Worship Song
Entrance Antiphon
O
sing a new song to he Lord, for he has worked wonders, in the ssight of th
nations he has shown his deliverance. (Psalm 98:1-2)
Collect
May your people exult forever, O God, in
renewed youthfulness of spirit, so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of
our adoption , we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the
day of resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ…
Alleluia
Alleluia, alleluia. I give you a new
commandment says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you. Alleluia,
alleluia.
31When he had left, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man
glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32[If God is glorified in him,] God will also glorify him in
himself, and he will glorify him at once. 33My
children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me,
and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ so now I say it to you.
34I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved
you, so you also should love one another. 35This is how all will know
that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Reflection
Frederico Fellini’s film La Strada opened in
1954 and became a classic. In one unforgettable scene a clown is talking to a
young woman. She has grown weary of trying to love unlovable and unloving
people, and she wants nothing more to do with them. As the conversation ends
and the young woman turns to leave, the clown says to her, “But if you don’t love
these people, who will love them?”
The clown’s words to the young woman and
Jesus’ words to his disciples invite me
to inventory how ready I am to take to heart what thy say.
“To love the world is no big chore. It’s that
miserable person next door who is the problem.” ~ Anonymous
Reflection
Credits: Fr. Mark Link, SJ; Daly Homilies
Prayer
Response
Dear Lord, teach me to love the unlovable.
Suggested
Action
Pray for the people you find difficult to
love.
Silencing
“By
reflecting on what we have read, dwelling on it, trying to understand what it
is saying to me, what it says today, we open our spirit to what the Lord wants
to tell us and teach us.” ~ Pope Benedict XVI
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