Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ

 

 

                          Gather us In

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We begin in the name of our Creative God, our brother Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. R] And also with you

 

Kyrie

Gracious God, you bring pardon and peace to your people,

     God have mercy R] God have mercy

Brother Jesus, you call us to be your living presence in the world,

     Christ, have mercy R] Christ, have mercy

Gracious God, you call us by name, and show us the way to you,

                                 God have mercy R] God have mercy

Opening Prayer

A Reading from the book of Genesis (Kathy N)

The ruler of Salem, Melchizedek, who was a priest of the Most High God, brought out bread and wine and blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed is the Most High God, Creator of heaven and Earth! And blessed be the Most High God, who delivered your oppressors into your hands.

The Word of God.   R] Thanks be to God

 

A reading from the first letter to the Corinthians

(Rita)

What I have passed on to you, I received from the Christ, that on the night he was betrayed, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, saying, “this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper, he took the cup of wine saying ”this is the cup of the New Covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink it, do it in remembrance of me.”

The Word of God.   R] Thanks be to God

 

Allelua

Gospel

Jesus welcomed the crowd and spoke to them about the reign of God and healed all who needed healing.

As sunset approached, the Twelve came and said to Jesus, "Dismiss the crowd, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, for this is a remote and isolated area."

Jesus answered them, "Give them something to eat yourselves!" The disciples replied,

"We have nothing but five loaves and two fish. Or do you want us to go and buy food for all these people?" There were about five thousand gathered. Not counting the women and children

Jesus said to the disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of fifty or so." They did so and got them all seated. Then, taking the five loaves and two fishes, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven, said a blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples for distribution to the crowd.

They all ate until they were satisfied and, when the leftovers were collected, there were twelve baskets full.

 

Homily

 

     Penny: May God be with you R] And also with you

     Penny: Lift up your hearts! R] We lift them up to the Lord

     Penny: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. R] It is right and just.

 

     Patti Wise and faithful God, you have birthed us in goodness, gifted us with life and cherished us in love. In the heart of our being, your Spirit dwells; a Spirit of courage and vision, a Spirit of wisdom and truth.

 

       Jay Cee: Sending among us Jesus, our Savior, you birth afresh in          our world the power of Sophia-Wisdom, and in the gift of the Spirit, your creative goodness blooms anew amid the variety and wonder of life.

 

      Penny In the power of that same Spirit, we lift our hearts in prayer, invoking anew the gift of wisdom and enlightenment, that we may continue to praise and thank you, in union with all who sing the ancient hymn of praise: 

     

Kathy N: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts! The heavens and Earth are full of Your glory! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. Hosanna in the highest!

 

Therese: We give thanks for the Creative Presence that began and sustains all that exists. We recognize that human life gives this Creator Spirit a particular way of coming to expression, and that in us the Spirit can sing and dance, speak and write, love and create.

 

Nick: Conscious that we live, move, and have our being in this Spirit, we give thanks for people throughout history who have affirmed this loving presence in all people and who have challenged people to give witness to this by lives characterized by mercy, gratitude, compassion, generosity, and forgiveness.

 

Gina: We give thanks for Jesus of Nazareth, who loved so greatly

and taught so clearly and courageously. He was able to set people free from images and ideas and religious practices that bound them into fear and a false sense of separation from the Source of all life and from one another. 

 

John: We remember that at the last Passover Jesus celebrated with his family and disciples, he gathered with them around the table. Before the meal began, he went among them to as servant washing their feet, touching their hearts.

When he returned to his place at the table, he lifted the bread, spoke the blessing, broke the bread and offered it to them saying:  

 

  All:  Take this, all of you, and eat, for this is my body which is for you.

 

Penny: At the end of the meal,
he lifted the cup, praised you for your goodness, and shared the cup with these words:

 

  All: “Take this, all of you, and drink: this is the cup of my blood, the cup of the new and everlasting covenant. Do this in memory of me.”

 

 

 

Juanita: We pray for all who allow the mind and heart and spirit of Jesus to motivate their actions. We pray that Christian leadership may be open and affirming, creative and challenging. We pray that all Christians might better recognize, acknowledge, and acclaim the Creative Spirit's presence in all people, always and in all places.

We rejoice in the giftedness of each person here.

 

Rita: We are grateful for who we are for each other.

We consider ourselves blessed in and by the Creative Spirit.

May we be truly eucharistic in all we do.

To this prayer we give our Amen.

 

Cathy P: For ourselves gathered here we ask the grace to be who and what we ritualize here: the "body of Christ,"

people committed by our "Amen"

to allowing this Spirit to move freely in our lives.

We give thanks that we have gathered here as the body of Christ.

 

For it is through him, with him and in him that we give give glory and praise to the Holy One forever and ever.

 

John: Let us pray with the words that Jesus gave us:

 

John: Our Beloved who is everywhere, be Holy your name. Let your sovereign counsel be known. Let your will be done on Earth as it is throughout the universe. Provide for us our needs each day and forgive us our offenses even as we have forgiven our offenders. Do not let us enter into temptation but deliver us from the evil one. From you is born all ruling will, the power and the life; the song that beautifies all. From age to age it renews.

Amen. 

 

Penny: Behold, this is the Lamb of God who invites us to this table to grace us with God’s presence and provide sustenance for our journey. How blessed are we who are called to the table of our God!

 

     R: Jesus, you make us worthy to receive you. By your word and presence we are healed.

 

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Concluding Prayer

 May we always realize your presence in our midst, O Risen God, as we struggle to go forth and do the work you have entrusted to us: to teach others your Gospel of justice and forgiveness by the example of our lives. May we reveal to the world your compassion in our midst, to be architects of your peace, bringing all nations and peoples under your commandment of love.  In Jesus’ name we pray.  R] Amen

Final blessing

Let us extend our hands and pray together our blessing of each other: Nick

May you meet the Risen One
in the ordinary, the humble, the every day.

May your hearts be filled with wonder
and stirred by the Spirit,
and your tables wide enough for all who hunger.

Go now to tend to the world with tenderness,
to speak truth with courage,
and to follow the Risen One in all things
with hearts open to surprise,
and lives grounded in grace. R] Amen.

 

 

 

Dismissal: Our Mass is ended, let us go in peace. R] Thanks be to God!

 

Canticle of the Turning

 

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Responder: Kathy N.

As the St. Andrew Daily Missal explains, "The feast of the Holy Trinity owes its origin to the fact that the ordinations of the Ember Saturday, which took place in the evening, were prolonged to the next day, which was Sunday and had no proper Mass at that date ... [a votive Mass of the Holy Trinity] was celebrated in some places on this Sunday; and since it occupied a fixed place in the liturgical calendar, this Mass was considered as establishing this Sunday as a special feast of the Blessed Trinity."

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Opening Prayer to the Holy Trinity Christine

Glory be to Abba, Who by His almighty power and love created me, making me in the image and likeness of God.

Glory be to the Son, Who by His Precious Blood delivered me from doubt, and opened for me the gates of heaven.

Glory be to the Wisdom Spirit, Who has sanctified me in the sacrament of Baptism, and continues to strengthen me by the graces 

Glory be to the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity, now and forever. Amen

Communal Reconciliation Rite: Penny

We pause now to remember the times we have let false messages about our unworthiness cloud our vision of the infinite depth of the love within us.  Now imagine the imperfections, chaos and messes of your life illuminated by a love within you that is healing and transforming you as you evolve and grow in awareness of your divinity and humanity.(Pause briefly. Then extend hands over your heart)

All: I love you, I forgive you, I am sorry, I thank you. 

Opening Prayer for Fathers  John

Abba God, 

Bless these men,

that they may find strength as fathers.

Let the example of their faith and love shine forth.

Grant that we, their sons and daughters,

may honor them always.

The Readings

First Reading: Lucia
A reading from the book of Proverbs.
Wisdom says this: YHWH gave birth to me at the beginning, before the first acts of creation.  I have been from everlasting, in the beginning, before the world began. Before the deep seas, I was brought forth, before there were fountains or springs of water before the mountains erupted up into place, before the hills, I was born —before YHWH created the earth or its fields, or even the first clods of dirt.
I was there when the Almighty created the heavens, and set the horizon just above the ocean, set the clouds in the sky, and established the springs of the deep, gave the seas their boundaries and set their limits at the shoreline. When the foundation of the earth was laid out, I was the skilled artisan standing next to the I was YHWH’s delight day after day, rejoicing at being in YHWH’s presence continuously rejoicing in the whole world and delighting in humankind.
The Word of God.            R. Thanks be to God.

 

Psalm 8 Linda

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and stars, which You set in place,

Who are we that You should be mindful of us, / that You should care for us?

How wonderful is Your Name, O God, through all the earth!

You have made us little less than the gods / and crowned us with glory and honor.

You have given us rule over the works of Your hands, / putting all things under our feet.

How wonderful is Your Name, O God, through all the earth!

All sheep and oxen, / yes, and the beasts of the field.

The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea / and whatever swims the paths of the seas.

How wonderful is Your Name, O God, through all the earth!

Second Reading  Gerry

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans

Now since we have been made right in God’s sight by our faith, we are at peace with God through our Savior Jesus Christ. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us to the grace in which we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to the day on which we will become all that God has intended.

But not only that, we rejoice in our afflictions!  We know perseverance; and character; and character does not disappoint, because God has been poured out in our hearts through the Spirit  Shopia, who has been given to us.

The Word of God. R. Thanks be to God.

 

Gospel Accumulation  (Marita)

ALLELUIA!
When I behold your heavens, the work of your hands,
the moon and stars which you set in place —
who are we that you should be mindful of us!
ALLELUIA! 

Karla: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

Jesus said to the disciples, I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear to hear it now.

When the Spirit of truth comes, Spirit Sophia will guide you into all truth. She will not speak on her own initiative, rather, she will speak only what she hears, and she will announce to you things that are yet to come.

In doing this, the Spirit will give glory to me, for she will take what is mine and reveal it to you.  Everything that Abba God has belongs to me.  This is why I said that the Spirit will take what is mine and reveal it to you.

The Good News of Salvation!

R. Glory and praise to our Savior Jesus Christ!

 

Homily  

 

 

Statement of Faith: Patti and Jaycee alternate verses

We believe in the Holy One, a divine mystery beyond all definition and rational understanding, the heart of all that has ever existed, that exists now, or that ever will exist.

We believe in Jesus, messenger of the Divine Word, bringer of healing, heart of Divine compassion, bright star in the firmament of the Holy One's prophets, mystics, and saints.

We believe that We are called to follow Jesus as a vehicle of divine love, a source of wisdom and truth, and an instrument of peace in the world.

We believe in the Spirit of the Holy One,
the life that is our innermost life,
the breath moving in our being,
the depth living in each of us.

We believe that the Divine kin-dom is here and now, stretched out all around us for those with eyes to see it, hearts to receive it, and hands to make it happen.

SIGN OF PEACE: Cathy W. 

Christ Jesus, you said to your friends: I leave you peace, my peace I give you. Look not on our failings, but on the faith of your Church, and grant us the peace and unity of your kin-dom where you live for ever and ever. Amen.

The peace of Christ be always with you.

R:  And also with you.

Let us offer each other a sign of Christ’s peace.

Prayer Intentions: Judy

As we prepare for this sacred meal, we are aware of our call to serve, and just as Jesus is anointed, so is each of us.  We bring to this table our prayers for the community.  Please share your blessings, cares, and concerns starting with the words, “I bring to the table…”,  When the intention has been said please respond "Loving Tribune, hear our prayer."  

We pray for these and all the unspoken intentions held in the silence of our hearts. Amen.

Karla:        

Our table has been prepared, and all are welcome to it.

Jay Cee:  Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life.

R:  Blessed be God forever.

Patti:   Blessed are you God of all creation, through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink.

R:  Blessed be God forever.  Holy One, accept these gifts from our hands, for the praise and glory of your name, for our good and the good of all your kin-dom.

Karla: With open hands and hearts, let us pray together our Eucharistic prayer:

Our God be with you.               

R: And also with you

Lift up your hearts.   

R: We lift them our God

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God         

 R: It is right and just

Linda:

O Heart of Love, Your Spirit moves through us that we are unified and undivided and in continuous communion with you.  Your Spirit moves through the love within us, expanding out in widening circles to embrace all people and creation in our evolving universe.

Please extend Your hands in blessing.

Karen:           

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might,

heaven and earth are full of your glory. 

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest. 

Christine:

You are indeed holy and to be glorified O God, you who love the human race and always walk with us on our journey of life.  Blessed indeed is your Son, present in our midst when we are gathered by his love and when, as once for the disciples, so now for each one of us, Jesus opens the scriptures and breaks the bread.

Epiclesis          

Karla:

Everyone extent your hands over your gifts of bread and wine.

We invoke Your Spirit upon the gifts of this Eucharistic table, bread of the grain and wine of the grape, that they may become gifts of wisdom+light and truth.

Lift Up Your Bread

On the night Jesus was betrayed, He took the bread, and gave thanks.  He blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his friends and to us saying:

All: Take this all of you and eat. This is my body, which will be given up for you.

Lift Up Your Cup

When the supper was ended, he took the cup.  Again, he gave thanks and praise, gave the cup to his friends and said:

All:Take this, all of you, and drink from it. This is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant.  Do this in memory of me.

 Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:

Cathy W.

Christ has died in all those who have passed away from violent

hate crimes.

Christ is rising in all those working for the well-being of humanity.

Christ comes each day in our ministry, prayers and actions for a renewed world with justice and equality for all.

Kathy N.            

For it is through living as Jesus lived, and loving as he loved, that we awaken to Your Spirit empowering us to work for justice and equality for all citizens in our country and for the life of your planet Earth. Amen

John:

 Let us pray as Jesus taught us: 

(a Celtic adaptation of the Prayer of Jesus by John Philip Newell)

 

O Holy One beyond all names,

Eternal Wellspring

May Love rise again in us today

With food for every table

Shelter for every family

And reverence for every life.

Forgive us our failings in love

And free us from all falseness

That the light of our souls may shine

And the strengths of our spirits endure

For Earth and all its people

This day, tonight, and forever.

Amen                 

Karla:This is the bread of life and the cup of blessing. Blessed are we who are called to Christ’s table. 

R: We are humbled by your gifts of life.

And now we will partake of the Body and Blood of Jesus.

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 Prayer After Communion: Penny

Healing God, we ask you to strengthen us in our concerns and care for one another, here and throughout the world, we ask you to bless our efforts for justice and equality so that, with our sisters and brothers, we may promote cultures of peace and nonviolence everywhere.   

Karla: The mass has ended,go in peace. We make this prayer in the name of Abba God; Jesus, the Christ and Wisdom Spirit.  Amen.

 

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