Petitions

Response—Come, Holy Spirit, be our inner strength

Closing Comments: Kurt Mikuta

Closing Song: Hosea

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entrance into church and in front of the music section.

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Lenten Experience.” Thank you for your generosity!

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

7:00pm

St. Bernard Catholic Church

Finding Your Inner Strength

Tonight’s Speaker:

Corinne Cirillo

Greeting and Remarks: Kurt Mikuta

Opening Hymn: Please stand.

Strength for the Journey Words and Music by Michael John Poirier

REFRAIN:

I will be, I will be, I will be strength for the journey!

I will be, I will be, I will be strength for the journey!

There is a road meant for you to travel.

Narrow and steep is the shepherd’s way,

And as you say, “Yes,” letting me guide you,

I will be strength for the journey! (To Refrain…)

There is a cross meant for you to carry, there is a cross meant for you alone. And as you bow down in humble surrender I will be strength for the journey. (To Refrain…)

How many times have you doubted my word? How many times must I call your name? And as you say, “Yes,” letting me love you, I will be strength for the journey. (To Refrain…)

Prayer for Strength and Guidance

Led by Fr. Joe McCormick, OSA

Lord, I reach out to you for your guidance.

Please show me which way to turn.

Calm my anxious thoughts, come speak into my mind.

Strengthen me as I falter and feel weary.

May I feel strength rising up within my heart.

Bring clarity into my visions and dreams.

I trust that you are with me, no matter where I go,

or what I decide to do. You journey with me always. Amen.

Scripture Reading: Mary Jo O’Connor John 14:25-29 Introduction of Speaker: Fr. Joe McCormick, OSA

Tonight’s Speaker:

Corinne Cirillo—Finding Your Inner Strength Reflection Song: Wonderfully Made by Paulo K. Tirol I've seen ev'ry tear that you've cried, The fears and the failures you struggle to hide. The worthiness doubted beneath all that pride, The visions and dreams left behind. I know your remorse and regret, The secrets and stories you ache to forget. So many people you'd die to be yet I choose you, I choose you. Do you know why I choose you? I choose you! Refrain If only you could see yourself the way that I do, And know yourself the way I know you. Then you'd love yourself As somebody who is wonderfully made! Wonderfully made are you! How faultless you are in my eyes, So gentle and guiltless, so perfect and prized! There's so much to love that you don't realize, My child, My beloved, My pride! A future with so much in store, A gift those around you are so grateful for! Nothing can alter that forevermore! I'd choose you, I'd choose you! Do you know why I'd choose you? I'd choose you! (To Refrain) Forever and ever I'd choose you, Just as you are, I'd choose you! Again and again, I would choose you! Wonderfully made, Wonderfully made! Wonderfully made are you!