Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Processional Hymn - Bring Forth The Kingdom
You are salt for the earth, O people:
Salt for the Kingdom of God!
Share the flavor of life, O people:
Life in the Kingdom of God!
Bring forth the Kingdom of mercy,
Bring forth the Kingdom of peace;
Bring forth the Kingdom of justice,
Bring forth the City of God!
You are a light on the hill, O people:
Light for the City of God!
Shine so holy and bright, O people:
Shine for the Kingdom of God!
Bring forth the Kingdom of mercy,
Bring forth the Kingdom of peace;
Bring forth the Kingdom of justice,
Bring forth the City of God!
You are a seed of the Word, O people:
Bring forth the Kingdom of God!
Seeds of mercy and seeds of justice,
Grow in the Kingdom of God!
Bring forth the Kingdom of mercy,
Bring forth the Kingdom of peace;
Bring forth the Kingdom of justice,
Bring forth the City of God!
We are a blest and a pilgrim people:
Bound for the Kingdom of God!
Love our journey and love our homeland:
Love is the Kingdom of God!
Bring forth the Kingdom of mercy,
Bring forth the Kingdom of peace;
Bring forth the Kingdom of justice,
Bring forth the City of God!
First Reading - Ezekiel 17:22-24
Thus says the Lord GOD:
I, too, will take from the crest of the cedar, from its topmost branches tear off a tender shoot, and plant it on a high and lofty mountain; on the mountain heights of Israel, I will plant it.
It shall put forth branches and bear fruit, and become a majestic cedar.
Birds of every kind shall dwell beneath it, every winged thing in the shade of its boughs.
And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, bring low the high tree, lift high the lowly tree, wither up the green tree, and make the withered tree bloom.
As I, the LORD, have spoken, so will I do.
Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 92
R. Lord, it is good to give thanks to you, to give thanks to you.
It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to make music to your name, O Most High,
To proclaim your loving mercy in the morning and your truth in the watches of the night.
R. Lord, it is good to give thanks to you, to give thanks to you.
The just will flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a Lebanon cedar.
Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
R. Lord, it is good to give thanks to you, to give thanks to you.
Still bearing fruit when they are old; still full of sap, still green,
To proclaim that the LORD is upright. In him, my rock, there is no wrong.
R. Lord, it is good to give thanks to you, to give thanks to you.
Second Reading - Corinthians 5:6-10
Brothers and sisters:
We are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.
Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.
Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil.
Gospel - Mark 4:26-34
Jesus said to the crowds:
“This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day
and through it all the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.
Of its own accord, the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come.”
He said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?
It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.
But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
With many such parables, he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.
Without parables, he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples, he explained everything in private.
Prayer for Our Lady of Angels Parish
Heavenly Father, we thank you for gathering us together and calling us to serve as your disciples.
You have charged us through your Son, Jesus, with the great mission of evangelizing and witnessing your love to the world.
Send your Holy Spirit to guide us as we discern your will for the spiritual renewal of our parish.
Give us strength, courage, and clear vision as we use our gifts to serve you.
We entrust our parish family to the care of Mary, our mother, and ask for her intercession and guidance, as we strive to build a parish that loves God, embraces all people, and shares the Gospel joyfully.
Communion Hymn - Seed, Scattered and Sown
Seed, scattered and sown, wheat, gathered and grown,
Bread, broken and shared as one, the Living bread of God.
Vine, fruit of the land, wine, work of our hands, one cup that is
Shared by all; the Living Cup, the Living Bread of God.
Is not the bread we break, a sharing in our Lord?
Is not the cup we bless, the blood of Christ outpoured?
Seed, scattered and sown, wheat, gathered and grown,
Bread, broken and shared as one, the Living bread of God.
Vine, fruit of the land, wine, work of our hands, one cup that is
Shared by all; the Living Cup, the Living Bread of God.
The seed which falls on rock will wither and will die,
The seed within good ground will flower and have life.
Seed, scattered and sown, wheat, gathered and grown,
Bread, broken and shared as one, the Living bread of God.
Vine, fruit of the land, wine, work of our hands, one cup that is
Shared by all; the Living Cup, the Living Bread of God.
As wheat upon the hills was gathered and was grown,
So may the Church of God be gathered into one.
Seed, scattered and sown, wheat, gathered and grown,
Bread, broken and shared as one, the Living bread of God.
Vine, fruit of the land, wine, work of our hands, one cup that is
Shared by all; the Living Cup, the Living Bread of God.
Spiritual Communion Prayer
My Jesus,
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things, and I desire to receive you in my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there and I unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.
Recessional Hymn - Father, We Thank You, Who Have Planted
Father, we thank you, who planted
Your holy name within our hearts.
Knowledge and faith and life immortal
Jesus your Son to us imparts.
Lord, you have made all for your pleasure,
And giv’n us food for all our days,
Giving in Christ the bread eternal;
Yours is the pow’r, yours be the praise.
Watch o’er your church, O Lord, in mercy,
Save it from evil, guard it still,
Perfect it in your love, unite it,
Cleansed and conformed unto your will.
As grain, once scattered on the hillsides,
Was in the broken bread made one,
So from all lands, your Church be gathered
Into your kingdom by your Son.
