Catholic TV Mass Online February 25, 2024: Second Sunday of Lent

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Presider: Fr. Justin Lopina
Parish: Sacred Heart and Saint Matthew
Choir: Heart of the Nation

Text from the Gospel & Homily ~ February 25, 2024

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.

A reading from the holy gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, o Lord.

Jesus took Peter, James and John and led them up a high mountain apart from themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus. Then Peter said, to Jesus in reply, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah!” He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified. Then a cloud came casting a shadow over them; from the cloud came a voice, “This is my beloved son. Listen to him.” Suddenly looking around they no longer saw anyone but Jesus alone with them. As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone except when the son of man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what rising from the dead meant.

The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

I’ve got a very straight forward message for you today. We heard the transfiguration in the gospel, this is my beloved son. Listen to him. That should sound familiar because if you keep up on daily Mass readings or if you read the bible on your own, this should call to mind the baptism of Jesus. We heard that early January this year. And every year. In the gospel of Mark as well, for that reading, a voice came from the heavens and said, “You are my beloved son. With you I am well pleased.” So we have that same phrase in both the baptism of Jesus and the transfiguration according to Mark. And the takeaway here is that our faith is always an interconnected whole; the birth of the birth of Jesus is never separate from his death on the cross which we never mourn without also having the resurrection in mind. The transfiguration is linked to Jesus’ baptism because the gospel is not a random mish mash of random stories and spiritual advice. The gospel is a testament, a testimony of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If you want to understand Jesus Christ, you owe it to yourself sooner or later to know the whole story and how it all fits together. Jesus was pleasing to his heavenly father at his baptism and his transfiguration. Remember that today and for the rest of Lent, remember this especially if you please. Remember this on Good Friday. When Jesus says, “My god, my god, why have you forsaken me?” do not listen to these lines as if they exist in a vacuum. They are all part of a greater whole. And beyond Good Friday when we celebrate that great day which is Easter Sunday remember everything that Jesus did endured and experienced while along the way. It all leads to the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday.

Entrance: In These Days of Lenten Journey
© 1997, Ricky Manalo, CSP. Published by OCP. All rights reserved

Psalm 116: I Will Walk Before The Lord
Text © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2022, Dana Catherine Schwarz. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

Preparation: Transfiguration
Text: Brian Wren, © 1977, 1995, Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2002, Ricky Manalo, CSP. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

Communion: Sacred Silence
Text © 2003, Tom Booth, Jenny Pixler and Anthony Kuner. Music © 2003, Tom Booth and Jenny Pixler. Published by spiritandsong.com®. All rights reserved.

Sending Forth: The Jesus Song
Text based on the Jesus Prayer and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Text and music © 2014, Tom Booth. Published by Spirit & Song®, a division of OCP. All rights reserved.

Mass Setting: Mass of Renewal
Text © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Music: Mass of Renewal; Curtis Stephan, b. 1973; choral arr. by Curtis Stephan and Rick Modlin, b. 1966, © 2009, Curtis Stephan.
Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this liturgy obtained from ONE LICENSE, License No. A-718591.

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  14. "Teach me, O greatest of all Teachers, to eat each morsel of Thy bread (body) with reverence, to drink each chalice cup of Thy wine (blood) with a consecrated heart & an obedient will. I offer up my emptiness to Thee. Without Thee I am lost to Thy kingdom where Thou dost reign. When my thoughts are absent from Thy instruction, I am a pitiful mirror broken into fragments or portions of Thy light. make me whole in mind, for I would be made whole in soul, body, & spirit." —-ARC

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  15. Thank you for sharing the Lord's Eucharist from the Heart of the Nation Church! I would like to acknowledge the Lector,Tom, who did a spectacular ❤️🙏 job with the Epistles! I would also like to acknowledge The Heart of the Nation Choir and the Cantor , Tomas, who always do such a phenomenal performance with their beautiful voices ❤️❤️❤️🙏🌄! Their voices just go right through me! Music 🎶🎶🌠 makes the Mass more inspirational!
    Could I please ask you for your prayers for my friend, Brian McMasters, of Braintree, Massachusetts! About 2 years ago, Brian had a double lung transplant and miraculously did very well with the surgery and the doctors were surprised with how well 🙏🙏 he did! Now Brian has another dangerous health condition and he needs chemotherapy and the doctors are not sure how his body will react to the Chemotherapy Treatment!❤❤❤!
    Let's pray 🙏🙏🙏 that the chemotherapy will be successful and Brian will be okay! I would also like to acknowledge the pianist and the violinist who did a spectacular job with the offertory song and all the liturgical music 🙏🙏🎶🎶!
    Could I please ask you for your prayers for my wife, Mariana Hebard and myself, Edmund Hebard for a happy, healthy and Prosperous Marriage! Please pray for me that I improve my behavior to my wife because I am making her feel upset and sad because of my actions towards her!
    Would anyone like to start a prayer request chain line ! Prayers Move Mountains 🙏🌄🙏🌄❤️! Thank you for all your prayers and God bless everyone and have a good week ❤❤❤!

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  17. Gracious Father, we entrust our lives into Your loving hands and seek Your guidance in every decision we make. Illuminate our minds with Your truth and wisdom, and help us to walk in obedience to Your will. Lead us by Your Spirit and empower us to live according to Your purposes. Amen.

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