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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 27th Sunday at Ordinary Time.
My name is Dan Riley.
I am joined by Tom McNamara and Colleen Cichon-Mulcrone
and our celebrant is Father Jason Malave.
∫ Holy, holy, holy, ∫
∫ Lord God Almighty. ∫
∫ Early in the morning ∫
∫ our song shall rise to thee. ∫
∫ Holy, holy, holy, ∫
∫ merciful and mighty. ∫
∫ God in three persons, ∫
∫ blessed Trinity. ∫
Friends, we mark our prayers as people of faith, together.
In the name of the Father
and the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen.
The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God
and the communion of the Spirit be with you.
-And with your spirit.
Thanks, friends.
We gather together around this Eucharistic table
and to hear the Word of God proclaimed in our midst.
A couple weeks ago we heard about God’s abundant blessings
that he showers down upon all of us.
We were reminded not to compare ourselves
but to be grateful for all that we received.
Today we’re invited to be good stewards
of all that God has given us,
remembering that if we’re not it’ll be taken away from us.
As we come together let us be mindful
of any times we weren’t good followers of Jesus,
good stewards or loving, as Jesus asks us.
Lord Jesus, you bring healing to our bodies and our souls.
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.
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∫ 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.
Almighty ever living God who in the abundance
of your kindness surpass the merits
and the desires of those who entreat you
pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads
and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.
We make this prayer through our Lord Jesus,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Spirit, one God forever and ever.
-Amen.
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
Let me now sing of my friend,
my friend’s song concerning his vineyard.
My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
He spaded it, cleared it of stones
and planted the choicest vines.
Within it he built a watchtower and hewed out a wine press.
Then he looked for the crop of grapes
but what it yielded was wild grapes.
Now inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I had not done?
Why, when I looked for the crop of grapes,
did it bring forth wild grapes?
Now, I will let you know what I mean to do with my vineyard:
take away its hedge, give it to grazing,
break through its wall, let it be trampled!
Yes, I will make it a ruin:
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
but overgrown with thorns and briars;
I will command the clouds not to send rain upon it.
The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah are his cherished plant.
He looked for judgment, but see, bloodshed,
for justice, but hark, the outcry!
The Word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.
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∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
∫ You brought a vine out of Egypt. ∫
∫ You drove out the nations and planted it. ∫
∫ It stretched out its branches to the sea, ∫
∫ to the river it stretched out its shoots. ∫
∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians.
Brothers and sisters, have no anxiety at all
but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving
make your requests known to God.
Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding
will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers and sisters,
whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is just,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is gracious,
if there is any excellence
and anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Keep on doing what you have learned
and received and heard and seen in me.
Then the God of peace will be with you.
The Word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.
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∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
∫ I have chosen you from the world, ∫
∫ says the Lord, ∫
∫ to go and bear fruit that will remain. ∫
∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew.
-Glory to you, O Lord.
[Priest speaks in whispers]
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people,
“Hear another parable.
There was a landowner who planted a vineyard,
put a hedge around it,
dug a wine press in it and built a tower.
Then he leased it to the tenants and went on a journey.
When vintage time drew near,
he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce.
But the tenants seized the servants,
one they beat, another they killed,
and the third they stoned.
Again, the landowner sent other servants,
more numerous than the first ones,
but they treated them in the same way.
Finally he sent his son to them, thinking,
‘They will respect my son.’
But when his tenants saw the son,
they said to one another, ‘This is the heir,
come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’
They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard
and killed him.
What will the owner of the vineyard
do to those tenants when he comes?”
They answered him,
“He will put those wretched men to a wretched death
and lease his vineyard to other tenants
who will give him the produce at the proper times.”
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read
in the Scriptures the stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone?
By the Lord has this been done.
It is wonderful in our eyes.
Therefore I say to you, the Kingdom of God
will be taken away from you and given
to a people that will produce its fruit.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
-Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Between the prophet Isaiah, that was our first reading,
and the Gospel just now,
we have two images of vineyards.
The first vineyard was not producing fruits.
No fault on the landlord, no fault on the people
who were tending the vineyard,
it just didn’t produce good fruit.
There was no fruit being produced in that vineyard
and so therefore, the land owner had no other option
except to let it go, let it be trampled over
because it just wasn’t producing fruit.
In the Gospel reading that we heard today,
the vineyard was producing fruit.
In fact, great fruit, it was doing just fine
except the tenants were being stingy.
They wouldn’t give to the landlord
what was due the landlord.
They wouldn’t give to the owner what was due the owner.
They were being stingy.
They weren’t being good stewards,
they were being stingy
and not allowing the owner to take what was his.
So, we have two images of our vineyard here.
One where there’s no good fruit,
another one where people were not practicing good stewardship.
I suppose friends, we could take a look at our own lives
and ask ourselves those two questions:
How are we producing good fruit?
How are we being good stewards?
Both really worthy of our own investigation of ourselves.
As a pastor of a big parish on the North Side,
Queen of Apostles, as a pastor,
I have to take a look at our ministries
and take a look at how are we doing as a parish.
And I have to ask myself the question about our ministries.
Are they producing good fruit?
Are they being good stewards?
And we are grateful to God that for the majority,
by and large, our ministries are doing well.
But there’s some times in terms of stewardship
people don’t leave the hall clean.
They just don’t.
They don’t leave the hall clean.
Some people, some groups do,
are good stewards and leave the hall really clean.
They make it actually cleaner than the way they found it.
They’re being good stewards and some could care less.
Friends, I use that silly example today,
I use that silly example of how clean is the hall,
how clean was it left the last time you used it,
as a reminder that really we’re called to be stewards
of all that God has given us,
whether it’s stewards of the good fruit of our family,
stewards of our good work at our job,
stewards of our ministry at our parish,
stewards of all the physical gifts
and emotional and spiritual gifts that God has given us,
how are we very good stewards of all that God has given us?
You see, Jesus was really calling out the chief priests,
the elders of the people,
because they weren’t being good stewards.
And he said he was going to take away
everything that they’ve been given
because they weren’t being good stewards.
We have to check into our own hearts.
How are we producing good fruit in all that we do?
How are we being good stewards
of all the gifts that God has given us?
Stewardship is a good word.
It’s one that we don’t use too often in church.
It kind of came up about 30 years ago
into our common parlance as a Church.
It’s a good word that reminds us that God
has given us so many gifts and we’re called to use them.
They’re not for us.
They’re meant to be passed out and passed along
to all those that we encounter.
Our family, our job,
our extended family, our church,
the building up of our community,
the building up of the Kingdom of God,
all the gifts, all the abundances
God has given us is meant to be passed along
to build up the Kingdom.
May we generously remember that we’re on for producing
good fruit and we’re on for then being good stewards
of all the gifts that God has given us.
If we don’t, it’ll be taken away.
Let us ask for the strength and the courage we need
to produce good fruit and then to share with others.
Shall we pray the Apostles’ Creed today?
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, 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’ll 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.
Friends, we offer together our prayers and our petitions.
Please respond: Lord, hear our prayer.
For our Holy Father and all who spread Christ’s Gospel message,
may they remain safe in their ministry.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For those who battle illness, may they be comforted
by the love and care of others and the healing touch of Christ.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For the children of Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
may they feel Christ’s love
as they continue their healing path.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For our deceased loved ones,
may they rest in the eternal peace
of God’s heavenly Kingdom.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
Compassionate and generous God,
hear the prayers of your faithful family.
In mercy and love, grant these our humble prayers
through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.
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Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation,
for through your goodness
we have received the bread we offer you.
Fruit of the earth and work of human hands
it will become for us the Bread of Life.
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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.
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So friends, sisters and brothers,
pray that my sacrifice, in fact your sacrifice,
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.
Accept, O Lord, we pray, the sacrifices instituted
by your commands, and through the sacred mysteries
which we celebrate with dutiful service,
graciously complete the sanctifying work by which
you are pleased to redeem us 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,
for you have laid the foundations of the world.
You arranged the changing of times and seasons.
You formed us in your own image
and 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:
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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, the fount of all holiness.
Make holy therefore these gifts, we pray
by sending out 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 in memory of me.”
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’ 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 we pray that partaking
of the Body and Blood of Christ Jesus,
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,
Our Lady of Mercy,
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.
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∫ Amen, amen, amen. ∫
As good stewards of all that we’ve been given,
we thank God and we pray
the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray,
asking us to call God our Father, so we 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,
and graciously grant her peace and unity
in accordance with your will,
who live and reign forever and ever.
-Amen.
My sisters and brothers,
the peace of the Lord be with you always.
-And with your spirit.
Let us offer one another a sign of Christ’s peace.
On behalf of everyone here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
please know of our deep prayers for you and your family.
Friends, peace be with you.
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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. ∫
Sisters and brothers, followers of Jesus,
behold Jesus. 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.
Only say the word, my soul shall be healed.
May the Body and Blood of Christ
keep us all safe for everlasting life.
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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,
‘Come to Me.’
∫ Come to me, come to me, come when you are weary. ∫
∫ Come to me, come to me, and I will give you rest. ∫
Friends, would you pray with me the prayer for the children
here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls?
We pray together:
Our Lady of Mercy, we pray that you will guide,
bless, and protect 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.
Grant us, almighty God,
that we may be refreshed and nourished by the Sacrament
which we have received so as to be transformed
into what we consume.
Through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.
Friends, the Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
May our generous and loving God continue to bless you friends,
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen.
Friends, Mass has ended. Go in peace.
-Thanks be to God.
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∫ Jesus shall reign where e’er the sun does ∫
∫ its excessive journeys run. ∫
∫ His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, ∫
∫ till moon shall wax and wane… ∫
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in which you support the TV Mass
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Let us continue to pray for one another.
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so that we can keep the TV Mass on the air.
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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 27th Sunday at Ordinary Time.
My name is Dan Riley.
I am joined by Tom McNamara and Colleen Cichon-Mulcrone
and our celebrant is Father Jason Malave.
∫ Holy, holy, holy, ∫
∫ Lord God Almighty. ∫
∫ Early in the morning ∫
∫ our song shall rise to thee. ∫
∫ Holy, holy, holy, ∫
∫ merciful and mighty. ∫
∫ God in three persons, ∫
∫ blessed Trinity. ∫
Friends, we mark our prayers as people of faith, together.
In the name of the Father
and the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen.
The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God
and the communion of the Spirit be with you.
-And with your spirit.
Thanks, friends.
We gather together around this Eucharistic table
and to hear the Word of God proclaimed in our midst.
A couple weeks ago we heard about God’s abundant blessings
that he showers down upon all of us.
We were reminded not to compare ourselves
but to be grateful for all that we received.
Today we’re invited to be good stewards
of all that God has given us,
remembering that if we’re not it’ll be taken away from us.
As we come together let us be mindful
of any times we weren’t good followers of Jesus,
good stewards or loving, as Jesus asks us.
Lord Jesus, you bring healing to our bodies and our souls.
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.
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∫ 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.
Almighty ever living God who in the abundance
of your kindness surpass the merits
and the desires of those who entreat you
pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads
and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.
We make this prayer through our Lord Jesus,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Spirit, one God forever and ever.
-Amen.
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
Let me now sing of my friend,
my friend’s song concerning his vineyard.
My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
He spaded it, cleared it of stones
and planted the choicest vines.
Within it he built a watchtower and hewed out a wine press.
Then he looked for the crop of grapes
but what it yielded was wild grapes.
Now inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I had not done?
Why, when I looked for the crop of grapes,
did it bring forth wild grapes?
Now, I will let you know what I mean to do with my vineyard:
take away its hedge, give it to grazing,
break through its wall, let it be trampled!
Yes, I will make it a ruin:
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
but overgrown with thorns and briars;
I will command the clouds not to send rain upon it.
The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah are his cherished plant.
He looked for judgment, but see, bloodshed,
for justice, but hark, the outcry!
The Word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.
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∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
∫ You brought a vine out of Egypt. ∫
∫ You drove out the nations and planted it. ∫
∫ It stretched out its branches to the sea, ∫
∫ to the river it stretched out its shoots. ∫
∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians.
Brothers and sisters, have no anxiety at all
but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving
make your requests known to God.
Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding
will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers and sisters,
whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is just,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is gracious,
if there is any excellence
and anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Keep on doing what you have learned
and received and heard and seen in me.
Then the God of peace will be with you.
The Word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
∫ I have chosen you from the world, ∫
∫ says the Lord, ∫
∫ to go and bear fruit that will remain. ∫
∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew.
-Glory to you, O Lord.
[Priest speaks in whispers]
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people,
“Hear another parable.
There was a landowner who planted a vineyard,
put a hedge around it,
dug a wine press in it and built a tower.
Then he leased it to the tenants and went on a journey.
When vintage time drew near,
he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce.
But the tenants seized the servants,
one they beat, another they killed,
and the third they stoned.
Again, the landowner sent other servants,
more numerous than the first ones,
but they treated them in the same way.
Finally he sent his son to them, thinking,
‘They will respect my son.’
But when his tenants saw the son,
they said to one another, ‘This is the heir,
come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’
They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard
and killed him.
What will the owner of the vineyard
do to those tenants when he comes?”
They answered him,
“He will put those wretched men to a wretched death
and lease his vineyard to other tenants
who will give him the produce at the proper times.”
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read
in the Scriptures the stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone?
By the Lord has this been done.
It is wonderful in our eyes.
Therefore I say to you, the Kingdom of God
will be taken away from you and given
to a people that will produce its fruit.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
-Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Between the prophet Isaiah, that was our first reading,
and the Gospel just now,
we have two images of vineyards.
The first vineyard was not producing fruits.
No fault on the landlord, no fault on the people
who were tending the vineyard,
it just didn’t produce good fruit.
There was no fruit being produced in that vineyard
and so therefore, the land owner had no other option
except to let it go, let it be trampled over
because it just wasn’t producing fruit.
In the Gospel reading that we heard today,
the vineyard was producing fruit.
In fact, great fruit, it was doing just fine
except the tenants were being stingy.
They wouldn’t give to the landlord
what was due the landlord.
They wouldn’t give to the owner what was due the owner.
They were being stingy.
They weren’t being good stewards,
they were being stingy
and not allowing the owner to take what was his.
So, we have two images of our vineyard here.
One where there’s no good fruit,
another one where people were not practicing good stewardship.
I suppose friends, we could take a look at our own lives
and ask ourselves those two questions:
How are we producing good fruit?
How are we being good stewards?
Both really worthy of our own investigation of ourselves.
As a pastor of a big parish on the North Side,
Queen of Apostles, as a pastor,
I have to take a look at our ministries
and take a look at how are we doing as a parish.
And I have to ask myself the question about our ministries.
Are they producing good fruit?
Are they being good stewards?
And we are grateful to God that for the majority,
by and large, our ministries are doing well.
But there’s some times in terms of stewardship
people don’t leave the hall clean.
They just don’t.
They don’t leave the hall clean.
Some people, some groups do,
are good stewards and leave the hall really clean.
They make it actually cleaner than the way they found it.
They’re being good stewards and some could care less.
Friends, I use that silly example today,
I use that silly example of how clean is the hall,
how clean was it left the last time you used it,
as a reminder that really we’re called to be stewards
of all that God has given us,
whether it’s stewards of the good fruit of our family,
stewards of our good work at our job,
stewards of our ministry at our parish,
stewards of all the physical gifts
and emotional and spiritual gifts that God has given us,
how are we very good stewards of all that God has given us?
You see, Jesus was really calling out the chief priests,
the elders of the people,
because they weren’t being good stewards.
And he said he was going to take away
everything that they’ve been given
because they weren’t being good stewards.
We have to check into our own hearts.
How are we producing good fruit in all that we do?
How are we being good stewards
of all the gifts that God has given us?
Stewardship is a good word.
It’s one that we don’t use too often in church.
It kind of came up about 30 years ago
into our common parlance as a Church.
It’s a good word that reminds us that God
has given us so many gifts and we’re called to use them.
They’re not for us.
They’re meant to be passed out and passed along
to all those that we encounter.
Our family, our job,
our extended family, our church,
the building up of our community,
the building up of the Kingdom of God,
all the gifts, all the abundances
God has given us is meant to be passed along
to build up the Kingdom.
May we generously remember that we’re on for producing
good fruit and we’re on for then being good stewards
of all the gifts that God has given us.
If we don’t, it’ll be taken away.
Let us ask for the strength and the courage we need
to produce good fruit and then to share with others.
Shall we pray the Apostles’ Creed today?
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, 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’ll 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.
Friends, we offer together our prayers and our petitions.
Please respond: Lord, hear our prayer.
For our Holy Father and all who spread Christ’s Gospel message,
may they remain safe in their ministry.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For those who battle illness, may they be comforted
by the love and care of others and the healing touch of Christ.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For the children of Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
may they feel Christ’s love
as they continue their healing path.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For our deceased loved ones,
may they rest in the eternal peace
of God’s heavenly Kingdom.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
Compassionate and generous God,
hear the prayers of your faithful family.
In mercy and love, grant these our humble prayers
through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation,
for through your goodness
we have received the bread we offer you.
Fruit of the earth and work of human hands
it will become for us the Bread of Life.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
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.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
So friends, sisters and brothers,
pray that my sacrifice, in fact your sacrifice,
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.
Accept, O Lord, we pray, the sacrifices instituted
by your commands, and through the sacred mysteries
which we celebrate with dutiful service,
graciously complete the sanctifying work by which
you are pleased to redeem us 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,
for you have laid the foundations of the world.
You arranged the changing of times and seasons.
You formed us in your own image
and 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:
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ 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, the fount of all holiness.
Make holy therefore these gifts, we pray
by sending out 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 in memory of me.”
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’ 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 we pray that partaking
of the Body and Blood of Christ Jesus,
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,
Our Lady of Mercy,
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.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ Amen, amen, amen. ∫
As good stewards of all that we’ve been given,
we thank God and we pray
the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray,
asking us to call God our Father, so we 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,
and graciously grant her peace and unity
in accordance with your will,
who live and reign forever and ever.
-Amen.
My sisters and brothers,
the peace of the Lord be with you always.
-And with your spirit.
Let us offer one another a sign of Christ’s peace.
On behalf of everyone here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
please know of our deep prayers for you and your family.
Friends, peace be with you.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ 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, followers of Jesus,
behold Jesus. 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.
Only say the word, my soul shall be healed.
May the Body and Blood of Christ
keep us all safe for everlasting life.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
For those of you at home,
please turn to page six in your TV Mass guide
and join in singing our Communion song,
‘Come to Me.’
∫ Come to me, come to me, come when you are weary. ∫
∫ Come to me, come to me, and I will give you rest. ∫
Friends, would you pray with me the prayer for the children
here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls?
We pray together:
Our Lady of Mercy, we pray that you will guide,
bless, and protect 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.
Grant us, almighty God,
that we may be refreshed and nourished by the Sacrament
which we have received so as to be transformed
into what we consume.
Through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.
Friends, the Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
May our generous and loving God continue to bless you friends,
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen.
Friends, Mass has ended. Go in peace.
-Thanks be to God.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ Jesus shall reign where e’er the sun does ∫
∫ its excessive journeys run. ∫
∫ His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, ∫
∫ till moon shall wax and wane… ∫
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.
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.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫

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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 27th Sunday at Ordinary Time.
My name is Dan Riley.
I am joined by Tom McNamara and Colleen Cichon-Mulcrone
and our celebrant is Father Jason Malave.
∫ Holy, holy, holy, ∫
∫ Lord God Almighty. ∫
∫ Early in the morning ∫
∫ our song shall rise to thee. ∫
∫ Holy, holy, holy, ∫
∫ merciful and mighty. ∫
∫ God in three persons, ∫
∫ blessed Trinity. ∫
Friends, we mark our prayers as people of faith, together.
In the name of the Father
and the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen.
The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God
and the communion of the Spirit be with you.
-And with your spirit.
Thanks, friends.
We gather together around this Eucharistic table
and to hear the Word of God proclaimed in our midst.
A couple weeks ago we heard about God’s abundant blessings
that he showers down upon all of us.
We were reminded not to compare ourselves
but to be grateful for all that we received.
Today we’re invited to be good stewards
of all that God has given us,
remembering that if we’re not it’ll be taken away from us.
As we come together let us be mindful
of any times we weren’t good followers of Jesus,
good stewards or loving, as Jesus asks us.
Lord Jesus, you bring healing to our bodies and our souls.
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.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ 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.
Almighty ever living God who in the abundance
of your kindness surpass the merits
and the desires of those who entreat you
pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads
and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.
We make this prayer through our Lord Jesus,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Spirit, one God forever and ever.
-Amen.
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
Let me now sing of my friend,
my friend’s song concerning his vineyard.
My friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
He spaded it, cleared it of stones
and planted the choicest vines.
Within it he built a watchtower and hewed out a wine press.
Then he looked for the crop of grapes
but what it yielded was wild grapes.
Now inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I had not done?
Why, when I looked for the crop of grapes,
did it bring forth wild grapes?
Now, I will let you know what I mean to do with my vineyard:
take away its hedge, give it to grazing,
break through its wall, let it be trampled!
Yes, I will make it a ruin:
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
but overgrown with thorns and briars;
I will command the clouds not to send rain upon it.
The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah are his cherished plant.
He looked for judgment, but see, bloodshed,
for justice, but hark, the outcry!
The Word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
∫ You brought a vine out of Egypt. ∫
∫ You drove out the nations and planted it. ∫
∫ It stretched out its branches to the sea, ∫
∫ to the river it stretched out its shoots. ∫
∫ The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel. ∫
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians.
Brothers and sisters, have no anxiety at all
but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving
make your requests known to God.
Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding
will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers and sisters,
whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is just,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is gracious,
if there is any excellence
and anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Keep on doing what you have learned
and received and heard and seen in me.
Then the God of peace will be with you.
The Word of the Lord.
-Thanks be to God.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
∫ I have chosen you from the world, ∫
∫ says the Lord, ∫
∫ to go and bear fruit that will remain. ∫
∫ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ∫
The Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew.
-Glory to you, O Lord.
[Priest speaks in whispers]
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people,
“Hear another parable.
There was a landowner who planted a vineyard,
put a hedge around it,
dug a wine press in it and built a tower.
Then he leased it to the tenants and went on a journey.
When vintage time drew near,
he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce.
But the tenants seized the servants,
one they beat, another they killed,
and the third they stoned.
Again, the landowner sent other servants,
more numerous than the first ones,
but they treated them in the same way.
Finally he sent his son to them, thinking,
‘They will respect my son.’
But when his tenants saw the son,
they said to one another, ‘This is the heir,
come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’
They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard
and killed him.
What will the owner of the vineyard
do to those tenants when he comes?”
They answered him,
“He will put those wretched men to a wretched death
and lease his vineyard to other tenants
who will give him the produce at the proper times.”
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read
in the Scriptures the stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone?
By the Lord has this been done.
It is wonderful in our eyes.
Therefore I say to you, the Kingdom of God
will be taken away from you and given
to a people that will produce its fruit.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
-Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Between the prophet Isaiah, that was our first reading,
and the Gospel just now,
we have two images of vineyards.
The first vineyard was not producing fruits.
No fault on the landlord, no fault on the people
who were tending the vineyard,
it just didn’t produce good fruit.
There was no fruit being produced in that vineyard
and so therefore, the land owner had no other option
except to let it go, let it be trampled over
because it just wasn’t producing fruit.
In the Gospel reading that we heard today,
the vineyard was producing fruit.
In fact, great fruit, it was doing just fine
except the tenants were being stingy.
They wouldn’t give to the landlord
what was due the landlord.
They wouldn’t give to the owner what was due the owner.
They were being stingy.
They weren’t being good stewards,
they were being stingy
and not allowing the owner to take what was his.
So, we have two images of our vineyard here.
One where there’s no good fruit,
another one where people were not practicing good stewardship.
I suppose friends, we could take a look at our own lives
and ask ourselves those two questions:
How are we producing good fruit?
How are we being good stewards?
Both really worthy of our own investigation of ourselves.
As a pastor of a big parish on the North Side,
Queen of Apostles, as a pastor,
I have to take a look at our ministries
and take a look at how are we doing as a parish.
And I have to ask myself the question about our ministries.
Are they producing good fruit?
Are they being good stewards?
And we are grateful to God that for the majority,
by and large, our ministries are doing well.
But there’s some times in terms of stewardship
people don’t leave the hall clean.
They just don’t.
They don’t leave the hall clean.
Some people, some groups do,
are good stewards and leave the hall really clean.
They make it actually cleaner than the way they found it.
They’re being good stewards and some could care less.
Friends, I use that silly example today,
I use that silly example of how clean is the hall,
how clean was it left the last time you used it,
as a reminder that really we’re called to be stewards
of all that God has given us,
whether it’s stewards of the good fruit of our family,
stewards of our good work at our job,
stewards of our ministry at our parish,
stewards of all the physical gifts
and emotional and spiritual gifts that God has given us,
how are we very good stewards of all that God has given us?
You see, Jesus was really calling out the chief priests,
the elders of the people,
because they weren’t being good stewards.
And he said he was going to take away
everything that they’ve been given
because they weren’t being good stewards.
We have to check into our own hearts.
How are we producing good fruit in all that we do?
How are we being good stewards
of all the gifts that God has given us?
Stewardship is a good word.
It’s one that we don’t use too often in church.
It kind of came up about 30 years ago
into our common parlance as a Church.
It’s a good word that reminds us that God
has given us so many gifts and we’re called to use them.
They’re not for us.
They’re meant to be passed out and passed along
to all those that we encounter.
Our family, our job,
our extended family, our church,
the building up of our community,
the building up of the Kingdom of God,
all the gifts, all the abundances
God has given us is meant to be passed along
to build up the Kingdom.
May we generously remember that we’re on for producing
good fruit and we’re on for then being good stewards
of all the gifts that God has given us.
If we don’t, it’ll be taken away.
Let us ask for the strength and the courage we need
to produce good fruit and then to share with others.
Shall we pray the Apostles’ Creed today?
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, 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’ll 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.
Friends, we offer together our prayers and our petitions.
Please respond: Lord, hear our prayer.
For our Holy Father and all who spread Christ’s Gospel message,
may they remain safe in their ministry.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For those who battle illness, may they be comforted
by the love and care of others and the healing touch of Christ.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For the children of Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
may they feel Christ’s love
as they continue their healing path.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
For our deceased loved ones,
may they rest in the eternal peace
of God’s heavenly Kingdom.
We pray to the Lord.
-Lord, hear our prayer.
Compassionate and generous God,
hear the prayers of your faithful family.
In mercy and love, grant these our humble prayers
through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation,
for through your goodness
we have received the bread we offer you.
Fruit of the earth and work of human hands
it will become for us the Bread of Life.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
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.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
So friends, sisters and brothers,
pray that my sacrifice, in fact your sacrifice,
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.
Accept, O Lord, we pray, the sacrifices instituted
by your commands, and through the sacred mysteries
which we celebrate with dutiful service,
graciously complete the sanctifying work by which
you are pleased to redeem us 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,
for you have laid the foundations of the world.
You arranged the changing of times and seasons.
You formed us in your own image
and 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:
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ 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, the fount of all holiness.
Make holy therefore these gifts, we pray
by sending out 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 in memory of me.”
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’ 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 we pray that partaking
of the Body and Blood of Christ Jesus,
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,
Our Lady of Mercy,
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.
∫ [Piano music playing] ∫
∫ Amen, amen, amen. ∫
As good stewards of all that we’ve been given,
we thank God and we pray
the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray,
asking us to call God our Father, so we 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,
and graciously grant her peace and unity
in accordance with your will,
who live and reign forever and ever.
-Amen.
My sisters and brothers,
the peace of the Lord be with you always.
-And with your spirit.
Let us offer one another a sign of Christ’s peace.
On behalf of everyone here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,
please know of our deep prayers for you and your family.
Friends, peace be with you.
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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. ∫
Sisters and brothers, followers of Jesus,
behold Jesus. 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.
Only say the word, my soul shall be healed.
May the Body and Blood of Christ
keep us all safe for everlasting life.
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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,
‘Come to Me.’
∫ Come to me, come to me, come when you are weary. ∫
∫ Come to me, come to me, and I will give you rest. ∫
Friends, would you pray with me the prayer for the children
here at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls?
We pray together:
Our Lady of Mercy, we pray that you will guide,
bless, and protect 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.
Grant us, almighty God,
that we may be refreshed and nourished by the Sacrament
which we have received so as to be transformed
into what we consume.
Through Christ our Lord.
-Amen.
Friends, the Lord be with you.
-And with your spirit.
May our generous and loving God continue to bless you friends,
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
-Amen.
Friends, Mass has ended. Go in peace.
-Thanks be to God.
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∫ Jesus shall reign where e’er the sun does ∫
∫ its excessive journeys run. ∫
∫ His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, ∫
∫ till moon shall wax and wane… ∫
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.
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.
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Between the prophet Isaiah, that was our first reading,
and the Gospel just now,
we have two images of vineyards.
The first vineyard was not producing fruits.
No fault on the landlord, no fault on the people
who were tending the vineyard,
it just didn’t produce good fruit.
There was no fruit being produced in that vineyard
and so therefore, the land owner had no other option
except to let it go, let it be trampled over
because it just wasn’t producing fruit.
In the Gospel reading that we heard today,
the vineyard was producing fruit.
In fact, great fruit, it was doing just fine
except the tenants were being stingy.
They wouldn’t give to the landlord
what was due the landlord.
They wouldn’t give to the owner what was due the owner.
They were being stingy.
They weren’t being good stewards,
they were being stingy
and not allowing the owner to take what was his.
So, we have two images of our vineyard here.
One where there’s no good fruit,
another one where people were not practicing good stewardship.
I suppose friends, we could take a look at our own lives
and ask ourselves those two questions:
How are we producing good fruit?
How are we being good stewards?
Both really worthy of our own investigation of ourselves.
As a pastor of a big parish on the North Side,
Queen of Apostles, as a pastor,
I have to take a look at our ministries
and take a look at how are we doing as a parish.
And I have to ask myself the question about our ministries.
Are they producing good fruit?
Are they being good stewards?
And we are grateful to God that for the majority,
by and large, our ministries are doing well.
But there’s some times in terms of stewardship
people don’t leave the hall clean.
They just don’t.
They don’t leave the hall clean.
Some people, some groups do,
are good stewards and leave the hall really clean.
They make it actually cleaner than the way they found it.
They’re being good stewards and some could care less.
Friends, I use that silly example today,
I use that silly example of how clean is the hall,
how clean was it left the last time you used it,
as a reminder that really we’re called to be stewards
of all that God has given us,
whether it’s stewards of the good fruit of our family,
stewards of our good work at our job,
stewards of our ministry at our parish,
stewards of all the physical gifts
and emotional and spiritual gifts that God has given us,
how are we very good stewards of all that God has given us?
You see, Jesus was really calling out the chief priests,
the elders of the people,
because they weren’t being good stewards.
And he said he was going to take away
everything that they’ve been given
because they weren’t being good stewards.
We have to check into our own hearts.
How are we producing good fruit in all that we do?
How are we being good stewards
of all the gifts that God has given us?
Stewardship is a good word.
It’s one that we don’t use too often in church.
It kind of came up about 30 years ago
into our common parlance as a Church.
It’s a good word that reminds us that God
has given us so many gifts and we’re called to use them.
They’re not for us.
They’re meant to be passed out and passed along
to all those that we encounter.
Our family, our job,
our extended family, our church,
the building up of our community,
the building up of the Kingdom of God,
all the gifts, all the abundances
God has given us is meant to be passed along
to build up the Kingdom.
May we generously remember that we’re on for producing
good fruit and we’re on for then being good stewards
of all the gifts that God has given us.
If we don’t, it’ll be taken away.
Let us ask for the strength and the courage we need
to produce good fruit and then to share with others.