Pentecost2023

Mary of Magdala Inclusive Catholic Community

Pentecost – Sunday, May 28, 2023

WE GATHER AS COMMUNITY

Welcome/Introductions:

P: Dear Family of Faith, come: Be gathered in the heart of the Divine Holy

One: + Source of Life, Love Incarnate and Abiding Wisdom. Chime

Acknowledgement of Territory:

V: We are gathered on Treaty 4 territory, traditional lands of the Nêhiyawak (neh HEY o wuk), Nahkawé (NUK ah way), Nakota, and homeland of the Métis, Lakota, and Dakota. We hold this acknowledgement of our sisters and brothers as we pray, recognizing our responsibility to respect the land and all peoples in the spirit of truth and reconciliation.

Gathering

P: Remembering the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples in wind and flame,

we light the Paschal candle. (light candle) Let us sing our joy!

Opening Song

Spirit of Gentleness (Voices United #375)

R. Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness, blow through the wilderness, calling and free. Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placid-ness, wind on the sea

1) You moved on the waters, You called to the deep, then You coaxed up the mountains from the valleys of sleep; and over the eons You called to each thing: “Awake from your slumbers and rise on your wings.”

2) You swept through the desert, You stung with the sand and goaded Your people with a law and a land; and when they were blinded by their idols and lies, then You spoke through Your prophets to open their eyes.

3) You sang in a stable, You cried from a hill, then You whispered in silence when the whole world was still; and down in the city You called once again, when You blew through Your people on the rush of the wind.

4) You call from tomorrow, You break ancient schemes; from the bondage of sorrow all the captives dream dreams; our women see visions, our men clear their eyes. With bold new decisions Your people arise.

Prayer for Wholeness

V: Spirit of breath and fire, you call us to lives more amazing than any of us can imagine.

R. Open us to receive your gift of imagination.

V: In rush of wind and tongues of fire, you came to those first disciples, teaching them to speak as they had never spoken before.

R. Open us to receive your gift of prophetic voices.

V: In those ancient times, you promised prophecy and vision, dreams and signs, pouring your own self into those who would hear your call.

R. Open us to receive your gift of welcoming those who hear that call.

V: Still today you pour out your Spirit like a rushing river, filling our thirsty souls with living water, teaching us to pray and praise your holy name.

R. Open us to receive your gift of praise and thanksgiving.

P: As we welcome the ever-surprising abundance of spring,

for warm days and cool nights, for sunshine and rain,

for living things, both small and great that fill the world you have created,

allow your gifts to radiate through us so that all we do is for your greater glory.

R. Amen.

Song of Praise

Mass Of Joyful Heart – Steve Angrisano & Tom Tomaszek (Inclusive language adapted)

Refrain:

Glory to God/de in the highest, and peace to all people on earth.

1) O God/de most holy One, almighty God, Creator, we worship You, we give You thanks, we praise You for Your glory…

2)…Jesus, the Christ, beloved Son of the Mother….Lamb of God/de, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us;

You are seated at the right hand of the Father, receive our prayer…

3) For You alone are the Holy One, you alone are our God/de, for You alone are the Most High, Jesus the Christ, with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God/de the Father.

Opening Prayer

P: O Holy WomanSpirit,

From you the clouds have their flowing

the air its movement,

the stones their moisture,

the waters spurting forth in streams

and the earth its glorious green verdure.

My God/de reveals herself in all her beauty

in the mirror of creation,

She flames above the fields to signify the beauty of the earth,

the beautiful earthen matter from which we are all made.

She flames on the waters of the world,

suffusing the whole water-fed world,

as life suffuses my body.

She burns in the sun and the moon

to show forth our brightness of intellect

and strength of spirit.

She gleams in the stars to show us

the words we may use for praise.

And I,

A feather on the breath of God,

pray that the Spirit of God may cleanse me from the malice

that drags me down to earth, and win me the friendship of God.

Hildegarde of Bingen

All: Amen. We pray, Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD: (Comprehensive Catholic Lectionary)

1^st Reading: Acts 2:1-4, 16, 21

V: A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

When the day of Pentecost arrived, the disciples all met in one room. Suddenly they heard what sounded like a violent, rushing wind from heaven; the noise filled the entire house in which they were sitting. Something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each one. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as she enabled them.

This is as was spoken through the Prophet Joel:

“It will come to pass in the last days, say God, that I will pour out a portion of my spirit upon all people. Your youth shall see visions; your elders shall dream dreams. I will work wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below. All will know that I am God.” (Joel 2:28-29)

The Word of an Early Christian Chronicler.

R: Thanks be to God.

Psalm Response

Psalm 104 - COME O SPIRIT OF OUR GOD

1. Bless our God, O my soul; … O my God how great are you.

The earth is full of your wonders,… and your works unfold before our eyes.

R: Come, O Spirit of our God, and renew the face of the earth, O come,

O Spir-it of our God and renew the face of the earth.

2. If your take away our breath we die, and return to dust. When you send your Spirit here again you create us and you renew the face of the earth R

3. May your glory endure forever; may you be glad in all your works. We will sing to you all our days. We will praise you while we live. R.

2^nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4-13

V: A reading from the First Letter to the Corinthians:

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Source; there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

Each of us is given gifts of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given, through Spirit, wisdom to impart. Another, through the same Spirit, is given knowledge to impart. Another is granted faith; another, gifts of healing. To another is given power to work miracles, to another prophetic voice, to another discernment, to another various languages, to another the interpretation of those languages. All these gifts are activated by one and the same Spirit. And the Spirit, as She moves, distributes these gifts to each one individually.

Just as the human body is a unity, though with many parts; so it is in Christ. In one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body – Judean or Gentile, slave or free. We are all given to drink of the one Spirit.

The Word of the Apostle Paul.

R: Thanks be to God.

Pentecost Sequence

Veni Sancte Spiritus…..

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia! Alleluia! Raise the gospel over the earth!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Peace and justice bringing to birth!

Gospel - John 20:19-22

P: A Reading from the Good News attributed to John.

Later on that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together, but, fearful of the authorities, had locked all the doors in the house. Jesus entered, stood among them, and said, “Peace to you.” Then he showed them his hands and side.

The disciples, seeing the Master with their own eyes, were exuberant. Jesus repeated his greeting: “Peace to you. Just as my Abwoon sent me, I send you.”

Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. “Receive the Holy Spirit,” he said.

The Gospel of the Resurrection.

R: Praise to You, Jesus the Christ.

Homily & Reflection

Profession of Faith

P: We pause for a moment in silence and make a personal act of faith: put into words what you believe, in your heart of hearts about God, about Jesus, the Holy Spirit and what it means to be Church. (Pause) And to this we all say: AMEN.

Prayers of the People

P: As our gratitude is greater than we can ever express, so too is our awareness of the broken places in our world. As we pray for those situations that need healing, let us pray also for the gifts we and others need to help those we are able to as we say:

All: Holy, breathing, burning Spirit, pour out your love among us and through us.

V: We pray for the church in all its manifestations, and especially for the leadership. May our inclusive Catholic community continue to be the breath of life in our communities.