April 27, 2003 Second Sunday of Easter Cycle B

FIRST READING:

Acts 4: 32-35 "The faithful lived together , united heart and soul."

RESPONSORIAL PSALM:

Ps. 118 "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end."

SECOND READING:

1 Jn. 5: 1-6 "Anyone begotten by God has already overcome the world."

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:

Jn. 20: 29 "You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me; happy those who have not seen me, but still believe."

GOSPEL:

Jn. 20: 19-31 "After eight days Jesus came in and stood among them."

FOCUS: "Doubt no longer, but believe." The resurrected Christ appears, strengthening the faith of the apostles.

scriptural topics: baptism, faith, community, praise, rejoicing.

REFLECTION: This is a season of elation and joy: Jesus includes us in His Ressurection. Let us thank Him!

So long as the ascetic prays with the mind he will never attain to an immediate and personal encounter with God. By the use of his brain, he will at best know about God, but he will not know God. For there can be no direct knowledge of God without an exceedingly great love, and such love must come, not from the the brain alone, but from the whole manÑthat is, from the heart. It is necessary, then, for the ascetic to descend from the head into the heart. He is not required to abandon his intellectual powersÑthe reason, too, is a gift of GodÑbut he is called to descend with the mind into his heart.

Timothy Ware

Complete serenity of mind is a gift of God; but this serenity is not given without our own intense efforts alone; yet God will not give you anything, unless you work with all your strength. This is an unbreakable law.

Theophane the Recluse

Doubt no longer

APPLYING THE READINGS TO THE LITURGY: The sprinkling rite should be given special emphasis during the Easter season. Introduce the rite by relating each Sunday's gospel message to our baptismal commitment. Introduce the general intercessions focusing on our need to turn towards God through the sacraments, so that we may receive the strength to bear witness to the resurrected Christ.

SUGGESTED PREFACE/PRAYER SELECTIONS:

Rite of Blessing and Sprinkling with Holy Water: See sixth set of sample invocations.

Preface: First for Easter.

Roman Canon with proper commemorations for Easter

Solemn blessing for Easter

Faith Formation

¥ Is seeing believing or is believing

seeing?

Today's gospel challenges us to believe that we may see. The gospel requires faith on our part so that we may be open to the grace of God. If we depend on our intellect to validate our faith we will never have enough proof. Our brains always manifest doubts, which is a natural function of the brain, to evaluate and discriminate.By dwelling in our hearts, however, we begin to believe because of God's proximity to our senses and we in turn see the truths of our faith.

Song suggestions:

By Name I Have Called You (Landry)

GPCOMP

We Shall Draw Water (Inwood) BB/MI

Keep In Mind (see next page)

Children's Liturgy

of the Word

Ask the children if they know what a "doubting Thomas" is. Point out that we all have a little of this quality in us. Have they ever heard the expressionÑseeing is believing? It's hard to believe in something you cannot see. There are every day things that we take for granted whether we see them or not: gravity, the sun in the sky, air to breathe, and so on. There is a place in our spiritual hearts where it is possible to believe things spiritual. If we find this place we have found a great treasure house of faith. The Bible points out that faith was always involved in the miracles performed by Jesus. He would say that your faith has healed you. Anne Frank is a great example of unshakeable belief in the goodness of humankind even when her mind and senses told her the opposite. If we believe, we will see for believing is seeing.

Song suggestions (see next page):

Alleluia, Give Thanks

Peace

GATHERING SONG:

Alleluia, Alleluia (Berthier) GTR,

TAIZE

Alleluia, Give Thanks to the Risen Lord

(Fishel) ACH, BB/MI, CBW III, CVH,

PMB, WCH, WP

Alleluia, Give the Glory (Hurd) BB/MI,

OCP

Baptized in Water GTR, TWC, WP

Blest Be the Lord (Schutte) ACH, BB/MI,

GP, GPCOMP, GTR

Christ Is Alive CBW II, CVH, GTR, PMB,

Christ is Risen (Haas) G-4870

Christ the Lord Is Risen, All on Earth

Christ, the Lord, Is Ris'n Again BB/MI,

CBW II, CVH, WOV

Christ, the Lord, Is Ris'n Today ACH,

BB/MI, CBW II, CVH, WP

Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain

ACH, BB/MI, CVH, WP

Easter Alleluia (Haugen) GTR

Hail Thee, Festival Day! CBW II, CVH,

PMB

In Praise of His Name (O'Connor) BB/MI,

GP, GTR

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today ACH,

BB/MI, CBW II, CVH, GPCOMP, PMB,

WOV, WP

Jesus is Risen (Alstott.Bridge) BB

O Sons and Daughters CVH, CBW II,

PMB, RJ, WOV, WP

Sing a New Song (Schutte) BB/MI,

CBW II, GP, GPCOMP, GTR

Sing Alleluia, Sing (Ault) BB/MI, GP,

YPGP

I Am the Bread of Life (Englert) BB/MI/

PMB, WCH

That Easter Day with Joy was Bright

CVH, WP

The One Same Spirit (Ward) RJ, WCH,

The Strife is O'er ACH, BB/MI, CBW II,

CVH, PMB, WCH, WP

This Is the Day (Wilcock) OCP10459

RESPONSORIAL PSALM:

PFFAS (Willcock)

PFCY (Isele)

PSALMS (Kreutz)

WP (Waddell)

GTR (Haugen)

This Glad Day (Palestrina) 332-01189

PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS:

Alleluia:Canon (Berthier) TAIZE

Among You is the Holy One (Lisicky) G-3680

Because You Have Seen Me from

Renaissance Motets III WS

Christ is Risen (Lovelace) AF-11-10043

Christ of God (Foley) GPCOMP

God of Peace (Wilcock) BB/MI, JS

He Is Risen, Alleluia! (Englert) G-1969

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

(Hughes) WP

I Saw Living Water (Deiss) GP

Jesus Is Alive (Marchionda) WS

Jesus Still Lives (Toolan) GTR, WS

Keep in Mind (Deiss) BB/MI, PMB,

WCH

O Bone Jesu (Palestrina) 332-03070

Peace (Norbet) ACH, BB/MI, CBW II,

CVH, PMB, WCH, WW

Peace I Give You ACH

Rejoice to the Full (Fabing) GPCOMP

Rest;less is the Heart (Farrell) BB/MI, JS

Song of Fire and Water (Haugen)

GPCOMP

Stetit Iesus/There Came Jesus (Handl)

G-2460

Surrexit Dominus Vere II (Berthier) GTR,

TAIZE II

Sweet Refreshment (Moore) G-4937

The Resurrection (Young) 312-40449

The Sun is Rising (Norbet) GP

You Chosen Ones Give Glory to God

We Believe (Farrell) OCP 10257

We Have Been Told (Haas) ACH,

BB/MI, GPCOMP, GTR, WCH

Where Two or Three Are Gathered BB, JS

COMMUNION:

A Hymn of Gladness (Kreutz) WS

All Shall Be Well (Foley) GPCOMP

Allelujah (Purcell) 352-00380

Bread of Life (Farrell) BB/MI, CBW III,

GC, JS

Earthen Vessels (Foley) ACH, BB/MI,

GP, GPCOMP

Eye Has Not Seen (Haugen) BB/MI,

CBW III, GC, GTR, GPCOMP, RS, WCH

Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz) ACH,

BB/MI, CBW II, CVH, GPCOMP, PMB,

WCH, WP

How Can I Keep from Singing ACH,

BB/MI, GP, GPCOMP, GTR

I Am the Bread of Life (Toolan) ACH,

BB/MI, CBW II, GPCOMP, GTR, WCH,

I Am the Living Bread (Haas) BB/MI

I've Got Peace Like A River JS

I Come With Joy CBW II, WOV, WCH,

In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd)

BB/MI, GTR

In the Breaking of the Bread (Ward) WCH

Let Us Break Bread Together ACH,

GPCOMP, HL-402-12104, PMB, WCH,

Lord, We Share in This One True Bread

(Walker) BB/MI

Now Glad of Heart (Owens) PPMO

On That Day (Soper) G-4623

Peace Be WIth You BB, JS

Peace is Flowing Like a River ACH, BB/

MI, GP, GPCOMP, GTR

Peace with the Father WP

Peace-Making Man (Winter) PMB

Shalom, My Friends ACH, CBW II, RJ,

WCH

This Day God Made PMB, WCH

This Day God Made By the Lord (Walker)

BB/MI

We Walk By Faith (Haugen) ACH,

BB/MI, CVH, GPCOMP, GTR, WCH,

SONG OF PRAISE:

All My Days (Schutte) BB/MI, GP,

GPCOMP

Alleluia! Let the Song of Glory Rise ACH

Companions of Christ (Hurd) OCP 10335

Gift of Love BB/MI, GTR

Give Thanks and Praise (Furlong) G-3918

God, Our Fountain of Salvation BB/MI,

OCP

Hymn of Joy ACH, PMB, WCH

I Know That My Redeemer Lives from

Concertato on Duke Street GC, JS, WS

Peace I Leave With You (Young) 312-41167

Peace Prayer (Foley) CBW III

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

BB/MI, CBW II, PMB, WCH, WOV, WP

CLOSING SONG:

Alleluia, Give Thanks to the Risen Lord

(Fishel) ACH, BB/MI, CBW II, CVH,

PMB, WCH, WP

Alleluia, Alleluia (Buxtehude) 312-40668

Alleluia, Sing! GC, GTR, RS

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus BB/MI, CBW III,

CVH, GC, GPCOMP, JS, PMB, RS,

WCH, WOV

At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing

ACH, BB/MI, CBW II, CVH, WP

Behold the Glory of God BB, JS

Christus Resurrexit (Berthier) TAIZE II,

Forth in the Peace of Christ CBW II, CVH,

I Know That My Redeemer Lives! ACH,

BB/MI, CBW II, CVH, PMB, WCH, WP

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today ACH,

BB/MI, CBW II, CVH, GPCOMP, PMB,

WOV, WP

Now the Green Blade Rises CBW II,

CVH, GTR, WP

Praise the Risen Lord (Brown) PMB, RJ

Praised Be the Father (Dameans) GP,

GPCOMP

Praise the Lord, My Soul (Foley) GP,

GPCOMP

Rejoice! Rejoice! (Daley) BB/MI, GTR

Sing of Christ, Proclaim His Glory

GPCOMP

Sing to the Lord (Jennings) AF-10211

Sing to the Mountains (Dufford) ACH,

BB/MI, CBW II, GP, GPCOMP, GTR

Song of the Risen One (Haas) GTR

The Strife is O'er ACH, BB/MI, CBW II,

CVH, PMB, WCH, WP

This Is the Day the Lord Has Made (Renick) G-4804

With Drums and Dancing (Schutte)

BB/MI, GPCOMP, GTR

Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones BB/MI,

CVH, PMB, WP

Peace I Give You

All My Days

We Walk By Faith