PSALM 33 From all my terrors set me free. Copyright -Mike Anderson

GOSPEL Matt 16:13-19

Prayer Fr Don Goegan

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Corpus Christi Sunday, June 22, 2025

1st Reading GENESIS 14: 18-20 Gospel LUKE 9:11-17

2nd Reading 1 COR 11:23-26

Fr Dan Crosby - Becoming The Eucharist We Celebrate'

TAKE, BLESS, BROKEN, SHARE

In our three scripture readings today we are celebrating the great gift of the Holy Eucharist that is the sacramental part of each and every Mass.

'Lord We Bring You Bread' -© Mike Anderson 2001

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Trinity Sunday 15th June 2025

Gospel JOHN 16:12-15

Spiritual direction from Fr Henry Wannsbourough’s Wednesday Word and a Retreat with the Spiritual Exercises; Images, Poems and Stories -Rev Gregory L Carson, S.J.D.Phil

“ Give praise to the Father Almighty.

To his Son Jesus Christ the Lord,

To the Spirit who dwells in our hearts,

Both now and forever. Amen”

Jesus is our first step before plunging into any commitment , and as we struggle to a deeper faith in the Holy Trinity.

MUSIC ; ‘Help us focus on you, Lord ‘ -© Mike Anderson 2020

Rabindranath Tagore - (1952), Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore, Macmillan Publishing (published January 1952), ISBN 978-0-02-615920-3

LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET - Rainer Maria Rilke- COPYRIGHT 1934 BY W . W . NORTON & COMPANY, INC. RENEWED 1962 BY M. D. HERTER NORTON REVISED EDITION COPYRIGHT 1954 BY W . W . NORTON & COMPANY, INC.

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1st Reading ACTS 15: 1-2,22-29 Gospel JOHN 14:23-29

2nd Reading REV 21:10-14

HYMN - Come Spirit Come -© Mike Anderson 2013

In John’s revelation today we have the wonderful vision of the Holy City –the New Jerusalem –the place of peace. When all the saved are joined together on the bedrock of the Apostles. In this ‘Jerusalem of lights’, there is no need of any Temple. The presence of the Lord God and the Lamb make the whole city a sacred area with the Holy Spirit shining like diamonds from the hearts of all the residents.

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Laurence Freeman OSB Excerpts from Talks at a retreat in Montreal, 2002

https://meditatiotalks.wccm.org/cd/lVMSgJkKK39VyKoiFB2l

A retreat given by a Jesuit priest made the point that the words found in Isaiah mentioned earlier are like love letters sent from God who keeps on saying “ I give myself to you”. The retreat master Fr Greg also provided exercises for ways in which we can listen for God in everyday situations where he pours out gifts of love throughout our lives if we are prepared to look for them. It could be our parents , or a sunny trip abroad, the smell of a BBQ, a grandmother and her grandchild, an ocean liner, a blue sky. One aim of the retreat was to then be thankful for these gifts every day once you had recognised them for what they are. This is how God love us and is the way we fulfil the commandment of Jesus to love one another. As I have loved you. That is with great generosity and gratitude.

R 1 ACTS 14:21-27

R2 APOC 21: 1-5

GOSPEL John 13: 31-35

Hymn - Lord I Surrender -M.Anderson

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FIRST READING - ACTS 13:14, 43-52

SECOND READING REV 7:9.14-17

GOSPEL JOHN 10:27-30

“John saw a large number, impossible to count, of people from every nation”. These people had suffered but were promised to be led to springs of living water. There are two unusual images presented in this selection of John’s Revelation story. The first image is of a group of people from every race who have been persecuted and a second image of the same people being told they will never be plagued by anything again.

HYMN - Let The Trumpet Sound - Mike Anderson

The Way of Meditation - Laurence Freeman OSB

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The gift of friendship and love given to Peter is an example of the same gift offered to us all every day. Pope Francis asked in 2019 . "What gift we can thank God for today?

Opening prayer on the Eucharist is by Fr Don Goergan.

Gospel - John 21: 1-19

Bishop Robert Barron gives much information on Apocalypse 5: 11-14 at wordonfire.com. which has now been running for 25 years!

'This Day was Made by the Lord ' is a Mike Anderson setting of Psalm 117 for Easter.
Blessed Solanus' Spiritual Communion is read by Fr Dan Crosby.

The Meditation today is from a Redemptorist children's liturgy.

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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER

"Tombstone" (© Pope Francis homily on the Easter Vigil of 2019 ) https://youtu.be/1kBdYFlitwE?feature=shared

GOSPEL JOHN 20::19-31

ACTS 5:12-6. REV 1:9-11PSALM ; Give praise to the Lord for he is good, his mercy endures forever.

Music 'NOW I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS' © Mike Anderson 2004, 2025

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