00:13In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, please be with you.
00:19We acknowledge our sins, we acknowledge the incredible love of our God.
00:27You give us your strength in our weakness, Lord, have mercy.
00:32You turn to good all things for us, Christ, have mercy.
00:37And you call us away from confusion and fear into love, Lord, have mercy.
00:44May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and lead us into healing and life everlasting.
00:52Let us pray.
00:54O God, strength of those who hope in you, graciously hear our pleas.
00:58And since without you mortal frailty can do nothing, grant us always the help of your grace,
01:05that in following your commands we may please you by our resolve and our deeds.
01:11Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
01:17God, forever and ever. Amen.
01:22A reading from the second book of the Kings.
01:26This is what happened when the Lord took Elijah up to heaven in the whirlwind.
01:33Elijah and Eliza set out from Gilgal.
01:38Elijah said,
01:39Elijah, please stay here, the Lord is only sending me to the Jordan.
01:45But he replied, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.
01:52And they went on together.
01:54Fifty of the brotherhood of prophets followed them, halting some distance away, as the two of them stood beside the
02:03Jordan.
02:04Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water, and the water divided to left and right.
02:12And the two of them crossed over, dry short.
02:16When they had crossed, Elijah said to Eliza, make your request.
02:21What can I do for you before I am taken from you?
02:25Eliza answered, let me inherit a double share of your spirit.
02:30Your request is a difficult one, Elijah said.
02:33If you see me while I am being taken from you, it shall be as you ask.
02:40If not, it will not be so.
02:43Now as they walked on, talking as they went, a chariot of fire appeared, and horses of fire coming between
02:52the two of them.
02:54And Elijah went up to heaven in the well wind.
02:58Eliza saw it and shouted,
03:00My father, my father, chariot of Israel, and his chargers.
03:06Then he lost sight of him.
03:08And taking hold of his cloak, he tore them in half, and picked up the cloak of Elijah, which had
03:18fallen, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
03:21He took the cloak of Elijah and struck the water.
03:25Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah, he cried.
03:29He struck the water, and he divided right and left, and Eliza crossed over.
03:40Let your hearts take comfort all who hope in the Lord.
03:47How great is the goodness, Lord, that you keep for those who fear you, that you show to those who
03:55trust you in the sight of all.
03:58Let your hearts take comfort all who hope in the Lord.
04:02You hide them in the shelter of your presence from the plotting of others.
04:08You keep them safe within your tent from disputing tongues.
04:12Let your hearts take comfort all who hope in the Lord.
04:17Love the Lord, all you saints.
04:19He guards his faithful, but the Lord will repay to the fool those who act with pride.
04:25Let your hearts take comfort all who hope in the Lord.
04:30Alleluia, alleluia.
04:31All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them.
04:38Alleluia.
04:39The Lord be with you.
04:41And with your spirit.
04:42A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
04:45Glory to you, O Lord.
04:48Jesus said to his disciples,
04:51Be careful not to parade your good deeds before people to attract their notice.
04:56By doing this, you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.
05:02So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you.
05:07This is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win people's admiration.
05:14I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward.
05:19But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing.
05:24Your almsgiving must be secret.
05:26And your Father, who sees all that is done in secret, will reward you.
05:33And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites.
05:36They love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see
05:42them.
05:43I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward.
05:46But when you pray, go to your private room.
05:50And when you have shut your door, pray to your Father, who is in that secret place.
05:55And your Father, who sees all that is done in secret, will reward you.
06:01When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, as the hypocrites do.
06:06They pull long faces to let people know they are fasting.
06:09I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward.
06:14But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that no one will know you
06:20are fasting.
06:21Except your Father, who sees all that is done in secret, and your Father, who sees all that is done
06:28in secret, will reward you.
06:33The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
06:36Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
06:40Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
07:08And then to continue opening ourselves, to let Christ purify us.
07:14In yesterday's Gospel, Jesus said, be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.
07:19Well, of course, we cannot be perfect.
07:21But he's saying, don't give up trying.
07:24Don't give up sticking to commitment.
07:27Keep coming back again and again to commitment.
07:30Don't tire just because of challenges and obstacles.
07:33So the call to have purity of intention and to keep coming back to commitment in love.
07:40Of course, we cannot do this without the grace of God.
07:43That's why we have to put ourselves in places where we are reminded of this through the practice of prayer,
07:50through reading the Scriptures,
07:52to continue being reminded of the truth of the Gospel,
07:55and also not to meander into other things.
08:05Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation.
08:07For to your goodness we have this bread to offer,
08:10which earth has given human hands have made.
08:12It will become for us the bread of life.
08:15Blessed be God forever.
08:35Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation.
08:37For to your goodness we have this wine to offer,
08:40fruit of divine work of human hands.
08:42It will become our spiritual drink.
08:45Blessed be God forever.
08:55Let us pray, brothers and sisters,
08:57that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, our Almighty Father.
09:02May we accept the sacrifice from our hands
09:06with the praise and glory of God's name
09:08for our good and the good of God's Holy Church.
09:11O Lord, who in the offerings presented here
09:15provide for the twofold needs of human nature,
09:19nourishing us with food and renewing us with your sacrament,
09:24grant, we pray, that the sustenance they provide
09:27may not fail us in body or in spirit.
09:33Through Christ, our Lord.
09:36Amen.
09:37The Lord be with you.
09:39And with you.
09:39Lift up your hearts.
09:41Lift up your hearts.
09:42Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
09:44It is right and just.
09:45It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
09:49always and everywhere, to give you thanks,
09:51Father most holy, pure beloved Son, Jesus Christ,
09:55your word, whom you made all things,
09:57whom you sent as our Savior and Redeemer,
10:00incarnate by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin,
10:04fulfilling your will and gaining for you a holy people.
10:07He stretched out his hands as he endured his passion
10:10so as to break the bonds of death
10:12and manifest the resurrection.
10:14And so, with the angels and all the saints,
10:17we declare your glory,
10:18as with one voice we acclaim,
10:20Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of hosts,
10:24heaven and earth are full of your glory.
10:27Hosanna in the highest.
10:29Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
10:33Hosanna in the highest.
10:35You are indeed holy, O Lord,
10:37the fount of all holiness.
10:38Make holy, therefore, these gifts we pray,
10:41by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,
10:44that they may become for us
10:46the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
10:49At the time he was betrayed
10:51and entered willingly into his passion,
10:54he took bread and, giving thanks,
10:57broke it and gave it to his disciples,
11:00saying,
11:01Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
11:03for this is my body,
11:05which will be given up for you.
11:13In a similar way,
11:15when supper was ended,
11:16he took the chalice,
11:17and once more, giving thanks,
11:20he gave it to his disciples,
11:21saying,
11:22Take this, all of you,
11:24and drink from it,
11:25for this is the chalice of my blood,
11:28the blood of the new and eternal covenant,
11:31which will be pulled out for you and for many
11:34for the forgiveness of sins.
11:36Do this in memory of me.
11:46The mystery of faith.
11:48Save us, Savior of the world,
11:51for by your cross and resurrection
11:53you have set us free.
11:55Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial
11:58of his death and resurrection,
11:59we offer you, Lord, the bread of life
12:02and the chalice of salvation,
12:03giving thanks that you've held us worthy
12:06to be in your presence
12:07and minister to you.
12:09Humbly we pray
12:10that, partaking of the body and blood of Christ,
12:13we may be gathered into one
12:15by the Holy Spirit.
12:17Remember, Lord, your church,
12:19spread throughout the world
12:20and bring her to the fullness of charity.
12:23Together with Leo, our Pope,
12:25meet your unworthy servant
12:26and all the clergy and the entire people
12:30your Son has gained for you.
12:32Remember also our brothers and sisters
12:34who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection
12:36and all who have died in your mercy.
12:39Welcome them into the light of your face.
12:42Have mercy on us all, we pray,
12:45that with the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
12:48blessed Joseph, her spouse,
12:49with the blessed apostles,
12:51and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages,
12:54we may merit to be coerced to eternal life
12:58and may praise and glorify you
13:00through your Son, Jesus Christ.
13:05Through him and with him and in him,
13:07O God Almighty, Father,
13:09in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
13:11all glory and honour is yours
13:12for ever and ever.
13:14Amen.
13:16In the Saviour's command
13:18and formed by divine teaching,
13:19we dare to say,
13:21Our Father, who 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.
13:30Give us this day our daily bread
13:32and forgive us our trespasses
13:35as we forgive those who trespass against us
13:38and lead us not into temptation,
13:41but deliver us from evil.
13:43Deliver us, Lord, we pray,
13:45from every evil.
13:46Graciously grant peace in our days
13:48that by the help of your mercy
13:50we may be always free from sin
13:52and safe from all distress
13:54as we await the blessed hope
13:56and the coming of our Saviour,
13:58Jesus Christ.
14:00For the kingdom,
14:01the power,
14:02and the glory are yours
14:03now and forever.
14:06Lord Jesus Christ,
14:07who said to your apostles,
14:09Peace I leave you,
14:10my peace I give you,
14:12look not on our sins
14:13but on the faith of your church
14:15and graciously grant her peace
14:17and unity
14:17in accordance with your will
14:19who live and reign forever and ever.
14:22Amen.
14:23The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ
14:25be with you always.
14:27Let's offer each other a sign of peace.
14:29Peace be with you.
14:32Lamb of God,
14:33you take away the sins of the world.
14:36Have mercy on us.
14:38Lamb of God,
14:39you take away the sins of the world.
14:42Have mercy on us.
14:43Lamb of God,
14:45you take away the sins of the world.
14:47Grant us peace.
15:03Behold the Lamb of God,
15:05who takes away the sins of the world.
15:07Happy are those who are called
15:08to the supper of the Lamb.
15:10Lord, I am not worthy,
15:11you should enter under my roof,
15:13but only say the word
15:14and my soul shall be healed.
15:17My Jesus,
15:18I believe that you are present
15:20in the most blessed sacrament.
15:22I love you above all things
15:24and I desire to receive you
15:25into my soul.
15:26Since I cannot now receive you
15:28sacramentally,
15:30commonly, spiritually
15:31into my heart,
15:32I embrace you as if you were already there
15:35and unite myself wholly to you.
15:38Never permit me to be separated from you.
15:41Amen.
15:42Let us pray.
15:45As this reception of your Holy Communion,
15:47O Lord,
15:49foreshadows the union of the faithful in you,
15:52so may it bring about unity in your church
15:54through Christ our Lord.
15:56Amen.
15:57The Lord be with you.
15:58And with your spirit.
15:59May the peace and the blessing
16:00of the Father and of the Son
16:02and of the Holy Spirit come upon you
16:04and remain always with you.
16:06Amen.
16:06Let us go and proclaim the gospel by our lives.
16:10Thanks be to God
16:11and God bless you again.
16:13Amen.
16:15Amen.
16:17Amen.
16:18Amen.
16:18Amen.
16:20Amen.
16:20Amen.
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