Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish - Weekly Parish Mass - podcast of Eucharist, including readings, prayers, homily)
Greetings from Surfers Catholic parish!
Please find linked below the latest edition of the Parish weekly Homily and link to the (audio) podcast of the mass, especially produced for those who are unable to be with us at mass.
https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-14c-ordinary-time-2022-episode-372
Many thanks,
The Parish Team
Readings for 03-Jul-22 - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C
FIRST READING: Isa 66:10-14c
Ps 66:1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a, 16+20. "Let all the earth cry out to God with Joy."
SECOND READING: Gal 6:14-18
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Luke 10:1-12, 17-20). Alleluia, alleluia! May the Peace of Christ reign in your hearts, and the fullness of his message live within you.
GOSPEL: Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers, and homily), for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - 03-Jul-22 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-14c-ordinary-time-2022-episode-372 (EPISODE-372)
Prologue:
In Australia, this weekend is also Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Sunday (Annually on the first Sunday in July), when Catholics come together across Australia to acknowledge and celebrate the gifts of Australia's First peoples. Let us move forwards as a united people in Christ, committed to embracing the gifts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge to not only Heal Country, but to Heal our relationships with one another, and in doing so our creators' gifts to us all – the gift of this beautiful world.
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The gospel this weekend shows Our Lord teaching his disciples to "travel lightly." If we avoid being overly attached to material possessions and if we are not enmeshed with "power and authority," we can successfully proclaim and witness true peace, justice and the values of God's Kingdom.
Our Lord knew intuitively that people who are attached to possessions, personal comfort and power will be more tempted to water down the gospel message and tone down the values of the Kingdom for fear of the economic and social consequences of offending the status quo or upsetting the influential.
If I value my possessions too much, I will hesitate to proclaim the gospel boldly for fear of forfeiting my valuables when persecuted for my stance. If I value power, I will not be keen to humble myself to the level of a servant, as Christ did. If I value my life too much, the truth and the justice of the gospel will be silenced by the merest threat to life, liberty or well-being by those who hate this message. There is certainly something freeing and light about 'travelling lightly'.
Our Lord really knew what he was talking about. Jesus wants us to travel light, (Not just in relation to possessions, but also in relation to other spiritual and emotional baggage that we can tend to get bogged down with).
I find the second reading by Saint Paul a bit mysterious. Paul was writing a very important message to the people of Galatia. There were tensions in the community, and Paul's letter is a passionate, loving and sometimes stern masterpiece of writing… to get across the message of the gospel to the arguing people. Saint Paul tells people that they shouldn't get bogged down on focusing on external signs of religiousness unless one keeps the meaning of the gospel. He is so passionate he even says at the end of it. See!… look! It is my own handwriting.. See the big letters….… (He is so honest and plain-speaking in his words: "I am so old and hard of sight now. But I am so moved by this issue, I am scribbling this down myself….in my own hand.. I have taken the writing implement from my usual scribe!…)….
Saint Paul then goes on to remind them, and us, that some people wear the signs of faith but don't live them. Some people wear the outward signs of membership of God's people in the Jewish faith, but only to avoid being persecuted by the Romans for being Christian. He says, "enough of this!" - "No more trouble on this topic."
"Look, the cross of Christ shows us the meaning of true discipleship. If you really want signs to convince you, then look no further than the signs made by the scars that I bear on my own body," says Saint Paul, referring to what he has suffered for proclaiming the gospel. He had been through shipwreck, imprisonment, floggings, stoning, starvation, and so much more.
Finally, in the gospel, the seventy-two disciples come back from their mission with success. They are delighted that the spirits deferred to them. But Jesus seems to warn them, "don't give in to pride and don't gloat over your power. Our achievements as disciples of Christ are all about God's grace. Then, Jesus follows this teaching up with a strange comment. He says: "I saw Satan fall from heaven." He may be saying, "watch out, even one of the Angels in heaven fell from heaven because of pride!" So, do not fall for the trap of pride in your own life and actions. Being a disciple of Christ is not about us, or how much power we personally can glean for ourselves. Our powers and abilities are actually about allowing God's grace and peace to work in and through us. This requires deep humility, generosity, openness and also not going around looking at everything I can possibly get out of this or that situation. Only by this humility, simplicity, openness to serve, and willingness to travel lightly, can we more fully allow God's grace to work in us, as willing and living instruments in the hand of God who is the Divine Artist.
{To listen to the whole Sunday Mass each week (including homily) from Surfers Paradise Catholic Parish, please visit this link: Liturgy for you at Home (by SPCP) - https:- soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks. }
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References:
THE DAILY STUDY BIBLE. GOSPEL OF LUKE. (REVISED EDITION). BY WILLIAM BARCLAY.
Sharing the Word through the Liturgical Year: (1997). Gustavo Gutierrez
Fr Paul W Kelly
scripture scholar William Barclay, as cited above ): "the first disciples are sent out on their first missionary assignment as raw recruits, with little to help them, but the lessons they learn here will be greatly needed later. Whatever we seek to achieve in Jesus' name, we are indeed doing it in the name of Jesus... not in our own names or by our own powers of talents....//.We are given the assistance that we need. Jesus reminds us that the crucial factor is not that we are personally powerful or that we are successful. What really matters is that we are doing the will of God, in Jesus' name, and it is this which is the reason for our ultimate salvation").
[Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 1901120383 - walking on old cobblestones street - Photo Contributor: Matej Kastelic]
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C (03-Jul-22) (EPISODE-372)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (or/ The Lord be with You)
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{{Shalom (peace)}}
Coming together as brothers and sisters in Christ, let us prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries by recalling our sins and remembering Christs greater mercy.
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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Ps 66:1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a, 16+20. "Let all the earth cry out to God with Joy"
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Luke 10:1-12, 17-20). Alleluia, alleluia! May the Peace of Christ reign in your hearts, and the fullness of his message live within you.
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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PREFACE: Sundays Ordinary IV
Euch prayer II
(pre+post variation: v1-SHORT)
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{I pray that you have a wonderful and grace-filled week.}
Go forth, the Mass is ended.
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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 Kelly - 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 MV5 Digital Condenser (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 - 2022]
May God bless and keep you.
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May God bless and keep you.
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