Worship along with us!
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. August 1, 2021
Welcome to the table!
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************************
Gather the People
Dan Schutte
REFRAIN
Gather the people! Enter the feast!
All are invited, the greatest and least.
The banquet is ready, now to be shared.
Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared.
1. Around this table we dine as kin,
beloved family of God.
We share the body of Christ, the Lord.
Here we become what we eat.
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2. Around this table God’s bounty falls
on all who hunger and thirst.
We drink the fullness of Christ, the Lord.
So we become what we eat.
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3. Around this table our hearts rejoice
in love that’s stronger than death.
We’ll rise in glory with Christ, the Lord.
Then we become what we eat.
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Greeting
Father 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.
Fr. 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.
Penitential Act
Fr. Tom: Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
All say:
I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned,
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,
(And, striking their breast, they say)
through my fault,
through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Fr. Tom: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
ALL: Amen
Kyrie (Lord Have Mercy, Christ Have Mercy, Lord Have Mercy)
You raise the dead to life in the Spirit
Kyrie Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
You bring pardon and peace to the sinner
Christe Eleison
Christe Eleison
You bring light to those in darkness
Kyrie Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Glory to God in the Highest!
REFRAIN:
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, on earth peace, peace to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you,
we adore you, we glorify you.
We give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
REFRAIN
Lord Jesus Christ, only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father,
You take away the sins of the world have mercy on us;
You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer;
You are seated at the right hand of the Father:
have mercy on us.
REFRAIN
For you alone are the Holy One,
You alone are the Lord,
You alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ, With the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
REFRAIN
Amen.
Opening Prayer
Let us pray.
Father of everlasing goodness,
our origin and guide,
Be close to us and hear the prayers of all who praise you.
Forgive our sins and restore us to life.
Keep us safe in your love.
Grant this this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
ALL: AMEN
LITURGY OF THE WORD***********************
The first reading is from the Book of Exodus
The whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
The Israelites said to them,
“Would that we had died at the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt,
as we sat by our fleshpots and ate our fill of bread!
But you had to lead us into this desert
to make the whole community die of famine!”
Then the LORD said to Moses,
“I will now rain down bread from heaven for you.
Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion;
thus will I test them,
to see whether they follow my instructions or not.
“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites.
Tell them: In the evening twilight you shall eat flesh,
and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread,
so that you may know that I, the LORD, am your God.”
In the evening quail came up and covered the camp.
In the morning a dew lay all about the camp,
and when the dew evaporated, there on the surface of the desert
were fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground.
On seeing it, the Israelites asked one another, “What is this?”
for they did not know what it was.
But Moses told them,
“This is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.”
The Word of the Lord
ALL: Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm
R. (24b) The Lord gave them bread from heaven.
What we have heard and know,
and what our fathers have declared to us,
we will declare to the generation to come
the glorious deeds of the LORD and his strength
and the wonders that he wrought.
R. The Lord gave them bread from heaven.
He commanded the skies above
and opened the doors of heaven;
he rained manna upon them for food
and gave them heavenly bread.
R. The Lord gave them bread from heaven.
Man ate the bread of angels,
food he sent them in abundance.
And he brought them to his holy land,
to the mountains his right hand had won.
R. The Lord gave them bread from heaven.
The second reading is from the letter of Paul to the Ephesians
Brothers and sisters:
I declare and testify in the Lord
that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do,
in the futility of their minds;
that is not how you learned Christ,
assuming that you have heard of him and were taught in him,
as truth is in Jesus,
that you should put away the old self of your former way of life,
corrupted through deceitful desires,
and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
and put on the new self,
created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness of truth.
The Word of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God
Gospel
ALL: Alleluia, alleluia.
One does not live on bread alone,
but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
ALL: Alleluia, alleluia.
Fr. Tom: The Lord is WITH you!
ALL: And also with you!
Fr. Tom: A Reading from the Holy Gospel, according to John
ALL: Glory to you, Oh Lord!
When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there,
they themselves got into boats
and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
And when they found him across the sea they said to him,
“Rabbi, when did you get here?”
Jesus answered them and said,
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
you are looking for me not because you saw signs
but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
Do not work for food that perishes
but for the food that endures for eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give you.
For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”
So they said to him,
“What can we do to accomplish the works of God?”
Jesus answered and said to them,
“This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
So they said to him,
“What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you?
What can you do?
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:
He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven;
my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world.”
So they said to him,
“Sir, give us this bread always.”
Jesus said to them,
“I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”
Fr. Tom: The Gospel of the Lord
ALL: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
HOMILY
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord 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 made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven, (bow)
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with 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.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son she is adored and glorified.
And she has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Universal Prayer
General Intercessions / Prayer of the Faithful:
” Father, we come in faith; faith in our Lord Jesus the Christ, your son. Hear these prayers and petitions that we place before you now.
*For our Country. Help us to learn again to love. To love our fellow man and woman. Eliminate hate; show us that we are all created in YOUR image. Let us be lights and not darkness.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
*For the care givers that are once again being stressed with caring for those who have ignored the miracles you have delivered to end this pandemic. Strengthen them and give them hope, love, and joy to carry on their missions.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
*For those dealing with the severe drought and burning forests; send rains to water your land. Protect those trying to extinguish the fires.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD HEAR 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 Francis, my Bishop Tom Sterner, Bishop Charlie Braun, Bishop David Lett, and Cardinal Wilton Gregory
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For those that serve and protect us in the military. Protect them wherever they may be stationed in the world and surround their loved ones at home with angels to protect them while they are deployed.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
*For those who are sick: for Leonard Matarese, Courtney Rae, Danny Arens, Terry Kinsley, Debbie Hanson, Lee Spencer, Vicar William Bass’ mom, Melissa DeWitt Arens, Deb Meyers, Christopher Hlat, Carol Fleming, Debbie McPherson-Wirtz, and Chad Jacobs…………………………………………..as well as those suffering with or recovering from the COVID-19 virus.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
*For those who have died:
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
*For the intentions of those joining this Mass……
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
In faith we bring these things to you with the hope of your love. We ask these things in the name of Jesus name.
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST*********************
I Am the Bread of Life
Steve Angrisano and Tom Booth
I am the Bread of Life,
I am the hope in night,
I am the door wide open,
I am the shepherd’s might,
I am the truth and light,
I am the way and life,
I Am Who Am and I am for you: come and follow me.
I am bread for the world,
hope for the hopeless
Come to me, and know that I’ll always be there
with my arms open wide.
I Am Who Am and I am for you: come and follow me.
I give my heart to those in sorrow,
I come to those who are in need;
hope for today and for tomorrow,
light for all who want to see.
Prayer over the Offerings
Fr. 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.
Fr. 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.
Fr. 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 his name,
for our good
and the good of all his holy Church.
Prayer Over the Gifts:
Merciful Lord,
make holy these gifts,
and let our spiritual sacrifice
make us an everlasting gift to you.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
ALL: Amen.
Eucharistic Prayer
Preface Dialogue:
Fr. Tom: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you.
Fr. Tom: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Fr. 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.
In you we live and move and have our being.
Each day you show us a Father’s love;
your Holy spirit, dwelling within us,
gives us on earth the hope of unending joy.
Your gift of the Spirit,
who raised Jesus from the dead,
is the foretaste and promise
of the paschal feast of heaven.
With thankful praise,
in company with the angels,
we glorify the wonders of your power.
Sanctus ("Holy, Holy"; based on the praise of the Seraphim in Isa 6:3 and Rev 4:8):
ALL: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord
God of Power, God of Might.
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.
Eucharistic Prayer IV
Epiclesis (calling upon the Holy Spirit):
Father, we acknowledge your greatness:
all your actions show your wisdom and love.
You formed us in your own likeness
and set us over the whole world
to serve you, our creator,
and to rule over all creatures.
Even when we disobeyed you and lost your friendship
you did not abandon us to the power of death,
but helped all to seek and find you
Again and again you offered a covenant to us
and through the prophets taught us to hope for salvation.
Father, you so loved the world
That in the fullness of time you sent your only Son to be our Savior.
He was conceived through the power of the Holy Spirit,
and born of the Virgin Mary,
a man like us in all things but sin.
To the poor he proclaimed the good news of salvation,
to prisoners, freedom,
and to those in sorrow, joy.
In fulfillment of your will
he gave himself up to death;
but by rising from the dead,
he destroyed death and restored life.
And that we might live no longer for ourselves – but for him,
he sent the Holy spirit from you Father,
as his first gift to those who believe,
to complete his work on earth
and bring us to the fullness of grace.
Father, may this Holy spirit sanctify these offerings.
Let them become the body + and blood of Jesus Christ our Lord
as we celebrate the great mystery
which he left us as an everlasting covenant.
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):
He always loved those who were his own in the world.
When the time came for him to be glorified by you, his heavenly Father,
he showed the depth of his love.
While they were at supper, he took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread, and gave it to his disciples saying:
Take this, all of you, and eat it:
this is my body which will be given up for you.
In the same way, he took the cup, filled with wine.
He gave you thanks, and giving the cup to his disciples, 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:
Fr. Tom: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
ALL: We proclaim your death O Lord, and profess your resurrection until you come again; until you come again.
Anamnesis, Offering, and Intercessions:
Father, we now celebrate this memorial of our redemption.
We recall Christ’s death, his descent among the dead,
his resurrection, and his ascension to your right hand;
and, looking forward to his coming in glory,
we offer you his body and blood,
the acceptable sacrifice
which brings salvation to the whole world.
Lord, look upon this sacrifice which you have given to your church;
and by your Holy Spirit, gather all who share this bread and wine
into the one body of Christ, a living sacrifice of praise.
Lord, remember those for whom we offer this sacrifice,
especially for Francis our pope, Thomas, my bishop, and the bishops and clergy everywhere.
Remember those who take part in this offering,
those here present and all your people,
and all who seek you with a sincere heart.
Remember those who have died in the peace of Christ
and all the dead whose faith is known to you alone.
Father, in your mercy grant also to us, your children,
to enter into our heavenly inheritance
in the company of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God,
and your apostles and saints.
Then, in your kingdom, freed from the corruption of sin and death,
we shall sing your glory with every creature through
Christ our Lord,
through whom you give us everything that is good.
Doxology and Great Amen:
Through Him, with Him, and in Him,
In the unity of the Holy Spirit
All glory and honor is yours
Almighty Father
For ever and ever.
ALL: Amen
Lord's Prayer (Sung)
Fr. Tom: Let us pray for the coming of the kingdom as Jesus taught us.
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 do not let us be led into temptation
But deliver us from evil.
Fr. Tom: 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 sin and safe 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.
Sign of Peace
Fr. 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.
Fr. Tom: The Peace of the Lord be with you always.
All: And also with you.
Fr. Tom: Let us offer each other a sign of peace.
Breaking of the Bread. LAMB OF GOD(SUNG)
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
Fr. Tom: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to his supper.
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.
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.
Communion Song
Feast Meant for Everyone
Tom Booth and Sarah Hart
Bread for the immigrant, bread for the poor,
Bread for hungry who beg at our door.
Food for the outcast waiting to belong;
Come to the feast meant for everyone
REFRAIN
Oh, how great is the love of God
In this body broken, this saving blood.
Oh, how great is the love of God
Her in the feast meant for everyone,
Here in the feast meant for everyone.
Bread for the sheltered, bread for the rich;
Those who need nothing all Jesus is.
Food for all people, empty we all come;
Come to the feast meant for everyone.
Drink for the brother, thirsting for more;
Drink for the sister who’s run out of hope.
This cup is healing, more than just enough
Come to the feast meant for everyone.
Gather the sinners, gather the saints
All souls in heaven and here in this place.
This is the table where we are made one,
Here in the feast meant for everyone.
Prayer after Communion
Fr. Tom: Let us pray.
Lord,
You give us the strength of new life
by the gift of the eucharist.
Protect us with your love
and prepare us for eternal redemption.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
ALL: Amen.
CONCLUDING RITES************************
Optional Announcements
Greeting and Blessing
Fr. 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
Fr. Tom: Go in the peace of Christ!
ALL: Thanks be to God!
Recessional and Closing Song:
Forth in the Peace of Christ
By Luke Rosen
Forth in the peace of Christ we go;
Christ to the world with joy we bring;
Christ in our minds, Christ on our lips,
Christ in our hearts, the world's true King
King of our hearts, Christ makes us kings;
kingship with him his servants gain;
with Christ, the Servant Lord of all,
Christ's world we serve, to share Christ's reign
Priests of the world, Christ sends us forth
the world of time to consecrate,
the world of sin by grace to heal,
Christ's world in Christ to recreate