5TH SUNDAY OF LENT
March 26, 2023
ENTRANCE
FIRST THINGS
FIRST
All the things that I have held dear
The vanities that whispered in my ear
What would I do if they all disappeared
Riches and fame and all that they could buy
I've come to find they never satisfy
What would I gain if my soul's the price
I don't wanna love what the world loves
I don't wanna chase what the world does
I only want you
I only want you
First thing's first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
GLORIA
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Glory! Glory to God in the highest.
Glory! Glory to God in the highest.
And on earth,
Peace to people of goodwill.
1.
We praise You, we bless You
We adore You, we glorify You
We give You thanks,
For Your great glory.
Lord God heavenly King,
O God Almighty Father.
2.
Lord Jesus Christ,
only Begotten Son.
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father.
You take away the
sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
You take away the sins of the world,
Receive our prayer.
You are seated at the right hand
The right hand of the Father
Have mercy on us....
3.
For You alone are the Holy One
You alone are the Lord.
You alone are the most High,
Jesus Christ.
With the Holy Spirit, in the glory
Of God the Father
Glory! Glory to God in the highest.
Glory! Glory to God in the highest.
and on earth peace to
people of good will.
Amen.
FIRST READING
Ezekiel 37:12-14
Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves
and have you rise from them,
and bring you back to the land of Israel.
13 Then you shall know that
I am the LORD, when I
open your graves and have
you rise from them, O my people!
14 I will put my spirit in you
that you may live, and I will settle you
upon your land; thus you shall know
that I am the LORD. I have promised,
and I will do it, says the LORD.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
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With the Lord there is mercy
and fullness of redemption.
SECOND READING
Romans 8:8-11
Brothers and sisters:
8 Those who are in the
flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh;
on the contrary, you are in the spirit,
if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Whoever does not have the
Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
10 But if Christ is in you,
although the body is dead
because of sin, the spirit
is alive because of righteousness.
11 If the Spirit of the one who
raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
the one who raised Christ from the
dead will give life to your mortal bodies
also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
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Glory, Praise & Honor to You,
Lord, Jesus Christ.
VERSE
I am the resurrection and the life,
says the Lord;
26 whoever believes in me,
even if he dies, will never die.
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GOSPEL:
JOHN 11:1-45
Now a man was ill,
Lazarus from Bethany,
the village of Mary and
her sister Martha.
2 Mary was the one who
had anointed the Lord with
perfumed oil and dried his
feet with her hair; it was
her brother Lazarus who was ill.
3 So the sisters sent word
to him saying, “Master,
the one you love is ill.”
4 When Jesus heard this he said,
“This illness is not to end in death,
but is for the glory of God,
that the Son of God may
be glorified through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha
and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So when he heard that
he was ill, he remained for
two days in the place where he was.
7 Then after this he
said to his disciples,
“Let us go back to Judea.”
8 The disciples said to him,
“Rabbi, the Jews were just
trying to stone you,
and you want to go back there?”
9 Jesus answered,
“Are there not twelve hours in a day?
If one walks during the day, he does
not stumble, because he sees
the light of this world.
10 But if one walks at night,
he stumbles, because the
light is not in him.”
11 He said this, and then told them,
“Our friend Lazarus is asleep,
but I am going to awaken him.”
12 So the disciples said to him,
“Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.”
13 But Jesus was talking about
his death, while they thought
that he meant ordinary sleep.
14 So then Jesus said to them
clearly, “Lazarus has died.
15 And I am glad for you that I was
not there, that you may believe.
Let us go to him.”
16 So Thomas, called Didymus,
said to his fellow disciples,
“Let us also go to die with him.”
17 When Jesus arrived,
he found that Lazarus had
already been in the tomb for four days.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem,
only about two miles away.
19 And many of the Jews had
come to Martha and Mary to
comfort them about their brother.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus
was coming, she went to meet him;
but Mary sat at home.
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you
had been here, my brother
would not have died.
22 But even now I know that
whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”
23 Jesus said to her,
“Your brother will rise.”
24 Martha said to him,
“I know he will rise, in the
resurrection on the last day.”
25 Jesus told her, “I am the
resurrection and the life; whoever
believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
26 and everyone who lives
and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are
the Christ, the Son of God, the
one who is coming into the world.”
28 When she had said this,
she went and called her sister
Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher
is here and is asking for you.”
29 As soon as she heard this,
she rose quickly and went to him.
30 For Jesus had not yet come
into the village, but was still
where Martha had met him.
31 So when the Jews who were
with her in the house comforting her
saw Mary get up quickly and go out,
they followed her, presuming that
she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 When Mary came to where
Jesus was and saw him, she
fell at his feet and said to him,
“Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping
and the Jews who had come with
her weeping, he became perturbed
and deeply troubled,
34 and said, “Where have
you laid him?” They said to him,
“Sir, come and see.”
35 And Jesus wept.
36 So the Jews said,
“See how he loved him.”
37 But some of them said,
“Could not the one who opened the
eyes of the blind man have done
something so that this man
would not have died?”
38 So Jesus, perturbed again,
came to the tomb. It was
a cave, and a stone lay across it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the dead man’s sister,
said to him, “Lord, by now there
will be a stench; he has been
dead for four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not
tell you that if you believe you
will see the glory of God?”
41 So they took away the stone.
And Jesus raised his eyes
and said, “Father, I thank
you for hearing me.
42 I know that you always hear me;
but because of the crowd
here I have said this, that
they may believe that you sent me.”
43 And when he had said this,
He cried out in a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out!”
44 The dead man came out,
tied hand and foot with burial bands,
and his face was wrapped in a cloth.
So Jesus said to them,
“Untie him and let him go.”
NICENE CREED
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. Amen.
APOSTLE'S CREED
I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by
the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again
from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand
of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge
the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting. Amen.
PRESENTATION
WE REMEMBER
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We remember how you
loved us to your death,
and still we celebrate,
for you are with us here;
and we believe that we will see you
when you come in your glory, Lord.
We remember, we celebrate, we believe.
1.
Here, a million wounded souls
are yearning just to touch you and be healed.
Gather all your people,
and hold them to your heart.
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2.
Now we recreate your love,
we bring the bread and wine to share a meal.
Sign of grace and mercy,
the presence of the Lord.
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HOLY
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.
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION
We proclaim Your death, O Lord,
and profess Your Resurrection
until You come again.
AMEN
Amen, amen,
Alleluia, Amen.
OUR FATHER
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.
For the kingdom,
the power and
the glory are
yours, now
and forever.
LAMB OF GOD
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
I AM THE
BREAD OF LIFE
1.
I am the bread of life
You who come to me shall not hunger
And who believe in me shall not thirst
No one can come to me
unless the Father beckons
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up on the last day
2.
The bread that I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world
And if you eat of this bread
You shall live forever
You shall live forever
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
on the last day
COMMUNION
MEDITATION
WHAT HE'S DONE
1.
See on the hill of Calvary
My Savior bled for me
My Jesus set me free
And look at the wounds that give me life
Grace flowing from His side
No greater sacrifice
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What He's done
What He's done
All the glory and the honor to the Son
My sins are forgiven
My future is Heaven
I praise God for what He's done
2.
Sing for the freedom He has won
Even death is dead and done
His life has overcome
Speak, say the Name above all names
Over every broken place
He is risen from the grave
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CLOSING
PROCESSION
CANTICLE OF
THE SUN
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The heavens are telling
the glory of God,
And all creation is
shouting for joy!
Come, dance in the forest,
come, play in the field,
And sing, sing to
the glory of the Lord!
1.
Praise for the sun,
the bringer of day,
he carries the light
of the Lord in his rays;
the moon and the stars who
light up the way unto your throne!
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