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Sunday, January 29th, 2012
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=== Sunday, November 2, 2025===
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=== 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time ===
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
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====Opening Reflection====
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====Opening Prayer Song====
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"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3w9nvXuVnk</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3w9nvXuVnk  Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
  
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While walking to evening prayer in New Delhi, India, Mohandas Gandhi was shot five times at point blank range and died almost immediately.  Gandhi was the primary political and spiritual leader of India during his country's independence movement.  He was one of the first in India to practice mass civil disobedience and nonviolence against the tyranny in his country, inspiring a host of twentieth-century activists.
 
  
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[silent reflection]
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=We Hear God's Word=
  
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Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
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====1st Scripture Reading====
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"Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhEGTpbmPiQ</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhEGTpbmPiQ Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Habakkuk%201%3A1-4%2C%202%3A1-4&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at Biblegateway.com]
  
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'''People: Without it, life is a living death.'''
 
  
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====Opening Song====
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====2nd Scripture Reading====
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"Psalm 119:137-144"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3FVKipYMMA</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3FVKipYMMA  Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119%3A137-144&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at Biblegateway.com]
  
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''Servant Song''
 
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<videoflash>k-Pk2NHKg_o</videoflash>
 
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Pk2NHKg_o Click here to watch the video at YouTube.com]
 
  
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Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
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====3rd Scripture Reading====
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"2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdm28q6b2OU</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdm28q6b2OU Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thessalonians%201%3A1-4%2C%2011-12&version=CEV Click here to read the passage at Biblegateway.com]
  
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'''People: Without it, life is a living death.'''
 
  
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=We Hear God's Word=
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====4th Scripture Reading====
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"Luke 19:1-10"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMKen3393yg</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMKen3393yg Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2019%3A1-10&version=NIV Click here to read the passage at Biblegateway.com]
  
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====Psalm 146:5-9====
 
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[http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=194886352 Read passage online at oremus.org (NRSV)]
 
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Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
 
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'''People: Without it, life is a living death.'''
 
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====Ephesians 6:1-9====
 
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[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206:1-9&version=NIV Read passage online at biblegateway.com (NIV)]
 
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<mp3>http://mrlocke.net/files/ephesians6.mp3</mp3>
 
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Leader: Living Christ means a living cross
 
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'''People: Without it, life is a living death.'''
 
  
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
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Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
  
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Gandhi said, "If I have read the Bible correctly, I know many men who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ or have even rejected the official interpretation of Christianity who will, probably, if Jesus came in our midst today in the flesh, be owned by him more than many of us."
 
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====Prayers for One Another====
 
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(Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.)
 
  
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  
  
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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread,
  
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Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.   
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and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.   
  
 
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
 
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
  
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for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
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for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.  
  
 
Amen.
 
Amen.
  
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===Closing Prayer===
 
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We know, Lord, that the world will never cease to return hatred for love and violence for peace.  Still we pray for the courage and confidence to walk in love and peace for the sake of those who have never known love or peace, for the sake of our own treacherous hearts.  Amen.
 
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=We Go in Peace=
 
  
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===Passing the Peace of Christ===
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===Closing Prayer Song===
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(Each person says a line of the blessing, adding the name of someone present at the end of the line.  If there are more than 8 people present, two or more names may be added at the end of a line).
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"Benediction (As You Go)"
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<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaZ351NVDUY</embedvideo>
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaZ351NVDUY Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
  
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'''May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you, [name]'''
 
  
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'''wherever he may send you, [name]'''
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=We Go in Peace=
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'''may he guide you through the wilderness, [name]'''
 
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'''protect you through the storm, [name]'''
 
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'''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]'''
 
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'''at the wonders he has shown you, [name]'''
 
  
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'''may he bring you home rejoicing, [name]'''
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====Passing of the Peace====
  
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'''once again into our doors, [name].'''
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====Fellowship & Conversation====

Latest revision as of 16:34, 2 November 2025

Sunday, November 2, 2025

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer Song

"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing"


We Hear God's Word

1st Scripture Reading

"Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4"


2nd Scripture Reading

"Psalm 119:137-144"


3rd Scripture Reading

"2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12"


4th Scripture Reading

"Luke 19:1-10"


We Respond in Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.


The 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 debts as we forgive our debtors.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,

for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.

Amen.


Closing Prayer Song

"Benediction (As You Go)"


We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation

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