🔵 Catholic Mass Today | Wednesday, July 3 | Magdala, Holy Land

🔵 Catholic Mass Today | Wednesday, July 3 | Magdala, Holy Land

e lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news good news announcing peace proclaiming news of Happiness Our God Reign our god reigns our god reigns Our God Reign our god reigns in the name of the the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all and with your spirit we welcome you to mass here in Maga this evening on the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle famous for his doubt but even more glorious for his faith in Christ that developed and contined to develop to the end of his life as a martyr brothers and sisters let us acknowledge our sins and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred Mysteries you were sent to heal the contrite of Heart Lord have mercy Lord have mercy you came to call sinners Christ have mercy Christ have mercy you are seated at the right hand of the father to intercede for us Lord have mercy Lord have mercy May almighty God have mercy in US forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life amen glory to God God in the highest 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 oh God Almighty father Lord Jesus Christ only begotten son Lord God Lamb of God Son of the father you take away the sin of the world Mercy on us you take away the s of the world receive our pray you are seated at the right hand of the father Merc 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 amen let us pray Grant almighty God that we may glory in the feast of the Blessed Apostle Thomas so that we may always be sustained by his intercession and believing may have life in the name of Jesus Christ your son whom Thomas acknowledged as the Lord who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever amen a reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians brothers and sisters you are no longer strangers and sojourners but you are fellow citizens with the Holy ones and members of the household of God built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets with Christ Jesus himself as the Capstone through him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord in him you also are being built together into a Dwelling Place of God in the spirit the word of the Lord thanks be to God go out to all the world and tell the good news go out to all the world and tell the good news praise the Lord all you Nations glorify him all you peoples go out to all the world until the good news for steadfast is his kindness for us and the Fidelity of the Lord endures forever go out to all the world and tell the good news Hallelujah hallelu alelu [Music] hallelu you believe in me Thomas because you have seen me says the Lord blessed are those who have not seen but still believe hallelu hallelu [Music] ALU [Music] hallelu the Lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy Gospel according to John glory to you oh Lord Thomas called dimus one of the 12 was not with them when Jesus came so the other disciples said to him we have seen the Lord but Thomas said to them unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my fingers into the nail marks and put my hand into his side I will not believe now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them Jesus came although the doors were locked and stood in their midst and said peace be with you then he said to Thomas put your finger here and see my hands and bring your hand and put it into my side and do not be unbelieving but believe Thomas answered and said to him my Lord and my God Jesus said to him have you come to believe because you have seen me blessed are those who have not seen and have believed the gospel of the Lord praise to you Lord Jesus Christ there are two signs very clearly and one of them is specifically in the reading uh that Thomas actually became a person of extraordinary faith of Solid Faith of deep faith and obviously the celebration of his martyrdom is the expression of that and then we have the psalm uh 117 which is actually the shortest psalm and it’s one we used for the inauguration of Maga the archaeological Park and the Orthodox uh reformed Rabbi chanted it in our synagogue on that day back in May 2014 10 years ago and it says go out to all the world and tell the good news Well actually that line is not from the psalm it’s from Mark chapter 16 but the psalm we had was praise the Lord all you Nations glorify him all you peoples so go out to all the world okay Peter and Paul went to Rome and Paul went to Antioch and Peter went to Antioch and Paul went to all the are of turkey Ephesus Greece um and Malta Cyprus Malta he was in the Roman Empire Peter went as far as Rome some say James went as far as Spain and maybe there are other accounts there’s a account of going to Armenia I’m not sure how far outside the Roman Empire that was if it was Within Reach of the Roman Empire through different relationships but to go to India the Romans didn’t conquer India maybe they reached into the Persian Empire deep but they didn’t conquer India so I think go out of all the world and tell the good news Thomas gives an extraordinary example of doing this he goes out to all the world outside of the Roman world even of that time and even to cross the Empire at that time time you had to deal with all the different languages a little bit like Europe today and maybe even more so with more uh numerous dialects locally because of the lack of M massive communication of the masses so language was also a major boundary and barrier to go out to all the world and to go to different places where they don’t understand your language so this is a great witness of um Thomas the transformation of his life uh from being a doubter and the Very fact that he’s a doubter makes him very uh relatable for us how many people doubt it’s part of human uh this the human psyche it was part of the first sin to doubt God’s goodness this was the thought that was put into the first our first parents Minds God knows much better doubt him don’t trust and we need Trust to love and doubt is a major difficulty it’s also very interesting how concrete Thomas was with the wounds wanting to touch them put his finger in them put his hand in them and this is also very graphic it’s also very revelatory of how Jesus appeared with his wounds Risen Lord so our wounds uh seem to us to be Reas for shame in the Roman Empire in especially in the time of the Republic before the empire was formed there was great pride in bearing wounds from the battles for the Empire and we bear wounds mostly for a different kind of problem we take a lot of heart very much because of our selfishness and also because of the aggression of others and then we nurse our wounds sometimes not in a very redeeming way in a more um depressing way and the revelation of Christ’s wounds risen from the dead show us that the wounds can actually be a place of great Encounter of God’s love and mercy and a Redemption of both the Roman heroic style of treasuring wounds and a real healing of our present day victim mentality in the western world where we nurse our wounds into a self-absorption and so we need Redemption of wounds we need that our Lord’s Grace um changes us because Jesus is very confident when he comes even with his wounds he is glorious we he is the Glorious Risen Lord and he has his wounds and do not take in any way from his glory in fact in that Roman sense they highlight his glory but not in the sense of conquering others but in the sense of love and H uh self um giving Which is also part of the probably the Roman ethic that they had risked their lives and had encountered great danger for the sake of their people and here in the case of Christ it’s out of pure love without any hatred and without inflicting injury on anybody maybe we have to look again at our wounds maybe we have to redim menion concern about our doubts and maybe we can open our hearts for the growth that God wants to give us through Grace to become those fellow citizens and members of the household of God built on the foundations of the Apostles what an incredible role these people had and our role today is also to be the witnesses of Jesus there is no way anybody can come to Jesus without Witnesses and particularly the first 12 the foundational Witnesses of the Apostles but even today people need Witnesses and so let us pray that we can be also those strong temples of God where God lives in us and people can touch God in us and that’s true of every baptized person filled with the Holy Spirit confirmed in the context of life and Mission in the church in society we can be all places where God touches where people touch God where God touches people just like here we profess we uh we bring our petitions before God dear friends so often St Thomas is remembered as the Apostle who doubted but rather we should honor him as the one who came to a great depth of faith in the Risen Lord we pray that the example and prayers of St Thomas strengthen the faith of Christians who face persecution in many countries today Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us may all who believe without seeing be greatly blessed by the Lord this day Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us May all of us who doubt at different times in our lives experience the burden of doubt the unsettling nature of Doubt um remember that people have doubted before us and have become great Saints like Thomas Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us we pray for all the Christians of India who receive the Christian faith first of all through St Thomas that they grow in compassion in their dealings with others and strong in their faith especially when they face harassment and persecution Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us we H offer prayers of Thanksgiving to God for all the Indian Christians who around the world and provide Grace support encouragement and Ministry through Many religious and ordained priests Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us we pray for all the people called Tom and Tommy and Tom and all the people we know with this wonderful name for all the institutions which bear his name all the parishes St Thomas even locations geographically are called St Thomas we pray for all those people that they will know that this is not just a name that there is great grace in this name Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us we pray for our own intentions for all those pilgrims who came came here today for all those who live here for all those who follow on the social media Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us father and King may all nations praise you for your love is strong and your faithfulness is forever through Christ Our Lord amen take Lord receive all my Liberty my [Music] memory understanding my entire will give me only your love and your grace that’s enough for me your love and your PR are enough for me [Music] take Lord receive all is yours now dispose of it holy according to your will give me only your love and your grace that’s enough for me your love and your grace are enough for me pray brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the almighty father may the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name for our good and the good of all his holy church we render You O Lord the service that is your due humbly imploring you to keep safe your gifts in us as we honor the confession of the apostle St Thomas and offer you a sacrifice of praise through Christ Our Lord amen the Lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them up to the Lord let us give thanks to the Lord Our God 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 for you Eternal Shepherd do not desert your flock but through the Blessed Apostles watch over it and protect it always so that it may be governed by those you have appointed Shepherds to lead it in the same in the name of your son and so with the Angels and Archangels with Thrones and dominions and with all the hosts and powers of Heaven We Sing The Hymn of your glory as Without End we Acclaim holy holy holy Lord God of hosts Heaven and Earth are full of of your glory hosana in the highest blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord hosana in the highest we will pray the first Eucharistic prayer because it mentions the Apostle Thomas to you therefore most merciful father we make humble prayer and petition through Jesus Christ your son our Lord that you accept and bless these gifts these offerings these holy and unblemish sacrifices which we offer you firstly for your Holy Catholic Church be pleased to Grant her peace to guard unite and govern her throughout the whole world together with your servant Francis our Pope and Pierre Baptista our Bishop and all those who holding to the to the truth hand on the Catholic and Apostolic Faith remember Lord your servants and all gathered here whose faith devotion are known to you for them we offer you the sacrifice of praise or they offer it for themselves and all who are dear to them for the Redemption of their souls in Hope of health and well-being and paying their homage to you the Eternal God living and true in communion with those whose memory we venerate especially the Glorious ever Virgin Mary Mother of Our God and Lord Jesus Christ and blessed Joseph her spouse your blessed Apostles and martyrs Peter and Paul Andrew James John Thomas James Philip Bartholomew Matthew Simon and Jude lonus Cletus Clement 6us Cornelius cyprien Lawrence chrysogonus John and Paul Cosmos and Daman and all your Saints we ask that through their merits and prayers in all things we may be defended by your protecting help therefore Lord we pray graciously accept this oblation of our service that of your whole family order our days in your peace and command that we be delivered from Eternal damnation encounter among the flock of those you have chosen be pleased oh God we pray to bless acknowledge and approve this offering in every respect make it spiritual and acceptable so that it may become for us the body and blood of your most beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ on the day before he was to suffer he took bread in his holy and venerable hands and with eyes raised to heaven to you oh God his Almighty father giving you thanks he said the blessing broke the bread 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 on the day before in a similar way when serer was ended he took this precious chalice in his holy and venerable hands and once more giving you thanks he said the blessing and gave the Chalice 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 my Lord and my God therefore oh Lord as we celebrate the memorial of the Blessed passion the resurrection from the dead and the Glorious Ascension into heaven of Christ your son our Lord we your servants and your holy people offer to you glor your glorious Majesty from the gifts that you have given us this pure victim this holy victim this spotless victim the holy bread of eternal life and the Chalice of everlasting salvation be pleased to look upon these offerings with the Serene and kindly countenance and to accept them as once you were pleased to accept the gifts of your servant Abel the just the sacrifice of Abraham our father in faith and the offering of your high priest melchisedek a holy sacrifice a spotless victim in Humble prayer we ask you almighty God command that these gifts be borne by the hands of your Holy Angel to your altar on high in the sight of your Divine Majesty so that all of us who through this participation at the altar receive the most holy body and blood of your son may be filled with every Grace and Heavenly blessing remember also Lord your servants who have gone before us with a sign of faith and rest in the sleep of Peace Grant them oh Lord we pray in all who sleep in Christ a place of refreshment light and peace to us also your servants who those Sinners hope in your abundant mercies graciously Grant some share in fellowship with your Holy Apostles and martyrs with John the Baptist Steven Matias Barnabas Ignatius Alexander marcelinas Peter Felicity perpetua Agatha Lucy Agnes Cecilia Anastasia and all your Saints admit us with we beseech you into their company not weighing our merits but granting us your pardon through Christ Our Lord through whom you continue to make all these good things oh Lord you sanctify them fill them with life bless them and bestow them upon us through him and with him and in him oh God Almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever and ever amen at the savior’s command and formed by Divine teaching we dare to say 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 and lead 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 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 and 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 amen the peace peace of the Lord be with you always and with your spirit let us offer each other the sign of Peace 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 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 Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed Body of Christ keep me safe for eternal life Christ be beside me Christ be before me Christ be behind me king of my heart Christ be within me Christ be below me Christ be above me never to part Christ on my right hand Christ on my left hand Christ All Around Me shield in the strive Christ in my sleep sing Christ in my seting Christ in my Rising light of my life Christ be in all Hearts thinking about me Christ beyond all tongues telling of me Christ be the vision in IAI see me in ears that hear me Christ ever be e e let us pray for oh God as we truly receive in this Sacrament the body of your only begotten son Grant we pray that we may recognize him with the Apostle Thomas by faith as our Lord and our God and Proclaim him by our deeds and by our life who lives and reigns forever and ever amen the Lord be with you and with your spirit almighty God bless you the father and the son and the holy spirit amen go and announce the gospel of the Lord thanks be to God Lift High the Cross the love of Christ Proclaim till all the world adore his Sac name I always love telling you about the good people who have come uh to magdala and this morning we had also three groups that I personally attended maybe there were others I didn’t and then later at midday there was another group uh there were three sisters from Jordan that was very special uh Holy Rosary sisters arabic speaking sisters who are trained as great teachers in the schools in Jordan the Catholic schools in Jordan teaching religion to the Catholic children in Jordan the Christian children who come to the schools so this is uh was a great Joy Young sisters filled with energy and thrilled they were diligent they had a time to visit here and to get moving we also had a group of people from various countries including Korea and Germany um South Africa New Zealand uh United States France all together and there have some Association uh that they belong to and they were all here together today visiting uh there were others in the morning I’m trying to look at there were two different sets from the United States so that was more than three that was four or five groups that I dealt with five and um I imagine there were some other was also a priest from Brazil here who was uh does a lot of video work he also was here with us a couple of years ago and can celebrate it so uh life keeps going and magdala I think is uh reposting some two videos that magdala prepared about 2 years ago on the 12 apostles and so I recommend especially if you know some Tom or Tommy uh uh Thomas that you send them the links for those videos so they can see a little bit more about the great history behind that blessed name God bless you [Music]

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