Worship along with us!
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 6, 2025
St. Mary’s uses music by permission from OCP through One License. Our license number is M-400277. All songs used in today’s Mass are used by permission.
INTRODUCTORY RITES************************
The Servant Song
Richard Gillard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdmgpMfnjdU&list=PLMQrJzPlip5V230NdSK8zgbakUi-e90ml
Will you let me be your servant,
Let me be as Christ to you;
Pray that I may have the grace to
Let you be my servant, too.
We are pilgrims on a journey,
We are trav'lers on the road;
We are here to help each other
Walk the mile and bear the load.
I will hold the Christ-light for you
In the night-time of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you,
Speak the peace you long to hear.
I will weep when you are weeping;
When you laugh I'll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow
'Til we've seen this journey through.
When we sing to God in heaven
We shall find such harmony,
Born of all we've known together
Of Christ's love and agony.
Greeting
Bishop Tom: Welcome to St. Mary’s of Washington, DC, a parish of the National Catholic Church of North America!
Let us begin,
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. +
All: Amen.
Bp. Tom: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: And also with you.
Sign of Peace
Bp. Tom: Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: I leave you peace, my peace I give you. Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom where you live for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
Bp. Tom: The Peace of the Lord be with you always.
All: And also with you.
Bp. Tom: Let us offer each other a sign of peace.
Kyrie
https://youtu.be/9Ipm5ja3tIc?si=FJvCEpLPxNP-3U2s
You raise the dead to life in the spirit
Kyrie eleison
ALL: Kyrie eleison
You bring pardon and peace to the sinner
Christe eleison
ALL: Christe eleison.
You bring life to those in darkness
Kyrie eleison
ALL: Kyrie eleison.
Bishop Tom: May almighty God have mercy on us,
Forgive us our sins,
And bring us to everlasting life.
ALL: AMEN
Glory to God in the Highest!
Glory to God in the highest,
sing glory to God! Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth!
Lord God heavenly king
Almighty God and Father
We worship you, we give you thanks
We praise you for your glory!
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Son of the Father
Lord God, lamb of God
you take away the sin of the world,
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father,
receive our prayer!
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
the Most High Jesus Christ
With the Holy Spirit
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
Opening Prayer
Let us pray.
Father,
who in Christ, the firstborn of all creation,
have called all things into existence,
grant, we beseech you, that, docile to the breath of your Spirit of life, we may guard the works of your hands in charity.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.
ALL: AMEN
LITURGY OF THEWORD***********************
The first reading is from the Book of Isaiah
Thus says the LORD:
Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her,
all you who love her;
exult, exult with her,
all you who were mourning over her!
Oh, that you may suck fully
of the milk of her comfort,
that you may nurse with delight
at her abundant breasts!
For thus says the LORD:
Lo, I will spread prosperity over Jerusalem like a river,
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing torrent.
As nurslings, you shall be carried in her arms,
and fondled in her lap;
as a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you;
in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort.
When you see this, your heart shall rejoice
and your bodies flourish like the grass;
the LORD's power shall be known to his servants.
The Word of the Lord
ALL: Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20
https://youtu.be/B4zx92OOV-Q?si=e_Xz3kERJDDQUk-l
R. (1) Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth,
sing praise to the glory of his name;
proclaim his glorious praise.
Say to God, "How tremendous are your deeds!"
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
"Let all on earth worship and sing praise to you,
sing praise to your name!"
Come and see the works of God,
his tremendous deeds among the children of Adam.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
He has changed the sea into dry land;
through the river they passed on foot;
therefore let us rejoice in him.
He rules by his might forever.
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
Hear now, all you who fear God, while I declare
what he has done for me.
Blessed be God who refused me not
my prayer or his kindness!
R. Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.
The second reading is from the Letter of Paul to the Galatians
Brothers and sisters:
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through which the world has been crucified to me,
and I to the world.
For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision,
but only a new creation.
Peace and mercy be to all who follow this rule
and to the Israel of God.
From now on, let no one make troubles for me;
for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit,
brothers and sisters. Amen.
The Word of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God
Gospel
Alleluia! (Sung)
https://youtu.be/pexy95SN7c0?si=hOHRrI-VCCI2R0zs
ALL: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Let the peace of Christ control your hearts;
let the word of Christ dwell in you richly..
ALL: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Bp. Tom: The Lord is WITH you!
ALL: And also with you!
Bp. Tom: A Reading from the Holy Gospel, according to Luke
ALL: Glory to you, Oh Lord!
At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.
Go on your way;
behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
and greet no one along the way.
Into whatever house you enter, first say,
'Peace to this household.'
If a peaceful person lives there,
your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you.
Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you,
for the laborer deserves his payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
'The kingdom of God is at hand for you.'
Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,
go out into the streets and say,
'The dust of your town that clings to our feet,
even that we shake off against you.'
Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you,
it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town."
The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and said,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name."
Jesus said, "I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.
Behold, I have given you the power to 'tread upon serpents' and scorpions
and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you,
but rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
Bp. Tom: The Gospel of the Lord
ALL: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
HOMILY
THE NICENE CREED (Pre 2014)
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten not made, one in being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and our salvation he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he was born of the Virgin Mary and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered, died, and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and 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.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son
she is worshipped and glorified.
She has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Universal Prayer
Bp. Tom: Father, on this holiday weekend we give thanks for those who were willing to risk everything that we might inherit a great experiment: democracy. There are those who would reverse what was begun in 1776 for personal gain; give strength and wisdom to those who would oppose and protect this country from destruction.
As a Father who only seeks unconditional love with creation, we bring you these prayers and petitions.
*For those who are traveling: send your angels to protect their journey. For those in the path of natural disaster: protect them and the first responders who are assisting. Heal your creation Lord.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PRAYER
*For your earthly shepherds that you have called to help us through this time called “life.” Build them up when they are down; heal them when they are sick; and encourage them when they become discouraged. We pray especially for Pope Leo, my Bishop James Sherlock, Bishop Charlie Braun, Bishop Vicars Gerald Miller and Leo Falcon, Bishop David Lett, Cardinals Robert McElroy, Wilton Gregory, and Donald Wuerl; Bishop Sean Rowe, and me your humble servant. Lord, send out new laborers to help with the harvest!
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PRAYER
*For peace in the middle east. Stand in the gap and halt the violence and hatred. It has been millennia of struggle, war, and retribution. Change leaders’ hearts or change leaders to free the people that find themselves enslaved on both sides. Let the peace of Christ, that we proclaim at the start of our Mass be a reality.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PRAYER
*For those who serve and have served. If actively stationed, protect them; guide them; strengthen them and comfort those who remain behind. We pray for those who have served and who struggle with health and mental health issues.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PRAYER
* For all who are ill. May our loved ones in hospitals or suffering at home know healing and peace. May God nourish the bodies that hold pain and loneliness. We pray especially for: for Nelson Arnold, Ron Gilroy, Debbie Hanson, Melissa DeWitt Arens, Deb Meyers, Cory Fleming, Fr. Joseph Ruggeri, Bishop Vicar Gerald Miller, Jackie and Gerry Spencer, Donna M. Franco, Ann Carter Haines, Frank Vance, Jr.…………………………..as well as those suffering with or recovering from the measles, Covid, flu, and pneumonia.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PRAYER
*For those who have died:
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PRAYER
*For the intentions of those joining this Mass……
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PRAYER
Gracious God, we ask you to continue to watch over the lives of your people. Hear our prayers and grant that we may draw closer to you each day. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
ALL: Amen
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST*********************
https://youtu.be/Ep8G6nVjz04?si=VtWnsyl7qn4Km7ZS
Refrain: We come to share our story. We come to break the bread.
We come to know our rising from the dead.
1. We come as your people. We come as your own.
United with each other, love finds a home.
2. We are called to heal the broken, to be hope for the poor.
We are called to feed the hungry at our door.
3. Bread of life and cup of promise, In this meal we all are one.
In our dying and our rising, may your kingdom come.
4. You will lead and we shall follow.
you will be the breath of life; living water, we are thirsting for your light.
5. We will live and sing your praises. "Alleluia" is our song.
May we live in love and peace our whole life long.
Prayer over the Offerings
Bp. Tom: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness
we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work
of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life.
The people reply: Blessed be God for ever.
The priest pours wine and a little water into the chalice.
By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our humanity.
Bp. Tom: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness
we have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and
work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink.
The people reply: Blessed be God for ever.
Father completes additional personal preparatory rites.
Lord God, we ask you to receive us and be pleased with the sacrifice we offer you with humble and contrite hearts.
Father pours water over his hands and says:
Lord, wash away my iniquity; cleanse me from my sin.
Bp. Tom:
Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),
that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.
The people reply:
May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands
for the praise and glory of God's name,
for our good
and the good of all God's holy Church.
Prayer:
Receive, Father,
these fruits of the earth and of our hands:
perfect in them the work of your creation
so that, transformed by the Holy Spirit,
they may become for us food and drink of eternal life.
Through Christ our Lord.
ALL: Amen.
Eucharistic Prayer
Preface Dialogue:
Bp. Tom: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.
Bp. Tom: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Bp. Tom: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God People: It is right to give God thanks
and praise
Father, all powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
By his birth we are reborn.
In his suffering we are freed from sin.
By his rising from the dead we rise to everlasting life.
In his return to you in glory we enter into your heavenly kingdom.
And so we join the angels and the saints
as they sing their unending hymn of praise:
Sanctus ("Holy, Holy"; based on the praise of the Seraphim in Isa 6:3 and Rev 4:8):
https://youtu.be/AZelcmHoKxo?si=st8vks6IHgCJO0o_
ALL: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord of hosts.
Heaven and earth are filled with your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest (2x)
Eucharistic Prayer II
Epiclesis (calling upon the Holy Spirit):
Lord, you are holy indeed, the fountain of all holiness.
Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy,
so that they may become for us
the body + and blood of our Lord, Jesus the Christ.
Institution Narrative (recalling the words and actions of Jesus at the Last Supper; see Mark 14:22-24; Matt 26:26-28; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor 11:23-25):
Before he was given up to death,
a death he freely accepted,
he took bread and gave you thanks.
He broke the bread,
gave it to his disciples, and said:
Take this, all of you, and eat it:
this is my body which will be given up for you.
When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again he gave you thanks and praise, gave the cup to his disciples, and said:
Take this, all of you, and drink from it:
this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in memory of me.
Memorial Acclamation:
Bp. Tom: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
https://youtu.be/I-72zONivNQ?si=i-_zlRTcBQfCUHxF
ALL: When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your LOVE oh Lord, until you come again!
Anamnesis, Offering, and Intercessions:
In memory of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Father, this life-giving bread, this saving cup.
We thank you for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you. May all of us who share in the body and blood of Christ be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit.
Lord, remember your Church throughout the world; make us grow in love, together with Leo our Pope, James our Bishop, Bishops Charlie, David, Gerald, and Leo; Cardinals Wilton Gregory, Robert McElroy, and Donald Wuerl; and me your humble servant, together with all the clergy – priests, deacons, and religious.
Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again; bring them and all the departed into the light of your presence. Have mercy on us all; make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the virgin Mother of God, with the apostles, and with all the saints who have done your will throughout the ages. May we praise you in union with them, and give you glory through your Son, Jesus Christ.
Doxology and Great Amen:
https://youtu.be/vSY2P9f84f8?si=8TWgYUa_X59emFhh
Through Him with him and in Him
In the unity of the holy spirit
All glory and honor is yours
Almighty Father
Forever and ever!
The people acclaim: Amen
Lord's Prayer (Sung)
Bp. Tom: Let us pray for the coming of the kingdom as Jesus taught us.
https://youtu.be/Go48NULI6Gc?si=sp6bX2hqQbgohBal
All: Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be your 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.
Bishop Tom: Deliver us lord from every evil and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus the Christ.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever.
Amen!
Breaking of the Bread. LAMB OF GOD (SUNG)
https://youtu.be/JMZg9P6c6bs?si=isknApNCfmutopQb
All: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.
Communion
Bp. Tom: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to the supper of the lamb!
All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and I shall be healed.
Communion Minister: The body of Christ. Communicant: Amen.
Communion Minister: The blood of Christ. Communicant: Amen.
Communion Song
High Above Our Way Lyrics
Steve Angrisano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9DFC0rjxok&list=PLMQrJzPlip5V230NdSK8zgbakUi-e90ml&index=11
There is love that is greater than my own.
There is spirit that brings me back to life.
There is Seed that’s been planted in my soul.
That can only grow in the light of Christ.
There is mercy that’s wider than my own
There is hope every sinner can be saved.
There is power that rolls away the stone
That is only found in the light of Christ.
REFRAIN
High above our way is the mind of God
Love much greater than my own
Unto your hand I commend my life
True love is found in Christ alone.
There is water for every thirsty soul
There is bread that will truly satisfy
There is seed that implanted in my soul
That can only grow in the light of Christ.
BRIDGE:
All you who wandered come and see
All you sinners come by me
Loay down your burden and be free
Come to the Lord.
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
ALL: My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I long for You in my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely to You; never permit me to be separated from You.
Prayer after Communion
Bp. Tom: Let us pray.
May the sacrament of unity we have received, O Father, increase communion with you and with our brothers and sisters, so that, while we await the new heavens and the new earth, we may learn to live in harmony with all creatures.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
ALL: Amen.
CONCLUDING RITES************************
Optional Announcements
Greeting and Blessing
Bp. Tom: The Lord be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
May almighty God bless you,
The Father, + and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
ALL: AMEN
Dismissal
MUSIC -- Bp. Tom: Go in peace of Christ,
ALL: Thanks be to God!
Recessional and Closing Song:
America the Beautiful
https://youtu.be/WBEDZkfYegs?si=Ud5sQxfRRJWl1p2B
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
America! America! America!
