Catholic TV Mass Online February 02, 2025: The Presentation of the Lord

Presider: Fr. John Puodziunas OFM
Parish: Assumption BVM Province
Text from the Gospel and Homily
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. Glory to you, o Lord.
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him there to the Lord just as it is written in the law of the Lord, every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the holy spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the holy spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. He came in the spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and blessed God saying: "Now master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples: a light for revelation to the gentiles, and glory for your people Israel."
The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
Today we are 40 days past the celebration of Christmas, the incarnation, where God chooses to step into our world. In the form of a child born in a manger. And today 40 days later we celebrate the presentation. Whereas custom has it, the parents would bring the child, the first born, especially a son, to the temple to present him to the Lord. The creator of all, the maker of all. And in this particular account then when Mary and Joseph arrive at the temple, the elders are there also and they have been waiting patiently to see the glory of God with their own eyes. They want to see, they want to hold, they want to behold this love of God stepping into their lives. And these elders then announce proclaim the purpose and the destiny of this child born in a manger. The purpose. God comes to save but not just anyone. Everyone. The salvation is for all people. Those who are deserving and those who may see themselves as undeserving. Not just one person or a small group but all peoples. Those who make themselves holy, and those who struggle to be holy. God comes to save all that is the purpose of this child coming into the world. The destiny is a little bit more difficult to understand. Unless we first recognize that our road at times leads to death. That by our actions, by the things that we fail to do, by how we speak to one another, by how we fail to love, by how we sin, we take a road and a path to death. And this elderly couple Simeon and Anna proclaim this child will free us from this road to death. That is the marvelous story of the presentation. This is the destiny of this child. A destiny which will take the child to the cross and to his own death but not as an end to everything, not as a failure. But as a victory. A victory not only for him but for us. That his destiny that through his death, we have life. That is the proclamation that we get from Simeon and Anna. It's hard to understand this destiny unless we accept that we at times fail. That we at times sin. But our God does not leave us lost and he will never abandon us. He comes after us. Through the birth of a child, presented in a temple, brought to the cross, to die so that we can have everlasting life. With Simeon and Anna let us hold on to this child. Let us bring ourselves near to this child. Let us see that this child's purpose and destiny is for us so that we know God's love is a love of forgiveness and mercy all the time. And that this love places us on one path. A path of life. Everlasting life. A life to be with God. How precious this joy can be for us.
Entrance: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Text: 87 87 D; Charles Wesley, 1707-1788, alt. Music: Rowland H. Prichard, 1811-1887
Psalm 24: Who Is This King of Glory?
© 2025 Anna Nuzzo
Preparation: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Text: 87 87 87; Liturgy of St. James, 4th cent.; para. by Gerard Moultrie, 1829-1885. Music: French, 17th cent
Communion: Child of the Poor/What Child Is This
This song may be combined with “What Child Is This.” Use instructions in accompaniment books. Text and music © 1994, OCP. All rights reserved.
Sending Forth: Joy To The World
Text: CM with repeats; based on Psalm 98; Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, alt. Music: T. Hawkes’ Collection of Tunes, 1833; George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759.
Mass Setting: Mass of Saint Ann
Text: ICEL, © 2010 Music: Mass of Saint Ann, Ed Bolduc, © 2011, World Library Publications
Permission to podcast/stream the music in this liturgy obtained from ONE LICENSE, License No. A-718591.
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Thank you Fr John for your beautiful Mass. Prayers for those who have left us this week and for those who have lost their loved ones. God be with them

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Thank you so much Father, for this beautiful service. The choir and lead singer are divine.. Thank you and may God bless each and every person present physically and all of us watching too🙏🏼🙏🏼. Amen.

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Thank you father & Heart of the Nation for such beautiful mass service ✝️👏

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Good morning, everyone! Beautiful mass to start the week. May God bless everyone. ❤

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Great homily and celebration….enjoyed the gifted singer also.. thanks be to God!

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Beautiful singing and mass. Have a lovely Sunday. God bless ❤🙏

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Thank you Father 🙏🙏 for a beautiful Mass and Homily. Great job to the choir and to the piano player and to the woman who played the violin. Blessings 🙏🙏 to all. Have a great weekend and week.

[@annanuzzomusic]

Thank you so much!! The pianist is Debbie Grube, Violinist is Mary Stryk & I’m Anna Nuzzo. God bless 😍

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Beautiful Voice! Thank you for the joyous Mass!

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Beautiful mass, Beautiful singing. God bless all.

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God, help me trust those I love, and help me build trust in the relationships I cherish. May we always be honest and faithful with one another. Amen.

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Thank you Fr for the lovely Mass could you please pray for my sister and for my sons so that they will forgive each other and please pray for my grandchildren who have special needs thank you

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Thank you for Making this celebration of Mass available to those who are home bound.

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Hugs and God bless your lives abundantly this week, may you be the light, of showing there is hope in our Savior, Christ Jesus 💗🙏

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A beautiful mass with well chosen hymns

[@annanuzzomusic]

Thanks so much! God bless you 😍

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Thank you Fr. John for a beautiful Mass...May GOD BLESS everyone...Amen

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God bless everyone!

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In celebration of a life well lived, Sidney D. Eckard, 1/27/44 to 12/6/24. May he rest in the light of the Lord. 🙏🏻

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Thank you for sharing this beautiful ❤️❤️🙏🌄🌞 celebration of the Lord's Eucharist and I hope everyone had a great Week! This is the Day the Lord 🙏🙏 has made! I would like to acknowledge Anna Nuzzo and the adult choir on such a wonderful 😊 job they did on the opening song! Music 🎵🎵🎶 makes the Ministry more inspirational! Also Mary Stryk did a phenomenal job with the violin 🎻 on the Gloria! I would like to acknowledge the Lector, Colleen Collection on a spectacular job she did proclaiming The Word of The Lord! Anna Nuzzo has such a beautiful soprano voice 💖💖 and the Responsorial Psalms were sung so eloquently by her! Her voice just goes right through me! I would like to please ask for your prayers 🙏🙏 for the good health and continued blessings that Jesus Christ 🙏🙏❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 has given to my wife, Mariana Hebard and I , Edmund Hebard! I would like to also ask for your prayers 🙏❤️‍🩹 for my cousin Rose Marie Brady who has a rare type of blood disease and needs a blood transfusion daily! I would like to thank the Priest for sharing such a meaningful sermon and he speaks with so much reverence! Amen 🙏🙏! Happy Feast of The Presentation Sunday! Life is Good!! Let us celebrate this being " The Jubilee Year of Christ" What a beautiful Offertory Hymn by the pianist and Anna! Would anyone like to start a prayer 🙏 🙏 chain with me! Prayers Move Mountains! " What Child Is This" was sung so beautiful by Anna Nuzzo during the Communion Meditation and the other Hymns were so beautiful ❤️ ❤️ ❤️! My week will be more inspirational and happy after listening to this Celebration! Joy to the World 🌎! Every one please have a great and blessed week 🙏 🙏 ❤️‍🩹 ❤️‍🩹!

[@annanuzzomusic]

God bless you, your wife and your cousin! 😇. Thank you so much for all your enthusiastic comments ! 😍

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Father John, what a wonderful Mass. The music, songs and homily were so beautiful.

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Good morning amen 🙏 🙌 lord thank you for everything you do for us 🙏

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Such a beautiful mass and the singing and instrumental is absolutely amazing God bless Heart of the Nation

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Thank you for the Sunday Catholic Mass. ❤️🙏 Amen.

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Beautiful service and her voice is angelic 💗

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hello everyone, father, i am praying for you. may God continue to bless you all. thank you, Lord

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Thank you Father tjm

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God forgive me for I have sinned

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Amen Thank you Lord 🙏

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The last 2 hymns were Christmas songs.