Catholic TV Mass Online July 13, 2025: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Presider: Fr. James Kubicki S.J. Parish: St. Francis de Sales Seminary Choir: St. Leonard Text from the Homily Well here in our gospel we have that very familiar story of the good Samaritan. And it was told by Jesus, this story, this parable in answer to the question of the scholar of the law. It was a common question that the rabbis and others who studied the law wondered about, exactly who is my neighbor? Is it my own family? Is it the people who live next door to me? Is it people who belong to my nationality or my tribe? Is it people of my race? And they would often think certainly it can't be people of another religion. The Jewish people were very much aware of themselves as the chosen people and gentiles were not considered the neighbor, nor were Samaritans. Samaritans were considered heretics, a break off group from the people of Israel. They were seen as enemies. In fact, just a few years before Jesus told this story, some Samaritans had broken into the temple in Jerusalem, the holiest place for the Jewish people and scattered human bones right before Passover to desecrate the temple. And so, the Samaritans and Jewish people were certainly not friends and they were not neighbors. But notice Jesus doesn't say that the neighbor is the one in need. He asked the question. He said who was neighbor to the man in need? The scholar of the law couldn't even say the word 'Samaritan.' he said, oh I suppose it was the one who treated him with mercy. And Jesus said, "Go and do likewise." No doubt that scholar of the law struggled to imagine that there could be a good Samaritan when they were such enemies of the Jewish people. The point of the parable is that we are called to be neighbor to one another. No matter who that other person is. No matter if that person is an enemy. We are called to be neighbor of all because that's what the good Samaritan did. That's what Jesus did. He did not limit his love and mercy to his chosen people or to those who accepted him. He poured out his mercy upon all. We're called to do the same. And it may begin simply by anointing people with our prayers. Praying for the conversion of sinners. Praying for the conversion of our enemies. Anyone who hates us. And if we do that, we will be following the words of Jesus: go and do likewise. Entrance: Holy God We Praise Thy Name Text: 78 78 77 with repeat; Te Deum laudamus; attr. to St. Nicetas, ca. 335–414; Grosser Gott, wir loben dich; tr. ascr. to Ignaz Franz, 1719–1790; tr. by Clarence A. Walworth, 1820–1900. Music: Allgemeines Katholisches Gesangbuch, Vienna, ca. 1774. Psalm 19: Your Words Lord, Are Spirit and Life Text: John 6:63c; Psalm 19:8, 9, 10, 11, 15. Refrain text © 1969, 1981, 1997, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Verses text © 1970, 1997, 1998, CCD. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 1999, Bob Hurd. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved. Preparation: Open My Eyes Text: Based on Mark 8:22–25; Jesse Manibusan, b.1958 Tune: Jesse Manibusan, b.1958; acc. by Ed Bolduc, b.1969, choral arr. by Ken Canedo, b.1953 © 1988, 1998, 1999, Jesse Manibusan. Published by Spirit & Song, a division of OCP Communion: The Feast Meant For Everyone © 2019, Tom Booth and Sarah Hart. Published by Spirit & Song®, a division of OCP. All rights reserved Sending Forth: O God Beyond All Praising Text: Michael Perry, 1942–1996, © 1982, The Jubilate Group (admin. by Hope Publishing Company) Tune: THAXTED, 13 13 13 13 13 13; Gustav Holst, 1874–1934 Mass Setting: Mass of Renewal Text © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Music © 2009, Curtis Stephan. Published by OCP. All rights reserved. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this liturgy obtained from ONE LICENSE, License No. A-718591. www.HeartoftheNation.org