Presider: Fr. Dan Volkert Parish: St. Bruno & St. Paul
Choir: Heart of the Nation
TEXT FROM THE GOSPEL AND HOMILY
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. Glory to you, o Lord. As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering the village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, master! Have pity on us!" And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." As they were going they were cleansed. And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus said to him in reply, "Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?' then he said to him, ‘stand up and go; your faith has saved you.’" The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Friends, today what I want to do is focus on that second reading from Paul's letter to Timothy. It's a source of great spiritual wealth as well as pastoral knowledge that we can apply in our daily lives. Notice Paul, he refers to the gospel that he proclaims, Jesus Christ risen from the dead. It's not an assumption. It's not a theory, it is a fact. And it is a fact in which everything about the Catholic faith is based upon, just this: Jesus’ death and resurrection. If you look at our sacraments, our doctrine, our dogma, the whole spiritual life is based upon Jesus Christ risen from the dead. And Paul is reminding Timothy of that and that he must now proclaim that himself. Notice too, he continues on, he says, "For which I am suffering." Paul right now is sitting in a prison, in Rome, awaiting his own execution. But he doesn't care. The only thing he cares about is proclaiming the word of God and now he's doing it through this letter to Timothy and to us but he's also charging Timothy and us to continue that same ministry: to proclaim the word of God. He continues, he says, "The word of God is not chained." Well, it’s not chained, it can't be controlled. That's because there is a creative power associated with the word of God. I'll give you a great example of this: if you look at the whole universe, how the universe and we were created go to the story of creation in Genesis. How did God create this entire universe as well as us? Did he roll up his sleeve and use his bare muscles? Did he use mechanical instruments? No. By God's very word, he created this entire universe as well as us. God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. God said, "Let us make man in our own image and likeness." and humanity sprang into being. And so Paul is recognizing this and he is telling Timothy and now he is reminding us. God’s word has a transformative power to change us and change us for the better. More to it, God's word has to be proclaimed by us all. Now you say to yourself, o father, that's your job, I don’t do that. No, Paul is telling us we have to engage that ministry of proclaiming the word and we have to do it in our own way. I'll give you a great example of this. Saint Francis of Assisi always told his monks, “Preach the word of God everyday of your life and if necessary, use words by how we behave how we conduct ourselves, how we live out our life. Each and every day of our life is the best way to proclaim Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and now lives on in us.” And now Paul is reminding us just that as well as Timothy. Simply how we live out our lives. How we live out our faith lives each and every day of our life is the best way to proclaim Jesus is risen from the dead and to continue the work and the ministry of Saint Paul, even in the 21st century.
Entrance: Gathered As One
Copyright © 1997, World Library Publications
Deanna Light and Paul A. Tate
Psalm 98 – The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power
Copyright John Angotti
Preparation: There’s a Presence
John Angotti
Copyright © 2012 World Library Publications
Communion: I Am The Bread of Life
Text: John 6; Suzanne Toolan, SM, b. 1927
Tune: BREAD OF LIFE, Irregular with refrain; Suzanne Toolan, SM, b. 1927
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Sending Forth: I Send You Out
John Angotti
Arr. by Paul A. Tate
Text and music © WLP
Mass Setting: Mass of Rejoicing
John Angotti, Keyboard arr. by Ed Bolduc
Text copyright © 2010 ICEL
Music copyright © 2000, 2013 World Library Publications
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