Reflections on Catholic Education and Mercy in Light of Acts 17:15-18:1
Today's celebration of the Eucharist focuses on Catholic Education Week and emphasizes the call to love as people of mercy. Reflecting on the Acts of the Apostles passage, we are reminded of God's omnipotence and our identity as His offspring, called to seek and worship Him without idolatry. This service invites us to embody the mercy and love of Jesus, becoming agents of transformation and justice as Easter people. Join in hymns, readings, and prayers that inspire us to build the Kingdom of God through acts of mercy and love.
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Celebration of the Eucharist Wednesday, May 08, 2024 Catholic Education Week
Greeting and Welcome Called to Love as People of Mercy Today celebrate the gift of Catholic Education and we reflect on our calling to love as people of mercy. As we continue to journey through the Easter Season, let us reflect on the words of Pope Francis in his 2013 Easter message. Pope Francis stated: Let us accept the grace of Christ s resurrection! Let us be renewed by God s mercy, let us be loved by Jesus, let us enable the power of His love to transform our lives too; and let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish. As a faith community, we renew our commitment to continue to reflect on what Jesus resurrection means to us and how we can live as Easter people who build the Kingdom of God through our acts of mercy and love. Please join in the singing of our opening hymn: ___________________________
Gathering Hymn Gather the People (Dan Schutte) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkOrYI5xt0g Come Back to Me (Hosea) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ20I-UhTec Gather us In (Marty Haugen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbNXqjwh8is
First Reading: Acts 17.15, 22-18.1 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left him. Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, To an unknown god.
First Reading: Acts 17.15, 22-18.1 What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him though indeed he is not far from each one of us.
First Reading: Acts 17.15,22-18.1 For In him we live and move and have our being ; as even some of your own poets have said, For we too are his offspring. Since we are God s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. The Word of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 148 The Response to the Psalm is: R.Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host! R. Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth! Young men and women alike, old and young together! R.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 148 R.Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven. R. He has raised up a power for his people, praise for all his faithful, for the people of Israel who are close to him. R
Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, Alleluia! The Father will send you the Holy Spirit, says the Lord, to be with you for ever. Alleluia.
Proclamation of the Gospel The Lord be with you. R. And with your Spirit. A reading from the holy gospel according to John. R. Glory to you, Lord
Gospel: John 16.12-15 When Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father, he said to the disciples: I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. The gospel of the Lord. R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Prayer of the Faithful The response to each petition is: Lord, hear our prayer. For the Church and its leaders, that our commitment to the Gospel lead us to deepen our faith and trust in God. We pray to the Lord. R. Lord, hear our prayer. For our world and its leaders, that all people be treated with the dignity they deserve as God s children. We pray to the Lord. R. Lord, hear our prayer.
Prayer of the Faithful For all people of good will, that the entire human family may recognize our common bond to work for justice and the good of all peoples. We pray to the Lord. R. Lord, hear our prayer. For our Catholic schools, that we show God s mercy and love in the world. We pray to the Lord. R. Lord, hear our prayer.
Prayer of the Faithful For persons suffering in body, mind, or spirit, that they know God s loving presence through their caregivers, we pray to the Lord. R. Lord, hear our prayer.
Offertory Hymn For the Beauty of the Earth (Michelle Swift) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy7t2Uasqe8 All that we Have (Gary Ault) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16C-ukG-KI
Preparation of the Gifts Priest: Pray, my brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.
Prayer Over the Gifts Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit. Priest:Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up to the Lord. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All: It is right and just.
Holy, Holy, Holy All: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
The Mystery of Faith (Memorial Acclamation) Priest: The mystery of faith. All: When we eat this Bread and drink This Cup, we proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again.
The Lords Prayer Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, thy Will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Invitation to Communion Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
Communion Hymn Here at this Table (Janet Sullivan Whitaker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o51fVKpK7s I am the Bread of Life (Suzanne Toolan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvD0XJzOWQ4
Final Blessing The Lord be with you. R. And with your spirit. May almighty God bless us, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. R. Amen. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. R. Thanks be to God.
Recessional Hymn Glory & Praise to Our God (Dan Schutte) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7GiWZG-AI4 City of God (Dan Schutte) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXZTYV1Pq_M
