Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish - Weekly Parish Mass - podcast of Eucharist, including readings, prayers, homily)
Greetings from Surfers Catholic parish!
Please find below the latest edition of the Parish weekly Sunday Mass/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-body-and-blood-of-christ-2022-episode-370
Many thanks,
The Parish Team
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. (Corpus Christi). Year C - Sunday, June 19, 2022 (EPISODE: 370)
Readings for 19-Jun-22 - The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. (Corpus Christi). Year C
FIRST READING: Gen 14:18-20
Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4. "You are a priest forever, in the line of Melchizedek"
SECOND READING: 1 Cor 11:23-26
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (John 6:51). Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living Bread from heaven, says the Lord. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.
GOSPEL: Luke 9:11b-17
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Please listen to the audio-recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. (Corpus Christi). Year C - 19-Jun-22 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-body-and-blood-of-christ-2022-episode-370 (EPISODE: 370)
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This is such a beautiful feast day, the Body and Blood of Christ…. Or "Corpus Christi", as it is also known…..
The Eucharist is so central to our church and to our faith…..
A priest I worked with, once described regular Eucharist as like the piers on a bridge…. The Length of the bridge represents the journey of our daily and weekly lives…. The upward support pylons of the bridge are what support the length of the bridge…. to keep the whole thing standing.
Similar to the image of a bridge, we need regular Eucharist as our weekly, (for many people a daily), support, along the whole length of our life-journey; lest the whole thing "caves in," under the weight of the world. ….
It is so fitting to be celebrating this feast, when, in our parish children are celebrating their first Holy communion and (around this time) many parishes around the country and the world are doing so at this time too…..
By receiving Holy Communion they truly are ONE with Jesus, united with God, and united with all of us, .. We are truly "in communion" of heart, mind, and soul with God and with one-another…..
I love to tell First communion candidates that "First Holy Communion is a truly very special moment. ....There is only one thing better than first holy communion, and that is "second holy communion," and there is only one thing better than second holy communion and that is "third"….. and so on……. This sacrament makes the best sense when it is the beginning of a pattern for one's weekly life…. (And most certainly may it NOT be the first and last time one ever comes to communion…and also, may it not be the first and the rarest of times that one occasionally comes to communion). Eucharist is participating in the fullness of our membership as a disciple of Jesus.
It is wonderful that God knows that we are physical beings who need tangible ways of connecting to God who is bigger than we can see or touch…. So, Our Lord gives us the gift and mystery of his Body and Blood. Real food and real drink for our spiritual journey and our connection to Christ.
God comes to us in a 'touchable' (tangible) form and that is a gift of priceless value that we need to cherish by participating in regularly….
I remember when I was only about five or six…. In Church at Canberra… (and by the way, my earliest memories of the church was not in a 'church'… in Canberra in the seventies, they had virtually no churches… and there were many new areas and growing areas… so we had masses at the local school assembly hall.. which was transformed into a church for the Sunday Masses … God was present in the midst of the church, literally the 'ecclesia' - "the People of God" gathered by God…
The only permanent piece of furniture at that time was a tabernacle built into a wall and kept safely locked to store the blessed sacrament.
I remember as a six-year-old being in awe and wonder about the Mass. Even then I KNEW that Jesus came to us in a real way during the Mass.. and made his home in our hearts…., though I got a little confused about HOW this happened, as I was too young to receive communion at this time… …. I somewhat confusedly thought that Jesus was released into our hearts when they went to open the tabernacle at communion time… As a child, I thought that that Jesus was in there locked away and at communion time they would go and unlock the tabernacle and Jesus would fly out and fill our hearts… Well.. I didn't connect that the host given and the chalice given to people was Jesus truly coming into our hearts.. in a real way.. as real nourishment… Isn't it wonderful how the child's mind works…
May the blessings of the sacrament fill our hearts and lives… so that WHAT we profess with our lips will be proclaimed by the loving ways we live our daily lives….. As we take in the Body and Blood of Christ, we become more and more the Body of Christ …. A real sacrament and sign of God's constant care and presence amongst us….always…
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. (Corpus Christi). Year C (19-Jun-22) (EPISODE: 370 )
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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{{Good day everyone}}
As we prepare to celebrate the great Sacramental feast of Gods love, let us pause, recall our sins, and trust in Gods infinite mercy.
Lord Jesus, you have revealed yourself as the way to the Father: Lord, have mercy//You have poured out on your people the Spirit of truth: Christ, have mercy//You are the Good Shepherd, leading us to eternal life: 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 110:1, 2, 3, 4. "You are a priest forever, in the line of Melchizedek"
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (John 6:51). Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living Bread from heaven, says the Lord. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.
Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PREFACE: Sundays Ordinary I
Euch Prayer II
Communion side. pwk: RH
(theme variation: 2)
(pre+post variation: v1 -short)
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{heartfelt thanks to you all for uniting in prayer and reflectying upon God's goodness and care.}
Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.
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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
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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: - RODE-NT-USB-mini
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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