July 6, 2003 Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary TIme Cycle B
FIRST READING:
Ezek. 2: 2-5 "The people are rebellious, they shall know there will be a prophet in their midst."
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Ps. 123 "Our eyes are on the Lord till he show us his mercy."
SECOND READING:
2 Cor. 12: 7-10 "I will glory in my infirmities so that the power of Christ may dwell in me."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Lk. 4: 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: he sent me to bring Good News to the poor."
GOSPEL:
Mk. 6: 1-6 "A prophet is despised only in his own country."
FOCUS: The prophetic mission of Jesus is met with contempt. The people of his own town dismiss him and his teaching with scorn.
REFLECTION: Even though the poor are often rough and unrefined, we must not judge them from external appearances nor from the mental gifts they have received. On the contrary, if you consider the poor in the light of faith, then you will observe that they are taking the place of the Son of God who chose to be poor. Although in his passion he almost lost the appearance of a man and was considered a fool by the Gentiles and a stumbling block to the Jews, he showed them that his mission was to preach to the poor.
St. Vincent de Paul
The first vital step in saving outcasts consists in making them feel that some decent human being cares enough for them to take an interest in the question of whether they are to rise or sink.
William Booth,
founder of the Salvation Army
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: he sent me to bring Good News to the poor."
Give us a pure heart that we may
see you,
A humble heart that we may hear
you,
A heart of love that we may serve
you,
A heart of faith that we may
abide in you.
Dag Hammarskjold
APPLYING THE READINGS TO THE LITURGY: Introduce the liturgy by saying we too have been sent to bring the Good News to the poor. Not just poor financially, but the poor in faith, the poor in love.
Let the liturgy recognize and unite the individuals who make up the congregation. We need to respect others for within them is the Lord.
Penitential Rite: third with seventh set of sample invocations
General Intercessions
Introduction: Let us pray with humility, simplicity and confidence to God our Father, who is in our midst and lives among us:
¥ For the holy Church of God: that the
Lord guide and protect it;
¥ For all peoples of the world: that the Lord unite us in peace and harmony;
¥ For all our sisters and brothers in need: that through the Lord we may assist them;
¥ That our community may have the faith and strength to bear witness to Christ's presence.
Preface: : Second for Sundays in Ordinary Time.
Concluding Rite:
Prayers over the people:
Twenty-second
Faith Formation
How can we bring the Gospel to the poor? What is the Gospel? What methods have others used to bring the Gospel to the poor?
Poor doesn't mean just having no money. Who can you share the good news with? Telling people about Jesus usually does little to help them. We have to show them with our lives.
Children's Liturgy of the Word
What can we do to help the poor? Have the children do concrete, practical things to bring the love of God to the poor. Things such as growing or collecting food for a food bank, visiting an old or lonely person in the community. Pick a project and stay with it for a while, so the children will get comfortable with it.
Song suggestions
The Greatest Gift (Marchionda) PMB,
WCH
Come to Me (Norbet) ACH, BB/MI,
CBW II
July
11 St. Benedict
12 St. Veronica
22 St. Mary Magdalene
26 St. Anne
31 St. Ignatius Loyola
August
6 The Transfiguration
Suggested musical selections:
GATHERING SONG:
Blest Be the Lord (Schutte) ACH, BB/MI,
GP, GPCOMP, GTR
Christ Is Alive CBW II, CVH, GTR, PMB,
WP
Come Before Him Singing CVH
Gather Us In (Haugen) BB/MI, CVH,
GPCOMP, GTR, WCH, WP
Hold Me in Life (Huijbers, Oosterhuis)
BB/MI, CBW II, GTR
How Blessed Is This Place WP
I Heard the Voice of Jesus (arr. Marty
Haugen) G-3043
I Sought the Lord WP
I Will Give Thanks to You, O Lord PMB,
RJ, WCH
I Will Lift Up My Eyes BB/MI, GC, GTR
Jesus, Lead the Way WP
Lord of Life, King of Glory (Grancini)
G-2357
Out of Darkness (Walker) BB/MI, JS
O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts AF-11-2291, BB/MI, CVH, WP
Ordinary Time 145 (Hruby) WS
O Holy Spirit, by Whose Breath CBW II,
PMB, WCH, WOV, WP
Rejoice in the Lord (Marchionda) PMB,
WCS, WW
Spirit of God within Me GTR, WP
Sing a New Song to the Lord (Dudley-Smith) CBW III, GTR, WP
Sing Our God Together (Haas, Haugen) G-
3960
Speak, Lord (Ault) BB/MI, GP
Stand Up, Friends! (Haas) G-3948
The Carpenter (Foley) G2, GC
The Kingdom of God (Deiss) GP
The Heavens are Telling (L. Beethoven)
312-10398
The Spirit of God (Deiss) PMB, WCH
We Are Not Our Own (Lovelace) G-4561
We Are a Chosen People (Moore) G-3875
Yes, I Shall Arise BB/MI, PMB, RJ,
WCH, WW
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
110 SMM, Vol 4 (Kraehenbuehl)
10 PCC (Marchionda)
Psalm 123: Our eyes are fixed (Guimont)
CCH, G2, GC, RS
Psalm 123: We lift our eyes to the Lord
(Murray) WP
Psalm 123: Our eyes are fixed (Toolan)
WP, WP3
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS:
All That Is Hidden (Farrell) BB/M, JS
As We Worship You, O Lord (Gallagher)
G-4512
Be Thou My Vision (Cooney) G-3973
Be Not Afraid (Dufford) ACH, BB/MI,
CBW III, GC GP, GPCOMP, GTR, WCH
Blessed Are They (Berger) AF-11-4627
Holy Spirit, Come to Us PMB
Have Mercy, on Us PMB, WCH
Help Us Accept Each Other RS, WP
How Shall They Hear the Word of God
WP
How Shall They Hear the Word of God (Inwood) BB/MI, TM
I Lift Up My Soul (Manion) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP
In Thee, O Lord, I Put My Trust (Handel)
G-4203
In the Shadow of Your Wings Leavitt) G-
4302
It Is Well with My Soul (Matheny) G-2987
Keep in Mind (Deiss) BB/MI, PMB, RJ,
WW
Lord, In Thee Have I Trusted (G.F.
Handel) 362-03371
O Lord, You Know Our Weakness PMB,
RJ
Steadfast Love (Foley) GPCOMP, JS
The Spirit of God (Norbet) BB/MI, GP,
WCH, WW
The Beatitudes (D.S. York) 352-00322
Seek the Lord (O'Connor) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP, JS
Seek Ye First (Lafferty) BB/MI, CBW II,
WCH, WP
The Greatest Gift (Marchionda) PMB,
WCH
The Kingdom of God (Lovelace) G-3250
Word of God, Come Down On Earth
BB/MI, CBW II, RJ, WP
We Walk By Faith (Haugen) GPCOMP,
BB/MI, GTR, WCH, WP, WW
You Have Looked upon the Lowly PMB
You Shall Be My People (Ward) WCH
COMMUNION:
Abba! Father! (Landry) GP, GPCOMP, JS
Amazing Grace! CBW II, GP, GPCOMP,
PMB, RJ, WCH, WP, WW
Be Thou, My Vision 332-40920, CVH,
WOV
Blessed Are the Poor (Marchionda) WCH,
WS
Children of the Heavenly Father
(Arr. Henry Gericke) G-2631
Christ Is Our Light (Alstott) BB/MI
Gift of Finest Wheat (Kreutz) BB/MI,
CBW II, GPCOMP, RJ, WCH, WP, WW
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus ACH,
LMGM
I Give You a New Commandment (Aston)
G-4331
I Could Not Live without You
(Schoenfeld) G-4160
I Will Give Thanks to You, O Lord
(Englert) PMB, WCH
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes ( J.L. Gailbraith)
332-13089
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (Moe) 352-00209
In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd)
BB/MI, GTR
Let Us Be Bread (Porter) G-3355
Life-Giving Bread (Manalo) G-3911
My Song Is Love Unkown WP
O Blessed Are Those (Inwood) BB/MI,
GTR
O Taste and See 193 PMB, 193 RJ, WW
Share Your Bread with the Hungry (Haas)
G-4734
There Is One Lord (Berthier) TAIZE II, WP
The Beatitudes CBW III, WP
O Taste and See (J. Pasquet) 362-01184
Taste and See (Moore) GPCOMP, GTR,
WCH
SONG OF PRAISE:
Dwelling Place (Foley) CBW II, GP, GPCOMP
God Has Spoken by His Prophets WP
Here I Am, Lord (Dufford) BB/MI, GC. GP,
GPCOMP, GTR, JS, WW
I Am the Way PMB, RJ, WCH
Lord, Who is My Guide but Thee
(H. Schutz) 312-40173
Make Us True Servants (Wente) WCH
Psalm 148 (Gelineau) G-2245
Seek First (Berthier) TAIZE II
The Comfortable Words (Betteridge)
PPMO
CLOSING SONG:
All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) BB/
MI, GC, GP, GPCOMP, JS
Anthem (Conry) BB/MI, GC, GP,
GPCOMP, GTR, JS
Beatitudes (Dameans) BB/MI, GC, GP,
GPCOMP , JS
Blest Are the Pure in Heart CBW III, CVH
Blest Are They (Haas) ACH, BB/MI,
GPCOMP, GC, GTR, WW
God Has a Plan for All (Sensmeier) G-4499
Glorify the Lord with Me PMB, RJ, WCH,
How Excellent thy Name (G.F. Handel)
352-00240
I Heard the Voice of Jesus BB/MI, CVH,
LMGM, GC, WP
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
CVH, PMB, WCH, WP
In Christ There Is No East or West
BB/MI, CBW III, GC, JS, RJ, WCH, WP,
WOV
Just a Closer Walk with Thee LMGM,
PMB, WW
Lift High the Cross BB/MI, CBW III,
GPCOMP, GC, JS, RJ, WCH, WP
Now Thank We All Our God ACH,
BB, CBW III, CVH, GPCOMP, PMB,
RS. WCH, WOV, WP
O Bless the Lord (Michaels) BB/MI
O Clap Your Hands (Horman) AF-33-99-
2060
Praise to You, O Christ Our Savior (Farrell) BB/MI, GTR, GC
Praise the Lord, My Soul (Foley) GP,
GPCOMP, JS
Seek Ye the Lord (G. Young) 312-41172
Shine On Me LMGM
Sing to the Lord (Owens) G-4717
Sing Praise to God (Scarlatti) G-3650
Rejoice in the Lord Always (Martinson)
G-4450
The Church's One Foundation BB/MI,
CBW II, GPCOMP, RJ, WCH, WP, WOV
The Spirit Sends Us Forth BB, HM, JS
Worship We the Father (J. Pasquet) 362-
01250