The following presentation is [music] 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 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. My name is Dan Riley. I am joined by Tom McNamara and Matt Moran. And our celebrant is Father Jason Malave.

♪ Take up your cross. The Savior said, “If you would my disciple be, take up your cross with willing heart and humbly follow after me.” ♪

We mark, friends, our prayer together in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen. Amen.

The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.
-And with your spirit.

Thank you. We gather together for this 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. We gather around this Eucharistic table and to hear the word of God proclaimed in our midst. Let us be mindful of any ways we’re in need of Jesus’s healing touch.

Lord Jesus, you heal the sick. Lord have mercy.
-Lord have mercy.

Christ Jesus, you offer us pardon, peace, hope, and reconciliation. Christ have mercy.
-Christ have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you welcome us into the gates of paradise to be with you forever in heaven. Lord have mercy.
-Lord have mercy.

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

♪ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. ♪
♪ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. ♪

Let us pray. God of might, giver of every good gift, pour into our hearts the love of your name, so that by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good, and by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nurtured, through our Lord Jesus, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.
-Amen. Amen.

A reading from the book of the Prophet Jeremiah.

You duped me, oh Lord, and I let myself be duped. You were too strong for me, and you triumphed all the day. I am an object of laughter. Everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I must cry out. Violence and outrage is my message. The word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all the day. I say to myself, I will not mention Him. I will speak in His name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones. I grow weary holding it in. I cannot endure it.

The word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪
♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪
♪ Oh God, you are my God. At dawn I seek you. For you my soul is thirsting. My flesh is pining like a dry, weary land without water. ♪
♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.

I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourself to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

The word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪
♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪
♪ May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we may know what is the hope that belongs to our call. ♪
♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪

Friends, the Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew.
-Glory to you, O Lord.

The word of God be always on our minds, on our lips, and in our hearts. Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him. “God forbid, Lord, no such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan. You are an obstacle to me. You are not thinking as God does, but as human beings do.” Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with His angels in His Father’s glory, and then He will repay all according to his conduct.”

Friends, the Gospel of the Lord.
-Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ.

I can only imagine being there with Jesus and the disciples as Jesus is explaining what’s going to happen in just the short while. He’s telling them that he who they’ve been following and being nurtured by and learning from, that he, their friend and companion, that he, Jesus, is going to be tortured and going to be killed. I can’t imagine that was easy at all for the disciples to hear that story, to hear that prediction of what’s to come. I’m sure they were deeply, deeply distressed. Jesus is sharing very clearly the cross he is to pick up, to take, and the cross that he’ll be nailed to.

Jesus said to His disciples also that they must pick up their cross. They must, in many ways, we could say, sacrifice, that they’re called to sacrifice as well. We hear for Peter that way of sacrificing, or that way of changing his own life, comes very quickly for what he thinks is not what Jesus asks him to think. Think the way God thinks, not the way humans think. And so his cross is thinking, Peter’s cross is thinking in a different way, in a different manner. Peter picks up his cross, has to think differently what’s to come for his friend Jesus.

We are also invited very clearly by the Gospel to pick up our cross, which means sacrifice, which means sacrifice all for Christ Jesus. We give up an hour of our week every Sunday to come together and worship and praise with our sisters and brothers. That is a wonderful sacrifice that we offer. We sacrifice for our family members, for our husbands, for our wives. We sacrifice for our children. Jesus’s invitation to us is, in His name, take up the cross to follow Him very specifically. And that’s going to entail sacrifice. It did for Jesus, it did for His disciples, and it does for us.

A quick story. I had the opportunity to travel with my brother and his daughter, and she’s 15, and I gave up some of my vacation time to go with them, and you know, I thought to myself, I really want to do this, but I know that being with a teenager is going to be being with a teenager, but I wanted to go. I really wanted to go, but I’ll tell you, my heart wasn’t 100%. And so I found that first, that first day of the trip, the first day, there’s this internal struggle. I wanted to be there, but there was also the challenge of, I could be with my priest friends someplace else, and I wasn’t fully there. I wasn’t fully present, and I kind of exploded. I had to apologize later because I wanted to be there, but my heart was not behind the sacrifice, was not behind the journey, was not behind the vacation. So ultimately I got there, but I want to invite us to think about our sacrifice, our taking up the cross. Is our heart truly there? Are we there, or is our mind or is our desire someplace else? Because taking up the cross means that we’re all in. We’re all in. And not, you know, not in some kind of bombastic or pompous way, or not in some kind of a saccharine way, or not in some kind of a self-righteous way. No, as the second reading that Matt read for us so beautifully says, do so lovingly and generously and compassionately and beautifully. How do we, with our own hearts and lives, follow Christ Jesus, pick up our cross, which means entering into sacrifice, and then walking with Christ Jesus with a full and natural and beautiful heart, finding that balance that Jesus asks us to find.

The invitation. First of all, Jesus showed us what sacrifice looks like. It was a powerful sacrifice. The disciples experienced that sacrifice as well. And so do we. In the little things and the big things, we pick up our cross, enter into sacrificial love with Christ Jesus in a balanced, beautiful way. Thank you for the way that you do that.

Can I invite us to pray the Apostles’ Creed, the short one? Let’s pray together.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day, He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there, He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

We ask our generous God to hear the prayers and petitions we offer today. A response to each prayer will be, “Lord, hear our prayer.”

For our Church leaders, may they work together to bring peace, dignity, and justice to all people. Lord, hear our prayer.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who fear for the health and well-being of a loved one, may they find solace and hope through Christ’s love. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For the children of Mercy Home, may they find success in their studies as this new school year begins. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who are unemployed, may they have perseverance as they continue to seek ways to participate in God’s creation and work. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

Generous and loving God, hear the prayers of your faithful people. In mercy and love, grant these our humble prayers. We ask this, as always, through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.

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

By the mystery of this water and wine, we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled Himself to share in our humanity.

Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you, fruit of the vine, work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink. With humble spirit and contrite heart, we be accepted by you, oh Lord. May our sacrifice be pleasing to you, Lord God.

Friends, pray. Pray 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.

May this sacred offering, O Lord, confer on us always the blessing of salvation, that what it celebrates in mystery, it may accomplish in power, through Christ our Lord.
-Amen. Amen.

The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
Friends, lift up your hearts.
-We lift them up to the Lord.
And 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. For you laid the foundations of the world. You’ve arranged the changing of times and seasons. You formed us in your own image and you set us over the whole world in all its wonder, to rule in your name over all you have made, and forever praise you in your mighty works through Jesus our Lord. And so with all the angels we praise you as in joyful celebration we acclaim.

♪ 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, Jesus took bread and giving thanks, broke it. He 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, do this in memory of me.”

Friends, the mystery of faith.

♪ 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 Jesus’s death and resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you’ve held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly, 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, bring her to the fullness of charity. Together with Leo, our Pope, Blase, our Archbishop, and all the clergy, remember especially our sisters and brothers 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. And finally, have mercy on us all. We pray that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse, with the blessed Apostles and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be co-heirs 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.

-Amen. Amen. Amen.

At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we, friends, have the courage to pray.

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, 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. Graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will, who lives and reigns forever and ever.
-Amen. Amen.

Friends, the peace of the Lord be with you always.
-And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other a sign of peace.

Now, on behalf of everyone here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, please receive our prayer for peace for you and for your family. Peace to everyone at home.

♪ 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. ♪

Sisters and brothers in faith, behold the Lamb of God. Behold Jesus who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
-Lord, Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word, my soul shall be healed.

May the body and blood of Christ keep us all safe for everlasting life.

For those of you at home, please turn to page six of your TV Mass guide and join in singing our communion song, “Be Not Afraid.”

♪ You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of thirst. You shall wander far in safety, though you do not know the way. You shall speak your words in foreign lands, and all will understand. ♪
♪ You shall see the face of God and live. ♪
♪ Be not afraid. ♪
♪ I go before you always. Come, follow me, and I will give you rest. ♪

Friends, will you pray with me the prayer for all the boys and girls who this day call Mercy their 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 see God’s mercy in action through our love, prayers, and sacrifices.

Let us pray. Renewed, renewed by this bread from the heavenly table, we beseech you, Lord, that being the food of charity, it may confirm our hearts and stir us to serve you in our neighbor. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.
-Amen. Amen.

The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.

May almighty God bless you, friends, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen. Amen.

Our beautiful Mass has ended. Let us go in peace.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies. Lord of all to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. ♪

My friends, I just want to thank you for the ways in which you support the TV Mass here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. Let us continue to pray for one another. Please consider making an offering so that we can keep the TV Mass on the air, and may God bless you, your family members, and your friends.

The music for the broadcast of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home is generously provided by GIA Publications Incorporated and its World Library Publications Division.

The following presentation is [music] 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 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. My name is Dan Riley. I am joined by Tom McNamara and Matt Moran. And our celebrant is Father Jason Malave.

♪ Take up your cross. The Savior said, “If you would my disciple be, take up your cross with willing heart and humbly follow after me.” ♪

We mark, friends, our prayer together in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen. Amen.

The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.
-And with your spirit.

Thank you. We gather together for this 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. We gather around this Eucharistic table and to hear the word of God proclaimed in our midst. Let us be mindful of any ways we’re in need of Jesus’s healing touch.

Lord Jesus, you heal the sick. Lord have mercy.
-Lord have mercy.

Christ Jesus, you offer us pardon, peace, hope, and reconciliation. Christ have mercy.
-Christ have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you welcome us into the gates of paradise to be with you forever in heaven. Lord have mercy.
-Lord have mercy.

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

♪ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. ♪
♪ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. ♪

Let us pray. God of might, giver of every good gift, pour into our hearts the love of your name, so that by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good, and by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nurtured, through our Lord Jesus, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.
-Amen. Amen.

A reading from the book of the Prophet Jeremiah.

You duped me, oh Lord, and I let myself be duped. You were too strong for me, and you triumphed all the day. I am an object of laughter. Everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I must cry out. Violence and outrage is my message. The word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all the day. I say to myself, I will not mention Him. I will speak in His name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones. I grow weary holding it in. I cannot endure it.

The word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪
♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪
♪ Oh God, you are my God. At dawn I seek you. For you my soul is thirsting. My flesh is pining like a dry, weary land without water. ♪
♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.

I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourself to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

The word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪
♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪
♪ May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we may know what is the hope that belongs to our call. ♪
♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪

Friends, the Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew.
-Glory to you, O Lord.

The word of God be always on our minds, on our lips, and in our hearts. Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him. “God forbid, Lord, no such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan. You are an obstacle to me. You are not thinking as God does, but as human beings do.” Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with His angels in His Father’s glory, and then He will repay all according to his conduct.”

Friends, the Gospel of the Lord.
-Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ.

I can only imagine being there with Jesus and the disciples as Jesus is explaining what’s going to happen in just the short while. He’s telling them that he who they’ve been following and being nurtured by and learning from, that he, their friend and companion, that he, Jesus, is going to be tortured and going to be killed. I can’t imagine that was easy at all for the disciples to hear that story, to hear that prediction of what’s to come. I’m sure they were deeply, deeply distressed. Jesus is sharing very clearly the cross he is to pick up, to take, and the cross that he’ll be nailed to.

Jesus said to His disciples also that they must pick up their cross. They must, in many ways, we could say, sacrifice, that they’re called to sacrifice as well. We hear for Peter that way of sacrificing, or that way of changing his own life, comes very quickly for what he thinks is not what Jesus asks him to think. Think the way God thinks, not the way humans think. And so his cross is thinking, Peter’s cross is thinking in a different way, in a different manner. Peter picks up his cross, has to think differently what’s to come for his friend Jesus.

We are also invited very clearly by the Gospel to pick up our cross, which means sacrifice, which means sacrifice all for Christ Jesus. We give up an hour of our week every Sunday to come together and worship and praise with our sisters and brothers. That is a wonderful sacrifice that we offer. We sacrifice for our family members, for our husbands, for our wives. We sacrifice for our children. Jesus’s invitation to us is, in His name, take up the cross to follow Him very specifically. And that’s going to entail sacrifice. It did for Jesus, it did for His disciples, and it does for us.

A quick story. I had the opportunity to travel with my brother and his daughter, and she’s 15, and I gave up some of my vacation time to go with them, and you know, I thought to myself, I really want to do this, but I know that being with a teenager is going to be being with a teenager, but I wanted to go. I really wanted to go, but I’ll tell you, my heart wasn’t 100%. And so I found that first, that first day of the trip, the first day, there’s this internal struggle. I wanted to be there, but there was also the challenge of, I could be with my priest friends someplace else, and I wasn’t fully there. I wasn’t fully present, and I kind of exploded. I had to apologize later because I wanted to be there, but my heart was not behind the sacrifice, was not behind the journey, was not behind the vacation. So ultimately I got there, but I want to invite us to think about our sacrifice, our taking up the cross. Is our heart truly there? Are we there, or is our mind or is our desire someplace else? Because taking up the cross means that we’re all in. We’re all in. And not, you know, not in some kind of bombastic or pompous way, or not in some kind of a saccharine way, or not in some kind of a self-righteous way. No, as the second reading that Matt read for us so beautifully says, do so lovingly and generously and compassionately and beautifully. How do we, with our own hearts and lives, follow Christ Jesus, pick up our cross, which means entering into sacrifice, and then walking with Christ Jesus with a full and natural and beautiful heart, finding that balance that Jesus asks us to find.

The invitation. First of all, Jesus showed us what sacrifice looks like. It was a powerful sacrifice. The disciples experienced that sacrifice as well. And so do we. In the little things and the big things, we pick up our cross, enter into sacrificial love with Christ Jesus in a balanced, beautiful way. Thank you for the way that you do that.

Can I invite us to pray the Apostles’ Creed, the short one? Let’s pray together.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day, He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there, He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

We ask our generous God to hear the prayers and petitions we offer today. A response to each prayer will be, “Lord, hear our prayer.”

For our Church leaders, may they work together to bring peace, dignity, and justice to all people. Lord, hear our prayer.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who fear for the health and well-being of a loved one, may they find solace and hope through Christ’s love. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For the children of Mercy Home, may they find success in their studies as this new school year begins. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who are unemployed, may they have perseverance as they continue to seek ways to participate in God’s creation and work. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

Generous and loving God, hear the prayers of your faithful people. In mercy and love, grant these our humble prayers. We ask this, as always, through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.

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

By the mystery of this water and wine, we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled Himself to share in our humanity.

Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you, fruit of the vine, work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink. With humble spirit and contrite heart, we be accepted by you, oh Lord. May our sacrifice be pleasing to you, Lord God.

Friends, pray. Pray 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.

May this sacred offering, O Lord, confer on us always the blessing of salvation, that what it celebrates in mystery, it may accomplish in power, through Christ our Lord.
-Amen. Amen.

The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
Friends, lift up your hearts.
-We lift them up to the Lord.
And 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. For you laid the foundations of the world. You’ve arranged the changing of times and seasons. You formed us in your own image and you set us over the whole world in all its wonder, to rule in your name over all you have made, and forever praise you in your mighty works through Jesus our Lord. And so with all the angels we praise you as in joyful celebration we acclaim.

♪ 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, Jesus took bread and giving thanks, broke it. He 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, do this in memory of me.”

Friends, the mystery of faith.

♪ 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 Jesus’s death and resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you’ve held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly, 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, bring her to the fullness of charity. Together with Leo, our Pope, Blase, our Archbishop, and all the clergy, remember especially our sisters and brothers 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. And finally, have mercy on us all. We pray that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse, with the blessed Apostles and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be co-heirs 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.

-Amen. Amen. Amen.

At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we, friends, have the courage to pray.

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, 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. Graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will, who lives and reigns forever and ever.
-Amen. Amen.

Friends, the peace of the Lord be with you always.
-And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other a sign of peace.

Now, on behalf of everyone here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, please receive our prayer for peace for you and for your family. Peace to everyone at home.

♪ 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. ♪

Sisters and brothers in faith, behold the Lamb of God. Behold Jesus who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
-Lord, Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word, my soul shall be healed.

May the body and blood of Christ keep us all safe for everlasting life.

For those of you at home, please turn to page six of your TV Mass guide and join in singing our communion song, “Be Not Afraid.”

♪ You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of thirst. You shall wander far in safety, though you do not know the way. You shall speak your words in foreign lands, and all will understand. ♪
♪ You shall see the face of God and live. ♪
♪ Be not afraid. ♪
♪ I go before you always. Come, follow me, and I will give you rest. ♪

Friends, will you pray with me the prayer for all the boys and girls who this day call Mercy their 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 see God’s mercy in action through our love, prayers, and sacrifices.

Let us pray. Renewed, renewed by this bread from the heavenly table, we beseech you, Lord, that being the food of charity, it may confirm our hearts and stir us to serve you in our neighbor. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.
-Amen. Amen.

The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.

May almighty God bless you, friends, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen. Amen.

Our beautiful Mass has ended. Let us go in peace.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies. Lord of all to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. ♪

My friends, I just want to thank you for the ways in which you support the TV Mass here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. Let us continue to pray for one another. Please consider making an offering so that we can keep the TV Mass on the air, and may God bless you, your family members, and your friends.

The music for the broadcast of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home is generously provided by GIA Publications Incorporated and its World Library Publications Division.

The following presentation is [music] 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 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. My name is Dan Riley. I am joined by Tom McNamara and Matt Moran. And our celebrant is Father Jason Malave.

♪ Take up your cross. The Savior said, “If you would my disciple be, take up your cross with willing heart and humbly follow after me.” ♪

We mark, friends, our prayer together in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen. Amen.

The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.
-And with your spirit.

Thank you. We gather together for this 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. We gather around this Eucharistic table and to hear the word of God proclaimed in our midst. Let us be mindful of any ways we’re in need of Jesus’s healing touch.

Lord Jesus, you heal the sick. Lord have mercy.
-Lord have mercy.

Christ Jesus, you offer us pardon, peace, hope, and reconciliation. Christ have mercy.
-Christ have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you welcome us into the gates of paradise to be with you forever in heaven. Lord have mercy.
-Lord have mercy.

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

♪ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. ♪
♪ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. ♪

Let us pray. God of might, giver of every good gift, pour into our hearts the love of your name, so that by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good, and by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nurtured, through our Lord Jesus, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.
-Amen. Amen.

A reading from the book of the Prophet Jeremiah.

You duped me, oh Lord, and I let myself be duped. You were too strong for me, and you triumphed all the day. I am an object of laughter. Everyone mocks me. Whenever I speak, I must cry out. Violence and outrage is my message. The word of the Lord has brought me derision and reproach all the day. I say to myself, I will not mention Him. I will speak in His name no more. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones. I grow weary holding it in. I cannot endure it.

The word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪
♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪
♪ Oh God, you are my God. At dawn I seek you. For you my soul is thirsting. My flesh is pining like a dry, weary land without water. ♪
♪ My soul is thirsting for you, oh Lord. Thirsting for you, my God. ♪

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.

I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourself to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

The word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪
♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪
♪ May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we may know what is the hope that belongs to our call. ♪
♪ Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. ♪

Friends, the Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew.
-Glory to you, O Lord.

The word of God be always on our minds, on our lips, and in our hearts. Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him. “God forbid, Lord, no such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan. You are an obstacle to me. You are not thinking as God does, but as human beings do.” Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with His angels in His Father’s glory, and then He will repay all according to his conduct.”

Friends, the Gospel of the Lord.
-Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ.

I can only imagine being there with Jesus and the disciples as Jesus is explaining what’s going to happen in just the short while. He’s telling them that he who they’ve been following and being nurtured by and learning from, that he, their friend and companion, that he, Jesus, is going to be tortured and going to be killed. I can’t imagine that was easy at all for the disciples to hear that story, to hear that prediction of what’s to come. I’m sure they were deeply, deeply distressed. Jesus is sharing very clearly the cross he is to pick up, to take, and the cross that he’ll be nailed to.

Jesus said to His disciples also that they must pick up their cross. They must, in many ways, we could say, sacrifice, that they’re called to sacrifice as well. We hear for Peter that way of sacrificing, or that way of changing his own life, comes very quickly for what he thinks is not what Jesus asks him to think. Think the way God thinks, not the way humans think. And so his cross is thinking, Peter’s cross is thinking in a different way, in a different manner. Peter picks up his cross, has to think differently what’s to come for his friend Jesus.

We are also invited very clearly by the Gospel to pick up our cross, which means sacrifice, which means sacrifice all for Christ Jesus. We give up an hour of our week every Sunday to come together and worship and praise with our sisters and brothers. That is a wonderful sacrifice that we offer. We sacrifice for our family members, for our husbands, for our wives. We sacrifice for our children. Jesus’s invitation to us is, in His name, take up the cross to follow Him very specifically. And that’s going to entail sacrifice. It did for Jesus, it did for His disciples, and it does for us.

A quick story. I had the opportunity to travel with my brother and his daughter, and she’s 15, and I gave up some of my vacation time to go with them, and you know, I thought to myself, I really want to do this, but I know that being with a teenager is going to be being with a teenager, but I wanted to go. I really wanted to go, but I’ll tell you, my heart wasn’t 100%. And so I found that first, that first day of the trip, the first day, there’s this internal struggle. I wanted to be there, but there was also the challenge of, I could be with my priest friends someplace else, and I wasn’t fully there. I wasn’t fully present, and I kind of exploded. I had to apologize later because I wanted to be there, but my heart was not behind the sacrifice, was not behind the journey, was not behind the vacation. So ultimately I got there, but I want to invite us to think about our sacrifice, our taking up the cross. Is our heart truly there? Are we there, or is our mind or is our desire someplace else? Because taking up the cross means that we’re all in. We’re all in. And not, you know, not in some kind of bombastic or pompous way, or not in some kind of a saccharine way, or not in some kind of a self-righteous way. No, as the second reading that Matt read for us so beautifully says, do so lovingly and generously and compassionately and beautifully. How do we, with our own hearts and lives, follow Christ Jesus, pick up our cross, which means entering into sacrifice, and then walking with Christ Jesus with a full and natural and beautiful heart, finding that balance that Jesus asks us to find.

The invitation. First of all, Jesus showed us what sacrifice looks like. It was a powerful sacrifice. The disciples experienced that sacrifice as well. And so do we. In the little things and the big things, we pick up our cross, enter into sacrificial love with Christ Jesus in a balanced, beautiful way. Thank you for the way that you do that.

Can I invite us to pray the Apostles’ Creed, the short one? Let’s pray together.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day, He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there, He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

We ask our generous God to hear the prayers and petitions we offer today. A response to each prayer will be, “Lord, hear our prayer.”

For our Church leaders, may they work together to bring peace, dignity, and justice to all people. Lord, hear our prayer.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who fear for the health and well-being of a loved one, may they find solace and hope through Christ’s love. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For the children of Mercy Home, may they find success in their studies as this new school year begins. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

For those who are unemployed, may they have perseverance as they continue to seek ways to participate in God’s creation and work. We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.

Generous and loving God, hear the prayers of your faithful people. In mercy and love, grant these our humble prayers. We ask this, as always, through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.

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

By the mystery of this water and wine, we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled Himself to share in our humanity.

Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you, fruit of the vine, work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink. With humble spirit and contrite heart, we be accepted by you, oh Lord. May our sacrifice be pleasing to you, Lord God.

Friends, pray. Pray 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.

May this sacred offering, O Lord, confer on us always the blessing of salvation, that what it celebrates in mystery, it may accomplish in power, through Christ our Lord.
-Amen. Amen.

The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
Friends, lift up your hearts.
-We lift them up to the Lord.
And 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. For you laid the foundations of the world. You’ve arranged the changing of times and seasons. You formed us in your own image and you set us over the whole world in all its wonder, to rule in your name over all you have made, and forever praise you in your mighty works through Jesus our Lord. And so with all the angels we praise you as in joyful celebration we acclaim.

♪ 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, Jesus took bread and giving thanks, broke it. He 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, do this in memory of me.”

Friends, the mystery of faith.

♪ 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 Jesus’s death and resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you’ve held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly, 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, bring her to the fullness of charity. Together with Leo, our Pope, Blase, our Archbishop, and all the clergy, remember especially our sisters and brothers 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. And finally, have mercy on us all. We pray that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse, with the blessed Apostles and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be co-heirs 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.

-Amen. Amen. Amen.

At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we, friends, have the courage to pray.

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, 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. Graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will, who lives and reigns forever and ever.
-Amen. Amen.

Friends, the peace of the Lord be with you always.
-And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other a sign of peace.

Now, on behalf of everyone here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, please receive our prayer for peace for you and for your family. Peace to everyone at home.

♪ 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. ♪

Sisters and brothers in faith, behold the Lamb of God. Behold Jesus who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
-Lord, Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word, my soul shall be healed.

May the body and blood of Christ keep us all safe for everlasting life.

For those of you at home, please turn to page six of your TV Mass guide and join in singing our communion song, “Be Not Afraid.”

♪ You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of thirst. You shall wander far in safety, though you do not know the way. You shall speak your words in foreign lands, and all will understand. ♪
♪ You shall see the face of God and live. ♪
♪ Be not afraid. ♪
♪ I go before you always. Come, follow me, and I will give you rest. ♪

Friends, will you pray with me the prayer for all the boys and girls who this day call Mercy their 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 see God’s mercy in action through our love, prayers, and sacrifices.

Let us pray. Renewed, renewed by this bread from the heavenly table, we beseech you, Lord, that being the food of charity, it may confirm our hearts and stir us to serve you in our neighbor. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.
-Amen. Amen.

The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.

May almighty God bless you, friends, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen. Amen.

Our beautiful Mass has ended. Let us go in peace.
-Thanks be to God.

♪ For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies. Lord of all to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. ♪

My friends, I just want to thank you for the ways in which you support the TV Mass here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. Let us continue to pray for one another. Please consider making an offering so that we can keep the TV Mass on the air, and may God bless you, your family members, and your friends.

The music for the broadcast of Sunday Mass at Mercy Home is generously provided by GIA Publications Incorporated and its World Library Publications Division.

I can only imagine being there with Jesus and the disciples as Jesus is explaining what’s going to happen in just the short while. He’s telling them that he who they’ve been following and being nurtured by and learning from, that he, their friend and companion, that he, Jesus, is going to be tortured and going to be killed. I can’t imagine that was easy at all for the disciples to hear that story, to hear that prediction of what’s to come. I’m sure they were deeply, deeply distressed. Jesus is sharing very clearly the cross he is to pick up, to take, and the cross that he’ll be nailed to.

Jesus said to His disciples also that they must pick up their cross. They must, in many ways, we could say, sacrifice, that they’re called to sacrifice as well. We hear for Peter that way of sacrificing, or that way of changing his own life, comes very quickly for what he thinks is not what Jesus asks him to think. Think the way God thinks, not the way humans think. And so his cross is thinking, Peter’s cross is thinking in a different way, in a different manner. Peter picks up his cross, has to think differently what’s to come for his friend Jesus.

We are also invited very clearly by the Gospel to pick up our cross, which means sacrifice, which means sacrifice all for Christ Jesus. We give up an hour of our week every Sunday to come together and worship and praise with our sisters and brothers. That is a wonderful sacrifice that we offer. We sacrifice for our family members, for our husbands, for our wives. We sacrifice for our children. Jesus’s invitation to us is, in His name, take up the cross to follow Him very specifically. And that’s going to entail sacrifice. It did for Jesus, it did for His disciples, and it does for us.

A quick story. I had the opportunity to travel with my brother and his daughter, and she’s 15, and I gave up some of my vacation time to go with them, and you know, I thought to myself, I really want to do this, but I know that being with a teenager is going to be being with a teenager, but I wanted to go. I really wanted to go, but I’ll tell you, my heart wasn’t 100%. And so I found that first, that first day of the trip, the first day, there’s this internal struggle. I wanted to be there, but there was also the challenge of, I could be with my priest friends someplace else, and I wasn’t fully there. I wasn’t fully present, and I kind of exploded. I had to apologize later because I wanted to be there, but my heart was not behind the sacrifice, was not behind the journey, was not behind the vacation. So ultimately I got there, but I want to invite us to think about our sacrifice, our taking up the cross. Is our heart truly there? Are we there, or is our mind or is our desire someplace else? Because taking up the cross means that we’re all in. We’re all in. And not, you know, not in some kind of bombastic or pompous way, or not in some kind of a saccharine way, or not in some kind of a self-righteous way. No, as the second reading that Matt read for us so beautifully says, do so lovingly and generously and compassionately and beautifully. How do we, with our own hearts and lives, follow Christ Jesus, pick up our cross, which means entering into sacrifice, and then walking with Christ Jesus with a full and natural and beautiful heart, finding that balance that Jesus asks us to find.

The invitation. First of all, Jesus showed us what sacrifice looks like. It was a powerful sacrifice. The disciples experienced that sacrifice as well. And so do we. In the little things and the big things, we pick up our cross, enter into sacrificial love with Christ Jesus in a balanced, beautiful way. Thank you for the way that you do that.