Sunday Night Online Praise & Worship

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Nancy McCambridge

Bob McCambridge

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Betsey Swan

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AGENDA

- Bob: Our Role – Priest, Prophet, King –

- Nancy: The New Heart

- Betsey: Praise & Worship

- YouTube Talk: Mary Healy

- Open Intercession

- Betsey: Praise & Worship

- Conclusion/Announcements

Priest, Prophet, King

in our world BOB MCCAMBRIDGE

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1976 Prophecy and Word

Fr. Mike Scanlan

“Son of man, do you see the crime and lawlessness in your city streets, and towns and institutions? Are you willing to see no law, no order, no protection for you except that which I will give you? Son of man, do you see the country which you love and which you are now celebrating – a country’s history that you look back on with nostalgia? Are you willing to see no country – no country to call your own except those that I give you as my body?”

Jan 1976 National Service Committee/CCR

1976 Prophecy and Word

Then-Cardinal Karol Wojtyla

“We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced. I do not think that the wide circle of the American Society, or the whole wide circle of the Christian Community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-church, between the gospel and the anti-gospel, between Christ and the antichrist. The confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God’s Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously…”

Aug 1976 Eucharistic Congress at Philadelphia, Pa.

Scripture Rom 1:18-32 “The wrath of God is indeed being revealed

from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those

who suppress the truth by their wickedness. For what can be

known about God is evident to them because God made it

evident to them. Ever since the creation of the world, his

invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been

able to be understood and perceived in what he has made.

As a result, they have no excuse; for although they knew

God, they did not accord him glory as God or give him

thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and

their senseless minds were darkened…”

Scripture 2 Thes 2:3-12 “…the man of lawlessness is revealed, the

son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself against

every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes

his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be

God… For the mystery of lawlessness is already at

work… The coming of the lawless one by the activity of

Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and

wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are

to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be

saved. Therefore, God sends upon them a strong delusion,

to make them believe what is false, so that all may be

condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure

in unrighteousness…”

But – We are in the world, not of it!

With Baptism comes the anointing with sacred chrism:

“As Christ was anointed Priest, Prophet, and King, so

may you live always as a member of his body, sharing

everlasting life”.

Baptism makes us members of the Body of Christ. … “to

be a holy priesthood” (1 Peter 2:5). By Baptism they

share in the priesthood of Christ, in his prophetic and

royal mission. They are “a chosen race, a royal

priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people …” (1

Peter 2:9). Baptism gives a share in the common

priesthood of all believers (CCC, 1267, 1268).

Priest

It surprises some to learn that the common priesthood designates all the baptized. Sharing in

the priesthood of Christ begins at one’s Baptism. Ordained priests, by Holy Orders, become

members of the ministerial priesthood. Yet the common priesthood

Christ, high priest and unique mediator, has made of the Church “a kingdom, priests for his

God and Father” (Revelation 1:6, see 5:9–10; 1 Peter 2:5,9). … The faithful exercise their

baptismal priesthood through their participation, each according to his own vocation, in

Christ’s mission as priest, prophet, and king (CCC, 1546). (Note: The Catechism also

references the common priesthood in paragraphs 1141, 1143, 1268, 1305, 1535, 1547,

1591, and 1592.)

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Prophet The laity live these prophetic and kingly offices by :…seeking the

kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and directing

them according to God’s will … so to illuminate and order all

temporal things with which they are closely associated that these

may always be effected and grow according to Christ and may

be to the glory of the Creator and Redeemer (CCC, 898).

Lay believers are in the front line of Church life; for them the

Church is the animating principle of human society. Therefore, they

in particular ought to have an ever-clearer consciousness not only

of belonging to the Church, but of being the Church (CCC, 899).

The laity act prophetically when they speak the truth, and live the

Gospel by example before their families, neighbors, and co-

workers. Their mission is “accomplished in the ordinary

circumstances of the world” (CCC, 905).

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King The laity’s kingly office is exercised by leadership in temporal affairs,

acting as Christ would. Jesus, the king of heaven, gave his life to conquer

sin and death, to bring resurrection and new life. By bringing Christ’s

leadership and governance in our own spheres, we offer renewal and new

life where it is most needed.

“Moreover, by uniting their forces let the laity so remedy the institutions

and conditions of the world when the latter are an inducement to sin, that

these may be conformed to the norms of justice, favoring rather than

hindering the practice of virtue. By so doing they will impregnate culture

and human works with a moral value” (CCC, 909; Lumen Gentium, 36 § 3).

Finally, lay leadership helps the local church to flourish.

“The laity … cooperate with their pastors … for the sake of [church]

growth and life … through the exercise of different kinds of ministries

according to the grace and charisms which the Lord has been pleased to

bestow on them” (CCC, 910; Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, 73).

The New Heart NANCY MCCCAMBRIDGE

Ezekiel 36:26-27

…I will give you a new heart

and put a new spirit in you. I

will remove from you your heart

of stone and give you a heart

of flesh. And I will put my Spirit

in you and move you to follow

my decrees and be careful to

keep my laws. …

Worship by Betsey Swan

Mary Healy

2016 Anthony Jordan Lecture Series

with Dr. Mary Healy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJoiCQEkcXA

We shared about 20 minutes of Mary’s talk,

29:34 to 49:36, about evangelization.

Intercession

OPEN REQUESTS FOR PRAYERS VIA CHAT BOX

Conclusion/Announcements

Have a blessed two weeks! Note: there will be no Praise Call or Meeting next Sunday, July 5th as it is Fourth of July weekend.

We hope that our next gathering, Sunday evening, July 12th at 7 PM, will be in the Mother of God School Gym. The Praise & Worship gathering will also be available via a Zoom call. Details will be sent via email and on the MOGC website.

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