St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
648 JAY ST., UTICA, NY 13501 – 315-735-1482
Au Fond Du Temple Saint (Bizet’s Friendship Duet from his opera “The Pearl Fishers”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGDAEc2-IQo This performance of the famous friendship duet, “From deep within the holy shrine” (au fond du temple saint) is sung by Robert McPherson and Jacques Imbrailo (English National Opera Company). Opera storyline: The life-long friendship of Nadir and Zurga has […]
For children Solomon Asks for Wisdom The Kingdom of Heaven The Pearl of Great Price https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDDTDtB3eBU Treasure In the Field The Parable of the Hidden Treasure Hidden Treasure & The Pearl of Great Price https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9asXYyjWAgA Kids telling Parables: Buried Treasure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKwq3VwH9_w For teens Solomon’s Temple Explained The Pearl of Great Price https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2UGbIktDWY The Hidden Treasure […]
Call to worship Today, we hear three parables about God’s generous, all-encompassing love. Each parable proclaims that the Kingdom of God is filled with mercy, acceptance and patience. We are called to be discern God’s will, to grow into mature disciples and to be open to the transformation to which God continually calls us. To […]
“Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves” (Vincent Van Gogh) A Proclamation an Explication of Wisdom Chapter 12 (Denise May) Versions of this week’s psalm These highlight the humility with which we can approach God’s generous goodness and forgiveness. “Lord You Are Good and Forgiving” Psalm 86: You Alone Are God (video meditation by Jason Silver) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EINO6qQsrAA Romans […]
Call to worship God is like a generous, wasteful farmer or gardener — throwing seed all over good and bad ground. God plants so generously in order to insure that there is growth and that life comes to fruition. Today’s scriptures call us to receive the seeds of God’s bountiful love in the rich soil […]
“Van Gogh: The Sower” Van Gogh’s “The Sower of Seed” In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh painted a series of pictures of a lonely figure moving across a plowed field, a favorite subject of the artist: a broad gesture of the right hand indicates that sowing is taking place. The real protagonist of the paintings, which […]
Call to worship Jesus came to bring us peace. He offered his light yoke for our shoulders to carry that we might carry God’s peace to all people. Our own Baptism invites us to share in the intimacy of God’s family, to carry God’s gentle spirit within us and to embrace the mysteries of the […]
Meditations on this week’s gospel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45j196vUGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbP2VVjQb2Q Gospel for children Music that celebrates this week’s message “Come to Me” (Weston Priory) “Come To Me O Weary Traveler” “Come to Me” (Haas) “Come To Me All Who Are Weary” (Schutte) “I Will Give You Rest” (Haas) “Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord” (Elijah — Felix Mendelssohn)
Today’s scriptures call us to open our hearts in radical ways, such as the prominent woman in today’s first reading who adds a room to her house for the holy prophet. But Jesus demands even more of his disciples. They must love him over their parents. They must be ready to let go of tradition […]
Homilies and reflections Sister Laudem Gloriae Two-minute homily The Rev. Adrian Farrelly Catholic Women Preach Crista Carrick Mahoney The First Reading (2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a) Elisha & the Shunammite Woman Life Lessons from a Shunammite Woman By DeVonne White Lesson 1: Take Time for Hospitality This woman’s miraculous story would have never happened if she had […]