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SPIRITUAL COMMUNION - Feast Day for Saint Matthew, September 21, 2020

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Updated: Sep 24, 2020

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

Feast Day for Saint Matthew, September 21

Celebrant: BLESSED BE GOD, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Celebrant: COLLECT

Lord Jesus, you called Matthew from collecting taxes to become your apostle

and evangelist: Grant us the grace to forsake all covetous desires and

inordinate love of riches, that we may follow you as he did and proclaim to the

world around us the good news of your salvation; for with the Father and the

Holy Spirit you live and reign, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

THE LESSONS

A Reading from Proverbs 3:1-12:

Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

3 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, 2 for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.

3 Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 So you will find favor and good success[a] in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. 8 It will be healing to your flesh[b] and refreshment[c] to your bones.

9 Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; 10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

11 My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, 12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

Here ends the Reading.


Response: Thanks be to God

PSALM 119:33-40

Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, *

and I shall keep it to the end.

34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; *

indeed, I shall keep it with my whole heart.

35 Make me go in the path of your commandments, *

for therein is my desire.

36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, *

and not to covetous desires.

37 O turn away my eyes, lest they behold vanity, *

and revive me in your ways.

38 Confirm your word to your servant, *

and to all those who fear you.

39 Take away the reproach that I am afraid of, *

for your judgments are good.

40 Behold, my delight is in your precepts; *

O revive me in your righteousness.

A Reading from 2 Timothy 3:1-17:

Godlessness in the Last Days

3 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God

10 You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,11 my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. 12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom[a] you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God[b] may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Here ends the reading.


Response: Thanks be to God


The Holy GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew (9:9-13)


Response: Glory to you, Lord Christ.


Jesus Calls Matthew

9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

The Gospel of the Lord.


Response: Praise to you, Lord Christ.


Celebrant: Homily


Celebrant: Let us confess our faith in the words of the Apostle’s Creed

THE APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.

He was conceived by the Holy Spirit

and born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again.

He ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again 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 the life everlasting. Amen.

Celebrant: PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

In your own words, pray for your own needs, for those on your heart, for the

peace of the world, and for the Church.

Celebrant: ACT OF CONTRITION

Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God:

O GOD, We are VERY SORRY that we have sinned against you and for all the

wrongs we have done and the good we have not done.

Take a moment in silence to share your confession to God with these words in

your heart:

Especially I confess_______________________________.

Everyone: Forgive us for Jesus' sake, and grant us strength and wisdom to amend our

lives. Amen.

Everyone:

LORD’S PRAYER

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 thine is the kingdom,

and the power, and the glory,

for ever and ever. Amen

Everyone:

Dear Jesus, we believe that you are truly present in the Holy Sacrament. We love

you above all things, and we desire to possess you within our souls. And since we

cannot now receive you sacramentally, we beseech you to come spiritually into our

hearts. We unite ourselves to you, together with all your faithful people gathered

around every altar of your Church, and we embrace you with all the affections of our

souls. Never permit us to be separated from you.  Amen.

COME LORD JESUS, and dwell in our hearts in the fullness of your strength; be our

wisdom and guide us in right pathways; conform our lives and actions to the image

of your holiness; and, in the power of your gracious might, rule over every hostile

power that threatens or disturbs the growth of your kingdom, who with the Father

and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Priest’s Blessing:

AND MAY THE PEACE OF GOD, which passes all understanding, keep your hearts

and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord;

and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be with

you now and always, AMEN.

ANIMA CHRISTI

SOUL of Christ, sanctify me Body of Christ, save me Blood of Christ, inebriate me Water from the side of Christ, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me O good Jesus, hear me Within Thy wounds, hide me Separated from Thee let me never be From the malignant enemy, defend me At the hour of death, call me To come to Thee, bid me That I may praise Thee in the company Of Thy Saints for all eternity. Amen.

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