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Confronting Sin linktoliturgy.com “The End” Notes [1] Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B.; The Liturgical Year, Vol. 5, pg.273-74 [2] Catechism of the Catholic Church - CCC 893 [3] Fr. John Hardon S.J., Modern Catholic Dictionary Link to Liturgy [4] The Catholic Catechism pg. 223 [5] The Catholic Catechism pg. 223 [6] Ibid., III, 22 [7] CCC 894 [8] Modern Catholic Dictionary pg. 135 [9] CCC 884 [10] LG 22 [11] Modern Catholic Dictionary pgs. 178-179 [12] St. Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Philadelphians, A.D. 110, [3,2] [13] St. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, A.D. 180, [4,26,2] [14] CCC 2205 [15] In Conversation with God 4, 91.1 [16] John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation, Familiaris Consortio, 22 November 1981, 59 [17] John Pul II, Address to families, 24 March 1984 [18] Conversations with Monsignor Escriva, 103 [19] CCC 2685 [20] In Conversation with God 4, 91.2 [21] John Paul II, Address to families, 24 March 1984 [22] John Paul II, Angelus in Otranto, 5 October 1980 [23] John Paul II, Homily, 12 October 1980 [24] John XXIII, Address, 29 September 1961 [25] In Conversation with God 4, 91.1 [26] CCC 2689 [27] Jerome Biblical Commentary Matthew 43:128 [28] CCC 1849 [29] Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B.; The Liturgical Year, Vol. 5, pg.274-75 [30] Jerome Biblical Commentary Matthew 43:128 [31] CCC1869 [32] CCC 1849 [33] CCC 1868 [34] Roman Catholic Daily Missal [1962] page 27 [35] Jerome Biblical Commentary Matthew 43:128 Confronting Sin [36] St. Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Magnesians, A.D.110, [13,1] [37] Saint Philip Neri; Paul Thigpen; A Dictionary of Quotes from the Saints 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time [38] The Order of the Mass; The Communion Rite [39] Antonio Spadaro, S.J.; A Big Heart Open to God [40] Rev. W. Cramer; The Christian Father; What he should be and What he should do. Lessons and Discussions Link to Liturgy provides faithful resources which use the latest audiovisu- Page 5 – Church Authority al means alongside traditional means to evangelize & catechize thus link- “whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and what- ing life to the Gospel & the Gospel to life. Sign up Free to Link to Liturgy. ever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Page 8 – A Family of Prayer “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Page 11 – Confronting Sin “If your brother sins, go and tell him his faults” 20 Confronting Sin linktoliturgy.com Entrance Antiphon - Simple English Propers Oremus. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui gloriosae Virginis This should be chanted so that the time of prayer, study and Matris Mariae corpus et animam, ut dignum Filii tui discussion can be made sacred. Another song can be substituted, habitaculum effici mereretur, Spiritu Sancto cooperante, but should have the same theme. praeparasti, da, ut cuius commemoratione laetamur; eius pia intercessione, ab instantibus malis et a morte perpetua liberemur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen. Slave Regina (English Translation) Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee to we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, Who by the working of the Holy Spirit didst prepare both body and soul of the Source: http://www.ccwatershed.org/ glorious Virgin Mother, Mary, that she might deserve to be made a worthy dwelling for Thy Son, grant that we who rejoice in her Alternate options: memory, may, by her loving intercession, be delivered from Hymn present evils and from lasting death, through the same Christ All Creatures of Our God and King our Lord. Amen. Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation God of Our Fathers Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Songs of Praise You Never Let Go (Matt Redman) Collect – Roman Missal In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen O God, by whom we were redeemed and receive adoption, look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters, that those who believe in Christ may receive true freedom and an everlasting in- heritance. 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. Amen. 2 19 Confronting Sin linktoliturgy.com In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Marian Antiphon – Salve Regina Amen Gospel Reading – Matthew 18:15-20 – Roman Missal NOTE: In the Roman Catholic Tridentine Lectionary this Gospel is read on Tuesday after Third Sunday of Lent A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew - Glory to you O Lord If your brother sins (against you), go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that 'every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, (amen,) I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." The Gospel of the Lord. - Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ Spiritual Reading – Office of Readings – Tuesday of the 23rd Week of Ordinary Time From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot We read in the gospel that when the Lord was teaching his disciples and urged them to share in his passion by the mystery of eating his body, some said: This is a hard saying; and from that time they no longer followed him. When he asked the disciples whether they also wished to go away, they replied: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. I assure you, my brothers, that even to this day it is clear to some that the words which Jesus speaks are spirit and life, and V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix. for this reason they follow him. To others these words seem R. Ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi. hard, and so they look elsewhere for some pathetic consolation. Yet wisdom cries out in the streets, in the broad and spacious 18 3 Confronting Sin linktoliturgy.com way that leads to death, to call back those who take this path. God, “powerful to bestow every grace in abundance,” and to move with Thy grace the most hardened hearts. How often hast Finally, he says: for forty years I have been close to this Thou brought back the most obstinate sinners! How often hast generation, and I said: They have always been fainthearted. You Thou listened to the prayer of pious mothers, and for their sake also read in another psalm: God has spoken once. Once, indeed, granted to their children the grace of true conversion! Therefore, because for ever. His is a single, uninterrupted utterance, despise not my prayer, though I confess it is not worthy of being because it is continuous and unending. heard. I have sinned before Thee, and I myself may partly be the cause of my son’s [daughter’s] faults and errors. But, O merciful He calls upon sinners to return to their true spirit and rebukes God! Pardon me, since I am truly sorry for my sins. Let mercy them when their hearts have gon astray, for it is in the true take the place of justice. Through Thy infinite mercy, through heart that he dwells and there he speaks, fulfilling what he the merits of Thy divine Son, my Savior, through the taught through the prophet: Speak to the heart of Jerusalem. intercession of the most blessed Virgin Mary, of St. Joseph, and of all the saints in heaven, I entreat Thee, visit my son [my You see, my brothers, how the prophet admonishes us for our daughter] with Thy grace, that he [she] may see his [her] faults, advantage: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. be heartily sorry for them, and, henceforward walking in all You can read almost the same words in the gospel and in the things according to Thy holy will and divine pleasure, obtain prophet. For in the gospel the Lord says: My sheep hear my salvation. voice. And in the psalm blessed David says: You are his people (meaning, of course, the Lord’s) and the sheep of his pasture. If O Mary, Mother of Mercy, refuge of sinners, St. Joseph, and all today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. ye saints in heaven, assist me in my supplication with your mighty intercession, that it may be granted! Amen.