[Students] In nomine patris Et filus Et spiritus sancti Introibo ad altere dei Amen [Priest] I want to welcome all of you back I hope Christmas was a time of great joy for you and your families Today is the Feast of the Epiphany The celebration of the arrival of the three wise men To pay homage to the baby Jesus I want you to imagine what that journey must have been like A journey resting entirely on fate That they would know where they were going once they arrived Imagine what a joy it must have been for them To finally reach their destination Seniors, you're coming to an end of your time at St. Cecelia's You've lived together, studied together And most importantly, prayed together Strength for the journey We begin in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit Let us take a moment now to call to mind those times When we have fallen from God's grace I confess [Students] To almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters That I have sinned through my own fault In my thoughts and in my words, in what I have Done and in what I have failed to do And I ask the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, all the angels and saints And you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God Yes, pray for him, to the Lord, your God! One of these boys just ain't like the others Loathes his female singers, loves to cook Looks around in gym, it pleases him Thoughts enslave him Somebody save him 'Cause he knows that he is taking chances And he knows that his romance is doomed He sacrificed his soul to feed his vice Heaven severed, hell is forever Dig down deep and save your soul Grave mistakes will take their toll Every sin is entered in Heaven comes with discipline [Peter] But it doesn't all make sense what I feel is real [Students] No more dodging, God is watching His eye is on the lowly sparrow The road is long, the path is narrow And his mother, God how she will suffer Will your father break to bare the shame? Yes you were a force in their divorce! Trust the shepherd; God make an effort! Will you drag that poor boy down there with you? He's unsure and you can't change his mind! If you love him so, you'll let him go! Life is choices lead by our voices! Dig down deep and save your soul Grave mistakes will take their toll Every sin is entered in Heaven comes with discipline [Peter] But it doesn't all make sense, if the love is strong! [Students] No more dodging, God is watching His eye is on the lowly sparrow The road is long, the path is narrow [Claire] Our first reading today is the story of how Despite the best efforts of a single mother A child can still go horribly, horribly wrong For his eighth birthday, Peter asked for an Easy Bake Oven His father asked for a divorce To me, the link between those two events was as strong As Peter's attraction to my makeup table We sent him to Catholic boarding school, thinking it might help But, when he met his roommate Jason, the two of them locked eyes And I said to myself, 'Claire, you wanted grandchildren? Instead you're going to get ambiguous Christmas cards from South Beach [Diane] Please join us in singing our offertory hymn, number 279, 'A Bender Among Us' There's a bender among us, he must be exposed Or he'll kidnap our children and take off their clothes There's a bender among us, there's pink in our flock A boy without conscience, whose led by his [Claire] Cockamamie, pure cockamamie that this isn't a choice! Don't do this to me, Peter [Priest] The peace of the Lord be with you always And also with you Let us offer each other a sign of Christ's peace This is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world Happy are those who are called to this table [Peter] Lord I am not worthy to receive you But only say the word and I shall be [Students] Lord he is not worthy to receive you [Peter] Father? [Priest] Not at a funeral, Peter [Matt] I'd like to start with just a If we could take a moment If maybe we were silent Or we had spoken [Peter] Mom? What is it? Ivy? Nadia? Matt? Is it I? Lord, is it I? [Students] Timothy, Romans, Corinthians, Leviticus Hate the sinner, hate the sin! Created in his image Abomination! Bear, the cross! [Priest] Let us go forth in peace, to love and serve the Lord [Students] Thanks be to God