FIRST READING: Zech: 12: 10-11 "They will look on the one whom they have pierced."
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Ps. 63 "For you my soul is thirsting, O God, my God."
SECOND READING:
Gal. 3: 26-29 "You who have been baptized have put on Christ"
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Jn. 10: 27 "My sheep listen to my voice, says the Lord: I know them, and they follow me."
GOSPEL: Lk. 9: 18-24
"You are the Messiah sent by God, it is necessary for the Son of Man to suffer much."
FOCUS: "It is necessary for the Son of Man to suffer much." The Christian suffers not for suffering's sake or in acceptance of injustice but to see God in the human experience. Following Jesus does not end our sufferings, or heighten them. In Jesus we and all our experiences are transformed into a bridge towards God.
REFLECTION: "When St. Paul's voice was raised to preach the gospel to all nations, it was like a great clap of thunder in the sky. His preaching was a blazing fire carrying all before it. It was the sun rising in full glory. Infidelity was consumed by it, false beliefs fled away, and the truth appeared like a great candle lighting the whole world with its brilliant flame."
St. Bernadino of Siena
"You seek the Lord? Seek, but only within yourself. He is not far from anyone. The Lord is near all those who truly call on Him. Find a place in your heart, and speak there with the Lord. It is the Lord's reception room. Everyone who meets the Lord, meets Him there; He has fixed no other place for meeting souls."
Theophane the Recluse
APPLYING THE READINGS TO THE LITURGY: Like Jesus the Christ, who had to suffer and die for the sake of the truth, so too we are subject to persecution by our support of the gospel. As God was always with Jesus, so too is God always with us.
General Intercessions-
Introduction: My sisters and my brothers, from this world of uncertainty we look to our convenant with God who is with us always to the end of time.
- That Christians everywhere may be responsive to the word of God and bear witness to the gospel,
- That people everywhere may work for peace,
- That all who have grown complacent in faith may turn to God again and be reconciled as bearers of the gospel,
- That our community and families who welcome Christ into their lives, learn to receive him in all peoples throughout the world.
Preface: Second preface for Ordinary Time
Concluding Rite-
Prayers over the People: Fifth or seventh
Faith Formation
"Many are the wiles of the devil. If he is not able to disturb the soul by means of poverty, he suggests riches as an attraction. If he has not won the victory by insults and disgrace, he suggests praise and glory. Overcome by health, he makes the body ill. Not having been able to seduce it through pleasures, he tries to overthrow it by involuntary sufferings. He joins to this, very severe illness, to disturb the faint-hearted in their love of God. But he also destroys the body by very violent fevers and weighs it down with intolerable thirst. If, being a sinner, you undergo all these things, remind yourself of the punishment to come, the everlasting fire and the sufferings inflicted by justice, and do not be discouraged here and now. Rejoice that God visits you and keep this blessed saying on your lips: 'The Lord has chastened me sorely but he has not given me over unto death.' (Ps. 118: 18) You were iron, but fire has burnt the rust off you.
- If you are righteous and fall ill, you will go from strength to strength. Are you gold?
- You will pass through fire purged. Have you been given a thorn in the flesh? (2 Cor. 2: 12) Exult, and see who else was treated like that; it is an honor to have the same sufferings as Paul.
- Are you being tried by fever?
- Are you being taught by cold? Indeed Scripture says: 'We went through fire and water; yet thou has brought us forth to a spacious place.' (Ps. 66: 12)
- You have drawn the first lot? Expect the second.
By virtue offer holy words in a loud voice. For it is said: 'I am afflicted and in pain.' (Ps. 69: 29) By this share of wretchedness you will be made perfect. For he said: 'The Lord hears when I call him.' (Ps. 4: 3) So open your mouth wider to be taught by these exercises of the soul, seeing that we are under the eyes of our enemy." Amma Syncletica
Children's Liturgy of the Word
We must work hard and more to give everything we can to God. This devotion to God will cause us difficulties, but remember, living any other way causes even more suffering. And we can rejoice in the knowledge that God is with us always. He is with those who are not devoted to Him, too, but we know it, so we can be happy, even when suffering.
Explain to the children what a metaphor is.
GATHERING SONG:
A Follower of Christ LMGM
A Living Hope (Oliver) PMB, WC
Cantate Domino (Kreutz) 4011 WS
Creator of the Stars of Night BB, CBW II,
CBW III, CVH, WP
From East and West (Dufford) BB/MI, GP2,
JS, S&S
For You Are My God (Foley) BB/MI, CBW II,
GP, GPCOMP, S&S, W&S
Gather Your People (Hurd) BB/MI, GP2,
HM, S&S
Jesus Walked This Lonesone Valley GC,
PMB, RS, WP, WCH, G-3279
Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace CVH,
GC, RS, WCH, WP
Lord of Life, King of Glory (Grancini) G2,
G-2357
Lord, You Give The Great Commission GC,
RS, WP
O Bless the Lord, My Soul (Walker) BB/MI,
S&S
O World of God PMB, WCH
Praise, O Zion, Voices Raising PMB,
WCH
Praise to the Lord ACH, BB, CVH,GC,
GPCOMP, JS, PMB, RS, S&S, W&S, WP
Praise to You, O Christ Our Savior (Farrell)
BB/MI, CBW III, GC, GTR, JS, RS, S&S
Save Us, O Lord (Dufford) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP, JS, S&S, WCH
Seek the Lord (O'Connor) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP, JS, RS
Sing to the Lord(Hassler) 1860 WS
Song of Gathering GC, GTR
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
(Kimberling) G-4480, GC
Take Up Your Cross BB, CBW III, CVH, GC,
JS, PMB, RS, WOV, WP, WCH
The Lord Is My True Shepherd (Westendorf) BB/MI, JS, PMB, RS, WCH
You Have Put On Christ (Dean) BB/MI, GP2,
JS, S&S
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Psalm 63: As morning breaks (Joncas) BB
Psalm 63: In the Morning (Isele) CCH, GC,
WP
Psalm 63: My Soul is Thirsting (Guimont)
CCH
Psalm 63: My soul is thirsting RS
My Soul Is Thirsting (Willcock) PFFAS
102 SMM, vol. 5
My Soul Is Thirsting (Hurd) BB, GTR, JS
My Soul is Thirsting For You (Kreutz)
PSALMS
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (J.L. Gailbraith)
332-13089
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (Moe) 352-00209
I Will Lift Up My Eyes (Conry) BB/MI, GC,
GTR
FOR CHILDREN:
49 MCLW (Walker)
Reach Out (Landry) 54 YPGP, GP5
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS:
All That is Hidden (Farrell) BB/MI, JS, S&S
Be Not Afraid (Dufford) ACH, BB/MI, CBW
III, GC, GP, GPCOMP, GTR, JS, RS, S&S
WCH, W&S
Be Thou My Vision (Cooney) G-3973, G2
Because the Lord Is My Shepherd (Walker)
BB/MI, GTR, GC, JS, S&S
Before the Sun Burned Bright (Schutte) GP,
GPCOMP, S&S
Behold the Lamb of God (Dufford) BB/MI, GPCOMP
Center of My Life (Inwood) BB/MI, GC,
GTR, JS, S&S, W&S
Father of Mercy BB/MI, CVH, HM, WP
Heart of Christ PMB, WCH
Here I Am, Lord (Schutte) ACH, BB/MI,
CBW III, GC, GP, GPCOMP, GTR, JS, RS,
S&S, W&S
Here I Am, Lord 283 LMGM
Hold Me in Life (Huijbers, Oosterhuis) BB/
MI, CBW III, GTR, JS, S&S
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus ACH,
LMGM
Jesus, the New Covenant (Deiss) PMB,
WCH, W&S
My Prayers Rise Like Incense PMB, VAO
Now We Remain (Haas) BB/MI, GC, GTR,
RS, WCH, W&S
O Lord, You Know Our Weakness PMB
Through the Mystery of Death (Toolan) BB/
MI, GP2, S&S
We Are Many Parts (Haugen) BB/MI, GC,
GTR, RS, WCH, W&S, WW
You Have Put On Christ (Hughes) BB/
MI,CBW III, CVH, JS, PMB, RS, WCH, WP
COMMUNION:
Amazing Grace ACH, BB/MI, CBW II,
CVH, GC, GP, GPCOMP, GTR, JS, RS,
WCH, WOV, WP, W&S, (Proulx: G-2326)
Be Thou My Vision (Godfrey) 332-15116
Be Thou, My Vision ACH, CVH, WOV
Bread and Wine (Young) G-4066, GC
Bread of Life (Farrell) BB/MI, CBW III, GC,
JS
Eat This Bread (Berthier) BB/MI, GC, GTR,
GPCOMP, RS, WP, WW, W&S
Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz) ACH, BB/MI,
CBW III, CVH, GPCOMP, JS, PMB, WCH,
WP, W&S
Gift of Love BB/MI, GTR, JS
Keep in Mind (Deiss) BB/MI, JS, PMB,
WCH, W&S
Kindness (Miffleton) PMB, WCH
Life-Giving Bread (Manalo) G2, G-3911
O Holy Banquet (Englert) 7600 WS
Only This I Want (Schutte) BB, CBW III,
GC, GP, GPCOMP, S&S
One Communion of Love PMB, WCH
Shepherd of Souls, in Love Come, Feed Us
PMB, WCH
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless ACH,
BB/MI, CVH, GC, JS, WCH, WP
The Living Bread (J.S. Bach) 7946 WS
The Summons (Bell) G2, W&S
We Are Ready, God, to Sing W&S, WCH
We Walk By Faith (Haugen) ACH, BB/MI,
CVH, GC, GPCOMP, GTR, RS, W&S,
WCH, WP
We Will Rise Again (Haas) BB/MI, GTR,
S&S
Where Two or Three Are Gathered BB, S&S
You Are Near (Schutte) BB/MI, CBW III,
GC, GP, GPCOMP, S&S, WCH, W&S
SONG OF PRAISE:
Come to the Water (Foley) BB/MI, GC,
GPCOMP, GP, GTR, JS, S&S
De Gospel Train (Spiritual) 392-00296
Give Thanks and Remember (Miffleton)
PMB, WCH, W&S
I Am the Living Bread (Haas) BB/MI, S&S
I Am the Resurrection (Dameans) GP, GTR
I Will Extol You from Six Scriptural
Anthems 561 WS, 780 WS
I Will Not Die (Conry) BB/MI, GC, GTR, JS, RS, S&S, W&S
The Cross of Love (Zaragoza) BB/MI, HM
Truly, I Am the Living Bread (Esquival)
1635 WS
CLOSING SONG:
And the Father Will Dance (Landry) BB,
GP, GPCOMP, S&S
Bring Forth the Kingdom GC, GTR, RS
By Gracious Powers RS, WP
City of God (Schutte) ACH, BB/MI, CBW III, GC, GP, GPCOMP, GTR, JS, RS, S&S, W&S,
WCH
Crown Him with Many Crowns BB/MI,
CBW III, CVH, GC, GPCOMP, JS, PMB, RS,
WCH, WOV, WP
Creator, Spirit, By Whose Aid BB, CVH, RS
Go Make of All Nations GC, RS, WP
Go In Peace (Lovelace) AF-11-3012
Great Is the Lord (Haydn) 332-09589
I Am the Resurrection (Anderson) BB/MI, JS,
S&S
In Christ There Is No East or West
BB/MI, CBW III, CVH, GC, GPCOMP,
JS, RS, PMB, WCH, WOV, WP
Lift High the Cross BB/MI, CBW III, CVH, GC, GPCOMP, JS, PMB, RS, WCH, WP, W&S
Praise Ye the Lord (Praetorius) 312-41067
Sing Our God Together (Haas, Haugen)
G-3960, G2, GC
Sing Praise to Our Creator PMB, WCH
Song of Blessing (Hurd) BB/MI, S&S
The King of Love, My Shepherd Is BB/MI, CVH, WP, W&S, 59 LR
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Wise) GC, GTR
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy BB/MI, CVH, GC, JS, RS, WCH, WP
Trust in the Lord (O'Connor) BB, GP,
GPCOMP, S&S
We Remember (Haugen) ACH, BB/MI,
GC, GPCOMP, GTR, RS, WCH, W&S
What You Hear in the Dark (Schutte) GP,
GPCOMP, S&S
When Jesus Came Preaching CVH, RS, WP
You Have Looked upon the Lowly PMB, WCH, W&S
