Liturgy for Year of Mercy:
Journey
into Heart of Compassion
by Jann Aldredge-Clanton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O08rI_AN15M
(This
hymn draws from the biblical image of the Divine as a Womb, giving birth to all
creation. In the Hebrew Scriptures the word "rahum" is literally
translated "womb-love," and is used to convey divine compassion,
graciousness, and mercy. "Rahum" ("womb-love") pictures a
Creator who continually loves and nurtures us.)
GREETING
Presider: Let us begin in the name of our God, a God of Love,
Wisdom, and Liberation.
ALL: Amen
PENITENTIAL RITE
Presider: God of tender compassion; you are our
peace.
ALL: Now and
forever, we will be your peace.
Gloria: Glory
to God, glory. O praise God, alleluia.
Glory to God, glory. O praise, the name of our God.
Glory to God, glory. O praise, the name of our God.
Or
Glory to God In The Highest by Dan Schutte
(Gloria is omitted during Advent & Lent)
OPENING PRAYER
Presider: O Lover of All,
in this journey into the heart of compassion, we celebrate your love unfolding
in the healing and wholeness of everyone and of every living thing.
You
call us to see goodness and beauty everywhere and to live in harmony with
creation. You call us to heal the wounds of hatred and violence, discrimination
and oppression in our world. You call us to warmly welcome everyone who comes
through our doors as your presence among us.
In communion with Jesus, our brother, and in the power of the Your Spirit, we
will live your love poured out each day. ALL: Amen.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading
Second Reading
Responsorial Psalm
Gospel
Acclamation: Praise, honor and glory to our God. Be
compassionate as God is compassionate, praise honor and glory to our God.
Gospel: Reader:
A reading from the Gospel according to . . .
ALL: Glory to you
O God.
Reader: The good news of Jesus, the Christ!
ALL: Glory and
praise to you, Jesus the Christ!
HOMILY
CREED
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, losses 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 and joyfully and
to serve others especially the outcaste and heavy burdened.
We believe in Your
Spirit, who works through us for justice and peace and to overcome oppression
of all kinds whether based on gender, sexual orientation, race or class.
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
Response: God of all
compassion, love through us.
Presider: With
hearts filled with loving compassion, we lift up the needs of our community at
this time. R.
Presider: That those who suffer abuse; may be healed and
empowered, we pray. R.
Presider: That those bound by hatred, hostility,
and violence will be set free, we pray. R.
Presider: That the sick may be healed, especially (mention
names), we pray. R.
Presider: That the dead may live forever in God's
presence, we pray. R. (Other Intentions)
Presider: We hold these
and all our unspoken intentions in our hearts as we gather around the Banquet
Table today.
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
Presider: Blessed are you, God of all life, through
your goodness we have 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 showing mercy
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 embrace us with extravagant
affection in our blessedness and brokenness. We thank you that in this festive
meal, your Spirit continues to be poured out among the circle of disciples
gathered here in our giving and receiving forgiveness and offering the
gift of your shalom/peace. We join with the angels and saints and people of
every race, faith and nation to glorify your presence as we sing:
Song/ALL: Holy,
holy, holy by Karen Drucker
Chorus: We
are holy holy holy
We
are holy holy holy
We
are holy holy holy
We
are whole... (repeat)
(substitute
“We are” with: You are / I am )
Verse:
Spirit divine - come to me
feeling
love - healing me
Open
my heart - allow me to see beauty and love
1st
time: lives in me...
2nd
time: surrounding me...
Voice Two: Gracious God, you set the banquet table and
invite all to the feast of unending delight. Here we encounter the glory of God
in an evolving cosmos. Here divine compassion connects us to the young, the
old, the least and the last, to everyone everywhere on our journey into the
heart of mercy.
Voice Three: We especially thank you, Nurturing God, 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, grief and
how to help those who experience rejection and marginalization.
Voice Four: God of tenderness, Jesus showed us the heart
of mercy when he preached good news to the poor, release to the captives,
recovery of sight to the blind, healing to the broken. Jesus called women to be
apostles and disciples and treated them as equals in his circle of companions.
Voice Five 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 healed the sick and comforted the lonely. He challenged the
priestly class and political leaders of his time and so they ridiculed,
tortured and put him to death.
Voice Six: In faithful love, You raised the crucified
Jesus, radiant and glorious to new life. Like the holy ones throughout
the ages, Moses and Miriam who led their people from oppression to freedom,
Jesus’ life, death and resurrection shows us how to live freely and joyously in
the midst of injustice, darkness and 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. This is my body. Do this to remember me.
Presider: In the same way after supper, Jesus took
the cup, raised it with love beyond all telling. Jesus gave thanks and shared
the cup with those at table and 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. Every time you drink of it, remember me.
Presider: 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
remembered!
Voice Seven: 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 showed us how to forgive
self and others, let go of guilt, 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 Eight: God, who opens doors and hearts, 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 our pope and bishops, especially ____, and all God’s holy people.
Voice Nine: 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
Magdala, Peter, Paul, and Junia; our patron saints and all the saints and angels
who surround us with loving prayer each day. We remember our loved ones and all
those who have died into your embrace.
ALL: Through
Christ, with Christ, in Christ, all praise and glory are yours, Loving
God. Amen.
THE PRAYER OF JESUS
ALL: Our Father and Mother . . .
THE SIGN OF PEACE
Presider: God, we pray for peace and unity as we
join hands in a circle of love and sing one of the following hymns; “Peace is
flowing like a River” or “Let there be peace on earth” or Peace before us,
Peace behind us, Peace under our feet, Peace within us, let all around us be
peace.”
LITANY FOR THE BREAKING OF BREAD
ALL: Loving God, You call us to live
mercy, we will do so. Loving God, You call us to live justice, we will do
so. Loving God, You call us to live equality, we will do so.
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 Song: The Face of God by Karen Drucker
Words:
Reverend Karyl Huntley & Karen Drucker
Music:
Karen Drucker
You
are the face of God
I hold you in my heart You are a part of me
You are the face of God...
I hold you in my heart You are a part of me
You are the face of God...
You
are the face of love
I hold you in my heart You are my family
You are the face of God...
I hold you in my heart You are my family
You are the face of God...
And/
or
There Is Only Love by Karen Drucker
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Presider: O God of Compassion, 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.
BLESSING
(Everyone please extend your hands in mutual blessing)
ALL: May the God
of Abraham and Sarah,
the Blessed One of Jacob
and Rachel,
Sophia, Holy Wisdom,
walk with us and all
created life
on our journey into the
heart of compassion! Amen.
DISMISSAL
Presider: Go in the peace of Christ.
Let the service begin! ALL: Thanks be to God.
Recessional:
CONCLUDING HYMN
Bridget Mary Meehan
Association of Roman Catholic Woman Priests
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