00:14Today being the first of May is the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in the name of the Father
00:22and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Peace be with you. We acknowledge our sins but more
00:31importantly the compassion, the mercy and the love of God. Loving God you are with us in good
00:38times and in bad times. Lord have mercy. You work with us in our lives. Christ have mercy and you
00:48call us to be people of faith like Saint Joseph. Lord have mercy. May Almighty God have mercy on us,
00:57forgive us our sins and lead us into healing and life everlasting. Let us pray.
01:05O God creator of all things who laid down for the human race the law of work,
01:12graciously grant that by the example of Saint Joseph and under his patronage we may complete
01:19the works you have set us to do and attain the rewards you promise through our Lord Jesus Christ,
01:27your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen.
01:36A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Colossians. Over all these clothes to keep them
01:43together and complete them put on love and may the peace of Christ reign in your hearts because it is
01:51for this that you were called together as parts of one body. Always be thankful. Never say or do anything
02:00except in the name of the name of the Lord Jesus. Give thanks to God the Father through him. Whatever
02:07your
02:08work is put your heart into it as if it were for the Lord and not for people. Knowing that
02:16the Lord will
02:17repay you by making you his heirs, it is Christ the Lord that you are serving. The word of the
02:26Lord. Thanks be to God.
02:34Alleluia. Before the mountains were born or the earth or the world brought forth, you are God without
02:40beginning or end. Alleluia. You turn us back into dust and say go back children of man. To your eyes
02:49a thousand
02:49years are like yesterday come and gone. No more than a watch in the night. Alleluia. Make us know the
02:58shortness of the shortness of our life that we may gain wisdom of heart. Lord relent is your anger
03:04forever. Show pity to your servants. Alleluia. In the morning fill us with your love. We shall exalt and
03:14rejoice all our days. Show forth your work to your servants. Let your glory shine on the children.
03:24Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Blessed be the Lord day after day. The God who saves us
03:32and bears our burdens. Alleluia. The Lord be with you. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
03:43Glory to you. Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus came to his hometown and taught the people in the synagogue
03:51in such a way that they were astonished and said, Where did the men get this wisdom
03:57and these miraculous powers? This is the carpenter's son, surely? Is not his mother, the woman called Mary,
04:07and his brothers James and Joseph, and Simon and Jude? His sisters too, are they not all here with us?
04:15So where did the men get it all? And they would not accept him. But Jesus said to them,
04:22A prophet is only despised in his own country and in his own house. And he did not work many
04:31miracles there
04:32because of their lack of faith. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
04:43St. Joseph, the man of faith who trusted. Despite things that struck him and confused him,
04:53he kept on trusting that God was with him. And he trusted the promise that God made.
05:01Today the focus is on Joseph the worker, the carpenter.
05:08I heard a beautiful definition of work once. Work is a way of making love visible.
05:14How true? Because whenever we work and construct something, it's helping people. Either beautifying,
05:23giving houses, clothes, food. We can go on and on. And if we approach work that way,
05:30our attitude begins to change. When it's a chore, it puts us down. When it's a way of love,
05:39we are uplifted. With faith in Jesus Christ, knowing that God is with us and tends to good everything for
05:47us,
05:47we continue to ensure that our work is a way of loving.
05:59And today we keep in our prayers, Jackson Marr, whose birthday would have been today.
06:07And we keep in mind his family at this time in a special way.
06:13Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for to your goodness we have this bread to offer,
06:18which earth has given human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life.
06:24Blessed be God forever.
06:43Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for to your goodness we have this wine to offer,
06:48fruit of divine work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.
06:54Blessed be God forever.
07:00Let us pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God our almighty Father.
07:07May the Lord accept this sacrifice at our hands, to the praise and glory of God's name,
07:13for our good and the good of God's Holy Church.
07:16O God, fount of all mercy, look upon our offering, which we bring before you in commemoration of Saint Joseph,
07:25and mercifully grant that the gifts we offer may become the means of protection for those who call upon you.
07:33We make our prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.
07:37The Lord be with you.
07:39The Lord be with you. Lift up your hearts. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
07:47It is truly right and just our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere, to give you thanks,
07:54Lord, Holy Father, almighty and eternal God, and on the commemoration of Saint Joseph,
08:00to give you fitting praise, to glorify you and bless you.
08:05For this just man was given by you, espoused to the Virgin Mother of God, and set as a wise
08:14and faithful servant in charge of your household,
08:18to watch like a father over your only begotten Son, who was conceived by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit,
08:27our Lord Jesus Christ.
08:28Through him, the angels praise you, dominions adore, and powers tremble before you.
08:36Heaven and virtues of heaven, and the blessed Seraphim, worship together with exaltation.
08:43May our voices, we pray, join with theirs in humble praise as we acclaim,
08:50Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts,
08:54Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
09:00Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
09:10You are indeed holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.
09:14Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,
09:19so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
09:25At the time he was betrayed, and entered willingly into his passion,
09:30he took bread, and giving thanks, broke it,
09:33and gave it to his disciples, saying,
09:36Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
09:39for this is my body, which will be given up for you.
09:48In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice,
09:53and once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying,
09:58Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
10:00for this is the chalice of my blood,
10:03the blood of the new and eternal covenant,
10:06which will be poured out for you and for many,
10:10for the forgiveness of sins.
10:12Do this in memory of me.
10:22The mystery of faith,
10:25when we eat this bread and drink this cup,
10:28we proclaim your death, O Lord,
10:30until you come again.
10:33Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial
10:35of his death and resurrection,
10:38we offer you, Lord,
10:40the bread of life and the chalice of salvation,
10:43giving thanks that you've held us worthy
10:45to be in your presence and minister to you.
10:50Humbly we pray
10:51that, partaking of the body and blood of Christ,
10:54we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.
10:59Remember, Lord, your church spread throughout the world
11:02and bring her to the fullness of charity,
11:05together with Leo, our Pope,
11:08me, your unworthy servant,
11:10and all the clergy.
11:12Remember, Jackson Marr,
11:15whom you have called from this world to yourself,
11:19run that he who was united with your son
11:21in a death like his
11:23may also be one with him
11:25in his resurrection.
11:29Remember also
11:30all our brothers and sisters
11:32who have fallen asleep
11:33in the hope of the resurrection,
11:36and all who have died in your mercy.
11:39welcome them into the light of your face.
11:42Have mercy on us all, we pray,
11:45that with the blessed Virgin Mary,
11:47Mother of God,
11:48blessed Joseph, her spouse,
11:50with the blessed apostles,
11:52and all the saints who have pleased you
11:54throughout the ages,
11:55we may,
11:57through your grace,
11:58merit
11:58to be coerced to eternal life,
12:00and may praise and glorify you
12:03through your Son,
12:05Jesus Christ.
12:09Through him and with him and in him,
12:12O God, almighty Father,
12:13in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
12:16all glory and honor is yours
12:18for ever and ever.
12:19Amen.
12:22At the Savior's command
12:23and for my divine teaching,
12:25we dare to say,
12:27Our Father,
12:28who art in heaven,
12:30hallowed be thy name,
12:32thy kingdom come,
12:34thy will be done on earth
12:35as it is in heaven.
12:37Give us this day our daily bread,
12:39and forgive us our trespasses,
12:42as we forgive those
12:43who trespass against us,
12:45and lead us not into temptation,
12:47but deliver us from evil.
12:50Let ever ask, Lord,
12:51we pray from every evil,
12:53graciously grant peace in our days,
12:55that by the help of your mercy,
12:57we may be always free from sin,
12:59and safe from all distress,
13:01as we await the blessed hope,
13:03and the coming of our Savior,
13:05Jesus Christ.
13:07For the kingdom,
13:08the power,
13:09and the glory are yours,
13:10now and forever.
13:12Lord Jesus Christ,
13:14who has said to your apostles,
13:16Peace I leave you,
13:17my peace I give you,
13:19look not on our sins,
13:20or on the faith of your church,
13:22and graciously grant us peace and unity,
13:25in accordance with your will,
13:26who live and reign forever and ever.
13:29Amen.
13:29The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always.
13:33Let us offer each other a sign of peace,
13:36the peace of Christ.
13:38Peace be with you all.
13:40Lamb of God,
13:42you take away the sins of the world,
13:44have mercy on us.
13:47Lamb of God,
13:48you take away the sins of the world,
13:51have mercy on us.
13:52Lamb of God,
13:53you take away the sins of the world,
13:56grant us peace.
14:12Behold the Lamb of God,
14:14who takes away the sins of the world,
14:16happy are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb.
14:19Lord,
14:20I am not worthy,
14:21that you should enter under my roof,
14:23but only say the word,
14:24and my soul shall be healed.
14:28My Jesus,
14:30I believe that you are present in the most blessed sacrament.
14:33I love you above all things,
14:35and I desire to receive you into my soul.
14:38Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
14:42comidly, spiritually, into my heart,
14:44I embrace you as if you were already there,
14:47and unite myself wholly to you.
14:50Never permit me to be separated from you.
14:53Amen.
14:53Let us pray.
15:03Having fed upon heaven in delight,
15:06we humbly ask you, O Lord,
15:09that by St. Joseph's example,
15:11cherishing in our hearts
15:13the signs of your love,
15:15we may ever joyfully enjoy
15:17the fruit of perpetual peace.
15:20Through Christ our Lord.
15:21Amen.
15:23The Lord be with you.
15:25And may the peace and the blessing
15:27of the Father and of the Son
15:29and of the Holy Spirit come upon you
15:31and remain always with you.
15:33Amen.
15:34Let us go and proclaim the gospel
15:37by our lives.
15:40Thanks be to God
15:41and God bless your day.
15:44God bless you.
15:45God bless you.
15:47God bless you.
15:49God bless you.
15:50God bless you.
15:51God bless you.
15:51God bless you.
15:52God bless you.
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