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after we'll be taking

the ascension of the Lord together.

Today number five

Hallelujah.

At this time of the year, we notice some of our members are missing. We also noticed that there's some new faces in our gathering this mid graduations happens everywhere. So some of us have relatives family members graduating elsewhere. So that's where they are. And there's some others who relatives families are here. That's why visitors are here. Welcome. Today we kind of bid farewell to Jesus as we remember him ascending to heaven. But we also remember that he promised to be with us to the end of time. So let us acknowledge that Jesus is with us in our gathering. And so we make our sign of faith in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. The grace of our lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the holy spirit be with you.

We know that with God's mercy, salvation came to us through Jesus. We know that mercy continues to sanctify us, preparing us for eternal life, but also strengthening us as we continue our earthly journey, for holiness, for unity with one another, and for union with our God as we celebrate the sacment of the eukarist. So we call upon this mercy again.

Lord Jesus, you came down to the earth to bring us salvation. Lord have mercy.

Christ Jesus, you are present among us to continue assisting us as we

with us through our journey of life. You lead us and guide us. Lord have mercy. May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life.

Glory to God.

Glory to God. Glor

Glory to God. Glory to

Jesus.

Glory

to God. Glory

and glory.

Hallelujah.

Glor.

Glor.

Let us bring together our prayers.

us with holy God and make us rejoice with thanksgiving for the attention of Christ your son is our exaltation when where the head has gone before in glory the body is called to follow in hope to our Lord Jesus Christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.

appearance.

Are you

not

Are you looking

at

Pharaoh.

people

I wish

God praise praise. This is our king.

King of all

joy.

A reading from the St.

God of our Lord Jesus Christ

and open

your heart

belongs to his rich

power.

with the exercise of his great

far above every principality.

Every name that is named not only

put all things

as All things

every

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

I am with you already.

The Lord be with you. I read for the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

11 to the mountain which Jesus ordered them. When they saw him they worshiped him but they died. Then Jesus approached and said to them all power and given to you. Go therefore to make disciples for all nations by touching them in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit

all

I am with you always

goord.

I have to think for a little bit right at the beginning of the first reading. We know that during this Easter season, our first reading on weekends and Sundays as on weekdays, the first reading is from the Acts of the Apostles. But today we're going backwards. We the beginning of the act of the apostles. But then after all, it was said in the first book. Well, what is the first act of the apostles in the second book? What is the first according to scholars? It was the author of both the gospel of Luke and the act of And so the gospel of Luke is the first book and the act is the second book. And we can make that kind of connection because in both the acts of the apostles and the gospel of St. Luke, a name was mentioned.

Up to now, nobody knows who that person was. But in the Greek language, it means beloved of God. and putting things together as we heard today something about those who receive baptism in Christ

the beloved of God. And if we accept that, that means all of us, each one of us who were baptized in Jesus, we have become a beloved child of God. That's something that we don't often think about. We are more wrapped up in in our own witnesses, in our sins, than being a beloved

What about making some kind of

connection between we as human experiencing our human relationship and our relationship with God let's say we often pray and call God addressing God as

for many of us and I hope all of us we do experience some kind of good relationship with our fathers or let's think mothers also as it seems at some point in our life or maybe even now uh we may not act as our parents best of We may even disobey and make our parents sad, disappointed or sometimes angry. But all of those situations make our parents not loving us.

They may express their angry. They may express they may let us know that they are angry. They're disappointed. They are sad.

I think God is the same way. So how about changing ourselves in such a way that would help us. I think it also encourage us and motivate us motivate us to become better as a better as a family member, better as a friend, never as a spouse, as the person that God created us to be.

The word attend

is the body going up, but there's some other meaning that we attach to The word of it can also mean to bring ourselves to a higher level to a better level to a better person that we are.

I think it's important that we cate the feast of ascension of because through his we are

with him. These pictures that the men of Galilee just look at there look those wonderful vision but then they were told what are you doing here? There's work to do. He's gone but he's here. But how do we cate

He charged his followers, his beloved to do while he's in heaven. And remember that he did tell his followers, his disciples that when he goes up, he will send down the Holy Spirit, which we will celebrate next Sunday, the feast of Pentecost. It is the Holy Spirit that will help us, will enlighten us with wisdom and with the ability to understand things that we are not yet able to understand.

There was a member in missionary who was a professor of theology when I asked him of the that I encountered theology and I knew that he knew all the answers. So I why don't you give me all the answers and he said if I tell you everything now your brain will explode

as you develop your understanding you will understand everything that you want to know. So the same way the Holy Spirit as Jesus to his disciples will come upon us

to understand God's revelation as we are able to understand

it is the 40 days after the resurrection. as he went to heaven. So we used to call it a Thursday because last Thursday

out of concern for our modern world many people many believers have to work on weekday. So it is permitted uh to the regional uh bishop ordinary to move to transfer this to the Sunday and that's what's happening in this most of the diversity in this country

to Sunday.

What about the number 40 to what I read?

numerology, Jewish numerology, the number 40 represents a transformation or the process of transforming just like Jesus.

Jesus nights of the Israelites 40 days in the And so we cate

that should signify to us that we are transforming because of our faith in the resurrection of Jesus. Because we take his word seriously that his sending of the Holy Spirit will guide us, will support us, will encourage us, will strengthen us, will he usate

the We cate our

celebrity

of God.

I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ only God

from God from true Godsubstantial

with the Father all things were made

and Amen.

at the right hand

of life and with the father and the

I believe

all things have been Christ to him. the Lord of the universe. We present our needs to our heavenly father.

We pray to the Lord.

In my spirit and pray

that the Holy Spirit

Praise the Lord.

pray.

Heavenly God, our compassionate father, your son ascended into heaven, giving us new hope of your divine life, hear our prayers and keep us faithful until he comes again. We ask this through his name Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

No more

speech.

I told you.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Come on.

Come on.

Brothers and sisters, Pray that our offerings may become acceptable and pleasing to God our almighty father. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at our hands for the praise and glory of God's name for our good and the good of all God's holy church. We offer sacrifice now in supplication Lord to honor the wondous ascension of your son. We pray that through this most holy exchange we too may rise up to the heavenly realms to Christ our Lord.

The Lord be with you. Lift up your 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 the Lord Jesus, the king of glory, conqueror of sin and death, ascended to the highest heaven, as the angels gazed in wonder, mediator between God and human, judge of the world and Lord of hosts. He ascended distance himself from our lowest, but that we his members might be confident of following where he our head and founders has gone before. Therefore, overcome with joy, every land, every people in your praise, and even the heavenly powers with the angelic host sing together the unending hym of your glory as they acclaim. Glory.

You know I am

I am

I am God.

You are indeed holy and to be glorified, oh God, who loves the human race and always walk with us on the journey of life. your son present in our midst when we are gathered by his love and as for the disciples now for us he opens the scriptures and breaks the bread therefore we ask that you send forth your holy spirit to sanctify these gifts of bread and wine that they may become for us the body and blood of our lord Jesus

On the day before he was to suffer on the night of the last supper, he took bread, sat broke the bread, 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, healave and 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 sins. Do this in memory of me.

The mystery of faith.

Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of Christ, your son, our savior, led to his passion and death on the cross to the glory of the resurrection and ascension. and whom you have at your right hand. We proclaim the work of your love until he comes again and we offer you the bread of life and the chalice of blessing favor on the church in which we for the sacrifice of Christ that us by the power of the spirit of your love we may be the eternal among the members of your church. whose body and blood we have communion. And so having called us to your table, Lord, confirm us in unity. So that together with Leo, our pope, James, our bishop, with all deacons, women and men, religions, and your entire people. As we walk your ways with faith and hope, we may strive to bring joy and trust into the world. Remember our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the feast of your Christ and all the dead you alone have known. them to rejoice in the light of your face and in the resurrection give them the fullness of life also to us when our earthly pilgrimage is done that we may come to an eternal dwelling place and live with you forever in communion with the blessed virgin Mary mother of God the blessed Joseph her spouse the apostles the marts St. James and all your senior.

All glory and honor is yours, Almighty Father, for Forever and ever.

At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say, Our Father, who art in heaven, be thy name, thy kingdom, thy will be 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 temptations, 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 s and all distress as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior Jesus Christ. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your peace, my peace I give you. not on our but on the faith of your church

here and unity in accordance with your will for you live and reign forever and ever. The peace of the Lord be with you always.

Behold

the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. Lord, I'm not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. Only the body and blood of Christ. He was staying for you for no life.

You are

your friends.

I'm sorry.

We do.

four.

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Christmas.

Let us rise in prayer.

Almighty everliving God, who allow those on earth to celebrate divine mysteries, grant us we pray that Christian hope may draw us onward to where our nature is united with you through Christ our Lord.

The Lord be with you. Let's bow our to repeat.

May Almighty God who bless you in kindness.

For on this very day, his only begotten son pierced the ice of heaven and unlocked for you the way to ascend to where he is. Amen. May he grant that as Christ after his resurrection was seen plainly by his disciples, so when he comes as judge, he may show himself merciful to you for all eternity.

And you who believe in his ticket with the father in his majesty know with joy the fulfillment of his promise to stay with you until the end of time. And may the blessings of Almighty God, the father, the son, and the holy spirit be upon you and remain with you forever.

love. Thanks be to God.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Morning. I miss

you.

Good morning.

Enjoy coffee.

I know that number

Glory

speech.

little brother.

In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit,

my dear brothers and sisters, I welcome all of you.

Let's

get my

Lord Jesus Christ

mighty God.

Glory to God. Glory to God in the highest earth.

Glory.

Glory.

Jesus

Christ.

The s of the worldless.

Father

Glory to God.

Jesus

Christ.

Let us

Almighty God.

A reading from the book

went down to the city of Samaria.

The crowd

when they heard it was

crying out loud many people and many people

heard that accepted the word of God. sent them down and prayed for them.

Then they laid hand

Glory

to God.

Glor. Glory

to God.

Thank you.

River

is

earthy.

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me.

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heartcond.

will

also

lord.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Whoever loves me says

my father will love him again.

The Lord be with you. A reading from the Holy Gospel of John.

Jesus

will ask the father. He will give you another.

I will not leave you orphan. I will come to you in a little while. The world will no longer see me, but you will see me and that day you will realize that I am in the father.

Whoever commandments

will be

Just a few years ago, there was a series on television called the orphan

event49.

It was a welfare project. The hope was all

about

On arriving

for young people,

young man

together.

You know, we don't hear a whole lot about especially in our country. Catholic Church.

You

We come to the church today.

Think about war.

Think of all

You know, it's not just children who are orphans. Sometimes older people

recogn Gospel

chapter 19

or Jesus.

Many people in our world family

alone.

Sometimes

when Jesus says, "I will not all of

people instruction.

It helped though.

You confess to all of us.

I think our meditation

know

you know

that message.

We pray today

Let us together.

Mother's Day. All mothers and those mothers

knowledge and skills they have acquired God.

God may remain very

What do you think?

Heavenly Father, we

Mother's Day.

We ask you to bless them.

Help them.

Number five.

was

glor. Glor.

Hallelujah.

Halleluah.

Halleluah.

Your

Hallelu

Hallelujah.

Halleluah.

Halleluah.

My peaceule.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

bless.

Pray

my sisters and brothers acceptable to Godri.

may be

all this time of

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people

Thank you.

Glor.

You are indeed holy, Lord.

Holy Spirit

sacrifice

humbus

Christ.

poured out for you.

Therefore, we celebrate

perfect

and blood

that we may

especially

confirm.

to yourself

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father. Holy Spirit

forever.

Brothers and sisters,

us for those

Give us

power and glory.

of the Lord.

Glor.

Behold,

I am not worthy.

Turning the

King

is

God.

cross.

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speech.

King of glory.

Let us pray.

Almighty everliving Godalury

God.

Lord Almighty.

Glory.

Glory.

Good morning. Welcome to St. James. All are invited down to the lower level to enjoy coffee, donuts, and fellowship. And today we celebrate the fifth Sunday of Easter. Together we sing number 574.

Please stand.

with Christ

him set us free.

Your king [music]

of

trials.

He came to

his glory.

Crownis.

glorify.

Angel.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. May the peace of the risen Lord Jesus be with you. Well, as we come together on this beautiful sunny spring morning, we welcome all who are visiting our community and we continue the message of the resurrection. Jesus promises us the gift of new life. And so we pause to call to mind the mercy and forgiveness of a loving God.

Lord Jesus, you were raised from the dead to bring us new life. Lord have mercy. You come to heal us and forgive us. Christ have mercy. You promise us the power of your holy spirit. Lord have mercy. May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our everlasting life. Glory

to God. Glory to God. Glory to God in the highest and on earth

to

Glory

to God. Glory

to God [music] in the highest and on earth on earth to people [music] will

praise you. We bless you. We adore you. We glorify you. We give you thanks for your great glory.

[music]

Oh God might father. Glory to God. Glor to God. Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace

to people of good will

only be son

God, son of

the s of the world, have mercy on us.

You take the s of the world. Our pray

to God [music] in the highest and on Earth

to [music]

you alone are the holy one. You alone are the Lord. You alone are the highest Jesus Christ

with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God.

Glory to God. Glory to God. Glory to God in the highest and on earth

to people of good will.

Let us pray.

Almighty everliving God, constantly accomplish the pascal mystery within that those you were pleased to make new in holy baptism may under your protective care bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal through our Lord Jesus Christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit God forever. Forever and ever.

A reading from the Apostles. As the number of disciples continu

filled with the spirit and wisdom appointed

ourselves with prayer and the ministry of the word. The proposal was acceptable to the whole community. So they chose to filter

and

The word of God continually.

Thanks be to God.

Lord, let your mercy be on

you.

Lord, let your mercy be on us as we trust in you.

Your joy to the Lord, oh you

for praise is fitting for the upright. Give thanks to the Lord upon the heart with a 10 string loot. Sing himord

as we place our trust in you.

For the word of the Lord is faithful and all his work to be trusted. The Lord loves

his merciful fills the earth.

Lord, let your mercy on us as we trust in you.

The Lord's eyes are on those who fear him, who hope in his mercine

as we pray.

in you.

A reading from the first letter of St. Peter. Beloved, come to him a living stone rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God. And like living stones, let yourself be built into a spiritual house. a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it says in scripture, "Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in it shall not be put to shame. Therefore, it value is for you who have faith, but for those without faith, The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. A stone that will make people stumble and a rock that will make them fall. They stumble by disobeying the word as is their destiny. You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own so that you may announce the praises of him. you out of darkness into his wonderful light. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelu. Hallelu.

Hallelu.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelu.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelu. [music]

I am the way and the truth and the life.

No one comes to the father except by me.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

[music]

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

Jesus said to his disciples, "Do not let your hearts be troubled, you have faith in God, have faith also in me. In my father's house, there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I've been going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself so that where I am, you als Lord said Thomas, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way? Jesus told I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father but through me. If you know me, then you will also know my father. From now on, you do know him and you have seen him. Philip said to him, "Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you for so long a time and you still don't know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father? How can you say, "Show us the Father?" Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you, I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his work. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or else believe because of the works themselves. Amen. Amen. I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the work that I do and will do greater than thee because I am going to the Father. The Gospel of the Lord.

Well, as we come together this morning, we continue the Easter season. The Easter season runs from Easter Sunday for 50 days to Pentecost. And each and every Sunday, we listen to the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles. and the act of the apostles is the story of how the disciples built the church. When the 12 disciples were in the room after Jesus died and he appeared to them, they were very much afraid. They also felt very guilty because Jesus promised that he would be raised from the dead, but they didn't believe. But Jesus didn't reprimand them. He just said go and share the good news with others. And they started building the church. And here we are thousands of years later coming together to celebrate that same event. But through it all, the apostles struggled. But the scriptures always say they were of one voice and they trusted in God. Each of the apostles were martyrs. Each of them died very awful death but they continue to be believers in Jesus message and to share his love his peace and his hope. That's why we hold on to the Easter season for so long because we have enough worries and anxieties and concerns in life that we get caught up in. But we have to remember who we are and who we are. that we are God's sons and daughters. Jesus never abandoned his disciples. Jesus will never abandon us. We sometimes stray from God because God doesn't hear the prayers that I'm giving to him. But God does hear and answer all of our prayers. Not in the way that I want them answered often times. This past week I celebrated my 45th uh anniversary as priest and I'm very grateful to this community of St. James as I've shared with you so many times growing up here in Liberty and being ordained on April 25th of 1981 celebrating my first mass as a priest in our former church that was only three weeks old. That was a real gift and that was a real blessing and my family has always been extremely supportive and I've been blessed these past 14 years to be here at St. and to end my career as pastor being here has been a real gift and that's what life is all about being grateful for all that God has given me and how do I live that love out how do I live that gratitude think of the people we admire in our lives I don't admire people who are selfish and self-centered and greedy but I admire people very difficult struggles continue to be people of hope, continue to be people of peace, and continue to be people of love. There will always be division. There will always be problems and issues to solve. Whether it's in a church community, whether it's in a larger community, or certainly as we look into our world today, but we can't give up on the message of Jesus. That's why the Easter candle burns for 50 days to remind us that no matter what the darkness or worry or concern of our lives, the light of Christ always shines and the light of Christ is brighter than whatever fear or worry or anxiety. This weekend we have much to celebrate. We the Columbuser have the relay for life and the relay for life is tremendous effort that's gone on for so many years and help battle cancer and we have had so many issues, individuals, families who have trouble with cancer, but the relay for life is a source of hope that that hopefully someday that cancer can. We also have a bone marrow transplant opportunity that's going on this weekend, too. Several of our prisoners have received that has saved their lives and we have the opportunity to offer that again to help those in need. Our Knights of Columbus are selling their breakfast burritos which are always a great treat. And all of these are efforts to bring our community together and to be sources of hope and of peace and God's love in our own ordinary ways. And so we pray that as we continue our liturgy this morning, may we trust in the message of God and remember that God is always with us, guiding us and leading us and calling us to put our trust, our hope and our peace.

Together

we stand as we profess. I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and visible. I believe in one word, Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of God, born of the father before all ages, God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not with the father. Through him all things were made. For us, he came down by the Holy Spirit was incarned of the Virgin Mary and became man for our was crucified under he was buried and rose again on the third day in accordance with the scriptures. He is seated at the right hand of the father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, with the Father and the Sonor and glorified, who has spoken to the Father. I believe in one holy Catholic, apostolic church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. Jesus is the way to the father because he is truth and life. Let us in confidence bring our needs to go that those who have never heard the gospel may hear it and put their faith in the word of the Lord. We pray to the Lord. Lord our pray for all who serve as deacons and those preparing to be deacons that they may grow in the spirit of service. We pray to the Lord. Lord our pray that we the people of God as his own may bear witness the protection of human life from conception to natural death. We pray to the Lord our pray for our young people who are receiving Jesus's body and divinity for the very first time that they may be a model of the excitement we should all experience when we receive. We pray to the Lord

for our brothers and sisters in hospitals and nursing homes and for the people who care for them. We pray to the Lord. Lord our pray that all those whom God has called this world may enjoy the peace and life of the world to come. We pray to the Lord

for the attention of this mass whom we hold in prayer and the prayer warriors for those on the St. pray and for the prayers we hold in the silence of our hearts

for all of these we pray to the Lord our praying God we thank you for the gift of your risen son deepen and strengthen our faith our hope and love to live out that love in all that we do through Christ our Lord Together

we sing number 683. Be not afraid. Number 683.

shall not die.

You shall

do not

shall speak

and all [music] the wonder

of God [music]

praise.

I hold you

follow me and I will give you praise.

If you

shall

walk,

you shall be

You can

know that I am with you.

I go before

and I will give you

the king shall

One day you shall

wicked

[music]

blessed.

King of praise.

I go before you.

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

Oh God, who by the wonderful exchange effected in this sacrifice have made us partakers of the one supreme God. Grant we pray that as we have come to know your truth, we may make it ours by a worthy way of life through Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you. Lift up your hearts. 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, but especially in this Easter season with Christ our Passover has been sacrificed. For with the old order destroyed, a universe passed down is renewed, and integrity of life is restored to us in Christ. Therefore, overcome with pascal joy, every land, every people exalts in your praise as together we acclaim,

holy, holy, [music] God of host

and earth are full of your glory.

in the highest

in the highest. Blessed is he blessed

in the name of the Lordana

in the highestana

in the highestana

in the highestana

in

You are indeed holy, O Lord, the f of all holiness. 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 and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the night at the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion, 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 sins. Do this in memory of me.

We

procla

Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit. Remember

make us grow in love. James our bishop

also fall asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy. Welcome them into the light of your face. Have mercy on us all. We pray that with the blessed virgin Mary mother of God with St. Joseph her spouse with St. James and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages. May we praise you in union with them and give you glory through your son Jesus Christ. Through him and with him and in him oh God almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever.

Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

And together we pray in the words that Jesus taught. Our Father, who art in heaven, 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 always be free from s from all distress as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior Jesus Christ. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, "Peace I give you, my peace I give you. Look not on our s 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. May the peace of the Lord be with you all. Let us extend the greeting of peace.

of God. You take away the sins of the world.

You take away the sins of the world.

God, you take the s of the world.

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.

Together

we sing hymn number 929. Joyou number 929

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Christ.

Glorious.

Hallelujah.

Peace and straight river.

Hallelu

Christ.

Hallelu

Godl.

Hallelu

Christ

joyou.

Hallelu

Earthl.

Hallelu

Christy

breath. Hallelu

for the Hallelu

Christ.

Earth.

Hallelu.

Hallelu

Christy

Hallelu

people

Christ our Christ our Hallelu

Christ

and heaven holy joy.

Hallelu

Jallelu

poorl.

Christy

joyle.

proclaim.

Hallelu

from every

holy [music]

joy.

mighty.

Hallelujah.

Let us pray.

Graciously be present to your people, we pray, O Lord, and lead those you have imbued with heavenly mystery to pass from former ways to newness of life. Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you. May God bless you and keep you. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Let us go in peace to love and serve the Lord and one another. Together we sing him number 542. That Easter day with joy was bright. Number 543.

Christ.

Christ

Jesus

Halleluah.