«INTRODUCTION»
Good morning, my sisters and brothers.  Welcome to Saint Mary Magdalen National Catholic Parish.

Today we celebrate the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

Our theme is: “If You Love Me ... The Spirit Will Come; Open Your Heart to the Breath of God”

The Celebrant for Mass this morning is Bishop Jim.

As we begin please join me in prayer ... Almighty God, bring unity among us as we worship.  Remove divisions, heal relationships, and cultivate love and understanding in our hearts.  Let our voices rise together in harmony, glorifying You, and may Your Spirit bind us together in perfect sober peace.
Amen.

After the Gathering Song, the celebrant and the faithful remain standing; the celebrant faces the people.  All make the sign of the cross.
In the name of the Creator, the Redeemer, and the Sanctifer.
Amen.

Then the Celebrant, with hands extended, greets all present with the following greetings.  A Bishop may say either Peace be with you or one of the following greetings.
“I will not leave you orphans,” says Jesus, “But my Father will give you the Spirit of truth.”  May the Spirit of our Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
Please be seated.

Is the breath of the Spirit moving us, or do we let our past mistakes paralyse us?  God offers us constant forgiveness – but are we brave enough to accept that mercy?  Let us praise God for sharing power and grace.
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Lord, let your Spirit of truth inspire us to make us honest with God, with ourselves and with people.  Lord, we praise you for your mercy.
Lord, we praise you for your mercy.

Jesus Christ, let your Spirit of freedom inspire us to bring true liberation to our brothers and sisters.  Christ, we praise you for your mercy.
Christ, we praise you for your mercy.

Lord, let your creative Spirit of love move us to form communities in which we share our hope for a better world.  Lord, we praise you for your mercy and your gift of salvation.
Lord, we praise you for your mercy and your gift of salvation.

Almighty Creator, your Spirit take our sins away.  Thank you for making us faithful and strong on the way to everlasting life.

My sisters and brothers, we are absolved our sins, in the Name of God: the Creator; ✠ the Redeemer and the Sanctifier.

Amen.

Celebrant with hands outstretched, says:
Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your disciples,

I will not leave you orphans; I will come back to you.

Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and grant us the peace and unity of your kindom where you live
Celebrant joins hands ...
for ever and ever.
Amen.

Celebrant, extending hands to the people, gives the greeting of peace.
The peace of Jesus Christ be with you always.
And also with you.

The the deacon (or the Celebrant) may invite the people to exchange a sign of peace, using on of the following invitations of similar words.
We are a royal, priestly people.  Let us greet one another with the peace of Christ.
All exchange the sign of peace, according to local custom.  The priest gives the sign of peace to the deacon and the ministers.

Let us pray in hope that the Holy Spirit may be poured out on us ...
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Almighty and loving Creator, your son has promised not to leave us, orphans.  Give us the Holy Spirit of Truth, to be with us and to live in us, that we may know where we are going and that we may follow Jesus Christ on his way to you and to people.  May this Spirit kindle in us the love of Jesus, that we make the Good News of his love visible and tangible to all.  We ask this through Christ our Saviour.
Amen.

They Received The Holy Spirit When a non-Jewish community was founded in Samaria, the Holy Spirit confirmed this important step in the life of the universal Church, for he came upon the Samaritans.
A reading from the Act of the Apostles.

Going down to a Samaritan city, Philip proclaimed the Message of the Messiah.  When the people heard what he had to say and saw the miracles, the clear signs of God’s action, they hung on his every word.  Many who could neither stand nor walk were healed that day.  The evil spirits protested loudly as they were sent on their way.  And what joy in the city!

When the apostles in Jerusalem received the report that Samaria had accepted God’s Message, they sent Peter and John down to pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit.  Up to this point they had only been baptized in the name of the Master Jesus; the Holy Spirit hadn’t yet fallen on them.  Then the apostles laid their hands on them and they did receive the Holy Spirit.

This is the inspired Word of God.
Thanks be to God!

All together now – applause for God!
All together now – applause for God!

All together now – applause for God!  Sing songs to the tune of his glory, set glory to the rhythms of his praise.  Say of God, “We’ve never seen anything like him!”
All together now – applause for God!

The whole earth falls to its knees – it worships you, sings to you, can’t stop enjoying your name and fame.  Take a good look at God’s wonders – they’ll take your breath away.
All together now – applause for God!

He converted sea to dry land; travelers crossed the river on foot.  Now isn’t that cause for a song?  God keeps his eye on the godless nations.  Rebels don’t dare raise a finger against him.
All together now – applause for God!

All believers, come here and listen, let me tell you what God did for me.  Blessed be God: he didn’t turn a deaf ear, he stayed with me, loyal in his love.
All together now – applause for God!

Suffering With the Mentality Of Christ Peter encourages the Christians who suffer persecution and misunderstanding.  Bear witness to your faith, he says, and accept sufferings with the mentality of Christ.  Then you will overcome with him. A reading from the first letter of Peter.

Beloved, through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master.  Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy.  Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick.  They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath.  It’s better to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad.  That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones.  He went through it all – was put to death and then made alive – to bring us to God.

This is the inspired Word of God.
Thanks be to God!

The Father Will Give You the Spirit Christ promises his Holy Spirit to help us believe and live our faith, and so live in the love of the Father and the Son.
The Lord is with you.
And also with you.

A reading from the holy gospel according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.

“If you love me, show it by doing what I’ve told you.  I will talk to the Father, and he’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you.  This Friend is the Spirit of Truth.  The godless world can’t take him in because it doesn’t have eyes to see him, doesn’t know what to look for.  But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you!

I will not leave you orphaned.  I’m coming back.  In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you’re going to see me because I am alive and you’re about to come alive.  At that moment you will know absolutely that I’m in my Father, and you’re in me, and I’m in you.

The person who knows my commandments and keeps them, that’s who loves me.  And the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and make myself plain to him.”

The Good News of Salvation!
Glory and praise to our Savior Jesus Christ!

Faithful to the command of the Lord who calls us to love all people, let us be united in prayer with Jesus our Saviour.

Our response this morning is, “Lord, give us your Spirit.”
Lord, give us your Spirit.

That the Spirit of strength may be given to all who have to bear witness to the hope alive in us.  We pray ...
Lord, give us your Spirit.

That the Spirit of power may be given to those who are persecuted for following their consciences and standing up for their integrity.  We pray ...
Lord, give us your Spirit.

That the Spirit of light may be given to those who do not yet know the Lord and to those who fail to follow him.  we pray ...
Lord, give us your Spirit.

That the Spirit of light may be given to those who know him and to those to be confirmed.  We pray ...
Lord, give us your Spirit.

That the Spirit of love may be given to those who want to grow in the love of God and people.  We pray ...
Lord, give us your Spirit.

That the Spirit of unity may be given to all who share in this Eucharist with faith and understanding.  We pray ...
Lord, give us your Spirit.

For all those who have asked for our prayers.  For those who are surrounded by anxiety, sickness, addiction, grief, incarceration, those who suffer in silence.  For all who feel they have no one praying for them.  For all those who have died who we now mention out loud and those we remember in the silence of our hearts ...  «pause»  ... We pray ...
Lord, give us your Spirit.

For what other needs should we pray for this morning?  «pause»  ... We pray.
Lord, give us your Spirit.

We now pray for the intercession of the Blessed Mother for the grace and courage to spread the radical message of God’s unconditional love to a hurting and injured world.  We pray ...

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you: blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.  Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, now and at the hour of our death.

Jesus Christ our Saviour, pour out your Holy Spirit on our world and our Church generously.  Let him lead us forward in hope and help us to build our future with you, for you are our Redeemer for ever.
Amen.

At the altar, the acolyte (or deacon) hands the celebrant the plate or other vessel with the bread to be consecrated or the celebrant takes the plate or other vessel with the bread and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, says:
Baruk attah Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, ha-motzi lechem min ha-aretz.

Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.  Through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and human hands have made.  It will become for us the bread of life.
Blessed be God forever.

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

Baruk attah Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, borei peri ha’gafen.

Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.  Through your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands.  It will become for us our spiritual drink.
Blessed be God forever.

Almighty God, with humble and contrite hearts we ask you to receive us and to be pleased with our sacrifice this day.

Lord, wash away my iniquity; and cleanse me from my sin.

Pray, my sisters and brothers, that our sacrifice — yours and mine — may be acceptable 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 Church.

Almighty and ever-living God, your Son promised us not to leave us orphans but to be with us always.  Let your spirit of power and truth change these gifts into your Son present here in our midst.  Through the Holy Spirit of love create us anew and give us fresh hope that we can do your liberating will and live in your love for ever.
Amen.

Moved by the Holy Spirit, let us with joy give thanks to our Creator God.

Lord be with you.
And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
It is right to give God thanks and praise.

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks, Father most holy, Master of heaven and earth.

Through your eternal Word you created all things and govern their course with infinite wisdom.  In the Word made flesh you have given us a mediator who has spoken your words to us and called us to be his disciples.

He is the way that leads to you, the truth that sets us free, the life that makes our joy complete.

Through your Son you gather into one family men and women created for the glory of your name, redeemed by the blood of the cross, and sealed with the Holy Spirit.

And so we praise your mighty deeds and join with the hosts of angels, as they proclaim your glory without end

  Holy - Mass of a Joyful Heart

From the beginning, O God, all you have done for the human family you have done for our good, that we may be holy, as you yourself are holy.

Look with kindness, then, on your people gathered before you.
Celebrant with hands outstreched over the bread and wine, says:
Send forth your Spirit in power, that these gifts may become for us
Celebrant joins hands, making the sign of the cross over both the bread and the cup, saying:
the body ✠ and blood of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, your beloved Son, in whom we too are your children.
Celebrant joins hands.
When we were lost and our hearts were far from you, you showed the depth of your love: your Son, who alone is the Just One, gave himself into our hands and was nailed to the wood of the cross.

Before he stretched out his arms between heaven and earth as the lasting sign of your covenant, he desired to celebrate the Passover in the company of his disciples.

Celebrant joins hands.  In the text that follows, the words of Jesus should be spoken clearly and distrinctly, as their meaning demands.
While they were at table,
Celebrant takes the bread and, raise is a little above the altar, continue
he took the bread and gave you thanks; he broke the bread and gave it to them, saying: Take this, all of you, and eat it: this is my Body which will be given up for you. Celebrant shows the consecrated bread to the people, replaces it on the plate, and genuflects in adoration.


Then continues
At the end of the meal, knowing he would reconcile all things in himself by his blood poured out on the cross,
Celebrant takes the chalice and, raising it a little above the altar, continues:
he took the cup filled with wine; again he gave you thanks, and, handing the cup to his friends, he said:
Celebrant bows slightly.
Take this all of you and drink from it. This is the cup of my blood. The blood of the new and everlasting covenant. Shed for you and for all, so that sins may be forgiven.
Do this in memory of me. Celebrant shows the cup to the people, replaces it onthe corporal, and genuflects in adoration.

The the Celebrant of the Deacon sings the invitation.
Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.

Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again
Celebrant with hands outstretched.
We remember Jesus Christ, our Passover and our lasting peace, we celebrate his death and resurrection, we await the blessed day of his return.  And so we present to you, God ever faithful and true, the offering that restores the world to your grace.

Merciful Father, look with love on those you draw to yourself through their sharing in the sacrifice of Christ.  By the power of your Spirit, may they become the body of your risen Son, in whom all divisions are healed.

Keep us in communion of mind and heart, together with all our bishops, priests, deacons andthe entire people your Son has gained for You.

Help us to work for the coming of your kindom, until at last we stand in your presence and take our place among the saints, with Mary, the Mother of God, Joseph, her spouse, Mary Magdalen and all the apostles, the martyrs, Francis and Clare and all the saints as well as, all our departed brothers and sisters, whom we commend to your mercy.

Then, in the glory of your new creation, freed from the sting of death, we shall sing to you the hymn of thanksgiving which rises from Christ the living Redeemer.
Celebrant joins hands.

The deacon, standing next to the celebrant, lifts up the cup.  The celebrant takes the plate with the consecrated bread and, lifting it up, sings or says the doxology.  If there is no deacon, the celebrant lifts up both the plate and the cup.
Through Christ, with Christ in Christ in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, almighty God, now and forever.
Amen.

Guided by the Holy Spirit of Jesus, we pray with our Lord his prayer to the Father in heaven ...

Our Father, who are in heaven, hallowed be your name; thy kindom 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 do not let us fall into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Deliver us Lord, from every evil and keep your Church free from persecution.  When we suffer for our faith, let your Spirit of truth help us to bear witness to you without fear, with the courage of him whose body could be killed but whose spirit stayed alive, our Risen Savior Jesus Christ.

For the kindom, the power, and the glory are Yours, now and forever.  Amen.

The Celebrant takes the consecrated bread and breaks it over the paten into several parts for communion of the faithful and, as necessary, prepares any additional cups with the consecrated wine, so that in sharing the one bread and the cup of salvation, the many are made one body in Christ.  As this is done, on of the following forms of the Agnus Dei is sung or said.

As we share this bread, we proclaim our willingness to build a community of love, to be the holy people that God calls us to be.

Jesus, Lamb of God,
You take away the sins of the world.  Have mercy on us.

Jesus, Bread of Life,
You take away the sins of the world.  Have mercy on us.

Jesus, Prince of Peace,
You take away the sins of the world.  Grant us your peace.

After the breaking of the bread, the celebrant places a small piece in the cup, saying inaudibly:
May the mingling of the body and blood of our Savior Jesus Christ bring eternal life to all who receive it.

Compassionate Creator, your Son has restored us with his body and renewed our hope in the Spirit’s coming.  Let this same Spirit give us the mentality of Jesus Christ, that we may bear witness without fear to your Son’s presence among us.  Let him make our hope and love without conditions or boundaries.  Keep us joyful and free by the strength of the surprising Spirit of Jesus Christ our Redeemer.
Amen.

May the God of peace be with you.
And also with you.

Let us go and take the Spirit of Christ with us, that our mentality may be the mentality of Christ and our life is the Lord’s life.  Strengthen us, O Lord, that we may not be not afraid to bear witness, for Jesus is our strength.  And may almighty God bless us, our Creator, ✠ our Redeemer, and our Sanctifier.
Amen.

The Mass is never ended.  Let us go in peace and keep relying on the continued coming of the Spirit.
Thanks be to God.