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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.
Pentecost Sunday. Year C - Sunday, June 5, 2022 (EPISODE:368 )
Readings for 05-Jun-22 - Pentecost Sunday. Year C
FIRST READING: Acts 2:1-11
Ps 104:1+24, 29-30, 31+34. "Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth."
SECOND READING: Rom 8:8-17 (new)
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION ((no bibl. ref.)). Alleluia, alleluia! Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in them the fire of your love.
GOSPEL: John 14:15-16, 23b-26
Image Credit Shutterstock Item ID: 2100398038 - Holy Spirit religious symbol, white dove on red background - Vector Formats- Contributor: Xolopiks
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Mass, Readings, prayers, and homily), for Pentecost Sunday. Year C - 05-Jun-22 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/pentecost-year-c-faith-hope-and-love-2022-episode-368 (EPISODE:368)
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The Holy Spirit makes us disciples, able to be the Warm breath of human kindness at times of terrible coldness and need.....
In the first book of the Bible, we are told that God "breathed on" us the first day he created us. "Genesis tells us that the Lord put his lips to ours and breathed in us and gave us his spirit of life. And so we became human beings. And John tells us that on the day of Pentecost, the risen Lord breathed on us a second time and gave us new life in The Spirit. Courage replaced caution and a fire was lit in our hearts that has scattered the darkness of fear forever. Those first disciples became new creations and so we are. The new life of the Spirit has been given to us so as to call us to a heroic life, —- to be instruments of God's peace and mercy in a beautiful but broken world."
The Gospel today, from Saint John, tells us about the coming of the Holy Spirit. It is clear again that these early followers were hiding behind closed doors, feeling very, very fearful. And they were not imaging the danger. They were right to expect that they would be persecuted and harmed for being followers of Christ. The coming of the Holy Spirit takes their fears away. Interestingly the Spirit does not take the danger away, but it gives us disciples boldness to do what is right and not be frightened into backing down.
At the heart of our Christian life, fear is taken away, and peace and forgiveness are given. In turn, we as instruments and living vessels of God's Spirit, - we too can dispel the fears of others and proclaim peace and forgiveness that are given to us in Jesus. Our gifts are different, each person has different gifts. We need all the gifts that each person has so that we can continue the work of Christ in our world.
How different our world looks when we begin to recognize that each person brings his or her own gifts and that we need those gifts to live in the fullness of Jesus Christ.
We KNOW the Spirit is at work in our lives especially when the love and sacrifice we show is clearly coming from a loving hand far bigger than our own lives and our own finite motives and actions when we do actions that are loving and unselfish, we are deeply aware that there is a power and a loving presence at work in us that is bigger than just ourselves. ….Transcending our limitations … and not explainable only by our own actions… but bigger, ……. And "of which are freely cooperating part…."It is God's Holy Spirit at work in and through us. At work in the world. A power of unselfish, sacrificing love and service. Unconditional love. That is at the heart of creation.As the readings this weekend tell us, we become beloved sons and daughters of God, and heirs to God's kingdom.
We have been given the freedom of the children of God. But, this freedom is given to us in order that we too can live as Christ did, being all about service, sacrifice, and self-forgetting love.
The Gospel this weekend also reminds us that the presence and action of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in the lives of the church will always work to remind us of all that Christ did and said, and keep us close to Christ and his values. The Holy Spirit is the "Spirit of Truth." All who live by the Spirit, strive to live authentic, honest, integrated lives built on truth.
Finally… just an interesting insight -- … we often read this text about how (after the Spirit descended) people of different languages and cultures could all hear and understand….. but what is interesting is that the text does not say that the people were not speaking the same language… In fact, they were still speaking in the language of the different cultures present. But even so, they could all understand the same message. This is a reminder that the Spirit brings not uniformity, but diversity and variety. We are all ONE in that rich diversity because the common language we speak is the language of God… and that is LOVE…
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
Also quoting from the St Mary's College daily diary entry on the Holy Spirit;
MISSION 2000 – PRAYING SCRIPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY. YEAR B. BY MARK LINK S.J.;
SHARING THE WORD THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR. GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ;
MONASTERY OF CHRIST IN THE DESERT. ABBOT'S HOMILY
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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
Pentecost Sunday. Year C (05-Jun-22) (EPISODE: 368 )
The Lord be with you.
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My brothers and sisters, trusting in Gods mercy and love let us call to mind 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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Ps 104:1+24, 29-30, 31+34. "Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION ((no bibl. ref.)). Alleluia, alleluia! Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in them the fire of your love.
Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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PREFACE: the Mystery of Pentecost
Eucharistic Prayer III
(pre+post variation: v2-lonjg)
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Go forth, the Mass is ended. Alleluia! Alleluia!
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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.
-Come Holy Spirit Hymn: inspired by the Hymn by Rabanus Maurus (9th century). Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2020. Sound effects by Mark DiAngelo,
"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.
Sound Engineering and editing - P.W. Kelly.
Microphones: - RODE-NT-USB-mini
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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