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Sunday Worship

Mass on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord recorded in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool. With the Metropolitan Cathedral Youth Choir.

Mass on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord recorded in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool. Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainchant), Gloria from Little Organ Mass (Haydn), Malachi 3:1-4, Psalm 24 (responsorial), Luke 2:22-40, Christ be our Light (Bernadette Farrell), Nunc Dimittis (in G - Stanford), Sanctus and Agnus Dei from Missa Brevis (Haydn), Zion see your Saviour come (Mendelssohn), Grand Choeur in Bb (Dubois), President: Monsignor Anthony O'Brien; Homily: Fr Derek Lloyd; Metropolitan Cathedral Youth Choir directed by Joe Watson and Josie Baker; Organist: Richard Lea; Director of Music: Dr Christopher McElroy; Producer: Philip Billson

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MORNING MASS

on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Sunday 2nd February 2025 at 8.10am听

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Radio 4 Opening Announcement:听On 成人快手 Sounds and Radio 4 now it鈥檚 time for Sunday Worship.听

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GREETING (MONSIGNOR O鈥橞RIEN)听

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Good morning, and welcome to our morning service from the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool as we celebrate the Holy Eucharist on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. I鈥檓 Monsignor Anthony O鈥橞rien, the Dean of the Cathedral and our preacher this morning is Fr Derek Lloyd.听

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Forty days have passed since we celebrated the joyful feast of the Nativity of the Lord.听 As we will hear in today's Gospel, this is the blessed day when Jesus was presented in the Temple by Mary & Joseph.听 Together with Simeon and Anna, we contemplate the Divine child, the Word made flesh, the light of the nations who is brought to the Temple: the Temple of our hearts.听听听

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SPEECH: BLESSING OF CANDLES (MONSIGNOR O鈥橞RIEN)听

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Let us pray,听O God, true light, ... Amen

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MUSIC 1: LUMEN AD REVELATIONEM GENTIUM听

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听MUSIC 2: GLORIA

The choir sings the Gloria from Little Organ Mass - Haydn

Intonation: Choir member听

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SPEECH: COLLECT (MONSIGNOR O鈥橞RIEN)听

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SPEECH: Reading 鈥� Malachi 3: 1-4

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A reading from the from the book of Malachi (Chapter 3, beginning at verse 1)听

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The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.听

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MUSIC 3: RESPONSORIAL PSALM听Psalm 24, concluding with an Alleluia refrain听

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听SPEECH: GOSPEL (FR ANTHONY )听

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The Lord be with you.

And with your Spirit.听

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A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke, Chapter 2, beginning at verse 22. Glory to you, O Lord.听听

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The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.听

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SPEECH: SERMON (FR DEREK LLOYD)听

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St Augustine of Hippo says;

鈥淭he just Simeon saw Christ with his eyes when he took the infant into his arms, but he also saw him with his heart because he recognised the infant as the Son of God.鈥� What do we see with our eyes? And what do we see with our heart? What is the difference? Is there a difference? How many baby boy鈥檚 were presented in the temple? How many young women came for the rites of purification? What was different about this baby and this young woman? I would suggest that what we often see with our eyes is quite different to what we see with our heart, our eyes often perceive merely the surface of things. They see the fact of something, even to some extent its reality, but our eyes give us merely one dimension in the way that we experience things. Our heart gives us a different experience altogether, with our hearts we feel things, and in doing so we empathise and identify with people and situations, we delve with our hearts into the realms of 鈥榤ystery.鈥� We experience aspects of reality which words and images express somewhat inadequately. With our eyes we see, with our hearts we feel, with our sight we identify, with our hearts comes the recognition. Sometimes what we recognise in our hearts can take us by surprise, and challenge the perception of our eyes. Simeons eyes and heart recognise the sacrifice of Jesus, the redeemer. He tells the young woman that a sword will pierce her heart. The joy of the nativity ends with pointing our sight, and our heart, towards the cross, and therefore the redemption and resurrection beyond it.听

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MUSIC 4: CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT听(Bernadette Farrell)

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INTERCESSIONS听听

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[MONSIGNOR O鈥橞RIEN] On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord we join with the prayer of Jesus, Mary and Joseph presenting our prayers and ourselves to the Lord.听

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1. For the whole Church that, inspired by the Holy Spirit with wisdom and knowledge, we may follow the example of Simeon and Anna in making Jesus and his mission known to the world.听

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