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Scripture

• First Reading

  Thus says the LORD:
  "You shall not molest or oppress an alien,
  for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. 
  You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. 
  If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me,
  I will surely hear their cry. 
  My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword;
  then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.

  "If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people,
  you shall not act like an extortioner toward him
  by demanding interest from him. 
  If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge,
  you shall return it to him before sunset;
  for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. 
  What else has he to sleep in?
  If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate."

  EX 22:20-26

• Second Reading

  Brothers and sisters:
  You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake. 
  And you became imitators of us and of the Lord,
  receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy Spirit,
  so that you became a model for all the believers
  in Macedonia and in Achaia.
  For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth
  not only in Macedonia and in Achaia,
  but in every place your faith in God has gone forth,
  so that we have no need to say anything. 
  For they themselves openly declare about us
  what sort of reception we had among you,
  and how you turned to God from idols
  to serve the living and true God
  and to await his Son from heaven,
  whom he raised from the dead,
  Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.

  1 THES 1:5C-10

• Gospel

  When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,
  they gathered together, and one of them,
  a scholar of the law tested him by asking,
  "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" 
  He said to him,
  "You shall love the Lord, your God,
  with all your heart,
  with all your soul,
  and with all your mind.
  This is the greatest and the first commandment.
  The second is like it:
  You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 
  The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

  MT 22:34-40

Lyrics

• Age to Age

  Age to Age

  By Janet Vogt

    

  Refrain

  Age to age we will love you.

  Dawning light we will wake with you.

  Into night we will follow you.

  We will love you age to age.

   

  1. As the eagle flies to the heavens above,

  On wings of faith God will bear you up.

   

  2. As the lilies of the field neither toil nor spin,

  What splendor we find in the love God gives.

    

  Text: Based on Isaiah 40:31; Matthew 6:28; 11:28-30. Text and music © 1996, 1997, Janet Vogt. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

• Psalm 18

  I Love You, Lord
  by Matt Maher

   

  Refrain

  I love you, Lord.

  I love you, Lord.

  I love you, Lord;

  You are my strength.

   

  1. My heart, it longs to be with you

  And nothing else will ever do.

  So at your throne is where I’ll be

  ‘cause your flesh and blood consumes me,

  And I am one with you.

   

  2. My stronghold, my refuge,

  Your righteousness will see me through.

  In dark of night and thorn of sin,

  I will stay close to you, my friend,

  And I am one with you.

   

  Music © 2003, Matt Maher. Published by OCP Publications, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved.

• Gospel Acclamation

  Misa del Mundo

  by Jesse Manibusan & Tony Gómez

   

  Refrain 

  Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

   

  Verse

  Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord,
  and my Father will love him and we will come to him.

   

  Music: Misa del Mundo; © 1993, 1999, 2016, Jesse Manibusan. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

• Eucharistic Acclamation

  Mass of Restoration

  by Josh Blakesley and Leland G. "Grae" McCullough, IV

   

  Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of Hosts

  Heaven and Earth are full of your glory.

  Hosanna in the highest.

  Blest is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

  Hosanna, in the highest.

   

  Text © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL). All rights reserved.

  Used with permission. Music © 2012, Joshua Blakesley and Leland G. "Grae" McCullough, IV.

  Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

• Mystery of Faith

  Mass of Restoration
  by Josh Blakesley and Leland G. "Grae" McCullough, IV

   

  Save us, Savior of the world,

  For by your Cross and Resurrection

  You have set us free.

   

  Text © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL). All rights reserved.

  Used with permission. Music © 2012, Joshua Blakesley and Leland G. "Grae" McCullough, IV.

  Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

• Lamb of God

  Mass of Restoration
  by Josh Blakesley and Leland g. "Grae" McCullough, IV

  Arranged by Dylan Caligiuri and David Lockwood

   

  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.

   

  Music © 2012, Joshua Blakesley and Leland G. "Grae" McCullough, IV. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

• See the Love

  See the Love
  by John Arndt, David Gungor, and David Campbell

     

  1. Everyday, we go to war again,

  We assume we know so much more than them

  Before we hear what they have to say.

  Headline breaks, and we start to hate again,

  Calling them names again,

  We give our peace away.

   

  Pre-Chorus

  I hope they see it,

  ‘Cause I wanna see it,

  I hope we believe it.

   

  Chorus

  I wanna see, I wanna see the love

  All around you,

  All around you.

  I wanna know, I wanna know that love

  Is all around you,

  It’s all around.

   

  2. Day by day, hope fades away again;

  We know that there is pain within

  We cannot medicate.

  Learn to feel, learn to begin again,

  Open our eyes again,

  To see our brother’s pain.

   

  Bridge

  See how it lights you up, It lights you up.

  See how it lights you up, It lights you up.

  See how it lights you up, It lights you up.

   

  Copyright © 2016 Integrity's Praise! Music/BMI, The Brilliance & The Flyer/BMI (both adm worldwide at CapitolCMGPublishing.com, excluding the UK which is adm by Integrity Music, part of the David C Cook family, ) & David Campbell CCLI #7069913

• City of God

  City of God

  By Dan Schutte

      

  1. Awake from your slumber! Arise from your sleep!

  A new day is dawning for all those who weep.

  The people in darkness have seen a great light.

  The Lord of our longing has conquered the night.

   

  Refrain

  Let us build the city of God.

  May our tears be turned into dancing!

  For the Lord, our light and our love,

  Has turned the night into day!

   

  2. We are sons of the morning; we are daughters of day.

  The one who has loved us has brightened our way.

  The Lord of all kindness has called us to be

  A light for his people to set their hearts free.  

   

  Bridge

  God is light; in him there is no darkness.

  Let us walk in his light, his children, one and all.

   

  3. O comfort my people; make gentle your words.

  Proclaim to my city the day of her birth.

   

  Text: Based on Isaiah 9, 40:1-9; 1 John 1.

  Text and music © 1981, OCP. All rights reserved.

Intercessions

General Intercessions: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - October 25, 2020

For the Church:

For those who are aliens and strangers in a foreign land – for all immigrants...

For the wisdom to love God and our neighbor as we love ourself...

For the health of Pope Francis and those with whom he collaborates in leading the holy Church of God...

We pray

 

For the needs of our world:

For the community of nations working together to combat the spread and effects of the coronavirus…

For the 42 million people worldwide diagnosed with COVID and the 1.1 million people who have died from the disease – and their family and friends who mourn...

For an effective vaccine and a workable cure…

For mutual respect, reverence and tolerance toward those with whom we do not agree…

We pray

For the needs of this gathered community of St. Monica – here andin diaspora:

For the households of our parish – single people, families, roommates, partners – all sheltered in place, growing weary and impatient – for peace...

For a greater understanding of the need to love ourselves, others and God…

For our neighbors that we have difficulty loving, respecting, reverencing...

We pray

 

For the frontline workers of this pandemic:

For healthcare workers – from janitors and food service workers to the nurses and doctors caring for patients...

For the many, many first responders who put themselves at risk to serve the common good…

For the research community working diligently and with thousands of collaborators to find an effective vaccine...

We pray

  

For those who are ill in body, mind, or spirit:

Bill Cunningham, Richard and Pat Jocas, Charley Fischer, Annette Jaworski, Cyndi Smith, Stanislawa Jaworski, Sabrina Willis, Elizabeth Gist, John Chappell...

We pray

 

For those who now sleep in Christ's eternal peace:

Alicia Ismodes, Marie Mullaney, Flora Mateo, Catalina Correa De Toledo, Rod Gillespie, Nes Aksoy, Bobby Rodriguez, Paul Caputo, Flora Matteo...

We pray

 

For our Mass Intentions today:

Floyd Staley, Catherine Lang Nguyen, Joe Harris, Helen Shackleford, Margarita Meneses, St. Monica Parishioners...

We pray

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus,

I believe you are really here in the Blessed Sacrament.

I love you more than anything in the world,

And I hunger to receive you.

But since I cannot receive Communion at this time,

Feed my soul at least spiritually.

I unite myself to you now,

As I do when I actually receive you in Holy Communion

Amen. 

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