Mary Mother of Jesus
Inclusive Catholic Community
Interesting, Inviting, Involving,
Inspiring
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 30,
2016
Presiders: Kathryn Shea and Lee
Breyer
Music Minister: Mindy Simmons
T Theme: We are the chosen ones.
Greeting
and Gathering Hymn: Music Video-Room At The Table
(music and words by Carrie Newcomer)
Gathering Prayer
Presider: Let
us pray as we come together to break bread and share the blessings we have
received on the wings of an angel and the openness of Mary and Joseph. We thank you, Incarnate God, in the name of
Jesus, your Son…our brother. All: Amen.
Presider: Wisdom, your grace joins all heaven and
earth. With you we labor, with new life
to give birth. Come now, O Wisdom, you
are our peace, open our hearts to your world, one without end. All:
Amen.
Opening Prayer
All: O Lover
of All, in this journey into the heart of compassion, we celebrate your love
unfolding in the healing and wholeness of everyone and of every living thing.
You call us to see
goodness and beauty everywhere and to live in harmony with creation. You call
us to heal the wounds of hatred and violence, discrimination and oppression in
our world. You call us to warmly welcome everyone who comes through our doors
as your presence among us. In communion with Jesus, our brother, and in the
power of the Your Spirit, we will live your love poured out each day. Amen.
Penitential
Rite and Community Forgiveness
Presider: Compassionate God, to you all hearts are
open, no desires unknown, and no secrets hidden. We ask you to send your Spirit to us so that
we may live more fully according to your will for us and we give thanks that
you have called us to be your chosen people.
All: Help us to hear Wisdom’s messages, to
faithfully understand them, and to receive the compassion to act on them with
our brothers and sisters. Compassionate
God, teach us the virtues of pardon and peace so that we may – in turn- learn
to forgive our failures to care for one another and for our planet Earth. We ask this of you in the names of Jesus, our
brother and of the Holy Spirit, our healer and comforter. Amen.
Gloria
All: Glory to God in the
highest, and peace to all God’s people on earth.
(Sung): Glory to God, glory, O
praise God, Alleluia. Glory to God,
glory. O praise the name of our God.
Liturgy
of the Word
First
Reading
Psalm:
71 Responsorial: Forever
I will sing the goodness of our God. (#790)
Second
Reading
Gospel: Luke 4:21-30
All: Glory to you, O God.
Community
Reflection and Shared Homily
Profession
of Faith
(Left side) We believe
in a God of extravagant love who dwells within us, rejoices with us in
our blessed selves and who weeps with us in our struggles, losses and
sufferings.
(Right side) We believe
in Jesus, whose life, death and resurrection shows us how to live fully
and joyfully and to serve others, especially the outcaste and heavy
burdened.
(Left side) We believe
in your Spirit, who works through us for justice and peace and to overcome
oppression of all kinds whether based on gender, sexual orientation, race or class.
(Right
side) We believe that we are forgiven, healed and whole in the heart of divine
mercy.
(Left
side) We believe that we are called to live in mutual respect as disciples and
equals in inclusive communities of empowerment.
(Right
side) We believe that we are united forever with all who have gone before us in
the communion of saints.
(Left side) We believe
that we are one with all creation great and small in a dynamic, evolving
cosmos.
Prayers
of theCommunity
Presider:
With hearts filled with loving compassion and mindful of God’s unconditional
love and care for everyone, we lift up the needs of our community at this time.
Presider:
That those who suffer abuse, may be
healed and empowered, we pray.
All: God of all compassion, love through us.
Presider: That those bound by hatred, hostility, and
violence will be set free, we pray. R.
Presider: That the sick may be healed, especially (mention names), we pray. R.
Presider:
That those who have gone before us may
dwell forever in God's presence, we pray. R.
Presider: And for what else do we pray at this
time? Other Intentions followed by R.
Presider:
We hold these and all the unspoken intentions in our hearts as we gather around
the Banquet Table.
Offertory
Procession and Preparation of the Gifts
Offertory
Song: We Are Called (#628)
Presider: Blessed are you, God of all life, through
your goodness we have this bread and this wine, the whole of creation, and our
own lives to offer. Through this sacred
meal may we become your new creation.
ALL: Blessed be God forever.
Presider: God is with us, loving and healing through
us.
ALL: Namaste
Presider: Lift up your hearts.
ALL: We lift them up in tender love, open to serve.
Presider: Let us give thanks to our God.
ALL: It is our joy to give God thanks and praise.
Eucharistic Prayer
Voice One: Gracious Wisdom, You embrace us with extravagant affection in our
blessedness and brokenness. We thank you that in this festive meal, your Spirit
continues to be poured out among the circle of disciples gathered here in our
giving and receiving forgiveness and sharing the gift of your shalom, our peace.
We join with the angels and saints and people of every race, faith and nation
to glorify your presence as we sing:
ALL: We are holy, holy, holy. (Karen Drucker)
Voice Two: Gracious God, you set the banquet table and invite all to the
feast of unending delight. Here we celebrate divine love beyond what all that words
can describe in our evolving cosmos. Here your divine compassion connects us to
the young and the old, the least and the last, to everyone everywhere on our
journey into the heart of mercy.
Voice Three: We especially thank you,
Nurturing God, for Jesus, your anointed one, who showed us how to love with a
peaceful and courageous spirit. In Jesus, you show us how to care for those who
face illness and grief and how to help those who experience rejection and
marginalization.
Voice Four: God of tenderness, Jesus
showed us the heart of mercy when he preached good news to the poor, release to
the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, and healing to the broken. Jesus
called all people - men and women - to be apostles and disciples and treated
them as equal in his circle of companions.
Voice Five In response to people’s needs,
Jesus broke many religious rules and customs – and he violated many religious
taboos. He shared meals with women, saved a woman from being stoned and even said
that prostitutes would enter heaven before religious leaders. He healed the
sick and comforted the lonely. He challenged both the priestly class and
political leaders of his time. In
response, they ridiculed him, tortured him, and eventually put him to
death.
Voice Six: In faithful love, you
raised the crucified Jesus, radiant and glorious to new life. Like the holy ones throughout the ages, Moses
and Miriam who led their people from oppression to freedom, Jesus’ life, death
and resurrection show us how to live freely and joyously in the midst of
injustice, darkness, and evil and even death.
(Please extend hands as we
recite the consecration together)
All: May your Spirit,
present in these humble gifts, fill us with a new outpouring of love that makes
us more deeply one Body in the Cosmic Christ living the fullness of your
compassion.
Presider: On the night before he was betrayed, Jesus
gathered with his friends for a meal. He took bread, broke it and said:
ALL: Take this all of you.
This is my body. Every time you eat it,
remember me.
Presider: In the same way after supper, Jesus took the
cup, and raising it with love beyond all telling, he gave thanks and shared the
cup with those at table and said:
ALL: Take this all of you
and drink from it. This is the cup of my life blood, the making of a new and
everlasting covenant. Every time you drink of it, remember me.
Presider:
Now then, in sacred memory, let us proclaim this mystery of our
faith:
ALL: In all
creation, we see your power. In every
creature that has ever breathed, we see your tenderness. In every living being we see your
compassion. In every person who has
passed on before us, we see your goodness. And, merciful God, in everything yet to be, we
know that Christ will come again! In our
breaking of the bread of the earth, we know that the Christ of the Cosmos is
being re-membered!
Voice Seven: Holy One, your transforming energy is always moving in us and
working through us. We give thanks for all holy women and men who have been
your face in our lives. They showed us how to forgive ourselves and others, to refrain
from judging others and see the good in people who irritate us. Help us to
learn the lessons of holy Wisdom.
Voice Eight: We ask you to
bless those who are sick and suffering, those who have no place to turn,
especially those who are homeless. May they
be healed and strengthened, may they be gifted with your compassion shown
through their brothers and sisters, and may they be filled with every blessing
in your loving presence.
ALL: Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, all
praise and glory are yours, Loving God.
Amen.
The
Prayer of Jesus
Presider: And to whom do we turn when we are in need of
support..?
ALL: Sing:
Our Father and Mother who is in heaven, blessed is your name….
The Sign
of Peace
Presider: God, grant us peace and unity beyond all
words can express. Join hands in a
circle of love and sing “Let there be peace on earth.”
Litany at
the Breaking of the Bread
ALL: Loving God, You call us to live
mercy, we will do so. Loving God, You
call us to live justice, we will do so. Loving God, You call us to live
equality, we will do so.
Presider: This is Jesus, who calls us to open doors
that are closed and share our bread on the altar of the world. All are invited
to eat and drink at this sacred banquet of love.
ALL: Jesus we are worthy to receive you and to be
your compassion in our world. We are the
Body of Christ.
Presider: Let us share the Body of Christ with the Body
of Christ! ALL: Amen.
Communion
Music: Instrumental led by Mindy: There
Is Only Love (by Karen Drucker)
Communion
Song: (after all are seated) There Is Only Love (by Karen Drucker)
Verse: In this moment in this place
I remember who I am
Letting fear and worry fall away from me
I open my eyes and see
Chorus:
There is only love, There Is only Love,
Love that heals, love that sets us free
There is only, only, love
Verse: When I lose myself
When it seems I’ve lost my way
When I go inside and quiet my mind
I can hear Spirit gently say..
I remember who I am
Letting fear and worry fall away from me
I open my eyes and see
Chorus:
There is only love, There Is only Love,
Love that heals, love that sets us free
There is only, only, love
Verse: When I lose myself
When it seems I’ve lost my way
When I go inside and quiet my mind
I can hear Spirit gently say..
Chorus
Prayer of
Thanksgiving after Communion
Presider: O God of Compassion, Jesus showed us how to
love one another and heal our hearts.
Through the power of your liberating Spirit at work within us, we will
give and receive forgiveness, live joyously, and work for healing, justice and
equality for our earth and for all your holy people. ALL: Amen
Concluding
Rite
Presider:
Our God is with you.
ALL: and also with you.
Blessing
(Everyone
extends a hand in mutual blessing)
ALL: May the God of Abraham and Sarah, the Blessed
One of Jacob and Rachel,
Sophia, Holy Wisdom, walk
with us and all creation on our journey into the heart of compassion! Amen.
Commissioning
Presiders: May we all go
in the peace of Christ. Let our service
continue!
ALL: Thanks be to God.
Concluding Hymn : Room At
The Table (Verse 1 and Chorus)
(See song sheet)
Bridget Mary Meehan,
Bishop
Association of Roman
Catholic Woman Priests
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