Sunday Liturgy Guide for the Church of the Poor in the Spirit of the New Evangelization
Pagdiriwang
November 8, 2015: Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Theme: The Church of the Poor, through the Basic Ecclesial Communities, fulfills her
priesthood through total solidarity with the resistance against injustice and compassion for
the struggle of the poor for liberation.
Catechesis: With the theme: “The Church of the Poor, through the Basic Ecclesial
Communities, fulfills her priesthood through total solidarity with the resistance against
injustice and compassion with the struggle of the poor for liberation”, let us reflect on “A
Renewed Integral Evangelization” with PCP-II, when it says:
“PART III. A RENEWED INTEGRAL EVANGELIZATION
A. ANNOUNCING A MESSAGE OF SALVATION
‘5. Characteristics of the Renewed Evangelization
(186)This renewed evangelization is characterized by the clarity of its goals, and by the newness
of its fervor, methods, and expressions.
a) The Goals of Evangelization
(187) Renewed evangelization must aim first of all at the formation of Catholics in a properly
integrated spirituality. This integrated spirituality is a response to God who calls us all to be holy
as the Father is holy.
(188) The desired type of an integrated spirituality may be described in these words:
… an integrated spirituality that unites faith in the Lord with justice and charity to
His brothers and sisters and joins together a hope for the world to come with an
intense commitment to transform the world; a spirituality that seeks the salvation of
the total human person while keeping in mind the primacy of his/her spiritual needs;
a spirituality that seeks for change not only in interior attitudes but in ecclesial and
societal structures; a spirituality that witnesses through action to the faith he/she
professes; a spirituality finally, that dynamically inter-relates communion and
mission in the Church’s life.
Points for Reflection: How have you lived out these five dimensions of integrated spirituality?
Could you describe each dimension based on your experience? How different is integrated
spirituality from the traditional pious understanding of holiness? What is the relationship
between renewed evangelization and integrated spirituality? Can one exist without the other?
Entrance Antiphon (Cf. Ps 88 (87): 3)
Let my prayer come into your presence. Incline your ear to my cry for help, O Lord.
Introductory Rites
P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen
P. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy
Spirit be with you all.
C: And with your spirit.
Introduction and Welcome:
P: Dear brothers and sisters: on this 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, let us continue to ask God’s
grace to be aware of our Christian and Catholic heritage as the prophetic conscience of our
people. In a very special way, let us ask God to help us develop an integrated spirituality so that
we can truly embark on the mission of renewed evangelization.
Penitential Act
P: And so dear brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate worthily these sacred
mysteries, let us now acknowledge our sins, and ask God for pardon and strength:
P: Lord Jesus, you have called us to be prophets that resist injustice and are compassionate with
the poor in their struggle for liberation. Lord, have mercy.
C: Lord, have mercy.
P: Christ Jesus, you have called us to live out our priesthood by offering ourselves as gifts to
you and to one another in love and service. Christ, have mercy.
C: Christ, have mercy.
P: Lord Jesus, you have called us to be your disciples through total solidarity with human need
and not through the partial charity of greed. Lord, have mercy.
C: Lord, have mercy.
P: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
C: Amen.
Gloria
Glory to God in the highest Glory to God in the Highest!
And on earth peace to people of good will. 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. 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 of the Father, have mercy on us. 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. Amen.
Collect:
P: Let us pray: Almighty and merciful God, graciously keep from us all adversity, so that,
unhindered in mind and body alike, we may pursue in freedom of heart the things that are yours.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
C: Amen.
Liturgy of the Word:
L: A reading from the First Book of Kings (1 Kgs 17:10-16)
In those days, Elijah the prophet went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the entrance of the city, a
widow was gathering sticks there; he called out to her, "Please bring me a small cupful of water
to drink." She left to get it, and he called out after her, "Please bring along a bit of bread." She
answered, "As the LORD, your God, lives, I have nothing baked; there is only a handful of flour
in my jar and a little oil in my jug. Just now I was collecting a couple of sticks, to go in and
prepare something for myself and my son; when we have eaten it, we shall die."
Elijah said to her, "Do not be afraid. Go and do as you propose. But first make me a little cake
and bring it to me. Then you can prepare something for yourself and your son. For the LORD,
the God of Israel, says, 'The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, until the
day when the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'"
She left and did as Elijah had said. She was able to eat for a year, and he and her son as well; the
jar of flour did not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, as the LORD had foretold through Elijah.
L: The Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Commentary on 1 Kgs 17:10-16
The marriage of Ahab, king of Israel, and Jezebel, a Phoenician princess, brought Baalism, the
ideology of oppression and injustice into Israel and assaulted the Yahwism, the ideology of
justice and liberation. Baalist attacks on Yahwism – the proliferation of injustice and oppression
of the poor and the defeat of justice and liberation – killed the prophets. This is the context of
the rise of Elijah as prophet of Yahweh. The miracle at Zarephath brings back the universalist
theme of Yahwism. All peoples are called to faith in Yahweh, and to his work of justice and
liberation. The fulfilment of Elijah’s promise to the gentile woman of Zarephath proves that
Yahweh has favored the prophets again as his human instruments of resistance and compassion.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10
R. (1b) Praise the Lord, my soul! or: R. Alleluia.
The LORD keeps faith forever, secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The
LORD sets captives free.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul! or: R. Alleluia.
The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who were bowed down; the
LORD loves the just. The LORD protects strangers.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul! or: R. Alleluia.
The fatherless and the widow he sustains, but the way of the wicked he thwarts. The LORD shall
reign forever; your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul! or: R. Alleluia.
Commentary on Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10
This is a hymn to God, Creator of the universe and the Defender of the poor. He gives his saving
love to those who are victims of human beings: the oppressed, the hungry, the prisoner. He takes
care of those who suffer due to natural weakness: the blind, the lame. He helps those who have
less by virtue of the twists and turns of their lives: the emigrants and strangers, the fatherless and
the widow. The human answer to God’s marvelous deeds is praise: alleluia!
L: A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews (Heb 9:24-28)
Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a copy of the true one, but heaven itself, that
he might now appear before God on our behalf. Not that he might offer himself repeatedly, as
the high priest enters each year into the sanctuary with blood that is not his own; if that were so,
he would have had to suffer repeatedly from the foundation of the world. But now once for all
he has appeared at the end of the ages to take away sin by his sacrifice. Just as it is appointed
that human beings die once, and after this the judgment, so also Christ, offered once to take away
the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to take away sin but to bring salvation to those
who eagerly await him.
L: The Word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
Commentary on Heb 9:24-28
The preacher contrasts the Jewish priests who entered the sanctuary repeatedly according to the
calendar of their celebrations with Jesus Christ, the high priest, who entered only once into the
sanctuary not made by human hands: heaven. While the Jewish priests offered the blood of
sacrificial offerings, Jesus Christ has offered his own blood on the cross only once, but with an
eternal impact: the liberating and saving effect of the cross and the resurrection cuts across
human history. Jesus has embraced time in its eternity, which he will complete by his second
coming to gather those who are waiting for him at the end of time.
Alleluia Verse: (Mt 5:3)
R: Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. R:
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And with your spirit.
P: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark (Mark 12:38-44)
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
In the course of his teaching Jesus said to the crowds, "Beware of the scribes, who like to go
around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, seats of honor in synagogues, and
places of honor at banquets. They devour the houses of widows and, as a pretext recite lengthy
prayers. They will receive a very severe condemnation."
He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury.
Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a
few cents. Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, "Amen, I say to you, this poor widow
put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their
surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood."
P: The Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise be to you, O Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentary on Mark 12:38-44
Mark makes a contrast between charity of the literate accumulators of power and wealth and the
generosity of the poor widow. The literate few use power and the poor to dispossess the people,
appropriate for themselves the possessions of others, and thus impoverish the people. They
donate to charity from out of their surplus, whereas the poor widow gives from her poverty and
nothingness. There is indeed a difference between partial charity and total solidarity!
Homily: The Church of the Poor, through the Basic Ecclesial Communities, fulfills her
priesthood through total solidarity with the resistance against injustice and compassion for
the struggle of the poor for liberation.
Summary of the Sunday
Reading Message:
The Church of the Poor,
through the Basic Ecclesial
Communities, fulfills her
priesthood through total
solidarity with the resistance
against injustice and
compassion for the struggle
of the poor for liberation.
Concrete description of the poor
people and their situation.
Make a list of the sick, children
and elderly in your BEC or parish.
Find out who have access to
medicines and medical/health care.
Why? Is it true that the poor die
without seeing a doctor, without or
with less access to medicines and
health care? Why?
Reflection/Points for
Reflection/Call/Challenge.
Integrated spirituality unites
faith in the Lord with justice
and charity to His brothers
and sisters with an intense
commitment to transform
the world; dynamically
inter-relates communion and
mission in the Church’s life.
Profession of Faith
General Intercessions
P: Dear sisters and brothers, let us humbly and confidently raise our voices in prayer to our
heavenly Father. For every prayer let our response be: Lord, help us grow in integral spirituality
and total solidarity with your people.
R: Lord, help us grow in integral spirituality and total solidarity with your people.
L: Let us pray for the Church: that, being a Church of the Poor spread all over the world, she
may continue to share the mission of Jesus by fulfilling her priesthood through total solidarity
with the resistance against injustice and compassion for the struggle of the poor for liberation..
Let us pray to the Lord.
R: Lord, help us grow in integral spirituality and total solidarity with your people.
L: For our Holy Father, Pope Francis, for the bishops, priests, deacons, for those in consecrated
life and for all those who are entrusted with the care and administration of the church as People
of God: that they may continue to cultivate and develop an integrated spirituality that unite faith
in the Lord with justice and charity to His brothers and sisters with an intense commitment to
transform the world. Let us pray to the Lord.
R: Lord, help us grow in integral spirituality and total solidarity with your people.
L: For world leaders and all those entrusted with governance and administration of the goods of
the earth: that they make laws, policies and structures that prevent the unjust accumulation of
power and wealth by a few through the dispossession of the people and the depletion of the
resources of the environment and our common home. Let us pray to the Lord.
R: Lord, help us grow in integral spirituality and total solidarity with your people.
L: For all of us, inhabitants of the earth and citizens of heaven: that we may live our lives
according to the values of the new life lived in common by a “spirituality that seeks the salvation
of the total human person while keeping in mind the primacy of his/her spiritual needs; a
spirituality that seeks for change not only in interior attitudes but in ecclesial and societal
structures; a spirituality that witnesses through action to the faith one professes”. Let us pray to
the Lord.
R: Lord, help us grow in integral spirituality and total solidarity with your people.
L: For our beloved dead: that in the forgiveness of their sins, they may find eternal rest in the
heart of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let us pray to the Lord.
R: Lord, help us grow in integral spirituality and total solidarity with your people.
L: For our special intentions, in the silence of our hearts. (pause)… Let us pray to the Lord.
R: Lord, help us grow in integral spirituality and total solidarity with your people.
P: Lord, these are the prayers we present to you today. In this ordinary time, help us to love and
know you more, by encountering you alive in our lives and in creation, yesterday, today and
tomorrow. Give us a heart that dares to celebrate our resistance to injustice and our compassion
to our people. Make of our hearts your heart in the world. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R: Amen.
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Preparation of the Altar and the Gifts
P: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, ….
C: Blessed be God forever.
P: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.
C: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our
good and the good of all his holy Church.
Prayer over the Offerings:
P: Look with favor, we pray, O Lord, upon the sacrificial gifts offered here, that, celebrating in
mystery the Passion of your Son, we may honor it with loving devotion. Through Christ our
Lord.
C: Amen.
Prayer of the Eucharist:
Preface:
P: The Lord be with you. // C: And with your spirit.
P: Lift up your hearts.// C: We lift them up to the Lord.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. // C: It is right and just.
P: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you
thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.
For through his Paschal Mystery, he accomplished the marvelous deed, by which he has freed us
from the yoke of sin and death, summoning us to the glory of being now called a chosen race, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for your own possession, to proclaim everywhere your
mighty works, for you have called us out of darkness into your own wonderful light.
And so, with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, and with all the hosts and
Powers of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory, as without end we acclaim:
A: 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.
After the Consecration follows the Acclamation:
P: The mystery of faith.
Save us, Savior of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
(Concluding the Eucharistic Prayer, the priest says:)
Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.
C: Amen.
Communion Rite
Lord's Prayer
Doxology:
C: For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever.
Sign of Peace
P: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles … Who live and reign for ever and ever.
C: Amen.
P: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
C: And with your spirit.
P or Deacon: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Breaking of the Bread
A: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world ….
Communion
P: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those
called to the supper of the Lamb.
A: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my
soul shall be healed.
Communion Antiphon (Cf. Ps 23 (22): 1-2)
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where
he gives me repose, near restful waters he leads me.
Prayer after Communion:
P: Let us pray: Nourished by this sacred gift, O Lord, we give you thanks and beseech your
mercy, that, by the pouring forth of your Spirit, the grace of integrity may endure in those your
heavenly power has entered. Through Christ our Lord.
C: Amen.
Concluding Rite
Final Blessing
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And with your spirit.
P: Bow down for the blessing: Bestow the grace of your kindness upon your supplicant people,
O Lord, that, formed by you, their creator, and restored by you, their sustainer, through your
constant action they may be saved. Through Christ our Lord.
C: Amen.
P: And may the blessings of almighty God, + the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, come
down upon you and remain with you forever.
C: Amen.
Dismissal
P: Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.