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Daily TV Mass
Sunday Daily TV Mass Sunday May 3, 2026
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Fr. Peter Jae Choi
From the St. Ignatius Chapel at the Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Center in Pickering, Ontario. The National Catholic Broadcasting Council presents the Sunday TV Mass.
SPEAKER_06Welcome to the celebration of the Sunday TV Mass on the fifth Sunday of Easter. I am Father Peter J. Choi. The televising of this Mass is made possible by the contribution from an anonymous donor from Brancheton, Ontario. This Mass is offered for living and deceased family members, for the return of our children to the faith, for the souls in purgatory who have no one to pray for them, and in thanksgiving for the daily TV Mass. Our thanks to our donors for the gift of the televising of this Mass to the faithful of Canada and for all those around the world. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
SPEAKER_05And in your spirit.
SPEAKER_06Brothers and sisters, let us call to mind our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. I confess to Almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, in what I have failed to do. Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I ask, Blessed Mary Ever Virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
SPEAKER_05Amen.
SPEAKER_06Lord have mercy.
SPEAKER_05Lord have mercy.
SPEAKER_06Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.
SPEAKER_05Lord have mercy.
SPEAKER_06Glory to God in the highest. And on earth, peace to people of goodwill. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory. Lord God, Heavenly King, O God Almighty Father, Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. You take away the sins of the world. Receive our prayer. You are seated at the right hand of the Father. Have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One. You alone are the Lord. You alone are the Most High Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Let us pray. Almighty, ever-living God, constantly accomplish the paschal mystery within us, that those who are pleased to make new in holy baptism may under your protective care bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.
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SPEAKER_00A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Now, during those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. And the twelve called together the whole community of the disciples and said, It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables. Therefore, brothers, select from among yourselves seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this task, while we for our part will devote ourselves to prayer and to serving the word. What they said pleased the community, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Procorus, Nicono, Timon, Parmenus, and Nicholas, a convert of Antioch. They had these men stand before the apostles who prayed and laid their hands on them. But the word of God continued to spread. The number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith, the word of the Lord.
SPEAKER_03Praise the Lord with the laugh. Make melody to him with a harp of ten strings. Let your love be upon us, Lord, even as we hope in you.
SPEAKER_00A reading from the first letter of Saint Peter. Beloved, come to the Lord, a living stone, though rejected by human beings, yet chosen and precious in God's sight. Like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in the scripture. See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a corner stone, chosen and precious. And whoever believes in him will not be put to shame. To you then who believe, he is precious. But for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner, and a stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall. They stumble because they disobey the word as they were destined to do. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. The word of the Lord.
SPEAKER_03No one comes to the Father except through me.
SPEAKER_06The Lord be with you. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. Jesus said to his disciples, Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I'm going. Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you're going. How can we know the way? Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on, you do know him and have seen him. Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied. Jesus said to him, Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you mean how can you say, Show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me. But if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do, and in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father, the gospel of the Lord. A Rabbi once asked his students, How do we know when the night has ended and the day has begun? The students understood the importance of this question, as there are prayers and rituals that can only be done some at night time and others during the day. So the first and the brightest of the students offered his answer, Rabbi, when I look out at the fields and I can distinguish between my field and the field of my neighbor, that's when the night has ended and the day has begun. Then the second student offered his answer, Rabbi, when I look from the fields and I see a house and I can tell that's that if it's my house and not the house of my neighbor, that's when the night has ended and the day has begun. A third student offered another answer. Rabbi, when I see an animal in the distance and I can tell what kind of animal it is, whether a cow or a horse or a sheep, that's when the night has ended and the day has begun. And the fourth student offered it another answer. Rabbi, when I see a flower and I can make out the colors of the flower, whether they are red or yellow or blue, that's when night has ended and day has begun. Looking very sad and it's disappointed with the answers, the rabbi finally interrupted them and said, I don't think any of you understood the question. You only divide. You divide your house from the house of your neighbor, your field from your neighbor's field. You distinguish one kind of animal from another, you separate one color from all the others. Is that all we can do? Dividing, separating, splitting the world into pieces? Isn't the world broken enough? Isn't the world world split into enough fragments? One of the students asked, Rabbi, please tell us, how do we know that night has ended and the day has begun? The Rabbi replied with a gentle and yet firm tone of voice. Then finally the night has ended and the day has begun. Unfortunately, the world today has become so divided. We do not love and forgive each other. We turn our neighborhood and workplaces and our homes into unsafe and even dangerous places to be. Based on the first reading, the early church's missions were, firstly, to proclaim the good news of salvation to the ends of the earth, and secondly, to put faith into action and help those who are in need. But the truth is, morality cannot be legislated. That is why Jesus became one of us, not only to die for our sins, but also to leave us an example of what we should do. Apostle James taught us that true faith has to be backed up with our actions. Wishing someone well isn't enough. We have to roll up our sleeves and help those who are desperately in need. Jesus taught us to love one another as he has loved us. Remember, Jesus said, Whatever you do to the least brothers and sisters of mine, you do it to me. Love without counting the cost and give sacrificially. Many Christians through the centuries have tried to do exactly that. The church built hospitals to take care of the sick, the church built schools and universities, educating them in order to lift them out of poverty. The church has supported the widows and the orphans and the needy when there was no government or social program to take care of those who are neglected. Even to our present day, Christians raise more money to help people throughout the world. Christian organizations feed most starving people than any other organizations. And whenever this disaster strikes, Christians not only provide relief through donation, but they also take time off their jobs to volunteer. And this is what I learned while I was doing research for today's homily. Who is more likely to help those who are in need? The answer is Christians. But not all Christians give equally. According to John Plake, the chief innovating officer of American Bible Society, 87% of Christians, both Catholics and Protestants, who attend the church at least once a month and say that their faith is very important in their lives, donate to church and for nonprofit organizations. The American Bible Society also found that going to church and reading the Bible regularly makes people more generous. Not only are they more generous, but being generous actually makes them happier. Obviously, we have many problems in our society, and those problems won't go away anytime soon. What this means is the problems we have in our world today are the tasks that God has given us. I came across this beautiful poem called Who Will Answer? I asked our Lord to do something about the sick and the dying. So it was crippled with disease, and he asked me, Will you comfort one? I asked our Lord to do something about thousands who starve to death every day, and he asked me, Will you feed one? I asked our Lord to love the people who seem so different from myself, and he asked me, Will you love one? I asked our Lord to do something about those who have no rights to speak out for justice, and he asked me, Will you speak for one? I asked our Lord to do something about the thousands of abandoned children in city streets, and he asked me, Will you protect one? In the streets and alleys I saw children naked, hungry, and cold. In my anger I asked God, Why do you allow such things? Why don't you do something? He replied, I did something. I made you. As long as we see the world in forms of division, we'll continue to live in the dark. Daytime begins when we can see each other through the eyes of God who loves us. My prayer to you is as Dorothy, they prayed, Lord, give us our daily bread to the hungry, and hunger for you to those who have bread to eat. Let us profess our faith together. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into heaven. On the third day he rose again from the dead, he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, a life everlasting. Amen. For all those in our daily TV Mass Prayer Intentions book, we pray to the Lord. Lord, hear our prayer. Throughout this 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. Lord God, we have presented to you all our needs. We ask you to grant them through Christ our Lord.
SPEAKER_05Amen.
SPEAKER_06O God, who by the wonderful exchange affected in this sacrifice, have made us partakers of the one supreme Godhead. Grant, we pray that as we have come to know your truth, we may make it ours by a worthy way of life through Christ our Lord. Amen. The Lord be with you.
SPEAKER_05And he is your spirit.
SPEAKER_06Lift 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 of all to lodger yet more gloriously, when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed. For he is the true Lamb who has taken away the sins of the world. By dying he has destroyed our death, and by rising restored our life. Therefore, overcomet paschal joy every land, every people exalts in your praise. And even the heavenly powers with the angelic hosts sing together the unending hymn of your glory as they acclaim.
SPEAKER_03Holy, holy, holy God of host. In the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the You are indeed holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.
SPEAKER_06Make holy, therefore, these gifts we pray, by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewful, 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 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 the 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.
SPEAKER_04The mystery of faith.
SPEAKER_06Therefore, 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 the 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, our Pope, and Francis, our bishop, and all the clergy. Remember also our brothers and sisters, 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, with blessed Joseph Herspouse, with the Blessed Apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may marry to be coheres to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ.
SPEAKER_04Through him and with him and in him, O God Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours forever and ever.
SPEAKER_02Amen. Amen.
SPEAKER_06Thy 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 trespass 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 Savior, Jesus Christ.
SPEAKER_05Amen and forever.
SPEAKER_06Lord 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 her peace and unity in accordance with your will, who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. The peace of the Lord be with you always. And with your spirit. Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
SPEAKER_03Lamb God, you take away the sins of the world. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. You take away the sins of the world.
SPEAKER_06Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
SPEAKER_05Lord, I am Lord that you should enter my Lord.
SPEAKER_01Please join me now in this act of spiritual communion. 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.
SPEAKER_06Let us pray. Graciously be present to your people, we pray, O Lord, and lead those you have imbued with heavenly mysteries to pass from former ways to newness of life through Christ our Lord.
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SPEAKER_06The Lord be with you.
SPEAKER_05And with your spirit.
SPEAKER_06Almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Go in the peace of Christ.
SPEAKER_05Thank you to God.
SPEAKER_01Our thanks to our donor for the gift of this mass.
SPEAKER_05We never reach the sleep. We never reach us asleep. We never read the sleep.