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each celebrate the third Sunday of Easter together. Sing in your praise the king of heaven number 613.

Hallelujah.

We all

Halleluah.

Hallelu.

Hallelujah.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. May God's peace and love be with you. As we gather on this beautiful spring morning, we welcome all who are visiting our community and we continue to celebrate the message of the resurrection story of the disciples on the road to Christ is present within us. Let us pause for a moment to the goodness, the mercy of God.

Lord Jesus, you raised us to new life. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord Jesus, you forgive us our sins. Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord Jesus, you and your bloody

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

Glory.

Glory.

Glory

God.

Jesus

Christ.

Did you

know?

Let us pray. May your people exalt forever, oh God, in renewed youthfulness of spirit. So that rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption, we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you, the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.

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joy in your presence. at your My lives forever.

A reading from the letter of St. Peter. If you invoke a father to impartially according to each one's work, conduct yourself with reverence during the time of your journey. Realize that you are ransom for your hurdles. by your notable things like silver

as a unblenmished lamb. He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you through him in God who raised him from the dead glory so that your faith and hope are in God. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelu.

Hallelu. Hallelu.

I am

follow.

The Lord be with you. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus were going to a village called and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. It happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognitor

to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place

replied to them, "What sort of thing?" They said to him, "The things that happened in Jesus, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priest, the ruler, both handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified, but we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it is now the third day.

The women from our group, however, they were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body. They came back and reported that they had indeed seen the vision of angels who announced that he was alive. Then some of those went to the found.

And he said to them, "Oh, how Foolish you are, how low of heart believe all that the prophets spoke. Was it not necessary that the Christ discover these things and enter into his glory? Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to them in all scripture. As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on further, but they urged him, "Stay with us. It was nearly evening. His day was almost over. So he went in to stay with them. And it happened that while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it and gave it to them. With that their eyes were open and they recognized it, but he damaged. Then he said to each other, "Were not our hurts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way open to us." So they set out at the return to Jerusalem. They found together the 11,

the Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to the recounted town to them in the breaking of the bread. The gospel of the Lord.

You know, as we come together on this third Sunday, we listen once again to one of the appearances of Jesus to his disciples.

And this story is called two disciples that were very close to

death. They were lost. They had heard rumors of him being raised from the dead, but they didn't understand what that meant. And so all of a sudden this stranger walked with them and he tells them the whole story of what was to happen and how Jesus had crucified rose from the dead and is living with us. They didn't understand what he meant. They didn't recognize him until he broke the bread and gave it to them. That's why we come together as a people of faith. And that's why we celebrate Easter season for six weeks from Easter Sunday for 50 days. Easter candle continues to burn brightly to remind us that no matter what the worry, no matter what the darkness, no matter what the doubt or fear in our lives, in our family, in our world, the light of Christ shines bright. But that light will never be extinct. We listen

to the acts of the story of how the disciples formed the early church and centuries later we are celebrating that church. It's always bringing people together. It's all about trying to fear and worry and anxiety. And I think the greatest example of what it means to live out himself. He has one message to give to the world and that is very strong about the gospel message that we cannot report the virus. Many leaders do not want to hear that. I don't want the pope to get in the middle of

his role just not to war but only can be built when we try to work together. Think of the difficulties in our family. Think of the difficulty in a parish community. It's always hard to have everybody in the same place at the same time. Everybody has their own needs, their own worries, their own anxiety. But we always have to say what is best for our community, what is best for our family, what is best for our we will always have there will always be difficult. But the message of Easterus resurrection brings us the gift of hope. Jesus resurrection brings us gift of life. And that's why you those stories Sunday after Sunday and they remind us that we have to trust in the message of the Lord. The story is an important one for me because in 1984 we had

gathered all the priests of our dascese together and formed a program called the program and we broke into smaller groups and met once a month for years with kind of an agenda about caring our lives in each other and having a safe to discuss what it means to be a priest, how to serve people, and how do we get through the difficult times of life. Many of those groups fell away by this time. But I was part of a group that continues to meet up from 1984 to this day. And that's been a very good group for me because we meet once a month for dinner where our lives are together and we trust one another two very good

together.

together that local are difficult because we formed a very sacred bond but it's something that's always given me new life and the importance of getting together

that's why categ

we of God's peace, of God's hope, and God's love. This morning, our St. James students are leading up and through the proclamation of the word and they do a beautiful job and hope for the future

of faith

and also we are having a victori and those directories are important especially to new people in the parish so that we can get to know one another and so there's still an opportunity to get your picture taken. We have a person in the gathering space. You can sign up right away and get your picture taken so that we can continue to build this community so that we can become people of faith and people of hope and love for each other and we remember all the sacraments that are being received this time of year. We continue to pray for our newest Catholics that were brought in. We pray for our second graders receiving the sacment of holy communion and we remember our confirmation. Another group is being confirmed this coming Easter season about

living. May we do that in our own ordinary everyday. You know, God hears all of our prayers. God doesn't answer all of our prayers the way we want. God doesn't give us what we want. But God gives us what we need, what we need to set aside our own fears, our own,

our community to be places of hope, of peace and love. With God all things are possible.

together. Let us stand as we profess. I believe in one God

of all things. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ begotten son of God

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Like the disciples on the road to our hearts are burning for the risen Lord. Now we entrust our needs to deep

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God, our hearts are burning for you. For we have heard your word. Prepare us now to offer this sacrifice and to receive the body and blood of the risen Lord Jesus Christ.

Glorious.

Father,

mother.

My friends, let us pray that our gifts might be acceptable to God our almighty father. Receive,

O Lord, we pray, these offerings of your exultant spirit, and as you have given her cause for such great gladness, grant also that the gifts we bring may bear fruit in perpetual happiness through Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you. Lift up your hearts. Let us let us give thanks to the Lord our God. 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 with the old order destroyed, a universe passed down is renewed, and integrity of life is restored to us in Christ. Therefore, every overcome with joy, every land, every people exalts in your praise as together we sing.

You are indeed holy, O Lord, the f of all holy. Make holy, therefore, these gifts we pray that by sending down your spirit upon them like the dwfall that they may become for us the body of blood of your son of our Lord Jesus Christ. For at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his hands, he took bread, giving you thanks, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take this all of you and eat for this is my body which will be given up for you.

In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice once more giving thanks, gave the chalice 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 Do this in memory of me.

Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us to be in your presence and minister to you humbly. We pray that partaking of the body and blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit. Remember, Lord, your church spread throughout the world, make us grow in love together with Leo, our pope, and our bishop, and all who serve your people. Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection, and all have died. welcome them into the light. Have mercy on us all. We pray that with the blessed virgin Mary the mother of God with St. Joseph her spouse with St. James and all the saints that we may merit to be coairs to eternal life and praise and glorify you through your son Jesus Christ.

Oh God almighty father in the of the Holy Spirit. All glory and honor is yours forever and ever.

And together let us pray in the word

thy will be Father

tresass against us and lead us not temptation but deliver us. Deliver us Lord we pray from every evil. Graciously grant peace in our day that by the help of your mercy we may always be free from sin and safe from all distress as we await in joyful hope the coming of our savior Jesus Christ

said to your apostles I look not on our s but on the fa of your church graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign forever and ever. May the peace of the Lord be with you all. Let us offer to one another a sign of

God,

God.

We Remember those who are unable to receive the gift of the Eucharist as we pray. My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this most holy sac. I love you above all things and desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacment, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself to never be separated from. Amen. Behold the lamb of God. Behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb.

Lord,

Hallelujah.

Happy

Let us pray. Look with kindness of your people, O Lord, and grant we pray that those you were pleased to renew by eternal mystery may attain in their flesh the incorruptible glory of the resurrection Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you. May God bless you and keep you the father, the son, and the holy spirit. As we heard before mass

support

and one

together. Number 57.

Hallelujah.