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Theme: Expanding our Consciousness and Experiences of the Real Presence of Christ
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Peg:
Welcome to our liturgical gathering on this Thursday afternoon. We thank our readers and IT team for being part of our liturgical team today. When speaking, please unmute contribute your thoughts and when you are finished, remember to re-mute yourself. Have bread and wine/juice in front of you for communion. On Holy Thursday we celebrate the Real Presence of Christ in this sacred meal, in loving service to our sisters and brothers and in all that has life.
Opening Hymn: Companions on the Journey: Carey Landry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h86xLnaXUZU
Opening Prayer:
Bridget Mary:
Holy One, we gather together with loving hearts in memory of Jesus who shared meals at an open table with tax collectors, prostitutes and all who followed him. We remember how Jesus gathered with his friends, teaching, healing and serving them. On the night before he died, he washed their feet and broke, blessed and shared Bread and Wine at a Passover Meal. We give thanks for this sacred meal, the Bread of Life and the Cup of Blessing, the Real Presence of Christ that we share with each other in memory of Jesus on this Holy Thursday. May we be the hands and feet of Christ in loving service to all in need and prophetic witnesses for justice and equality. Amen.
Transformation Rite:
Bridget Mary: O Holy One, you call us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. For the times we have failed to love others, we say:
All: I love you, I am sorry, please forgive me, thank you. Amen.
Glory to God, Marty Haugen
https://youtu.be/uLyAzS7FThk
LITURGY OF THE WORD
Russ: First Reading: On Being a Eucharistic Community
Meals are the most frequent settings for Gospel stories. They range from informal picnics on hillsides to banquets given by dignitaries. They introduce us to some of the most of diverse and colorful of Gospel characters: a woman with long hair who washes Jesus’ feet, a little boy who has loaves and fishes hidden in the folds of his robe, and a short man, named Zacchaeus, who is about to have an unexpected dinner guest. Meals transport us from the wedding in Cana to a quiet dinner at a little house in Emmaus. They invited us to a party for a prodigal and let a share of a Passover supper with a carpenter’s son.
This theme of inclusivity is one of the benchmark of Jesus’ teaching. Everyone ought to have a place at the table, especially those who have been marginalized. Obviously, this includes many who do not qualify for the guest list–people who have been relegated to the back roads and slums of the towns. When we give a luncheon, we need to make sure that no one who wants to be there is left out. Inclusivity is a Gospel mandate. It is not separate from Sabbath observance, but essential part of it.
These are the inspired words of Fran Ferder & John Heagle
Responsorial Psalm: Ubi Caritas by Linda Lee
(Where there is love, there is God)
https://youtu.be/yOPqSw86DrE
Joan M: Second Reading: A Reading from the Gospel of John
After washing their feet, Jesus put his clothes back on and returned to the table. He said to them,
“Do you understand what I have done for you? You call me ‘Teacher’ and Sovereign’ – and rightly, for so I am. If I, your Teacher and Sovereign, have washed your feet, you should wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done. These are the inspired words from the Gospel of John and we respond by saying, Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation: Spirit of the Living God -Linda Lee
Kathryn: Gospel: A Reading from the Gospel according to Luke:
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, broke it, and giving it to his disciples said, "Take and eat; this is my body. Do this in remembrance of me"
He then raised high the cup of blessing, spoke the grace, and offered them the wine saying:
Take and drink of the covenant made new again through my life,
for you. Whenever you do this, remember me!
These are the inspired words from the Gospel of Luke and we respond by saying, Thanks be to God.
Homily Starter: Bridget Mary:
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On Holy Thursday, we celebrate Eucharist, the Real Presence of Christ in this sacred meal and within us, the Body of Christ on earth. When Jesus took bread, blessed, broke and gave it to those at table, He did not say, as Richard Rohr reminds us: “Think about this,” “Prove this,” “Look at this,” “Carry this around,” and, surely not, “Argue about this.” He just said, “Eat this . . . and drink all of you” (Matthew 26:26-27).
We spent much of our history arguing about the “how” and the “if” and who could do what Catholics called the “transubstantiation” of the bread and wine instead of simply learning how to be present.
We made the Eucharist into a magic act to be believed instead of a personal transformation to be experienced. We changed bread more than people, it seems to me. We emphasized the priest as the “transformer” instead of the people as the transformed.”
Let us reflect on the Real Presence of Christ in Eucharist not as a doctrine to be believed but a Presence to contemplate and experience.
Jesus calls all his followers to eat and drink at the Banquet Table and to "wash feet" in memory of him. This means to love one another in concrete ways that build community and foster the flourishing of life for all people and all creation. As we eat and drink this sacred meal and serve our sisters and brothers in words and actions, we are the Body of Christ, Real Presence of Christ broken, blessed and shared with the world.
Bridget Mary Homily Sharing:
How would you describe the Real Presence of Christ today? Has your awareness evolved through the years? What did you hear in our readings today?
Statement of Faith
Peg: Please join in praying our Statement of Faith:
Peg and All: We believe in one God, a divine mystery
beyond all definition and rational understanding,
the heart of all that has ever existed,
that exists now, or that ever will exist.
We believe in Jesus, messenger of God's Word,
bringer of God's healing, heart of God's compassion,
bright star in the firmament of God's
prophets, mystics, and saints.
We believe that we are called to follow Jesus
as a vehicle of God's love,
a source of God's wisdom and truth,
and an instrument of God's peace in the world.
We believe that God's kin-dom is here and now,
stretched out all around us for those
with eyes to see it, hearts to receive it,
and hands to make it happen.
Prayers of the Community:
Anna: As we prepare for the sacred meal, we bring to this table our blessings, cares, and concerns. Please feel free to voice your concerns beginning with the words, “I bring to the table…”
Anna: (at conclusion) We pray for these and all unspoken concerns. Amen.
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Preparation Of The Gifts:
Bridget Mary and All: Blessed are You, Holy One, through Your divine providence we have this bread, to share, the Bread of Life.
Bridget Mary and All: Blessed are You, Holy One, forever.
Peg and All: Blessed are You, O Loving One through Your divine providence we have this wine to share, our spiritual drink.
Peg and All: Blessed are, You, Holy One, forever.
Andrea: Nurturing One, we are united in this sacrament by the love of Christ, whose presence we are as we proclaim the liberating power of your Spirit Sophia, in our humanity and divinity, calling us to build the unity of Love in a more compassionate and just world. All: Amen.
Eucharistic Prayer:
Cheryl B: The Christ Presence is within us.
Cheryl B and All: And within you.
Cheryl B: Lift up your hearts.
Cheryl B and All: We lift them up.
Jim B: Let us give thanks for an open table.
Jim B and All: We welcome everyone to this banquet of love.
Jim B: With thankful hearts, in the company of all holy women and men, your liberating Spirit rises up within us, works through us and we sing:
All: Holy, Holy, Holy – Linda Lee
(adapted from Holy, Holy, Holy by Karen Drucker)
https://youtu.be/orKBBIj5LZA
We are Holy, Holy, Holy…3x , You are Holy, Holy, Holy, I am Holy, Holy, Holy, We are Holy, Holy, Holy
Peg: O Heart of Love, Your Spirit moved through Jesus as he gathered with his friends around an open table where he gave thanks, broke the bread, shared it, and took the cup and proclaimed it the covenant of his blood. Your Spirit moves through us at this open table to bless this sacred meal that we share and to bless us as the presence of Christ in the world.
Please extend Your hands in blessing.
Bridget Mary and All: Pour out Your Spirit anew upon this bread and wine and upon us as we become more deeply the Christ Presence in our world.
Bridget Mary and All: On the night before he died, Jesus came to table with his family and the women and men he loved. Jesus took bread blessed and broke it, saying, “Take, eat, this is my body. Do this in memory of me.”
(pause)
Peg and All : After supper, Jesus poured a cup of wine and shared it with his friends, saying,
“This is the cup of the covenant of my love. As often as You drink of it, remember me.”
(Pause)
Peg: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
Peg and All: Christ has died in all those who have passed away.
Christ is rising in all those working for the well-being of humanity and the healing of our earth.
Christ will come each day to transform the world through us.
Sue B: Embracing Presence, we remember all the companions who have gone before us: Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mary of Magdala, Peter and all holy women and men who are rising up in loving service to heal our world. We pause now to remember our personal communion of saints.
(pause)
(Presiders hold bread and wine)
Bridget Mary and All: For it is through living as Jesus lived, and loving as he loved, that we awaken to Your Spirit empowering us to work for the well- being of all people and of the flourishing of our planet Earth.
Great Amen: (Linda Lee)
https://youtu.be/0sDDgwZlijc
The Prayer of Jesus
Jerry B and All: Let us pray as Jesus taught us.
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. (Adapted by Miriam Therese Winter)
Peg: Jesus said to his disciples, “My peace I leave You. My peace I give You.”
(Let us place our hands in front of us, palms up, as we sing, “Peace is flowing like a river…” you may change “captives” to “peoples”)
Sign of Peace: Peace is flowing like a River by Carey Laundry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrLnCPq1GJk
Communion
Bridget Mary: Please join in praying the Litany for the Breaking of the Bread
Bridget Mary and All:
Holy One, You call us to speak truth to power; we will do so.
Holy One, You call us to live the Gospel of healing and justice; we will do so.
Holy One, You call us to be Your presence in the world; we will do so.
Peg: This is the bread of life and the cup of blessing. Blessed are we who are called to Christ’s table.
Peg and All: We are the Body and Blood of Christ for the world.
Pease receive/share Eucharist now.
Communion Song: Bread of Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZgYcIvqgHU
Bridget Mary: Thanksgiving: Please unmute yourself if you have a thanksgiving to share.
(Introductions and Announcements)
Closing Prayer:
Bridget Mary: We praise and thank you, Holy One, for the gift of Christ's Presence in the holy meal that we have shared on this Holy Thursday. May we rejoice that you are with us in the breaking of the bread. May our communion with you and with one another deepen our faith and love as we go forth to be your Real Presence in joyful service in the world.
Concluding Rite
Peg: The Holy One is within You. As you go forth to continue to be a radiant reflection of Christ in our world.
Peg and All: And also within You.
Bridget Mary: Please extend Your hands in blessing and sing the Blessing Song as our closing song.
Blessing Song by Jan Phillips
https://youtu.be/l1hFUfSb1Ww
May the blessing of peace be upon you may peace be all you know
may the blessing of peace be upon you may it follow wherever you go.
Shalom, salaam, shaanti, pacem May peace prevail on earth
Shalom, salaam, shaanti, pacem May peace prevail on earth.
(continue with joy, love, light)
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