EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - August 3, 2014 ENTRANCE ANTIPHON (Ps 70 (69):2, 6) O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me! You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay. INTRO Good morning my dear brothers and sisters, Today is the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the Lord’s Prayer we pray; “Give us today our daily bread.” When we ask the Father for bread, we acknowledge our creatureliness and our dependence on the Creator for our life and sustenance. Today as we celebrate, St. John Baptist Marie Vianney Sunday, we ask his intercession of the saint to seek not only for what sustain our body, but also for what uplifts the Spirit. The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is said. COLLECT Let us pray (pause) Draw near to your servants, O Lord, and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for those who glory in you as their Creator and guide, you may restore what you have created and keep safe what you have restored. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever R. Amen. THE LITURGY OF THE WORD FIRST READING (Hasten and eat.) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (55:1-3) Thus says the Lord: All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare. Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life. I will renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured to David. —The Word of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18) R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. (Cf. Ps 145:16) The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. (R) The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due season; you open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. (R) The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. (R) SECOND READING (No creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.) A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (8:35, 37-39) Brothers and sisters: What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. —The Word of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Mt 4:4b) R. Alleluia, alleluia. One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. (R) GOSPEL (They all ate and were satisfied.) A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew (14:13-21) When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said to them, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me,” and he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over—twelve wicker baskets full. Those who ate were about five thousand men, not counting women and children. —The Gospel of the Lord. The Creed is said. PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL ALL : Nourish Your people, Lord. 1. May our Church leaders and missionaries follow Jesus’ example of true pastoral service that the Gospel may more fully penetrate the life of humanity. We pray; 2. May all the warring nations, especially in the Middle East, Iraq, and Ukraine, may their leaders have the courage and wisdom to choose the road towards peace. We pray; 3. May all of us present today, always seek the things that will nourish us to live meaningfully in this world and for the kingdom. We pray; 4. May the needy, the suffering, the sick especially those among us, in our Church, community, family, experience the great love and providence through the care of people around them. We pray; 5. For our personal intention……………..We pray; PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS Graciously sanctify these gifts, O Lord, we pray, and, accepting the oblation of this spiritual sacrifice, make of us an eternal offering to you. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen. PREFACE OF THE SUNDAYS IN ORDINARY TIME (see pp. 149-154) COMMUNION ANTIPHON (Jn 6:35) I am the bread of life, says the Lord; whoever comes to me will not hunger and whoever believes in me will not thirst. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Let us pray (pause) Accompany with constant protection, O Lord, those you renew with these heavenly gifts and, in your never-failing care for them, make them worthy of eternal redemption. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen. 1. PIZZA MAKING will start today at 9:00a.m., participants please be on time at the shelter. 2. Community Meeting in the afternoon at 2:00p.m. SOLEMN BLESSING IN ORDINARY TIME (see pp. 155-159)
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