Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Prayers of the Faithful

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January 27, 2019

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Let us pray to use our gifts wisely in order to create harmony and concord, hope and respect among people of every race and nation.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us learn to listen carefully to the scriptures and receive the grace that is meant for us in order to follow Christ Jesus. May our hearts grow in faith, charity and in Christian unity.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us walk among people lost in despair, those who question their place within the Church, and those whose minds are clouded by doubt.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us pray for people who are vulnerable and weak, those surviving disabilities, those who struggle to make ends meet, and those who wait for others to accept them.

We pray the Lord.

Let us pray for family members who await surgery or who fear a new diagnosis. We pray for all the sick, especially those who are homebound.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us pray for our beloved dead and those who grieve on earth.

At this Mass…

We pray to the Lord

“Justice, Only Justice, You Shall Pursue”: Vespers at Sacred Heart Church

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Read more about this year’s theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity below:

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: News from Vatican

More about this year’s theme

 

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Kristy Milligan, CEO of Westside CARES

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Andy Barton, CEO of Catholic Charities of Southern Colorado

We began the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on Friday evening with Vespers at Sacred Heart Church. Over sixty people gathered for prayer to reflect on the Christian role to work for justice and to pursue of life of combined prayer and service.

Christian unity is seldom part of mainstream thought and prayer in any Christian denomination today. We need one another more than ever. We need our common backgrounds of baptism to unite in service for the marginalized and to speak out on behalf of the weak and weary.

At Sacred Heart Church, we host the weekly Lord’s Dinner, sponsored by nine churches that are part of an alliance from Westside CARES. We also serve hundreds of families in our weekly food pantry on Mondays and Thursdays, also part of Westside CARES. We are also connected to various Catholic Charities programs with volunteers from our Tri-Community.

I was deeply inspired by our common prayer on Friday evening. I wait for us to find our common voice to love and serve in our world that desperately needs God’s compassion and tenderness.

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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Prayers of the Faithful

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January 20, 2019

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Prayers of the Faithful

Let us pray for a new awareness of the miracles of Christ Jesus as we celebrate the gifts of faith, hope and love in our midst.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us pray for the gifts of prophecy and understanding for all who lead the Church, for Francis, our Pope, and Michael, our Bishop.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us pray for people we take for granted in everyday encounters, that we may learn a deeper gratitude for other people’s skills and talents.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us pray to create the Church based on the gifts of forgiveness, compassion and healing and the common good. May we build our lives on gratitude.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us pray for the dignity of all human life, the support of our children and hope for people with disabilities. May we use our gifts to create a world free from violence, racism and poverty.

We pray to the Lord.

Let us pray for our beloved dead and for our loved ones who grieve on earth.

We pray to the Lord.

 

 

 

 

 

Fragments from the Word: Mark 2:1:12

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Gospel  Mk 2:1-12

When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,
it became known that he was at home.
Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them,
not even around the door,
and he preached the word to them.
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd,
they opened up the roof above him.
After they had broken through,
they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him,
“Child, your sins are forgiven.”
Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves,
“Why does this man speak that way?  He is blaspheming.
Who but God alone can forgive sins?”
Jesus immediately knew in his mind what
they were thinking to themselves,
so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,
‘Your sins are forgiven,’
or to say, ‘Rise, pick up your mat and walk’?
But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth”
–he said to the paralytic,
“I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.”
He rose, picked up his mat at once,
and went away in the sight of everyone.
They were all astounded
and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

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Fragments from the Word: Mark 1: 40-45

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Gospel MK 1:40-45

A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said,
“If you wish, you can make me clean.”
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,
touched the leper, and said to him,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”
The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.
Then he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything,
but go, show yourself to the priest
and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed;
that will be proof for them.”
The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter.
He spread the report abroad
so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly.
He remained outside in deserted places,
and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

Baptism of the Lord: Homily from January 13, 2019, Mass at 7:30am at Sacred Heart

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Gospel  LK 3:15-16, 21-22

The people were filled with expectation,
and all were asking in their hearts
whether John might be the Christ.
John answered them all, saying,
“I am baptizing you with water,
but one mightier than I is coming.
I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

After all the people had been baptized
and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying,
heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon him
in bodily form like a dove.
And a voice came from heaven,
“You are my beloved Son;
with you I am well pleased.”