Thirty-first Sunday. Year B - Sunday, October 31, 2021 (EPISODE:329)

 

Thirty-first Sunday. Year B - Sunday, October 31, 2021
(EPISODE:329)

Readings for Thirty-first Sunday. Year B
FIRST READING: Deut 6: 2-6
Ps 18: 2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51. "I love you, Lord, my strength. "
SECOND READING: Heb 7: 23-28
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (John 14: 23). Alleluia, alleluia! All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them and we will come to them.
GOSPEL: Mark 12: 28b-34

Image Credit: Shutterstock ID: 2038984640 - crucifix hanging on a  wall with words the greatest of these is love - By Kara Gebhardt
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for Thirty-first Sunday. Year B - Sunday, October 31, 2021, by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-31st-sunday-ordinary-b-episode-329?si=776b93b2cfc34501a881133d7fd36f08  
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* (Prologue:  Fr Paul Kelly)
In the Bible, and particularly by the time of Our Lord's ministry on earth, there were literally hundreds and hundreds of rules, practices, regulations and observances for a faithful Jewish Person to try to keep. If one wanted to be considered "at rights with God" then they were expected by the experts of their day, to observe each of the many rules, laws, and practices set down. Not only were there the Ten Commandments, but also there were many extra detailed rules and regulations to keep. This included requirements relating to ritual cleanliness.

So, we are all extremely fortunate that Our Lord summed up all of God's Law and the message of the Prophets in two simple commandments, which are really different sides of the one coin: Love God and love neighbour.

This also means, we actually SHOW our love for God by HOW we show love and concern, care, mercy and compassion for our neighbour {and the way we would like to be treated ourselves if we found ourselves in the same situations as our neighbour).

The complete gospel is this…… love of God, and love of neighbour as our self…… and the common denominator to both parts is "love." The meaning and heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ… is LOVE….. To be people of love…. People Who act lovingly… to everyone…(even those who do not wish us well, or who do us wrong). .. and we act in and through love because we are relating to God whose very nature is love itself……

Our Sunday worship is a deeply mysterious and sacramental expression of our weekday lives…… and our weekday lives must be an application of what we proclaim and express on Sunday….

However, this is not meant to create in us a sense of perfectionism…… we all can fall short of our basic belief in our own ability to walk the path of holiness….   And we might, at times, fail to recognise the holiness of those with whom we meet and work and live …… We can all fall into the trap of not practically applying the principles we do truly believe in and strive to live…. But again, that is what is so beautiful about Jesus command today….. Love……. It is not about driving ourselves with mechanical intensity, to treat others like we would treat God, or else we've failed……. It is about loving ourselves and being gentle on ourselves, and allowing that love and gentleness to flow out to all around us….. allowing God to instil that loving attitude in us, with our cooperation……. If we fall short, it is love, and not harshness that is there to put us on our feet again……… because the goal is not about grabbing the crown of victory, it is about growing into the most loving person we can be; and being completely united to God, who is the true source of all love.
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(Homily:  Fr Peter Dillon).
31^st Sunday Ordinary Time Year B 2021

Why is it that the instruction of Jesus to love the Lord your God with all your heart soul and mind and your neighbour as yourself sounds such a simple, yet is so difficult to practice? One might wonder why Jesus found it necessary to link the two when it would be so much easier to proclaim that we should love God. We seem to do this so often in our prayers, at mass and most passionately when we are facing a crisis. It sometimes seems that we are repeating our profession of love so often, that we might be wondering has God forgotten our love and therefore might forget us. Well, that's never going to happen. It's probably the only thing our omnipotent God can't do, to stop loving and caring for us. So why the added instruction to love our neighbour? What good does it do us, we, who are so busy loving God so much.
Even though we have known this instruction since the time of Christ, we have never quite comprehended that the two aspects can never really be separated. One doesn't really make sense without the other. Essentially Jesus is saying that to claim to do one without the other is only living half the command. Of course, it is much more comfortable to tell God of our love and dedication, but Jesus made no promise of the love of God being comfortable. In fact, there are times when he alludes to it being a demanding life of service and self-denial focussing far beyond our own circle of family and friends.

Even if we think that we have grasped the concept of what it means to love God, then we have the dilemma of deciding who my neighbour is and who is deserving of my generosity of service. It is interesting to note at this point that Jesus does not say we should be serving our neighbour, but we should be loving them as much as we love ourselves. That presumes that we first have a healthy and generous love of self, one that ensures that we provide ourselves with life's necessities, like security, nourishment and companionship. This is where the commandment starts to get quite difficult.

This is not a new teaching from Jesus, since it was already part of the Jewish creed. When asked what was the essence of the Jewish law, the teacher Hillel said, "What you hate for yourself, do not to your neighbour – the rest is commentary".

So how can we really learn to follow these teachings that seem to be beyond our capabilities?  Perhaps the closest examples of living these compound commandments can be found in the lives of the saints. Where their love of God seems to spring from their comprehension that it is not a true love of God which does not express itself in the love of neighbour. They do not allow the love of ritual to take the place of love. I'm not referring to "perfect people" but to those people who have flirted with sin and then have realised they have a long way to go. Those who have not looked for God in the sky or merely in the sanctuary of the Church, but have seen him sitting in the gutter right outside the church. Perhaps our greatest neglect is not that we don't love our neighbours, it's that we don't really know them or want to. Our shyness, our suspicion, our sense of safety can convince us that it is necessary to sometimes avoid our neighbour. Sure, we'll help them if we see them falling over in the street, but it seems to be going too far to actively seek them out when they might be too proud to ask for help, or worse when they won't thank you for coming to their aid. It's perhaps a sad reflection on our times that the closer we live together in our cities and suburbs, the further we try to remove ourselves from the lives of others, which makes the application of the two laws outlined today seem so much more difficult.

And if we do put ourselves out for the stranger or the person in need what thanks to we get? What if they come back for more? Therein lies the dilemma for all of us. Does God only believe in our love when he sees how we serve those who don't yet know him?

We would do well to remember the wise words of Mark Twain who said that one of the nicest things that can happen to a person is to do good by stealth and be found out by accident.
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References:

Homily – fr peter Dillon

Prologue - Fr Paul W. Kelly

McCarthy, Flor. 1984. Sunday & Holyday Liturgies Cycle B. Dublin: Dominican.


Image Credit: Shutterstock ID: 2038984640 - crucifix hanging on a  wall with words the greatest of these is love - By Kara Gebhardt
Thirty-first Sunday. Year B  (Sunday, October 31, 2021)  (EPISODE:329)
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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{{Joy and peace to everyone}} welcome everyone, we gather -  Listen to God's Word and contemplate the sacraments. 

As one family in Christ, let us prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries by calling to mind 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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Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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Ps 18: 2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51. "I love you, Lord, my strength. "

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (John 14: 23). Alleluia, alleluia! All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them and we will come to them.
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PREFACE: Sundays VIII
Various Occasions 4
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{Thank you for giving generously of  your time and prayer.}

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 our 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 (Bill) Kelly (1942-2017) -  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 -  2021]

May God bless and keep you.
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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B . - Sunday, October 24, 2021 (EPISODE:328)

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B .  - Sunday, October 24, 2021

(EPISODE:328)

Readings for Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B .
FIRST READING: Jer 31: 7-9
Ps 126: 1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6. "The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy."
SECOND READING: Heb 5: 1-6
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (cf. 2 Tim 1: 10). Alleluia, alleluia! Our Saviour Jesus Christ has done away with death. And brought us life through his gospel.
GOSPEL: Mark 10: 46-52

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. ID: 742622632 -LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ - October 25, 2017: Stained glass window depicting Jesus Christ curing a blind man. By Nancy Bauer
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Please listen to the audio-recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B .  - Sunday, October 24, 2021 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-30th-sunday-ordinary-b-episode-328?si=15922104f83b4ab1ac6d42720c5ccdf7  
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* (Prologue:  Fr Paul Kelly)
Here is a blind beggar by the name of Bartimaeus. He simply will NOT be silenced. He calls out for help even when well-meaning (but wrong-footed) people tell him to be silent. He persistently cries to Jesus for help, because he KNOWS that Jesus is the Messiah. He also KNOWS that Jesus can help him.

I can't help wondering if Bartimaeus is not the inspiration for Jesus' parable of the persistent neighbour. He keeps knocking and keeps calling out until he gets what he needs. As Jesus said in that parable, other people would have given the persistent neighbour what they needed just because they wanted him to stop irritating them and to give them peace. So, how much more can we expect God to turn a real listening ear, a sympathetic ear to people who cry out in their need! Naturally, God is very much concerned with our welfare and with what we need. God doesn't answer us merely to shut us up but out of the deepest care and compassion.

The Gospel passage also says that Bartimaeus does something very powerful: He 'throws off his cloak' (the cloak of a beggar was like a "badge" of a beggar), and goes to Jesus. He is already showing that he KNOWS he is not going back to his old life and doesn't want to.

Jesus asks him "what do you want me to do for you?"

Jesus asks all of us, "What do you want from me? Think about what you are really asking of me. What do you really want? What do you really NEED?"

Naturally, Bartimaeus is asking for his sight back. But Jesus is asking him a deeper question: "Do you realize the consequences of what you are asking? Do you understand what this request is going to lead you to receive?" For Bartimaeus, it will mean a completely new life. When he receives his sight, he will no longer be a beggar, and he will have to face a new life, a new vocation, and a new everything. This is both exciting and scary. 

A true encounter with Jesus is always a joy and a challenge. Our encounter with Jesus, is a two-way dialogue; We speak to God of our needs and hopes and fears and God replies with a (silent) question: "what is it that you are really asking?"…. and "Are you prepared for the whole change of circumstances that goes with the encounter?"

Apparently, Bartimaeus is one of the few people Jesus cured who we are explicitly told in the text that he also went on to become one of his disciples. So, it is clear that as well as regaining his physical sight, Bartimaeus (equally importantly) has shown enormous clarity of spiritual insight, into who Jesus is and what following him means.

When Bartimaeus regained his sight and Jesus tells him "go your way" and beautifully, Bartimaeus ' "way" is now to FOLLOW Jesus, because it says he follows him along "the way." He became a follower, a disciple. As he walks along following Jesus he will continue to gain NEW (spiritual) sight and knowledge. In another sense, we all gain new sight as we cast off the "cloak" of old ways and old excuses and faithfully walk along the new ways of Jesus.

We are like Bartimaeus, asking Jesus to show us and teach us deeper ways to combine mercy and justice, faithfulness to his teaching and loving compassion for those who have stumbled and are searching for answers.

As we walk along the road of God's mercy, let us explore and celebrate the richness of God's mercy and love. Like Bartimaeus let us continue to see with the eyes of faith and love, and follow the Lord along the exciting ways of the newness of sight.

We need to be very careful about spiritual blindness. It can be a very subtle thing. We must all be on our guard against spiritual blindness and we would do best to suspect that we have aspects of Spiritual blindness in our lives and search for it and put any aspects of it before our Lord for the purpose of healing.

You and I may very well have a glaring blindness to some aspects of Jesus' explicit teachings and message.

How is it that we can hear the gospel and not always realise that this very gospel is 'convicting' us of precisely the qualities it lists. How is it that when we listen to gospels we do not realize that this message is directed at us and that we might also be the Pharisees and the critics or the hypocrites. Christ asks us to be open to this possibility. To ask ourselves constantly, do I do that? How do I do this? And not too quick to say, "ah that is not me, that is other people!"   Are we sure?????

Christ invites us to be transformed…. If we ask the Lord to free us from spiritual blindness, the Lord will do it, and show us the contradictions. if we know what it is we are asking for…. And what it means for us….it is worth sitting in some discomfort as the Lord searches and reveals the flaws.

TO what extent are we capable of being blind to the challenging message and vision of Jesus? In what ways do we "listen and listen and yet 'not hear'"? In what ways do we look and look and not see……??

 
Lord, show us the light…. Help us to see… and to trust in your challenging, but healing word.

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(Homily:  Fr Peter Dillon).
Homily 30th Sunday Ordinary Time Year B 2021
 

 A riveting television documentary I watched some time ago, told of an English woman who had been blind for 40 years and through medical intervention had her sight restored. While she was thrilled with the outcome she commented that there were many things she had to negotiate that she hadn't expected. She said that when she was walking in the street people seemed to be moving so fast, and she kept missing her food when she tried to put the food on her fork. She was very surprised to find that her husband was very different than she had imagined and much better looking. Good for her.

Like Bartimaeus "Suddenly she saw" and it took some time to get used to what they had previously only imagined.

I've met people who have "seen" or rather" understood" God for the first time, and that too takes some getting used to. It requires a 'recalibration' of what was expected and how we communicate with God. Our prayer life and faith practice might change to suit the new circumstances. How God is included in the daily events might feel unusual at first, followed by a greater sense of contentment knowing that this fresh vision makes life and living a lot clearer.

Similarly, there are those who have lost sight of God, for many different reasons. They might have come to see that their work is meaningless, their children ignore them, their relationships seem lifeless or their health is fading. If God is not completely invisible, then He is certainly seen at a distance and the effort to get closer seems to be a great burden that is all too difficult when energies are low.
We might wonder what brought Bartimaeus to be desperate enough to approach Jesus. What did he know of the man Jesus and what did he believe was possible?

Jesus, the man of few words, is leaving Jericho to go to Jerusalem where he knows he will be arrested and executed. A large crowd is following him and there is a commotion. A Blind beggar, Bartimaeus shouts out: 'Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me'. First person in the New Testament, to address Jesus with the Messianic title.  The crowd is clearly insensitive to his words & needs and they start to scold the beggar. What follows is a shouting match and interestingly Jesus decides to cut through this barrier of correct behaviour to the real need. Jesus: 'Call him over', 'what do you want me to do for you? 'Be on your way, your faith has healed you'.
Jesus' purpose is not to play up to the crowd, but to be sensitive to the beggar's need. Bartimaeus is healed... physical/spiritual. He could see spiritually before he saw physically. He saw the 'Son of David', the Messiah.

A desperate choice was made Bartimaeus needing to be healed by Christ and was not afraid to ask. He had the wisdom and courage to try to change his situation. He did not just accept his restricted circumstances.


The Spirit of God is particularly real to people in great distress, who have nothing and no one else but their faith to lean on: They are the first to recognise Christ.
 The rest of the crowd were faceless, uncommitted, silencing the blind man at one moment, urging him on the next, doing whatever was most convenient, safest. Blinded because they are unthinking rule keepers, mindless chanters of the most approved political and social clichés of their time.

Jesus was going about his business, suddenly a need for an intervention of a person in need. The same can happen to us. We don't plan for people to enter into our lives with requests for help encroaching our daily schedule, but like Jesus we ask: "what do you want me to do for you?", with the implication of care, presence, attention. Christ's life and mission lead us to active care: 'May we do with loving hearts what you ask and come to share the life you promise'.

Mark seems to be suggesting that Bartimaeus was cured precisely because, although blind in the physical sense, he was better able to see than those with two good eyes. His humility entitled him to a cure. This passage comes after the sons of Zebedee, James & John, demanding seats at the right and left hand of Jesus in his Kingdom. And Mark has Jesus ask of his disciples the very same question he asked of Bartimaeus, 'What do you want?' James and John wanted power and so failed to see. Bartimaeus wanted Jesus, and so he did see.
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References:

Homily – fr peter Dillon

Prologue - Fr Paul W. Kelly

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. ID: 742622632 -LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ - October 25, 2017: Stained glass window depicting Jesus Christ curing a blind man. By Nancy Bauer


Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B .   (Sunday, October 24, 2021)  (EPISODE:328)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (or/ The Lord be with You)
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{{Love and joy be with everyone}} welcome everyone, we gather -  Ponder with reverence, God's word and sacrament. 

Coming together as brothers and sisters in Christ, let us pause and reflect upon our sins, in order to celebrate the Holy Eucharist.

Lord Jesus, you raise us to new life: Lord, have mercy// //Lord Jesus, you forgive us our sins: Christ, have mercy//Lord Jesus, you feed us with your body and blood: 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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Ps 126: 1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6. "The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy."

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (cf. 2 Tim 1: 10). Alleluia, alleluia! Our Saviour Jesus Christ has done away with death. And brought us life through his gospel.
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PREFACE: Sundays VII
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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Archive of homilies and reflections:  http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email:  paulwkelly68@gmail.com

To listen to our 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).

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 (Bill) Kelly (1942-2017) -  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 -  2021]

May God bless and keep you.
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Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B. - Sunday, October 17, 2021 (EPISODE: 327)

 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B. - Sunday, October 17, 2021 (EPISODE: 327)

Readings for Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B. Mission Sunday
FIRST READING: Isa 53: 10-11
Ps 33: 4-5, 18-19, 20+22. "Lord, let your mercy be on us,  as we place our trust in you"
SECOND READING: Heb 4: 14-16
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Mark 10: 45). Alleluia, alleluia! The Son of Man came to serve. And to give his life as a ransom for all.
GOSPEL: Mark 10: 35-45 or 10: 42-45

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. ID: 177283565- Modern stained glass window depicting a pelican wounding its breast to feed its young, an ancient Christian symbol of Jesus Christ and his Passion and Crucifixion. By Nancy Bauer
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Please listen to the audio-recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B. Mission Sunday - Sunday, October 17, 2021 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-29th-sunday-ordinary-b-episode-327?si=901a79331beb44e489c6ff805583a40e  
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The readings this weekend speak of God who is not aloof or uninterested, but rather, God who is right there in the midst of us, sharing our suffering and pain, taking on our human condition, and lifting us up and helping people in very practical and compassionate ways….   God who gets his hands dirty and is one of us and among us to help us… to save us….
 
Jesus reiterates the ways of God -  humility, service, self-sacrifice……. - "…Anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant, and anyone who wants to be first among you must be a slave to all. For the Son of Man, himself did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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Jesus Chris loved us SO much that he gave himself up for us, completely. Jesus sacrificed himself to save us. He became like a slave for us.
 
As the second reading says; We have a God who is able to sympathise with us in our weaknesses, because Jesus has shared our human nature and experienced human weakness, suffering, pain, and temptation just like we all have.
 
Jesus DOES indeed know what it is like for us to experience difficulties of every kind, and he promises to walk with us and support us in the challenges and suffering of life.
 
There is a saying, "I am only human," and whilst it is good to acknowledge that we are fallible and that we can all make mistakes, that excuse can sometimes be used to justify us remaining stuck in behaviours that are destructive and in choices that are decidedly not consistent with Christs' gospel message.
 
Sure, we are human, we are fallible - but, we are also called to share in Christ's divine life….
 
So, whilst God is understanding, sympathetic and forgiving, this is even more reason why we need to dedicate ourselves to rise above the sinful and destructive behaviours that we find ourselves in.
 
God's forgiveness and our human weakness is never an invitation to say, 'this is all I am and this is all I can be. I will not change, and will always wallow in my weaknesses.' Rather, we are inspired by God's tender mercy and compassion so that we then take up our cross and keep travelling along the journey of conversion - persevere along the path of holiness, and constantly ask God to foster in us the virtues that will transform our weaknesses and make us more and more like Jesus and his values….
 
Our weaknesses are a reality that can be a big obstacle in our path to increased holiness. However, it is no excuse for stopping in our tracks! Our weaknesses are real, but are never a reason to stay 'stuck in patterns of sin.'  We need the help of God's grace to achieve this.
 
Jesus is the ultimate example of not only "God made flesh" but also of humanity fully alive and glorified. The saints; (those holy women and men who led lives of service, sacrifice and holiness), remind us that, despite our limitations and infirmities, it is possible and necessary to keep moving forward in the path of holiness. Settling for less is not God's call for us.
 
The journey we are on is one that is 'walking a fine line.' We live in a way that means we never give up because of the sins and failures we experience in our lives, and we always gratefully accept the new start that God gives us through God's compassion and mercy, but at the same time, we never allow our weaknesses to cause us to presume on God's mercy - thinking we can choose to do wrong because we know God will forgive us afterwards.
 
The gospel today is very fitting too…..
 
The disciples, (poor disciples!) have got it wrong .......again!!
 
Here are James and John coming up to Jesus and insisting that he give them places of honour and privilege in his Kingdom. How selfish, how proud, how indulgent!
 
The other disciples are angry at them, but perhaps because they too wanted those seats, (those privileges), and how dare others to ask for what they wanted! Jesus tries to show them (and us) that they have totally missed the point.
 
It is not even JESUS who allots everyone's place in Heaven. It is THE HEAVENLY FATHER. And the places will be allotted to people who have given themselves wholly to God's loving ways. Those who have suffered greatly to bring others to the good news of Christ; (those who have sacrificed themselves in loving and self-giving service), and certainly not to those seeking self-indulgence, privilege and prestige. How wrong these disciples are (in this matter at least)! These places cannot be earned without the CROSS, which is encountered in every disciple's life.
 
Jesus asks us to get rid of any kind of self-satisfaction, self-indulgence and pride. He shows us how to let go of our selfishness and give ourselves fully to others in service.
 
It is good for us to reflect deeply on this, (each of us individually, in our prayer can ask ourselves) ....." what motivates my actions?"  Really, what are my motives and priorities? What are the things that motivate me in what I do in the church and in my daily life?" Do I do things because I expect something back? Do I do it because I want a prestigious place of honour or a personal benefit for myself or those close to me?" The gospel today, and many more like it, challenges us:  We must know that this is not what Christ is calling us to.
 
Service and love, (done with Jesus' gospel values), are their own sweet reward. and with no other expectation of reward or honour. personal accolades, Personal reward, self-satisfaction – none of these are consistent with Jesus' message. Self-surrender, being servants to God and his message, compassion, self-sacrifice, loving service, mercy; this is consistent with Jesus' message.
 
Let us ask the Lord to lovingly show us our weaknesses, help us to trust in Gods mercy and compassion. Prevent us from ever presuming on your mercy, Lord, or boldly continuing to live wrongly and indulgently. Graciously spur us on, to keep going along the path to holiness. And. Lord, please inspire us to give selflessly and lovingly and to serve others as you did.
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(Homily:  Fr Peter Dillon).
HOMILY 29th Sunday Ordinary Time Year B 2021

Most religious communities have a prudent practice of appointing community leaders for set terms so that after having been a leader for a certain time, someone else in the community takes on the role, with the previous leader returning to a role with less authority and usually less responsibility. It is a very sensible way of exercising leadership, because only when we know what it means to follow do we really understand what is involved in leadership. Those who have been leaders of these communities are usually relieved to be able to be released from positions of authority, because they have come to understand that power, correctly used, can be a heavy burden.

 Some people actually seek authority because it comes with power and sometimes that power makes them feel important. Others like the prestige that it brings while others prefer the higher salary and other material rewards. All leadership requires certain positional powers that allow them to make necessary decisions, hopefully for the good of all concerned. It's been suggested that there are two types of authority, one which imposes, dominates and controls, while another type listens, liberates and empowers. I believe there is a third type which is silent, loving and trusting. It's the kind that parents use when their children have gone astray, when they hope they will come back. All three are based on an understanding of the value, or lack of it, placed on those over whom the power is exercised.

The type of power that James and John were seeking was based on envy and resentment and sought honour and glory for itself alone. They obviously thought that Jesus' kingdom was modelled on worldly kingdoms. Jesus turned that idea on its head and instead informed them that the greatest in his kingdom would be the servant of others, and he put himself forward as an example, using his power to enable, not control. Such authority mirrored the authority of God the Father. An authority, given, not presumed. He wanted them to know that authority should not be given to those who seek it, but only to those who were willing to serve, to use it for the right reasons. The cup he referred to was not a prize cup but a cup of sacrifice and suffering, of diligence and responsibility. They must understand that there is no shortcut to God's favour.

He urged the disciples not to exercise that same power that was used by the pagan leaders of the day. "They lord it over others and make their authority felt. This must not happen among you," he says. Our present age is no different when we see many forms of oppressive power and sometimes it strongly influences the young. They mistakenly believe that to get to the top in any field they may have to walk over others to get there, and once there, they can look down on others as insignificant. These people usually discover that at that height the air is rarefied and the view is far from satisfying, with the worry that someone may try to take the power away from them. Their positions are very unstable because they are founded on a fragile foundation that has little support from their followers.

None of us know in advance what the cup of life holds for us. We only find that out as life unfolds. We might imagine that after Jesus' life of service to others then his life would end in earthly glory, but as we know the opposite came to pass. To drink the cup of life, especially made difficult by a life of sacrifice and service to others, is to follow Christ. But those who share the bitterness of his cross, will also share the sweetness of his Easter victory. It would seem that James and John eventually got the message.

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References:

Homily – fr peter Dillon

Prologue - Fr Paul W. Kelly


Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. ID: 177283565- Modern stained glass window depicting a pelican wounding its breast to feed its young, an ancient Christian symbol of Jesus Christ and his Passion and Crucifixion. By Nancy Bauer


Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B. Mission Sunday  (Sunday, October 17, 2021)  (EPISODE: 327)
The Lord be with you.
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{{Hi everyone}} welcome everyone, we gather -  Reflection upon God's word, and encounter Christ's presence. 

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

You raise the dead to life in the Spirit. Lord, have mercy//You bring pardon and peace to the sinner. Christ, have mercy// You bring light to those in darkness. 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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Ps 33: 4-5, 18-19, 20+22. "Lord, let your mercy be on us,  as we place our trust in you"

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Mark 10: 45). Alleluia, alleluia! The Son of Man came to serve. And to give his life as a ransom for all.
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PREFACE: Sundays VI
Eucharistic Prayer for Various Occasions 3
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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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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 (Bill) Kelly (1942-2017) -  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

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 -  2021]

May God bless and keep you.
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Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year B - Sunday, October 10, 2021 (EPISODE: 326)

Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year B - Sunday, October 10, 2021
(EPISODE: 326)
Readings for the Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year B
FIRST READING: Wis 7: 7-11
Ps 90: 12-13, 14-15, 16-17. " Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!"
SECOND READING: Heb 4: 12-13
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Matt 5: 3). Alleluia, alleluia! Happy the poor in Spirit; The Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
GOSPEL: Mark 10: 17-30 or 10: 17-27

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. ID: 1711102756 -BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 5, 2020: The painting of Jesus and the rich young man in the church Esglesia De Santa Maria De Montalegre from 20. cent.By Renata Sedmakova
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for the Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year B - Sunday, October 10, 2021, by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-28th-sunday-ordinary-b-episode-326?si=bd0429f688e24027a1736f7dd9dd9b9b  
(EPISODE: 326)
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* (Prologue:  Fr Paul Kelly)
According to the psalm this weekend, wisdom comes from knowing how relatively short life really is. That is, we gain wisdom when we deeply appreciate the utter preciousness and fragility of this life.  Because life is short and vulnerable, the things that really matter, (the things that are of abiding value), become so important to discern….

The things that last are love, (self-sacrificing, unselfish love);  and our connection to Jesus and his gospel values…. 

Attachment to worldly things, to possessions and money, is an enormous obstacle. Of infinitely more value and importance would be spending all our time and energy in searching the depths of God's wisdom and deepening our appreciation of God's ways. This is our lasting treasure.

The second reading tells us that the Word of God is not just a series of letters and words on a page….  Rather; it is ALIVE and ACTIVE!
God's word gets right into our souls and penetrates our lives. God's word challenges us to weigh up our values, our attitudes and actions.

If the word is NOT doing that, if it is always just comfortable and easy and never unsettling, then we need to be wary.  A comfortable Word of God may actually be a "neutralized Word of God" or a "watered-down"  word of God. The extent to which we humans can make up excuses and self-justifications for our self-serving ways, cannot be underestimated. It needs to be carefully guarded against. The fullness of God's word searches out and reveals our self-deceptions.

In John's Gospel, it goes even further…. 
The WORD of God is Jesus. Jesus is the "eternal word of the Father"….    And we know that "the WORD became flesh and lived among us…."

So, as disciples, we must allow the Word of God to become alive in our hearts and minds and to radically transform us.

I think of Mary, the Mother of God….    I have mentioned before that Michelangelo did a painting once of Mary, at the Annunciation, being told that she will conceive and bear a son….  Mary says "Yes" to this…. 
In the painting, there is an unusual image: there is an old-fashioned "hearing-horn," at Mary's ear, like the ones people used to use to help them hear, (in times long before electronic hearing aids). This image is Michelangelo's way of symbolizing that Our Lady conceived the word of God by listening to God's message and accepting it…Taking it into herself.  "Mary conceived the word of God, by hearing and listening!" Mary brought the word of God to flesh literally in her life… We must hear God's word, spiritually conceive of it and allow God's word to become incarnate in our lives through our acceptance and action in our lives….

In the Gospel, the rich young man is basically very good….  He has faithfully kept all the laws and commandments of God….. 
(In Jesus' time there were a group of people who believed it is possible for a person to be entirely perfect in this life by actually keeping every little rule, commandment and instruction). Jesus loved what he saw as he looked into the sincerity in this man's heart. He saw the desire for his faithful observance of God's commandments. But Our Lord saw one big obstacle: the man's attachment to his worldly goods was getting in the way of him trusting entirely on God's providence and grace. Jesus looked steadily at the man and saw right into his heart and his challenge came straight from his loving heart when he said to the rich man: You need to let go, so as to be fully in synchronization with God's ways. You must allow yourself to be utterly dependent on God alone…. Then you will be perfect!

This was too hard for the man… and it says he went away very sad. He was unable to be perfect because he was letting other things get in the road of his relationship with God….

Then Jesus says the comment about the "camel and the needle." Notice how generations have tried to water this passage down because it is just a bit too challenging. However, we remember that God's word is a finely tuned sword and it will not be blunted! Jesus words were intended to shock and the disciples' reaction indicates that his words hit their mark!  Some have tried to suggest that the eye of a needle is the name given to some kind of large door that people pass through; but no. Jesus meant what he said: This exaggeration is meant to mean what it says - It is harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a pin, than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom.  The disciples are obviously astounded by this because they reply in shock: "well then, who can be saved?????" 

Jesus answers that 'nothing is impossible for God.'  And that trust in God's providence allows people to let go of attachments or anything else that gets in the way of their following God. Trust in God's care. Trust not simply on our own human will-power, which is limited.

Jesus, by asking the man to let go of possessions was really saying: It is not good enough to have the right personal attitudes. WE need to go to the very core of injustice and detach ourselves from it. Because possessiveness is found at the root of much that is wrong in society; including the desire to accumulate possessions, money and prestige, at the expense of others…

The rich man could have given all sorts of reasons why he needed to keep his attachments….   Security, or "it could be used to help him to do good"… etc….  but in front of JESUS, who is THE WORD, (who cuts more finely between the bone and the marrow), these excuses would surely have seemed weak and ineffective. The rich man turns and walks away from Jesus. Perhaps he will think about this and return later, after having thought better of what he was leaving behind. We certainly hope so.

The fact is, following Jesus' Way, takes everything we've got. The Way of God is not easy. There are significant challenges in following Christ, and if we have anything (any possession or attachment) that is possibly more important to us than Christ and his gospel, then it could very well come between us at some point of crisis when we have to make a choice or a decision. If we are detached from all things, then we will truly be free to let go of these earthly attachments, if it comes down to a choice between them and Christ's ways. We simply cannot allow our earthly attachments to be used against us in the all-out fight for the establishment of the Kingdom and its values. We cannot be baulked in times of trial if we have released our grip on possessions.  Jesus gives us strength and the grace for the hard task of being 'unbound' from anything that keeps us from the fullness of God's life-giving WORD. He encourages us by saying, anyone who gives up these things will gain everything that truly lasts and will win EVERYTHING that really matters.
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(Homily:  Fr Peter Dillon).

It has been said: 'If you're rich enough, you can buy very tiny camels and very large needles!' This belief is common in today's society, where we believe we can have anything we want if only we have enough money. It must have been the same in the time of Jesus when the poor and oppressed must have looked at the grand houses of the powerful and rich of the day and thought: "all my troubles will go away if only I had enough money"

Money, wealth, possessions, Jesus talks more about this subject than any other except the Kingdom of God itself. There are at least 15 passages in the gospels when Jesus warns that money and possessions can destroy us. Today he says, 'How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the Kingdom of God. Once again Jesus is directly challenging what society is showing people. Disciples are amazed. He talks more about money than prayer and sexuality. Why? He is well aware of how important money is to us and how reluctant we are to place it under the Rule of God. His society was controlled by wealth. It had been theologised into a blessing from God.

The way Jesus often uses to point his disciples to the true, radical nature of his teaching is to shock them. By using paradox, and by appearing to overthrow the familiar, accepted teachings of the Scribes, he shakes the disciples out of their complacency. Of course, they are not to despise their homes and families; of course, they are not to cut off limbs that cause them to sin; of course, they cannot always turn the other cheek. But in the hard words lie a challenge: the real, radical kingdom is not to be found in having, but giving. Sin is intolerable, family ties are not ends in themselves, violence is not the Gospel response to violence. To the rich young man, Jesus is saying, 'Think again; let nothing you have and are come between you and God. Then you will appreciate the proper place in your life of family and of wealth'.


Today is a day for those who are at crossroads in their lives. The young man in the gospel, a good man but rich, makes a decision not to follow Christ. The choice was not one between good and evil, but between the good and the better; goodness and discipleship. He declined. Why do we presume that we Christians (Catholics) have a monopoly on goodness? At the same time, why does the world ridicule our attempts to live good lives under the rule of the Gospel?

Sir Kenneth Clark hosted a splendid series on TV, 'Civilisation' and later wrote a two-volume autobiography in which he declared that he was in fact a dedicated secular humanist. He did not look down on religion or was indifferent to it. On the contrary, he says some beautiful things about Christianity but says he simply does not believe in it. Once he was sitting in the church of San Lorenzo in Italy. He writes: "For a few minutes, my whole being was irradiated with a kind of heavenly joy, far more intense than anything I have ever known." The whole event enthralled him and he said that he considered himself quite unworthy of such a beautiful experience and could not understand why it had been given to him. But, as he reflected on the experience, he was faced with an awkward question. What should he do about it? He was not a religious person in any formal sense and he knew that, if he responded to this mystical experience, if he said yes at this particular crossroad of his life, his family and friends would think that he had gone off the deep end. and so, like the man in the gospel, he said no. 'I think I was right. I was too deeply embedded in the world to change course, but no doubt I had felt the finger of God and I am quite sure that, although the memory of that experience has faded, it helped me to understand the joy of the saints.

C.S. Lewis originally had no use for religion. By the time he arrived at university, he was a professed atheist. But often to his dismay, he began to find himself several times unexpectedly at a crossroad. He writes, 'Some days a little door would open to an unspeakable burst of joy, then it would slam again. The door would open, then it would slam, open and slam.' Finally, one day in his college room, something happened. The one who had been opening and slamming the door, opened it and stood there and wouldn't let him go. 'You must picture me alone in that room at Oxford, feeling the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I earnestly desired not to meet. It was in Trinity term of 1929 that I gave in, and admitted that God was God and I knelt and prayed, perhaps that night, the most rejected and reluctant convert in all of England'. C.S. Lewis became perhaps the most widely read Christian writer in the English speaking world.

Are we to be merely good people or disciples? Not necessarily disciples in the dramatic sense, but more likely in the sense expressed by the mystic poet Caryll Houselander: 'Sometimes it may seem to us that there is no purpose in our lives. That going day after day to this office or that school or factory is nothing else but waste and weariness, but it may be that God has sent us there because, but for us, Christ would not be there. If our being means that Christ is there, that alone makes it worthwhile.

How many times do we all stand at the crossroad of the rich young man? How many times does Jesus tell us he loves us... and then ask for a bit more? Sell what you have - your time, your reputation, your fears, your hesitancy, your insecurities, your need to be one of the crowd, and come follow me.

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References:

Homily – Fr Peter Dillon

Prologue - Fr Paul W. Kelly


2009 – A BOOK OF GRACE-FILLED DAYS.

Liebert, R. (1983). Michelangelo, a psychoanalytic study of his life and images. New Haven: Yale University Press.

SHARING THE WORD THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR. GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ

Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. ID: 1711102756 -BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 5, 2020: The painting of Jesus and the rich young man in the church Esglesia De Santa Maria De Montalegre from 20. cent.By Renata Sedmakova


Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year B  (Sunday, October 10, 2021)
 (EPISODE: 326)
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 Goodness to you all}} welcome everyone, we gather -  Praise, Worship of God

Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the 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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Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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Ps 90: 12-13, 14-15, 16-17. " Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!"

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Matt 5: 3). Alleluia, alleluia! Happy the poor in Spirit; The Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
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PREFACE: Sundays V
EP II
(theme variation: 2 )

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{May God's love, strength, mercy and kindness guide you all this week. }

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 our 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).

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 (Bill) Kelly (1942-2017) -  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 -  2021]

May God bless and keep you.
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