Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B - Sunday, October 3, 2021 (EPISODE: 325)

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B  - Sunday, October 3, 2021

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Readings for Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B
FIRST READING: Gen 2: 18-24
Ps 128: 1-2, 3, 4-5, 6. "May the Lord bless us, all the days of our lives. "
SECOND READING: Heb 2: 9-11
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (1 John 4: 12). Alleluia, alleluia! If we love one another. God will live in us in perfect love.
GOSPEL: Mark 10: 2-16 or 10: 2-12

Image: ShutterstockLicensed image ID:2043205592 -ROME, ITALY - AUGUST 31, 2021: The fresco Christ Blessing the Children in the church Santa Maria in Monticelli by Cesare Mariani (1859).-By Renata Sedmakova.
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Please listen to the audio-recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B  - Sunday, October 3, 2021 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-27th-sunday-ordinary-b-episode-325?si=680920de9ccc4b6dbb0be93edf862906  
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* (Prologue:  Fr Paul Kelly)
In the readings this weekend there is a recurring theme about the membership of a family. God has made us his children. We are all adopted sons and daughters of God through God's gracious action. God now treats us as full members of the family and with all the rights and duties of a member of the family. It is through Jesus that we become part of God's family. We are all brothers and sisters of Jesus.
 
This is such a special and profound gift. Through our baptism, we become part of God's family, which includes being brothers and sisters with all the saints who have gone before us into eternal life and stand in the presence of God praising him night and day and continuing to pray for us and intercede for us to Our Heavenly Father.
 
If the world truly realised and acted upon the truth of this message we would be living in a different situation. If everyone acted as if they were truly brothers and sisters to each other, then surely we would be so much closer to an end to war and violence and hatred. They say 'blood is thicker than water" but in the Christian mindset, (which turns on its head the values of the world), the water of Baptism is much thicker and stronger than the ties of blood relations. The first reading is also powerful as it reminds us that men and women were created to be equal and to be helpers and supporters of each other along life's path.
"Your Son went down from the heights of his divinity to the depths of our humanity. Can anyone's heart remain closed and hardened after this?" —Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) (FHL)
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HOMILY : Fr Peter Dillon:
27^th Sunday Ordinary Time Year B 2021

The gospel this weekend has such a strong teaching about the sanctity of marriage that we might not even notice an equally important reference to the need for us to become like children if we want to enter the kingdom of God. We tend to dismiss this section because we regard childhood as something that we must grow out of, leave completely behind, as if there was nothing from our childhood that we needed to bring into adulthood. This is not a new theme for Jesus, who correctly notices that with maturity comes rigidity and judgment of others, so he frequently reminds his followers, and us, that his message is not complex for those who see it through the eyes and mind of a child.

It's important to distinguish between being childlike and childish. To be childish implies immaturity and being irresponsible. We all know that children are not angels. These are the things we should grow out of. But there are some childlike qualities that we should retain like openness and a sense of wonder, being able to live in the present. What tends to happen is that we lose some for the good qualities and keep some of the worst. A child's imagination is infinitely stronger than that of an adult. They have a clear and honest vision, that they don't know how to manipulate to suit their own needs. Children see everything as for the first time.

There is also a refreshing honesty with children. While there are not too careful about the way they tell the truth, it is also sad to find out when they tell a lie, because we then know that they have discovered a way to avoid responsibility. Evading the truth becomes too easy when it starts to become a barrier to a relationship of trust. Once we have been found out being dishonest then is it almost impossible to go back to a time when we were not afraid to tell the truth.

They have not yet got into the groove of routine, habits and prejudice. They have not been exposed to gossip or criticism or at least they don't understand what it means. Happiness seems to be their natural state and they have the capacity to find enjoyment in life's simple things.

When and why does it all change? What brings about that loss of innocence? Perhaps it's when we first become aware that we don't have the same things that others might have. We see difference as threatening and we start to feel insecure when we live in a world where we don't know each other. These are learned insecurities not innate, but it is possible to recover some of that lost innocence, by honestly asking ourselves where our fears do and hurts come from. Why do we hold back on seeking to know the reasons why people are as they are, by not holding on to hurts that have kept us bound to anger and vengeance?

When we bring these hurts into our committed relationships like marriage, we become so trapped and closed off that we hide behind them as though they offer us some protection.  Healing fractured relationships is possible when we are prepared to regain the honesty and innocence that is not only a character of children. It is part of a gift of the belonging to the kingdom, but only for those who are ready to accept it as a gift and not as a burden.


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References:

Homily – FR PETER DILLON

 

PROLOGUE - Fr Paul W. Kelly

Image: ShutterstockLicensed image ID:2043205592 -ROME, ITALY - AUGUST 31, 2021: The fresco Christ Blessing the Children in the church Santa Maria in Monticelli by Cesare Mariani (1859).-By Renata Sedmakova.




Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B   (Sunday, October 3, 2021)  (EPISODE:325)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (or/ The Lord be with You)
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{{Peace and greetings to you all.}} welcome everyone, we gather -  Silence, reflection, prayer and contemplation of our God. 

Brothers and sisters, the Lord is full of love and mercy. And so, as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us acknowledge our sins. 

Lord Jesus, you have revealed yourself as the way to the Father: Lord, have mercy//You have poured out on your people the Spirit of truth: Christ, have mercy//You are the Good Shepherd, leading us to eternal life: 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 128: 1-2, 3, 4-5, 6. "May the Lord bless us, all the days of our lives. "

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (1 John 4: 12). Alleluia, alleluia! If we love one another. God will live in us in perfect love.
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PREFACE: own preface  Sundays IV
EP IV
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{I pray that you have a wonderful and grace-filled week. }

Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.
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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: - Shure Motiv MV5 Digital Condenser.

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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