Fr. Raja 25th Anniversary of Ordination Mass Guide

Dickinson Catholic Campus Ministry – DCCM 

Fr. Raja 25th Anniversary of Ordination and Farewell Mass

4th Sunday of Easter

April 25, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. EST

Please see Fr. Raja before or after Mass for confessions.

Announcements Before Mass 

-We welcome everyone who has joined us in-person and online 

-Our worship guide can be accessed through http://blogs.dickinson.edu/dccm. Scroll down on our home page to where it says, “Check Out the DCCM Blog and Worship Guides.” Click on the box with our Sunday Mass flier and that is where you will find our worship guide for today. 

-Please drop off your donation offering for DCCM in the wicker basket at the table in the back. 

-Please follow the instructions of our usher when it comes time for communion. 

-Please maintain social distancing and keep your mask above your nose and mouth while you are in your seat.

Opening Hymn – Here I am, Lord (Schutte)

First Reading – Acts 4:8-12

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said:
“Leaders of the people and elders:
If we are being examined today
about a good deed done to a cripple,
namely, by what means he was saved,
then all of you and all the people of Israel should know
that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean
whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead;
in his name this man stands before you healed.
He is the stone rejected by you, the builders,
which has become the cornerstone.
There is no salvation through anyone else,
nor is there any other name under heaven
given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm – Ps. 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29

R.  The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.
R.  The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and have been my savior.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done;
it is wonderful in our eyes.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;
we bless you from the house of the LORD.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and have been my savior.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
for his kindness endures forever.
R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.

Second Reading – 1 Jn. 3:1-2

A Reading from the First Letter of Saint John.

Beloved:
See what love the Father has bestowed on us
that we may be called the children of God.
Yet so we are.
The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now;
what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation – Jn. 10:14

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;
I know my sheep, and mine know me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel – Jn. 10:11-18

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. Glory to You, O Lord.

Jesus said:
“I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd
and whose sheep are not his own,
sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,
and the wolf catches and scatters them.
This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd,
and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father;
and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.
These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice,
and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own.
I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again.
This command I have received from my Father.”

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ.

Offertory Hymn – Psalm 23 (Haugen)

Communion Hymn – Surrexit Christus (Berthier)

Act of Spiritual Communion 

My Jesus, 
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. 
I love You above all things, 
and I desire to receive You into my soul. 
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, 
come at least spiritually into my heart. 
I embrace You as if You were already there 
and unite myself wholly to You. 
Never permit me to be separated from You. 

Amen. 

Announcements 

-If you were not here at the start of Mass to hear this announcement, please drop off your donation offering for DCCM in the wicker basket at the table in the back. If you are viewing online, you can go to our website at http://blogs.dickinson.edu and there is a donate tab there

-There are bags on the table in the back from the St. Patrick-DCCM campus ministry team. Each bag contains a book of prayers and a book on confession. Please feel free to take one as you pass by the table in the back.

-We also have new bibles and rosaries on the table in the back, so also feel free to take them for yourself and your friends.

-Fr. Raja 25th anniversary of ordination presentation and farewell

Closing Hymn – Be Not Afraid (Dufford)