Third Sunday of Lent. C - Sunday, March 20, 2022 (EPISODE:356)

Third Sunday of Lent. C - Sunday, March 20, 2022 (EPISODE:356)

Readings for Sunday, March 20, 2022 

FIRST READING: Exod 3:1-8a, 13-15
Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8+11. "The Lord is kind and merciful"
SECOND READING: 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Matt 4:17). Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ. Repent, says the Lord. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
GOSPEL: Luke 13:1-9

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* (Homily: Fr Paul Kelly)
Set My People Free

In the second reading today, Saint Paul has some very strong words for the community in Corinth.  He warns them very sternly, to be on their guard and lists three great dangers that can poison any community: Complacency, Self-indulgence, and culture of Complaint and negativity. 

 

Each of these three vices is absolutely lethal to any community. Criticism, gossip and complaint in a community will rip the community apart and render it useless.

 

The readings this weekend also highlight the vital connection between God's nature and the 'doing of justice,' and between our God of love, who acts on that love in practical ways, to help those who suffer.

 

*In the first reading, God SEES the need of his beloved people, who are being mistreated. God is determined to DO something about it, to free them from their terrible situation. And GOD then ACTS, definitively in history, by calling upon his servant Moses to 'set my people free'.

 

And God does not simply stop at that. The Lord works WITH and THROUGH Moses and his brother Aaron and also through the cooperation of the people of Israel, to achieve that freedom which God so deeply desires for his people. It is God's action, with the people's cooperation. God acts definitively in history through the united cooperation of people who are open, positive and practical in achieving God's will.

 

Many people throughout history have asked: "how can God stand by and see so much suffering and so much injustice in the world and not DO something?"  … But, in reality… God SEES and cannot STAND the wrongdoing and injustice and suffering in the world…. And God HAS done something…  

God continues to do something about it! Particularly, God CALLS and commissions people of goodwill, (people like Moses), to DO something about what is wrong…./ As the saying goes, "God has no other hands-on earth but ours…" / God wants to use our hands, our heart and our voices to bring a helping hand and just response to those in need.

 

The message that GOD is WITH his people, is found even in God's holy and mysterious name, which is revealed to Moses. God's very name means many wonderful and mysterious things, but very basically (for it defies full translation), God's proper name means..."I am." And this also means (among many other things) that God is: ..."I AM with you!!!."..     God PROMISES to be with all who strive diligently to work for justice in the world.  God is also very much with the people who are suffering and in need and who are enduring great harm in this world. God is suffering in and with the people, as close as possible to those who are enduring these experiences.

 

Jesus makes it really clear, in this Gospel this weekend,  that there are is NO connection between sin and the misfortunes which may happen to us, whether the cause is human willpower, (eg Pilate ruthlessly killing worshippers while they are at prayer, Lk 13:1) or even whether the tragedy is caused by accident or negligence, (eg. a tower collapsing on people (v. 4)).

 

Insult is added to injury by the callous suggestion that the poor and the sick, and also any victims of crime or accident have somehow brought these situations on themselves, or are being paid back for their wrongdoings or somehow deserving of the misfortunes that happen to them. What a terrible thing to burden people who are already suffering horribly.  

 

Our Lord showed that he always cares very much about the poor and suffering and points out that if that was really the way God worked, everyone could expect a building to fall on top of them, for there are a great many wrongs throughout any community and most of these wrongs are not visited with any kind of divine or natural or human retribution.

 

So, the Lord frees us from this concept which prevents us, on one hand, from facing the real causes of the evils and wrongs befalling us. People are wrongly attributing disasters to some type of fatality which plunges us into passivity - unable to do anything to accept what has happened as something we somehow deserve. 

 

To advocate an image of God as one who works through the malice of others or natural disasters to punish the wicked; is to terribly distort the true image of the God of love and life.

 

Unavoidable disasters or events or even bad things happening at the hands of malicious people is not a sign that the victim is somehow being punished.  If one wants to see where the hand of God is to be found in the midst of disaster and tragedy,  then we ought not to look at God as the cause of the disaster, but rather look for God's healing and compassionate touch, in the hands of all those rallying to offer practical help in times of disaster and loss. It is Christ himself we see active and practically at work in the actions and compassion and assistance and healing offered by loved ones and friends and people of goodwill who are embracing the mourners, bandaging the wounded, and feeding the starving and rebuilding fallen structures... and so on.

 

A more helpful sign of the results of sin is the failure to bear the fruits of charity, justice, compassion, mercy and healing, in situations where it is possible. Our Lord states this in the parable he teaches today (Vv. 6-9),

 

In the Gospel, Jesus reminds us that God is not filled with anger, vengeance or summary justice....  but God is a loving parent, who is very long-suffering, fore-bearing and compassionate. God is patiently waiting for and encouraging our deeds and for the good fruits of our faith, hope, and love.

 

Jesus is the God not of punishment but of patience, mercy, justice, and love.

But he leaves us with this final caveat…    time is limited, so start bearing fruit now, there is no time like the present. 

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References:

Homily –Fr Paul W. Kelly

 

Gutiérrez, G. and Dees, C. (1997). Sharing the Word through the liturgical year. 1st ed. Maryknoll: Orbis Books)

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Third Sunday of Lent. C  (Sunday, March 20, 2022)  (EPISODE:356)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

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{{Peace and Patience to you all}} welcome everyone, we gather - To offer or praise, prayers and intercessions to our loving God

 

my brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to mind our sins.

 

Lord Jesus, you call your people to turn away from sin: Lord, have mercy//You teach us wisdom, and write your truth in our inmost heart: Christ, have mercy//You forgive sins through the ministry of reconciliation: Lord, have mercy//

 

May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.

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Memorial Acclamation

3. Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

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PREFACE: Lent II

 

EP III

 

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{Thank you for giving generously of your time and prayer.}

 

Go forth, the Mass is ended.

 

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Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)

 

Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)

 

"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.

 

Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993). (Sydney Australia).

 

"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.

 

Lenten Hymn: "Have Mercy" inspired by Psalm 50(51). Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2020.

 

[ Production - KER - 2022]

 

May God bless and keep you.

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Homily and Mass - Surfers Catholic Parish - Second Sunday of Lent. Year C - Sunday, March 13, 2022 (EPISODE:355 )

Second Sunday of Lent. Year C - Sunday, March 13, 2022
(EPISODE:355 )

Readings for Sunday, March 13, 2022
FIRST READING: Gen 15:5-12, 17-18
Ps 27:1, 7-8a, 8b-9, 13-14. "The Lord is my light and my salvation"
SECOND READING: Phil 3:17–4:1
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (cf. Matt 17:5). Glory and Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! from the shining cloud the Father's voice was heard. This is my beloved Son, hear him.
GOSPEL: Luke 9:28b-36 - Transfiguration

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(EPISODE:355 )
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* (Homily:  Fr Paul Kelly)
This weekend's gospel of the Transfiguration of the Lord is a wonderful reminder that God's glory is around us all the time; in the people and events of life. But, it is not always as obvious as this moment that Jesus experienced, where his face literally shone like light.

We have probably all had "high-point moments," when something extraordinary and special happens to us; and it is as though "the veil between this life and the next" is temporarily parted, and we glimpse Heaven - and we gain a sweet taste of God's glory and wonder - but then those moments are gone and we are back to the everyday events of life. But, those high-point, (mountain-top), moments stay with us long afterward and spur us on; reminding us that God's glory is always present.

 

The spiritual writer Thomas Merton puts it this way: "every one of us walks around the streets of this town shining like the sun; if only we knew it…. "     

Yes indeed! If only we realised this!  The Glory and grace of God, shines in and around all of His beautiful creation, mostly lost under the cover of everyday bustle.

Saint Augustine, in his writings, describes a fascinating and beautiful moment; which in many ways is like a little 'taste' of 'transfiguration' in his own life story…….

It happened when Saint Augustine and his mother Saint Monica were just talking together while they stayed in a villa at the seaside port of Ostia in Rome, Italy. They were deep in discussion; sharing their faith and their hopes……..   

Augustine writes:

  

"My mother and I were alone, leaning from a window which overlooked the garden in the courtyard of the house where we were staying at in Ostia. . . .Our conversation led us (to speak of many things)…….... And when we spoke of the eternal Wisdom, // longing for it //and straining for it with all the strength of our hearts//, for one fleeting instant //we reached out //and touched it. //...........Then with a sigh... //. we returned to the sound of our own speech, // in which each word has a beginning and an ending //- far, far different from your Word, Oh Lord, who abides forever, yet never grows old and gives new life to all things."

This beautiful little incident is like an echo of the Transfiguration of Our Lord on the mountaintop, where Jesus' divinity shines through for an instant in its fullness, and then everything returns to normal, and seems as ordinary as it was before……… But those who experience it are really never quite the same again.  They are profoundly moved, to the depth of their being, by a deep experience of God's eternal grace.

 

This glimpse of glory is truly beautiful….

 

God gives us these occasional glimpses of his glory……   a divinity which, (by the way), actually surrounds us always, but we cannot always see it. Most times we do not recognize God's glory in the midst of ordinary life.

If God is not present and active in the ordinary moments of our lives, then it makes no sense. So thank goodness that this is precisely where God IS found. 

 

And similarly, the GLORY of God in Christ was AS present and active when he was walking a dusty path between towns, looking just like any other ordinary traveller, as when he shone with pure light on that mountain top. This whole transfiguration incident is God's way of saying..   "See this profound experience of Glory...  Good! now go back to the usual programme,..... but remember.,...this man is the Holy One....  he has my complete confidence and blessing....  This is my Son....   This glory is IN him always..!! .....   at every moment..   even in the mundane ......  even in the boring and tedious moments....   and even ultimately as he suffers and dies on a cross, seeming like just another common criminal.. But, Look deeper .. look beyond appearances. See the reality.      

 

Equating a good spiritual life with only a continuous or even fairly regular "25,000-volt epiphanies" ignores the fact that we live our lives at the very effective "240-volt" level for everyday usage.

 

We must that God will give us what we need in due time and in the ways and times of God's choosing.  If we only go around looking for the dramatic mountaintop experiences of spiritual life, (or for that matter, the extraordinary moments in life), we would miss the countless little moments of ordinary grace that fill up even the most ordinary or seemingly unexceptional day.  

There are also many saints in the life of the church, who went years...  sometimes decades...  without any exceptional spiritual consolations, but continued to live the ordinary moments of graced life in exceptional devotion, faith, and good works. 

God is constantly reminding us of what Augustine himself wrote as well….….   despite that wonderful moment of grace he described in his writings… he also wrote something even more profound….  "Loving God…….You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You."

 

God does not always act in ways according to our own expectations. God is in charge. We are humble servants whose "eyes are always on the hand of our master; waiting for the slightest movement, so we might leap up and answer whatever is requested…

and...   at all times... "Hope in him, hold firm and take heart. Hope in the Lord!"

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FR. PAUL W. KELLY

MISSION 2000  – PRAYING SCRIPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY. YEAR C. BY MARK LINK S.J.

2010 – A BOOK OF GRACE-FILLED DAYS. BY ALICE CAMILLE.

THE DAILY STUDY BIBLE. GOSPEL OF LUKE. (REVISED EDITION). BY WILLIAM BARCLAY.

From Saint Augustine: Confessions (Book nine, chapter 10). [Augustine. Confessions. Trans. R.S. Pine-Coffin. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961, page 197 (paperback edition).]


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Second Sunday of Lent. Year C  (Sunday, March 13, 2022)  (EPISODE: 355 )
The Lord be with you.
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{{Joy and peace to everyone}} welcome everyone, we gather -  Reflect upon the Holy Scriptures and the values of the Lord. 

Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
I Confess……

May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.  Amen.
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Memorial Acclamation
2. When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.
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PREFACE: Sunday Lent II
EP II
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{May God's grace strengthen your faith hope and love, and may the Lord' love surprise you, even in the trials and challenges of this week. }

Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.

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To contact Fr. Paul, please email:  paulwkelly68@gmail.com

To listen to my weekly homily audio podcast, please click this link here:  https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks

Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:

"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection" - Led by Rev Paul Kelly

Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)

Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)

"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.

Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993). (Sydney Australia).

"Quiet Time."  Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.

Lenten Hymn: "Have Mercy"  inspired by Psalm 50(51). Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2020.

[ Production -  KER -  2022]

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Ps 27:1, 7-8a, 8b-9, 13-14. "The Lord is my light and my salvation"

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (cf. Matt 17:5). Glory and Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! from the shining cloud the Father's voice was heard. This is my beloved Son, hear him.
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First Sunday of Lent. Year C - Sunday, March 6, 2022 (EPISODE:354)

Readings for Sunday, Lent 1 Year C - March 6, 2022

First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:4-10

Psalm: Ps 90:1-2. 10-15. "Be with me Lord when I am in trouble"

Second Reading: Romans 10:8-13

Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 4:4

Gospel: Luke 4:1-13

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(EPISODE: 354)
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(Fr Paul Kelly)
The message, by Saint Paul (in the second reading) is really beautiful....  Especially where he says: "God's word is very near to you... It is on your lips and in your heart."

 

And it is important that God's word resides equally in both places. Not only on our lips but truly making its home in our hearts.  Completely filling our hearts with its life-giving message.   

 

In the gospel, the word of God is clearly in Our Lord's heart and mind, and soul and being... and also on his lips...

 

By contrast, the devil knows the Word of God and can quote it easily. It is indeed only on his lips. It is most certainly not in his heart, and he does not live this word that he speaks so glibly and he certainly does not love the Word.  It is scenes like this gospel that surely inspired William Shakespeare to write: "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart!"   {William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice. Act I, Scene III}

 

Taking our cues from the Gospel today, we see Our Lord fasting and praying for forty days in the wilderness. There is a long tradition in Christianity, and it begins with the way Our Lord deals with temptation and with the devil in this week's Scripture. The tradition can be summed up like this:  "Never enter into discussion with the tempter." Christ does not enter into long dialogues with temptation or with the adversary. He swiftly and efficiently dismisses the wiles of temptation and does not dwell on it. The evil one is the father of lies, so why lend an ear to distortion and falsehood.  

 

And so, whether this Lent is about the extra things we do or the things we give up, let us do it with the deliberate intention of not permitting those conversations with Temptation to go very far in our lives. If there is fuel for values inconsistent with the good news of Jesus lying around in our daily routines, we should judiciously remove it. And if idle time itself is the "match that most often gets struck," we can strive to fill those spaces with good works, prayer, and healthier conversations. 

 

Temptation may keep on talking, but if we're not giving it a hearing, it will go off to find a more appreciative and receptive, less discerning audience. Sadly, in this world, there is any number of people around who might like the company of the kind of flattery and sweet nothings that we witness being tried (quite unsuccessfully) on Christ in today's gospel.  

 

In Lenten time, one not infrequently hears a person say: "I am going to try harder.  I am going to put more effort, more willpower into not 'falling down' in those areas of weakness or sin that I struggle with time and time again. ....  As commendable as this is, the danger is that it is actually focusing more and more attention on the areas we are trying to overcome. Giving it attention and in some ways entering into dialogue with temptation. Also, isn't this just patching up the fortress walls where they have already been breached? ...  It would be more effective to work on the inside of the home so that if the enemy breached the outer perimeter once again, and entered, he would find no quarter. There would be nowhere to hide or to stay. No way ahead, only room for retreat. 

 

Instead of desperately putting our energy into putting up more defences and focusing with fear on areas we desperately hope will not overtake us again, and if the defences fail, despite all our best willpower and attention, we are left utterly vulnerable and defeated.  Better than, increasing our willpower, we can build up an inner immunity, (filled with everything positive), to the point that we are so full of the good things of God's virtues and grace that they completely crowd out anything harmful and there is no room for it to take hold inside.

 

 "As we begin Lent we make our resolutions to practice some form of self-denial – often fostering particular good habits for our lives, such as intentionally taking more time and space for prayer, and giving of our resources to the poor and the needy.  

 

But, Lent is not primarily about what WE do – It is more importantly about what GOD is doing. And how we cooperate with God's activity in our lives.  

 

Basically, it is about "Opening ourselves up to God's love and being humble enough to admit our need for God, and our need to change….even if it would be easier and more comfortable to leave things as they are.

 

Our Lord was never content with just leaving things where they are...   He lovingly chose to move out of his comfort zone to focus on what really matters. 

 

After Jesus is baptized, he is led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where he experiences our human temptations to pre-empt the Heavenly Father's place in our lives. He feels the allure of being self-serving; of gaining worldly power over others; and of controlling or dominating things around him, (worldly understanding of the word). 

 

But Our Lord displays true greatness by being attentive to his heavenly Father's word in scripture and confessing his faith that the Father has first place in his life. Temptation leads to losing our sense of priorities; and putting God down the list of our priorities.

 

Although Jesus is God the Son, he is also fully human and he was truly tempted just as we all are. Because he knows what temptation is like and overcomes it, he can empathise and help us in our temptation and YES, we too can overcome it, through re-ordering our life, our priorities, and our heart. 

 

It is good at this time of Lenten reflection to ask ourselves in prayer: 

Do I remember to offer God the first fruits of my own efforts?

Do I nurture the virtue of gratitude in my heart?

Jesus rejects Satan's temptations of immediate gratification, power, and safety. How am I doing in regard to these temptations in my own life? 

What help do I find in the traditional practices of Lent: prayer, fasting, practical help to the needy?

 

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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly

William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice. Act I, Scene III, Prepare the Word;

 

(February 10, 2008—First Sunday of Lent), https://preparetheword.com ).

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First Sunday of Lent. Year A  (Sunday, February 26, 2023)  (EPISODE: 354)

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all..
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{{Hi}}. Welcome. everyone, we gather -  Listen to God's Word and contemplate the sacraments.

Brothers and sisters, the Lord is full of love and mercy. And so, as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us acknowledge our sins. 
Lord Jesus, you healed the sick: Lord, have mercy//Lord Jesus, you forgave sinners: Christ, have mercy//Lord Jesus, you give us yourself to heal us and bring us strength: Lord, have mercy.

 

May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.  Amen.
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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Romans 5:12-19). Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless Glory. No one lives on bread alone. But on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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Memorial Acclamation
3. Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
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PREFACE: Sundays Ordinary IV
Ep II
(theme variation: have Mercy  )

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{Cheers and thanks everyone for this time of prayer and reflection - I hope you have a blessed week. }

Go forth, the Mass is ended.

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Archive of homilies and reflections:  http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email:  paulwkelly68@gmail.com

To listen to my weekly homily audio podcast, please click this link here:  https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks

You are welcome to subscribe to Fr Paul's homily mail-out by sending an email to this address: paulkellyreflections+subscribe@googlegroups.com

Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection"  - Led by Rev Paul Kelly

Prayers and chants  — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)

Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989,  and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)

"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009,  The Grail - Collins publishers.

Prayers of the Faithful -   " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'.   E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993) . (Sydney Australia).


"Quiet Time."  Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.

Lenten Hymn: "Have Mercy," inspired by Psalm 50(51). Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2020. https://www.airgigs.com/user/stefankelk

[ Production -  KER -  2022]

May God bless and keep you.
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