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| Members of Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community celebrate the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick at Liturgy. Janet Blakeley ARCWP will have surgery on Tuesday |
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| Sally Brochu ARCWP and Bridget Mary Meehan ARCWP co-presided at liturgy |
Welcome
Moment of Silence
GATHERING SONG :
#638 “Morning Has Broken“ - verses 1-3
Presider: In the name of God, our Creator, of Christ,
our Liberator, and of the Holy Spirit, our Wisdom.
ALL: Amen.
Presider: My sisters and brothers, God is with
you!
ALL: And also
with you.
Presider: Let us pray.
Loving Creator God, you who birthed the cosmos, every living thing and
each and every one of us, help us to notice your presence. Transform and change
our hearts and help us love as you love. It is in loving as you love, that we
can affect change on our society and our world.
Amen.
PENITENTIAL RITE
Presider: Creator God, to whom all hearts are open, no
desires unknown, and from whom no secrets can be hidden, cleanse our hearts by
the inspiration of Holy Wisdom.
ALL: We take your
Word into our minds and hearts. Open them to new understanding.
Presider: We ask for the grace to continually
acknowledge our need to grow in goodness and caring for ourselves, for others
and for our earth, and all the while to be Jesus for others, and to meet Jesus
in others.
ALL: We accept your love and understanding of the
frailty of our human nature.
Presider: We join with you, Jesus the Christ, believing
that the strength and insight of the Holy Spirit will lead us to a deeper
dedication to justice, equality and peace in our world.
ALL: Amen
(All raise hands extended in prayer)
Presider:
Let us pray to the God of unchanging love.
ALL: Oh God,
make us quick to see where and when we block your loving Spirit and thereby
slow down the progress of creation to
its completion in you. And when we find it hard to forgive, help our egos to
step aside and allow your Spirit to flow and bring about a change of
heart. Amen.
Glory to God
Presider: Let us give Glory
to our Loving God, in song.
All: Glory to God, glory, O praise God, alleluia,
glory to God, glory, O praise the name of our God. x3
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| Mary Al Gagnon proclaims the Reading |
LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading: Hebrew 12;
26-28 Response: Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm 103:
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 9: 11-12 Response: Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation -
ALLELUIA
Gospel: John 14:10 Response:
Glory and praise to Jesus, the Christ.
ALLELUIA (sung)
SHARED HOMILY:
Let us begin with our Prayers of Gratitude
PROFESSION OF FAITH
ALL: We
believe in God, the Creator of the Universe, the fountain of life, flowing
through every being. We believe in Jesus, the Christ, who reflects the face of
God and the fullness of humanity. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the breath of
God in the cosmos, who calls us to love and serve without counting the cost. We
believe in our global communion with all circles of life. Amen to loving
actions on behalf of justice, healing, compassion and equality for all in our
world. Amen
GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
Presider: We are people of faith. We believe in the power of prayer. Some of us
struggle to understand why there is so much suffering in our world, often
caused by one person's inhumanity to another and by acts of nature. Yet, we
believe that we send blessings to those who are struggling and who need to
experience hope, to those who are grieving and need to be comforted in their
loss, to those who are facing medical challenges that they be granted hope and
healing. We bring the needs of people throughout our world to our gracious God.
After each intercession, the response is: Loving God, hear our prayer.
For what else shall we pray?
Presider:
Healing God, you faithfully listen to our prayers. Strengthen us as we strive
to respond to the needs of your people and work for justice and positive change
in our world. We make this prayer in the name of Jesus, the Christ, Amen.
OFFERTORY
Song: #633
“Stand By Me” - both
verses
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
Presider: Blessed are you, gracious God of all
creation, through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has
given and human hands have made. It will
become for us the bread of life.
ALL: Blessed
be God forever.
Presider:
Blessed are you, gracious God of all creation, through your goodness we have this
wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.
ALL: Blessed
be God forever.
Presider: Pray my friends that as we celebrate this
breaking of bread and blessing of wine we accept more fully the mission of our
Church by actively living our response to God’s call.
ALL: May our
gracious God accept these gifts for the praise and glory of God’s name, for our
good, and for the good of all our Church.
Presider: God is always with you. ALL: And also with you.
Presider: Together, we lift up our hearts. ALL: Together, we lift them up to God.
Presider: Together, we give thanks to our gracious
God. ALL: Indeed it is right to
constantly give thanks and praise.
EUCHARISTIC
PRAYER
(Please join us around our
inclusive table of love and nourishment, where all are welcome)
Presider: Creator
God, we praise you who created this expansive and magnificent universe and all
that exists and lives within it. Help us become more deeply aware that you created
us, too, all of us, with no exceptions with something of your own life within
us. We are prone to not notice your
presence, and sometimes not notice your presence in others, but your great love
reassures us that we are worthy and lovable in your eyes. Come now into our hearts and into this
circle as we prepare this table, your table, which feeds us for this journey of
life and sustains us each day. Let us
become what we eat.
ALL: “We are holy, holy,
holy, we are whole. You re holy.....I am
holy.... We are holy.....
Voice 1: Gracious God, source and sustenance of life,
redeeming presence to the pain and brokenness of our world, Holy Spirit who
enlivens all that exists, we beseech your healing power to come upon us and all
for whom we pray today. We join together
with our community, with all creation everywhere, with all those living or dead
who have touched our hearts and made us better people. (Names of our loved
ones…………)
Voice 2: We ask you to enliven anew in our hearts the
empowering grace of your abundant Spirit, who infuses for us these gifts of
bread and wine with the transforming energy of life, to nourish and sustain us
in all times and especially in times of need.
(Please extend hands as we recite the consecration together.)
ALL: Before he
was given up to death, a death he freely accepted, Jesus took bread and gave
you thanks. He broke the bread and gave
it to his disciples and said: Take this,
all of you, and eat it; this is my body which will be given up for you.
ALL: When supper
was ended, Jesus took the cup. Again he
gave you thanks and praise, gave the cup to his disciples, and said; Take this
all of you, and drink it; this is the
cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all. Do this in memory of me.
Presider: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
ALL: Christ
has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
Voice 3: As
we gather around this Eucharistic table, we recall God’s blessing and love from
ages past, and we celebrate anew the gift we share among us at this Eucharistic
feast. May the Spirit of life and wholeness, who transforms the gifts we
present, transform us too, that we may be refreshed in our inner being and be
empowered to bring mercy, love and healing to those whose lives we touch and
who are Jesus to us.
Voice 4: Remember gracious God, your Church throughout
the world. We pray with Bridget Mary,
our Bishop, and Francis, our Pope, that we may be readied to love all those you
love, and welcome them into our midst.
Voice 5: Grant
that, in union with all peoples living and dead, we may strive to create a
world where suffering and pain are diminished, where hatred and violence are
erased, where justice and peace are restored, and where all people can live
without fear, in health and wholeness. May we all be united in acclaiming the
God of Life, whose abundance is offered to each and to all, ‘til the Kin-dom
arrives in the fullness of time.
ALL: Through
Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory
and honor is Yours, gracious God, forever and ever. Amen (sung).
THE PRAYER OF JESUS
Presider: Let us join hands and raise our voices as we sing the
Prayer that Jesus taught us:
ALL:
Our Father and Mother…….
Presider: Deliver us, God, from every evil and grant us
peace in our day. In your mercy keep us
holy in your sight and protect us from all anxiety and fear. We watch and wait, discerning signs that you
are always with us.
ALL: Amen.
THE SIGN OF PEACE
ALL: “Peace” (sing response
#528): X2
“Peace I leave you, my
friends, peace the world cannot give.
Peace I leave you, my
friends, so that your joy be ever full.”
Presider: Let
us offer each other a sign of peace.
LITANY FOR THE BREAKING OF BREAD
Presider: Loving God,
ALL: You call
us to live the Gospel of peace and justice. We will live justly.
Presider: Loving God,
ALL: You call
us to be the presence of Jesus in the world. We will love tenderly.
Presider: Loving God,
ALL: You call
us to speak truth to power. We will walk with integrity in your presence.
Presiders: This is Jesus, who through the power of the
Spirit, liberates, heals and transforms our world. All are invited to partake of this sacred
banquet of love. ALL: We are the Body of
Christ.
COMMUNION
Communion: Instrumental by Mindy
After Communion:
“God Is” by Mindy Simmons
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Presider: May wonder, gratitude and thanksgiving fill
us, and may compassion replace the numbness we experience in our hearts from
having seen too much hatred and injustice. Lift the veils from our faces so
that your wonderful beauty may be
allowed to shine out from us.
Introductions - Announcements
CONCLUDING RITE
Presider: May God be with you. ALL: And also with you.
Presider: Let us call upon our gracious God as we share
blessings with each other. We bless one
another and pledge to live the Gospel of Christ. ALL: Amen.
BLESSING
( Please extend hands in mutual blessing)
ALL: May our
gracious God, bless us all gathered here, in the name of God our Creator, in
the name of Jesus our strength, in the name of the Holy Spirit our Wisdom, as
we minister to one another in love, for we are the Body of Christ and the face
of God to the world. Amen.
CLOSING HYMN: #628
“We Are Called” - all
verses
DISMISSAL
Presider: Go in the peace of Christ. Let our Spirit-filled service continue!
ALL: Thanks be to God.
MMOJ Community enjoyed a meal together after the liturgy
St. Andrew UCC sustained minor damage from storm. Power is still not fully restored.
