A suitable hymn may be inserted at this point.
Psalm 71 (72) |
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The Messiah's royal power |
He has built a kingdom for God his Father. He is the firstborn from the dead and ruler over the kings of the earth.
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Give the king your judgement, O God,
give the kings son your righteousness.
Let him judge your people with justice
and your poor ones with wisdom.
Let the mountains bring peace to your people,
let the hills bring righteousness.
He will give his judgement to the poor among the people,
he will rescue the children of the destitute,
he will lay low the false accuser.
He will endure with the sun, beneath the moon,
from generation to generation.
He will come down like rain on the pasture,
like a shower that waters the earth.
In his time, righteousness will flourish
and abundance of peace,
until the moon itself is no more.
He will rule from coast to coast,
from the worlds centre to its farthest edge.
The desert-dwellers will cast themselves down before him;
his enemies will eat dust at his feet.
The kings of Tharsis and the islands will bring tribute,
the kings of Arabia and Sheba will bring gifts.
All the kings will worship him,
all nations will serve him.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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He has built a kingdom for God his Father. He is the firstborn from the dead and ruler over the kings of the earth.
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Psalm 71 (72) |
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The Lord will save the poor from the powerful, and the needy whom nobody hears.
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Because he has given freedom to the destitute who called to him,
to the poor, whom no-one will hear.
He will spare the poor and the needy,
he will keep their lives safe.
He will rescue their lives from oppression and violence,
their blood will be precious in his sight.
He will live long, and receive gifts of gold from Arabia;
they will pray for him always,
bless him all through the day.
There will be abundance of grain in the land,
it will wave even from the tops of the mountains;
its fruit will be richer than Lebanon.
The people will flourish as easily as grass.
Let his name be blessed for ever,
let his name endure beneath the sun.
All the nations of the earth will be blessed in him,
all nations will acclaim his greatness.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
who alone works wonders.
Let his majesty be blessed for ever;
let it fill all the earth. Amen, amen.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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The Lord will save the poor from the powerful, and the needy whom nobody hears.
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Canticle | Apocalypse 11 |
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The Judgement | |
The saints have victory through the blood of the Lamb and the witness they have borne.
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We thank you,
Lord God Almighty,
who are and who were,
that you have taken up your great power and begun to reign.
The nations were angered,
but your anger came, the time for the dead to be judged,
the time to reward the prophets and saints, your servants,
and those who feared your name, both great and small.
Now have come the salvation and might and kingdom of our God,
and the power of his Anointed,
for the accuser of our brethren has been brought down,
who accused them day and night in the sight of God.
But they vanquished him through the blood of the Lamb
and through their own witness.
They did not cling to life,
even in the face of death.
Therefore rejoice, heavens,
and you who dwell in them.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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The saints have victory through the blood of the Lamb and the witness they have borne.
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Short reading | Hebrews 13:12-15 © |
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Jesus suffered outside the gate to sanctify the people with his own blood. Let us go to him, then, outside the camp, and share his degradation. For there is no eternal city for us in this life but we look for one in the life to come. Through him, let us offer God an unending sacrifice of praise, a verbal sacrifice that is offered every time we acknowledge his name.
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Canticle | Magnificat |
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My soul rejoices in the Lord | |
As they were eating, Jesus took some bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his disciples.
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My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God, my salvation.
For he has shown me such favour
me, his lowly handmaiden.
Now all generations will call me blessed,
because the mighty one has done great things for me.
His name is holy,
his mercy lasts for generation after generation
for those who revere him.
He has put forth his strength:
he has scattered the proud and conceited,
torn princes from their thrones;
but lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things;
the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel,
he has remembered his mercy as he promised to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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As they were eating, Jesus took some bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his disciples.
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Let us worship our Saviour. At the Last Supper, when he was about to be betrayed, he commanded the Church to commemorate for ever his death and resurrection. Let us pray to him, saying:
Sanctify the people you redeemed with your blood.
You are our Redeemer. Let our penance unite us to you in your Passion:
let it bring us to the glory of the Resurrection.
Sanctify the people you redeemed with your blood.
May your Mother, the comfort of the afflicted, give us her protection.
You console us and make us live again: may we do the same, in our turn, for those who mourn.
Sanctify the people you redeemed with your blood.
Teach the faithful in adversity to share in your passion,
and let the light of your salvation shine out through them.
Sanctify the people you redeemed with your blood.
You lowered yourself and were obedient even to death: death on a cross.
Let your servants be obedient also, and suffer patiently.
Sanctify the people you redeemed with your blood.
May the dead share in the light of your resurrection;
and may we, too, one day be united with them.
Sanctify the people you redeemed with your blood.
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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.
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O God, you made Christ the salvation of the human race and the eternal high priest,
by your will,
for your glory,
and to bring glory to all.
Grant that the people he has won through his blood,
now commemorating that blessed event,
may by that commemoration receive the power of his Cross and Resurrection.
He lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever.
Amen.
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May the Lord bless us and keep us from all harm; and may he lead us to eternal life.
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Humble Service April 9, 2009 Holy Thursday |
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Evening Mass of the Lords Supper
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Father Shane Lambert, LC
John 13:1-15 Introductory Prayer:Lord Jesus, I wish to accompany you closely on the road to Calvary. If I were to contemplate you more often as you hang scourged and bloody upon the cross, Im certain I would be able to rest in your love and base my actions on that one truth. I know that you have loved me with an eternal love: You have proven it there on the wood of the cross. So I long to respond with gratitude, peace and the firm determination to spread your love to everyone. Petition:Lord, grant me the grace of final perseverance in the faith. 1. His Hour, His Love Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. Despite the difficulties he faced, Jesus did not suffer a mid-life crisis at age 33. He knew who he was. He knew where he came from. He knew where he was going. He knew the trials that were soon to crush his mortal body. They would be a means to prove his worth: his love. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. Love endures anything. Love can draw forth good even from the worst of situations. Love redeems. The very betrayal of his friendship will let him demonstrate the authenticity of his own friendship: There is no greater love than to lay ones life down for ones friends. 2. Free Service Jesus has not asked permission to be humble and of service. Peters question, Master, are you going to wash my feet? does not come as a request, rather as a resistant acknowledgement of what Jesus is about to do. Do humility and love need our permission? The question is: Who is humble enough to receive someone elses love? Am I humble enough to receive Jesus love for me? Jesus humility and charity are purifying in their effect. In fact, precisely the attitude, You will never wash my feet, needs to be washed away. Only the poor in spirit, the pure of heart, the childlike enter the Kingdom of heaven: Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me. Let Christ bathe me, then, by his graceful example. Anything less, I will lose my part with him. Yet if he has bathed me by his word, then I must only keep my feet clean. 3. Model Teacher If I am a disciple, I must be careful to learn the lesson. Jesus asks, Do you realize what I have done for you? If anything, the master could demand that his servant wash his feet, not the other way around. Jesus is Lord and master, he is the Good Teacher. I am his disciple. Nonetheless, he has demonstrated his authority not by exacting obedience through exertion of force, rather by revealing the power of virtue: humility and charity and their capacity to teach and persuade. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another´s feet. He has given me a model to follow, so that I go and do likewise. Whose feet am I meant to wash? Conversation with Christ:Lord, continue to bathe me with your word so that I may be found clean. Grant me the humility and charity to imitate your virtues. I wish to learn to wash the feet of others, so give me the grace to let down my defenses and simply reach out to do good, without worrying how others may react to me. Resolution:Today I will humble myself to serve someone in need, especially anyone toward whom I have negative sentiments. |