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♪ Return to God
♪ With all your heart
♪ The source of grace and mercy
♪ Come seek the tender faithfulness of God
♪ Return to God with all your heart
♪ The source of grace and mercy
♪ Come seek the tender faithfulness of God
- In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- In today's gospel Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead
and reveals that he is the resurrection and the life.
Let us look into our hearts
and see what choices bring us death rather than life
and ask for God's pardon and forgiveness.
- [Congregation] I confess to, All Mighty 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
through my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous fault.
Therefore, I ask blessed Mary of her virgin
all the angels and saints
and you my, brothers and sisters
to pray for me to the Lord our God.
- May All Mighty God have mercy on us
forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Lord, have mercy.
- [Congregation] Lord, have mercy.
- Christ, have mercy.
- [Congregation] Christ, have mercy.
- Lord, have mercy.
- [Congregation] Lord, have mercy.
- Let us pray.
By your help we beseech you, Lord our God
may we walk eagerly in that same charity with which
out of love for the world
your Son handed himself over to death.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit
one God forever and forever amen.
- A reading from the book of the prophet Ezekiel.
Thus says the Lord God,
"O' my people, I will open your graves
"and have you rise from them,
"and bring you back to the land of Israel.
"Then you shall know that I am the Lord
"when I open your graves and have you rise from them
"O' my people.
"I will put my spirit in you that you may live,
"and I will settle you upon your land
"that you shall know that I am the Lord.
"I have promised, and I will do it", says the Lord.
The word of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
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♪ With the Lord there is mercy
♪ And fullness of redemption
♪ With the Lord there is mercy
♪ And fullness of redemption
♪ From out of the depths I cry unto you
♪ Lord, hear my voice
♪ Come hear my prayer
♪ O' let your ear be open to my pleading
♪ With the Lord there is mercy
♪ And fullness of redemption
- A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans.
Brothers and sisters,
those who are in the flesh cannot please God,
but you are not in the flesh.
On the contrary you are in the spirit
if only the spirit of God dwells in you.
Whoever does not have the spirit of Christ
does not belong to him.
But if Christ is in you
although the body is dead because of sin,
the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
If the spirit of the one who raised Jesus
from the dead dwells in you,
the one who raised Christ from the dead
will give life to your mortal bodies also
through the spirit dwelling in you.
The word of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
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♪ Glory to you
♪ Our word of God
♪ Lord Jesus Christ
♪ Glory to you
♪ Our word of God
♪ Lord Jesus Christ
- The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- A reading from the holy gospel according to John.
- [Congregation] Glory to you Lord.
- The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus saying,
"Master, the one you love is ill."
When Jesus heard this he said,
"This illness is not to end in death,
"but is for the glory of God
"that the Son of God may be glorified through it."
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
When he heard that he was ill,
he remained for two days in the place where he was.
Then after this he said to his disciples,
"Let us go back to Judea."
When Jesus arrived,
he found that Lazarus had already been
in the tomb for four days.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went to meet him,
but Mary remained at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
"Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died.
"But even now I know that whatever you ask of God
"God will give you."
Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise."
Martha said, "I know he will rise
"in the resurrection on the last day."
Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life.
"Whoever believes in me even if he dies will live
"and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.
"Do you believe this?"
She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I have come to believe
"that you are the Christ, the Son of God
"the one who is coming into the world."
Jesus became perturbed and deeply troubled and said,
"Where have you laid him?"
They said to him, "Sir, come and see",
and Jesus wept.
The Jews said, "See how he loved him",
but some of them said,
"Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man
"have done something so this man would not have died?"
Jesus perturbed again came to the tomb.
It was a cave and a stone lay across it.
Jesus said, "Take away the stone."
Martha, the dead man's sister said to him,
"Lord, by now there will be a stench.
"He has been dead for four days."
Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believe
"you will see the glory of God?"
They took away the stone.
Jesus raised his eyes and said,
"Father, I thank you for hearing me.
"I know that you always hear me,
"but because of the crowd here I have said this
"so that they may believe that you sent me."
When he had said this he cried out in a loud voice,
"Lazarus, come out."
The dead man came out
tied hand and foot with burial bands
and his face wrapped in a cloth.
Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go."
Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
and seen what had been done began to believe in him.
The gospel of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Praise be to the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Again we've journeyed through the story
of the woman at the well,
the blind man whose sight is restored,
and now the raising of Lazarus.
This just a couple of Sundays before we celebrate Easter
puts our minds and our hearts attuned
for signs of resurrection.
Jesus brings water to those who thirst,
light to those who are in darkness because of blindness,
and even life to those who have died.
It is the ongoing story of the revelation of who Jesus is
and how we all come to recognize him.
He says, "I am the resurrection and the life."
We think about this perhaps at times
when we experience the death of a loved one,
but there are many smaller deaths and resurrections
that we experience in our life.
Where there is hurt and reconciliation
there's death and resurrection.
Where there is disappointment and doubt
that changes to hope,
there is death and resurrection.
While those who are preparing for the Easter sacraments
especially hear this gospel today
all of us are strengthened by it again.
We live in a world that functions.
Our whole economy really functions because of scarcity.
You want this product you better buy it today
because it might not be at the store tomorrow
or the door busters that happen at Thanksgiving.
Only the first hundred people get this deal,
or you have to get there two hours before the sun rises
if you really want the best price.
All of that sends us the message
that there's not enough to go around.
Jesus sends us the opposite message
that in Christ there is the abundance of grace
there is the abundance of mercy,
and there is the abundance of life.
All of us who seek life in him don't have to worry
because even out of the tomb
Jesus brings Lazarus to life.
Even in our ultimate moment of our last breath
Jesus brings us to new life.
As we enter into this last week of Lent
and into holy week,
we think about in a special way
all of those parts of ourselves
that need this sign of resurrection.
Imagine whatever part of you sits in darkness and death
hearing Jesus say, "Come out, untie her",
and that brings us in faith to walk with Jesus
in the journey of the cross knowing
that the cross leads to resurrection.
Using the Apostle's Creed let us stand
and profess our faith.
- [Congregation] I believe in God,
the Father All Mighty, creator of Heaven and Earth
and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate was crucified, died, and was buried
He descended into Hell.
On the third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into Heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God,
the Father All Mighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting, amen.
- We now raise our prayers to God
who offers us resurrection and life.
- May all the members of the church
come to a deeper belief in Jesus
as the resurrection and the life we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That all people believe in God
and come to salvation we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- May those whose life is diminishing receive
hope and strength from Jesus' promise of resurrection
we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- May those preparing for the Easter sacraments
grow in their anticipation of receiving new life
we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That each of us prepare for death with the belief
that the fullness of life awaits us we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- God of new life, you heard your Son's prayer
and raised Lazarus from the dead.
Hear our prayers that one day we too might be raised to the
fullness of life with you through Christ our Lord amen.
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Pray now, sisters and brothers,
that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God, our All Mighty Father.
- [Congregation] 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.
- Hear us, All Mighty God,
and having instilled in your servants
the teachings of the Christian faith
graciously purify them by the working of this sacrifice
through Christ our Lord, amen.
The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- Lift up your hearts.
- [Congregation] We lift them up to the Lord.
- Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
- [Congregation] It is right and just.
- It is truly right and just,
our duty and our salvation always
and everywhere to give you thanks,
Lord, Holy Father, All Mighty
and Eternal God through Christ.
For as true man he wept for Lazarus his friend
and as eternal God raised him from the tomb.
Just as taking pity on the human race
he leads us by sacred mysteries to new life.
Through him the hosts of angels adore your majesty
and rejoices in your presence forever.
May our voices we pray join with theirs
in one chorus of exultant praise as we acclaim.
♪ Holy, holy, holy
♪ Lord God of hosts
♪ Heaven and Earth are full of your glory
♪ Hosanna in the highest
♪ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
♪ Hosanna in the highest
♪ Hosanna in the highest
- You are indeed holy O' Lord, the fount of all holiness.
Make holy therefore these gifts we pray
by sending down your spirit upon them like the dew fall
so that they may become for us the body
and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into
his passion he took bread and giving thanks broke it
and 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 when supper was ended he took the chalice
and once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples
saying, "Take this all of you and drink from it.
"For this 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
♪ We proclaim your death O' Lord
♪ And profess your resurrection
♪ Until you come again
♪ Until you come again
- 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, Lord, your church spread throughout the world.
Bring her to the fullness of charity
together with Francis our Pope,
Joseph our bishop, and all the clergy.
Remember also our brothers and sisters
who have fallen 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 blessed Joseph her spouse, with the blessed Apostles
and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages
we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life
and may praise and glorify you through your Son,
Jesus Christ.
♪ Through him and with him and in him
♪ O' God, All Mighty Father,
♪ In the unity of the Holy Spirit
♪ All glory and honor is yours
♪ Forever and ever
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♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ At the savior's command informed by divine teaching
♪ We dare to say
♪ Our Father, who art in Heaven
♪ Hallowed by 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 be always free from sin
and safe from all distress
as we await the blessed hope
and the coming of our savior Jesus Christ.
- [Congregation] For the kingdom and the power
and the glory are yours now and forever.
- Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your apostles,
"Peace I leave you, my peace I give you"
look not on our sins 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.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The peace of the Lord be with you always.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- Let us offer each other a sign of peace.
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♪ 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
- Behold the Lamb of God.
Behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb.
- [Congregation] Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
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♪ We have been told
♪ We've seen his face
♪ And heard his voice
♪ Alive in our heart
♪ Live in my love
♪ With all your heart
♪ As the Father has loved me
♪ So I have loved you
♪ I am the vine
♪ You are the branches
♪ And all who live in me
♪ Will bear great fruit
♪ We have been told
♪ We've seen his face
♪ And heard his voice
♪ Alive in our heart
♪ Live in my love
♪ With all your heart
♪ As the Father has loved me
♪ So I have loved you
- Let us pray.
We pray, All Mighty God, that we may always be counted
among the members of Christ in whose body
and blood we have communion
who lives and reigns forever and ever.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- May, All Mighty God bless you
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Go and announce the gospel of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
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♪ Come to me all you weary
♪ With your burdens and pain
♪ Take my yoke on your shoulders
♪ And learn from me
♪ I am gentle and humble
♪ And your soul will find rest
♪ For my yoke is easy
♪ And my burden is light
♪ We shall rise again on the last day
♪ With the faithful, rich and poor
♪ Coming to the house of Lord Jesus
♪ We will find an open door there
♪ We will find an open door
- Today I'm certainly sure you appreciate
the celebration of Mass and how much it means to you
and means to so many in the community
to be the heart of a worshiping community
to give praise to Christ.
I ask you in your goodness to continue your support
and generous support of our television ministry
here in the diocese of Las Vegas,
and may God bless you for your generosity.
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