Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. -Year B - Sunday, 14 July 2024 (EPISODE: 487)
Readings for Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.- Year B
FIRST READING: Amos 7:12-15
Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14. "Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation."
SECOND READING: Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (cf. Eph 1:17-18). Alleluia, alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our heart. That we might see how great is the hope to which we are called.
GOSPEL: Mark 6:7-13
(Shutterstock licensed stock photo - 315725582 SEBECHLEBY, SLOVAKIA - JULY 27, 2015: The Jesus Sends Out His Disciples lithography by artist Scheuchl 1907 in the book "Zivot Jezisa Krista bozskeho Spasitela naseho" printed in Trnava. Photo Contributor - Renata Sedmakova- augmented background )
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Please listen to the audio-recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B - Sunday, 14 July 2024 - by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-15th-sunday-ordinary-time-year-b-episode-487/s-P3z7xsq8Lf3
(EPISODE: 487)
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Prologue: As Saint Paul Says in the Second reading today: "God has showered us with EVERY spiritual gift," – so it is good for us to pause and ask ourselves…. How are we using all these gifts to live in harmony with God's loving vision for the world.?
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The spiritual gifts include wisdom, understanding, knowledge, discernment, courage, reverence, and wonder.
Our Lord must have known the effect and the radical originality of what he was proposing in his message. The gospel this weekend highlights the differences, particularly in the first reading. There were people in the time of the people of Israel and in Jesus' time as well, who were professional prophets.
They were born into a family of prophets. This was the family business. Just like others might be carpenters, some were prophets.
And they made their money and earned their bread and shelter by plying their trade as a prophet, which was often a rather financially rewarding occupation, particularly if you told people what they wanted to hear and avoided offending anyone with the truth. But in the first reading, we hear of Amos, and it's made quite clear that Amos is no professional prophet, but rather Amos is simply a poor shepherd who was called by God to speak God's word to the people. He's not there to reinforce people's self-serving worldviews.
He's there to build up the kingdom of God, not the kingdom of me. Our Lord calls his followers to that same authenticity and simplicity, to be open and faithful to God's word and God's vision, no matter how challenging, no matter how difficult it is to hear or how difficult it is to speak. However, at the same time, Jesus is calling us to an attitude and a practice of simplicity in our lifestyles and in our desires, to live more simply and to travel lightly with less baggage, whether it be physical, spiritual, or emotional baggage.
It's such an attractive and reassuring message in a world where we seem to be being called to the opposite kind of thing, that is possessiveness, to indulgence, to self-realization, usually at the expense of others, to materialism and to an unapologetic participation in unwholesome words, practices, and thoughts. Our Lord commissioned the disciples go out two by two. Again, in our modern culture, the desire to go it alone on projects and challenges is a familiar approach.
But this being an island unto oneself would have been a very rare attitude back in the days when belonging to a community meant everything. A person's very survival often depended upon being a member of that community and accepted by it. Nowadays, it seems a popular goal to be a self-made, self-sustaining person, as if they're a law unto themselves even.
Our Lord teaches the wisdom of not going it alone on our spiritual journey, especially when we're trying to share our faith or live in its very public dimensions. In the process of taking our faith out into the world and living it, we don't need a lot of baggage. In fact, we shouldn't have it, but we do need other people of faith to support us, to inspire us, guide and help us, and even at times challenge us.
There's really no such thing as a solo Christian. Christianity is not something that we can do best all by ourselves all the time. We know it's so much easier to tear down plans and arguments, much easier than it is to build them up or help make a vision work.
There seems to be all too many examples of people throughout the world acting before proper sober evaluation, or acting by actually seeking messages that reinforce our own predetermined interests. Christ calls us to act after due consideration, for the kind of world God is asking us to create by our decisions. Jesus' gospel is certainly not about self-serving choices.
Christ wants his disciples to travel lightly, so as to be free to live his good news. Our Lord commands us to be detached from "things", because "things" - and ever-increasing possessions easily can clutter up our lives and weigh us down. These "things" can block us from achieving our goal of proclaiming his gospel in action and in word.
Someone once wrote that half the confusion in the world comes from being unable to realize just how little we really need. So, if it's harder than ever for us to know how little we need, and how little some others have, perhaps the problem in our modern culture now is that there's an alarming and increasing gap, a blurring between the concepts of want and need. Our Lord clarifies this action with his teaching and his example.
As you travel through life, travel lightly.
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References:
Homily - Fr Paul W. Kelly
Shutterstock licensed stock photo - 315725582 SEBECHLEBY, SLOVAKIA - JULY 27, 2015: The Jesus Sends Out His Disciples lithography by artist Scheuchl 1907 in the book "Zivot Jezisa Krista bozskeho Spasitela naseho" printed in Trnava. Photo Contributor - Renata Sedmakova- augmented background.
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year B -(Sunday, 14 July 2024) (EPISODE: 487)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (or/ The Lord be with You)
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{{May Our Lord's care, comfort you}} welcome everyone, we gather - To take time to reflect upon the meaning of God's word for our everyday lives On this Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Brothers and sisters, as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the Lord's supper, let us recall our sins and acknowledge them in silence.
Lord Jesus, you were lifted up to draw all people to yourself: Lord, have mercy You shouldered the cross, to bear our suffering and sinfulness: Christ, have mercy You open for your people the way from death into 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
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14. "Lord, show us your mercy and love, and grant us your salvation."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (cf. Eph 1:17-18).). Alleluia, alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our heart. That we might see how great is the hope to which we are called.
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PREFACE: ordinary 3
Eucharistic Prayer 2
(theme variation: theme 1)
(post version: v1-short)
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{3. Many thanks for participating in this time of praise, worship and reflection upon our God's infinite love.}
1. Go forth; the Mass is ended.
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"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 (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. And (2024+) Rode Nt-1 + AI-1 Sound Mixer.
Editing equipment: -- MixPad Multitrack Studio Recording Software v10.49 (NCH Software).
NCH – WavePad Audio Editing Software. Masters Edition v 17.63 (NCH Software)
Sound Processing: iZotope RX 10 Audio Editor (Izotope Inc.)
[Production - KER - 2024]
May God bless and keep you.
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