LIVE
IN THE JOY OF BEING LOVED
GATHERING SONG:
This is the day, this is
the day that Our God has made, that our God has made, let us rejoice, let us
rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that our
God has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is
the day, that our God has made.
Presider: Let us begin in the name of our God source of
all being, Jesus our Living Eternal Word and Spirit Wisdom who heals us and
calls us to create and build peace. All:
AMEN
OPENING PRAYER:
Presider: Gracious and Gifting God of Extravagant Love.
Help us to be aware of your
presence among us as we gather again in this Spirit Wisdom Community much like
the first followers of Jesus, Your Beloved, after the Resurrection. May our ears, eyes, and hearts be opened to
your truth in the words and stories we will share this day. May the sharing of
this simple meal of bread and wine strengthen us to stand tall with conviction
and courage as “daughters and sons of Sarah and Abraham.” And may the sacred
sacrament of our time together make us aware of your extravagant love poured
out daily and inspire us to live in the Joy of that Love. We ask this in
communion with Jesus, our brother, and in the power of Your Spirit. AII:
AMEN
PENITENTIAL
EXPRESSION AND COMMUNITY FORGIVENESS
ALL: (with outstretched arm) God, Mother and Father, lover of all,
throughout his life Jesus revealed that nothing can separates us from your
unconditional love. You sent Holy Spirit Sophia to give us the understanding,
willingness and courage to love one another. We ask you to grant us the grace
of pardon and peace so that we may in turn forgive each other our failures to
care for one another and for our Earth. We ask this in the name of Jesus our
brother and Holy Spirit, our healer and comforter. AMEN
Sung:
Where Charity and Love Prevail (3
verses)
LITURGY OF THE WORD
FIRST READING: THE MANY FACES OF JOY
The joy of life reveals itself in
many forms.
At its most basic, joy is that
special pang of pleasure that springs from happiness.
It is that excitement from unrestrained
abandon as well, from being free.
It is that thrill that comes from
love.
It is that peace that can descend
when the spirit is moved.
It is that extraordinary feeling that is
triggered by the expectation of good.
It is that jubilation that wells
up when miraculous things occur.
It is that awe when the size and
scope of the world are felt.
It is that arrow of delight that
hits its mark when fulfillment is achieved. Joy is
contagious.
It can spread like a forest fire, whipped by a
high, hot wind.
Joy can be shared in a crowd. Or
it can be savored all alone. Joy can bellow. Or it can fall soft as a kitten’s
tread. Joy can excite. Or it can comfort. Joy can be sensuous. Or it can spring
from intellect. Joy can bewitch. Joy can be sweet. Or it can be zesty,
euphoric, giddy.
It can teach. It can heal. It can
lay to rest old pain.
In a world darkened by suffering
and uncertainty, joy can brighten our heaven and make life worth living
again.
THESE ARE WORDS WRITTEN BY PHILIP
B. KUNHARDT Jr.
ALL:
THANKS BE TO GOD
RESPONSORIAL PSALM: RESPONSE:
HOLY IS YOUR NAME
My soul rejoices in you,
Yahweh,
and my spirit dances within your presence, my
God,
because you who love mightily
look upon me,
one who stands with arms
stretched out toward you.
Holy is Your Name
From
this day and forever all who come to life,
One
after one, shall remember me and shall pray,
“Blessed
are we when we open our hearts and
receive
in joy the seed of the Everlasting One.”
Holy is Your Name
You
are the gentle one who reaches out in tenderness
from age to age
to caress with
your hand the heads of those
who bend their
necks.
With powerful
arms you embrace each of us.
Holy is Your Name
The
proud hearts that we hold out to you,
You
break and scatter.
You
pull down the structures and fantasies with which we fortify ourselves,
And
you teach us the simple things.
When we are hungry you fill us
with good things.
When
we are glutted you teach us patience
That
we may come hungry again to your table.
Holy is Your Name
This
day and forever you stand with your people,
Those
who remember your tenderness,
….
having given us your word, your promise….
we
remember your tenderness as we walk in safety.
For
you are Yahweh in whom we trust.
Taken from MIRYAM OF NAZARETH BY
Ann Johnson
GOSPEL Acclamation: Glory to God, Glory, O praise God Alleluia, Glory to God Glory O praise
the name of our God! (2x BEFORE AND 1x AFTER THE GOSPEL)
GOSPEL Reading: JOHN 15:9-15
As the Father has loved me, so I
have loved you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments you
will remain in my love,
Just as I have kept my Father’s
commandments
and remain in his love. I have
told you this
so that my own joy may be in you
and your joy be complete.
This is my commandment:
Love one another
As I have loved you.
This is the good news of our
Brother Jesus
ALL: WE PRAISE YOU O GOD FOR TIME AND ETERNITY
SHARED HOMILY/ COMMUNITY REFLECTION
PROFESSION OF FAITH
ALL: We believe in a God of extravagant love, who
dwells within us, rejoices with us in our blessed selves and who weeps with us
in our struggles, loses and sufferings. We believe that we are one with all
creatures great and small in a dynamic evolving cosmos. We believe in Jesus
whose life, death and resurrection shows us how to live fully in the joy of his
love while serving our sisters and brothers, especially the outcasts and heavy
burdened. We believe in Sophia Spirit Wisdom who works through us for justice
and peace and who strengthens us to stand against oppression of all kinds whether
based on gender, age, sexual orientation, race or class, without exception. We believe that we are called to live in
mutual respect as disciples and equals in inclusive communities of empowerment.
We believe that we are forgiven, healed and whole in the heart of divine mercy.
We believe that we are united forever with all who have gone before us in the
communion of saints.
GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
Presider: With hearts filled with loving trust
and in humility, we lift up the needs of our community at this time.
(After
each intercession please respond) ALL:
GOD OF EXTRAVAGANT LOVE HEAR OUR
PRAYER
Presider: That all hatred, hostility
and violence end in our country and throughout the world, we pray.
R.
Presider: That the sick may be healed,
especially (mention names), we pray. R.
Presider: That all who have died dwell
forever in God’s presence, especially (name names), we pray. R.
For what else shall we pray?
Presider: We lift up to you O God
these and all the unspoken intentions we hold in the silence of our hearts as
we gather around your Banquet Table today.
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
Presider: Jesus who has often sat at
our tables, now invites us to partake at his family table.
ALL: O God of
extravagant love we, your people who live in the joy of that love, are united
in this sacrament by our common love of Jesus. We are in communion with
everyone everywhere, who shares your gift of love, especially all those who are
marginalized and oppressed. May we love tenderly, do justice, and walk humbly
with you in solidarity with our sisters and brothers everywhere. May we live as
prophetic witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus, supported by the vision that
directed him, and the wisdom of the Spirit who enkindles in us the fire of your
love. AMEN
Presider: Blessed are you God, Source of all being,
through your goodness we have this bread, wine, all creation, and our own lives
to offer. Through this sacred meal may we become your new creation. ALL: BLESSED
BE GOD FOREVER.
Presider: God is with us, loving and
healing through us. ALL: NAMASTE
Presider: Lift up your hearts. ALL:
WE LIFT THEM UP IN TENDER LOVE, OPEN TO
SERVE.
Presider: Let us give thanks to our
God.
All: IT IS OUR JOY TO GIVE
GOD THANKS AND PRAISE
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
VOICE ONE: Gracious Wisdom, You embraced us with extravagant
affection in our blessedness and brokenness. We thank you that in this festive
meal of unending delight, your Spirit continues to be poured out among this
circle of disciples. Yes, we are gathered here to give, receive forgiveness,
and offer each other the gift of your peace/shalom. Filled with the joy of being loved by you we
join with the angels and saints and people of every race, faith and nation to
glorify your presence as we sing:
ALL SING: WE ARE
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY…3X WE ARE WHOLE
YOU ARE HOLY,
HOLY, HOLY,…3X YOU ARE WHOLE
I AM HOLY,
HOLY, HOLY….3X I AM WHOLE.
WE ARE HOLY,
HOLY, HOLY…3X WE ARE WHOLE
VOICE TWO: Gracious God, in
this moment we celebrate your indescribable love for your evolving cosmos. Here
your divine compassion connects us to the young, the old, the least and the
last, to everyone everywhere on our journey into your heart of mercy.
VOICE THREE: We especially thank you for Jesus,
your anointed, who shows us how to love with a peaceful and courageous spirit.
In Jesus you show us how to care for those who face illness and grief and how
to help those who experience rejection, slavery and marginalization. Jesus
preached the good news to the poor, release to the captives, recovery of sight
to the blind and healing to the broken. Jesus called women to be apostles and
disciples and treated them as equals in his circle of companions.
VOICE FOUR: In response to people’s sufferings,
Jesus broke rules and violated religious taboos. He shared meals with women,
saved a woman from being stoned and said that prostitutes would enter heaven
before religious leaders. He challenged the priestly class and political
leaders of his time and so they ridiculed, tortured and put him to death. His
life, death and resurrection shows us how to live freely and joyously in the
midst of injustice, darkness, evil and death.
(PLEASE ALL EXTEND HANDS AS WE RECITE
THE EPICLESIS AND CONSECRATION TOGETHER)
ALL: MAY YOUR SPIRIT, PRESENT IN THESE GIFTS AND IN US, FILL US WITH A NEW
OUTPOURING OF LOVE THAT MAKES US MORE DEEPLY ONE BODY IN THE COSMIC CHRIST
LIVING THE FULLNESS OF YOUR COMPASSION.
PRESIDER: On the night before he was
betrayed, Jesus gathered with his friends for a meal. He took bread into his
hands broke it and said:
ALL: TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU, AND EAT IT. THIS
BREAD IS YOU; THIS BREAD IS ME. WE ARE ONE BODY. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
PRESIDER: In the same way after
supper, Jesus took the cup, raised it with love beyond all telling, gave
thanks, and sharing the cup with those at table he said:
ALL:
TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND DRINK FROM IT.
THIS IS THE CUP OF MY LIFE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND EVERLASTING COVENANT WHICH WILL
BE SHED FOR EVERYONE. EVERYTIME YOU DRINK OF IT, REMEMBER ME.
PRESIDER: Jesus who was with God “in the beginning of
the creation of the heavens and the earth” is now with us now in this bread and
this cup. Now then, in sacred memory let us proclaim the mystery of our faith.
ALL: IN EVERY CREATURE THAT HAS EVER BREATHED,
WE SEE YOUR TENDERNESS; IN EVERY LIVING BEING THAT HAS PASSED ON BEFORE US WE
SEE YOUR GOODNESS; IN EVERYTHING YET TO BE, CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN! IN OUR
BREAKING OF THE BREAD OF EARTH, CHRIST OF THE COSMOS IS BEING RE-MEMBERED! WE
LIVE IN THE JOY OF BEING LOVED BY OUR EXTRAVAGANT GOD!
VOICE FIVE: Holy One, your transforming energy
is always moving within us and working through us. We give thanks for all holy
women and men who have been your face in our lives. They show us how to forgive
self and other, let go of guilt and refrain from judging others and see the
good in people who irritate us. Let us pause to remember and name some of these
holy women and men aloud or in the silence of our hearts.
VOICE SIX: God who opens doors and melts hearts
of stone, enlighten our religious ministers and political leaders. May they
welcome refugees, transform poverty into plenty and work for human dignity and
justice for all. We pray for Francis,
our Pope, Bridget Mary, our Bishop and all God’s holy people.
VOICE SEVEN: We remember those who are sick and
suffering. May they be healed and strengthened, and filled with every blessing
in your loving presence. We remember Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary of Magdala,
Peter, Paul, Junia, our patron saints and all the saints and angels who
surround us with loving prayers each day. We remember our loved ones and all
those who have died in your embrace.
ALL: THROUGH
CHRIST, WITH CHRIST, IN CHRIST, IN THE UNITY OF SPIRIT WISDOM, ALL PRAISE AND
GLORY ARE YOURS, LOVING GOD FOREVER AND EVER. THE GREAT AMEN 3X
ALL: (HOLDING HANDS) OUR FATHER AND MOTHER WHO ARE IN HEAVEN, BLESSED IS
YOUR NAME, YOUR……..
ALL: GOD WE HAVE JUST PRAYED THAT YOUR KINDOM MAY COME UPON US. GRANT
THAT WE MAY OPEN OUR EARS TO HEAR IT, OUR HANDS TO SERVE IT, AND OUR HEARTS TO
MAKE IT REAL.
THE SIGN OF PEACE
Presider: Jesus, you said to your disciples, “My peace
I leave you, my peace I give you. “
Look on the faith of those gathered here and…….
ALL: …. GRANT US YOUR PEACE. O GOD, FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS AND
WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE SPIRIT, HELP US SPREAD THAT PEACE THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD, TO EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE, NO EXCEPTIONS. AMEN
Presider: May the peace of God be
always with us, and now let us extend that peace to one another.
LITANY FOR THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
Presider: Loving God….
ALL: YOU CALL US TO SPIRIT-FILLED
SERVICE AND TO LIVE THE GOSPEL OF NON VIOLENCE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. WE WILL LIVE JUSTLY.
PRESIDER: Loving God….ALL: YOU CALL US TO BE YOUR PRESENCE IN THE WORLD AND TO BE BEARERS OF
UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION, FORGIVENESS AND HEALING EVERYWHERE IN YOUR
NAME. WE WILL LOVE TENDERLY.
PRESIDER: Loving God….
ALL: YOU CALL US TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER. WE WILL WALK HUMBLY WITH YOU.
Chant : “Sanctuary” God prepare
me…………
Presider: This is Jesus, who calls us
to open doors that are closed and share our bread on the altar of the world.
All are invited to eat and drink at this sacred banquet of love.
ALL: JESUS WE ARE WORTHY TO
RECEIVE YOU AND TO BE YOUR COMPASSION IN OUR WORLD. WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST.
Presider: Let us share the Body of Christ with
the Body of Christ! ALL: AMEN
COMMUNION—
Prayers of Thanksgiving
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Presider: O God of Extravagant Love,
Jesus showed us how to love one another and heal our hearts. Through the power
of your liberating Spirit at work within us, we will give and receive
forgiveness, live joyously, and work for healing, justice and equality for our
earth and for all God’s holy people. All:
AMEN
CONCLUDING RITE
PRESIDER: Our God is with you. ALL: AND ALSO WITH YOU
COMMUNITY BLESSING (EVERYONE
PLEASE EXTEND YOUR HANDS IN MUTUAL BLESSING) ALL: MAY THE
GOD OF SARAH AND ABRAHAM,THE BLESSED ONE OF JACOB AND RACHEL, AND SOPHIA HOLY
WISDOM, WALK WITH US AND ALL CREATED LIFE ON OUR JOURNEY INTO MYSTICAL UNION
WITH THE HEART OF OUR GOD OF EXTRAVAGANT LOVE.
DISMISSAL Presiders:
Remember that each day we wake up ……………….
Let us go and live in the joy of being loved. All:
THANKS BE TO GOD
Closing Song: Cause
we live For Love.
CAUSE WE LIVE FOR LOVE
The morning sun shines full of laughter-
Waking up all walks of life.
Shining a love he says “It’s a bran knew day, give all the
Love you can away
Refrain :
And open your hearts for our children and the universe.
To have and hold,
Embracing the good in those who feel they must give of themselves.
Cause we live for Love and Love lives through all.
The evening star shines on each person- with a sparkle of
light and a smile, touching their hearts for all to feel, the presence of love
for its real.
Refrain: So open
your hearts for our children and the universe.
To have and hold,
Embracing the good in those who feel they must give of themselves.
Cause we live for Love and Love lives through all.
Let the rainbow rain shower you, raining down on us for all sowing seeds and
dreams of our future, a lord of love and feast of forever more.
Refrain: Open your hearts for our children and the universe.
To have and hold,
Embracing the good in those who feel they must give of themselves.
Cause we live for Love and Love lives through all. 2x
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