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Fr. Francis Salasiar, CSC
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From the St. Ignatius Chapel at the Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Center in Pickering, Ontario. The National Catholic Broadcasting Council presents the Daily TV Mass.
Welcome to the celebration of the Daily TV Mass. I am Father Francis Salesiar. Televising of this Mass is made possible by the contributions from two donors. The first is the Kosmarovsky family of Toronto, Ontario, offered in loving memory of their deceased family members Walter, Anna, Michael, Alice, and Sheila.
The second is through the kindness of Cloud Andrew D'Souza Estate Legacy Fund for the repose of his soul and the souls in purgatory, for God's blessings for the daily TV Mass and for world peace. Our sincere thanks to our donors for the gift of this Mass. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
As we come to celebrate this Eucharist, we are reminded through this gospel to be ready. We lie to ourselves oftentimes that we have time. But Jesus invites us to be ready every moment. Let us ask God's pardon and mercy for the moments of our failures. I confess to Almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
Therefore I ask Blessed Maria Virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to life everlasting. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. Let us pray. Attend to the pleas of your people with heavenly care, O Lord, we pray that they may see what must be done and gain strength to do what they have seen.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.
unknown Amen.
Reading from the letter of Paul to the Ephesians, brothers and sisters, as Gentiles by birth, remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now, in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For Christ is our peace. In his flesh, he has made both groups into one, and has broken down the dividing wall. That is the hostility between us. He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it.
So Christ came and proclaimed peace to you who are far off, and peace to those who are near. And through him both of us have access to one spirit, to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you are also built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God. The word of the Lord.
Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet. That you may be worthy to stand before the Son of Man.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. Jesus said to the disciples, Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit. Be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes.
Truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. If he comes during the middle of the night or near dawn and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. The gospel of the Lord. The man asked, Who? My wife. The friend replied. The man looked at the clock and said, But she isn't coming until this evening.
Why are you already waiting for her? The friend smiled and said, When someone you love is coming home, you don't wait until you hear the door. You get ready beforehand. This little interaction captures the heart of today's gospel. Jesus says, Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit. He's talking about readiness.
But Christian readiness is not about living nervously, wondering when something is going to happen. It's about living with an attentive heart. Because we know that someone we love is coming. Christ Himself. Jesus gives us this picture of servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet.
In those days, you could simply, you could not simply check your phone and know exactly when the master would be coming home. The wedding celebration might continue for hours or even days. The servants did not know whether he would arrive in the evening at midnight or in the early hours of the morning.
So they had to remain ready. Their lamps had to be burning, their clothes had to be arranged so they could move quickly. They had to listen for the knock on the door. And then Jesus says something surprising. When the master finally comes and finds his servants awake, instead of sitting down and asking them to serve him, he does something completely unexpected.
He prepares a meal, has them sit down, and serves them. Think about that for a moment. The master becomes a servant. That is the kind of Lord we have. Jesus is not simply asking us, Are you ready for me? He's also revealing what kind of God is coming to meet us. He is the Lord who serves, He is the Lord who feeds, He is the Lord who comes, not to burden us, but to bring us home.
And that brings us beautifully to the St. Paul's words in the first reading. Paul reminds the Ephesians of what their lives were like before they knew Christ. He says they were without Christ, strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope, and without God in the world. Most of us know what it feels like to be a stranger.
Think of the first time you walked into a new workplace, a new school, or even a new church parish, where you didn't know anybody. Everyone else seems to know where to go, whom to talk to, and what is happening. You stand there wondering, where do I fit in? Being a stranger can be a lonely experience.
Paul says that this was our condition spiritually. We are far from God. We did not know where we belonged. But then comes one of the most beautiful phrases in the reading. But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far off have been brought near. That is the heart of our faith. We were far away, but Christ brought us near.
We were strangers, but Christ made us members of God's household. We are divided, but Christ has broken down the dividing wall of hostility. We know how easily walls can appear in our lives. Sometimes they are obvious between families, communities, cultures, generations, or different groups of people.
Sometimes the walls are much more personal. A disagreement becomes a wall. A hurt becomes a wall. A misunderstanding becomes a wall. Someone says something that hurts us, and we slowly withdraw. We stop talking, we stop listening. Eventually, two people can live under the same roof and still feel like strangers.
In such moments, our lamp begins to go out. And that's why Jesus says, keep your lamps lit. Being spiritually awake doesn't mean being anxious all the time, it means paying attention. Often we wait for God to do something dramatic. Well, God is quietly coming to us through the people and circumstances every day of our lives.
He comes in prayer, he comes in the Eucharist, He comes in His word, He comes through the person who needs our kindness, He comes through the opportunity to reconcile, He comes through the ordinary moments of life where we are invited to love a little more, forgive a little more, and serve a little more.
So, dear brothers and sisters, Paul reminds us today that we are no longer strangers. Through Christ, we have been brought near. We belong to God's household. And Jesus tells us through the gospel to live like people who know where they belong. We are the children of God. We are called to be one. So let us keep our lamps burning.
Let us keep our hearts open. Let us allow Christ to break down the walls that separate us from God and from one another. And when the Lord comes, may He find us awake. Not frightened but faithful. Not anxious but hopefully. Not simply waiting but serving. Because the wonderful surprise of today's gospel is this when the Master comes, he does not come merely to be served.
He comes to serve us. And he comes to remind us that we are not strangers anymore. We belong to Him. We are the children of God. Let's bring forth our prayers and petitions. We pray for ourselves, for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, that we may continue to experience the presence of God in us and may have the understanding that we belong to God and we are the children of God.
We pray to the Lord. We continue to pray for our family members, particularly who have fallen away from faith, that they may come to experience the goodness of God in their daily lives. We pray to the Lord. For families that are divided, families who are going through difficulties, hardships, who think themselves that they are far away from God, that they may continue to experience the goodness, the reconciling power of God.
We pray to the Lord. For all those in our daily TV mass prayer intentions book, we pray to the Lord. Let us pray that during this month of the Rosary, families may gather in prayer, finding it in it a source of strength, unity, and love for their daily lives. We pray to the Lord. We take a moment of silence to bring to God our own individual needs and prayers.
Heavenly Father, we believe and trust that you are our Master, you guide us and lead us, and you give us what we need. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you, fruit of the earth and work of human hands.
It will become for us the bread of life. Blessed be God forever. Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you, fruit of the wine and work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink. For the praise and glory of his name, for Abraham Guru, His Holy Church.
May your people's ablation, O Lord, find favor with you, we pray, that you may restore them to holiness and obtain what they devoutly entreat through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Lift up your hearts. 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 in goodness you created humans, and when they were justly condemned, in your mercy you redeem them.
Through Christ the angels, praise your majesty, dominions, adoring powers tremble before you. Heaven and the virtues of heaven and the blessed Sarah worship together with exaltation. May our voices we pray join with theirs in humble praise as we acclaim.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
You are indeed holy, O Lord, and all you have created rightly gives you praise. For through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by the power and the working of the Holy Spirit, you give life to all things and make them holy, and you never cease to gather a people to yourself, so that from the rising of the Sun to its setting, a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name.
Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you, by the same Spirit, graciously make holy these gifts we have brought to you for consecration, that they may become the body and blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at whose command we celebrate these gifts. For on the night he was betrayed, he himself took bread, and 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.
In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice, and giving you thanks, he said the blessing, gave the chalice to his disciples, saying, Take this, all of you, and drink from it, for this is a 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. Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the saving passion of your Son, its wondrous resurrection. Is ascension into heaven. As we look forward to a second coming, we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice. Look, we pray upon the ablation of your church, and recognizing the sacrificial victim by whose death you will to reconcile us to yourself.
Grant that we who are nourished by the body and blood of your Son and filled with His Holy Spirit may become one body, one spirit in Christ. May He make of us an eternal offering to you, so that we may obtain an inheritance with your elect, especially with the most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with the Blessed Joseph, her spouse, with the Blessed Apostles and Glorious Martyrs, and with all the saints, on whose constant intercession in your presence we rely for unfailing help.
May this sacrifice of our reconciliation we pray, O Lord, advance the peace and salvation of all the world. Be pleased to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim church on earth, with your servant Leo, our Pope, Francis, our bishop, the order of bishops, all the clergy, and the entire people you have gained for your own.
Listen graciously to the prayers of this family, whom you have summoned before you in your compassion, O merciful Father. Gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world. To our departed brothers and sisters, and to all who are pleasing to you at their passing from this life, give kind admittance to your kingdom.
There we hope to enjoy forever the fullness of your glory. Through Christ our Lord, through whom you bestow on the world all that is good. Through him and with him and in him. O God, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours forever and ever. 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. Lead us not in 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, 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 of the Lord be with you always. And with your spirit. Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
You take away the sins of the world. 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.
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.
Humbly, we ask you, Almighty God, be graciously pleased to grant that those you renew with your sacraments may also serve with lives pleasing to you through Christ our Lord. The Lord be with you. And with your servants. May Almighty God bless you, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Go forth in peace to love and serve one another.
Thanks be to God.
Our thanks to our donors for the gift of this man.
