds [Music] jesus song of god the treasure of heaven crucified [Applause] worthy is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] thank you for the [Music] price you came and gave amazing grace [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] victorious [Music] he is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] worthy is is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] you

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