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-28c-ordinary-time-2022-episode-386/s-41qkR6nI3ZC
Many thanks,
The Parish Team
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year C - Sunday, October 9, 2022 (EPISODE- 386)
Readings for Sunday, October 9, 2022 - Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year C
FIRST READING: 2 Kgs 5:14-17
Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4. "The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power"
SECOND READING: 2 Tim 2:8-13
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Luke 17:11-19). Alleluia, alleluia! For all things, give thanks to God. Because this is what he expects of you in Christ Jesus.
GOSPEL: Luke 17:11-19
Image credit: By Renata Sedmakova. Shutterstock licensed photo ID: 1074985211. PARMA, ITALY - APRIL 16, 2018: The fresco Jesus healing the ten lepers in byzantine iconic style in Baptistery probably by Grisopolo from 13. cent. -
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Please listen to the audio-recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year C - Sunday, October 9, 2022, by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-28c-ordinary-time-2022-episode-386/s-41qkR6nI3ZC (EPISODE- 386)
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From the most ancient times... including in the time of Abraham and Moses.... right through to the time of Christ's disciples, one of the most important things for a true disciple is to continue to have and to foster a humble, grateful, remembering heart. When a a person or a community forgets the blessings of the past, and ceases to be grateful for what we have rather than be sad about what we have not.... everything goes awry. A grateful humble, remembering heart is our duty and our salvation... this is Faith, Hope and love.
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A writer, (whose name is not known), once declared….
"Happy are they who dwell not on what they have not,
but rather,
Happy are the ones who give thanks, for all that they do have."
The gospel today, is a very fitting reminder of the importance of being grateful for the gifts that God has given us…
So often it is all too easy to remember and stew over the things that have gone wrong….. the burdens and struggles…… but it can be at the expense of forgetting and minimising all the wonderful things that Go provides to us. There are so many things to be thankful for in life, that its so important to take the time out to remember them, and to give thanks…..
The readings remind us that "There is nothing better, and more and more necessary than a grateful, remembering heart." (pk)
One of the lepers was a Samaritan… Samaritans were hated by the Jewish people of the time….. they were not accepted …. But here was a group of lepers that included Jewish people and a Samaritan as well. What this shows is that these other Jewish lepers have accepted a Samaritan among them; rejection, marginalisation and Pain has brought them together. There is no distinction amongst these outcasts…….. suffering and exclusion has brought them together into one community. Also, Jesus accepts people with no distinctions……. They are all in need of healing, and he gives them all what they need…..irrespective of where they come from or what they believe.
However, the Samaritan is the only one who comes back to give thanks. In Jewish law… a person was not considered 'purified' or healed until the priests declared them clean again.. so they could be healed but not yet officially recognized… So, the other nine go off to fulfil the "letter of the law" of the requirements for purity, but the Samaritan realizes, 'wait a minute, I am ALREADY healed and purified by Jesus.. So, he immediately turns back to give thanks to the source of that healing and grace... Thanks to God, (to Jesus who is God made flesh). Samaritans were considered inferior and half pagan, and also Samaritans were considered "impure" and not to be associated with. Yet, the Samaritan here in this gospel is the only one who opens his heart to the Lord (v. 15) and who expresses the real content of purity.
The clean of heart are not those who merely observe rules and appear irreproachable, or who belong to a particular group of people, but rather those who are consistent and whose hearts and attitudes match their outward actions;……. People who act with humility, appreciation, and gratitude, for the overwhelming and generous graces that they have received.
The Samaritan is the one who remembers Jesus — This man is grateful; He is doubly marginalized as a leper and as a "foreigner". And so, while Jesus is on the way to Jerusalem where he will be killed at the hands of the defenders of formal legal rules about purity, Jesus gives life to this man who is truly pure in heart: "your faith has made you well."
It is all too easy to be tempted to "stew over" the things that have gone wrong… all the hurts and snubs and mistakes.. There are so many things to be grateful for in life, and it is so important to take the time out regularly, to remember the many blessings and graces…, and to give heartfelt thanks…..and keep them in the front of our minds. Especially for times of struggle.
In the old testament, the people of Israel regularly forgot the many blessings that God had given them and that led to grumbling and complaining. // Forgetting, grumbling and ruminating on the negative, can so easily lead to failing to count our blessings, which can then lead to turning away from God. …
St Paul in the second reading captures this well. He basically is saying… I have suffered everything for the gospel… however.. I will continue to trust in God and praise him… I will continue to focus on the GOOD news, because it is more powerful than bad news.. and no matter what happens.. there is more good news than bad.. and the good news of Christ will have the last word in everything…
It is really important to regularly sit at personal prayer-time, with a journal and a pen in hand…..and spend some quality time writing down any and every blessing, grace and joy that has come our way this day, this week.. this month.. or any time throughout our life…. In this prayer exercise, the object is to list ONLY the positive things that come to mind, the things we are grateful for… the countless gifts God has showered upon us….big and small…. Extraordinary as well as ordinary….. It will certainly keep our sense of perspective…. I truly believe that if we sat in prayer writing down all the blessings and gifts that we receive daily, we would fill that book of thanksgiving.. that book of graces… in days.. and by the end of the year we would have books piled up to the roof…..
Even specialists in emotional health remind us that what we focus on positive or negative can have profound effects on our sense of wellbeing… it's a bit like if we eat the wrong types of food .. not very nourishing food that is not full of the nutrition we need, if we eat too much junk food.. if we take into our bodies too much of the wrong things it will be bad for us… Same with what we focus on in our daily lives.. if we take in the negatives and minimize the positives… it will distort our perceptions and be bad for us. That is not to say we should be unrealistic or in denial about the many real difficult issues and struggles in life; but the sense of perspective helps us to keep turning to God and trusting that God's care is still with us.. God's blessings are, (as the psalms remind us), "not all in the past…" and we continue to praise God and trust in God's faithfulness and care.
Remembering Jesus Christ as St Paul asks us to do in the second reading…… (2 Tm 2:8) is about accepting Jesus' message of love without building up purely legal or religious boundaries and walls.
it always strikes me as incredibly important that the word we use to describe what we do here on Sundays as a community of faith is called "Eucharist"… which is an ancient Greek word that means 'thanksgiving.' This is not only what we do here on Sunday… It is also the people we are called to be in Christ… It is right and it is just to be people who 'always and everywhere…(- in word and in action) - give the Lord thanks and praise!"
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
MISSION 2000 – PRAYING SCRIPTURE IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY. YEAR C. BY MARK LINK S.J. –
SHARING THE WORD THROUGH THE LITURGICAL YEAR. GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ.
Image credit: By Renata Sedmakova. Shutterstock licensed photo ID: 1074985211. PARMA, ITALY - APRIL 16, 2018: The fresco Jesus healing the ten lepers in byzantine iconic style in Baptistery probably by Grisopolo from 13. cent. -
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year. Year C (Sunday, October 9, 2022)
(EPISODE- 386)
The Lord be with you.
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{{Welcome everyone}}
As we prepare to celebrate the great Sacramental feast of God's love, let us pause, recall our sins, and trust in God's infinite mercy.
[option two] (OHP Required)/ Presider: Have mercy on us, O Lord./ All: For we have sinned against you./ Presider: Show us, O Lord, your mercy. All: And grant us your salvation.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4. "The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power"
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Luke 17:11-19). Alleluia, alleluia! For all things, give thanks to God. Because this is what he expects of you in Christ Jesus.
Memorial Acclamation
3. Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
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PREFACE: Sundays Ordinary II
Eucharistic Prayer III
Communion side:
(theme variation: full)
(pre+post variation: v2-short)
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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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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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[ Production - KER - 2022]
May God bless and keep you.
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