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Thursday, October 2, 2025

An Inclusive Catholic Community Celebration of the Season of Creation October 04, 2025 Presiders: Joan Pesce & Dotty Shugrue Readers: Jim Brandi, Jane Shugrue, Mary Al Gagnon IT: Cheryl Brandi


 Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community


https://zoom.us/j/93473708926?pwd=VHFKZGJ5N3ljbzZtVU1qQVRZY1lodz09


Meeting ID: 934 7370 8926

Passcode: 552967 


 

Theme:  Listen to the Voice of Creation

 

 

Welcome to Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community

 

Whoever you are, 

Wherever you are, 

Just as you are, 

You are welcome at this table. 

(Integral Christianity by Paul Smith)

 

Presider:  Dotty Shugrue

As members of humankind, we are called to listen to the voices of creation. These are voices of those who suffer the impacts of climate change. These are voices of people who hold generational wisdom about how to live gratefully within the limits of the land. These are voices of a diminishing diversity of more-than-human species. These are the voices of the wolf, the bobcat, the lion, tiger, bears, all creatures who live and survive off the land: these are the voices of the whales, the dolphins, the salmon, the tuna, the lobster, the snail, all life within the ocean, sea and lake; these are the voices of the sparrow, the blue bird, the humming birds, the dove, the blackbird, the owl, the crow; all creatures of the sky.

 

Presider: Joan Pesce:

Opening Prayer:  Creator, Source of all that we are, we gather to honor your Creation as an integrated and holy system of plant, animal and human life placed lovingly side by side with water, air, wind, and earth. We pray for the imagination and resolve to establish a supportive ecology so that all of Creation may not just survive but thrive as a continuing sign of your wondrous love.  Amen

 

Opening Song:   Canticle of the Sun by Marty Haugen

 



https://youtu.be/CfJ6WJPUff8


https://youtu.be/CfJ6WJPUff8

 

 

LITURGY OF THE WORD



Reader:  Jim Brandi

 

A passage inspired by Celtic theologian Pelagius (360-418) adapted:

 

Look at the animals roaming the forest: God’s spirit dwells within them. Look at the birds flying across the sky: God’s spirit dwells within them. Look at the tiny insects crawling in the grass: God’s spirit dwells within them. Look at the fish in the river and sea: God’s spirit dwells within them. There is no creature on earth in whom God is absent.  When God pronounced that his creation was good, it was not only that his hand had fashioned every creature; it was that his breath had brought every creature to life. Look too at the great trees of the forest; look even at your crops. God’s spirit is present within all plants as well. The presence of God’s spirit in all living things is what makes them beautiful; and if we look with God’s eyes, nothing on the earth is ugly.  Go out into the natural world and look with God’s eyes; listen with God’s ears; know your place within God’good creation.These are the inspired words of Pelagius, Celtic theologian, and we affirm them by saying: Let it be So and so it is.

 

Reader:  Jane S.

Second Reading:  Earth Mother, Star Mother by Starwalk 

 

 

Earth mother, star mother, 

you who are 

called 

by a thousand names,

may all remember 

we are cells in your body 

and dance together.

You are the grain and 

the loaf 

that sustains us each day, 

and as you are patient 

with our struggles to learn 

so shall we be patient 

with ourselves and each other. 

We are the radiant light 

and sacred dark

- the balance -

you are the embrace that heartens

and the freedom beyond fear.

Within you we are born 

we grow, live, and die -  

you bring us around the circle 

to rebirth 

within us you dance 

forever.

These are inspired words of Starwalk, and we affirm them by saying:

Let it be so!

 

 

Presider:  Joan Pesce

Gospel:   John 1: 1-5 as written in A New New Testament

 

In the beginning the Word was

and the Word was with God;

and the Word was God.

The Word was in the beginning with God,

through the Word all things came into being. 

Nothing came into being apart from the Word.

That which came into being in the Word was life

and the life was the light of humanity,

and the light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness never overpowered it.

 

These are the inspired words of the apostle called John, and the community affirms them by saying:   Let it be so!

 

Celtic Alleluia





https://youtu.be/o1rc7ojQtJU

 

Shared Homily

 

 

 

Reader: Jim B 

Our Statement of Faith  

 
We believe in the Holy One, a divine mystery 
beyond all definition and rational understanding, 
the heart of all that has ever existed, 
that exists now, or that ever will exist. 

 

We believe in Jesus, messenger of the Divine Word, 
bringer of healing, heart of Divine compassion, 
bright star in the firmament of the Holy One's 
prophets, mystics, and saints. 
 
We believe that We are called to follow Jesus 
as a vehicle of divine love, 
a source of wisdom and truth, 
and an instrument of peace in the world. 
 
We believe in the Spirit of the Holy One, 
the life that is our innermost life, 
the breath moving in our being, 
the depth living in each of us. 
 
We believe that the Divine kin-dom is here and now, 
stretched out all around us for those 
with eyes to see it, hearts to receive it, 
and hands to make it happen. 

 

Prayers of the Community

Presider: Jane S.

 

As we prepare for this sacred meal, and as we celebrate the beauty of creation, we bring to this table all concerns we hold in our hearts.

 

We bring to this table our cares for all life, and we pray that the people of the earth will be more sensitive and committed to taking care of all life on our planet. 

 

We bring to the table the keepers of flowers, trees, plants, and all growing things that make our earth beautiful.

 

We bring to the table the protectors of all wild animals working to let them live freely on our earth.

 

We bring to the table all those who suffer the impact of our neglect of our Earth

 

We bring to the table our need for compassion and understanding as we seek to create a world where all peoples will be embraced as our sisters and brothers, that they will be accepted in to our consciousness as created equal in the site of the Holy One and must be treated and accepted as such.

 

Joan M. will now share with us the prayer requests received:

ALL:  Let it Be So and 

so it is.

 

Reader: Maryal

 

Please join us, with arms raised, in praying our Eucharistic Prayer. 

 

Sacred Spirit within us, surrounding us, we lift our hearts in praise and thanksgiving that we are One with you and with one another.  Open our hearts that we may hear the call of all living things in pain, the cries of all animals, the whispers of the wind, the moaning of our earth.   Le us all believe in our power to make all things new.

 

Holy, Holy:  Here in This Place by Christopher Grundy

 


 

 

Creator of the whole universe, we glory in the environment, especially the beauty that surrounds us. May we have the vision and strength to protect all ecosystems and the whole of Your creation, which have been corrupted by human exploitation, pollution, and destruction, so that all of creation may be renewed and made whole. 

We join with the earth and with each other to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air.

We join with the earth and with each other to renew the forests, to care for the plants, to protect the creatures.

We join with the earth and with each other to celebrate the seas, to rejoice in the sunlight, to sing the song of the stars.

We join as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery: for the healing of the earth and the renewal of life. 

 

Joan:   O Heart of Love, Your Spirit moves through the love within us, expanding in widening circles to embrace the needs of our world. United with all women and men who  confront today with action and with conviction the structures of oppression in our times. 

 

Sacred Spirit, You, are always with us. We are grateful for Your constant loving and unconditional presence. You give us life, and we live and breathe with your Spirit. You raise our consciousness to the blindness around us. We believe the Gospel message of Jesus and we embrace his calling to us, to be faithful.

 

Dotty:  In blessing the gifts of this Eucharistic table, bread of the grain and wine of the grape, they become gifts of wisdom, light and truth which remind us of our call to be the body of Christ to the world. 

On the night before he faced his own death, Jesus sat at supper with his companions and friends.  He reminded them of all that he taught them, and to fix that memory clearly, he bent down and washed their feet.

 

 (Together we lift our plate of bread as we pray)

When Jesus returned to his place at the table, he lifted the Passover bread, spoke the blessing, broke the bread, and offered it to them saying:

 

Take and eat the Bread of Life 

Whenever you remember me like this  

I am among you. (pause) 

  

Jesus then raised his cup of blessing, spoke the grace, and offered the wine saying: 

 

Take and drink of the covenant made new again through my life in you. 

Whenever you remember me like this, I am among you

 

This is the bread of life and cup of blessing. 

What we have heard with our ears, we will live with our lives; as we share communion, we will become communion, both Love’s nourishment and Love’s challenge.

 

Joan: Please join in praying the prayer for the breaking of the bread:

 

Ever Present Sacred Spirit, you call us to live the Gospel of peace and justice. 

We will live justly.   

 

Ever Present Sacred Spirit, you call us to be Your presence in the world.  

We will love tenderly.

 

Ever Present Sacred Spirit, you call us to speak truth to power.  

We will walk with integrity

 

Please receive the blessed bread and cup with the words, “I am a caretaker of Creation”. 

 

Communion Meditation: So, Will I by Hillsong United



https://youtu.be/C2U7ffUM5Ec
 

 

 

Reader:  Jim B.  Let us pray in the manner that Jesus taught his companions to pray:

 

O Holy One, you are within, around, and among us.

We celebrate your many names.

Your wisdom come, your will be done,

unfolding from the depths within us.

Each day you give us all that we need.

You remind us of our limits, and we let go.

You support us in our power, and we act with courage. 

For you are the dwelling place within us,

The empowerment around us,

And the celebration among us,

now and forever.  Amen.

(Adapted, Miriam Therese Winter, MMS)

 

 

Reader: Jane S. Mystery of Life present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures, embrace with tenderness all that exists. May the power of divine love rain down upon us, that we may protect life and beauty. Help us to reach out to the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes. Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction. Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth. Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards divine light and love. We are thankful for the pulse of life that fills us each day. May we be encouraged and strengthened for our struggle for justice, love, and peace in the world.

 

INTRODUCTIONS  --  THANKSGIVINGS – ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

 

Presider: Joan P.

 

Let us raise our hands and pray our closing blessing:

Go out from this place, ready to hear creation’s call. 

Go out, ready to answer, “I am here, standing up for you!” 

And as you go, know that the love of Divine Mystery surrounds you, 

the peace of Christ empowers you, 

and the companionship of the Spirit moves within you 

and all of creation, now and always. 

AMEN

 

 

Closing Song:  One Ohana by Marty Haugen

 



https://youtu.be/NMP-j31Yr88

 

 

 

 

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If you want to add an intercession to our MMOJ Community Prayer book, please send an email to jmeehan515@aol.com 

 

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Friday, September 26, 2025

Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community Saints Louise de Marillac & Vincent de Paul September 27, 2025 Liturgy Team: Jerry & Suzanne Bires, Cheryl (IT) & Jim Brandi, Michael Rigdon, Jane Shugrue

 Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community





Saints Louise de Marillac & Vincent de Paul

September 27, 2025

Liturgy Team: Jerry & Suzanne Bires, Cheryl (IT) & Jim Brandi,

Michael Rigdon, Jane Shugrue

 

(Jane) Welcome to our Mary Mother of Jesus community. Thank you for joining us!

Whoever you are, wherever you are, just as you are,

You are welcome at this table!

(Integral Christianity by Paul Smith)

(Jerry & All): We celebrate in the name ✝️ of the Holy One,

our Creator/Sustainer,

 Jesus the Living Word, and

Spirit Sophia who calls us to proclaim the Good News. Amen.

 

Sign of Peace (Jerry & All): Christ’s peace be with you! Namaste. Namaste. Namaste.

 

Theme (Michael) He sent me to proclaim the good news to the poor. The love of Christ impels us. (Evangelizare pauperibus misit me. Caritas Christi urget nos.)

 

Gathering Song 🎶: We Are Called 




https://youtu.be/kkTtr7Sxgzo

 

Opening Prayer (Suzanne & All): O Holy One, protector of the poor, we give thanks for your Holy Spirit who sends women and men to share the Good News of your kindom, including Louise de Marillac & Vincent de Paul. We give thanks for this Wisdom-Spirit who impels us today to boldly proclaim your Gospel of peace and inclusive love in our homes, communities and world. Bless our celebration today as we honor our call to proclaim the Good News. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

 

Joyful Gloria 🎶  


https://youtu.be/Ex6v8rIKCTE

 

Liturgy of the Word

 

Gospel acclamation: All sing Celtic Alleluia 🎶 


https://youtu.be/ApCym8o6-gE

          (Michael 🎶) Now with the strength of your Word, send us to be your disciples,

To bring all the world the Good News of your kindom. (Repeat Alleluia 🎶)

 

(Jim) A reading from the Good News according to Luke

Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been reared. As he always did on the Sabbath, he went to the meeting place. When he stood up to read, he was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, Jesus found the place where it was written,

   God's Spirit is on me;

      God has chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor,

   Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and

            recovery of sight to the blind,

   To set the burdened and battered free,

            to announce, "This is God's year to act!"

He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the assistant, and sat down.

Every eye in the place was on him, intent. Then Jesus started in,

"You've just heard Scripture make history. It came true just now in this place.”

I proclaim this Good News.  All: So be it, and so it is!

 

Gospel acclamation: All sing 🎶 Celtic Alleluia 


https://youtu.be/ApCym8o6-gE

(Michael 🎶) Fed by the Bread of new life, filled with wine of compassion,

Send us out to serve the poorest in your name. (Repeat Alleluia 🎶)

 

(Jane) A reading from the Good News according to Luke

Jesus now called the Twelve and gave them authority and power to deal with all the demons and cure diseases. He commissioned them to preach the news of God's kindom and heal the sick. He said, "Don't load yourselves up with equipment. Keep it simple; you are the equipment. And no luxury inns—get a modest place and be content there until you leave. If you’re not welcomed, leave town. Don't make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and move on.”

Commissioned, they left. They traveled from town to town telling the latest news of God, The Message, and curing people everywhere they went.

I proclaim this Good News.  All: So be it, and so it is!

 

Gospel acclamation 🎶: Alle, Alle, Alleluia.


https://youtu.be/gIHnZn3JjcM

 

Shared Homily. After homily starter: 🎶 Here I Am, God. John Michael Talbot


https://youtu.be/TnO5B_G505w?si=HWYcXVYcpST_fMwJ
  (Stop at 1:56)

 

Please share your spirit-filled reflections and re-mute when you finish.

 

Profession of Faith. (Jerry & ALL): 

We believe in God, the creator of the universe,

the fountain of life, flowing through every being.

We believe in Jesus the Christ,

who reflects the face of God, the fullness of humanity.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the breath of God in the cosmos,

who calls us to loving service without counting the cost.

We believe in our global communion with all in the circle of life.

Amen to actions on behalf of justice, compassion, equality & healing for all in our world! Amen

 

Community Prayers

. (Suzanne) Mindful of God’s unconditional love for us, we bring the needs of the people to our merciful God.

 

*We bring to the table all victims of war worldwide. Especially the children in Gaza who are starving to death today and every day. May government leaders implement a permanent cease fire in Gaza immediately!

Response: Compassionate God, you hear us.

 

*We bring to the table leaders of our federal government. Touch their minds and hearts so they will act in the interest of the common good of their fellow citizens & the world.  R

 

*For our family members, friends, and members of our MMOJ community who are receiving treatment for serious health problems. We pray for their strength, comfort, and healing. R

 

(Joan M) *We pray for those mentioned in our MMOJ book of community prayers. R

 

(Suzanne) For what and for whom shall we also pray today?

(Please offer your prayer, then remute.)

(Suzanne) Holy One, you faithfully listen to our prayers.

 Strengthen us as we respond to the needs of your people

 and work to bring the reign of your love to our community

and to everyone in our world.

We pray in the name of Jesus the Christ. All: Amen

 

We offer our gifts at our tables.

 

(Jim & All). O Holy One, we bring you our gifts from creation,

bread 🥖of the grain and wine 🍷 of the grapes.

We recognize that they are holy in you their creator.

And we know that they will make us holy,

one with you,

one with each other, and

one with all creation.

 

Eucharistic Prayer (Jim). Please join in song to begin our Eucharistic Prayer

🎶 Here in This Place 


https://youtu.be/sgkWXOSGmOQ

 

(Jane & All): As we do in this place what you did in an upstairs room,

send down your Spirit Sophia on us and

on these gifts of bread 🥖 and wine 🍷

that they may become for us your body,

healing, forgiving, and making us whole.

And that we may become for you, your body,

loving and caring in the world

until your kindom comes. Amen.

 

We remember Jesus. (Jerry & All with hand extended in blessing):

On the night before he died,

Jesus sat at the Seder meal with his companions.

Reminding them of what he taught,

he bent down to wash their feet.

Jesus returned to his place at table,

lifted the Passover bread 🥖 and spoke the blessing,

then broke the bread saying:

“Take and eat the Bread of Life.

Whenever you remember me like this, I am among you.” (Pause)

 

Jesus then raised the cup of blessing,

spoke the grace, and offered them the wine🍷 saying:

“Take and drink of the covenant made new again through my life in you.

Whenever you remember me like this, I am among you.”

 

(Suzanne & All): Remember, gracious God, your Church throughout the world.

Make us open to receive all believers and

to share the Good News with them.

In union with all people,

may we strive to create a world where suffering is diminished,

and where all people can live in health and wholeness.

Thru Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in union with the Holy Spirit,

all glory is yours, gracious God.

🎶 The Great Amen


https://youtu.be/Dy76fpfkNsg

 

(Jim) Please join in the prayer for the breaking of the bread:

 

Ever Present Sacred Spirit, you call us care for all creation,

to live the Gospel of peace and justice. 

(All) We will live justly.   

 

Ever Present Sacred Spirit, you call us to share your Good News with the forgotten,  

(All) We will love tenderly.

 

Ever Present Sacred Spirit, you call us to speak truth to power.  

(All) We will walk with integrity.

 

(Jim & All): This is Jesus who liberates, heals and transforms us and our world.

All are invited to partake of this banquet of love.

(All receive🥖🍷)

 

Communion Instrumental. 🎶 Amour, Andy Iorio,

 


https://youtu.be/kKx6QsZilXs?si=uav4C2ZqZ3xTh3jx. (Stop at 1:47)

 

 

Prayer of Jesus. (Jane & All) Let us pray together as Jesus taught us:

 

O Holy One, who is within, around and among us, 

We celebrate your many names. 

Your Wisdom come, 

Your will be done, unfolding from the depths within us.

Each day you give us all we need. 

You remind us of our limits, and we let go. 

You support us in our power, and we act with courage, 

For you are the dwelling place within us,  

the empowerment around us, 

and the celebration among us, now and forever.  Amen

 

(Jerry) (Introductions.) Prayers of Thanksgiving. Announcements.

 

 

(Suzanne) Extend your hand & join this Irish blessing,

     🎶


https://youtu.be/inb4S81pgPQ

 

(Jim): Go in the peace of Christ. Wherever you go, proclaim the Good News!

All: We will do so! Alleluia!

 

Closing 🎶 When the Saints go marching in. 


https://youtu.be/1VbqoJ3Yxo4

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If you want to add an intercession to our MMOJ Community Prayer book, please send an email to Joan Meehan jmeehan515@aol.com 


An Inclusive Catholic Community Celebration of the Season of Creation October 04, 2025 Presiders: Joan Pesce & Dotty Shugrue Readers: Jim Brandi, Jane Shugrue, Mary Al Gagnon IT: Cheryl Brandi

  Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community https://zoom.us/j/93473708926? pwd= VHFKZGJ5N3ljbzZtVU1qQVRZY1lodz 09 Meeting ID: 934 73...