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Mass - Please visit the https://ptdiocese.org/ web page and scroll down for Mass from Bishop Baron's chapel for today and any day thereafter he has wonderful homilies. 

Prayer Group Friends, for the home version of our prayer meeting, click on the links below. 

NVPM7 - Nativity Virtual Prayer Meeting Thurs April 30, 2020

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Sermon on the Mount

• Opening Songs:  Lead Me Lord  (2:57)  or Lead Me Lord (Becker) (4:07)

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• Scriptures:  Matt 5:  Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

•  Praise:    Make Me A Servant (3:29)  (Click this YouTube Link)(Remember to click the screen off at the end)

• Scripture:  Luke 22: 24And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest. 25And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’ 26“But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant. 27“For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

• Song:   Humble thyself In the Sight of the Lord  (3:03)  (Click this YouTube Link)(Remember to click the screen off at the end)

• The Location of the Stoning of St. Stephen in Jerusalem.

• Scripture Scene:  Martyrdom of St. Stephen  (video 2:50) (Click this YouTube Link)(Remember to click the screen off at the end)

• Song:  Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord (4:11)  (Click this YouTube Link)(Remember to click the screen off at the end)

• Teaching: from “John Michael Talbot’s Nothing Is Impossible Workshop”    The Risk of Testimony  (4:52 Click this video link) (Click this YouTube Link) (Remember to click the screen off at the end)

• Worship song:  Be Not Afraid  (JMT  4:28) (Click this YouTube Link) (Remember to click the screen off at the end) 

• Intersessions: (some of these are advanced from last week.)

  • Joe Gross:  Multiple Myloma. I pray if it is Cancer that I will continue to feel Christ presence In my life and that HE will be close and guide me through it.

  • Dot:   "That there be an increase of vocations in the Church."

  • Marianne Beckman: I just got word that my son's dear friend, Shannon Pear, is having bad side effects from chemo. Please pray for her.

  • Myrtha:  Please pray for my brother in law Rolando he will start the treatment for the cancer tomorrow. Also for my son Dana Jr. To help him make positive decisions.

  • Jamie Sprague (UWF): Daughter Kaitlin undergoing lymphoma Cancer treatment PET scan for next Monday. We are hoping and praying for good results!

  • Diane:   I would like prayers for the president he is commander in chief had a very difficult time.

  • Sherry Atkinson:  My husband's sister, Betty Salisbury, Stage IV Pancreatic cancer and chemo treatments

  • Steve:  Pray for me to accept this pandemic situation and to see Gods plan. It’s hurt business and increased concerns for my employees, family, and customers.

  • Jeff:  Pray for me in my work at UWF and in trying to provide virtual ways for our prayer group and our parish to continue to worship together.

  • All:   Please pray for the Lord's protection of all those on that join us in this virtual prayer meeting and their families to protect us from all harm and keep us faithful to his teaching and never let us be parted from him. 

  • All:   We ask you to provide a miracle to rid us of the virus plaguing the world and to set us all on the road to good health and peace in our country. 

  • All:    Lord grant wisdom and guidance to Bishop Wack (Diocese) and to Bishop Holley (Nativity  Parish) as they Shepard your people.

• Worship and Healing Song: O God Hear Us by Bob Hurd (2:52)   Lyrics Below (Click this YouTube Link)(Remember to click the screen off at the end)

  • Refrain: O God, hear us; hear our prayer.  (2x)

  • Verse 1: You who chose the lowly to confound the proud of heart, Give us the heart of Mary. Hear us, O God.

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  • Verse2: May we be your justice; may we be your kindness and truth; May we be your mercy. Hear us, O God.

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  • Verse 3: Only earthen vessels are we who gather today. Make us vessels of glory. Hear us, O God.

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• Song of Joy:   The Battle Belongs to the Lord (JMT) (5:20)  (Click this YouTube Link) (Remember to click the screen off at the end) 

• Readings for the day Church Readings for April 30, 2020