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| Katy Zatsick ARCWP, 9th Anniversary of Ordination |
Mary
Mother of Jesus
Inclusive
Catholic Community
At
Sun City Center
February 7 2019
“God Has Chosen Me”
All:
Infinite God in whom I live and move and have my being (arms outstretched),
Holy Spirit Sophia in every person and all Communities (hands in Namaste
position, bowing to person across from you), Inner God, my brother Jesus: I am
your light for the world (hands crossed over heart) Amen.
Presider: God is within you.
All: And also, within you.
Opening Prayer.
All: O God, Source of Unconditional Love, you constantly break
through our lives calling us to live in your Love and joy. We ask you to renew our fidelity to Jesus who
transforms the ordinary into the extra-ordinary. We ask this in his name. Amen.
See Sheet for Readings
First Reading
First Reading
Psalm Response:
Gospel reading
Liturgy Feb 7 2019
“God has Chosen Me”
I had read the quote used for our “I believe” today about a month ago. I
realized only yesterday that Feb 6 was my 9th year anniversary of
RCWP ordination. It lifts my heart as I am reminded how much our Loving God
cares for us!
The three readings for today call us to reflect on how much God loves us
unconditionally from before we are born. The readings use the metaphor or image
of marriage, of weddings, to teach of God’s presence and unconditional love in
our lives.
We each have been chosen by God to live the Catholic Christian Path of
following Jesus’ Way. What has our God of Holy Mystery chosen for your life’s
journey? Our life comes with changes as we grow in our relationship to Jesus
our wise elder Brother.
How close God is to us. How intimate our relationship to God if we are
open and seek a deeper relationship with our God of Holy Mystery. God chose for
you a special path of ministry, of meeting our Sisters’ and Brothers’ needs in
our circles of life. And this call may change as we grow and learn about the
Holy Mystery of our Source of All Being, Living Word and Holy Spirit Sofia
throughout our lifetime of our faith journey.
In the wedding at Cana, do you think Mary is a feminine image of God?
She is the One who tells Jesus, “Do something about the lack of wine” An
obedient grumbling Jesus changes the water into wine, the ordinary to the
miraculous. We are called to do the same, to follow and live what our God
Mother/Father asks of us.
Readings for MMOJ
Liturgy “God Has Chosen Me” Feb 6 2019
First Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5
For Zion’s sake, I will not
be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest---not until her integrity
shines like the dawn, her deliverance like a flaming torch…. You will be a
garland of beauty in YHWH’s hands a solemn crown worn by your God. Never again will you be called Forsaken;
never again will your land be called Desolate.
But you will be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land will be
called Married. For YHWH will take
delight in you and your land will be joined with God in wedlock. For just as a young couple marry,… and as a
newly married couple rejoice over each other, so will YHWH rejoice over you. The
Word of God All: Thanks be to God who
has chosen us.
Psalm 125 (adapted from Nan Merrill “Psalms from
Praying an Invitation to Wholeness, p 260)
Response All: Come enter the Garden of Love
Those who put their trust in
You are like giant trees standing firm and rooted deep. As the trees grow
strong in fertile soil, so we mature in the Garden of Love, nourished by the
Word of Life. All: Come enter the Garden of Love
For the weeds of fear, the
tares of ignorance, find no home here; they are soon cast out. As each flower
in its uniqueness blesses the garden, the interconnectedness of all brings it
to fulfillment. All: Come enter the Garden of Love
Those whose lives reflect
goodness and integrity, become mirrors to Love’s way. They are like fragrant blossoms that bring
joy to all around them, like open invitations for others to come. All: Come enter the Garden of Love
Gospel John 2:1-11
Three days later, there was
a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, was there. Jesus and his disciples had likewise been
invited to the celebration. At a certain
point, the wine ran out, and Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no wine.” Jesus answered her, “Mother what does that
have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”
Mary instructed those waiting on tables, ‘Do whatever Jesus tells you.’”
As prescribed for Jewish
Ceremonial washings, there were six stone water jars on hand, each one holding
between 15 and 25 gallons. “Fill those jars with water,” Jesus said, and the
servers filled them to the brim. “Now,” said Jesus, “draw some out and take it
to the caterer.” The servers did as they were instructed.
The caterer tasted the
water---which had been turned into wine---without knowing where it had come
from; the only ones who knew were those who were waiting on tables, since they
had drawn the water. The caterer called
the bride and groom over and remarked, “People usually serve the best wine
first; then, when the guests have been drinking a while, a lesser vintage is
served. What you’ve done is to keep the
best wine until now!”
Jesus performed this first of his signs at Cana
in Galilee; in this way he revealed his glory, and the disciples believed in
him. The Good News of our Loving Brother
Shared
Homily: Whose love has
taught you about commitment that lasts? Whose tenderness has invited you to
become a real lover of yourself and others? Has Jesus supplied your lack in
time of need-spiritually, emotionally or in any way you needed?
Profession
of Faith. All: God
loves me. God chooses me. God wants me, more than anything. God wants my happiness, God desires my
freedom. God seeks my eternal
companionship.
God is the one whose
love I can count on. God has been in the
business of loving me since before I was in my mother’s womb. Amen
Presider: Always mindful of God’s love and care for us, we bring the needs of God’s people to our loving Abba, Sophia
and Brother Jesus. Response: Christ
who loves us, hear our prayer.
Presider:
By our lives may we share that all are
chosen by our God of Evolutionary Love, we pray. Response.
Presider: In 2019, may
we stand in solidarity with all those who are marginalized and work for justice
and equality, we pray.. Presider: For what else should we pray…
Presider: We know you hear our prayers; those
we speak and those we keep in our hearts. May our acts arise from the knowing
you love each of us unconditionally.
All:
Amen
PREPARATION
OF THE GIFTS
Presider: Blessed
are you, O God, Lover of all. This bread is your MMOJ community
living your love for all. Through your divine providence, we have this bread to
offer, it will become for us the Bread of life. ALL: Praise to God, who has
chosen and supports us.
Presider: Blessed
are you, O God, Creator of all. This wine is our desire to ever
enter deeper into our relationship with God transforming Love for all. Through your divine providence, we have this
wine to offer, it will become our spiritual drink. ALL: Praise
to God, who has chosen and supports us.
All:
Blessed are you, God of all life,
through your goodness we have this bread and this wine and our own lives to
offer. Through this sacred meal and knowing you have chosen us to be followers
of Jesus and his Way, may we become your Presence for all. Amen.
Eucharistic
Prayer.
All Sing: We are holy holy holy (x3) We are
whole; You are holy holy holy (x3) You are whole; I am holy (x3) I am whole; We
are holy holy holy (x3) We are whole.
All: Come Sophia, Holy
Spirit and settle on this bread and wine. Fill them with the holiness and wholeness
of our living Brother Jesus our Cosmic Christ who resides in the center of our
souls today.
Remembering Jesus. (hand
extended in blessing):
All: On the night before he died,
while at supper with his friends, Jesus took bread, broke it, and shared it
with those present, saying, “Take this, all of you, and eat. This is my body which will be broken
for you.” (Pause)
Then Jesus took a cup of wine and shared
it with those present, saying, “Take this all of you and drink. This is the cup of my life-blood. Do
this in memory of me.”
All (2nd Invocation of Spirit, with hand
on each other’s shoulder): Come Holy Spirit to rest on us. Refreshed from
our worship together and joined within the Communion of Saints may we extend your
Love to all whom we meet.
Prayer
of Jesus “Our Father and Mother”
Song
of Peace Love is flowing
like a river, flowing out of you and me, flowing out into the desert, setting
all the captives free. Peace is flowing... Alleluia
Litany
for Breaking of Bread.
All: Loving God, you
call us to speak truth to power. We will do so!
Loving
God, you call us to live your Good News of our Oneness in you. We will do
so!
Loving
God, you call us to be your presence in the world. We will do so!
Presider: This is Jesus who transforms the
ordinary into the miraculous. His life
enfleshing God’s Love in humanity. All are invited to
partake of this banquet of love and to live as the Heart and Hands of our
Cosmic Christ. All: We are chosen
by you and we choose to be the Body of Christ in your world.
Prayer
of Thanksgiving (Didache, 100CE)
Men 1: For the thanksgiving, give thanks
this way: First, for the cup: We thank you, Abba God, for the sacred vine of
David your son, whose meaning you made clear to us through our brother Jesus,
yours ever be the splendor.
Women 2: And for the bread fragment: We thank
you, Amma God, for the life and wisdom whose meaning you made clear to us
through Jesus, yours ever be the splendor.
All 3: As
this fragment was scattered high on hills, but by gathering was united into
one, so let your people from earth’s
ends be united into your single reign, for
yours are splendor and might through Jesus Christ down the
ages.
Prayers of Gratitude from community
Presider: Let us go forth knowing that we are
called to transform our communities through the Compassion of Jesus. Let our
service continue in his name.
Final
Blessing.
All (hand extended over community):
May Sofia’s vision and joy companion you.
May peace and hope fill your being,
May Jesus who is Love hold you close.
As we celebrate our transformation as chosen sons and daughters and
loved unconditionally. Amen
Individual
Blessing, around the circle. Place
your hands on head of person, look into his/her eyes and say:
“Remember
that you are highly favored,
And Deeply
loved,
And Greatly
blessed”
All: Thanks be to God.
Thanks to and adapted from a liturgy
by Michael and Imogene Rigdon of MMOJ-Sarasota
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| Suzanne Lynch blesses Walt Prouty |
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| Walt Prouty hands cup to member of MMOJ in Sun City at Liturgy |
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| Roman and Theresa Rodriguez bless community |
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| Paddy Cooney blesses Roman |
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