00:14In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, peace be with you.
00:19We've started our Lenten time. Today is Ash Wednesday.
00:22Unfortunately, I cannot give you ashes online, but we can have virtual ashes
00:27in the sense that the most important thing, of course, is our heart and conversion.
00:33So we pray.
00:35Loving God, you are with us in good times and in bad times.
00:38Lord, have mercy.
00:39You call us to this time of Lent for inner conversion.
00:43Christ, have mercy.
00:44And we move towards Easter to renew our baptism.
00:48Lord, have mercy.
00:49May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
00:53and lead us into healing and life everlasting.
00:57Let us pray.
00:58Grant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting, this campaign of Christian service,
01:04so that as we take up battle against spiritual evils,
01:08we may be armed with weapons of self-restraint,
01:11through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
01:13who lives and reigns with you in the Holy Spirit,
01:17God, forever and ever.
01:19Amen.
01:23A reading from the prophet Joel.
01:26Now, now, it is the Lord who speaks.
01:29Come back to me with all your heart,
01:32fasting, weeping, mourning.
01:34Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn.
01:38Tend to the Lord your God again.
01:40For he is all tenderness and compassion,
01:44slow to anger, rich in graciousness,
01:47and ready to relent.
01:48Who knows if he will not turn again,
01:51will not relent,
01:53will not leave a blessing as he passes,
01:56oblation and libation for the Lord your God.
02:00Sound the trumpet in Zion,
02:03order a fast,
02:04proclaim a solemn assembly,
02:07call the people together,
02:09summon the community,
02:11assemble the elders,
02:13gather the children,
02:14even the infants at the breast.
02:17Let the bridegroom leave his bedroom,
02:20and the bride her alcove.
02:22Between vestibule and altar,
02:24let the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
02:27lament, let them say,
02:29Spare your people, Lord.
02:31Do not make your heritage a thing of shame,
02:34a byword for the nations.
02:36Why should it be said among the nations,
02:39Where is their God?
02:41Then the Lord, jealous on behalf of his land,
02:45took pity on his people.
02:48The word of the Lord.
02:51Thanks be to God.
02:52Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
02:55Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
02:59Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness.
03:02In your compassion brought out my offense.
03:05O wash me more and more from my guilt,
03:07and cleanse me from my sin.
03:10Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
03:14My offenses truly, I know them.
03:17My sin is always before me.
03:19Against you, you alone, have I sinned.
03:22What is evil in your sight, I have done.
03:25Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
03:29Help your heart create for me, O God.
03:31Put a steadfast spirit within me.
03:33Do not cast me away from your presence,
03:36nor deprive me of your Holy Spirit.
03:39Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
03:42Give me again the joy of your help.
03:45With a spirit of fervor, sustain me.
03:48O Lord, open my lips and my mouth and declare your praise.
03:54Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
03:58A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
04:03We are ambassadors for Christ.
04:05It is as though God were appealing to us.
04:08And the appeal that we make in Christ's name is
04:13be reconciled to God.
04:15For I say, God made the sinless man into sin,
04:19so that in him we might become the goodness of God.
04:23Hence, his fellow workers, we beg you once again
04:27not to neglect the grace of God that you have received.
04:32For he says,
04:33At the favorable time I have listened to you.
04:37On the day of salvation I came to your help.
04:40Well, now is the favorable time.
04:45This is the day of salvation.
04:49The word of the Lord.
04:51Thanks be to God.
04:53Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory.
04:56If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
05:00Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory.
05:04The Lord be with you.
05:06A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
05:10Glory to you, O Lord.
05:12Jesus said to his disciples,
05:14Be careful not to parade your good deeds before others
05:18to attract their notice.
05:20By doing this, you will lose all reward
05:23from your Father in heaven.
05:25So, when you give alms,
05:27do not have it trumpeted before you.
05:30This is what the hypocrites do
05:33in the synagogues and in the streets
05:35to win people's admiration.
05:37I tell you solemnly,
05:39they have had their reward.
05:41But when you give alms,
05:43your left hand must not know
05:45what your right hand is doing.
05:48Your almsgiving must be secret
05:49and your Father who sees all that is done in secret
05:52will reward you.
05:54And when you pray,
05:56do not imitate the hypocrites.
05:57They love to say their prayers
05:59standing up in the synagogue
06:01and at the street corners
06:02for people to see them.
06:04I tell you solemnly,
06:05they have had their reward.
06:07But when you pray,
06:09go to your private room.
06:11And when you have shut your door,
06:13pray to your Father
06:14who is in that secret place.
06:17And your Father who sees all that is done in secret
06:20will reward you.
06:21When you fast,
06:23do not put on a gloomy look
06:24like the hypocrites do.
06:26They pull long faces
06:27to let people know they are fasting.
06:30I tell you solemnly,
06:31they have had their reward.
06:33But when you fast,
06:35put oil on your head,
06:36wash your face,
06:37till no one will know
06:39you are fasting
06:40except your Father
06:41who sees all that is done in secret.
06:44And your Father who sees all that is done in secret
06:46will reward you.
06:51The Gospel of the Lord.
06:54Since we cannot put the ashes,
06:56we'll still say the prayers that we're doing.
06:59Lord, bless the sinner who asks for your forgiveness
07:01and bless those who receive ashes.
07:04May they keep this lengthy season
07:06in preparation for the joy of Easter.
07:09Lord, you bless the ashes
07:10which will be used today in our churches,
07:12by which we show that we are dust.
07:14You pardon our sins
07:16and keep us faithful
07:17to the discipline of Lent.
07:19For you do not want sinners to die,
07:22but to live in the risen Christ
07:24who reigns with you forever and ever.
07:27Amen.
07:28Turn away from sin
07:30and follow the Gospel.
07:32That is the call for us
07:34as we journey towards Easter
07:36when we renew our baptism promises.
07:40A time now
07:41to look at our relationship with God,
07:43with ourselves,
07:45with others,
07:46and the environment
07:47and the world around us.
07:49And to make commitments
07:50to grow in all those four relationships
07:53with the grace of God,
07:55with more time in prayer,
07:57helping others,
07:58looking at anything in our life
08:00that has crept in
08:01that we need to
08:02with God's grace
08:03get rid of
08:04or deal with.
08:06And also relationships.
08:08How respectful am I?
08:09How loving am I
08:10in all of my relationships?
08:12What can I do about it?
08:18Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,
08:21for to your goodness
08:22we have this bread to offer,
08:23which earth has given
08:24human hands and made.
08:25It will become for us
08:27the bread of life.
08:28Blessed be God forever.
08:42Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,
08:44for to your goodness
08:45we have this wine to offer,
08:47fruit of divine work of human hands.
08:49It will become a spiritual drink.
08:51Blessed be God forever.
08:56Blessed be God forever.
09:00Let us pray, brothers and sisters,
09:02that my sacrifice and yours
09:04may be acceptable
09:05to God, our almighty Father.
09:07May the Lord accept this sacrifice
09:09at our hands
09:10for the praise and glory of God's name
09:12for our good
09:13and the good of God's holy church.
09:18As we solemnly offer
09:20the annual sacrifice
09:21for the beginning of Lent,
09:22we entreat you, O Lord,
09:24that through works of penance
09:25and charity
09:26we may turn away
09:27from harmful pressures
09:29and cleanse from our sins,
09:31may become worthy
09:32to celebrate devoutly
09:33the passion of your Son
09:35who lives and reigns
09:36forever and ever.
09:38Amen.
09:44The Lord be with you.
09:47Lift up your hearts.
09:49Let us give thanks
09:51to the Lord our God.
10:00It is truly right and just
10:02our duty and our salvation
10:04always and everywhere
10:05to give you thanks,
10:06Lord, Holy Father,
10:07almighty and eternal God.
10:09For you will
10:10that our self-denial
10:11should give you praise,
10:12humble our sinful pride,
10:14contribute to the feeding
10:15of the poor
10:16and so help us imitate you
10:18in your kindness.
10:20And so we glorify you
10:21with countless angels
10:22as with one voice of praise
10:25we acclaim.
10:26Holy, Holy, Holy Lord,
10:29God of hosts,
10:30heaven and earth
10:31are full of your glory.
10:33Hosanna in the highest.
10:35Blessed is he who comes
10:36in the name of the Lord.
10:38Hosanna in the highest.
10:40You are indeed holy,
10:41O Lord,
10:42the fount of all holiness.
10:43Make holy,
10:44therefore,
10:45these gifts,
10:45we pray,
10:46by sending down
10:47your spirit upon them
10:48that did you fall
10:49so they may become
10:51for us the body
10:51and blood
10:52of our Lord Jesus Christ.
10:54At the time
10:55he was betrayed
10:56and entered willingly
10:57into his passion,
10:59he took bread
11:00and giving thanks
11:01broke it
11:02and gave it
11:03to his disciples
11:04saying,
11:05Take this,
11:05all of you,
11:06and eat of it
11:06for this is my body
11:08which will be given up
11:10for you.
11:21in a similar way
11:23when supper was ended
11:24he took the chalice
11:25and once more
11:26giving thanks
11:26he gave it
11:28to his disciples
11:28saying,
11:29Take this,
11:30all of you,
11:30and drink from it
11:31for this is
11:32the chalice
11:33of my blood
11:34the blood
11:35of the new
11:35and eternal covenant
11:36which will be
11:38pulled out
11:38for you
11:39and for many
11:40for the forgiveness
11:41of sins.
11:42Do this
11:43in memory of me.
11:50The mystery of faith
11:52when we eat this bread
11:54and drink this cup
11:55we proclaim
11:56your death,
11:57O Lord,
11:58until you come again.
12:01Therefore,
12:01as we celebrate
12:02the memorial
12:03of his death
12:03and resurrection
12:04we offer you,
12:05Lord,
12:06the bread of life
12:06and the chalice
12:07of salvation
12:08giving thanks
12:09that you've held us
12:10worthy
12:11to be in your presence
12:12and minister to you.
12:14Humbly we pray
12:15that partaking
12:16of the body
12:17and blood of Christ
12:18we may be gathered
12:19into one
12:20by the Holy Spirit.
12:22Remember,
12:22Lord,
12:23your church
12:23spread throughout the world
12:25and bring her
12:25to the fullness
12:26of charity.
12:27Together with Cleo,
12:29our Pope,
12:29me,
12:30your unworthy servant
12:31and all the clergy.
12:33Remember also
12:34our brothers and sisters
12:35who have fallen asleep
12:36in the hope
12:37of the resurrection
12:38and all who have died
12:40in your mercy.
12:41Welcome them
12:42into the light
12:42of your face.
12:44Have mercy on us all,
12:46we pray,
12:46that with the blessed
12:47Virgin Mary,
12:48Mother of God,
12:49blessed Joseph,
12:49her spouse,
12:50with the blessed
12:51apostles
12:52and all the saints
12:53who have pleased you
12:54throughout the ages,
12:55we may,
12:56through your grace,
12:57merit to be coerced
12:58to eternal life
12:59and may praise
13:00and glorify you
13:01through your son,
13:02Jesus Christ.
13:06Through him
13:07and with him
13:07and in him,
13:08O God,
13:08Almighty Father,
13:10in the unity
13:10of the Holy Spirit,
13:12all glory and honor
13:13is yours
13:13forever and ever.
13:15Amen.
13:17At the Savior's command
13:18and formed by divine teaching,
13:20we dare to say,
13:21Our Father,
13:22who art in heaven,
13:24hallowed be thy name,
13:25thy kingdom come,
13:27thy will be done on earth
13:28as it is in heaven.
13:29Give us this day
13:31our daily bread
13:32and forgive us
13:32our trespasses
13:33as we forgive those
13:35who trespass against us
13:37and lead us not
13:38into temptation,
13:39but deliver us
13:40from evil.
13:41Deliver us,
13:42Lord,
13:42we pray,
13:42from every evil.
13:44Graciously grant peace
13:45in our days
13:45that by the help
13:47of your mercy
13:47we may be always
13:48free from sin
13:49and safe from all distress
13:51as we await
13:52the blessed hope
13:53and the coming
13:54of our Savior,
13:55Jesus Christ.
13:56For the kingdom,
13:57the power,
13:58and the glory
13:59are yours
13:59now and forever.
14:01Lord Jesus Christ,
14:03we said to your apostles,
14:04peace I leave you,
14:05my peace I give you,
14:06look not on our sins
14:08but on the faith
14:09of your church
14:10and graciously grant
14:12their peace and unity
14:13in accordance
14:14with your will
14:14who live and reign
14:16forever and ever.
14:17Amen.
14:18The peace of our Lord
14:19Jesus Christ
14:19be with you always.
14:21Let us offer each other
14:22a sign of the peace
14:23that Jesus offers to us.
14:25Peace be with you all.
14:27Lamb of God,
14:29you take away
14:29the sins of the world.
14:31Have mercy on us.
14:33Lamb of God,
14:34you take away
14:35the sins of the world.
14:37Have mercy on us.
14:38Lamb of God,
14:40you take away
14:40the sins of the world.
14:42grant us peace.
14:57Behold the Lamb of God
14:58who takes away
14:59the sins of the world.
15:00Happy are those
15:01who are called
15:02to the supper of the Lamb.
15:03Lord, I am not worthy
15:05you should enter
15:06under my roof,
15:07but only say the word
15:08and my soul
15:09shall be healed.
15:10My Jesus,
15:12I believe that you are
15:13present in the most
15:14blessed sacrament.
15:15I love you above all things
15:17and I desire to receive you
15:18into my soul.
15:20Since I cannot now
15:21receive you sacramentally,
15:23commonly, spiritually
15:24into my heart,
15:26I embrace you
15:27as if you were already there
15:28and unite myself
15:30wholly to you.
15:31Never permit me
15:33to be separated from you.
15:34Amen.
15:36Let us pray.
15:38Pour out a spirit
15:39of compunction,
15:40O Lord,
15:41on those who bow
15:42before you
15:43and by your mercy
15:44may they merit
15:45the rewards you promise
15:47through Christ our Lord
15:49and through those
15:50who do penance.
15:51Through Christ
15:51our Lord.
15:53Amen.
15:54May the Lord be with you
15:55and may the peace
15:57and the blessing
15:57of the Father
15:58and of the Son
15:59and of the Holy Spirit
16:00come upon you
16:01and remain always with you.
16:03Let us go
16:04and lift the gospel
16:05proclaiming by our lives.
16:08Thanks be to God.
16:09God bless your day.
16:12Amen.
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