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The following presentation is made possible
By the generosity of the viewers
Of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in Chicago.

Good morning and welcome
To Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
Today we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
My name is Dan Riley.
I’m joined by Tom McNamara and Molly Riley
And our celebrant is Father James Wallace.

∫ When I survey the wondrous Cross ∫
∫ On which the Prince of Glory died, ∫
∫ My richest gain I count but loss ∫
∫ And pour contempt on all my pride. ∫

In the name of the Father
And of the Son
And of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

The Lord be with you

And with your spirit.

Good morning, Brothers and Sisters.
Welcome from Mass on this Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Hope you are doing well in your Lenten journey.
It’s good to be with you to pray together,
To worship God together, to open our hearts
To receive His sanctifying grace.

And so let us prepare ourselves by calling to mind our sins.

I confess to Almighty God
And to you, my Brothers and Sisters,
That I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words,
In what I have done and in what I have failed to do,
Through my fault, through my fault,
Through my most grievous fault.

Therefore I ask Blessed Mary, ever Virgin,
All the Angels and Saints,
And to you, my Brothers and Sisters,
To pray for me to the Lord our God.

May Almighty God have mercy on us,
Forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

Amen.

∫ Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ Christ, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Christ, have mercy. ∫
∫ Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Lord, have mercy. ∫

Let us pray.

By your help we beseech you, Lord our God,
We walk eagerly in that same charity with which,
Out of love for the world,
Your Son handed Himself over to death.

Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God forever and ever.

Amen.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel.

Thus says the Lord God:
O my people, I will open your graves
And have you rise from them,
And bring you back to the land of Israel.

Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
When I open your graves and have you rise from them,
O my people!

I will put my Spirit in you that you may live,
And I will settle you upon your land;
Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.
I have promised, and I will do it, says the Lord.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫
∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫
∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫
∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫

∫ Out of the depths I cry to you, ∫
∫ O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. ∫
∫ O let your ears be attentive to the sound of my pleadings. ∫

∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫

∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.

Brothers and Sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh;
On the contrary, you are in the Spirit,
If only the Spirit of God dwells within you.

Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ
Does not belong to Him.
But Christ is in you.
Although the body is dead because of sin,
The Spirit is alive because of righteousness.

If the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus
From the dead dwells in you,
The One who raised Christ from the dead
Will give life to your mortal bodies also,
Through His Spirit dwelling in you.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫
∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫
∫ I am the Resurrection and the Life, says the Lord. ∫
∫ Whoever believes in Me, ∫
∫ Even if he dies, will never die. ∫
∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

Glory to you, O Lord.

The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying,
“Master, the one you love is ill.”

When Jesus heard this, He said,
“This illness is not to end in death but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
So when He had heard that he was ill,
He remained for two days in the place where He was.

Then after this He said to His disciples,
“Let us go back to Judea.”

When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus
Had already been in the tomb for four days.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out
To meet Him, but Mary sat at home.

Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.”

Martha said to Him, “I know he will rise
In the Resurrection on the last day.”

Jesus told her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.
Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, will live,
And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.
Do you believe this?”

She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I’ve come to believe
That you are the Christ, the Son of God,
The One who is coming into the world.”

He became perturbed and deeply troubled and said,
“Where have you laid him?”

They said to Him, “Sir, come and see.”

And Jesus wept.

So the Jews said, “See how He loved him.”

But some of them said, “Could not the One
Who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something
So that this man would not have died?”

So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Him,
“Lord, by now there will be a stench.
He has been dead for four days.”

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you
That if you believe you will see the glory of God?”

So they took away the stone.

And Jesus raised His eyes and said,
“Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me.
But because of the crowd here I have said this,
That they may believe that you sent me.”

And when He had said this, He cried out in a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out.”

The dead man came out,
Tied hand and foot with burial bands,
And his face was wrapped in a cloth.

So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”

Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
And seen what He had done began to believe in Him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

This is, we would say, one of the last miracles
In John’s Gospel before Jesus’ arrest and His Passion,
The raising of His friend Lazarus from the dead.

There’s a lot in this passage.
Every time I go on retreat,
I take a silent retreat every year,

I spend at least one time praying
With this passage because there’s so much here,
And there’s a lot that God, I think,
Wants to communicate to us in this.

So first take Martha and Mary and Lazarus, okay?
They’re a family in Bethany who Jesus is very close with.
And we hear in the Gospel that Jesus loved them very much.

And when He finds out that Lazarus is sick,
He doesn’t go right away,
Which is kind of interesting.

He loved them so much—
Why would He not leave right away
To take care of Lazarus?

Why does He wait two days for Lazarus to die?

Anyway, there’s something about that
That I think God will want to say to us.

Sometimes God leads us into pain, into suffering,
Because there’s something He wants to bring out of it.

Now I can’t give you the answer—
It’s something you’ve got to go through on your own.

But Jesus waits behind
When you want Him to come and fix your problem right away.
He lets you die, okay?

But you all know that our Lord is never
Going to let us remain dead—He’s going to raise us.

Martha and Mary, okay, they’re the sisters
Who are still living when their brother has died.

Remember that scene earlier in the Gospel
When Jesus goes to visit them:
Martha’s busy in the kitchen preparing the meal or whatever,
Mary’s relaxing at the feet of Jesus, listening.

We see this on display—
They have two different personalities,
The sisters, Martha and Mary.

Maybe Martha’s more active,
Mary’s more contemplative, if you will.

Mary is sitting at home now,
In kind of the dark, mourning the loss of her brother.
She hears Jesus coming, but she stays—she stays put.

Martha, this active, strong woman, goes out and meets Jesus
As He’s making His way to the house.

And you can almost imagine when Martha says,
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,”
She wouldn’t just say that somewhat neutrally—
She’s kind of yelling at Him, like, “How dare you?
Where were you? Come on.”

So Martha’s got that comfort with the Lord,
Which I think is very profound.

It’s a comfort I think Christ wants all of us
To have with Him—that we challenge Him
When He leads us into the suffering of death.

We’re not just going to sit by passively
And take it, but we’re going to say,
“Lord, what’s going on here?
I’ve prayed for this and nothing’s happening.”

So when Martha and Jesus are having their interaction,
Jesus doesn’t dismiss her, but they have this beautiful exchange:
“Do you believe that I can do this?”

And Martha then is able to say, “Yes, Lord, I believe
That he will rise on the third day.”

Then Jesus says, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.”

So this kind of wrestling with the Lord
Allows Jesus to articulate further part of His identity,
Which is that He is the Resurrection and the Life.

To say, “I am the Resurrection and the Life,”
Implies that there’s got to be a dying and a death.

So this is something we all have to go through in our life—
A dying and a death.
But Jesus is there to raise us up.

So there’s a lot more, but just the last point
I’ll bring up is Jesus weeping, okay,
Which is quite profound.

Jesus weeps after He hears—when He goes to them
And He says, “Okay, where have you laid Lazarus?”
The response is, “Come and see. Come and see.”

Now if you go back earlier in the Gospel according to John,
That’s the same phrase that Jesus tells the Apostles—
Peter and Andrew, James and John—
When they want to follow Him.

So they approach Jesus and they say,
“Hey, Lord, where are you staying?”
And He says, “Come and see.”

And they come and stay with Him that night,
And they fall in love with Jesus and they become Apostles.

“Lord, where are you staying?”
“Come and see.”
“Where is Lazarus laid?”
“Come and see.”

So it’s almost like the tables have turned on Jesus.
These people are the ones telling Jesus,
“Hey, come and see where we’re staying.”

And Jesus is so struck by that faith that He weeps.

Obviously He weeps because He’s sad about Lazarus’ death
And the whole town weeping.

But I think that back and forth between Jesus—
“Come and see”—
He said that to us at one time in our life,
When we’re kind of growing in our faith.

Now it’s our turn to say to Jesus,
“Hey, Lord, come and see my life.
I want you to experience what I’m going through.”

All these things will make us committed disciples
And help bring about the Kingdom of God.

Amen.

And so, friends, let us profess now our faith together:

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and Earth,
Of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
The Only Begotten Son of God,
Born of the Father before all ages,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
Begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
Through Him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation He came down from Heaven,
And by the Holy Spirit was incarnate
Of the Virgin Mary and became Man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
He suffered death and was buried,
And rose again on the third day
In accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into Heaven
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
And His Kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life,
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
Who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
Who has spoken through the Prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins,
And I look forward to the Resurrection of the dead,
And the life of the world to come.

Amen.

We lift our petitions to our loving and merciful Father.
Our response to each prayer will be, “Lord, hear our prayer.”

For the Church, may she be a sign of God’s light
And a beacon of hope in the world.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For those being baptized this Holy Saturday,
May their hearts be filled with the Holy Spirit.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For the boys and girls of Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
May they experience Christ’s love in their lives.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who are dying and their loved ones,
May Christ’s Resurrection fill them with hope and comfort.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

Good and gracious God,
Draw near to us and answer these prayers.
We make them through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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Pray, Brothers and Sisters, that my sacrifice and yours
May be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands
For the praise and glory of His name,
For our good and the good of all His holy Church.

Hear us, Almighty God, and having instilled in your servants
The teachings of the Christian faith,
Graciously purify them by the working
Of this sacrifice through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right and just.

It is truly right and just,
Our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere
To give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father,
Almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.

For as true Man He wept over Lazarus His friend,
And as eternal God raised him from the tomb.
Just as, taking pity on the human race,
He leads us by sacred Mysteries to new life.

Through Him the host of Angels adores your majesty
And rejoices in your presence forever.
May our voices, we pray, join with theirs
In one chorus of exultant praise, as we acclaim:

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∫ Holy, Holy, Holy, ∫
∫ Lord God of hosts. ∫
∫ Heaven and Earth are full of your glory. ∫
∫ Hosanna in the highest. ∫
∫ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. ∫
∫ Hosanna in the highest. ∫

You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.
Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,
By sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,
So that they may become for us.

The Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

At the time He was betrayed and entered willingly
Into His Passion, He took bread, and giving thanks, broke it,
And gave it to His disciples, saying:

“Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
For this is My Body, which will be given up for you.”

In a similar way, when supper was ended,
He took the chalice, and once more giving thanks,

He gave it to His disciples, saying:

“Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
For this is the chalice of My Blood,
The Blood of the new and eternal Covenant,
Which will be poured out
For you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of Me.”

The Mystery of Faith.

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∫ When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, ∫
∫ We proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again. ∫

Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial
Of His Death and Resurrection, we offer you, Lord,
The Bread of Life and the Chalice of Salvation,
Giving thanks that you have held us worthy
To be in your presence and minister to you.

Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,
We may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world,
And bring her to the fullness of charity,
Together with Leo our Pope and Blas… our Bishop,
And all the clergy.

Remember also our Brothers and Sisters
Who have fallen asleep in the hope of the Resurrection,
And all who have died in your mercy:
Welcome them into the light of your face.

Have mercy on us all, we pray,
That with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
Blessed Joseph, her spouse, with the Blessed Apostles,
And all the Saints who have pleased you
Throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life,
And may praise and glorify you
Through your Son, Jesus Christ.

Through Him, and with Him, and in Him,
O God, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
All glory and honor is yours, forever and ever.

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∫ Amen, Amen, Amen. ∫

Let us join our voices together
And pray for the coming of God’s Kingdom:

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name;
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those
Who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
Graciously grant peace in our days,
That, by the help of your mercy,
We may be always free from sin and safe from all distress,
As we await the blessed hope
And the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

For the Kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,
Now and forever.

Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles,
“Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,”
Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,
And graciously grant her peace and unity,
In accordance with your will,

Who live and reign forever and ever.

Amen.

The peace of the Lord be with you always.

And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

Peace be with you, Brothers and Sisters.

On behalf of Father Scott Donahue at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
All the residents here, all the staff—
Thank you for your love and your support.

Please know that we’re praying for you,
And your intentions here,
We’re holding in our hearts as we celebrate this Mass.

Enjoy the rest of the Lenten season.
God bless you this day.

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∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ have mercy on us. ∫

∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ have mercy on us. ∫

∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ grant us peace. ∫

Behold the Lamb of God,
Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,
But only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

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For those of you at home, please turn to page six
In your TV Mass guide and join in singing
Our Communion song,
“The steadfast love of the Lord.”

∫ O God of all the broken, ∫
∫ Look and see your children die; ∫
∫ They are grieving, lost, forsaken. ∫
∫ Do you hear them when they cry? ∫

∫ Yet, even now, we remember, ∫
∫ And we hold, still we hope: ∫
∫ For the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, ∫
∫ God’s mercies never come to an end. ∫
∫ They are new every morning, new every morning. ∫
∫ How great is your faithfulness, ∫
∫ Great is your faithfulness, O God! ∫

∫ O God, fill us with courage. ∫
∫ Rise and turn, and hear our prayer: ∫
∫ That our lives might bring your presence, ∫
∫ Bring your mercy. Bring your care. ∫

∫ We gather here to remember, ∫
∫ And we hope, still we hope: ∫
∫ For the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, ∫
∫ God’s mercies never come to an end. ∫
∫ They are new every morning, new every morning. ∫
∫ How great is your faithfulness, ∫
∫ Great is your faithfulness, O God. ∫

Let us all pray together now,
The Prayer for the Children of Mercy Home.

Our Lady of Mercy, we pray that you will guide,
Protect, and bless all boys and girls
Who this day have a home called Mercy.

May they find the Father’s mercy as we offer them our hearts,
In the name of your Son, Jesus Christ.

May they seek God’s mercy in action
Through our love, prayers, and sacrifices.

Let us pray.

We pray, Almighty God,
That we may always be counted among the members of Christ,
In whose Body and Blood we have Communion.
Who lives and reigns forever and ever.

Amen.

Have a blessed rest of your Lenten season,
And I have prayers for you on Palm Sunday,
And of course the Triduum.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing.

Bless, O Lord, your people
Who long for the gift of your mercy, and grant
That what at your prompting they desire
They may receive by your generous gift.
Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

May Almighty God bless you,
The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Go forth, the Mass has ended.

Thanks be to God.

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∫ There’s a wideness in God’s mercy ∫
∫ Like the wideness of the sea; ∫
∫ There’s a kindness in God’s justice ∫
∫ Which is more than liberty. ∫

∫ There is plentiful redemption ∫
∫ In the Blood that has been shed; ∫
∫ There is joy for all the members ∫
∫ In the sorrows of the Head. ∫

∫ Troubled souls, why will you scatter ∫
∫ Like a crowd of frightened sheep? ∫
∫ Foolish hearts, why will you wander ∫
∫ From a love so true and deep? ∫

∫ There is welcome for the sinner, ∫
∫ And more graces for the good; ∫

∫ There is mercy with the Savior, ∫
∫ There is healing in His Blood. ∫

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Hello, my friends, as you know, as I know,
This TV ministry at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls is so important.

It allows us to gather wherever you may be
To participate in the prayer of the Church.

It allows us to pray for one another,
And how important it is.

It allows you and me to pray for the children here
At Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.

We’re nourished by our presence together
And by the celebration of the Eucharist.

I just want to take this opportunity
To thank you so very much
For the ways in which you support this Mass
Here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.

Please consider doing that going forward, as well.

And may God bless you and your family and your friends
For all you do for the TV Mass
At Mercy Home for Boys and Girls and for our children.

The music for the broadcast of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home
Is generously provided by GIA Publications, Incorporated
And its World Library Publications division.

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The following presentation is made possible
By the generosity of the viewers
Of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in Chicago.

Good morning and welcome
To Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
Today we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
My name is Dan Riley.
I’m joined by Tom McNamara and Molly Riley
And our celebrant is Father James Wallace.

∫ When I survey the wondrous Cross ∫
∫ On which the Prince of Glory died, ∫
∫ My richest gain I count but loss ∫
∫ And pour contempt on all my pride. ∫

In the name of the Father
And of the Son
And of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

The Lord be with you

And with your spirit.

Good morning, Brothers and Sisters.
Welcome from Mass on this Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Hope you are doing well in your Lenten journey.
It’s good to be with you to pray together,
To worship God together, to open our hearts
To receive His sanctifying grace.

And so let us prepare ourselves by calling to mind our sins.

I confess to Almighty God
And to you, my Brothers and Sisters,
That I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words,
In what I have done and in what I have failed to do,
Through my fault, through my fault,
Through my most grievous fault.

Therefore I ask Blessed Mary, ever Virgin,
All the Angels and Saints,
And to you, my Brothers and Sisters,
To pray for me to the Lord our God.

May Almighty God have mercy on us,
Forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

Amen.

∫ Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ Christ, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Christ, have mercy. ∫
∫ Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Lord, have mercy. ∫

Let us pray.

By your help we beseech you, Lord our God,
We walk eagerly in that same charity with which,
Out of love for the world,
Your Son handed Himself over to death.

Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God forever and ever.

Amen.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel.

Thus says the Lord God:
O my people, I will open your graves
And have you rise from them,
And bring you back to the land of Israel.

Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
When I open your graves and have you rise from them,
O my people!

I will put my Spirit in you that you may live,
And I will settle you upon your land;
Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.
I have promised, and I will do it, says the Lord.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫
∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫
∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫
∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫

∫ Out of the depths I cry to you, ∫
∫ O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. ∫
∫ O let your ears be attentive to the sound of my pleadings. ∫

∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫

∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.

Brothers and Sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh;
On the contrary, you are in the Spirit,
If only the Spirit of God dwells within you.

Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ
Does not belong to Him.
But Christ is in you.
Although the body is dead because of sin,
The Spirit is alive because of righteousness.

If the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus
From the dead dwells in you,
The One who raised Christ from the dead
Will give life to your mortal bodies also,
Through His Spirit dwelling in you.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫
∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫
∫ I am the Resurrection and the Life, says the Lord. ∫
∫ Whoever believes in Me, ∫
∫ Even if he dies, will never die. ∫
∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

Glory to you, O Lord.

The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying,
“Master, the one you love is ill.”

When Jesus heard this, He said,
“This illness is not to end in death but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
So when He had heard that he was ill,
He remained for two days in the place where He was.

Then after this He said to His disciples,
“Let us go back to Judea.”

When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus
Had already been in the tomb for four days.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out
To meet Him, but Mary sat at home.

Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.”

Martha said to Him, “I know he will rise
In the Resurrection on the last day.”

Jesus told her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.
Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, will live,
And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.
Do you believe this?”

She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I’ve come to believe
That you are the Christ, the Son of God,
The One who is coming into the world.”

He became perturbed and deeply troubled and said,
“Where have you laid him?”

They said to Him, “Sir, come and see.”

And Jesus wept.

So the Jews said, “See how He loved him.”

But some of them said, “Could not the One
Who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something
So that this man would not have died?”

So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Him,
“Lord, by now there will be a stench.
He has been dead for four days.”

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you
That if you believe you will see the glory of God?”

So they took away the stone.

And Jesus raised His eyes and said,
“Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me.
But because of the crowd here I have said this,
That they may believe that you sent me.”

And when He had said this, He cried out in a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out.”

The dead man came out,
Tied hand and foot with burial bands,
And his face was wrapped in a cloth.

So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”

Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
And seen what He had done began to believe in Him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

This is, we would say, one of the last miracles
In John’s Gospel before Jesus’ arrest and His Passion,
The raising of His friend Lazarus from the dead.

There’s a lot in this passage.
Every time I go on retreat,
I take a silent retreat every year,

I spend at least one time praying
With this passage because there’s so much here,
And there’s a lot that God, I think,
Wants to communicate to us in this.

So first take Martha and Mary and Lazarus, okay?
They’re a family in Bethany who Jesus is very close with.
And we hear in the Gospel that Jesus loved them very much.

And when He finds out that Lazarus is sick,
He doesn’t go right away,
Which is kind of interesting.

He loved them so much—
Why would He not leave right away
To take care of Lazarus?

Why does He wait two days for Lazarus to die?

Anyway, there’s something about that
That I think God will want to say to us.

Sometimes God leads us into pain, into suffering,
Because there’s something He wants to bring out of it.

Now I can’t give you the answer—
It’s something you’ve got to go through on your own.

But Jesus waits behind
When you want Him to come and fix your problem right away.
He lets you die, okay?

But you all know that our Lord is never
Going to let us remain dead—He’s going to raise us.

Martha and Mary, okay, they’re the sisters
Who are still living when their brother has died.

Remember that scene earlier in the Gospel
When Jesus goes to visit them:
Martha’s busy in the kitchen preparing the meal or whatever,
Mary’s relaxing at the feet of Jesus, listening.

We see this on display—
They have two different personalities,
The sisters, Martha and Mary.

Maybe Martha’s more active,
Mary’s more contemplative, if you will.

Mary is sitting at home now,
In kind of the dark, mourning the loss of her brother.
She hears Jesus coming, but she stays—she stays put.

Martha, this active, strong woman, goes out and meets Jesus
As He’s making His way to the house.

And you can almost imagine when Martha says,
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,”
She wouldn’t just say that somewhat neutrally—
She’s kind of yelling at Him, like, “How dare you?
Where were you? Come on.”

So Martha’s got that comfort with the Lord,
Which I think is very profound.

It’s a comfort I think Christ wants all of us
To have with Him—that we challenge Him
When He leads us into the suffering of death.

We’re not just going to sit by passively
And take it, but we’re going to say,
“Lord, what’s going on here?
I’ve prayed for this and nothing’s happening.”

So when Martha and Jesus are having their interaction,
Jesus doesn’t dismiss her, but they have this beautiful exchange:
“Do you believe that I can do this?”

And Martha then is able to say, “Yes, Lord, I believe
That he will rise on the third day.”

Then Jesus says, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.”

So this kind of wrestling with the Lord
Allows Jesus to articulate further part of His identity,
Which is that He is the Resurrection and the Life.

To say, “I am the Resurrection and the Life,”
Implies that there’s got to be a dying and a death.

So this is something we all have to go through in our life—
A dying and a death.
But Jesus is there to raise us up.

So there’s a lot more, but just the last point
I’ll bring up is Jesus weeping, okay,
Which is quite profound.

Jesus weeps after He hears—when He goes to them
And He says, “Okay, where have you laid Lazarus?”
The response is, “Come and see. Come and see.”

Now if you go back earlier in the Gospel according to John,
That’s the same phrase that Jesus tells the Apostles—
Peter and Andrew, James and John—
When they want to follow Him.

So they approach Jesus and they say,
“Hey, Lord, where are you staying?”
And He says, “Come and see.”

And they come and stay with Him that night,
And they fall in love with Jesus and they become Apostles.

“Lord, where are you staying?”
“Come and see.”
“Where is Lazarus laid?”
“Come and see.”

So it’s almost like the tables have turned on Jesus.
These people are the ones telling Jesus,
“Hey, come and see where we’re staying.”

And Jesus is so struck by that faith that He weeps.

Obviously He weeps because He’s sad about Lazarus’ death
And the whole town weeping.

But I think that back and forth between Jesus—
“Come and see”—
He said that to us at one time in our life,
When we’re kind of growing in our faith.

Now it’s our turn to say to Jesus,
“Hey, Lord, come and see my life.
I want you to experience what I’m going through.”

All these things will make us committed disciples
And help bring about the Kingdom of God.

Amen.

And so, friends, let us profess now our faith together:

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and Earth,
Of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
The Only Begotten Son of God,
Born of the Father before all ages,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
Begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
Through Him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation He came down from Heaven,
And by the Holy Spirit was incarnate
Of the Virgin Mary and became Man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
He suffered death and was buried,
And rose again on the third day
In accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into Heaven
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
And His Kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life,
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
Who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
Who has spoken through the Prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins,
And I look forward to the Resurrection of the dead,
And the life of the world to come.

Amen.

We lift our petitions to our loving and merciful Father.
Our response to each prayer will be, “Lord, hear our prayer.”

For the Church, may she be a sign of God’s light
And a beacon of hope in the world.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For those being baptized this Holy Saturday,
May their hearts be filled with the Holy Spirit.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For the boys and girls of Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
May they experience Christ’s love in their lives.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who are dying and their loved ones,
May Christ’s Resurrection fill them with hope and comfort.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

Good and gracious God,
Draw near to us and answer these prayers.
We make them through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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Pray, Brothers and Sisters, that my sacrifice and yours
May be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands
For the praise and glory of His name,
For our good and the good of all His holy Church.

Hear us, Almighty God, and having instilled in your servants
The teachings of the Christian faith,
Graciously purify them by the working
Of this sacrifice through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right and just.

It is truly right and just,
Our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere
To give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father,
Almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.

For as true Man He wept over Lazarus His friend,
And as eternal God raised him from the tomb.
Just as, taking pity on the human race,
He leads us by sacred Mysteries to new life.

Through Him the host of Angels adores your majesty
And rejoices in your presence forever.
May our voices, we pray, join with theirs
In one chorus of exultant praise, as we acclaim:

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∫ Holy, Holy, Holy, ∫
∫ Lord God of hosts. ∫
∫ Heaven and Earth are full of your glory. ∫
∫ Hosanna in the highest. ∫
∫ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. ∫
∫ Hosanna in the highest. ∫

You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.
Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,
By sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,
So that they may become for us.

The Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

At the time He was betrayed and entered willingly
Into His Passion, He took bread, and giving thanks, broke it,
And gave it to His disciples, saying:

“Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
For this is My Body, which will be given up for you.”

In a similar way, when supper was ended,
He took the chalice, and once more giving thanks,

He gave it to His disciples, saying:

“Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
For this is the chalice of My Blood,
The Blood of the new and eternal Covenant,
Which will be poured out
For you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of Me.”

The Mystery of Faith.

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∫ When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, ∫
∫ We proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again. ∫

Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial
Of His Death and Resurrection, we offer you, Lord,
The Bread of Life and the Chalice of Salvation,
Giving thanks that you have held us worthy
To be in your presence and minister to you.

Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,
We may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world,
And bring her to the fullness of charity,
Together with Leo our Pope and Blas… our Bishop,
And all the clergy.

Remember also our Brothers and Sisters
Who have fallen asleep in the hope of the Resurrection,
And all who have died in your mercy:
Welcome them into the light of your face.

Have mercy on us all, we pray,
That with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
Blessed Joseph, her spouse, with the Blessed Apostles,
And all the Saints who have pleased you
Throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life,
And may praise and glorify you
Through your Son, Jesus Christ.

Through Him, and with Him, and in Him,
O God, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
All glory and honor is yours, forever and ever.

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∫ Amen, Amen, Amen. ∫

Let us join our voices together
And pray for the coming of God’s Kingdom:

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name;
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those
Who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
Graciously grant peace in our days,
That, by the help of your mercy,
We may be always free from sin and safe from all distress,
As we await the blessed hope
And the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

For the Kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,
Now and forever.

Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles,
“Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,”
Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,
And graciously grant her peace and unity,
In accordance with your will,

Who live and reign forever and ever.

Amen.

The peace of the Lord be with you always.

And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

Peace be with you, Brothers and Sisters.

On behalf of Father Scott Donahue at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
All the residents here, all the staff—
Thank you for your love and your support.

Please know that we’re praying for you,
And your intentions here,
We’re holding in our hearts as we celebrate this Mass.

Enjoy the rest of the Lenten season.
God bless you this day.

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∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ have mercy on us. ∫

∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ have mercy on us. ∫

∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ grant us peace. ∫

Behold the Lamb of God,
Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,
But only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

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For those of you at home, please turn to page six
In your TV Mass guide and join in singing
Our Communion song,
“The steadfast love of the Lord.”

∫ O God of all the broken, ∫
∫ Look and see your children die; ∫
∫ They are grieving, lost, forsaken. ∫
∫ Do you hear them when they cry? ∫

∫ Yet, even now, we remember, ∫
∫ And we hold, still we hope: ∫
∫ For the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, ∫
∫ God’s mercies never come to an end. ∫
∫ They are new every morning, new every morning. ∫
∫ How great is your faithfulness, ∫
∫ Great is your faithfulness, O God! ∫

∫ O God, fill us with courage. ∫
∫ Rise and turn, and hear our prayer: ∫
∫ That our lives might bring your presence, ∫
∫ Bring your mercy. Bring your care. ∫

∫ We gather here to remember, ∫
∫ And we hope, still we hope: ∫
∫ For the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, ∫
∫ God’s mercies never come to an end. ∫
∫ They are new every morning, new every morning. ∫
∫ How great is your faithfulness, ∫
∫ Great is your faithfulness, O God. ∫

Let us all pray together now,
The Prayer for the Children of Mercy Home.

Our Lady of Mercy, we pray that you will guide,
Protect, and bless all boys and girls
Who this day have a home called Mercy.

May they find the Father’s mercy as we offer them our hearts,
In the name of your Son, Jesus Christ.

May they seek God’s mercy in action
Through our love, prayers, and sacrifices.

Let us pray.

We pray, Almighty God,
That we may always be counted among the members of Christ,
In whose Body and Blood we have Communion.
Who lives and reigns forever and ever.

Amen.

Have a blessed rest of your Lenten season,
And I have prayers for you on Palm Sunday,
And of course the Triduum.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing.

Bless, O Lord, your people
Who long for the gift of your mercy, and grant
That what at your prompting they desire
They may receive by your generous gift.
Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

May Almighty God bless you,
The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Go forth, the Mass has ended.

Thanks be to God.

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∫ There’s a wideness in God’s mercy ∫
∫ Like the wideness of the sea; ∫
∫ There’s a kindness in God’s justice ∫
∫ Which is more than liberty. ∫

∫ There is plentiful redemption ∫
∫ In the Blood that has been shed; ∫
∫ There is joy for all the members ∫
∫ In the sorrows of the Head. ∫

∫ Troubled souls, why will you scatter ∫
∫ Like a crowd of frightened sheep? ∫
∫ Foolish hearts, why will you wander ∫
∫ From a love so true and deep? ∫

∫ There is welcome for the sinner, ∫
∫ And more graces for the good; ∫

∫ There is mercy with the Savior, ∫
∫ There is healing in His Blood. ∫

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Hello, my friends, as you know, as I know,
This TV ministry at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls is so important.

It allows us to gather wherever you may be
To participate in the prayer of the Church.

It allows us to pray for one another,
And how important it is.

It allows you and me to pray for the children here
At Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.

We’re nourished by our presence together
And by the celebration of the Eucharist.

I just want to take this opportunity
To thank you so very much
For the ways in which you support this Mass
Here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.

Please consider doing that going forward, as well.

And may God bless you and your family and your friends
For all you do for the TV Mass
At Mercy Home for Boys and Girls and for our children.

The music for the broadcast of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home
Is generously provided by GIA Publications, Incorporated
And its World Library Publications division.

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The following presentation is made possible
By the generosity of the viewers
Of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls in Chicago.

Good morning and welcome
To Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
Today we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Lent.
My name is Dan Riley.
I’m joined by Tom McNamara and Molly Riley
And our celebrant is Father James Wallace.

∫ When I survey the wondrous Cross ∫
∫ On which the Prince of Glory died, ∫
∫ My richest gain I count but loss ∫
∫ And pour contempt on all my pride. ∫

In the name of the Father
And of the Son
And of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

The Lord be with you

And with your spirit.

Good morning, Brothers and Sisters.
Welcome from Mass on this Fifth Sunday of Lent.
Hope you are doing well in your Lenten journey.
It’s good to be with you to pray together,
To worship God together, to open our hearts
To receive His sanctifying grace.

And so let us prepare ourselves by calling to mind our sins.

I confess to Almighty God
And to you, my Brothers and Sisters,
That I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words,
In what I have done and in what I have failed to do,
Through my fault, through my fault,
Through my most grievous fault.

Therefore I ask Blessed Mary, ever Virgin,
All the Angels and Saints,
And to you, my Brothers and Sisters,
To pray for me to the Lord our God.

May Almighty God have mercy on us,
Forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

Amen.

∫ Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ Christ, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Christ, have mercy. ∫
∫ Lord, have mercy. ∫
∫ – Lord, have mercy. ∫

Let us pray.

By your help we beseech you, Lord our God,
We walk eagerly in that same charity with which,
Out of love for the world,
Your Son handed Himself over to death.

Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God forever and ever.

Amen.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel.

Thus says the Lord God:
O my people, I will open your graves
And have you rise from them,
And bring you back to the land of Israel.

Then you shall know that I am the Lord,
When I open your graves and have you rise from them,
O my people!

I will put my Spirit in you that you may live,
And I will settle you upon your land;
Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.
I have promised, and I will do it, says the Lord.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫
∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫
∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫
∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫

∫ Out of the depths I cry to you, ∫
∫ O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. ∫
∫ O let your ears be attentive to the sound of my pleadings. ∫

∫ With the Lord there is mercy, ∫

∫ And fullness of redemption. ∫

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.

Brothers and Sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh;
On the contrary, you are in the Spirit,
If only the Spirit of God dwells within you.

Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ
Does not belong to Him.
But Christ is in you.
Although the body is dead because of sin,
The Spirit is alive because of righteousness.

If the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus
From the dead dwells in you,
The One who raised Christ from the dead
Will give life to your mortal bodies also,
Through His Spirit dwelling in you.

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫
∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫
∫ I am the Resurrection and the Life, says the Lord. ∫
∫ Whoever believes in Me, ∫
∫ Even if he dies, will never die. ∫
∫ Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. ∫

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

Glory to you, O Lord.

The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying,
“Master, the one you love is ill.”

When Jesus heard this, He said,
“This illness is not to end in death but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
So when He had heard that he was ill,
He remained for two days in the place where He was.

Then after this He said to His disciples,
“Let us go back to Judea.”

When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus
Had already been in the tomb for four days.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out
To meet Him, but Mary sat at home.

Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.”

Martha said to Him, “I know he will rise
In the Resurrection on the last day.”

Jesus told her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.
Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, will live,
And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.
Do you believe this?”

She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I’ve come to believe
That you are the Christ, the Son of God,
The One who is coming into the world.”

He became perturbed and deeply troubled and said,
“Where have you laid him?”

They said to Him, “Sir, come and see.”

And Jesus wept.

So the Jews said, “See how He loved him.”

But some of them said, “Could not the One
Who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something
So that this man would not have died?”

So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Him,
“Lord, by now there will be a stench.
He has been dead for four days.”

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you
That if you believe you will see the glory of God?”

So they took away the stone.

And Jesus raised His eyes and said,
“Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me.
But because of the crowd here I have said this,
That they may believe that you sent me.”

And when He had said this, He cried out in a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out.”

The dead man came out,
Tied hand and foot with burial bands,
And his face was wrapped in a cloth.

So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”

Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
And seen what He had done began to believe in Him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

This is, we would say, one of the last miracles
In John’s Gospel before Jesus’ arrest and His Passion,
The raising of His friend Lazarus from the dead.

There’s a lot in this passage.
Every time I go on retreat,
I take a silent retreat every year,

I spend at least one time praying
With this passage because there’s so much here,
And there’s a lot that God, I think,
Wants to communicate to us in this.

So first take Martha and Mary and Lazarus, okay?
They’re a family in Bethany who Jesus is very close with.
And we hear in the Gospel that Jesus loved them very much.

And when He finds out that Lazarus is sick,
He doesn’t go right away,
Which is kind of interesting.

He loved them so much—
Why would He not leave right away
To take care of Lazarus?

Why does He wait two days for Lazarus to die?

Anyway, there’s something about that
That I think God will want to say to us.

Sometimes God leads us into pain, into suffering,
Because there’s something He wants to bring out of it.

Now I can’t give you the answer—
It’s something you’ve got to go through on your own.

But Jesus waits behind
When you want Him to come and fix your problem right away.
He lets you die, okay?

But you all know that our Lord is never
Going to let us remain dead—He’s going to raise us.

Martha and Mary, okay, they’re the sisters
Who are still living when their brother has died.

Remember that scene earlier in the Gospel
When Jesus goes to visit them:
Martha’s busy in the kitchen preparing the meal or whatever,
Mary’s relaxing at the feet of Jesus, listening.

We see this on display—
They have two different personalities,
The sisters, Martha and Mary.

Maybe Martha’s more active,
Mary’s more contemplative, if you will.

Mary is sitting at home now,
In kind of the dark, mourning the loss of her brother.
She hears Jesus coming, but she stays—she stays put.

Martha, this active, strong woman, goes out and meets Jesus
As He’s making His way to the house.

And you can almost imagine when Martha says,
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,”
She wouldn’t just say that somewhat neutrally—
She’s kind of yelling at Him, like, “How dare you?
Where were you? Come on.”

So Martha’s got that comfort with the Lord,
Which I think is very profound.

It’s a comfort I think Christ wants all of us
To have with Him—that we challenge Him
When He leads us into the suffering of death.

We’re not just going to sit by passively
And take it, but we’re going to say,
“Lord, what’s going on here?
I’ve prayed for this and nothing’s happening.”

So when Martha and Jesus are having their interaction,
Jesus doesn’t dismiss her, but they have this beautiful exchange:
“Do you believe that I can do this?”

And Martha then is able to say, “Yes, Lord, I believe
That he will rise on the third day.”

Then Jesus says, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.”

So this kind of wrestling with the Lord
Allows Jesus to articulate further part of His identity,
Which is that He is the Resurrection and the Life.

To say, “I am the Resurrection and the Life,”
Implies that there’s got to be a dying and a death.

So this is something we all have to go through in our life—
A dying and a death.
But Jesus is there to raise us up.

So there’s a lot more, but just the last point
I’ll bring up is Jesus weeping, okay,
Which is quite profound.

Jesus weeps after He hears—when He goes to them
And He says, “Okay, where have you laid Lazarus?”
The response is, “Come and see. Come and see.”

Now if you go back earlier in the Gospel according to John,
That’s the same phrase that Jesus tells the Apostles—
Peter and Andrew, James and John—
When they want to follow Him.

So they approach Jesus and they say,
“Hey, Lord, where are you staying?”
And He says, “Come and see.”

And they come and stay with Him that night,
And they fall in love with Jesus and they become Apostles.

“Lord, where are you staying?”
“Come and see.”
“Where is Lazarus laid?”
“Come and see.”

So it’s almost like the tables have turned on Jesus.
These people are the ones telling Jesus,
“Hey, come and see where we’re staying.”

And Jesus is so struck by that faith that He weeps.

Obviously He weeps because He’s sad about Lazarus’ death
And the whole town weeping.

But I think that back and forth between Jesus—
“Come and see”—
He said that to us at one time in our life,
When we’re kind of growing in our faith.

Now it’s our turn to say to Jesus,
“Hey, Lord, come and see my life.
I want you to experience what I’m going through.”

All these things will make us committed disciples
And help bring about the Kingdom of God.

Amen.

And so, friends, let us profess now our faith together:

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and Earth,
Of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
The Only Begotten Son of God,
Born of the Father before all ages,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
Begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
Through Him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation He came down from Heaven,
And by the Holy Spirit was incarnate
Of the Virgin Mary and became Man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
He suffered death and was buried,
And rose again on the third day
In accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into Heaven
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
And His Kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life,
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
Who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
Who has spoken through the Prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins,
And I look forward to the Resurrection of the dead,
And the life of the world to come.

Amen.

We lift our petitions to our loving and merciful Father.
Our response to each prayer will be, “Lord, hear our prayer.”

For the Church, may she be a sign of God’s light
And a beacon of hope in the world.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For those being baptized this Holy Saturday,
May their hearts be filled with the Holy Spirit.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For the boys and girls of Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
May they experience Christ’s love in their lives.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who are dying and their loved ones,
May Christ’s Resurrection fill them with hope and comfort.
We pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

Good and gracious God,
Draw near to us and answer these prayers.
We make them through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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Pray, Brothers and Sisters, that my sacrifice and yours
May be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands
For the praise and glory of His name,
For our good and the good of all His holy Church.

Hear us, Almighty God, and having instilled in your servants
The teachings of the Christian faith,
Graciously purify them by the working
Of this sacrifice through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right and just.

It is truly right and just,
Our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere
To give you thanks, Lord, Holy Father,
Almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.

For as true Man He wept over Lazarus His friend,
And as eternal God raised him from the tomb.
Just as, taking pity on the human race,
He leads us by sacred Mysteries to new life.

Through Him the host of Angels adores your majesty
And rejoices in your presence forever.
May our voices, we pray, join with theirs
In one chorus of exultant praise, as we acclaim:

∫ [piano music] ∫

∫ Holy, Holy, Holy, ∫
∫ Lord God of hosts. ∫
∫ Heaven and Earth are full of your glory. ∫
∫ Hosanna in the highest. ∫
∫ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. ∫
∫ Hosanna in the highest. ∫

You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.
Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,
By sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,
So that they may become for us.

The Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

At the time He was betrayed and entered willingly
Into His Passion, He took bread, and giving thanks, broke it,
And gave it to His disciples, saying:

“Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
For this is My Body, which will be given up for you.”

In a similar way, when supper was ended,
He took the chalice, and once more giving thanks,

He gave it to His disciples, saying:

“Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
For this is the chalice of My Blood,
The Blood of the new and eternal Covenant,
Which will be poured out
For you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of Me.”

The Mystery of Faith.

∫ [piano music] ∫

∫ When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, ∫
∫ We proclaim your death, O Lord, until you come again. ∫

Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial
Of His Death and Resurrection, we offer you, Lord,
The Bread of Life and the Chalice of Salvation,
Giving thanks that you have held us worthy
To be in your presence and minister to you.

Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,
We may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world,
And bring her to the fullness of charity,
Together with Leo our Pope and Blas… our Bishop,
And all the clergy.

Remember also our Brothers and Sisters
Who have fallen asleep in the hope of the Resurrection,
And all who have died in your mercy:
Welcome them into the light of your face.

Have mercy on us all, we pray,
That with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
Blessed Joseph, her spouse, with the Blessed Apostles,
And all the Saints who have pleased you
Throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life,
And may praise and glorify you
Through your Son, Jesus Christ.

Through Him, and with Him, and in Him,
O God, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
All glory and honor is yours, forever and ever.

∫ [piano music] ∫

∫ Amen, Amen, Amen. ∫

Let us join our voices together
And pray for the coming of God’s Kingdom:

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name;
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those
Who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
Graciously grant peace in our days,
That, by the help of your mercy,
We may be always free from sin and safe from all distress,
As we await the blessed hope
And the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

For the Kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,
Now and forever.

Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles,
“Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,”
Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,
And graciously grant her peace and unity,
In accordance with your will,

Who live and reign forever and ever.

Amen.

The peace of the Lord be with you always.

And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

Peace be with you, Brothers and Sisters.

On behalf of Father Scott Donahue at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
All the residents here, all the staff—
Thank you for your love and your support.

Please know that we’re praying for you,
And your intentions here,
We’re holding in our hearts as we celebrate this Mass.

Enjoy the rest of the Lenten season.
God bless you this day.

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∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ have mercy on us. ∫

∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ have mercy on us. ∫

∫ Lamb of God, ∫
∫ you take away the sins of the world, ∫
∫ grant us peace. ∫

Behold the Lamb of God,
Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,
But only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

∫ [piano music] ∫

For those of you at home, please turn to page six
In your TV Mass guide and join in singing
Our Communion song,
“The steadfast love of the Lord.”

∫ O God of all the broken, ∫
∫ Look and see your children die; ∫
∫ They are grieving, lost, forsaken. ∫
∫ Do you hear them when they cry? ∫

∫ Yet, even now, we remember, ∫
∫ And we hold, still we hope: ∫
∫ For the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, ∫
∫ God’s mercies never come to an end. ∫
∫ They are new every morning, new every morning. ∫
∫ How great is your faithfulness, ∫
∫ Great is your faithfulness, O God! ∫

∫ O God, fill us with courage. ∫
∫ Rise and turn, and hear our prayer: ∫
∫ That our lives might bring your presence, ∫
∫ Bring your mercy. Bring your care. ∫

∫ We gather here to remember, ∫
∫ And we hope, still we hope: ∫
∫ For the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, ∫
∫ God’s mercies never come to an end. ∫
∫ They are new every morning, new every morning. ∫
∫ How great is your faithfulness, ∫
∫ Great is your faithfulness, O God. ∫

Let us all pray together now,
The Prayer for the Children of Mercy Home.

Our Lady of Mercy, we pray that you will guide,
Protect, and bless all boys and girls
Who this day have a home called Mercy.

May they find the Father’s mercy as we offer them our hearts,
In the name of your Son, Jesus Christ.

May they seek God’s mercy in action
Through our love, prayers, and sacrifices.

Let us pray.

We pray, Almighty God,
That we may always be counted among the members of Christ,
In whose Body and Blood we have Communion.
Who lives and reigns forever and ever.

Amen.

Have a blessed rest of your Lenten season,
And I have prayers for you on Palm Sunday,
And of course the Triduum.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing.

Bless, O Lord, your people
Who long for the gift of your mercy, and grant
That what at your prompting they desire
They may receive by your generous gift.
Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

May Almighty God bless you,
The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Go forth, the Mass has ended.

Thanks be to God.

∫ [piano music] ∫

∫ There’s a wideness in God’s mercy ∫
∫ Like the wideness of the sea; ∫
∫ There’s a kindness in God’s justice ∫
∫ Which is more than liberty. ∫

∫ There is plentiful redemption ∫
∫ In the Blood that has been shed; ∫
∫ There is joy for all the members ∫
∫ In the sorrows of the Head. ∫

∫ Troubled souls, why will you scatter ∫
∫ Like a crowd of frightened sheep? ∫
∫ Foolish hearts, why will you wander ∫
∫ From a love so true and deep? ∫

∫ There is welcome for the sinner, ∫
∫ And more graces for the good; ∫

∫ There is mercy with the Savior, ∫
∫ There is healing in His Blood. ∫

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Hello, my friends, as you know, as I know,
This TV ministry at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls is so important.

It allows us to gather wherever you may be
To participate in the prayer of the Church.

It allows us to pray for one another,
And how important it is.

It allows you and me to pray for the children here
At Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.

We’re nourished by our presence together
And by the celebration of the Eucharist.

I just want to take this opportunity
To thank you so very much
For the ways in which you support this Mass
Here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.

Please consider doing that going forward, as well.

And may God bless you and your family and your friends
For all you do for the TV Mass
At Mercy Home for Boys and Girls and for our children.

The music for the broadcast of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home
Is generously provided by GIA Publications, Incorporated
And its World Library Publications division.

∫ [piano music] ∫

This is, we would say, one of the last miracles
In John’s Gospel before Jesus’ arrest and His Passion,
The raising of His friend Lazarus from the dead.

There’s a lot in this passage.
Every time I go on retreat,
I take a silent retreat every year,

I spend at least one time praying
With this passage because there’s so much here,
And there’s a lot that God, I think,
Wants to communicate to us in this.

So first take Martha and Mary and Lazarus, okay?
They’re a family in Bethany who Jesus is very close with.
And we hear in the Gospel that Jesus loved them very much.

And when He finds out that Lazarus is sick,
He doesn’t go right away,
Which is kind of interesting.

He loved them so much—
Why would He not leave right away
To take care of Lazarus?

Why does He wait two days for Lazarus to die?

Anyway, there’s something about that
That I think God will want to say to us.

Sometimes God leads us into pain, into suffering,
Because there’s something He wants to bring out of it.

Now I can’t give you the answer—
It’s something you’ve got to go through on your own.

But Jesus waits behind
When you want Him to come and fix your problem right away.
He lets you die, okay?

But you all know that our Lord is never
Going to let us remain dead—He’s going to raise us.

Martha and Mary, okay, they’re the sisters
Who are still living when their brother has died.

Remember that scene earlier in the Gospel
When Jesus goes to visit them:
Martha’s busy in the kitchen preparing the meal or whatever,
Mary’s relaxing at the feet of Jesus, listening.

We see this on display—
They have two different personalities,
The sisters, Martha and Mary.

Maybe Martha’s more active,
Mary’s more contemplative, if you will.

Mary is sitting at home now,
In kind of the dark, mourning the loss of her brother.
She hears Jesus coming, but she stays—she stays put.

Martha, this active, strong woman, goes out and meets Jesus
As He’s making His way to the house.

And you can almost imagine when Martha says,
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died,”
She wouldn’t just say that somewhat neutrally—
She’s kind of yelling at Him, like, “How dare you?
Where were you? Come on.”

So Martha’s got that comfort with the Lord,
Which I think is very profound.

It’s a comfort I think Christ wants all of us
To have with Him—that we challenge Him
When He leads us into the suffering of death.

We’re not just going to sit by passively
And take it, but we’re going to say,
“Lord, what’s going on here?
I’ve prayed for this and nothing’s happening.”

So when Martha and Jesus are having their interaction,
Jesus doesn’t dismiss her, but they have this beautiful exchange:
“Do you believe that I can do this?”

And Martha then is able to say, “Yes, Lord, I believe
That he will rise on the third day.”

Then Jesus says, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.”

So this kind of wrestling with the Lord
Allows Jesus to articulate further part of His identity,
Which is that He is the Resurrection and the Life.

To say, “I am the Resurrection and the Life,”
Implies that there’s got to be a dying and a death.

So this is something we all have to go through in our life—
A dying and a death.
But Jesus is there to raise us up.

So there’s a lot more, but just the last point
I’ll bring up is Jesus weeping, okay,
Which is quite profound.

Jesus weeps after He hears—when He goes to them
And He says, “Okay, where have you laid Lazarus?”
The response is, “Come and see. Come and see.”

Now if you go back earlier in the Gospel according to John,
That’s the same phrase that Jesus tells the Apostles—
Peter and Andrew, James and John—
When they want to follow Him.

So they approach Jesus and they say,
“Hey, Lord, where are you staying?”
And He says, “Come and see.”

And they come and stay with Him that night,
And they fall in love with Jesus and they become Apostles.

“Lord, where are you staying?”
“Come and see.”
“Where is Lazarus laid?”
“Come and see.”

So it’s almost like the tables have turned on Jesus.
These people are the ones telling Jesus,
“Hey, come and see where we’re staying.”

And Jesus is so struck by that faith that He weeps.

Obviously He weeps because He’s sad about Lazarus’ death
And the whole town weeping.

But I think that back and forth between Jesus—
“Come and see”—
He said that to us at one time in our life,
When we’re kind of growing in our faith.

Now it’s our turn to say to Jesus,
“Hey, Lord, come and see my life.
I want you to experience what I’m going through.”

All these things will make us committed disciples
And help bring about the Kingdom of God.

Amen.