Daily TV Mass Wednesday May 6, 2026

Fr. Peter Turrone

Transcript

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From the St. Ignatius Chapel at the Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Center in Pickering, Ontario. The National Catholic Broadcasting Council presents the Daily TV Mass.

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Welcome to the celebration of the Daily TV Mass. I'm Father Peter Turonen. The televising of this Mass is made possible by the contribution from Catherine and J.J. Gillette from Vero Beach, Florida. This Mass is offered for the deceased and living members of their family. On behalf of all who are gathered for this sacred celebration, we thank Catherine and JJ for the gift of this Mass. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The Lord be with you.

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And with your Spirit.

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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. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.

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Lord have mercy.

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Let us pray. O God, eternal shepherd of the faithful, who sent Blessed Francois de Laval as bishop to extend the dominion of Christ to the people of Canada. Grant through his intercession that we may strive always to keep and to put into practice the faith which with unquenchable zeal he strove to proclaim. 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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Amen. A reading from the second letter of Paul to Timothy. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you, proclaim the message, be persistent, whether the time is favorable or unfavorable. Convince, rebuke, and encourage with the utmost patience in teaching. For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths. As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully. The word of the Lord.

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Say among the nations, the Lord is king, the world is firmly established, it shall never be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity. And my know me Alleluia Hallelujah.

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A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. Jesus said to the Pharisees, I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away. And the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because the hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me. Just as the father knows me and I know the father. I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. The Gospel of the Lord. I know my own, and my own know me. The Lord says so many beautiful things in Scripture, and everything he says is always tied to from the New Testament to the Old Testament. And when we hear at a certain point when the Lord is speaking to the prophets of the time and saying, Look, care for my people, and they weren't doing what they were supposed to. The Lord said, I myself will come and shepherd my people. And we can see this beautiful prophecy being fulfilled in Christ. So he says, I am. So over and over we keep hearing, I am, I am. And I've mentioned before, and many others have as well. So the I am brings us back to the moment when the Lord speaks through the burning bush to Moses. I am who I am. And he now he reveals one aspect of that remarkable identity. And he says, I am the good shepherd. So what does it mean to be a good shepherd? Well, I don't know how many people have had experience of caring for animals. Again, I was a missionary in Mongolia. I I didn't care for the lambs and things, but I would see them and I'd see the goats and I'd see how they reacted with the shepherds. For us, they would ignore us totally, but once the shepherd or the shepherdess would call them, they would come forth. There was this familiarity between them. So Jesus is saying that he is the good shepherd. He we belong to him, we're his sheep, and he owns us, and he owns us, he bought us through the shedding of his blood, right, as we hear in scripture. So by his passion, his death, his resurrection, right, and his ascension into heaven, by taking us all for himself, we belong to him. And as a shepherd, it means that a shepherd is someone who's taking us on a journey. So we don't just kind of stand there stagnant in our lives, but the Lord came to take us somewhere. And where is that? He came to take us to heaven, to prepare us for the new heavens and the new earth. And he leads us through this life. And he leads us through our baptism, through the sacraments, through reconciliation. When we're lost, he comes to take us and gather us back in the fold. He offers himself to us in the Eucharist, he gives himself to us fully. So he's present and he knows us by name. He knows us by name. So somebody who does something for work, right, if it's a job, it's a different experience than when you're giving your life to this purpose, to this mission, because you're willing to suffer for them. You're willing to lay down your life for them. It's very different than to kind of doing what you have to do and then leaving afterwards. The Lord doesn't do that. And the sheep know when somebody does something, when they're there for a job, as opposed to someone who is the shepherd of this flock, in this case, for the community, for the church. When we hear Jesus when he speaks, so we can see in him, again, the perfect example for all of us, right? So what it means to lay down one's life. And the laying down of one's life, as Paul tells Timothy, will always involve suffering. So it always involves suffering. So why is there this element of suffering? Why does St. Paul say that? Well, think about it. If you do something just for work, and you're doing something just so you can get paid, then you're not really, you could be doing an incredible job, but are you putting your whole life and your heart into your work? That's something to think about, especially when this regards to ministry, when it regards to the matters of the faith. But when you do something, when you love someone, so when you love God, and then you love the people that you're called to shepherd on his behalf, then that means that there's a risk. And that risk is that it's going to be rejected. So anyone who's tried to love recognizes that you're going to suffer. So it's laying down one's life. Paul says, Take part of this suffering for the sake of the gospel. So we have, by no other thing, other than the grace of God, not because we deserve it, but the Lord lays his life down, he gives himself to us this grace, this new life. So we're called to go and to proclaim this to others. So when you're in love with someone and you've come to discover the precious pearl, you want to share that with other people. But what happens? Well, there's going to be times when other people are going to be cold or indifferent or very angry. So Jesus experienced that himself as God in the flesh. How much more are his disciples and those he sends off on his behalf in the world? St. Paul says, look, he goes, do the right thing. Go and preach what has been handed on to us. There were people, there will be people that are going to accept it, and there are other people that will reject it, or they'll be angry about it. So why is that? Well, you look back 2,000 years ago, you look back what's happening in society nowadays. So you can look and see, well, look, there is this, there's this anger at times that is being directed towards the church. Because the good news, which is good but is not easy, calls us to question how we live and how we think. And as St. Paul was saying, and as we can see experience today, people want, some people are not always interested in the truth. They want novel ideas. It just sounds the same. As one young man said to me, and a good guy, but still confused and trying to find his way, he said to me, Yeah, he goes, I've heard it all before. I know the gospel inside out. It's like, well, to hear the gospel is one thing, to listen to it is another. And the message is coming from God. It's the Lord Himself who speaks. And what he has to say is beautiful, and he's the one that gives us life. So, but we have to look to the Lord. Because if we don't have Jesus in the center of our lives, my brothers and sisters, who are we going to be following? Social media? Influencers? That's the reality. People can say, and I've heard many people say to me, Oh, the church wants to control your life, our lives. The church doesn't want us to have this freedom. No, no. The church wants to preserve our freedom. And that's why she speaks the truth and charity, and she does it with humility and with patience. And yeah, we're going to be rejected, but that's life. The thing is, we pray for our brothers and sisters who reject the message, but we know that the message is life because it's God who's speaking. These are not the opinions of people, but it's God Himself. And the Lord continues to send men and women. In this case, he sent Saint Francois de Laval, this great man who was in France. He's the patron of the bishops in Canada. Like you look at his life. So he lived a relatively comfortable life for the 17th century in France. Came from a noble family, a good and a holy man. But what happened? You can see a man with a heart for God. Because when he's reading these testimonies of the Jesuit martyrs in Canada, he was so moved by their experiences that he said, I have this desire to go. I want to go. But as we heard in the collect in the opening prayer, we heard very clearly. So the desire that he had in his heart did not just come from anywhere. It was the Holy Spirit inside of him that was working. And we said, I prayed, it was the Father who sent him to Canada. So the Father inspired Saint Francois de Laval to want to come here. And he did, and he came to this vast new territory. And Jesus says in the gospel, he goes, look, he goes, I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So Saint Francois de Laval was sent by God to Canada, where he labored for many years, the vast, the most vastest territory in North America that he was in charge of, and he did it with complete and total fidelity. He did it with a deep love for God and for the people that he served. And he did it with a lot of suffering, but it with great love. And he understood what it meant to follow the to follow Jesus, because he was such a good shepherd because he followed the good shepherd, and he followed the example of St. Paul. In the letter and in the instructions that he wrote to his missionaries, he wrote something in 1668. And again, you can this is like something inspired directly from St. Paul and from the Lord himself. He says, we must earn love through gentleness, patience, and charity. Through gentleness, patience, and charity. So we must speak the truth in charity, gentleness, and with great patience. In the same way the Good Shepherd is patient with us, we must be patient with other people, but we still must proclaim the fullness of the message. So I encourage you, pray for our bishops, pray for that they have the strength and the peace. They do so much work, so many things behind the scenes that we're not aware of. But we need to sustain them as the body of Christ through our sacrifices, our fasts, our prayers, the rosary, and the Eucharist, that God give them strength and peace to know how to proclaim the world, the message to the world that is hurting and yet so desperately needs the Good Shepherd. Let's now raise our hearts and our minds to our beloved Father and pray for the universal church. The response is Lord, hear our prayer.

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Lord, hear our prayer.

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For all those in our daily TV Mass Prayer Intentions book, we pray to the Lord.

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Lord, hear our prayer.

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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.

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Lord, hear our prayer.

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For the bishops of Canada, that the Lord will grant them strength and peace and courage, every gift and fruit and abundance and new charisms as they proclaim the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ to all Canadians. For this we pray to the Lord.

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Lord, hear our prayer.

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And we pray for all missionaries sent by the Father throughout the world to distant lands where they do not yet know Christ, that the people will come to be open to their message of peace and salvation, and the Lord will grant the missionaries themselves protection from all spiritual, physical, and moral evil. For this we pray to the Lord.

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Lord, hear our prayer.

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Lord of all creation, hear the prayers we unite with the sacrifice which your Son gave us as his new and eternal covenant. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

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Amen.

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Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation, and for through your goodness we have received the bread that we offer you, the fruit of the earth and work of human hands will become for us the bread of life.

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Blessed be God forever.

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Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. For through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you, a fruit of the vine, a work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.

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Blessed be God forever.

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Spirit of God, by you, Lord, our sacrifice, our sight, this day be pleasing too, Lord God.

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Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.

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May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of God's name, for our good and the Holy Church.

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Look with favor, O Lord, we pray, on the offerings we set upon this sacred altar on the feast day of Blessed Francois de la Valle, that bestowing on us your pardon, our oblations may give honor to your name through Christ our Lord.

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Amen.

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The Lord be with you. Lift up your hearts.

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We let the walks of the Lord.

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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 above all, to lodge 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 has destroyed our death, by rising restored our life. Therefore, overcome with paschal joy. Every land, every people exalts in your praise, and even the heavenly powers with angelic hosts sing together the unending hymn of your glory as they acclaim.

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Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts, heaven and earth my father. Love your glory. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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Make holy, therefore, these gifts we pray, by sending down your spirit upon them like the dew form, 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 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. The mystery of faith.

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We proclaim your death, oh Lord, and profess your physiction until you come again.

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Therefore, 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 to Duafel that's worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly we pray that 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, her Pope and Francis, her 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, who blessed Joseph, her spouse, with the blessed apostles, with Saint Fraud Saint Francois de Laval, and with all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages. We may merit to be co-heirs to eternal life and may praise and glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ. Through him and with him and in him, O God, Almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours for ever and ever. At the Savior's command, informed by divine teaching, we dare to say, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy 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.

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For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever.

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Lord 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 our church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will, who live and reign forever and ever.

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Amen.

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The peace of the Lord be with you always.

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And with your spirit.

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Let us offer each other the sign of peace. Peace. Peace. Peace.

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Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Love God, you take away the sins of the world. Love God, you take away the sins of the world. Grant us peace.

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Behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

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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.

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Renewed by the sacred mysteries, we humbly pray, O Lord, that following the example of Blessed Francois de Laval, we may strive to profess what he believed and to practice what he taught through Christ our Lord.

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Amen.

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The Lord be with you.

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And with your spirit.

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Amen. Go in peace.

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Peace be to God.

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