Liturgical Leaflet for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist

13 October 2013 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SUNDAY

THE GRATITUDE THAT ENDEARS US TO GOD

W
e Filipinos pride ourselves on being people with utang na loob
persons who feel grateful for favors received and do not fail
to manifest our gratitude as the opportunity arises. This is a pre-
cious cultural value highly praised by Jesus in todays Gospel passage.
Unfortunately, sometimes, while being so ready to express our grati-
tude for favors received from human beings, we are less grateful to God,
who is our greatest Benefactor. A real Christian gives thanks to the Triune
God both individually and as a member of the Christian community, espe-
cially through the celebration of the Eucharist, the greatest act of thanksgiv-
ing which we can offer to God.
Let us be grateful in a special manner for our rich cultural heritage, as
we remember our ethnic brothers and sisters and pray for them today, In-
digenous Peoples Sunday.

have mercy! heavenly King, O God, almighty

All Lord, have mercy! Father.
P For the times we have taken Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be-
for granted your love and gotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of
Entrance Antiphon forgiveness, and have failed God, Son of the Father, you take
(To be recited only when no Entrance
to change for the better, away the sins of the world, have
Hymn is sung.)
Christ, have mercy! mercy on us; you take away the
If you, O Lord, should mark All Christ, have mercy! sins of the world, receive our
iniquities, Lord, who could prayer; you are seated at the right
stand? But with you is found P For the times we have taken hand of the Father, have mercy
forgiveness, O God of Israel. our neighbor for granted, on us. For you alone are the Holy
especially the members One, you alone are the Lord, you
Greeting of our family and friends, alone are the Most High, Jesus
and have failed to show our Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
P Grace and peace from God gratitude to them, Lord, in the glory of God the Father.
our Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy! Amen!
and the Holy Spirit be with you All Lord, have mercy!
all! Collect (Opening Prayer)
All And with your spirit! P May almighty God have
mercy on us, forgive us our sins, P May your grace, O Lord, we
Penitential Act and bring us to everlasting life. pray, at all times go before us and
All Amen! follow after and make us always
P As we prepare to offer the determined to carry out good
great thanksgiving of the Eu- Gloria works.
charistic Sacrifice, let us call to All Glory to God in the high- Through our Lord Jesus
mind our sins, especially the sins est, and on earth peace to people Christ, your Son, who lives and
of ingratitude. (Pause) of good will. We praise you, reigns with you in the unity of
P For the times we have ne- we bless you, we adore you, we the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever
glected to thank you for all glorify you, we give you thanks and ever.
your generosity to us, Lord, for your great glory, Lord God, All Amen!
 * The Lord has made his Gospel Acclamation 1 Thes 5:18
salvation known: in the sight of All Alleluia! Alleluia!
the nations he has revealed his In all circumstances, give
justice. He has remembered his thanks, for this is the will
1st Reading 2 Kgs 5:14-17 kindness and his faithfulness of God for you in Christ
Naamans beautiful example toward the house of Israel. R. Jesus.
of gratitude and humility is an Alleluia! Alleluia!
encouragement to each of us to * All the ends of the earth
practise these virtues whenever have seen the salvation by our Gospel Lk 17:11-19
we receive some favor either from God. Sing joyfully to the Lord, Faith and gratitude are
the Lord or our neighbor. all you lands: break into song; two virtues highlighted in to-
sing praise! R.
R A proclamation from the days Gospel passage. Faith is
Second Book of Kings the condition to obtain healing
2nd Reading 2 Tim 2:8-13 and salvation. Gratitude is what
Naaman went down and Faithfulness to Jesus Christ
plunged into the Jordan seven ennobles the receiver and pleas-
in all circumstances of life is es the donor. Jesus praises the
times at the word of Elisha, the the mark of true discipleship.
man of God. His flesh became gratitude of the lone Samaritan,
Such has been the example of even as he painfully condemns
again like the flesh of a little the apostle Paul and all other
child, and he was clean of his the ingratitude of the nine lepers
saints. Such should also be the who did not bother to thank their
leprosy. characteristic of our life.

Naaman returned with Healer.
his whole retinue to the man of R A proclamation from the P The Lord be with you!
God. On his arrival he stood Second Letter of Paul to All And with your spirit!
before Elisha and said, Now Timothy
I know that there is no God in P A proclamation from the
all the earth, except in Israel.
Beloved: holy Gospel according to

Remember Jesus Christ, Luke
Please, accept a gift from your raised from the dead, a de-
servant. All Glory to you, O Lord!
scendant of David: such is my
Elisha replied, As the gospel, for which I am suffer- As Jesus continued his
Lord lives whom I serve, I will ing, even to the point of chains, journey to Jerusalem, he trav-
not take it. And despite Naa- like a criminal. eled through Samaria and Gal-
mans urging, he still refused.
But the word of God is ilee. As he was entering a vil-
Naaman said: If you will not not chained. Therefore, I bear lage, ten lepers met him. They
accept, please let me, your ser- with everything for the sake of stood at a distance from him
vant, have two mule-loads of those who are chosen, so that and raised their voices saying,
earth, for I will no longer offer they too may obtain the salva- Jesus, Master! Have pity on
holocaust or sacrifice to any tion that is in Christ Jesus, us! And when he saw them,
other god except to the Lord. together with eternal glory. he said, Go, show yourselves

This saying is trustwor- to the priests. As they were
The Word of the Lord! going, they were cleansed.
All Thanks be to God! thy: If we have died with him,
we shall also live with him;

One of them, realizing he
if we persevere, we shall also had been healed, returned,
Responsorial Psalm Ps 98
glorifying God in a loud voice.
reign with him. But if we deny
R The Lord has revealed to him, he will deny us. If we are He fell at the feet of Jesus and
the nations his saving power! unfaithful, he remains faith- thanked him. He was a Sa-
ful, for he cannot deny him- maritan. Jesus said in reply,
self. Ten were cleansed, were they
not? Where are the other nine?
The Word of the Lord! Has none but this foreigner re-
All Thanks be to God! turned to give thanks to God?

GLOSSARY: Naaman: A general of the Syrian army who became a leper. At the
suggestion of one of his slave girls, he went to Israel to seek healing from Elisha.
Upon instruction from the prophet, Naaman bathed in the Jordan River seven times
and was healed. In gratitude for the healing, he professed his faith in the Lord.
Elisha: A prophet who lived in the Northern Kingdom during the second half of the
9th century B.C. A farmer by profession, Elisha was called to the prophetic ministry
by Elijah (see 1 Kgs 19:19-21). Samaria: A region of Palestine between Galilee (North)
* Sing to the Lord a new and Judea (South). Its capital was a city carrying the same name. Samaritans: The
song, for he has done wondrous inhabitants of the region of Samaria. They were descendants of foreign groups who
had been settled in Samaria after the fall of the Northern Kingdom (720 B.C.), and
deeds. His right hand has won had intermarried with the Jews who had avoided the deportation ordered by the
victory for him, his holy arm. king of the Assyrians. The Samaritans were despised by the Jews because they had
R. mixed together the worship of the Lord with that of other gods.

13 October 2013
 Then he said to him, Stand up throughout the world: May she for our good and the good of all
and go; your faith has saved always be a shining example of his holy Church.
you. faith and gratitude to the rest of
mankind. Let us pray! R. Prayer over the Offerings
The Gospel of the Lord!
All Praise to you, Lord Jesus C For the Holy Father, the P Accept, O Lord, the prayers
Christ! bishops, and all our spiritual of your faithful with the sacrifi-
leaders: May they always be cial offerings, that, through these
Homily signs and instruments of Jesus acts of devotedness, we may pass
readiness to assist the sick and over to the glory of heaven.
the poor. Let us pray! R. Through Christ our Lord.
Profession of Faith All Amen!
(Nicene Creed) C For our civil and political
All I believe in one God, the leaders: May they be attentive Preface IV (Common)
Father almighty, maker of heaven to the needs of the people and
respond to them promptly as P It is truly right and just,
and earth, of all things visible and our duty and our salvation, al-
invisible. part of their duty to serve. Let us
pray! R. ways and everywhere to give
I believe in one Lord Jesus you thanks, Lord, holy Father,
Christ, the Only Begotten Son of C For parents and all those
involved in the education and almighty and eternal God.
God, born of the Father before all For, although you have
ages. God from God, Light from Christian formation of the
young: May they instill in the no need of our praise, yet our
Light, true God from true God, thanksgiving is itself your gift,
begotten, not made, consubstan- new generations a strong faith
and sincere gratitude through since our praises add nothing to
tial with the Father; through him your greatness but profit us for
all things were made. For us men their words and example. Let us
pray! R. our salvation, through Christ our
and for our salvation he came Lord.
down from heaven, and by the C For all indigenous peoples: And so, in company with the
Holy Spirit was incarnate of the May they be empowered to pro- choirs of Angels, we praise you,
Virgin Mary, and became man. tect their ancestral lands, rich and with joy we proclaim:
For our sake he was crucified cultural heritage, and their rights All Holy, holy, holy Lord, God
under Pontius Pilate, he suffered as a people, with the full support of hosts. Heaven and earth are
death and was buried, and rose of the government and their fel- full of your glory. Hosanna in
again on the third day in accor- low Filipinos. Let us pray! R. the highest!
dance with the Scriptures. He as- Blessed is he who comes in
cended into heaven and is seated C For all of us, gathered to
thank the Lord for His goodness the name of the Lord. Hosanna
at the right hand of the Father. He in the highest!
will come again in glory to judge to us: May we constantly mani-
the living and the dead and his fest our gratitude through a life
of dedicated service to Him and Memorial Acclamation
kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, our neighbor. Let us pray! R. P The mystery of faith!
the Lord, the giver of life, who All We proclaim your Death,
C Let us pray in silence for our O Lord, and profess your
proceeds from the Father and personal intentions. (Pause)
the Son, who with the Father Resurrection until you
Let us pray! R. come again!
and the Son is adored and glori-
fied, who has spoken through P Lord God, source of all
the prophets. goodness and strength, we thank
I believe in one, holy, catholic You for all Your generosity to us
and apostolic Church. I confess and for accepting us in spite of
one Baptism for the forgiveness our unworthiness. Continue to
of sins and I look forward to the empower us to work for the good All Our Father . . .
resurrection of the dead and the of the Church as brothers and sis- P Deliver us, Lord . . .
life of the world to come. Amen! ters of Jesus Your Son who lives All For the kingdom, the
and reigns for ever and ever. power, and the glory are
Prayer of the Faithful All Amen! yours, now and for ever.
P Taking our cue from the
lepers in todays Gospel passage Sign of Peace
who were healed because of their
faith, let us submit our petitions Breaking of the Bread
to the Lord with a humble and All Lamb of God, you take
persevering faith as we say: Preparation of the Gifts away the sins of the world: have
P Pray, brethren . . . mercy on us. (2)
All Lord, we praise You! All May the Lord accept the Lamb of God, you take
C For the Church, the com- sacrifice at your hands, for the away the sins of the world:
munity of believers spread praise and glory of his name, grant us peace.

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)

 Communion
P Behold the Lamb of God,
THE BEAUTY OF GRATITUDE
behold him who takes away the
sins of the world. Blessed are
those called to the supper of the
T he word thanks is just one syllable, but many are unable to
pronounce it. This is due not to a speech impediment but to a
moral deficiency which paralyzes their hearts. Some are fast in asking
Lamb. for favors, but very slow in showing gratitude once they have received
All Lord, I am not worthy what they wanted.
that you should enter under The group of nine lepers who were cured by Jesus and walked
my roof, but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed. away unmindful of their benefactor, is just a tiny delegation of the
immense throng of ungrateful persons who take everybody, every
Communion Antiphon service, everything for granted. They take people for granted, even
(To be recited only when no Com- when the favor or service received may have cost a lot of sacrifice.
munion Hymn is sung.) They take God for granted His gift of creation, the gift of their very
The rich suffer want and go persons, with all the wonderful qualities of soul and body . . . . They
hungry, but those who seek the take for granted His grace, the Church, the sacraments, eternal life!
Lord lack no blessing. Ungrateful people are too blind, too deaf, too insensitive, too dull
or too proud to say thanks to anyone, including God. If He could ever
Prayer after Communion be saddened, human ingratitude would surely make Him very sad.
P We entreat your majesty Gratitude is spontaneous for few. For most of us, however, it is
most humbly, O Lord, that, as a virtue acquired gradually, just like humility, generosity and hon-
you feed us with the nourishment esty, virtues on which it is based. We have to learn to be attentive
which comes from the most holy and responsive even to the smallest signs of kindness or generosity
Body and Blood of your Son, so toward us. We have to learn to show appreciation for what other
you may make us sharers of his people and God do for us. Without our realizing it, such an aware-
divine nature. ness enriches us immensely as does the awareness that we are
Who lives and reigns for ever loved, and the desire to love in return. Gratitude is indeed a form of
and ever.
All Amen! love love returned. A simple way of being great. A great way of
being human.
There are so many ways of being thankful. It can be a written
note, a frank smile, a sincere handshake, a delicate caress, a silent
tear, a word uttered when it is time to speak it, or a word kept unsaid
when grateful love demands that it should not be said.
P The Lord be with you. Whatever form it may take, gratitude can never be a momentary
All And with your spirit! formality. When it becomes such, it is hypocrisy. Then it is no better
than ingratitude. Real gratitude is rooted deep in the heart of a
P May almighty God bless person. It is utang na loob that characterizes a persons life and
you: the Father, and the establishes him/her in a permanent attitude of being a grateful debtor.
Son, and the Holy Spirit.
All Amen! Such deeply rooted attitude becomes alive whenever the occasion
arises.
P Go in peace, glorifying the Then life becomes an unceasing eucharist a holy thanksgiv-
Lord by your life! ing, a joyous giving of self to God and neighbor, in imitation of, and in
All Thanks be to God! union with Jesus, the one who taught men the real meaning and the
million shades of utang na loob.

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