00:13In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
00:18The Lord be with you, and with your spirit.
00:21Dear friends, welcome to our celebration of Mass this morning
00:24as we honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title as Our Lady of Mercy.
00:30We commend our petitions in her hands,
00:35trusting that she always intercedes for us before her Son, Jesus Christ.
00:41Because of the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy,
00:45I also invite you to pray for all people who are still experiencing slavery in our day and age,
00:52wherever that may be,
00:54that through God's help they also may experience freedom.
00:58Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins,
01:01and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
01:05Lord Jesus, you are mighty God and Prince of Peace.
01:09Lord, have mercy.
01:11You are the Son of God and the Son of Mary.
01:14Christ, have mercy.
01:16You are the Word made flesh, the splendor of the Father.
01:19Lord, have mercy.
01:21May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
01:25and bring us to everlasting life.
01:28Amen.
01:29Let us pray.
01:32O God, who chose the Blessed Virgin Mary,
01:36foremost among the poor and humble,
01:39to be the mother of the Savior,
01:42grant, we pray, that following her example,
01:45we may offer you the homage of sincere faith,
01:48and place in you all our hope of salvation.
01:52Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
01:55who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
01:59God, forever and ever.
02:00Amen.
02:02A reading from the book of Ecclesiastes.
02:07Vanity of vanities, the preacher says.
02:10Vanity of vanities.
02:12All is vanity.
02:14For all his toil, his toil under the sun,
02:18what does man gain by it?
02:20A generation goes,
02:22a generation comes,
02:25yet the earth stands firm forever.
02:28The sun rises, the sun sets,
02:31then to its place its speeds,
02:33and there it rises.
02:35Southward goes the wind,
02:37then turns to the north.
02:39It turns and turns again.
02:41Back then to its circling goes the wind.
02:45Into the sea, all the rivers go,
02:48and yet the sea is never filled,
02:51and still to their goal the rivers go.
02:55All things are wearisome.
02:58No man can say that eyes have not had enough of seeing,
03:02ears their fill of hearing.
03:05What was will be again.
03:08What has been done will be done again.
03:11And there is nothing new under the sun.
03:16Take anything of which it may be said,
03:18look now, this is new.
03:21Already, long before our time, it existed.
03:25Only no memory remains of earlier times.
03:29Just as in times to come, next year itself will not be remembered.
03:40In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
03:43In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
03:47You turn men back into dust and say,
03:51go back, sons of men.
03:52To your eyes, a thousand years are like yesterday, come and gone.
03:57No more than a watch in the night.
04:00In every age, O God, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
04:03You sweep men away like a dream, like grass which springs up in the morning.
04:09In the morning it springs up and flowers.
04:12By evening it withers and fades.
04:14In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
04:18Make us know the shortness of our life, that we may gain wisdom of heart.
04:23Lord, relent.
04:24It's your anger forever.
04:26Show pity to your servants.
04:29In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
04:32In the morning, fill us with your love.
04:34We shall exalt and rejoice all our days.
04:37Let the favor of the Lord be upon us.
04:40Give success to the work of our hands.
04:42In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
04:49Alleluia, Alleluia.
04:50I am the way, the truth, and the life, says the Lord.
04:54No one comes to the Father except through me.
04:59Alleluia.
05:02The Lord be with you.
05:04A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.
05:11Herod the Tetrarch had heard about all that was being done by Jesus, and he was puzzled.
05:19Because some people were saying that John had risen from the dead.
05:23Others that Elijah had reappeared.
05:25Still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.
05:31But Herod said,
05:34John, I beheaded him.
05:37So who is this I hear such reports about?
05:42And he was anxious to see Jesus.
05:47The Gospel of the Lord.
05:50Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
06:08Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation.
06:10For through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you.
06:14Fruit of the earth and work of human hands.
06:16It will become for us the bread of life.
06:19Blessed be God forever.
06:36Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation.
06:38For through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you.
06:42Fruit of the vine and work of human hands.
06:44It will become for us our spiritual drink.
06:47Blessed be God forever.
07:06Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.
07:12May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good
07:19and the good of all, his Holy Church.
07:21Receive, O Lord, the offerings of our devotion, and grant that we, who celebrate your Son's work of boundless charity,
07:30may, through the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary, be confirmed in love of you and of our neighbor.
07:36Through Christ, our Lord.
07:40The Lord be with you, and with your spirit, lift up your hearts.
07:44We lift them up to the Lord.
07:46Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
07:49It is right and just.
07:51It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
07:54to praise your mighty deeds in the exaltation of all the saints,
07:59and especially as we celebrate the memory of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
08:04to proclaim your kindness as we echo her thankful hymn of praise.
08:08For truly, even to earth's ends, she hath done great things,
08:13and extended your abundant mercy from age to age.
08:17When you looked on the lowliness of your handmaid,
08:21you gave us, through her, the author of our salvation,
08:25your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
08:28Through him, the host of angels adores your majesty
08:31and rejoices in your presence forever.
08:34May our voices, we pray, join with theirs in our one chorus of exultant praise,
08:40as we acclaim,
08:41Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of hosts,
08:46heaven and earth are full of your glory,
08:49Hosanna in the highest.
08:51Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,
08:55Hosanna in the highest.
09:00You are indeed holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.
09:04Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,
09:07by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,
09:11so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
09:17At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion,
09:22he took bread,
09:24and giving thanks, broke it,
09:26and gave it to his disciples, saying,
09:29Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
09:33for this is my body,
09:37which will be given up for you.
10:00In a similar way, when supper was ended,
10:03he took the chalice.
10:05And once more giving thanks,
10:07he gave it to his disciples, saying,
10:10Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
10:12for this is the chalice of my blood,
10:15the blood of the new and eternal covenant,
10:18which will be poured out for you and for many,
10:21for the forgiveness of sins.
10:23Do this in memory of me.
10:27Do this in memory of me.
10:56Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection,
11:01we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation,
11:05giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence
11:08and minister to you.
11:10Humbly, we pray that,
11:13partaking of the body and blood of Christ,
11:15we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.
11:20Remember, Lord, your church spread throughout the world
11:22and bring her to the fullness of charity,
11:25together with Leo, our Pope,
11:27and Charles, our Bishop,
11:28and all the clergy.
11:30Remember also our brothers and sisters
11:33who have fallen asleep in 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,
11:44that with the Blessed Virgin Mary,
11:46Mother of God,
11:47with Blessed Joseph, her spouse,
11:49with the blessed apostles and all the saints
11:52who have pleased you throughout the ages,
11:55we may merit to be co-heirs to eternal life
11:58and may praise and glorify you
12:00through your Son, Jesus Christ.
12:04Through him and with him and in him,
12:07O God, Almighty Father,
12:09in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
12:11all glory and honor is yours
12:14forever and ever.
12:16Amen.
12:19At the Savior's command
12:21and formed by divine teaching,
12:24we dare to say,
12:25Our Father,
12:27who art in heaven,
12:29hallowed be thy name.
12:31Thy kingdom come.
12:32Thy will be done on earth
12:34as it is in heaven.
12:36Give us this day our daily bread
12:38and forgive us our trespasses
12:41as we forgive those who trespass against us.
12:45And lead us not into temptation,
12:47but deliver us from evil.
12:50Deliver us, Lord, we pray,
12:51from 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
13:04and the coming of our Savior,
13:06Jesus Christ.
13:07For the kingdom,
13:08the power,
13:09and the glory are yours
13:10now and forever.
13:11Lord Jesus Christ,
13:13who said to your apostles,
13:14Peace I leave you,
13:15my peace I give you,
13:17look not on our sins,
13:18but on the faith of your church,
13:20and graciously grant her peace and unity
13:23in accordance with your will,
13:25who live and reign forever and ever.
13:27Amen.
13:29The peace of the Lord be with you always.
13:33Let's offer each other the sign of peace.
13:35Peace be with you.
13:51Lamb of God,
13:52you take away the sins of the world,
13:54have mercy on us.
13:56Lamb of God,
13:58you take away the sins of the world,
14:00have mercy on us.
14:02Lamb of God,
14:03you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
14:28Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who takes away the sins of the world,
14:33blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
14:36Lord, I am not worth it that you should enter under my roof,
14:41but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
14:45My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most blessed sacrament.
14:49I love you above all things, and I desire to receive you into my soul.
14:54Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
14:58commonly, spiritually, into my heart,
15:00I embrace you as if you were already there,
15:03and unite myself wholly to you.
15:06Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.
15:10Let us pray.
15:13Grant to your church, O Lord,
15:15that strengthened by the power of this sacrament,
15:18she may eagerly walk in the pathways of the gospel,
15:22until she reaches the blessed vision of peace,
15:26which the Virgin Mary, your lowly handmaid,
15:29which the Virgin Mary, your lowly handmaid,
15:30already enjoys eternally in glory.
15:32Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
15:36Friends, thank you for your prayerful company during this time,
15:40whenever you may be watching this online mass.
15:44Let's keep on praying for each other,
15:45and may you take God's blessing with you as you go through the day.
15:49The Lord be with you.
15:51May Almighty God bless you,
15:53the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
15:57Amen.
15:58Go and announce the gospel of the Lord.
16:00Thanks be to God.
16:02God bless you,
