September 22, 2002, 25th Sunday in O.T.
FIRST READING: Is. 55: 6-9 "My thoughts are not your thoughts."
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Ps. 145 "The Lord is close to all who call him."
SECOND READING:
Phil. 1: 20-24, 27 "For me, to live is Christ."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Acts 16: 14 "Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son."
GOSPEL: Mt. 20: 1-16 "Why are you jealous because I am generous?"
FOCUS: The Lord is near to all who call upon Him.
REFLECTION: Enter eagerly into the treasure-house of heaven: for the two are the same, and there is but one entry to them both. The ladder that leads to the Kingdom is hidden within you, and is found in your soul. Dive into yourself and in your soul you will discover the rungs by which to ascend.
St. Isaac the Syrian
Too late I loved you, O Beauty so ancient yet ever new! Too late I loved you! And behold, you were within me, and I out of myself, and there I searched for you. St. Augustine
Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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
Lord, you are my lover,
My longing,
My flowing stream,
My sun,
And I am your reflection.
Mechtild of Magdeburg
Where love is, God is.
Sr. Wendy Beckett
Vouchsafe thy gift-waves
to me O Lord,
for the benefit of all.
APPLYING THE READINGS TO THE LITURGY: Introduction to the Liturgy: St. Paul tells us life means Christ. Life for Christ, in Christ, and because of Christ. Christ gave us his life, we give him our lives. Let us live in Christ.
Sample General Intercessions:
Introduction: My dear brothers and sisters, we are gathered to celebrate the mystery of our salvation in Jesus Christ. Let us ask God our Father to open for all the world this fountain of life and love:
¥ For all those who have dedicated themselves to God, that God illumine their minds and guide their actions;
¥ For peace among nations, that a new spirit of generosity suffuse the hearts of all of us;
¥ For the aged who suffer from loneliness and infirmity, that we will sustain them by our love;
¥ For all of us gathered here, that God will teach us to see him in the mercy
and holiness of our friends and family, and ourselves.
Preface: Second or seventh for Sundays in Ordinary Time
Introduce the breaking of the bread, proclaiming the Eucharist as the ultimate sign of God's mercy. In this bread we are endowed with grace that we may glimpse the mind of God.
Concluding Rite-
Prayers over the People: Eighth or seventeenth
Faith Formation
My ways are not your ways. The owner of the vineyard was being generous. Such generosity was beyond the grasp of his workers. He was being merciful. Justice would have required him to pay much less, but he chose to be generous. Christians are called upon to go beyond justice to mercy.
Song suggestions:
Seek Ye First (Lafferty) BB/MI, CBW II,
WCH, WP
We Remember (Haugen) BB/MI,
GPCOMP, GTR, WCH, WW
Children's Liturgy of the Word
God is kind and merciful, and he loves us. He is not somewhere far away, He is within us, and everywhere else, too, at the same time. When you need Him, call upon Him. Because He is kind and merciful, and He loves you.
Song suggestions:
Those Who Seek Your Face BB, STM
Praise His Name (Joncas) BB/MI, GP,
GTR
GATHERING SONG:
Abba, Father! (Keating) 215 PMB
All My Hope on God Is Founded
CBW III, WOV
All People That on Earth Do Dwell
BB/MI, CBW III, GC, GPCOMP, JS,
PMB, RS, WCH, WOV, WP
All That is Hidden (Farrell) BB/MI, JS
Alleluia, People of God (Deiss) 176 GP
Bless the Lord, My Soul (Haugen) 119 BB, 61 GTR
Change Our Hearts (Cooney) BB/MI,
GPCOMP, JS
Come to the Feast (Haugen) G2-350, GC-503, RS-642
For the Fruits of This Creation BB, RS-704, W3-562
Gather Us In (Haugen) BB/MI, CBW III,
CVH, GC, GPCOMP, GTR, RS, WCH,
WP
Gather Us Together (Hurd) BB/MI, CBW
III
Grant To Us, O Lord (Deiss) 465 CVH,
147 PMB, WCH
II Want to Praise Your Name (Hurd)
BB/MI, GC, GTR, JS
Lord of Glory (Manion) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP, GTR, JS
Praise the Lord, My Soul (Foley) GC, GP,
GPCOMP, JS, RS
Praise to the Lord ACH, BB, CBW III,
CVH, GC, GPCOMP, JS, PMB, RS, WP
Prayer of Saint Francis (Temple) ACH,
BB/MI, CBW II, CVH, GPCOMP, JS,
PMB, RS, WCH
Seek the Lord (O'Connor) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP, JS, RS
Seek Ye the Lord (Lovelace) AF-11-2230
Sing of the Lord's Goodness (Sands)
BB/ MI, GTR, GC
With Faith Grown in Suffering (Landry) 247 GP
You Are the Way CVH, WCS
You Are All We Have (O'Brien) G2-346, GC-505, RS-643
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name (Smith) BB
Let All Things Now Living (Davis) CCH-318, GC-567
Psalm 145: I will praise your name (Haas) CCH-46, G-59, G2-121, GC-137
Psalm 145: I will praise your name (Guimont) CCH-561
Psalm 145: I will praise your name for ever (Roberts) RS
54 PFC vol. 2 (Hughes)
49 PFAS (Hughes)
55 PSALMS (Kreutz)
81 SMM vol. 1 (Kraehenbuehl)
7102 SPFC (Hruby)
FOR CHILDREN:: 62 MCLW (Walker)
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
110 ICEL (Hooper)
167 ICEL Hutchings)
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS:
All Who Hunger (Moore) CCH-436
Bless the Lord (Haas) BB/MI, GTR, RS
Bless the Lord (Howard) CBW III
Canticle of the Turning (Cooney) GC, RS,
G-3407
Come, My children(Dameans)
GPCOMP, GTR
Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty
BB, 126 PMB, 485 WP
I Have Loved You (Joncas) GC, GP,
GPCOMP, GTR, JS, RS
Jesus Is Life (Landry) 31 GP
Justice Shall Flourish (Marchionda) WCH, 7693 WS, WW
Let All the Earth Cry Out (Ps. 100)
207 PMB, WCH
Lord, Give Success to Our Work (Chepponis) WW
Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness GTR, RS
Magnificat / Canticle of the Turning (Cooney) G2-376
On the Day I Called You (Cooney) BB/
MI, GP2
Only In God (Talbot) BB/MI, WW
Pardon Your People (Landry) ACH, GP,
GPCOMP, YPGP
Patience, People (Foley) BB, GP,
GPCOMP
Praise God, O Bless the Lord (Handel)
AF-11-4649
Remember Your Love (Dameans) BB/MI,
GC, GP, GPCOMP, GTR, RSR
Seek Ye First (Lafferty) BB/MI, CBW III,
WCH, WP
Sing to the Lord Our God (Hassler)
AF-11-4669
The Cry of the Poor (Foley) BB/MI, GC
GP, GPCOMP, GTR
The Love of God (Currie) G-3023
We Are All One People (Schutte) 617 ACH
Whatever You Do 667 PMB
Whatsoever You Do (Jabusch) ACH,
BB/MI, CBW II, CVH, GC, GP, JS,
PMB, WCH
Wonderful and Great 132 PMB
COMMUNION:
Abba! Father! (Landry) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP
Blest Are They (Haas) ACH, BB/MI,
CBW III, GC, GPCOMP, GTR, RS
Bread of Life (Farrell) BB/MI, CBW III,
GC, JS
Come With Me Into the Fields (Schutte)
11 GP, 58 GPCOMP
Father of Peace (Lynch) 99 GP, BB/MI
Father, We Thank Thee CBW III,
CVH, PMB, WP
Give Thanks and Remember (Miffleton) 660 PMB, WCH
Give Thanks to God on High CVH, GTR
God, Beyond All Names (Farrell) BB/MI, GC, RS
Here I Am, Lord (Ward) JS, GC, PMB,
RS, WCH, WS
How Can I Be a Friend WCH
Lord, We Share in This One True Bread (Walker) BB/MI
Loving Father, Ever Waiting (Westendorf) 168 PMB, WCH
O, For a Heart to Praise My God 591 WP, 476 WOV
Only In God (Foley) CBW III, GP,
GPCOMP
Our Blessing Cup (Haugen) GTR
Our Blessing Cup (Hurd) BB/MI, JS
Our Blessing Cup (Joncas) BB/MI, GC,
GP, GPCOMP, GTR, JS
Praise Ye the Lord (Proulx) AF-11-0322
Ubi Caritas Est Vera (Giles) 9216 PPMO
The Cup We Bless (Wilcock) BB/MI, GP2
Table Prayer GTR, GC, RS
Where Charity and Love Prevail
AF-11-10120, BB/MI, CVH, GC, GTR,
PMB, RS, WCH, WP
Where There Is Love (Hughes) G-2555
You Have Rescued Me (Dufford) BB/MI,
GP2, JS
SONG OF PRAISE:
All My Days (Schutte) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP, JS
Christ Is Here (Walker) JS
Peace Prayer (Foley) BB, CBW III, GP,
GPCOMP
Praise and Thanksgiving AF-11-2169
The Church is Like a Table G-3709
Ubi Caritas (Berthier) 271 GTR, G-2586, TAIZE II, 604 WP
CLOSING SONG:
All of You Are One (Willcock) 690 PMB
All Praise to Thee 547 CVH
All That I Counted as Grain 295 GTR
Christ Be Beside Me CBW II, PMB, WOV, WW
God of Abraham (Farrell) BB/MI, GC, JS, OCP
God's Blessing Sends Us Forth CVH, PMB, WCH
Let There Be Peace on Earth ACH,
BB/MI, PCOMP, PMB, WCH
O Bless the Lord (Michaels) BB/MI, JS
O Bless the Lord, My Soul (Walker)
BB/MI, JS
Out of Darkness (Walker) BB/MI, GC, JS
Path of Life (Dameans) BB/MI, GP,
GPCOMP
Praise Christ Jesus, King of Heaven
513 CVH
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
BB/MI, CBW II, GC, JS, PMB, RS,
WCH, WOV, WP
Rejoice, the Lord Is King BB/MI,
CBW III, CVH, WP
Sent Forth by God's Blessing BB/MI,
PMB, WCH
Song of Fire and Water (Haugen)
GPCOMP, GC
The Beatitudes (Lovelace) AF-11-1867
The Lord Is Near (Joncas) BB/MI,
GPCOMP, GTR
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
BB/MI, CVH, RS, WP
We Are the Light of the World ACH,
BB/MI, CVH, GC, JS, PMB, WCH
