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Solemnity Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary Old Missal - 754, New Missal - 952 ======================== Theme: “We proclaim the greatness of God”. In Mary’ s glorious assumption we cele- brate the fulfillment of our Christian destiny, and with her we proclaim the greatness of the Lord.bn That the Holy Cross Catholic Church becomes a beacon of Christian Hope radiating from Half-Way-Tree. MISSION STATEMENT Inspired by our encounter with Jesus Christ in the celebration of the Eucharist, the mission of Holy Cross Catholic Church is: to strengthen the faith of practising Catholics, to reach out to those who have stopped practising their faith, to offer a path to those who are searching, and to help those who are hurting. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL FACILITATOR Althea Daley - 818-7356 GATHERING HYMN: # 352 - Sing for Joy FIRST READING: Revelation 11: 19, 12:1-6, 10 RESPONSORIAL “On your right stands the PSALM: queen in gold, brocaded in Ophir.” SECOND READING: I Corinthians 15: 20-27 GOSPEL Alleluia! ACCLAMATION: “Mary has been taken up into heaven, all the choirs of angels are rejoicing.” Alleluia! GOSPEL: Luke 1: 39 - 56 COLLECTION HYMN: Insert - God is here PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS OF BREAD & WINE: # 381 - Take this bread COMMUNION HYMN: Insert - Come let’s share # 50 - Blessed be the people MEDITATION HYMN: # 132 - Hail Mary RECESSIONAL HYMN: Insert - I will sing THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - A Foretaste Of Our Own Resurrection History of the Assumption: The Feast of the Assumption is a very old feast of the Church. The feast was originally celebrated in the East, where it is known as the Feast of the Dormition, a word which means "the falling asleep." The earliest printed reference to the belief that Mary's body was assumed into Heaven dates from the fourth century, in a document entitled "The Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God.", written in the voice of the Apostle John. A Required Belief: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life is a defined dogma of the Catholic Church. On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, exercis- ing papal infallibility, declared in Munificentis- simus Deus that it is a dogma of the Church "that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." As a dogma, the Assumption is a required belief of all Catholics; anyone who publicly dissents from the dogma, Pope Pius declared, "has fallen away completely from the divine and Catholic Faith." Pope Pius XII, in the text explaining his defini- tion of the dogma of the Assumption, refers repeatedly to the Blessed Virgin's death before her Assumption. Since the definition of the Assumption is silent on this question, Catholics can legitimately believe that Mary did not die before the Assumption. - Scott P. Richert Communion Hymn: Come let ’s share Come let's share in the banquet of the Lord, In the blessed sacrament, Come let's share in the supper of the Lord, In the blessed sacrament. Chorus: Eat the bread and drink the wine, Flesh and blood of the Lord divine, Share His life, it is yours and mine, For we are one in His design. Come let's share in the passion of the Lord, In the blessed sacrament, Come let's share the resurrection of the Lord, In the blessed sacrament. Come let's share in the ascension of the Lord, In the blessed sacrament, Come let's share our union with the Lord, In the blessed sacrament. Come let's share in the life of the Lord, In the blessed sacrament, Come let's share in the love of the Lord, In the blessed sacrament. COLLECTION HYMN - GOD IS HERE //There is a sweet anointing in the sanctuary There is a stillness in the atmosphere Come and lay down the burdens you have carried For in the sanctuary God is here.// He is here, He is here To break the yoke and lift the heavy burden He is here, He is here To heal the hopeless heart and bless the broken. Come and lay down the burdens you have carried For in the sanctuary God is here There is a sweet anointing in the sanctuary There is a stillness in the atmosphere Come and lay down the burdens you have carried For in the sanctuary God is here. He is here, He is here To break the yoke and lift the heavy burden He is here, He is here To heal the hopeless heart and bless the broken. Come and lay down the burdens you have carried For in the sanctuary God is here.
