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-5a-fifth-sunday-of-easter-a-ep-419
Many thanks,
The Parish Team
Fifth Sunday of Easter. Year A - Sunday, May 7, 2023 (EPISODE-419 )
Readings for Sunday, May 7, 2023 - Fifth Sunday of Easter. Year A
FIRST READING: Acts 6:1-7
Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19. "Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you."
SECOND READING: 1 Pet 2:4-9
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (John 14:6). Alleluia, alleluia! I am the way, the truth and the Life, says the Lord. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
GOSPEL: John 14:1-12
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers, and homily), for the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Year A - Sunday, May 7, 2023, by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-5a-fifth-sunday-of-easter-a-ep-419 (EPISODE- 419)
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Jesus
said those famous words… I am the Way,
the Truth and the Life….. which also could be said as… I am the ROAD, the TRUE Path and the meaning
of truly and fully living…..
Robert
Frost, in his poem "The Road Not Taken," tells about a decision he made:
"Two
roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I
took the one less travelled by,
And
that has made all the difference."
During
the Last Supper, Thomas and the other disciples were stunned into silence when
Jesus announced he must leave them. Thomas asked for directions on how to get
where Jesus was going. Tenderly, Jesus answered, "I am the Way, the Truth,
and the Life."
Like
Thomas, if we follow Jesus and live according to the values and principles he
lived by….. and do what Jesus has done,
we too will have truth and life; we will be at home with him and the Father.
The
road we choose to take must be one of faith. To travel the faith road, we must
live lives which are "turned to God," – that is, dependent upon him
for all that we do. Jesus has said that if we have faith in him, we have faith
in the Father, for he and the Father are one.
Jesus
has promised us that with faith we will be able to do his works. The works of
the Father through Jesus were to teach, heal, and comfort.
They
were the works of helping to discover truth, life, and love.
When
we do these works, we can say to Jesus, "It is the Father who lives in me
accomplishing his works."
The
road of Jesus is not the road taken by those who live by the ways of the
world…….
It
is certainly a road less travelled….. so
we ought never to be afraid that we are diverging down a path that is not the
'trendy' path, not the common way of responding to the events of life or the
action of others…….
But
the choice to follow this road will make all the difference.
It
is good for us this week to spend some time reflecting on our lives and our
path…..
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How
is the road of faith easy for you?
How
is it difficult for you?
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How do you feel when you make a decision that is different from that of your
group of friends or different from the common direction that our present
society tends to take…..? How does it feel to go down the road less travelled?
WHEN
WE leave behind our selfishness (we follow Jesus as the way)
When
we overcome our fear, (we follow Jesus as our truth).
When
we welcome the coming of Jesus daily in our life- we choose Jesus as our life!
When
we choose a path of mercy, compassion and respect, when the world around us
advises revenge, the “survival of the fittest” and 'every man or woman for themselves;
….we walking with Jesus along his way!
And
When
we take the risk to love and trust others,
- (we follow Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life).
Jesus’ WAY is love, compassion, mercy, kindness and justice.
Jesus’
TRUTH is the dignity of ALL creation and the right to dignity and reverence for
all people as all are created in love by God.
And
Jesus’ LIFE is service, self-giving, self-forgetting, and sharing.
This
path.. or WAY.. is true, like the poem says…. A very different and less travelled road
than the usual –well worn – and wide roads of the world…
(we, too, stand in the forest –as in the poem -
faced with two paths….. )
"Two
roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I
took the one less travelled by,
And
that has made all the difference."
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References:
REFERENCES: FR. PAUL W. KELLY; Celebrating the Gospels. By Gaynell Cronin.
Image Credit- Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 2202541749 - ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JULY 1, 2022: The fresco of Holy Trinity among the saints in the main apse of church St. Anton by Fritz Kunz (1921). Important information. Editorial Use Only. - Photo Contributor: Renata Sedmakova.
To listen to the 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
Also found at - https://tinyurl.com/FHLpwk
Fifth Sunday of Easter. Year A (Sunday, May 7, 2023) (EPISODE- 419)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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{{Thanks for joining us for this time of prayer and reflection}}
My brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to mind our sins.
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 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19. "Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (John 14:6). Alleluia, alleluia! I am the way, the truth and the Life, says the Lord. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
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: Preface IV of Easter
Eucharistic Prayer One
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{Thanks for joining us for this time of prayer and reflection}
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.
REFERENCES: FR. PAUL W. KELLY; Celebrating the Gospels. By Gaynell Cronin.
Image Credit- Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 2202541749 - ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JULY 1, 2022: The fresco of Holy Trinity among the saints in the main apse of church St. Anton by Fritz Kunz (1921). Important information. Editorial Use Only. - Photo Contributor: Renata Sedmakova.
To listen to the 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
Also found at - https://tinyurl.com/FHLpwk
- "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.
"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: - 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 - 2023]
May God bless and keep you.
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