(piano music)
♪ There's a wideness in God's mercy
♪ Like the wideness of the sea
♪ There's a kindness in God's justice
♪ Which is more than liberty
♪ There is plentiful redemption
♪ In the blood that has been shed
♪ There is joy for all the members
♪ In the sorrows of the Head
- In the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- God sows the seed of the divine word,
so that salvation can spread to the ends of the Earth.
And to begin this liturgy, we look into our hearts
to see where we have failed to hear and understand
God's word.
- Lord Jesus, you are the word of God, Lord have mercy.
- [Congregation] Lord have mercy.
- Christ Jesus, you teach us to hear and understand
God's word, Christ have mercy.
- [Congregation] Christ have mercy.
- Lord Jesus, you cultivate in us the rich soil
of listening hearts.
Lord, have mercy.
- [Congregation] Lord, have mercy.
- May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us
our sins and bring us to life everlasting.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Glory to God in the highest,
- [Priest and Congregation together] And on earth,
peace to people of goodwill.
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you,
we glorify you.
We give you thanks for your great glory.
Lord, God, heavenly king, Oh, God, almighty father.
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, for you alone are the holy one.
You alone are the Lord.
You alone are the most high, Jesus Christ.
With the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father, Amen.
- Let us pray.
Oh, God, who showed the light of your truth
to those who go astray, so that they may return to
the right path, give all who for the faith they
profess are accounted Christians the grace to reject
whatever is contrary to the name of Christ, and to
strive after all that does it honor 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.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- A reading from book of the prophet Isaiah.
"Thus says the Lord, just as from the heavens,
"the rain and snow come down, and do not return
"there, 'til they have watered the Earth,
"making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed
"to the one who sows and bread the one who eats,
"so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth.
"My word shall not return to me void, but shall
"do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it."
Word of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
♪ The seed that falls on good ground
♪ Will yield a fruitful harvest
♪ The sea that falls on good ground
♪ Will yield a fruitful harvest
♪ You visit the earth
♪ Give it water
♪ You fill it with riches
♪ God's overflowing river brims over
♪ To prepare the grain
♪ The sea that falls on good ground
♪ Will yield a fruitful harvest
- A reading from the letter of St. Paul
to the Romans.
"Brothers and sisters, I consider that the
"sufferings of this present time are as nothing
"compared with the glory to be revealed for us.
"For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation
"of the children of God.
"For creation was made subject to futility, not of its
"own accord, but because of the one who subjected it
"in hope that creation itself would be set free
"from slavery to corruption and share in the glorious
"freedom of the children of God.
"We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains
"even until now, and not only that, but we ourselves,
"who have the first fruits of the spirit,
"we also groan within ourselves, as we await
"for adoption the redemption of our bodies."
The word of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
- The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- A reading from the holy gospel according to Matthew.
- [Congregation] Glory to the Lord.
- "On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat down
"by the sea.
"Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got
"into a boat and sat down.
"And the whole crowd stood along the shore.
"And He spoke to them at length in parables,
"saying a sower went out to sow, and as he sowed,
"some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up.
"Some fell on rocky ground where it had little soil.
"It sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep.
"And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered
"for lack of roots.
"Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up
"and choked it.
"But some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit.
"100, or 60 or 30 fold, whoever has ears, ought to hear.
"The disciples approached Him and said, why do you
"speak to them in parables?
"He said to them in reply, because knowledge of the
"mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven has been granted
"to you, but to them it has not been granted.
"To anyone who has, more will be given, and he
"will grow rich.
"from anyone who has not, even what he has will be
"taken away.
"this is why I speak to them in parables,
"because they look but do not see, and hear
"but do not listen or understand.
"Isaiah's prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says
"you shall indeed hear but not understand.
"You shall indeed look, but never see.
"Gross is the heart of this people.
"They will hardly hear with their ears,
"they have closed their eyes, lest they see
"with their eyes, and hear with their ears,
"and understand with their hearts and be converted,
"and I heal them.
"But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
"and your ears, because they hear.
"Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous
"people long to see what you see, but did not see it,
"and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.
"Hear then, the parable of the sower.
"The seed sown on the path is the one who hears
"the word of the kingdom without understanding it.
"And the evil one comes and steals away what was
"sown in his heart.
"The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who
"hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
"But he has no root and lasts only for a time.
"When some tribulation or persecution comes because of
"the word, he immediately falls away.
"The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears
"the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure
"of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.
"But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears
"the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit
"and yields 100 or 60 or 30 fold."
The gospel of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
- I remember as a kid, my dad had this big machine
called a rototiller.
And it was a pretty hefty one, and he built a cart
to take it around, and he would go and till people's
gardens as they were preparing to plant their seeds.
And I remember that rototiller when you lifted up
the flat and you saw all those hooks that went in there,
they were pretty severe.
And it was just amazing that after that rototiller
went through the ground, what came back was
just like powder, it was so beautiful.
But the ground had to be mixed up,
had to be torn up, had to be refined, in order to
receive the seeds.
So smooth soil, all right, that's what was created
and it needed to be torn up.
It needed to be ripped up in order to become the rich
soil to receive the grain.
And sometimes my dad, people who he had tilled the places
for, they would bring the fruits of their harvest,
some to my dad, they would share with him.
And I especially loved the tomatoes and green peppers,
they were just wonderful.
But see, in Jesus' time, there was a different method
of planting.
You see, the sower would scatter the seed first
and then he would till the ground to bring the seed
into the ground.
And sometimes when he would throw the seed around,
if it was a windy day, that seed would go to other places
on the path, on the rocky ground, or among the thorns.
And that's what we're hearing about in today's gospel,
how the seed when to different places.
But the good soil, the soil that was tilled, the soil
that was able to accept the seed, produced great fruit.
And the seed had to die to being a seed,
in order to produce something much better and nurturous.
And then the farmer, the farmer was so proud of the
harvest, then, that he would see come out of his efforts.
So today, we look at ourselves and our lives, knowing
that the seed is the word of God.
And how fertile is our soil to accept the word of God?
You know, are we, do we allow ourselves let the Lord
take over our lives, to till our soil, to make it
really pure to receive His word, so that His word
can have a great root in us?
And the way we'll know if the Lord's word has a root
in us, is by our fruits.
What comes out of our rich soil.
If we live lives of charity, if we live lives
of concern for others, if we love the Lord our God
with our whole heart, our whole soul and our entire being,
and our neighbor as ourself, then we know that our soil
has been tilled well, and that it's rich to receive
the word.
So for us then if we want to know how we're doing
in the spiritual life, if we're wanting to know if our soil
is good, if we've accepted the word of God,
it'll show forth in our lives.
It'll show forth in our charity, in our
love for one another.
Together we profess our faith using the apostle's creed.
- [Priest and Congregation 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, 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 life everlasting, amen.
- The God of abundance gives us the word so that
we might be fruitful disciples of the word.
May that God hear our prayers.
- That church leadership cultivate the rich soil
of receptivity and listening in themselves and
those they serve, we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That all peoples of the world be fertile soil
in which the seed of God's word takes root and bears fruit,
We pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
That those who are poor in the things of this world
grow in the richness of God's word, we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
That each of us here open our hearts to receive Jesus
as the word of God, who bears fruit within us, we pray
to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- Generous God, you sent your son as word made flesh
to take root in our hearts.
Hear these, our prayers, that one day we may live
with you forever and ever, amen.
- [Congregation] Amen.
(piano music)
- Pray, my sisters and brothers that my sacrifice
and yours may be acceptable to God the almighty father.
- [Congregation] 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 Church.
- Look upon the offerings of the church, oh, Lord.
As she makes her prayer to you, and grant that when
consumed by those who believe, they may bring
ever greater holiness through Christ, our Lord.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- Lift up your hearts.
- [Congregation] We lift them unto the Lord.
- Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
- [Congregation] It is right to give him thanks and praise.
- 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 in goodness, you created man and when he was justly
condemned, in mercy you redeemed him through Christ
our Lord.
Through Him the angels praise your majesty.
Dominions adore and powers tremble before you.
Heaven and the virtues of heaven and the blessed
seraphim worship together with exaltation.
May our voice as we pray join with theirs in humble
praise as we acclaim.
♪ Holy holy holy Lord God of hosts
♪ Heaven and earth are full of your glory
♪ Hosanna in the highest.
♪ ♪ Hosanna in the highest.
♪ Blessed is he
♪ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
♪ Hosanna in the highest.
♪ Hosanna in the highest.
♪ Hosanna in the highest.
♪ Hosanna in the highest.
- You are indeed holy, oh, Lord, the fount of holiness.
Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending
down your spirit upon them like the dew 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 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."
♪ The mystery of faith
♪ When we eat this bread and drink this cup
♪ We proclaim your death, Oh Lord
♪ 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 Joseph our Bishop,
all the clergy and all your people.
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 Joseph her loving husband,
with the blessed apostles, the martyrs, and all the 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, with him, and in him
♪ Oh God, almighty father
♪ in the unity of the Holy Spirit
♪ all glory and honor is yours
♪ for ever and ever
♪ Amen, amen
♪ Amen, amen
♪ Amen, amen
♪ Amen, amen
- At the savior's command and formed by divine teaching,
we dare to pray.
- [Priest and Congregation Together] 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 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.
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- Let us offer one another the sign of peace.
- 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,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
grant us peace.
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 sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
- [Priest and Congregation Together] Lord, I am not
worthy that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
♪ Take and eat
♪ Take and eat
♪ This is my body
♪ Given up for you
♪ Take and drink
♪ Take and drink
♪ This is my blood
♪ Given up for you
♪ I am the Word that spoke and light was made
♪ I am the seed that died to be re-born
♪ I am the bread that comes from heaven above
♪ I am the vine that fills your cup with joy
♪ Take and eat
♪ Take and eat
♪ This is my body given up for you
♪ Take and drink
♪ Take and drink
♪ This is my blood
♪ Given up for you
- Let us pray.
Having consumed these gifts, we pray, oh, Lord,
that by our participation in this mystery,
it's saving effects upon us may grow, through Christ,
our Lord.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- May our loving God bless you.
The father and the son and the Holy Spirit.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Go in peace, and announce the gospel of the Lord.
- [Priest and Congregation Together] Thanks be to God.
♪ Oh God beyond all praising
♪ we worship you today
♪ and sing the love amazing
♪ that songs cannot repay
♪ for we can only wonder
♪ at every gift you send
♪ at blessings without number
♪ and mercies without end
♪ we lift our hearts before you
♪ and wait upon your word
♪ we honor and adore you
♪ our great and mighty Lord
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