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5TH SUNDAY OF LENT
March 26, 2023

ENTRANCE

FIRST THINGS
FIRST

1.

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
 

REFRAIN

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:

REFRAIN

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

REFRAIN

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.

REFRAIN

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

REFRAIN

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 th
e 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

REFRAIN

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

REFRAIN

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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