Pentecost Sunday in Ordinary Time. -Year B - Sunday, 19 May 2024 (EPISODE: 479)
FIRST READING: Acts 2:1-11
Psalm 104:1+24, 29-30, 31+34. "Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth."
SECOND READING: (option between) 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7 (Grace of the Spirit - many gifts), 12-13 or Galatians 5:16-25 (fruits of the Spirit)
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION ((no bibl. ref.)). Alleluia, alleluia! Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in them the fire of your love.
GOSPEL: John 20:19-23 (Jesus Breathed them). or John 15:26-27; 16:12-15 (Advocate: Spirit of Truth)
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(EPISODE:479)
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Today's feast day of Pentecost is, in many ways, a birthday celebration. With the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples, on that first Pentecost Sunday, Christ's church was born. And, as the readings this weekend tell us, we become beloved sons and daughters of God and heirs to God's kingdom. We have been given the freedom of the children of God. But the second reading supplies an essential 'qualifier' (lest we get too proud and indulgent), that this freedom is given to us so that we too can live as Christ did. So we are reminded that Pentecost and our membership in God's family are never meant to be self-serving or indulgent but all about service, sacrifice and self-forgetting love.
"If the Spirit guides you you will be in no danger of yielding to self-indulgence since self-indulgence is the opposite of the Spirit, the Spirit is totally against such a thing, and it is precisely because the two are so opposed that you do not always carry out your good intentions. If the Spirit leads you, no law can touch you. When self-indulgence is at work, the results are obvious… What the Spirit brings is very different: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control. There can be no law against things like that, of course. You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passions and desires. Since the Spirit is our life, let the Spirit direct us." (Galatians 5:16-26)
The Gospel this weekend also reminds us that the presence and action of the Holy Spirit in our lives and the lives of the church will always work to remind us of all that Christ did and said, and keep us close to Christ and his values. The Holy Spirit is the "Spirit of Truth." All who live by the Spirit, strive to live authentic, honest, integrated lives built on truth.
The Gospel from Saint John today tells us that Jesus gives his followers the peace they need because that is the Lord's first greeting: Peace be with you! May we (too) know the peace of Jesus in our own lives! With peace comes the capacity to forgive the sins of others. This forgiveness is a gift of the Lord, who loves us. This gift is given to each of us individually and the Church through its ministry.
Fear is taken away at the heart of our Christian life, and peace and forgiveness are given. May we dispel the fears of others and proclaim the peace and forgiveness given to us in Jesus.
In the first reading too, the disciples were not yet able to go out and speak publicly and to proclaim Jesus to others, even though they now knew he was Risen and Ascended to the Heavenly Father. They had to wait for the Holy Spirit to take hold of them and give them courage in the face of doubt, persecution, ridicule and rejection. At times, we, too, may be shy about proclaiming our faith in the Lord Jesus. Perhaps today, we can pray for this Spirit to come on us and to give us courage so that our faith becomes so much a part of ourselves that it is so natural and easy to speak of our faith in an unforced manner.
Our gifts are different, each person has different gifts. We need all the gifts that each person has so that we can continue the work of Christ in our world. How different our world looks when we recognise that each person brings his or her own gifts and that we need everyone's gifts to live in the fullness of Jesus Christ.
In the 'everyday' and unexceptional, that is also where we encounter and KNOW the Spirit is at work in our lives, especially when the love and sacrifice we show are coming from a loving hand bigger than our own lives and our own limited motives and actions
When we do loving and unselfish actions, we are deeply aware that there is a power and a loving presence at work in us that is outside of just ourselves. We transcend our limitations … not explainable by our own actions… but bigger, ……. "of which we are just a cooperating part…."
It is God…. It is God's Spirit at work in and through us, at work in the world. It is a power of unselfish, sacrificing love and service—unconditional love—that is at the heart of creation.
Finally, after the Spirit descended, people of different languages and cultures could all hear and understand. But what is interesting is that the people were still not speaking the same language. They were still speaking in the language of those different nationalities and cultures. The miracle is that even though they spoke different languages, they could miraculously understand each other. They were all proclaiming the same message- and the same truth. This is a reminder that the Spirit brings not uniformity, but diversity and variety, where we are all "one" in that diversity because the common language we speak is the language of God… and that language is true and overflowing LOVE…..
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References:
Homily – Fr Paul W. Kelly
MISSION 2000 – PRAYING SCRIPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY. YEAR B - BY MARK LINK S.J,
"SHARING THE WORD THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR." GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ.,
KARL RAHNER SJ, (1904-1984), IN BELIEF TODAY, 40-41,
MONASTERY OF CHRIST IN THE DESERT. ABBOT'S HOMILY}
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Pentecost Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B -(Sunday, 19 May 2024) (EPISODE: 479)
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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{{May Our Lord's Fidelity strengthen you.}} welcome everyone, we gather - Silence, reflection, prayer and contemplation of our God. On this Pentecost Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Coming together as brothers and sisters, with confidence let us ask the Fathers forgiveness, for he is full of gentleness and compassion
Lord Jesus, you are mighty God and Prince of peace. Lord have mercy You are Son of God and the Son of Mary. Christ have mercy You are Word made flesh, the splendour of the Father. 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
2. When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.
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Psalm 104:1+24, 29-30, 31+34. "Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION ((no bibl. ref.)). ). Alleluia, alleluia! Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in them the fire of your love.
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PREFACE: Pentecost
Eucharistic Prayer 3
(theme variation: theme 1 )
(post version: v1-short)
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{12. May God's love, strength, mercy and kindness guide you all this week.}
1. Go forth; the Mass is ended. Alleluia Alleluia!
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"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.
-Come Holy Spirit Hymn: inspired by the Hymn by Rabanus Maurus (9th century). Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2020. Sound effects by Mark DiAngelo,
"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.
Sound Engineering and editing - P.W. Kelly.
Microphones: - Shure Motiv MV5 Digital Condenser. And (2024+) Rode Nt-1 + AI-1 Sound Mixer.
Editing equipment: -- MixPad Multitrack Studio Recording Software v10.49 (NCH Software).
NCH – WavePad Audio Editing Software. Masters Edition v 17.63 (NCH Software)
Sound Processing: iZotope RX 10 Audio Editor (Izotope Inc.)
[Production - KER - 2024]
May God bless and keep you.
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