SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Here Am I, Lord
Come And See
We Too Are Called
Greeting: (See Second Reading)
Your bodies are members making up the body of Christ. Anyone
who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him. Use your body for the glory
of God. May the Lord Jesus be always with you. R/ And also with you.
Introduction by the Celebrant
1. Here Am I, Lord
Perhaps we don’t realize enough how hard it is to listen to
one another. We are so busy with ourselves and with our affairs that we don’t
hear others or listen to them. How much harder it is for us to hear God and to
listen to him! He loves us; he speaks to us, mainly through his written word in
the scriptures, in the voice of the Church, in his commandments, in other
people, especially in prophets and the poor, in the events of life. Pay
attention, try to hear him and say: “Speak, Lord, your servant listens.”
2. Come And See
Have we Christians really encountered the Lord? Certainly,
we believe in him, we pray to him, we hear his message proclaimed Sunday after
Sunday, and have perhaps read the gospels in private. But affecting us much
more deeply is encountering the Lord in person. It is only then that a deep
understanding, a warm relationship with him and a real sense of our mission in
life can be born and develop. Come, let us accept his invitation to “come and
see” what he has to offer us and what he is asking of us. He is here with us in
the Eucharist. Let us ask Jesus to show us where he lives, who he is, and what
he expects of us.
3. We Too Are Called
Before we could even know him God called us by name when we
were baptized. He called us to be his sons and daughters and gave each of us a
task in the Church. Vocation is not restricted to priests and nuns but a call
given to us all. This call came not only once when we became God’s children in
baptism. God keeps calling us day after day to live as his children and to work
for his kingdom. The readings that we hear in this Eucharistic celebration are
God’s word and call to us today. The sacrifice that we offer with Jesus our
Lord commits us to give a generous answer to God’s call of love.
Penitential Act
1. Here Am I, Lord
If only we had heeded more the word of the Lord! We ask him
now to forgive us. (pause)
Lord Jesus, you speak to us when you let your Spirit prompt
us to do what is good and be just to people. Make us listen to your voice: Lord,
have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy.
Jesus Christ, you speak to us when our shepherds and
prophets remind us how we can serve you and our neighbor. Make us listen to
your voice. Christ, have mercy. R/ Christ, have mercy.
Lord Jesus, you speak to us when people appeal to our sense
of justice, mercy or compassion. Make us listen to your voice:
Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy.
Forgive us, Lord, that we have turned a deaf ear to you when
you spoke to us. Dispose us to listen to you and lead us to everlasting live.
R/Amen.
Opening Prayer
2. Here I Am Lord. - Come And See
Let us pray that we may be aware of Jesus’ call (pause)
God our Father, we believe in your Son Jesus Christ. Open
our ears to listen to his Word. Open our hearts that we may experience his
message as a call addressed personally to each of us. And may each of us say, “Here
am I, Lord; I come to do your will.” We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
R/ Amen.
3. We Too Are Called
Let us pray that we may always be open to God’s word
and call
(pause)
Father, you know us and called us by our name even before we
could know and love you. May we hear and heed your word to follow Jesus your
Son. Let him become close and familiar to us, that we may learn from him how to
live for you and for people. Help us to live with him and in him, for he is our
Lord for ever and ever. R/ Amen.
First Reading • 1 Samuel 3:3b—10, 19 Speak Lord, Your
Servant Listens
Young Samuel responds to God’s mysterious call to put
himself entirely in God’s service.
Second Reading • 1 Corinthians 6:13b-15a, 17-20 Your
Body Is The Temple of the Spirit
To the Corinthians, living in a port city with much sexual
immorality, Paul says: your body is sacred for God, for it is the temple of the
Holy Spirit.
Gospel • Jn 1:35-42: Come And See
Two disciples of John encounter Jesus and he calls them to
stay with him. Once they know him better, they will follow him.
General Intercessions
In baptism God our Father has called us to belong no longer
to ourselves but to live for God and for people. Let us pray to our Father in
heaven that we may always respond to his call in the concrete circumstances of
life and let us say: R/
Speak Lord, your servants listen. To those called in the
Church to lead the people of God, that they may have the courage to spread the
Gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth without compromise or
fear, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants listen.
· For
those who seek God, that the Lord may enlighten their minds and stir their
hearts to accept and love him through the inspiring life of dedicated
Christians, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants listen.
· For
those responsible for others through their positions of leadership, that they
may promote justice and love among those entrusted to them and that they may be
open and accessible to people in their concrete needs, let us pray: R/ Speak
Lord, your servants listen.
· For
all of us, that we may recognize the voice of Christ to those who appeal to us
in their poverty and difficulties, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants
listen.
· For
this community gathered around the Word and the Table of the Lord, that we may
hear his word as a call and find strength in the Eucharist to help one another
on the way to God, let us pray: R/ Speak Lord, your servants listen.
· Father
in heaven, when you call us in the events of everyday life let your Spirit give
us the insight and the strength to say: “Lord, here I am. I am ready to do your
will,” together with Jesus Christ our Lord. R/ Amen.
Prayer Over the Gifts
Father in heaven, you have called us together, saints and
sinners alike, at the table of your Son. With him we offer you our willingness to
carry out in everyday life the tasks you entrust to us. Let your Son give us
the courage to be your new people and to be open to the prompting of your love.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. R/ Amen.
Introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer
We now join Christ in his praise of the Father. As God’s
people and the body of Christ, let us become signs of his saving love to all.
Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer
In Jesus' words we pray to our heavenly Father that we may
always respond to his love by seeking and doing his will: R/ Our Father...
Deliver Us
Deliver us Lord, from every evil and give your needed
peace to our time. Make us attentive to every call from you and from anyone who
appeals to us. Set us free from all sin, for it destroys our dignity of being
your children and image. Be our strength in temptation and trials and lead us
forward in hope and joy toward the full coming among us of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. R/ For the kingdom...
Invitation to Communion
This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Come and see how good is the Lord: Happy are those who rely on him. R/ Lord, l
am not worthy...
Prayer after Communion Loving Father, you have let us
encounter Jesus your Son in the word and call he spoke to us and in the bread
of himself he broke for us. We thank you for trusting us so much, notwithstanding
our weakness, that you loved us and called us by name to be the sign of all of
your goodness and unfailing mercy. Let all that we think and say and do be
a grateful answer of love to you. Grant this in the name of Jesus the Lord. R/
Amen.
Blessing In this Eucharist we have encountered the
Lord; we have heard his voice calling us to be the community of his Church. Each
of us has his or her own gifts to answer that call. May you do so with the
blessing of Almighty God: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. R/
Amen. Go in the peace of Christ and let him be your companion in life.
R/ Thanks be to God.