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May 21, 2006 Sixth Sunday of Easter Cycle B
FIRST READING:
Acts 10: 25-26 "The Holy Spirit came down on all the listeners."
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Ps. 98 "The Lord has shown his salvation to the nations."
or
"Alleluia."
SECOND READING:
1 Jn. 4: 7-10 "God is Love."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Jn. 14: 23 "If anyone loves me, he will hold to my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him."
GOSPEL:
Jn. 15: 9-17 "A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends."
FOCUS: "This is my command to love: love one another as I have loved you." This is a new dimension of love that allows us
to share in God’s Love. Divine love.
scriptural topics: Holy Spirit, love, community, mission.
REFLECTION: "In all deeds and words you should look upon this Jesus as your model. Do so whether you are walking or keeping
silence, or speaking, whether you are alaone or with others. He is perfect, and thus you will be not only irreprehensible,
but praiseworthy." St. Bonaventure
"Two opposing forces influence me: the force of good and force of evil, the force of life and the force of death. Being spiritual
powers, both are invisible. Aroused by my free and sincere prayer, the good force always chases away the evil one, for the
evil force derives its strength only from the evil concealed in me. To avoid the chilling influence of the evil spirit, we
should always have in our heart the Jesus Prayer: ÔJesus, Son of God, have mercy on me.’ Against the invisible devil
stands the invisible God, against him who is powerful stands He who is the most Powerful of all."
St. John of Kronstadt
St. John of Kronstadt (1829-1908), Russian priest, a member of the married parish clergy: celebrated for his charitable work
and gifts of healing, and also as a preacher and spiritual director. His remarkable diary My Life in Christ, has appeared
in many languages, including English (translated by E.E. Goulaeff, London, 1897). He was proclaimed a saint in 1964 by the
Holy Synod of the Russion Orthodox Church in Exile, and is the only person to have been canonized by the Russian Church since
the Revolution in 1917.
"Put Christ first, because he puts us first, and let nothing deter us from loving him." St. Cyprian of Carthage
A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.
APPLYING THE READINGS TO THE LITURGY: Introduce the sprinkling rite by saying that the same Spirit that leads us to baptism
leads us to a new level of love. Introduce the profession of faith by referring to the spirit who gives us the strength to
proclaim our beliefs.
Sample General Intercessions:
My brothers and sisters, through the love that Jesus has inspired in us, let us turn in prayer to God, the source of all
love:
¥ For all who have dedicated themselves to God that He will help them reach this new level of love that Jesus asks us for;
¥ For peace among nations, that God may rid the world of violence through the love of Christ;
¥ For the aged who suffer from loneliness and infirmity, that God will sustain them by His love;
¥ For all of us gathered here in the name of Jesus, that he will teach us Love Divine, love that has no limits.
Preface: Second for Easter.
Prayers over the people: Second.
Faith Formation
¥ What does it mean to love as Jesus loved?
¥ What’s wrong with loving any other way?
Any other way has limitations in itself. But united with the Spirit, there are no boundaries.
¥ With the comandment to love as Jesus loved comes the grace to reach a new dimension of understanding.
¥ Since Jesus gave us his final commandment, to love one another as He has loved us, we know how we must live until our own
resurrection. We have no excuses.
Song suggestions
Come Down, O Love Divine
BB/MI, CBW III, CCH, WCH, WP
Christians. Let Us Love One Another
BB, CBW III, JS, SM, WCH, W&S
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Before he left, Jesus promised to send his followers something special. He was referring to the Holy Spirit whom he sent to
guide us through life to God. And before he left he also told us how to live, that is with love for everyone. The Holy Spirit
helps us do just that. Without the help of the Holy Spirit, would we be able to live the way Jesus want us to?
Song suggestions:
Lord of Glory (Manion) BB, GP, GPCOMP,
GTR, GC, G2, RS, S&S
Veni, Sancte Spiritus (Berthier) CCH, GTR, GC, G2, RS, S&S
GATHERING SONG:
A New Commandment (Ward) SM, WCH,
W&S
All You Nations (Deiss) PMB2, SM, W&S,
WCH
Alleluia, Give Thanks to the Risen Lord
(Fishel) ACH, BB/MI, CBW III, CCH,
CVH, JS2, PMB2, SM, SS, W&S, WCH,
WP
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
ACH, BB/MI, CCH, CVH, SS, WP
Easter Introit (D.H. Williams) 312-40940
Gather Us In (Haugen) ACH, BB/MI,
CBW III, CCH, CVH, JS2, PMB2, SM, SS,
W&S, WCH, WP
Hail Thee, Festival Day BB/MI, SS, WP
I Come With Joy CBW III, SM, SS, W&S,
WCH, WP
I Know That My Redeemer Lives! ACH,
BB/MI, CBW III, CCH, CVH, PMB2,
SS, SM, WCH, WP
Join in the Dance (Schutte) BB/MI, JS
Send Forth Your Spirit (Guimont) G-3684
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Janco) G-3606
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit PMB, WCH
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling BB/MI,
GPCOMP, CVH, WP
Send Us Your Spirit (Haas) BB/MI, GC,
GTR
Send Us Your Spirit (Schutte) BB/MI,
GPCOMP, JS2
Sing a New Song (Schutte)ACH, BB/MI,
CBW III, CCH, JS2, SM, SS, W&S, WCH
Sing a New Song to the Lord (Dudley
-Smith) CBW III, CCH, GC, GTR, SM,
W&S, WCH, WP
The Church’s One Foundation ACH,
BB/MI, CBW III, CVH, GPCOMP, PMB2,
SM, SS, W&S, WCH, WP
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Psalm 98: The Lord Has Revealed (Smith)
BB
Psalm 98: All the Ends of the Earth
(Kreutz) BB, JS2
Psalm 98: All the Ends of the Earth
(Guimont) CCH, RS
Psallite Domino (Berthier) TAIZE II
Psalm 98 (from Three Psalm Settings)
MSM 80-705
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS:
All the Ends of the Earth (Hurd) BB/MI,
JS2
All the Ends of the Earth (Kreutz) BB/MI,
GP2, JS2
Beloved, Let Us Love CCH, SS, WP
Christ Is Here (Walker) OCP 9790
Christ Is Arisen (M. Praetorius) 352-00169
Christ Sends the Spirit (Proulx)
AF-11-1882
Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove (Powell)
PPMO
God So Loved the World WLP
God So Loved the World (Bruckner)
G-1438
God So Loved the World (Goemanne)
G-2699
God So Loved the World (Scheidt) G-1819
I Have Loved You (Joncas) BB, GP,
GPCOMP, GTR
I Know That My Redeemer Lives from
Concertato on Duke Street GC, JS, WLP
I Love Him LMGM
Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love
GTR, G-3000, JS2. LMGM, W&S, WP
Jesus Still Lives (Toolan) GC, GTR, WCH,
W&S
Jesus, the Lord (O'Connor) CBW III, GC,
GP, GPCOMP, JS, RS
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Kreutz)
BB/MI, JS2
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (Lisicky)
GC, GTR
The Bread That We Break (Dean) GP2, JS2
We Have Been Told ACH, BB/MI, CBW
III, CCH, CVH, JS2, PMB2, SM, SS, W&S,
WCH
We Feel Your Presence, Lord (Young)
G-3106
We Remember, We Believe (Porter) G-4721
Without You BB/MI, JS2
You Shall Be My Witnesses (Chepponis)
G-2543
You Shall Love the Lord Your God
(Englert) PMB2, W&S
COMMUNION:
All Shall Be Well (Foley) BB/MI,
GPCOMP, JS2
At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
ACH, BB/MI, CBW III, CCH, CVH, JS2,
PMB2, SM, SS, W&S, WCH, WP
Be Thou, My Vision 332-40920, CVH, SS
Beloved, Let Us Love CCH, SS, WP
Bread That Was Sown (Norbet) BB/MI,
PMB2, SM, WCH
Christians, Let Us Love One Another BB/
MI, CBW III, SS, W&S
Draw Near and Take the Body BB, CVH,
JS, WP
God, Our Fountain of Salvation BB/MI,
OCP
Gift of Love BB/MI, GC, GTR
I Am the Living Bread (Haas) BB/MI,
CBW III, JS
Let Us Be One PMB, SM, W&S, WCH
Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace
CCH, CVH, SM, WCH, WP
Love One Another (Chepponis) GC, GTR,
G-2615, SS
Love One Another (Roff) WS, WLP
No Greater Love (Joncas) BB,/MI, G-3140,
GTR, GC
One Bread, One Body (Foley)
ACH, BB/MI, CBW III, CCH, JS2, SM, SS,
W&S, WCH
Only a Shadow (Landry) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP, S&S
Thanks Be to God (Mendelssohn)
392-00653
The One Same Spirit (Ward) SM, WCH,
W&S
The Resurrection (Bell) G-4658
The Harvest of Justice (Haas) G-3582
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
BB/MI, CCH, CVH, JS2, SM, SS, W&S,
WCH, WP
This Is My Body CBW III, W&S, WCH
This Is My Will ACH, BB/MI, CBW III, CCH, CVH, SS, WP
The Joyful Feast MSM 50-4011
Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) BB/MI,
GC, JS2, RS
Where Charity and Love Prevail
BB/MI, CCH, CVH, GTR PMB, WCH,
WP
Where There Is Charity (Marchionda) WS
Where There Is Love (Hughes) G-2555
SONG OF PRAISE:
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
(Hughes) BB/MI, GC, JS, RS, WP
I Will Praise Thee, O Lord (de Lalande)
362-01238
Sing Out Your Praise (Joncas) WCS, WS,
W&S
We Are Many Parts (Haugen) ACH, BB/
MI, CBW III, CCH, CVH, JS2, PMB2, SM,
SS, W&S, WCH, WP
We Praise Thee Lord and Bless Thy Name
(C. Gounod) 332-40049
Where There Is Love (Walker) BB/MI
What Wondrous Love ACH, BB/MI,
CVH, GPCOMP, GTR, PMB, WCH, WP
CLOSING SONG:
All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford)
BB/MI, GP, GPCOMP, JS2
All Those Who Love Me (Norbet) GTR,
GC
At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
ACH, BB/MI, CBW III, CCH,
CVH, JS2, PMB2, SM, SS, W&S, WCH,
WP
Faithful Family (Cooney) BB, G2, GC
Forth in the Peace of Christ CBW III,
CVH, WP
Forth in Thy Name, O Lord CBW III,
SS, WCH
God Is One, Unique and Holy GC,GTR,
WP
Great Is the Lord (J. Haydn) 332-09589
Great Is the Lord (Toolan) BB/MI,
CBW III, JS2
In Praise of His Name (O’Connor) BB/MI,
CCH, GP, GTR, JS2
Into Our Hearts, O Spirit, Come PMB,
WCH, W&S
Lord, Touch Me LMGM
Lord, Who at Your First Eucharist BB/MI,
CBW III, CCH, CVH, JS2, PMB2, SM, SS,
W&S, WCH, WP
Now the Green Blade Rises BB/MI,
CBW III, JS2, CCH, CVH, GC, GTR, SS,
WP
Praise the Lord, My Soul (Foley) BB, GP,
GPCOMP, JS2
Send Us Your Spirit (Haas) BB/MI, CCH,
GC, GTR
Sing of the Lord’s Goodness (Sands)
BB/MI, GC, G2, GTR, JS2
Sing to the Lord (Dameans) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP, JS2
The Living God (Temple) CBW III, PMB
PMB2, WCH
This Glad Day (Palestrina) 332-40155
This Is My Commandment CCH, CVH,
SS, WP
This Is the Day (Haugen) BB/MI, GC, GTR,
SM, W&S, WCH
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