00:00:03,160 S1: From the Saint Ignatius Chapel at the Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Center in Pickering, Ontario. 00:00:14,400 S1: The National Catholic Broadcasting Council presents. 00:00:21,079 S1: The Sunday TV mass. 00:00:25,879 S2: Welcome to the celebration of the Sunday TV mass on this, the sixth Sunday of Easter, I'm Monsignor Robert Scott. The televising of this mass is made possible by the contributions from three donors. The first is the launch of van der Roche family from Ontario in loving memory of Diane. May her soul rest in eternal peace, in thanksgiving for blessings received, and for the living and deceased members of the families. The second is Christopher Brown, son of the late Mary G. Brown of Toronto, Ontario. This mass is offered in sacred remembrance of Mary. The third is Carolyn McKay from Oakville, Ontario, in memory of her husband Phillip and deceased family members for the souls in purgatory and for world peace. Our thanks to our donors for the gift of this mass. Today is also Mother's Day in Canada and many other countries. We remember all mothers who lovingly care for their families, and we also give thanks to all grandmothers whose actions and prayers sustain many families. And for all of our mothers who have died. 00:01:30,230 S2: In the name of the father, and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 00:01:38,989 S3: And with your spirit. 00:01:40,549 S2: To celebrate worldly now the mystery of our faith that is called to mind our sins and ask the Lord for pardon and for strength. You were sent to heal the contrite of heart. Lord have mercy. 00:01:50,790 S3: Lord have. 00:01:51,430 S2: Mercy. You came to call sinners. Christ have mercy. 00:01:54,390 S3: Christ have mercy. 00:01:55,469 S2: You are seated at the right hand of the father to intercede for us. Lord have mercy. 00:01:59,709 S3: Lord have mercy. 00:02:00,819 S2: May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. 00:02:05,939 S3: Amen. 00:02:06,900 S2: Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of goodwill. We praise you. We bless you. We adore you. We glorify. 00:02:16,300 S3: You. 00:02:16,900 S2: We give you thanks for your great glory. Lord God, heavenly King, oh 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. 00:02:49,419 S3: With the. 00:02:49,780 S2: Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Let us pray. Grant Almighty God, that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honor of the risen Lord, and that what we relive in remembrance. May we may always hold true in what we do through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. 00:03:17,689 S3: Amen. 00:03:19,409 S4: A reading from the acts of the apostles. In those days, Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them. The crowds, with one accord listened eagerly to what was said by Philip, hearing and seeing the signs that he did for unclean spirits crying with loud shrieks, came out of many who were possessed, and many others who were paralyzed or lame were cured. So there was great joy in that city. Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. For as yet the spirit had not come upon any of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. The word of the Lord. 00:04:15,840 S3: Thanks be to God. 00:04:27,319 S5: Make a joyful noise to God all the earth. Make a joyful noise to God all the earth. Sing the glory of his name. Give to him glorious praise. Say to God, how awesome are your deeds. Make a joyful noise to God all the elves, all the earth worships you. They sing praises to you. Sing praises to your name. Come and see what God has done. He is awesome in his deeds. Among the children of Adam. Make a joyful noise to God all the earth. He turned the sea into dry land. They passed to the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him who rules by his might forever. 00:05:49,230 S5: Make a joyful noise to God all the earth. 00:06:04,740 S4: A reading from the first letter of Saint Peter. Beloved, in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you, and accounting for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence. Keep your conscience clear, so that when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good. If suffering should be God's will, than to suffer for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous. In order to bring you to God, he was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. The word of the Lord. 00:06:55,220 S3: Thanks be to God. 00:07:08,529 S5: Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 00:07:16,810 S5: Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yeah. 00:07:26,970 S5: All who loves me will keep my word. And my father will love them. And we will come to them. Hallelujah. 00:07:41,129 S5: Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yeah. 00:07:55,490 S2: The Lord be with you. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. 00:08:00,490 S3: Glory to you, Lord. 00:08:02,480 S2: Jesus said to his disciples, if you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the father, and he will give you another advocate to be with you forever. This is the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because he abides with you, and he will be in you. I will not leave you orphaned. I am coming to you. In a little while. The world will no longer see me, but you will see me because I live. You also will live. On that day you will know that I am in the father, and you in me, and I in you. The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them. The gospel of the Lord. 00:08:51,679 S3: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. 00:08:55,840 S2: As we continue our Easter journey and prepare to celebrate the feast of the Ascension next Sunday and the Pentecost in two weeks. The Sunday's Gospel is taken from our Lord's so-called Farewell Discourse. This is found only in the Gospel of John and in this lengthy address to the disciples at the Last Supper, Jesus aims now to prepare them for his departure from this world. And in this again farewell discourse were led to contemplate the words of a very mystical, cosmic, otherworldly Jesus who, as Saint John shows us, is nothing less than the logos, this wisdom of God and the word made flesh. Whereas we've heard Jesus offers a very consoling, I think, hope filled message as he reassures his followers that he will not abandon them. And I think that several things emerge for our reflection. First, as Jesus assures his disciples that he will not leave them as orphans, he promised to send them now another Paraclete or advocate to assist them, referring, of course, to the Holy Spirit. Here it's important to note that when Jesus speaks of sending the disciples another Paraclete or another advocate. He's clearly implying that he himself is our first Paraclete. Now, the word itself has in fact a number of shades of meaning, derived from the language of the legal system of our Lord's time. In the first instance, the Paraclete, or advocate, is a person who offers guidance and assistance at the same time. The word can also be translated counselor or comforter who helps a person in a time of difficulty. Indeed, in the first letter of John we read that Jesus is our advocate, our mediator with God the Father. Jesus is the righteous one who pleads our case before God in heaven, seeking forgiveness for our sinfulness. On the other hand, the role of the Holy Spirit will be to abide both in and with the faithful on earth, and so continue the saving work of Christ, both in the church and in the world. Second, our Lord calls us not only to follow his teachings who imitate him in our interactions with one another, but through the power of the Holy Spirit working in us, he leads us now to become a new creation in Christ, a new creation here. Saint Basil the Great comments that through the Holy Spirit we are restored to Paradise. We ascend to the kingdom of Heaven. We are thus called Children of Light as we come to share in eternal glory. In short, in every elevated thing that we can name or conceive. This is accomplished in and through us by the Paraclete. In his letter, Saint Paul speaks, then, of our being radically transformed in the depths of our being, as we come to share in the mystery of Christ's own nature and become truly Christlike with regard to the ongoing process of growth in the spiritual life, Saint Paul reminds us in his letter to the Ephesians of the need to cast off the old self, to strive always, to be renewed in the spirit of our minds, and in doing so always to strive to put on that new self created to be like God in all righteousness and in all holiness. The means of sanctification are given to us. The sacrament of confession, frequent reception of the Eucharist, a time of daily prayer, fasting, asceticism, a daily act of will by which we choose to stand with God and with Jesus Christ, with the power of the good against the forces of evil. Consecration to Jesus through Mary. In all of these ways, we see how the radical call by name to leave everything behind and follow Jesus proves ultimately to be a call to something more than servanthood, much more than servants, much more than friends. Jesus calls us now to become members of a new spiritual family. So ultimately, to enter onto the road of a profound, lifelong journey of great spiritual transformation. Far to often ignored our Lord's words in the context preceding today's gospel, where he says that whoever believes in me will do the works that I have been doing, and they will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the father. You're saying to Irenaeus, Saint Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, all articulate clearly the church's teaching here that God became what we are in order that we might become what he is. This idea stated very clearly in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 460, where we read that the word became flesh to make us partakers of the divine nature. More recently, Saint Jose Maria Escriva leads us to reflect upon our baptismal call to holiness as he writes that each of us is to be here in Latin. EPA Christus, that is, Christ himself, in this passing world, are calling to be children of God. Then in the midst of the world requires requires us. He writes not only to seek our own personal holiness, but also to go out onto all the ways of the earth to transform them into roads that will carry souls over all obstacles and lead them to the Lord. Third, while the Holy Spirit functions as counselor, strengthening and guiding us to the truth. He also reminds us of our Lord's teachings and strengthens us to proclaim the gospel. Indeed, the spirit inspires us to proclaim the truth boldly before a world that is and has always been hostile to the message of the gospel. And so Jesus sends us forth into the world as his representatives, indeed as ambassadors. And what a great challenge that is for us today. For we live in a time when the secular world's understanding of truth is very relative. Its understanding of goodness is divorced from the reality of our transcendent God. Its understanding of freedom is so radically different in our own. In this post-modern, post-truth era. Here, Pope Benedict reminds us that true freedom, the freedom of the children of God, is found only in self surrender. The self surrender, which is part of the mystery of love. True freedom blossoms when we turn away from the burden of sin, which clouds our perceptions and weakens our resolve. And when we find the source of our ultimate happiness in God, who is infinite love, infinite freedom, and infinite life. So as we continue to celebrate this mass and to give thanks to God for so many graces today. Let us pray for the grace to live our lives as people who are a new creation in Christ. Let us pray for the grace to always be a priestly royal people, a people who are called, consecrated and sent out by God to live the gospel to the full and so continue doing God's own work on earth. And as Jesus says us says, to bear fruit, fruit that will last. 00:15:53,759 S2: Let us join together now as we pray the Apostle's Creed. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and. 00:16:02,070 S3: Earth. 00:16:02,429 S2: And in Jesus Christ, his only son. 00:16:04,789 S3: Our Lord. 00:16:05,789 S2: Who was conceived by the Holy. 00:16:07,269 S3: Spirit, born of the. 00:16:08,909 S2: Virgin Mary, suffered. 00:16:10,590 S3: Under Pontius Pilate. 00:16:12,029 S2: Was crucified, died, and was. 00:16:13,669 S3: Buried. 00:16:14,230 S2: He descended. 00:16:15,230 S3: Into hell. 00:16:16,350 S2: On the. 00:16:16,669 S3: Third. 00:16:16,990 S2: Day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven. 00:16:20,750 S3: And is. 00:16:21,029 S2: Seated at the right hand of God the Father. 00:16:23,269 S3: Almighty. 00:16:24,149 S2: From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit. 00:16:30,029 S3: The Catholic Church. 00:16:31,389 S2: The communion. 00:16:32,070 S3: Of saints. 00:16:32,990 S2: The forgiveness of. 00:16:33,830 S3: Sins. 00:16:34,549 S2: The resurrection of. 00:16:35,509 S3: The body, and the life everlasting. 00:16:38,110 S2: Amen. Let us now present our prayers and petitions to God in heaven. Let us pray for all those in our daily TV mass prayer intentions book. We pray to the Lord. 00:16:47,830 S3: Lord, hear our prayer. 00:16:49,389 S2: Throughout this month of May. May our community, as our community, prays to follow the example of Mary by offering joy, compassion, and mercy, especially to mothers, grandmothers and all who lovingly serve those in need. We pray to the Lord. 00:17:04,579 S3: Lord, hear our prayer. 00:17:06,259 S2: And for all those intentions that we remember now in the silence of our own hearts. 00:17:12,900 S2: With these intentions we pray to the Lord. 00:17:14,940 S3: Lord, Lord, hear our prayer. 00:17:16,299 S2: Heavenly father, you know the needs of your passing of these your people. In this passing life, we ask you to hear the prayers we've made and those that remain deep within our hearts, for we make them all through Christ our Lord. 00:17:27,700 S3: Amen. 00:17:36,900 S6: Lord, we are early summer in the grand harvest of your health fields from which all us are dead. 00:17:52,460 S6: All of our lives for one reason. From the fertile soil of the love. 00:18:08,170 S6: Grass and I. 00:18:11,970 S6: Said, are you, Lord? The Lord? 00:18:22,049 S6: Blessed and. 00:18:25,490 S6: Blessed are you. 00:18:30,690 S6: God. 00:18:35,329 S6: I. 00:18:45,369 S2: Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Almighty. Father. 00:18:50,210 S3: May the Lord set the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and the glory of his name, for the lives of the church. 00:18:57,930 S2: May our prayers rise up to you, O Lord, Together with the sacrificial offerings, so that purified by your graciousness, we may be conformed to the mysteries of your mighty love. We ask this through Christ our Lord. 00:19:11,200 S3: Amen. 00:19:11,519 S2: The Lord be with you. 00:19:12,759 S3: And with your. 00:19:13,480 S2: Spirit. Lift up your hearts. 00:19:15,519 S3: Lift them up, Lord. Lord. 00:19:16,720 S2: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. 00:19:19,119 S3: It is right and just. 00:19:20,279 S2: It is truly right and just our duty and our salvation at all times to acclaim you. Oh Lord. But in this time, above all, to Lord you yet more gloriously, when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, he never ceases to offer himself for us, but defends us and ever pleads our cause before you. He is the sacrificial victim who dies no more, the lamb once slain, who lives forever. Therefore, overcome with paschal joy, every land, every people exalts in your praise, even the heavenly powers. With the angelic hosts sing together the unending hymn of your glory as they acclaim. 00:20:03,750 S5: 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! 00:20:41,269 S2: You are indeed holy, oh Lord, the fount of all holiness make holy. Therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit. 00:20:48,269 S7: Upon them like the dew fall, so that they. 00:20:50,390 S2: May become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. For 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. 00:21:18,579 S2: 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 to 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. 00:21:53,140 S2: The mystery of faith. 00:21:56,740 S5: We proclaim your death, O Lord. Hold and profess your resurrection 00:22:06,529 S5: until you come again. 00:22:12,529 S2: 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 our Pope, Francis, 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 co-heirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son Jesus Christ. 00:23:24,319 S2: Through him and with. 00:23:26,039 S8: Him and in him. Oh God Almighty father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours forever and ever. 00:23:42,440 S5: Amen. 00:23:52,519 S2: At the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say, our. 00:23:57,880 S3: Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 00:24:01,869 S2: Thy kingdom come. 00:24:03,390 S3: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:24:06,670 S2: Give us. 00:24:07,309 S3: This day our. 00:24:08,069 S2: Daily bread. 00:24:09,069 S3: And forgive us our trespasses. 00:24:11,349 S2: As we. 00:24:11,950 S3: Forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:24:18,670 S2: 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. 00:24:35,029 S3: For the Kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever, forever. 00:24:38,670 S2: 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. 00:24:53,869 S3: Amen. 00:24:54,390 S2: The peace of the Lord be with you always. 00:24:56,910 S3: And with your spirit. 00:24:57,869 S2: Is extend to those around us a sign of the peace of Christ. 00:25:10,180 S5: 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. 00:26:04,009 S2: 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. 00:26:12,009 S3: Lord, Lord. 00:26:15,730 S3: Let alone save the world, and our souls shall be saved. 00:26:36,450 S1: Please join me now in this act of spiritual communion. My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this holy sacrament of the altar. I love you above all things, and I passionately desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive you Sacramentally come spiritually into my soul so that I may unite myself wholly to you now and forever. Amen. 00:27:35,640 S2: Let us pray. Almighty, ever living God who restore us to eternal life in the resurrection of Christ, increase in us. We pray the fruits of this Paschal sacrament and pour into our hearts the strength of the saving food. We ask this through Christ our Lord. 00:27:54,799 S3: Amen. 00:27:55,440 S2: The Lord be with you. 00:27:56,640 S3: And your spirit. 00:27:57,680 S2: May Almighty God bless you, the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. 00:28:01,349 S3: Amen. 00:28:02,029 S2: Go forth. The mass is ended. 00:28:04,029 S3: Thanks be to God. 00:28:07,549 S9: Our thanks to our donors for the gift of this mass. 00:28:14,509 S6: Shall we say, in the father's love. We gather with Jesus, his son. We gather in faith with the Spirit of God. We gather together as Lord. We offer our peace. We offer our love. We offer the good deeds. We died friendless and broken for all to share. When we gather together as one. We gather. We sing in the father's love. We gather with Jesus, his son. We have everything.