00:00May of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
00:26Dear brothers and sisters, today the Church offers us the opportunity to celebrate the memory of St. Charbel Makhlouf, who is a very famous saint in the Eastern tradition of the Catholic Church, probably just beginning to be known in our Western, more Latin side of the Church.
00:47But he is known as the Padre Pio of the East because of the amount of miracles worked by God through his name.
00:55But the Church invites us as well to remember that his life was a life of obedience to the Gospel in the silence of his hermit-like life, but also at the service of others.
01:09We ask his intercession to pray for us and for the Church and for the whole world during this time terribly in need of peace.
01:17Dear brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
01:25You were sent to heal the contrite of heart, Lord have mercy.
01:35You came to call sinners, Christ have mercy.
01:39You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us, Lord have mercy.
01:46May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.
01:54Let us pray.
01:56O God, who called the priest Saint Charbel Makhlouf to the solitary combat of the desert and imbued him with all manner of devotion,
02:08grant us, we pray, that being made imitators of the Lord's passion, we may merit to be co-heirs of his kingdom.
02:17Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.
02:23Amen.
02:26A reading from the Prophet Jeremiah.
02:29The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah of a priestly family living at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
02:37The word of the Lord was addressed to me, saying,
02:41Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
02:45Before you came to breath, I consecrated you.
02:48I have appointed you as prophet to the nations.
02:52I said, Ah, Lord, look, I do not know how to speak.
02:57I am a child.
02:59But the Lord replied, Do not say, I am a child.
03:04Go now to those to whom I send you and say whatever I command you.
03:10Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to protect you.
03:15It is the Lord who speaks.
03:18Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me,
03:24There, I am putting my words into your mouth.
03:28Look, today I am setting you over nations and over kingdoms to tear up and to knock down,
03:35to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
03:41The word of the Lord.
03:47I will sing of your salvation.
03:52In you, O Lord, I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
03:56In your justice, rescue me, free me, pay heed to me and save me.
04:02I will sing of your salvation.
04:04Be a rock where I can take refuge, a mighty stronghold to save me.
04:09For you are my rock, my stronghold.
04:11Free me from the hand of the wicked.
04:14I will sing of your salvation.
04:16It is you, O Lord, who are my hope, my trust, O Lord, since my youth.
04:21On you I have learned lean from my birth.
04:24From my mother's womb you have been my help.
04:27I will sing of your salvation.
04:29My lips will tell of your justice and day by day of your help.
04:33O God, you have taught me from my youth and I proclaim your wonders still.
04:39I will sing of your salvation.
04:43Alleluia! Alleluia! The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower.
04:48All who come to him will live forever. Alleluia!
04:59The Lord be with you.
05:01A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
05:06Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside,
05:10but such crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there.
05:15The people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in parables.
05:26Pardon me.
05:28He said, Imagine a sower going out to sow.
05:33As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path,
05:36and the birds came and ate them up.
05:39Others fell on patches of rock, where they found little soil,
05:43and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth.
05:48But as soon as the sun came up, they were scorched,
05:52and not having any roots, they withered away.
05:56Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
06:01Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop,
06:05some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
06:11Listen, anyone who has ears.
06:15The Gospel of the Lord.
06:32Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,
06:35for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you,
06:38fruit of the earth and work of human hands,
06:40it will become for us the bread of life.
07:02Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,
07:05for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you,
07:08fruit of the vine and work of human hands,
07:10it will become our spiritual drink.
07:32Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours
07:36may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.
07:47Receive, O Lord, we pray, the offerings placed on your altar
07:51in commemoration of blessed Charbel,
07:54so that as you brought him glory,
07:56you may, through these sacred mysteries,
07:58grant to us your pardon, through Christ our Lord.
08:05The Lord be with you and with your spirit.
08:07Lift up your hearts, we lift them up to the Lord.
08:10Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
08:12It is right and just.
08:14It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
08:17always and everywhere, to give you thanks,
08:20Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and Eternal God,
08:23through Christ our Lord.
08:25For as on the festival of St. Charbel
08:27you bid your church rejoice,
08:29so too you strengthen her by the example of his holy life,
08:33teach her by his words of preaching,
08:36and keep her safe in answer to his prayers.
08:39And so, with the company of angels and saints,
08:41we sing the hymn of your praise,
08:43as without end we acclaim,
08:45Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of hosts,
08:49heaven and earth are full of your glory,
08:52Hosanna in the highest.
08:54Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
08:57Hosanna in the highest.
09:03You are indeed holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.
09:06Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,
09:08by sending down your spirits upon them like the dewfall,
09:12so that they may become for us the body and blood
09:15of our Lord Jesus Christ.
09:19At the time he was betrayed
09:20and entered willingly into his passion,
09:22he took bread, and giving thanks, broke it,
09:25and gave it to his disciples, saying,
09:28Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
09:32for this is my body, which will be given up for you.
09:52In a similar way, when supper was ended,
10:13he took the chalice, and once more giving thanks,
10:16he gave it to his disciples, saying,
10:19Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
10:22for this is the chalice of my blood,
10:25the blood of the new and eternal covenant,
10:28which will be poured out for you and for many
10:31for the forgiveness of sins.
10:33Do this in memory of me.
10:49Amen.
11:20The mystery of faith.
11:21We proclaim your death, O Lord,
11:23and profess your resurrection until you come again.
11:27Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his death
11:30and resurrection, we offer you, Lord,
11:32the bread of life and the chalice of salvation,
11:35giving thanks that you have held us worthy
11:38to be in your presence and minister to you.
11:41Humbly we pray that, partaking of the body
11:44and blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one
11:47by the Holy Spirit.
11:49Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world,
11:52and bring her to the fullness of charity,
11:54together with Francis our Pope and Trouss our Bishop
11:57and all the clergy.
11:59Remember also our brothers and sisters
12:01who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection,
12:05and all who have died in your mercy.
12:07Welcome them into the light of your face.
12:11Have mercy on us all, we pray,
12:13that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
12:16with Blessed Joseph, her spouse,
12:18with the Blessed Apostles and all the Saints
12:21who have pleased you throughout the ages,
12:23we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life
12:26and may praise and glorify you
12:28through your Son, Jesus Christ.
12:34Through him, and with him, and in him,
12:36O God, Almighty Father,
12:38in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
12:41all glory and honor is yours, forever and ever.
12:46Amen.
12:51At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching,
12:54we dare to say,
12:56Our Father who art in heaven,
12:59hallowed be thy name.
13:01Thy kingdom come,
13:02thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
13:06Give us this day our daily bread,
13:08and forgive us our trespasses,
13:10as we forgive those who trespass against us.
13:14And lead us not into temptation,
13:16but deliver us from evil.
13:19Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil.
13:22Graciously grant peace in our days,
13:24that by the help of your mercy
13:26we may be always free from sin
13:29and safe from all distress,
13:31as we await the blessed hope
13:33and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
13:41Lord Jesus Christ,
13:42who said to your apostles,
13:43Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,
13:46look not on our sins,
13:48but on the faith of your Church,
13:50and graciously grant her peace and unity
13:52in accordance with your will,
13:54who live and reign forever and ever.
13:57The peace of the Lord be with you always.
14:01Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
14:04Peace be with you.
14:29Lamb of God,
14:30you take away the sins of the world,
14:32have mercy on us.
14:34Lamb of God,
14:35you take away the sins of the world,
14:37have mercy on us.
14:39Lamb of God,
14:40you take away the sins of the world,
14:42grant us peace.
15:00Amen.
15:14Behold the Lamb of God,
15:15behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
15:18Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
15:21Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,
15:25but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
15:29My Jesus,
15:30I believe that you are present in the most blessed sacrament.
15:34I love you above all things,
15:35and I desire to receive you into my soul.
15:38Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
15:41come at least spiritually into my heart.
15:44I embrace you as if you were already there,
15:47and unite myself wholly to you.
15:50Never permit me to be separated from you.
15:53Amen.
15:55Let us pray.
16:00May partaking at the heavenly table,
16:04Almighty God,
16:05confirm and increase strength from on high
16:08in all who celebrate the feast day of Blessed Charbel,
16:11that we may preserve in integrity the gift of faith
16:15and walk in the path of salvation you chose for us,
16:19through Christ our Lord.
16:21Dear friends,
16:22thank you for your prayerful company during this moment,
16:25and whenever you will be seeing this throughout the day,
16:28we pray now for God's blessings upon you,
16:31your families,
16:32and your works and your intentions.
16:33May God,
16:34through the intercession of Our Lady and St. Charbel,
16:37look after you,
16:38and grant you every grace and blessing.
16:40The Lord be with you.
16:42May Almighty God bless you,
16:44the Father,
16:45and the Son,
16:46and the Holy Spirit.
16:48Go and announce the gospel of the Lord.
16:51Thanks be to God.
16:58Amen.
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