Presider: Fr. James Kubicki S.J.
Parish: St. Francis de Sales Seminary
Choir: Heart of the Nation
TEXT FROM THE GOSPEL AND HOMILY
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you o Lord.
Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly father.”
The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
In John's gospel Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." But here in Matthew's gospel, Jesus is saying 'You are the light of the world.' And that makes sense. Because through baptism we have become part of the body of Christ. And we now work with Christ in our world to be a light. And if you think about it, light is very humble. You don't light a lamp and then look at it. You light a lamp in order to see what is around it. Just so, as light for the world we're called not to draw attention to ourselves but as Jesus says to work our good deeds so that people will give glory not to us but to God. So, our light is designed to help people on their journey to the kingdom of God that God has prepared for each one of us. And we're also salt. Jesus says you are the salt of the earth. Now that doesn't mean we should be raising other people's blood pressure! But it means we are to be a seasoning. Again, salt, like light is very humble. Salt is not given into a piece of food in order to draw attention to itself but in order to bring out the flavor. To bring out the best in what is in the food it's seasoning. And just so we're called to be seasoning for our world. To bring out the best in one another. And another aspect of salt is that it is a preservative. And so, as salt for the earth, we're called to preserve what is good in our creation and in one another. We're called not only to bring out the good but also to preserve it. So, brothers and sisters as we celebrate this eucharist both on the air, around this country, here we ask that the Lord will give us the strength, the grace, to be true salt and light for our world especially the people that God places in our lives. And now let us stand and together we profess our faith.
Entrance: Holy, Holy, Holy
Text: 11 12 12 10; Reginald Heber, 1783–1826, alt. Music: John B. Dykes, 1823–1876.
Psalm 112: The Just Man Is A Light In Darkness to the Upright
Text © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Music © 2018, Steve Angrisano. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.
Preparation: Christ Be Our Light
Text: Bernadette Farrell, b. 1957 Tune: Bernadette Farrell, b. 1957 © 1993, 2000, Bernadette Farrell. Published by OCP.
Communion: You Have Anointed Me
Text: Mike Balhoff, b.1946, Gary Daigle, b.1957, Darryl Ducote, b.1945, © 1981, Damean Music. Distributed by GIA Publications, Inc.
Sending Forth: Holy God We Praise Thy Name
Text: 78 78 77 with additions; Te Deum laudamus; attr. to St. Nicetas, ca. 335–414;
Grosser Gott, wir loben dich; tr. ascr. to Ignaz Franz, 1719–1790; tr. by Clarence A. Walworth, 1820–1900.
Music: Allgemeines Katholisches Gesangbuch, Vienna, ca. 1774. Bridge text and music, and this arrangement
© 2012, Rick Modlin. Published by spiritandsong.com®, a division of OCP. All rights reserved.
Mass Setting: Mass of Saint Ann
Text © 2010, ICEL
Ed Bolduc Music © 2011, WLP
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