Catholic 720: Ash Wednesday 6th March, 2019.

Ash Wednesday 6^th March, 2019.

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THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading: Joel 2:12-18
Psalm: Ps 50:3-6. 12-14. 17. "Be Merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned."
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20 - 6:2
Gospel Acclamation: cf Ps 94:8
Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6. 16-18
Homily
Blessing and Distribution of Ashes
       Distribution of Ashes
       Song
Prayer of the Faithful
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Please listen to my audio recordings of the readings, prayers and reflections for ASH WEDNESDAY 6^th March, 2019. by clicking this link here:   https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-ash-wednesday-2019/s-vVCvx  (EPISODE:144)
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It is a bit surprising to discover that Lent is described by the church as a "joyful season"  .. a gift from God.....  a time of joyful waiting. And so it is!  Even though it is also a time of Prayer, Penance and Good Works; Which are three aspects of the one thing.

From ancient times this Lenten observance reflects the three central concerns we have in life: Our duty to God (prayer), our duty to our bodies (fasting) and our duty to others (almsgiving). 
The purpose of fasting and abstinence is not to punish ourselves, nor is it a time of testing our willpower and personal strength, but rather, it is to teach us detachment from whatever may keep us from a closer connection to God. In self-denial and in giving of our time to more prayer and good works, our hearts move even closer to God.  Distractions like excess food or any other things that take up our time and energy are avoided, helping us become more focused, attentive and charitable. 

In this Lenten fasting, we also remember and imitate the example of Jesus, who fasted 40 days in the wilderness, as he prepared to begin his life-giving ministry. 
For us also, its also a recognition that sin has not only personal consequences but also sin has communal dimensions - and so Lent provides us as a community a means of expressing our common repentance. #

Lent is a six-week gift to the church from God….  As a time of nurturing positive habits of prayer, self-denial and giving of our time and resources for worthy causes… to build up our spiritual health…. and build up good spiritual habits and attitudes that become so automatic and natural to us that we do them without hesitation, and for no other reason than our love for God,  so that as the reading says today....our left-hand does not know what our right hand is doing.

We have been given such treasures and gifts by God and they are priceless.  We are sorry that sometimes we don't recognise the treasure from God and confuse it with the rubbish and static of OTHER things that distract our attention./ 

The only gifts worth having are actually the ones we give away./ The kind of gifts that are pretty useless if locked away and not used. /Gifts like love, given freely without expectation, kindness and forgiveness without hoping for something in return….    acts of charity, not for recognition or approval, but from the love of God welling up inside us.      Random acts of kindness and compassion, that no one will ever know we are the ones responsible for.// 

The gospel has a lot of wisdom in it… those things are done for no other reason but the love of God and not for anything else, call us to a deep inner movement of the heart towards God because it does not get any other reward but to serve and love God in each other… actions for the glory and praise of God alone…
So, let's make this time of lent the wonderful, Joy-filled gift that it really is. A time of peaceful self-denial and of making space for God… fostering positive habits that will last well beyond forty days.....and may God who has begun this good work in us, bring it to perfection… in the secret of our own hearts…
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
#Elizabeth Harrington – Liturgy Brisbane  © Liturgybrisbane. 
Barclay 
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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.
NB - It is often a week or so Ahead: 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:

Photo by Ahna Ziegler on Unsplash

"Faith, Hope, and Love,  A time of Christian worship and reflection"  - Led by Rev Paul W. Kelly
Texts used in this programme are for the purposes of worship and prayer for listeners wherever you are.
Prayers and chants are taken from the English Translation of the Roman Missal, edition three, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy.
Scriptures are from the New Revised Standard Version: © 1989,  by the national council of Churches of Christ, USA. , //adaptations to conform with Catholic liturgical norms, © 2009, by the same.
 [{selected psalms } - ***Psalm verses are (also) taken from "The Psalms: A New Translation" ©1963, The Grail (England), published by Collins.. **]
Prayers of the Faithful FROM Roman Missal (ed III) appendix. 

"Faith, Hope and Love" theme Hymn:   Original music © 1996 by Paul W. Kelly.

For more details please visit http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au/
Contact us atpaulwkelly68@gmail.com
Production by Kelly Enterprises Resources.

May God bless and keep you. 

ASH WEDNESDAY – MASS CHOICES

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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My friends in Christ, to worthily celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us first acknowledge our sins.

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault,* through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

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

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, Have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
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Memorial Acclamation
Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

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Preface: Lent III
Eucharist Prayer II
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Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord. 

Catholic 719 : Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 3 March 2019

Homily Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 3 March 2019

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Reading 1. SIRACH 27:4-7

Responsorial PSALM. PS 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16. “Lord, it is good to give thanks to you.”

 Reading 2. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:54-58

 Alleluia.  PHILEMON 2:15D, 16A

 Gospel. LUKE 6:39-45

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Please listen to my audio recordings of the readings, prayers and reflections for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 3 March 2019 by clicking this link here:  https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-8c-episode-143 (EPISODE: 143)

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On Sunday 24th February 2019, a tragic incident occurred in one of our Parish Churches: Saint Vincent's Catholic Church, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast. A Young man climbed onto the roof of the Saint Vincent's Church in the early hours of the morning, while the church was closed, and fell through a skylight in the roof and fell ten metres to the floor. He passed away from his injuries in the church.  I and the Catholic community of Surfers Paradise extend our heartfelt and deepest sympathies to the family and friends of those involved in this tragic incident.  We are praying for all involved and we will continue to keep them in our thoughts and prayers. May he Rest in Peace. Sincerely, Fr Paul.  
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A word to the entire community of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. From Archbishop Mark Coleridge. Brisbane, Archdiocese. Australia. 

The news of Cardinal George Pell’s conviction on historical child sexual abuse charges has shocked many across Australia and around the world, including the Catholic Bishops of Australia. The Bishops agree that everyone should be equal under the law, and we respect the Australian legal system. The same legal system that delivered the verdict will consider the appeal that the Cardinal’s legal team has lodged. Our hope, at all times, is that through this process, justice will be served.

In the meantime, we pray for all those who have been abused and their loved ones, and we commit ourselves anew to doing everything possible to ensure that the Church is a safe place for all, especially the young and the vulnerable.

These last few weeks have been bruising for the Catholic Church in Australia. It seems that everywhere we turn we see stories about the Church and its failures with child sexual abuse.

We have to accept that. The Church will never walk away from its responsibilities in this area. We have much to atone for. We have much to do and much to continue learning.

But today I want to say a word about the Church that’s almost never mentioned in mainstream media. 

It’s the Church that you’re part of every day and, often enough, through the night as well. Because of what you do, the Church changes lives for the better, and it does so through the power of the Gospel. Yes, we face serious challenges now, but there is a whole dimension of the Church that should never be forgotten.

It’s the Church that works every day with refugees who have come to Australia seeking a better life. You help them to find accommodation, to fight for a permanent stay and to reunite with loved ones.

It’s the Church that works on the frontline with domestic violence victims. You help them and their children in the toughest moments that they will face. You walk with them at every step, especially when they feel helpless.

It’s the Church that works with Australians with a disability. You help create a society that welcomes, includes and respects people with a disability as people first – and you support them to follow their dreams.

It’s the Church that works with people on the poverty line. You provide them with accommodation, meals and support when they have nowhere else to turn.

It’s the Church that works with the homeless. You bring a friendly smile, food and warmth to them. Most of all, you help by spending time with them.

It’s the Church that works with people living with dementia. You brighten their lives, you relate to the real person and you provide support for their families.

It’s the Church that provides pastoral support to prisoners. You sit with them, listen to their stories and provide counselling.

It’s the Church that works to protect our environment. You help raise awareness of our common home, the earth on which we live and the need to preserve it for those who come after us.

Of course, it’s the Church that has educated millions of Australian children over generations. Your work in that area continues to have a major impact on our young people and the future of our country.
And it’s the Church that has provided first-class medical treatment in our hospitals for generations. You have literally saved lives and continue to save lives. You have also accompanied the dying with tender care.

Thank you for all this and more – because that’s not an exhaustive list of what you do from day to day in the Catholic Church.

At this time, I wanted you to know that your work is priceless and that it does not go unrecognised.
Thank you for your work in parishes, schools, hospitals and on the frontline wherever it may be.
It’s work that should make you both proud and humble - proud for what has been achieved and humble before the God whose gifts make it all possible and who is as close to us now as ever before.

+Mark Coleridge

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Reflection by Fr Paul: -

The thing to keep us going in this time of turmoil is to keep our eyes and our hearts fixed firmly upon the example and message of Jesus.  Christ and gospel show us clearly God's priorities and values. This reveals Jesus' profound concern for the poor,  the vulnerable,  and the abused. Our Lord demands justice,  peace, and healing for those wronged.  These are extremely uncertain and upsetting times,  and we need more than ever to stay focused on Christ’s priorities of practical action,  respect, and unrelenting protection of human dignity, (particularly the young as well as vulnerable adults). Also, respectful listening and understanding, and leadership that serves the needs of people in need. We continue to pray and work for Christ's vision to be fully present for all people. 

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A Seventeenth-Century French writer with quite an unpronounceable name has some very interesting quotes that fit with this weekend's readings........  

"If we had no faults, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others."

"(most) faults (are) more pardonable than the means by which one tries to hide them."

“We gain more by letting our real selves be seen than by pretending to be what we are not.”   François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, (1613 –1680)

Also, 

Inspired by the gospel today, I have long felt that  "unless one can say something out of love, (motivated by compassion and goodwill), any intended correction that we might be tempted to offer to another will miss the mark." /  That is to say, "if one cannot say something with love and compassion, don't say it at all."  And so, we have no right to criticize unless we ourselves are free of faults. Which simply means that we have no right to criticize at all. If we happen to be intent on fixing up faults and weaknesses, we would be much more productive by inviting Christ to pour his healing and challenging grace upon our own sins and omissions,  rather than focusing on others.  

Jesus warned that no teacher can lead his scholars beyond the stage which he himself has reached.  Our Lord is teaching us that he desires anyone who follows him to become a true teacher by example, (from being attentive students of him and his ways).   He makes it clear that we cannot be true disciples of him unless our closeness to him and his teachings leads to us becoming more and more like him in thought, word, and action.  This is because Christ desires us to be teachers by example...  modelling our lives and priorities on his.   This requires us to be really alert, attentive and be self-aware -   open enough and humble so as to notice and address the areas of spiritual blindness that we all can suffer from. Lest we foolishly try to lead people; only for both leader and follower to fall into a hole. 

Speaking the words of Christ could very well have limited effect if our everyday actions and attitudes contradict them and drown them out.  The loudest, most effective message we send is most often by the unspoken eloquence of our actions and priorities. 

And surely, the best way to show the truth and primacy of Christianity is to show by our lives that actively following in the footsteps of Jesus, produces outstanding men and women. - compassionate, reverent, generous, loving, gentle, just, inclusive and merciful. 

The fruits and results of our lives and what we say and where we spend most of our time and energy is a powerful revealed of where our heart truly lies...   Our Lord so wisely pointed out that nothing speaks louder about the truth of a person than what they do and say in unguarded moments.  " few things show the state of a person's heart better than the words SPOKEN, when talking freely, unguardedly, and saying the first things that comes into ones' head."

When our hearts are very close to Our Lord’s, the unguarded and surprising moments in life will still lead to a pouring forth of the fruits of the spirit, lying so close to the surface….love, joy, peace, patience, self-control, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and gentleness.

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References:

Fr Paul W. Kelly

Barclay, W. (1975). The Gospel of Luke. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: St. Andrew Press

Link, Mark J. 1994. Action 2000 Praying Scripture In A Contemporary Way. Year C. Allen, Tex.: Tabor Pub.

François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, (1613 –1680).  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer) 

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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.

NB - It is often a week or so Ahead:  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,  A time of Christian worship and reflection”  - Led by Rev Paul W. Kelly

Photo: By lightwavemedia photo ID: 187372910. Shutterstock. Used under license.

Texts used in this programme are for the purposes of worship and prayer for listeners wherever you are.

Prayers and chants are taken from the English Translation of the Roman Missal, edition three, © 2010, The International commission on English in the liturgy.

Scriptures are from the New Revised Standard Version: © 1989,  by the national council of Churches of Christ, USA. , //adaptations to conform with Catholic liturgical norms, © 2009, by the same.

 [{selected psalms } - ***Psalm verses are (also) taken from “The Psalms: A New Translation” ©1963, The Grail (England), published by Collins.. **]

Prayers of the Faithful are adapted from Robert Borg’s 1993 book “ Together we pray”. Published in Sydney Australia By  E.J. Dwyer. (out of print).

{ “Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin” -published 2011,  Composed and Sung by Jeffrey M. Ostrowski   

Featuring the….Gloria, The Creed, The Kyrie, The Mass parts, Psalms:   http://www.ccwatershed.org/chabanel/  ]]] ] COPYRIGHT @ 2018 CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  www.ccwatershed.org/vatican/Ralph_Sherwin_Videos/  

“Faith, Hope and Love” theme Hymn:   Words, based on 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, set to original music © 1996 by Paul W. Kelly.

For more details please visit http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au/

Contact us at paulwkelly68@gmail.com

Production by Kelly Enterprises Resources. 

May God bless and keep you.

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C

(Sunday, 3 March 2019)

(EPISODE: 143 )

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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Coming together as Gods family, let us call to mind our sins. 

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

When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

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Sundays Ordinary VIII

Euch prayer III

Communion side.  pwk:  RH

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Go in peace. (glorifying the Lord by your life)

Catholic 718 : Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 24 February 2019

Homily Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 24 February 2019
1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
Ps 102:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13.  R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
1 Corinthians 15:45-49
Gospel Acclamation. John 13:34
Luke 6:27-38
 


Middle East arabian panoramic scenic view with space for text on blue sky. Beautiful gorge Ein Gedi, in arid Judean desert near Masada and Qumran Caves. Place where biblical David hid from King Saul .  Photo By ArtMari. stock photo ID: 511473772. Shutterstock. Used under license.

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Please listen to my audio recordings of the readings, prayers and reflections for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, 24 February 2019 by clicking this link here:   https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-7c-episode-142  (EPISODE: 142)

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In Memory of my Father, William John (Bill) Kelly (1942-2017), whose second anniversary of death is this week, 27th February 2019.
May his soul, and all the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, Rest in Peace.
  
"Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus." (1964). San Lorenzo church, Florence, Italy. Painting by Pietro Annigoni. Credit: M.Flynn / Alamy Stock Photo. Used under license. Image ID: AR6P8P

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What does it mean for us to, (as St Paul says so wonderfully in the second reading), "bear the image of the one of Heaven?" Or, as another translation says: “be modelled on the Heavenly man, (Jesus).”


Surely it means, we open ourselves up to the Lord’s grace, teaching and values and allow ourselves to be reshaped into an icon of Christ’s grace, mercy, and compassion.   It means a deeper union with Christ – to the point of exercising our thinking, abilities, and powers in union with how Christ acts.

The first reading is quite challenging…   David has been persecuted quite unjustly by King Saul, who is suffering from terrible delusions and jealousy and paranoia about David.  David has been nothing but loyal to him but Saul will not be satisfied.  War breaks out but David and his army are given the chance to kill Saul and David refuses to do so.  This is not the first time this will happen. 
 
It’s a striking lesson…   Just because we have been given the power to lift up and to cast down. Just because we have within us the ability to kill or to heal, does not mean that we should use our freedom to destroy, to avenge or to harm.  David unites himself to God’s patient, loving forbearance -  he does not lower himself to repay the wrongdoing of others with the same behaviour. He does not return bad for bad. Rather, he uses God’s perfect antidote; – returning love and kindness for wrongdoing. Canceling it out, rather than multiplying it. This is a radical and otherworldly solution, but clearly it is Divine wisdom. 
 
As David says so beautifully ….  “Today the Lord put you in my power, but I would not raise my hand against the Lord's anointed.'”  In this instance, David used his ability to be modeled upon the values and actions of God’s ways and not human ways… and the results are refreshing, surprising and wonderful.   Once where it seemed only one solution to the problem of King Saul and David.  One strikes the other down. Now there is a beautiful second option… reconciliation and rebuilding.   We are invited to give from God's gracious and compassionate love within, rather than to mirror or give back what one receives from the selfish, narrow actions of others.

Our Lord confirms this Heavenly mindset in the gospel….  He teaches us a very challenging message that goes against base instinct…  Do good to those who harm you and pray for them…   go further than the minimum……
 
The word “love” used by Our Lord in this teaching is not the same as for family or friends or a spouse…  but it’s a love that wishes the best and only the good for another, irrespective of their actions.  Wanting for everyone that dignity and respect and good that anyone deserves as a child of God, whether they themselves have acted in ways befitting of their status as children of God.


Do this, and ‘you will be children of the Most-High, for God himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.’

BE generous, not stingy or selfish; loving and compassionate, not gossiping, or judging; Merciful, not vengeful and precious. .... The standard by which we will be judged is going to be the standard with which we treat others!

Are we tempted to be offended when someone slights us?   Are we outraged when someone wrongs us?    But then we look at Our Lord…  who is deserving of all honour, obedience, and service… 
At times, each of us has offended the Lord, slighted him…  not given God his due, deliberately or carelessly chosen to do what is wrong…   God would have been within his rights to become furious, to lash out, the punish, to cast us away….  But God does not…   (thank goodness!).   {So many times I thank God that we humans do are not God because the results would be disastrous and capricious}. Rather, Our Lord is full of love, mercy, and forbearance…    Thanks be to God that the Lord does not choose to exercise his rights against us when we have wronged him time and time again.   And if we are truly to model ourselves on the Heavenly Man, and bear the image of the one of Heaven, then we too must have the same attitudes and responses when we are offended, slighted or wronged.    How different would the world and our local communities be if this was the full reality? 

Otherwise, as Jesus points out if our goodness and kindness go no further than our family and friends and those we are already in goodwill with, what difference is that from the pagans and the sinners… they are kind to their kin and friends…    Christ invites us to be fully immersed in his ways, not just dipping our toes into the waters of baptism we have received.  

The golden rule is in many ways a universal rule…  also found in other religious traditions.  (Jewish, Greek, even Confucian) …  but in each of these traditions. it is framed negatively and in a limiting way…  namely…   “don’t do things to people you wouldn’t like people to do to you.” But in Christ, this teaching goes much further! …  It is expressed in a wonderfully positive light!  .. and not merely a negative one…    That is, it is not merely refraining from doing what you would not want to be done to you, but also do the good things for others that you would want people to do for you!   Christ’s saying itself, “goes the extra mile…”  
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly

Barclay, W. (1975). The Gospel of Luke. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: St. Andrew Press
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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.
NB - It is often a week or so Ahead:  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,  A time of Christian worship and reflection”  - Led by Rev Paul W. Kelly
Texts used in this programme are for the purposes of worship and prayer for listeners wherever you are.
Prayers and chants are taken from the English Translation of the Roman Missal, edition three, © 2010, The International commission on English in the liturgy.
Scriptures are from the New Revised Standard Version: © 1989,  by the national council of Churches of Christ, USA. , //adaptations to conform with Catholic liturgical norms, © 2009, by the same.
 [{selected psalms } - ***Psalm verses are (also) taken from “The Psalms: A New Translation” ©1963, The Grail (England), published by Collins.. **]
Prayers of the Faithful are adapted from Robert Borg’s 1993 book “ Together we pray”. Published in Sydney Australia By  E.J. Dwyer. (out of print).
{ “Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin” -published 2011,  Composed and Sung by Jeffrey M. Ostrowski   
Featuring the….Gloria, The Creed, The Kyrie, The Mass parts, Psalms:   http://www.ccwatershed.org/chabanel/  ]]] ] COPYRIGHT @ 2018 CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  www.ccwatershed.org/vatican/Ralph_Sherwin_Videos/  
“Faith, Hope and Love” theme Hymn:   Words, based on 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, set to original music © 1996 by Paul W. Kelly.
For more details please visit http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au/
Contact us at paulwkelly68@gmail.com
Production by Kelly Enterprises Resources. 
May God bless and keep you.
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C
(Sunday, 24 February 2019)
(EPISODE: 142 )
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (or/ The Lord be with You)
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Brothers and sisters, as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the Lord's supper, let us recall our sins and acknowledge them in silence. 
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
We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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Sundays Ordinary VIII
Euch prayer III
Communion side.  pwk:  LH
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Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.