("The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns")
♪ The King shall come when morning dawns ♪
♪ And light triumphant breaks ♪
♪ When beauty gilds the eastern hills ♪
♪ And life to joy awakes ♪
♪ Not as of old a little child ♪
♪ To suffer and to die ♪
♪ But crowned with glory like the sun ♪
♪ That lights the morning sky ♪
- In the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- In the hope of this Advent season
let us begin by acknowledging our sins
ever confident of the mercy
and grace of God to restore and heal.
Come Father and Redeemer forever.
Lord, have mercy. - Lord, have mercy.
- Come Savior and Shepherd and gather us in God's peace.
Christ, have mercy. - Christ, have mercy.
- Come Spirit of grace and restore us to hope.
Lord, have mercy. - Lord, have mercy.
- May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life amen.
Let us pray.
Grant your faithful we pray, Almighty God
the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
with righteous deeds at his coming
so that gathered at his right hand
they may be worthy to possess the Heavenly kingdom
through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit
one God forever and ever amen.
- A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
You Lord our Father
our Redeemer you are named forever.
Why do you let us wander O' Lord from your ways
and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?
Return for the sake of your servants
the tribes of your heritage.
O' that you would rend the Heavens
and come down with the mountains quaking before you
while you wrought awesome deeds we could not hope for
such as they had not heard of from old.
No ear has ever heard.
No eye has ever seen any God but you
doing such deeds for those who wait for him.
Would that you might meet us doing right
that we were mindful of you in our ways.
Behold you are angry and we are sinful.
All of us have become like unclean people.
All our good deeds are like polluted rags.
We have all withered like leaves
and our guilt carries us away like the wind.
There is none who calls upon your name
who rouses himself to cling to you.
For you have hidden your face from us
and have delivered us up to our guilt.
Yet O' Lord you are our Father.
We are the clay and you are the potter.
We are all the work of your hands.
The word of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
("Responsorial Psalm")
♪ Lord make us turn to you ♪
♪ Let us see your face ♪
♪ And we shall be saved ♪
♪ Lord make us turn to you ♪
♪ Let us see your face ♪
♪ And we shall be saved ♪
♪ O shepherd of Israel hearken ♪
♪ From your throne upon the cherubim shine forth ♪
♪ Rouse your power ♪
♪ And come to save us ♪
♪ Lord, make us turn to you ♪
♪ Let us see your face ♪
♪ And we shall be saved ♪
- A reading from the first letter of
Saint Paul to the Corinthians.
Brothers and sisters, grace to you
and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I give thanks to you my God always on your account
for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus.
That in him you were enriched in every way
with all discourse and all knowledge
as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift
as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He will keep you firm to the end,
irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is faithful
and by him you were called to fellowship
with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
The word of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Thanks be to God.
♪ Alleluia ♪
♪ Alleluia ♪
♪ Alleluia ♪
♪ Alleluia ♪
♪ Alleluia ♪
♪ Alleluia ♪
♪ Alleluia ♪
♪ Alleluia ♪
- The Lord be with you. - And with your spirit.
- A reading from the holy gospel according to Mark.
- [Congregation] Glory to you, Lord.
- Jesus said to his disciples be watchful, be alert.
You do not know when the time will come.
It is like a man traveling abroad.
He leaves home and places his servants
in charge each with his own work
and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.
Watch therefore.
You do not know when the Lord of the house is coming
whether in the evening or at midnight
or at cock crow or in the morning.
May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping.
What I say to you I say to all.
Watch.
Gospel of the Lord.
- [Congregation] Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
- These days most people keep vigils
because they're anxious.
Perhaps this year more than ever
we're aware of that in Las Vegas as we remember
all the prayer vigils that happened
after the tragedy of October the 1st.
But we also keep vigils in hospital corridors
waiting for news of a sick relative.
A parent stays up with an infant who might be teething
or have a high temperature,
we might even sit by the phone waiting
to be reassured that a loved one is safe and well,
or that we've passed an exam or gotten a job
most of these occasions are highly stressed vigils.
But some of the younger among us some of the more hearty
sometimes keep vigils filled with excited expectations
like those you see positioned in front of the Apple Store
days before the release of the latest iPhone
or waiting for tickets for a sports game or a concert.
It was not so long ago however that vigils
were a much more common feature of people's lives.
We often used to keep vigil with the dead.
We used to keep all night vigils of prayer.
The church has enshrined the experience of keeping vigil
through the vigil mass on Saturday night,
the vigil ceremony in the funeral rites,
and most importantly the great vigil at Easter.
This tradition starts again today in the gospel
where we are exhorted to be alert, to keep awake,
and to wait for the Lord to return.
In a sense this might sound strange
as we prepare for Christmas
but it's linked to the first preface of Advent which reads:
Now we watch for the day
hoping that the salvation promised us will be ours
when Christ our Lord will come in glory.
Our attention is then directed to a great future event
not the future feast that we're all
thinking about celebrating December 25th
but a far off future event and this is unique.
The other feasts of the church we usually remember
a past event like Holy Week or Pentecost
or we have feasts that proclaim a present reality
like Trinity Sunday but not on the first Sunday of Advent.
Here we talk about
the return of the Lord at the end of time
and it's a bridge between the last days of the church here
which we've already been celebrating over recent weeks
and the first day of the church's new year.
How does the church ask us to approach this feast?
As a vigil but not as a vigil of anxiety
where we never want to hear the worst news
or not as a vigil of excited anticipation
where we pin our happiness on a event
but a vigil of hope
where we wait and trust in a person who has shared our lot,
who understands our frailties,
and who loved us even to death.
We place our hope in Jesus the Christ,
our brother, our Savior, our friend
and this first Sunday of Advent
we look beyond Christmas to the final moment
when Heaven and Earth will be united
and our vigil will be complete.
On that day we believe the sun will have dawned
once and for all on the world.
Now don't you think that's something
worth being alert and awake to see?
The first Sunday of Advent is like the first days
of other vigils where we pitch our tents
and begin to wait to make sure that we have
front row seats for what is going to be when it arrives.
Over the last three weeks the passages in Matthew 25
were reminders about our continuing to prepare
for the coming of the kingdom.
This week with the beginning of Advent
it's the gospel of Mark that also reminds us
we can't take that kingdom for granted
that we must remain vigilant
in working to realize the kingdom.
This vigilance needs to be applied
to nurturing our own faith
as well as to making a difference
in the lives of those around us
especially the most needy in our society.
Rather than stay awake
maybe some of us need to be told to wake up.
It's never too late to pay closer attention to faith.
Perhaps this Advent season is the ideal time to do that.
The season of Advent begins this week
and continues through the four Sunday's of Advent
and ends on Christmas Eve.
This first week of Advent focuses on the return of the Lord
and the following weeks more specifically
focus on anticipation of the birth of Jesus.
Rather than simply commemorating an historical event
Advent is a time to prepare our hearts to receive Jesus
into the world each year.
Let us profess our faith.
- [Congregation] I believe in one God, the Father Almighty
maker of Heaven and Earth
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God
born of the Father before all ages
God from God, light from light,
true God from true God,
begotten not made consubstantial with the Father
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from Heaven
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate
of the Virgin Mary and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered death and was buried
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the scriptures.
He ascended into Heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord the giver of life
who proceeds from the Father and the Son
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.
- No ear has ever heard nor eye has ever seen
greater wonders than what God has done for us
with confidence then we pray.
- That our ministries of compassion and care
may reveal God's presence in our midst
we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That all nations and peoples may work together
to protect and nurture the vine of justice
and peace that God has planted
we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord hear our prayer.
- That this Advent season may be a time of
restoring the lost and forgotten
and healing the broken and shattered
we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- That Christ will bring into his Father's presence
the souls of our deceased relatives and friends
we pray to the Lord.
- [Congregation] Lord, hear our prayer.
- You O' Lord are the potter
and we are the clay the work of your hands
shape us in your ways of justice and mercy
form us in your peace
and craft us in your love
we ask these things in the name of Jesus
Emmanuel God with us.
- Amen. - Amen.
(soft piano music)
- Pray now sisters and brothers that my sacrifice
and yours may be acceptable to God our Almighty Father.
- [Congregation] 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.
- Accept we pray O' Lord these offerings
we make gathered from among your gifts to us
and may what you grant us to celebrate devoutly here below
gain for us the prize of eternal redemption
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.
- [Congregation] 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
through Christ our Lord.
For he assumed at his first coming
the lowliness of human flesh
and so fulfilled the design you formed long ago
and opened for us the way to eternal salvation.
That when he comes again in glory and majesty
and all is at last made manifest
we who watch for that day
may inherit the great promise
in which we now dare to hope
and so with angels and archangels
with thrones and dominions
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 your glory ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
♪ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
♪ Hosanna in the highest ♪
- You are indeed holy O' Lord the fount of all holiness.
Make holy therefore these gifts we pray
by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dew fall
so that they may become for us the body
and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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.
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 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 ♪
♪ We proclaim your death O' Lord ♪
♪ And profess your resurrection ♪
♪ Until you come again ♪
♪ Until you come again ♪
- 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.
Bring her to the fullness of charity
together with Francis our Pope,
Joseph our Bishop and all the clergy.
Remember also our brothers and sisters
who've 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.
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ Amen ♪
- At the Savior's command informed by divine teaching
we dare to say--
- [Congregation] 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.
- [Congregation] 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
graciously grant her peace and unity
in accordance with your will
who live and reign forever and ever.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Peace of the Lord be with you always.
- [Congregation] And with your spirit.
- Let us offer each other a sign of peace.
- [Congregation] Lamb of God 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.
- [Congregation] Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
("In Every Age")
♪ Long before the mountains came to be ♪
♪ And the land and sea and stars of the night ♪
♪ Through the endless season of all time ♪
♪ You have always been ♪
♪ You will always be ♪
♪ In every age ♪
♪ Oh God you have been our refuge ♪
♪ In every age ♪
♪ Oh God you have been our hope ♪
♪ In every age ♪
♪ Oh God you have been our refuge ♪
♪ In every age ♪
♪ Oh God you have been our hope ♪
- Let us pray.
May these mysteries O' Lord in which
we have participated profit us we pray.
For even now as we walk amid passing things
you teach us by them to love the things of Heaven
and hold fast to what endures through Christ our Lord.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- We invite you to help keep this ministry on the air
by watching the message on the screen at the end.
The Lord be with you. - And with your spirit.
- May Almighty God bless you the Father
the Son and the Holy Spirit. - Amen.
- Go in peace. - Thanks be to God.
("Find Us Ready")
♪ Find us ready Lord ♪
♪ Not standing still ♪
♪ Find us working and loving ♪
♪ And doing your will ♪
♪ Find us ready Lord ♪
♪ Faithful in love ♪
♪ Building the kingdom ♪
♪ That's here and above ♪
♪ Building the kingdom ♪
♪ Of mercy and love ♪
- Today I'm certainly sure you appreciate
the celebration of mass and how much it means to you
and means to so many in the community
to be the heart of a worshiping community
to give praise to Christ
and so I ask you in your goodness to continue your support
and generous support of our television ministry
here in the diocese of Las Vegas
and may God bless you for your generosity.
(soft music)
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