(soft music)
♪ Many faces the young and the old
♪ Gathered as one in our God
♪ Throughout history the stories we told
♪ Gathered as one in our God
♪ Like those come before us we listen and learn
♪ We remember the promise and await your return
♪ So without hesitation a new generation
♪ Proclaims the salvation of God
♪ Gathered as one
♪ In Jesus your Son
♪ Lifting our voices in praise
♪ We know and believe and long to receive
♪ The bread that is strength for our days
♪ Gathered as one
- In the same of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. - Amen.
- The Lord be with you. - And with your spirit.
- Today we celebrate the feast of the
transfiguration of our Lord.
In the gospel Peter, James, and John
see the glory of God in the transfigured Jesus.
As we prepare to celebrate this liturgy,
let us reflect on the times
we have not opened ourselves to Jesus' presence
and seen his risen glory.
- Lord Jesus you were transfigured before
Peter, James, and John Lord have mercy.
- [Congregation] Lord, have mercy.
- Christ Jesus you are the glory of God revealed to us.
Christ, have mercy.
- [Congregation] Christ, have mercy.
- Lord Jesus your Heavenly Father
commands us to listen to you.
Lord, have mercy.
- [Congregation] Lord, have mercy.
- May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
and bring us to life everlasting.
Glory to God in the highest
- [Congregation] And on Earth 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
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.
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 amen.
- Let us pray.
O God, who with the glorious transfiguration
of your only begotten Son confirmed the mysteries of faith
by the witness of the fathers
and wonderfully prefigured our full adoption to sonship
grant we pray to your servants
that listening to the voice of your beloved Son
we may merit to become coheirs with him
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit
one God forever and ever amen.
- A reading from the book of the Prophet Daniel:
As I watched thrones were set up
and the ancient one took his throne.
His clothing was snow bright
and the hair on his head as white as wool.
His throne was flames of fire with wheels of burning fire.
A surging stream of fire flowed out from where he sat.
Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him
and myriads upon myriads attended him.
The court was convened and the books were opened.
As the visions during the night continued I saw
one like a Son of Man coming on the clouds of Heaven.
When he reached the ancient one
and was presented before him
the one like a Son of Man received
dominion, glory, and kingship
all peoples, nations, and languages serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not be taken away.
His kingship shall not be destroyed.
The word of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
(soft music)
♪ The Lord is King
♪ The Lord Most High over all the Earth
♪ The Lord is King
♪ The Lord Most High over all the Earth
♪ The Lord is king
♪ Let the Earth rejoice
♪ Let the many islands be glad
♪ Cloud and darkness are round him
♪ Justice and right are the fountain of his throne
♪ The Lord is King
♪ The Lord Most High over all the Earth
- A reading from the second letter of Saint Peter.
Beloved, we did not follow cleverly devised myths
when we made known to you the power
and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But we had been eye witnesses of his majesty.
For he received honor and glory from God the Father
when that unique declaration came to him
from the majestic glory.
This is my Son my beloved with whom I am well pleased.
We ourselves heard this voice come from Heaven
while we were with him on the holy mountain.
Moreover we possess the prophetic message
that is all together reliable.
You will do well to be attentive to it
as to a lamp shining in a dark place until the day dawns
and the morning star rises in your hearts.
The word of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
(soft music)
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
♪ Hallelujah
- The Lord be with you.
- And with you spirit. - A reading from the
holy gospel according to Matthew.
- [Congregation] Glory to you, Lord.
- Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John
and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
He was transfigured before them.
His face shone like the sun,
and his clothes became white as light.
Behold Moses and Elijah appeared to them
conversing with him.
Then Peter said to Jesus in reply,
"Lord it is good that we are here.
"If you wish I will make three tents here
"one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
While he was still speaking behold
a bright cloud cast a shadow over them.
Then from the cloud came a voice that said,
"This is my beloved Son
"with whom I am well pleased.
"Listen to him."
When the disciples heard this,
they fell prostrate and were very much afraid.
But Jesus came and touched them saying,
"Rise and do not be afraid."
When the disciples raised their eyes,
they saw no one else but Jesus alone.
As they were coming down from the mountain
Jesus charged them,
"Do not tell this vision to anyone
"until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead."
The gospel of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
- When I was a kid and we would go to the movies
at times there would be something
that would be called a sneak preview.
It was kind of a privileged thing
'cause you would see the movie
before it was released to everybody else.
You felt kind of privileged
because you got a sneak preview
of what was to come for everybody else.
In essence today this transfiguration
that we celebrate is kind of like Jesus sneak preview
to his disciples to help them with the time
would come when he was going to suffer and die
that hopefully they would remember this is experience
and it would give them courage to continue on.
So this transfiguration which is now the
fourth luminous mystery of the rosary
is there to help us remember
that Jesus is there to encourage us
especially when times are tough for us as well.
But let's look at these disciples Peter, James, and John.
Jesus chose just the three of them not the whole group
just the three of them to go up there
and to have this experience.
These are the same disciples
after this wonderful experience
of seeing Jesus transfigured
these are the same disciple
who fell asleep at the Garden of Gethsemane.
Jesus said couldn't you even stay awake with me an hour.
You know twice they fell asleep at the Garden of Gethsemane
after having this transfiguration experience.
Peter at the passion of Christ even denied knowing Jesus
after he had this religious experience.
Then all the other disciples
who were locked up in that upper room
and Peter, James, and John were with them.
They were locked up in fear
even after Peter, James, and John
had this mountain top experience.
You see a religious experience is a great gift from God
not granted to everybody but to some.
But a religious experience doesn't mean
it's the be all and end all.
The religious experience has to continually be nurtured.
For us the best experience that we have
the most religious experience we have
is what we celebrate when we come to mass.
This holy Eucharist in a sense
you know the bread and the wine
are transfigured before our very eyes.
We don't see a physical transformation,
but we know that the bread and wine
that we bring to the altar
and what we receive are two different things.
We receive Christ present to us.
We need that presence.
As Jesus shared that experience with his disciples
you know even though they weren't worthy of that.
We think of how they faltered
after that wonderful religious experience.
Jesus still came in their midst.
Jesus comes in our midst
and wants to share himself with us
worthy or not as we are
because we know that the Eucharist
is not a reward just for the good
but it's the nourishment for us to go on
to continue to strive to be good.
So Jesus shared his very self with his disciples
after the resurrection even in spite
of them turning their backs on him.
Even in spite of them doubting
he still came into their midst
so that they could experience him again.
Then through the power of the sending of the Holy Spirit
he gave them the courage to go out to spread the good news,
and you and I are here because of that.
So may we continue then to strive
to be good disciples of the Lord
to strive to let him live through us
to make sure that we're nurtured by this Eucharist
and when not able to be at the mass for Eucharist
like those who watch on our their television as they come
and they're united with us in the spirit of Christ
for the Spirit is not bound by rooms or by churches
but the Spirit goes throughout.
Even though who watch us on the television
they too encounter the resurrected Christ.
May that encounter inspire us then to continue
to be his faithful servants to go out
and to spread the good news simply by loving
simply by trusting in the one who loves us so much.
Together we profess our faith using the Apostle's Creed.
- [Congregation] I believe in God the Father almighty
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 almighty.
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 are confident that the God
who command us to listen to the divine Son
will also listen to our prayers.
- That all those in leadership positions in the church
may be the visible presence of the transfigured Jesus
for those they serve we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That all people journey steadfastly
to the glory that awaits those
who are faithful to God's way we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That those who are discouraged
hesitant to journey forward in life,
or lost on the way may be strengthened by those
who shine with the glory of the risen Jesus
we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That we here gathered may listen to Jesus in each other
and come to share more fully in his glory
we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- Glorious God, you give us all we need
to come to the fullness of life with you.
Hear these our prayers and strengthens us
to journey faithfully with your divine Son.
We ask this through that same Son
Jesus Christ our Lord amen.
(soft music)
Pray my sisters and brothers that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God the almighty Father.
- [Congregation] May the Lord accept the sacrifice
at your hands for the praise and glory of his name
for our good and good of all his holy church.
- Sanctify O Lord we pray these offerings here
made to celebrate the glorious transfiguration
of your only begotten Son.
By his radiant splendor cleanse us from the stains of sin
through Christ our Lord.
- [Congregation] 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
almighty and eternal God through Christ our Lord.
For he revealed his glory
in the presence of chosen witnesses
and filled with the greatest splendor that bodily form
which he shares with all humanity
that the scandal of the cross
might be removed from the hearts of his disciples
and that he might show how in the body of the whole church
is to be fulfilled what so wonderfully
he shown forth first in its head,
and so with the powers of Heaven
we worship you constantly on Earth
and before you majesty without end we acclaim.
♪ Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts
♪ Heaven and Earth are full of your glory
♪ Hosanna in the highest
♪ Hosanna in the highest
♪ Blessed is he
♪ Blessed is he
♪ Who comes in the name of the Lord
♪ Hosanna in the highest
♪ Hosanna in the highest
♪ 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 disciple 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 is 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
♪ When we eat this bread and drink this cup
♪ We proclaim your death O Lord
♪ 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
and bring her to the fullness of charity
together with Francis our Pope and Joseph our bishop
all the clergy and all your people.
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 Joseph her loving husband
with the blessed apostles, the martyrs
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 almighty Father
♪ In the unity of the Holy Spirit
♪ All glory and honor is yours
♪ Forever and ever
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
♪ Amen
- At the savior's command informed by divine teaching
we dare to pray.
- [Congregation] Our Father who art in Heaven
hallowed be 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.
Let 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, 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.
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- Let us offer one another the peace of Christ.
- [Congregation] Lamb Of God you take away 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.
(soft music)
♪ For living
♪ For dying Lord
♪ For rising from the dead
♪ We pray you
♪ With every breath we take
♪ We come to you
♪ Remember you
♪ In the breaking of this bread
♪ We drink the cup
♪ The promise that you made
♪ Nourish us all
♪ Teach us to be
♪ All that you long for us to be
♪ Always to live
♪ Never to thirst
♪ Never to hunger
(soft music)
- Let us pray.
May the heavenly nourishment
we have received O Lord we pray
transform us into the likeness of your Son
whose radiant splendor you willed to make manifest
in his glorious transfiguration
who lives and reigns forever and ever.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The Lord be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- May our loving God bless you
the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Let us go in peace glorifying the Lord by our lives.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
♪ Change our hearts this time
♪ Your word says it can be
♪ Change our lives this time
♪ Your life could make us free
♪ We are the people your call set apart
♪ Lord this time change our hearts
♪ Change our hearts this time
♪ Your word says it can be
♪ Change our lives this time
♪ Your life could make us free
♪ We are the people your call set apart
♪ Lord this time change our hearts
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