For Our Graduates
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To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for some benefit.[1 Corinthians 12: 7]
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You Did It!
Congratulations to all of our parishioners who are graduating from area high schools, trade schools, and colleges. Be proud of your achievements. We are!
Prayers and best wishes to you as you travel forward on the path of life. May the Lord continue to bless you and watch over you!
The readings and videos below have been selected for posting in hope of providing you with messages of wisdom and heartfelt sentiment that you may carry with you as you continue on your journey.
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Prayers for Our Graduates
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Opening Song: Trust in God
St. Paul Young Adult Choir and Ensemble
[Source: YouTube, 2019] -
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First Reading
[Proverbs 8: 32–35]
A reading from the Book of Proverbs.
‘Now, children, listen to me;
happy are they who keep my ways.
Listen to instruction and grow wise,
do not neglect it!
Happy the one who listens to me,
attending daily at my gates,
keeping watch at my doorposts;
For whoever finds me finds life
and wins favor from the LORD.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
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Responsorial Song:
Lead Me, Lord
J. D. Becker
[Source: YouTube, 2017] -
Lead me, Lord, lead me, Lord,
by the light of truth
to seek and to find the narrow way.
Be my way; be my truth; be my life, my Lord,
and lead me, Lord, today.
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Second Reading
[1 Corinthians 12: 4-13]
A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians.
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;
there are different forms of service but the same Lord;
there are different workings but the same God
who produces all of them in everyone.
To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for some benefit.
To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom;
to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit;
to another faith by the same Spirit;
to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit;
to another mighty deeds; to another prophecy;
to another discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues;
to another interpretation of tongues.
But one and the same Spirit produces all of these,
distributing them individually to each person as he wishes.
As a body is one though it has many parts,
and all the parts of the body, though many
are one body, so also Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons,
and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Gospel Acclamation
Notre Dame Women's Liturgical Choir
[Source: YouTube, 2014] -
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Gospel Reading
[Matthew 22: 34–40]
A reading from the holy gospel according to Matthew.
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees,
they gathered together,
and one of them [a scholar of the law] tested him by asking,
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.
The gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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To Graduates
A video talk
given by Fr. Mike Schmitz on
finding meaning in life by defining goals.
[Source: YouTube, 2018] -
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Closing Benediction:
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Wilberforce Upper School Choir
[Source: YouTube, 2020] -
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