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00:22Let us pray.
00:25Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ,
00:28who your faithless disciple Judas sold for a vile sum of money to the Jews
00:34who were persecuting you and conspiring against your life.
00:39Root out, I beg you, from my heart, all evil love of any creature.
00:44Grant that I may never prefer anything to you.
00:48May I always show the most perfect charity towards all men,
00:53especially those who trouble me.
00:57Pardon me, my holy Redeemer, for having so often prepared vain and perishable things to you,
01:04and for having, for the sake of vile pleasures, turned myself from you.
01:10Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ,
01:12who ate the Passover with your disciples at Jerusalem,
01:16according to the commandments of the law,
01:19giving them an example of humility and holy love
01:22by kneeling down on the ground and washing their feet,
01:25wiping them with a linen cloth.
01:29I pray that this your example may penetrate my soul,
01:33destroying thoroughly any haughtiness and pride within me.
01:38Give me, O Lord, the deepest humility,
01:40that I may, without delay,
01:42perform the lowest ministry to all men.
01:46Give me perfect obedience,
01:48that I may, with complete diligence,
01:50observe as your commandments,
01:52whatever your appointed representatives may decide.
01:57Give me the most fervent charity,
02:00that I may sincerely love all mankind.
02:05Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ,
02:08who out of your unspeakable love
02:10gave us the sacrament of the Eucharist,
02:13and in it given yourself to us with wondrous liberality,
02:18so that you might remain with us even bodily
02:21unto the end of the world.
02:25Grant me, I beg you, O Lord,
02:27an earnest longing,
02:29and in kindle in my innermost soul
02:31an intense hunger for this adorable sacrament.
02:36Grant that when I go to the table of life
02:38I may receive you with chaste affection,
02:41complete humility,
02:42and perfect purity of heart.
02:45May my soul so thirst for you now
02:48and so languish in your love
02:50that I may one day
02:52be found suitable to enjoy
02:54the delights of your eternal kingdom,
02:56to the glory everlasting of your name.
03:00Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ,
03:03who, when you were about to leave the world,
03:06commanded and comforted
03:08with words of unspeakable sweetness
03:10your disciples,
03:11and most earnestly commended them
03:15in prayer to your Father,
03:17most plainly showing
03:19how tenderly you loved them and us
03:22who were to believe through their word.
03:25Grant that my heart
03:27may evermore relish your word,
03:29and that I may find
03:31your words sweeter than honey to my taste.
03:36O, that the spirit of that burning exhortation
03:38may so glide into my heart,
03:40that I may be wholly transformed
03:43into your love.
03:45So direct all my ways, O Lord my God,
03:48that your holy will
03:49may be done in and by me
03:51for ever and ever.
03:55Praise and honour and glory be to you, O Christ,
03:58who went out with your disciples
04:00across the Kedron brook
04:01and came into the garden,
04:03which you knew
04:04would be where you would be taken.
04:08May I entirely give up my will
04:10and always follow and love yours.
04:13May I, for your honour
04:15and for the salvation
04:16of my brothers and sisters,
04:18boldly endure any adversity
04:20and be willing even to lay down my life,
04:23if your divine providence
04:25should so ordain it.
04:28Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ,
04:31who, as your passion drew nigh,
04:33began to be sorrowful and sad
04:36with a heavy heart,
04:38and so that by transferring
04:40the weakness of all your members
04:41to yourself,
04:42you might be able to console
04:44and strengthen them
04:45when they were in their time of fear
04:48at the approach of death.
04:49By this, your own weakness,
04:52which you have willingly taken upon you.
04:56Preserve me, I beg you,
04:58both from the immoderate sorrow
05:00and from foolish gladness.
05:03Grant that the grief
05:04which I have thus far endured
05:06may be for your glory
05:08and for the remission of my sins.
05:11Remove mercifully from me
05:13all distrust
05:14and unnecessary weakness,
05:16and confirm and establish my soul
05:19whole in you.
05:22Praise and honour and glory
05:23be to you, O Christ,
05:25who fell prostrate on the ground
05:27and prayed to your Holy Father,
05:29humbly offering your whole self
05:31to him,
05:32saying,
05:33Your will be done.
05:35Give me grace
05:36in every necessity and trouble
05:38to fly to you in prayer
05:40and freely to resign
05:42and give myself up
05:45to your will.
05:47May I never unduly endeavour
05:50to escape from trouble,
05:51but receive all things
05:53from your hand
05:54with a quiet mind,
05:56and may I endure everything
05:58in meekness of spirit
06:00for your love.
06:02Amen.
06:05O Lord, open our lips
06:07and our mouths
06:09shall sing your praise.
06:17O be joyful in the Lord,
06:21holy land,
06:24turn the Lord with gladness
06:27and come with all his
06:30bread and triggers on.
06:34Be sure that the Lord
06:37needs God
06:40is to see
06:42as have made us
06:43and lost we ourselves.
06:45We are his people
06:48and the sheep
06:50of his pasture.
06:53O do your way
06:55into his peace
06:57with testing
06:58and into his
07:01constant grace
07:04be thankful
07:05love to him
07:07and speak
07:08to the Lord
07:10of his name.
07:13O the Lord
07:14is gracious,
07:17his mercy
07:18is everlasting,
07:22and his truth
07:24endure it
07:25from generation
07:27to generation.
07:35Glory be to the Father
07:39and to the Son
07:42and to the Holy Ghost
07:46as it was in the beginning
07:50is now
07:52and ever shall be
07:56world without end.
08:03Amen.
08:13O Lord
08:15the Lord
08:16the Lord
08:17the most mighty
08:18God
08:18that's
08:19stronger
08:20and
08:22Lord
08:22the world
08:23from the
08:25mighty
08:26love
08:26of the
08:27sun
08:28to the
08:29glory
08:29and
08:30there
08:31are
08:31the
08:33love
08:33of the
08:35love
08:35of the
08:36love
08:36and
08:38beauty
08:41of the
08:42God
08:42shall come
08:43and shall not
08:45keep silence
08:47flesh and
08:49woe be
08:49for him
08:50a consuming
08:51crowd
08:52and the mighty
08:55tempest
08:56shall be
08:56so
09:26CHOIR SINGS
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13:20But I will reprove thee
13:24And set before thee the things that thou hast done
13:33For consider is thee that forgets God
13:40Lest I block you away and there be none to deliver you
13:49Whoso offereth me thanks and praise the honor of thee
13:56And to him that ordereth his compensation right
14:02Will I show the salvation of God
14:10Glory be to the Father
14:14And to the Son
14:17And to the Holy Ghost
14:23And it was in the beginning
14:28Is now and ever shall be
14:32One without heaven
14:36Amen
14:47A reading from the Acts of the Apostles
14:50Chapter 3
14:53Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer
14:57At three o'clock in the afternoon
15:00A man lame from birth was being carried up
15:03Who was placed at the temple gate called Beautiful Gate
15:06Every day that he might beg for money from those going into the temple courts
15:13When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts
15:16He asked them for money
15:19Peter looked at him directly as did John and said
15:22Look at us
15:25So the lame man paid attention to them expecting to receive something from them
15:30But Peter said
15:31I have no silver or gold
15:33But what I do have I give you
15:36In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene
15:39Stand up and walk
15:41But then Peter took hold of him by the right hand
15:44And raised him up
15:45And at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong
15:50He jumped up
15:51Stood and began walking around
15:53And he entered the temple courts with them
15:56Walking and leaping and praising God
16:01All the people saw him walking
16:02And praising God
16:04And they recognised him
16:05As the man who used to sit and ask for donations
16:08At the beautiful gate of the temple
16:11And so they were filled with astonishment
16:13And amazement at what had happened to him
16:18While the man was hanging on to Peter and John
16:20All the people astounded
16:23Ran together to them
16:24In the covered walkway called Solomon's Portico
16:28When Peter saw this
16:30He declared to the people
16:32Men of Israel
16:33Why are you amazed at this?
16:36Why do you stare at us
16:38As if we had made this man walk
16:40By our own power or piety?
16:42The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
16:45The God of our forefathers
16:46Has glorified his servant Jesus
16:49Whom you handed over and rejected
16:51In the presence of Pilate
16:53After he had decided to release him
16:56But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One
16:59And asked that a man who was a murderer
17:01Be released to you
17:03You killed the originator of life
17:07Whom God had raised from the dead
17:11To this fact we are witnesses
17:14On the basis of faith in Jesus' name
17:16His very name has made this man
17:19Who you see and know strong
17:22The faith that is through Jesus
17:24Has given him this complete health
17:26In the presence of you all
17:30Now brothers
17:31I know you acted in ignorance
17:33As did your rulers
17:35But the things God foretold long ago
17:37Through all the prophets
17:38That is Christ would suffer
17:40He has fulfilled in this way
17:44Therefore repent
17:45And turn back
17:46That your sins may be wiped out
17:49So that the times of refreshing
17:51May come from the presence of the Lord
17:53So that he may send the Messiah
17:55Appointed for you
17:56That is Jesus
17:59This one heaven must receive
18:01Until the time all things are restored
18:04Which God declared from times long ago
18:06Through his holy prophets
18:09Moses said
18:10The Lord your God will raise up for you
18:13A prophet like me
18:14From amongst your brothers
18:16You must obey him in everything he tells you
18:21Every person who does not obey that prophet
18:24Will be destroyed and so removed from the people
18:29All the prophets
18:30From Samuel and those who followed him
18:32Have spoken about and announced these days
18:36You are the sons of the prophets
18:38And of the covenant that God made with your ancestors
18:42Saying to Abraham
18:43In your descendants
18:45All the nations of the earth will be blessed
18:49God raised up his servant
18:51And sent him first to you
18:52To bless you
18:54By turning each one of you
18:56From your iniquities
18:59This is the word of the Lord
19:02Thanks be to God
19:09One of the first things that strikes
19:11When reading this passage
19:12Is the bond that is built
19:14Between Peter and John
19:16For here they are seen going about
19:18Together
19:19And making their way to the temple
19:21To pray and to preach
19:25Both Peter the spokesman
19:27And John the favourite
19:28Had brothers within the twelve
19:30With whom they had been paired
19:33When sent on their mission preaching and healing
19:35In the name of Jesus
19:37During his lifetime
19:39And the events of that first Easter Sunday morning
19:42Had clearly formed a bond between them
19:47Secondly
19:48Despite their being ardent followers of Christ
19:50They had not renounced
19:52Their Jewish upbringing
19:54And it would seem
19:55That they continued the habit
19:56While they were in Jerusalem
19:58Of going to the temple
19:59Three times a day to pray
20:01At nine
20:02Noon
20:03And at three
20:05We are told
20:06It was the hour of prayer
20:09How many of us
20:11I wonder
20:11Have just one hour of prayer
20:14Set aside at the same time every day
20:16Or do we just try and squeeze in a few minutes
20:20Thus and when we can manage it
20:24Then we come to the realisation
20:26That the cripple must have been known to the disciples
20:28For if this man was put to the gate
20:31Every day
20:32To beg from those going to pray
20:36And the disciples were in the habit of going to pray
20:38This must not have been their first encounter
20:42But on this particular occasion
20:44Though the Holy Spirit
20:45Led both Peter and John
20:47To fix their eyes upon this man
20:50Thereby gaining the cripple's attention
20:53Imagine all the people passing through the gate
20:56And they would turn their eyes in the opposite direction
21:00And yet
21:01Here were two men
21:02Who had their eyes fixed on the beggar
21:06No wonder his interest was piqued
21:10The miracle takes place in due course
21:13But for me the key to this account
21:15Is to marvel at the workings of the Holy Spirit
21:20For how many years
21:21Had this miserable wretch been placed at the temple gate
21:25And yet it was the only hope he had
21:28How many times he must have wondered
21:30Why it was his lot in life
21:32To be in such a situation
21:36How many times
21:37Do we pray for relief
21:39From a particular problem
21:40Or sickness
21:41And nothing appears to happen
21:46Perhaps it is a function
21:47Of our lack of a true faith
21:50But what of the serious committed believer
21:53Who continues to suffer in pain
21:55Year in
21:57Year out
21:58Year after year
22:03God truly
22:04Has his own time and place
22:06For everything
22:09For us this can create a problem
22:11Because we can never begin
22:14To hope
22:14To understand heavenly things
22:16While we are here on earth
22:19One day
22:19Surely
22:20All will be revealed to us
22:25Without wanting to jump too far
22:28The healing of this man
22:30Would create an opportunity
22:32For mass conversion
22:34Yes it could be argued
22:36That the price of these conversions
22:38Were paid by the man's suffering
22:41But what a small price
22:42To pay for an eternity of blessing
22:46So we should never attempt
22:48To reproach God
22:49For his lack of attention
22:50To our prayer
22:52For he will always answer
22:53The prayers of his faithful
22:55Sometimes
22:56In the most wonderful way
22:58Imaginable
23:03The cripples dancing
23:05And thanksgiving
23:06Quickly attract
23:07A large crowd
23:09And given the crowd
23:10The two do not waste
23:11The opportunity
23:12To speak out
23:14Most surely
23:15It was not us
23:16Who performed the miracle
23:17But the Christ
23:19Who was crucified
23:20And rose again
23:21From the dead
23:23And we learn
23:24A little later
23:25That there were many
23:26Thousands converted
23:27On the back of this episode
23:31We are often given
23:32Opportunities to witness
23:33For Jesus
23:34Perhaps not always
23:35Obviously
23:37And more often than not
23:38The easy option
23:39Is to ignore it
23:40And to move on
23:43But we should remember
23:44Peter and John
23:48They stopped
23:49And seized the opportunity
23:52And the results
23:53Were impressive
23:54Even though the message
23:55They had for the crowd
23:56Was perhaps a little
23:58Controversial
23:59And painful
24:02We too
24:03Have a duty to Jesus
24:04As his followers
24:05To make the most
24:06Of any chance
24:07Or opportunity
24:08We may have
24:08To spread the message
24:11Especially
24:11For example
24:13Or regardless
24:14Of any concern
24:15For our personal interest
24:17And we should be prepared
24:19For the most amazing
24:20Results
24:26Let us pray
24:28O God
24:30Our refuge and strength
24:32Who is the author
24:33Of all godliness
24:34Be ready
24:36We beseech you
24:37To hear the devout prayers
24:38Of your church
24:40Grant that those things
24:42Which we ask
24:43Faithfully
24:44We may obtain
24:45Effectually
24:47Through Jesus Christ
24:49Our Lord
24:50Amen
24:56May the Lord bless us
24:58And keep us
24:59From all evil
25:00Bringing us
25:01To everlasting life
25:04Amen
25:05And keep us
25:07You