{"id":467,"date":"2005-05-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lanuera.com\/cmwp\/?p=467"},"modified":"2005-05-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-24T00:00:00","slug":"fr-ted-kennedy-mass-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Fr Ted Kennedy – Mass of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Mass of Thanksgiving<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/font>for the life of<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fr Ted Kennedy<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n

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27 January, 1931-17 May, 2005<\/font><\/p>\n

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THE BLOCK, REDFERN<\/font><\/h3>\n

Tuesday 24 May, 2005<\/p>\n

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“The Glory of God is man fully alive"<\/font><\/h3>\n
St Irenaeus<\/em><\/font><\/strong> <\/div>\n

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\nCelebrated by Bishop David Cremin<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n


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Entrance Hymn<\/h3>\n
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Spirit Dream<\/h3>\n

Spirit dream, in this ancient land,
\nFrom desert plains, to rivers and seas,
\nFrom mountains high, to valleys deep,
\nThere is a sacred dream in all that lives,
\nThis land and all it holds within,
\nCries out and groans in giving birth,
\nWhen will its freedom be born?<\/p>\n

SPIRIT DREAM
\nCOME STIR IN EVERY HEART
\nNEW WISDOM AND HOPE IN ALL
\nFULFIL YOUR DREAM
\nMAKE REAL YOUR LIFE IN US
\nSPIRIT DREAM<\/p>\n

Spirit dream, in the depths of our hearts,
\nIn rich and poor, in weak and strong,
\nIn restless souls, in yearning hearts,
\nThere is a sacred dream in all who live,
\nTo heal and reconcile all pain,
\nTo honour and uphold in all,
\nJustice and true dignity.<\/p>\n

Monica Brown & Emmaus Productions 2001<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Welcome (<\/font>Danny Gilbert Text<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/em>)<\/font><\/h3>\n

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Welcome to Country<\/h3>\n

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First Reading (Sr Marnie Kennedy<\/em>)<\/font><\/h3>\n
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A Reading from the Book of Ezekiel
\nCh 34: 11-16<\/h3>\n

For the Lord Yahweh says this: I am going to look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view. As a shepherd keeps all his flock in view when he stands up in the middle of his scattered sheep, so shall I keep my sheep in view. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered during the mist and darkness. I shall bring them out of the countries where they are; I shall gather them together from foreign countries and bring them back to their own land. I shall pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in every inhabited place in the land. I shall feed them in good pasturage; the high mountains of Israel will be their grazing ground. There they will rest in good grazing ground; they will browse in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel. I myself will pasture my sheep, I myself will show them where to rest – it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks. I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the wounded and make the weak strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them.<\/p>\n

This is the Word of the Lord.
\nAll: Thanks be to God.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Response to First Reading<\/h3>\n
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The Lord is my Shepherd<\/h3>\n

The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want.
\nHe makes me down to lie
\nIn pastures green: he leadeth me
\nThe quiet waters by.<\/p>\n

My soul he doth restore again:
\nAnd me to walk doth make
\nWithin the paths of righteousness,
\nEv’n for his own name’s sake.<\/p>\n

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
\nYet will I fear no ill:
\nFor thou art with me; and thy rod
\nAnd staff me comfort still.<\/p>\n

My table thou hast furnished
\nIn presence of my foes;
\nMy head thou dost with oil anoint,
\nAnd my cup overflows.<\/p>\n

Goodness and mercy all my life
\nShall surely follow me:
\nAnd in God’s house for evermore
\nMy dwelling-place shall be.<\/p>\n

Crimond<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Second Reading (Michael Gravener)<\/font><\/h3>\n
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A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the Romans
\nCh 8: 31- 39<\/h3>\n

After saying this, what can we add? With God on our side who can be against us? Since God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up to benefit us all, we may be certain, after such a fight, that he will not refuse anything he can give. Could anyone accuse those that God has chosen? When God acquits, could anyone condemn? Could Christ Jesus? No! He not only died for us – he rose from the dead, and there at God’s right hand he stands and pleads for us.<\/p>\n

Nothing therefore can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food or clothes, or being threatened or even attacked. As scripture promised: For your sake we are being massacred daily, and reckoned as sheep for the slaughter. These are the trials through which we triumph, by the power of him who loved us.<\/p>\n

For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n

This is the Word of the Lord.
\nAll: Thanks be to God.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Gospel Acclamation<\/h3>\n
All:<\/strong> Alleluia, alleluia (sung)<\/div>\n
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Gospel (Fr Peter Williams<\/em>)<\/font><\/h3>\n
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The Gospel according to Luke
\nCh 6: 17-23<\/h3>\n

Jesus then came down with them and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and from Jerusalem and from the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. People tormented by unclean spirits were also cured, and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him because power came out of him that cured them all.<\/p>\n

Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said:
\n‘How happy are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of God.
\nHappy you who are hungry now: you shall be satisfied.
\nHappy you who weep now: you shall laugh’.<\/p>\n

‘Happy are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, for then your reward will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets’.<\/p>\n

This is the Gospel of the Lord.
\nAll: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Homily (Fr Pat Kenna<\/em><\/font> Text<\/a><\/em>)<\/font><\/h3>\n

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Prayers of the Faithful (Chris Geraghty Text<\/a><\/em>)<\/font><\/h3>\n

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Offertory Procession<\/h3>\n

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Offertory Hymn<\/h3>\n
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Fill my House<\/h3>\n

Fill my house unto the fullest,
\nEat my bread and drink my wine,
\nThe love I bear is held from no-one.
\nAll I own and all I do, I give to you.<\/p>\n

Take my time unto the fullest,
\nFind in me the trust you seek,
\nTake my hands to you out-reaching.
\nAll I own and all I do I give to you.<\/p>\n

Christ our Lord with love enormous,
\nFrom the cross His lesson taught:
\nLove everyone as I have loved you.
\nAll I own and all I do I give to you.<\/p>\n

Join with me as one in Christ-love,
\nMay our hearts all beat as one,
\nMay we give ourselves completely.
\nAll I own and all I do I give to you.<\/p>\n

Peter Kearney<\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Communion Hymns<\/h3>\n
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Here I am, Lord<\/h3>\n

I, the Lord of sea and sky;
\nI have heard My people cry.
\nAll who dwell in dark and sin my hand will save.
\nI who made the stars at night,
\nI will make their darkness bright.
\nWho will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?<\/p>\n

Refrain<\/strong>
\nHere I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
\nI have heard you calling in the night.
\nI will go, Lord, if You lead me.
\nI will hold your people in my heart.<\/p>\n

I, the Lord of snow and rain,
\nI have borne My people’s pain.
\nI have wept for love of them. They turn away.
\nI will break their hearts of stone,
\nGive them hearts for love alone.
\nI will speak My word to them. Whom shall I send?<\/p>\n

Refrain<\/strong><\/p>\n

I, the Lord of wind and flame,
\nI will tend the poor and lame.
\nI will set a feast for them. My hand will save.
\nFinest bread I will provide
\nTill their hearts be satisfied.
\nI will give my life to them. Whom shall I send?<\/p>\n

Refrain<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Louis Jesuits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Beatitudes<\/h3>\n

Blessed are the poor in spirit
\nfor theirs is the kingdom of heaven
\nBlessed are the gentle
\nFor they shall possess the land.<\/p>\n

Blessed are they
\nthat hunger and thirst after justice,
\nBlessed are they
\nthat suffer gladly for justice sake.<\/p>\n

Blessed are they that mourn
\nfor they shall be comforted,
\nBlessed are the pure in heart
\nfor they shall see God.<\/p>\n

Blessed are you
\nwhen they revile and harm you
\nAnd speak all evil
\nagainst you untruly for my sake.<\/p>\n

Blessed are the merciful
\nfor mercy they will find,
\nBlessed are the peacemakers
\nfor they shall be called God’s children.<\/p>\n

Peter Kearney<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Be Not Afraid<\/h3>\n

Antiphon<\/strong>
\nBe not afraid
\nI go before you always
\nCome follow Me,
\nand I will give you rest.<\/p>\n

You shall cross the barren desert,
\nbut you shall not die of thirst.
\nYou shall wander far in safety
\nthough you do not know the way.
\nYou shall speak your words in foreign lands
\nand all will understand.
\nYou shall see the face of God and live.<\/p>\n

Antiphon<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you pass through raging waters in the sea,
\nyou shall not drown.
\nIf you walk amid the burning flames,
\nyou shall not be harmed.
\nIf you stand before the pow’r of hell
\nand death is at your side,
\nknow that I am with you through it all.<\/p>\n

Antiphon<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Louis Jesuits<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Be Thou my Vision<\/h3>\n

Rob tu mo bhoile, a Comdi cride<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
\nNaught be all else to me, save that thou art;
\nThou my best thought in the day and the night,
\nWaking or sleeping, thy presence my light.<\/p>\n

Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word,
\nI ever with thee, and thou with me, Lord;
\nThou my great Father and I thy true son;
\nThou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.<\/p>\n

Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
\nBe thou my armour and be thou my might;
\nThou my soul’s shelter and thou my high tower,
\nRaise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.<\/p>\n

Riches I heed not, no man’s empty praise,
\nThou mine inheritance through all my days;
\nThou, and thou only, the first in my heart,
\nHigh King of heaven, my treasure thou art.<\/p>\n

High King of heaven, when the battle is done,
\nGrant heaven’s joy to me, O bright heaven’s Sun,
\nChrist of my own heart, whatever befall,
\nStill be my vision, O Ruler of all.<\/p>\n

Ancient Irish, c. 8th century<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After Communion<\/h3>\n

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Reflection song (Shireen Malamoo<\/em>)<\/font><\/h3>\n

Tributes<\/h3>\n