Daily TV Mass Saturday May 16, 2026

Fr. Henk van Meijel, S.J.

Transcript

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From the St. Ignatius Chapel at the Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Center in Pickering, Ontario. The National Catholic Broadcasting Council presents the Daily TV Mass.

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Welcome to the celebration of the Daily TV Mass. I'm Father Hank van Mijel. The televising of this Mass is made possible by the contribution from the Pogachar family from Toronto, Ontario. This Mass is offered in honor of the Pokachar and Seljuk families. We know that this television mass brings meaning to the lives of tens of thousands of Canadians across our land and for those around the world. And join with me in thanking the Pocachar family for the gift of this Mass. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. The peace of the Lord be with you.

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And with your Spirit.

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And as we have placed ourselves before the Lord on this Saturday, again recalling our own weakness, our own need for God's guidance. You were sent to heal the contrite of heart. Lord have mercy.

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Lord have mercy.

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You came to call sinners. Christ have mercy. You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us. Lord have mercy. May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. And let us pray. Constantly sharp our minds, we pray, O Lord, by the practice of good works, that trying always for what is better, we may strive to hold ever fast to the paschal mystery. True, O Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

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A reading from the Arts of the Apostles. After spending some time at Antioch, Paul departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. Now there came to Ephesus a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with burning enthusiasm and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately. And when he wished to cross over Achaia, the believers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. On his arrival, Paul greatly helped those who through grace had become believers. For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that the Messiah is Jesus. The word of the Lord.

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Clap your hands, all you peoples. Shout to God with loud songs of joy. For the Lord the Most High is awesome, a great king over all the earth. God is king of all the earth. For God is king of all the earth. Sing praise with the psalm. God is king over the nations. God sits me on his holy throne. The princes of the people gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is highly exalted. God is king of all the earth. I went from the Father and came into the world and now I leave the world to return to the Father.

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A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. When Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father, he said to the disciples, Very truly I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. I have said these things to you in figure of speech, the hour is coming when I no longer speak to you in figures, but will tell you plainly of the Father. On that day you will ask in my name. I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf, for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I am from God. I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I'm leaving the world and I'm going to the Father. The Gospel of the Lord. And there can be so many different misunderstandings about it. How we ask God. Sometimes, actually, I had a retreatant not too long ago who said it took me 70 years to ask to pray in the proper way and to ask God in the proper way. And as this person said, I well, he says I used to pray, but you know, I only would pray if I needed something. So I've been not been smart with my money, I've spent too much money on personal entertainment. Now I cannot pay the rent, and I quickly go on my knees and say, Father, give me some money, okay? And like as if some a bundle of money would drop down in front of him. And that's the wrong way to ask. Can I ask in a submissive way? Can I ask in humility? God use me according to your desire. That might be a different kind of prayer. And instead of asking for material things, I can see that someone who is living on the street and does not have a meal might pray for money or for a meal. Or in some of our worlds play in the places of a world like the Sudan, where there's an awful civil war going on, where there's so much hunger. I can see that someone literally will pray for a meal. And it's not necessarily bad. But most of us we ask for the wrong things. Just like we can ask to heal my relationship with my sister, for example. I'm in trouble with my sister, and God, can you heal this relationship? No, there's two people who also have to do their part. I have to reach out to my sister, and I have to take that action, and it's up to my sister to respond. And if she does not want to respond, uh and and if she doesn't accept my way of reaching out, then there's no not going to be any healing. But then at the same time, if that doesn't happen, we can say, Lord, may only good come from this relationship, may only good come from this time that we cannot see eye to eye. And then we're moving forward. The Saint Ignatius of Loyola in his uh spiritual exercises, it starts up with sounds very mechanical, the first principle and foundation. And it kind of ends basically that's it's about giving our life to God, and then it kind of ends with uh Lord, I'm indifferent. A long life, a short life, sickness or health, fame or disfame, it doesn't matter as long it is for you, and that is so important to that's wholly indifferent. Lord, let it happen. Guide me, show me the way. And and in that God will show the way. In our first reading from Acts, we have Apollos. It's kind of a nice reading because uh St. Paul is going through Galatia, which is today Turkey, and he's preaching all over the place. And here all of a sudden, this Apollos uh shows up out of the blue, and he's also preaching Jesus, but he was not aware yet of the resurrected Christ. And so he's doing wonderful work, he's from Alexandria, he's well educated, but he did not know about the resurrection, and he has to just be educated a little bit, and again, we have some people coming forward in the synagogue and tell them about the resurrection and say, okay, here we go, now I understand. And again, it's God sent two people in the synagogue to put it straight for him, and so he just continues to preach, at what and it did not matter the cost of it, but he just goes along and preaches, and it is so important to understand that how we can give our life to God, but it is up to God to use each one of us according to God's desire, and so can I be open to God's guidance? Can I have holy indifference? And today, actually on the universal calendar, we have Simon Stock. He's not a saint, never was declared a saint for some uh reason I don't understand, but yet he's on the calendar for the saints. And Simon Stock was actually the first generation of Carmelites who could not be living on Mount Carmel as hermits in the Holy Land. As the Islam took over, they were driven out, and he set up quite a few houses in Europe for the Carmelite communities. And he is the one the tradition has that Orlady gave him the brown scapula, so well known for the Carmelites, and so many people wear the scapula as a sign that God is with them, and that they hopefully one day will be with God. And Simon Stock, too, he was a man who just gave his life to God, and actually, interestingly, his last name, Stock, was actually kind of meant stump. He tradition has that as a 12-year-old, he already became a hermit and lived in a hollow tree very young. It's almost unbelievable that basically a child already embraced the life of a hermit very early on. And actually at age 82, he was elected superior general of the Carmelites. He did an enormous amount of work and he transformed the Carmelites from a group of people who were hermits to a Mendican order of friars. Friars who lived in the cities, in communities, and who went out to preach. To preach especially to those who were living on the margins and to live in poverty. But again, being open to God, that is the most important part. Can I be open to God in my life? Can I be open to let God lead us? And if we can if we can have an open mind and be calm, we will see how God opens doors and closes doors. And it does not mean that we don't bring prayers to God and that we don't ask God, but we ask God in a different way. And it's not anymore about asking God for material things for whatever people ask for. And it's it's something we just have to learn. And it's part of our faith journey to learn to ask in a proper way and to realize that God is not Santa Claus, that Jesus is not Santa Claus, and and that they they don't just give you presence through the chimney like Santa Claus does, but that God is active in our life and God will give us what we need. Amen. So let us bring our prayers before the Lord. We pray for all those in our daily TV Mass Prayer Intention Book. We pray to the Lord.

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Lord hear our prayer.

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Throughout the month of May, our community prays to follow the example of Mary by offering joy, compassion, and mercy, especially to mothers, grandmothers, and all who lovingly serve those in need. We pray to the Lord.

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Lord hear our prayer.

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With Pope Leo, we pray this month that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food and to ensure that everyone has access to quality food. We pray to the Lord.

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Lord hear our prayer.

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We pray for the needs of all our benefactors, especially those who make a kind monthly contribution to the daily TV Mass. We pray to the Lord.

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Lord, hear our prayer.

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And for these prayers and the prayers in the silence of our own hearts, we lift them up to you, Lord. Amen. Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you, fruit of the earth and work of human hands. It will become for us the bread of life.

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Blessed be God for you.

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By the mystery of this water and wine, may we come to share in the divinity of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our humanity. Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.

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Blessed O God for everyone.

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Humble spirit and contrite heart, may we be accepted by you, O Lord, and may our sacrifice in your sight this day be pleasing to you, Lord God. Wash me, O Lord, for my iniquities. Cleanse me of my sins. Thank you. Pray, my sisters and brothers, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.

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May the Lord accept the sacrifice in your hands. For the praise of the Lord and Same. Father and all this Holy Church.

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Graciously sanctify these gifts, O Lord, we pray, and accepting the oblation of this spiritual sacrifice, make of us an eternal offering to you through Christ, O Lord.

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Amen.

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The Lord be with you. Lift up your hearts. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and just it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation at all times to acclaim you, O Lord, but in this time above all to Lord you yet more gloriously, when Christ or Passover has been sacrificed. Through him the children of light rise to eternal life, and the halls of the heavenly kingdom are thrown open to the faithful, for his death is ransomed for death, and in his rising to the life of a new of all have risen. Therefore, overcome with paschal joy, every land, every people exalts in your praise, and even the heavenly powers with the angeletic hosts sing together the unending hymn of your glory as they acclaim.

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Holy, holy, holy loved God of Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the You are indeed holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.

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Make holy therefore these gifts we pray, by sending down your spirit upon them like the doofall, so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion, he took bread and giving you thanks, broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take this all of you and eat of it, for this is my body, which will be given up for you. In a similar way when supper was ended, he took the chalice and once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying, Take this all of you and drink from it, for this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in memory of me. Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the bread of life and the chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit. Remember, Lord, your church spread throughout the world, and bring her to the fullness of charity, together with Leo or Pope, Francis or Bishop, the Order Bishop, the clergy, and the entire people of called your own. Remember also our sisters and brothers who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy, welcome them into the light of your face. Have mercy on us all. We pray that with the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, the Blessed Joseph, our spouse, with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be co-heirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ. Through him and with him and in him. O God, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours for ever and ever. Amen. And at the Savior's command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say, O Father, who are in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespassed against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Deliver us, Lord, we pray from every evil. Graciously grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour Jesus Christ.

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For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours. Now and forever.

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Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your apostles, peace I leave you, my peace I give you. Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your church, and graciously grant our peace and unity in accordance with your will, who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen. The peace of the Lord be with you always.

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And with your spirit.

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And let us offer each other a sign of peace.

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Have mercy on us. Lamb come you take away the sins of the world. Grant us peace.

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Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. Lord am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word shall be here.

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My Jesus, I believe that you are present in this holy sacrament of the altar. I love you above all things, and I passionately desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually into my soul, so that I may unite myself wholly to you now and forever. Amen.

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The Lord be with you.

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And with your spirit.

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Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

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