CAFOD Mass Oct 4 2013

CAFOD

Wolverhampton Deanery

CAFOD Harvest Fast Day Mass, 4 Oct 2013

St Patrick’s Church, New Cross

ORDER OF SERVICE

Entrance:

                           - Marty Haugen.

Here in this place, new light is streaming, now is the darkness vanished away. See in this space our fears and our dreaming, brought here to you in the light of this day.

Gather us in the lost and forsaken; gather us in the blind and the lame. Call to us now and we shall awaken, we shall arise at the sound of our name

We are the young our lives are a mystery, we are the old who yearn for you face. We have been sung throughout all of history, called to be light to the whole human race.

Gather us in the rich and the haughty; gather us in the proud and the strong. Give us a heart so meek and so lowly, give us the courage to enter the song

Here we all take the wine and the water, here we will take the bread of new birth.

Here you shall call your Sons and your daughters, call us anew to be salt for the earth.

Give us to drink the wine of compassion, give us to eat the bread that is you. Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion, lives that are holy and hearts that are true.

Not in the dark of buildings confining, not in some heaven, light-years away. here in this place the new light is shining now is the Kingdom, now is the day.

Gather us in and hold us forever, gather us in and make us your own. Gather us in all peoples together, fire of love in our peoples together.

Welcome by Fr Dawid, Parish Priest St. Patrick’s Church Penitential Act - Pershore Mass — Alan Smith

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy

Christ, have mercy. Christ have mercy

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy

First reading: Letter of James Ch 3 vv 13 - 18. Read by a student from Our Lady bind St Chad Catholic Sports College

Psalm - to be sung by St Edmund’s school choir from psalm 131 - My soul is longing for your peace - Lucien Diess

Gospel Acclamation - Celtic Alleluia, Fintan O’Carroll/Christopher Walker

Alleluia x 4

Verse: Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the

mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.

Gospel: Matthew 11 vv 25-30

During the offertory procession representatives of Catholic schools, youth groups and parishes will bring symbolic offerings representing the work of CAFOD; our solidarity with peoples experiencing injustice; and local Justice and Peace related activity undertaken since Lent this year. These are to be received by priests and placed before the altar. Participants will say what they have brought and what it represents.

Whilst the bread and wine is being offered Our Lady & St Chad’s School will lead us in singing:

Offertory:              Blessed are you Lord - Mike Stanley

Blessed are you, Lord God of creation, thanks to your goodness we bring you this

Bread: Fruit of the earth, work of our hands let it become our spiritual food. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever and forever more.

Blessed are you, Lord God of creation, thanks to your goodness we bring you this wine: Fruit of the vine, work of our hands, let it become our spiritual drink. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever. Blessed be God forever and forever more

  (flute solo) Then repeat Blessed be God forever         Last time ending: Amen

Holy Holy - New Celtic liturgy - Christopher Walker

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.

Memorial Acclamation: setting by Trevor Stockton.

Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection, you have set us free, you have set us free.

Amen - New Celtic Liturgy - Christopher Walker. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Lamb of God: setting by Christopher Walker - New Celtic Liturgy

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

Communion

St Edmund’s School Choir will sing

Jesus Christ is waiting

Jesus Christ is waiting, waiting in the streets; No one is his neighbour all alone he eats. Listen, Lord Jesus, I am lonely too. Make me, friend or stranger, fit to wait on you.

Jesus Christ is raging, raging in the streets, Where injustice spirals, and real hope retreats, Listen, Lord Jesus, I am angry too. In the kingdom’s causes let me rage with you.

Jesus Christ is healing, healing in the streets; curing those who suffer, touching those he greets. Listen, Lord Jesus, I have pity too. Let my care be active, healing just like you.

Jesus Christ is dancing, dancing in the streets, Where each sign of hatred he, with love, defeats. Listen, Lord Jesus, I should triumph too. On suspicion’s graveyard let me dance with you.

Jesus Christ is calling, calling in the streets, “Who will join my journey? I will guide their feet.” Listen, Lord Jesus, let my fears be few. Walk one step before me; I will follow you.

John L. Bell & Graham Maule, copyright © 1988 WGRG, Iona Community

God in His love for us lent us this planet, words by Valerie Ruddle God in his love for us lent us this planet, gave it a purpose in time and in space:

small as a spark from the fire of creation, cradle of life and the home of our race.

Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty, life that sustains us in body and mind: plenty for all, if we learn how to share it, riches undreamed of to fathom and find.

Long have our human wars ruined its harvest, long has earth bowed to the terror of force; long have we wasted what others have need of, poisoned the fountain of life at its source.

Earth is the Lord’s, it is ours to enjoy it; ours, as his stewards, to farm and lefend. From its pollution, misuse and destruction, Good God deliver us, world without end.

Together we say the Harvest Fast Day prayer - (Catherine Gorman, CAFOD)

God, of abundance, all good things come from you.

The world, full of life, reflects your glory and sings your praise. You call us to share fairly the bounty of your creation and the gifts you give us.

So many people in this world of plenty do not have enough to eat. And so we ask you, God of all, to create in us a desire to make all things new, so that through your goodness all those in need may eat and be satisfied. We ask this through Christ, our Lord Amen.

Before the final prayer Trevor Stockton will say words of thanks Recessional song

Peace Prayer - John Foley SJ

Lord make me a means of Your Peace; where there’s hatred grown

Let me sow Your love; where there’s injury Lord let forgiveness be my

sword;

Lord, make me a means of Your Peace

Lord make me a means of Your Peace; when there’s sadness here

Let me sow Your joy; when the darkness nears, may Your light dispel our

fears;

Lord make me a means of Your Peace

Lord grant me to seek and to share; less to be consoled, than to help

console;

Less be understood, than to understand Your good;

Lord make me a means of Your Peace

Lord grant me to seek and to share; to forgive in thee, You’ve forgiven me;

For to die in thee is eternal life to me

Lord make me a means of Your Peace.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY,

FOR TAKING PART TN OUR CELEBRATION MASS AND FOR YOUR

ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF CAFOD.