Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish - Weekly Parish Mass - podcast of Eucharist, including readings, prayers, homily)
Greetings from Surfers Catholic parish!
Please find linked below the latest edition of the Parish weekly Homily and link to the (audio) podcast of the mass, especially produced for those who are unable to be with us at mass.
https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-13c-ordinary-time-2022-episode-371
Many thanks,
The Parish Team
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C. - Sunday, June 26, 2022 (EPISODE: 371)
Readings for 26-Jun-22 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C.
FIRST READING: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21
Ps 16:1-2+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11. "The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy."
SECOND READING: Gal 5:1, 13-18
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Luke 9:51-62). Alleluia, alleluia! Speak, Lord, your servant is listening. You have the words of everlasting life.
GOSPEL: Luke 9:51-62
Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 2075040958 FORLÍ, ITALY - NOVEMBER 11, 2021: The modern fresco -Jesus invites - (detail) in church Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista di Coriano by Franco Vignazia (1995 - 1997). Contributor: Renata Sedmakova
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Please listen to the audio-recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C. - 26-Jun-22 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-13c-ordinary-time-2022-episode-371 (EPISODE: 371)
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The Gospel this weekend shows various people coming up to Jesus and giving reasons why they cannot follow him immediately, but also how they intend to follow him as soon as possible.I think the key to this gospel is the first words of the passage: "As the time drew near for Jesus to be taken up to heaven." In other words, there was no time left.
There was an absolute urgency and immediacy to Jesus' last days. There was no time but the present and there was not a time for hesitations, excuses or delays. It was now or never. So, irrespective of whether the excuses given by people were good or whether they were weak, nothing must be allowed to stop the mission of Christ from being accomplished. So, one needs to get their priorities right. Jesus' gospel has an urgency that demands first priority. And we must not let the many reasons that surround us, frustrate that plan. There may very well always be good reasons to put off until tomorrow (or later) what really needs to be done today. And of course.. tomorrow may never come….
There is a story told of an Olympic champion who lived in an Eastern Block nation during the time of the Cold War. … They wanted to defect to the West…. When they finally decided to do so… it was only by literally turning their back on their special car and their unique privileges and leaving immediately, without hesitation, carrying only what fitted into a had in the small suitcase they carried…. If they had tried to take anything more it would have alerted the authorities to their planned defection and the escape would have failed and ended tragically. If something is urgent and important hesitation or looking back could be catastrophic. Christ knew that.
This weekend's readings are about setting out on an urgent and very important journey…. Jesus has been up 'til this point, traveling about proclaiming the good news… Now he has resolutely set his face towards Jerusalem and his impending suffering and death. As he journeys, various people come up to him and say: "I want to come with you." Jesus impresses upon them that he is not forcing anyone to come along with him. Rather, he is giving them absolute freedom. But, if they choose to follow him it will require total, complete and single-minded commitment. There can be no "ifs or buts," and no hesitation.
To those who say "I will follow you anywhere, but first I have to do such and such," Jesus cuts them off and virtually says…. "forget it! Go home. I am heading in this direction immediately. Come with me now or lose the moment. There is only now. No time for wavering" ….. The intensity and the urgency of Jesus' mission cannot be more strongly emphasized.
The first reading has a strikingly similar incident. Elisha is chosen by the prophet Elijah to follow him as a disciple, symbolised by the beautiful image of the Prophet Elijah throwing his cloak over the young man as he walks by. Elisha is obviously both honoured and frightened. He says, "first let me say goodbye to my parents." Elijah is affronted and says to him: "have I done anything to you? Am I forcing you to come with me? Go back and forget it." This has the desired effect of shocking Elisha into realising that this offer is once-and-only. (Elijah in his wisdom knew that Elisha, would probably have hesitated and not returned if he had looked back), and so Elisha went and followed Elijah immediately.
At various times we all find ourselves setting out on new journeys. Whether those journeys be physical, spiritual, vocational, or otherwise. These journeys create some hesitations and fears. They involve moving out of comfort zones and into unfamiliar territory. But we also know that we follow Jesus wherever he has led us in life, without significant hesitation.
God never has been one to lead us down the wrong paths, even if sometimes we have occasionally turned down some seemingly "dead-end streets" in some of our decisions and actions. ………. but we are sure that ultimately we will be led by the Lord to our destination.We trust in the shepherd who leads us all in the right paths…and who is always true to his name.
The gospel today also raises the really important question of the extent to which we are capable of fooling ourselves… and self-deceiving ourselves… it can be a very subtle but effective thing….
Let us never underestimate the power of self-deception… it is a barrier and an obstacle to the generous challenge of self-forgetting service, demanded by the gospel of Jesus…
The more we accept that we can tend to fall into self-justification to mask self-indulgence or water down Christ's message, the more we will be open to Jesus' call to follow him and place our priorities at his service.
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
Mission 2000 – Praying Scripture In A Contemporary Way. Year C. By Mark Link S.J;
A Book Of Grace-Filled Days. By Alice Camille;
Sharing The Word Through The Liturgical Year. Gustavo Gutierrez).
Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 2075040958 FORLÍ, ITALY - NOVEMBER 11, 2021: The modern fresco Jesus invites - (detail) in church Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista di Coriano by Franco Vignazia (1995 - 1997). Contributor: Renata Sedmakova
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C. (26-Jun-22) (EPISODE: 371)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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{{Welcome everyone}}
As we begin the Holy Eucharist, let us acknowledge our sinfulness, so as to worthily celebratethe sacred mysteries.
Lord Jesus, you are the image of the unseen God: Lord, have mercy.//You are the firstborn of all creation: Christ, have mercy//You are the head of the body, the Church: 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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Ps 16:1-2+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11. "The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Luke 9:51-62). Alleluia, alleluia! Speak, Lord, your servant is listening. You have the words of everlasting life.
Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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PREFACE: Sundays Ordinary I
Euch prayer I
Communion side. pwk: LH
(theme variation: 1 )
(pre+post variation: v1-lshort)
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{thanks everyone. And may God sustain you with his grace and love.}
Go in peace.(glorifying the Lord by your life)
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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).
Sung "Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin" - By Jeffrey M. Ostrowski. The Gloria, Copyright © 2011 ccwatershed.org.
- "Faith, Hope and Love" theme hymn - in memory of William John Kelly - Inspired by 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.
"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.
- "Today I Arise" - For Trisha J Kelly. Original words and music by Paul W. Kelly. Inspired by St Patrick's Prayer. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.
Sound Engineering and editing - P.W. Kelly.
Microphones: - Shure MV5 Digital Condenser (USB)
Editing equipment: NCH software - MixPad Multitrack Studio Recording Software
NCH – WavePad Audio Editing Software. Masters Edition v 12.44
Sound Processing: iZotope RX 6 Audio Editor
[Production - KER - 2022]
May God bless and keep you.
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[ Production - KER - 2022]
May God bless and keep you.
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