Theme - Be the light of the world
Gathering Song: “Christ Be our Light” #157 (3 verses)
Greeting:
Presider: Good afternoon, we welcome all here today. We gather as an Inclusive community that welcomes all to the table, all faiths, all denominations. We welcome those who are considered “outsiders.” We assure you that all are always welcome to participate in all our community gatherings.
Let us now greet one another with a sign of peace and song. (changed from the customary place)
Two verses of:
1. “Peace is flowing like a River… 2. Alleluia, Alleluia
Presider: We gather in love and peace. We focus together today on our call to follow the messages of the gospels We recognize that we are CALLED to be the LIGHT of the world. We bring a tender heart of understanding recognizing the LIGHT within each and every one of us. We celebrate the life we have accepted and we support one another.
Together we say…
ALL: AMEN
Transformation Rite
Presider: Our world needs our LIGHT to shine forth, to heal the division within all societies
ALL: Transform us Spirit of LIGHT.
Presider: Our world needs individuals who recognize their call to heal one another
ALL: Transform us Spirit of CALL
Presider: Our world needs positive and good actions so that peoples of the earth will be rooted in faith and hope.
ALL: Transform us Spirit of CONVICTION
Presider: Our faith and hope is our strength to share with our world as we grow in our recognition of the SPIRIT within. And together we say
ALL: Amen
GLORIA
ALL: Glory be to the One in whom we live,
and move and have our being,
And to the many who participate in this ONE life,
And to the Spirit who gathers us
as ONE in Love,
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever evolving,
World without end. Amen
Mass of the World, Teilhard de Chardin
Presider: Today our theme is Light and Call. The “Christian Testament” (John D. Crossan) reflects the HOPE the followers had in Jesus, who would change the world and free the Jewish people from the tyranny of Rome. They believed that Jesus was the promised One talked about by the prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures.
ALL: May our ears hear, our eyes see as the word is shared…Amen
LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading: Isaiah 8:23 to 9:3
Responsorial Psalm: “I have loved you with with an everlasting love” (rrefrain only #603)
Reading: Psalm 27
Second Reading: Paul from the first letter to the Corinthians 1:10-13,17
ALLELUIA, (SING 8x’s)
Gospel Reading: Matthew 4: 12 - 23
ALLELUIA, (SING 8x’s)
Instrumental
Shared Thoughts
Profession of Faith
ALL: We believe in our Creator who nurtures the earth, who resides in our expanding universe, who is one with us in all things.
We believe in Jesus, the Word incarnate, who journeyed on the earth, blessing the sick, making whole the broken, healing many, instilling faith in his followers so that they may continue the work He began.
We believe in the Spirit of Life, the breath of wisdom Sophia, who fills us with the breath of Life, who supports us and gives us strength to reach out to one another and build communities who search for truth on their life journey.
We believe in the communion of saints, our heavenly friends who walk with us in love as we continue our life journey.
We believe in the partnership and equality of women and men in our Church and our world.
AMEN
Presider: For Whom and for What do we join in prayer……
General and personal Intentions Shared
Response: Holy One give us LIGHT
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Offertory Song: “Be Still, and Know that I am ” #470
Offertory and Presentation of Gifts:
The Gifts are brought forth(filling the cup with wine and placing the bread on the altar then lifting both elements high)
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Presider: We raise this cup and this bread. We call on the Sacred Spirit and as One, we bless this bread and wine. We will share it together in memory of Jesus. We praise the SACRED SPIRIT everywhere in our Universe and recognize that WE Sisters and brothers are ONE in and with the SPIRIT OF LIGHT.
ALL: We express thanks that we share in this mystery
Presider: We celebrate our lives together in community
ALL: We express our gratitude for our CALL as LIGHT to our world
Presider: We celebrate our commitment to live true to our CALL in HOPE
ALL: It is right and just that we keep our word
VOICE: We celebrate our call to service. We share our hope for the healing of nations and our earth. We witness to LOVE. We reach out in tenderness and caring consistently encouraging and constantly instilling HOPE in all those we meet. We especially care for those most in need, who suffer from war on their difficult journey through life. May they gain strength and peace of heart.
VOICE: May we do our part to transform our earth, the air we breathe, the water that sustains life. As people who are called, who are lLIGHT to the multitudes may we share our knowledge and bear witness to our gospel commitments.
VOICE: May we bear witness to our belief that we can be instruments of healing the people of our world and their brokenness.
May we embrace our responsibility to protect those who come to us seeking freedom and peace.
ALL SING: We are Holy, Holy, Holy…. You are…. I am… We are whole.
Presider
We are indeed a holy people. It is the Divine which is part of all of us that is called forth, the Spirit of Light, ever Present filling us with hope on our journey on this earth. We call forth blessings on this bread and wine as we continue our celebration.
The night before Jesus died he shared the seder meal with the women and men he called disciples. Jesus stood, left the table and went to each one of them and washed their feet. Jesus then returned to the table. He took bread in his hands. He blessed the bread and gave praise to all life, he broke the bread and passed it to all those who sat with him and said:
ALL: Take this bread blessed and broken. Eat. This is my very self. Do this often in memory of me.
After supper, Jesus poured a final cup of wine. He blessed the wine and passed it to those gathered with him saying:
Take and drink this wine. It is the cup of the new covenant. It
is my very life. Do this often in memory of me.
Presider: In sharing this bread and cup, let us embrace the Gospel of justice and peace as we proclaim this mystery of our faith:
VOICE: In every person, in every creature that has ever breathed,
ALL: Christ has lived;
VOICE: In every living being that has passed on before us,
ALL: Christ has died;
VOICE: In our breaking open the word and the bread,
ALL: Christ is with us still.
Presider: With grateful hearts we receive the gifts of this Table. May the creative Spirit who energizes these gifts, activate in our hearts, a hunger for that justice that will guarantee sustenance for every human being.
Presider: In the spirit of this celebration, we rejoice in the Spirit of Oneness we share. We bring to mind all who feel separated from this Table of Abundance.
Presider: Awaken in us, Holy One, a passion for equality and a generosity of spirit, that all may be accepted and welcomed in an inclusive community of faith.
Presider: For it is through learning to live as Jesus lived,
And why he lived,
And for whom he lived,
that we awaken to your Spirit within,
moving us to be one with you, Life-giving Sacred Spirit,
At this time and all time and in all ways.
Celtic Amen! (Sing)
Presider: When the disciples ask Jesus to teach them HOW to pray He spoke the “Our Father” This prayer is a guideline of how we too can pray: Let us pray together as Jesus taught his disciples:
(adapted, Miriam Therese Winter, MMS)
O Holy One, you are within, around, and among us.
We celebrate your many names.
Your wisdom come, your will be done,
unfolding from the depths within us.
Each day you give us all that we need.
You remind us of our limits, and we let go.
You support us in our power, and we act with courage.
For you are the dwelling place within us,
The empowerment around us,
And the celebration among us,
now and forever. Amen.
Presider: Please join in prayer as this bread is broken for all:
ALL: Loving God:
You call us to live the Gospel of peace and justice.
We will live justly.
You call us to be Your presence in the world.
We will love tenderly.
You call us to speak truth to power.
We will walk with integrity in your presence.
Presider: This is the bread of life and the cup of blessing. Through it we are nourished and we nourish one another.
ALL: What we have heard with our ears, we will live with our lives; as we share communion, we will become communion.
We are both Love’s nourishment and Love’s challenge. Amen
Presider: We now share the Bread of Life and the Cup of the New Covenant. We welcome all to receive and be nourished at this
Open Table!
Quiet Meditation Song After Communion
Presider: We now share our gifts and our concerns.
Share thanks for gifts received this week, make request for prayerful support for persons we know. Announcements made by community members.
Presider: Let us all extend our hands for our mutual blessing:
VOICE: May vision and truth companion you.
May beauty be in your eyes. May peace fill your being.
May Love hold you close.
VOICE: May the Earth give you guidance.
May the Stars give you hope. May the Blessings of life fill you!
(adapted Jan Novotka)
Presider: The time has now come for us to leave this sacred place.
As we do, may we embrace the challenges of our lives and of our world...
VOICE: Go with Hope ready to share your faith that we have the ability to heal our broken earth. Go, ready to shine your Light in our world.
Go in peace, believing that the divisions and brokenness of our world will be healed by our hands.
Presider: Go into this week, held together by love, clothed with the nature of Jesus our Companion and strengthened by sacred Spirit Divine.
Closing Song: “City of God” #386
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