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Missionaries of the Precious Blood
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
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OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE
MISSIONARIES OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD
February
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4
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Saint Maria de Mattias, virgin
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memorial (p. 3)
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Foundress of
the Congregation of the Sisters
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Adorers of the
Blood of Christ
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May
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12
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of
Mercy
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optional
memorial (p. 9)
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24
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of
Christians
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memorial
(p. 15)
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Secondary
Patron of the Congregation
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July
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1
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The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord
Jesus Christ
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solemnity
(p. 21)
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Titular
Solemnity of the Congregation
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September
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15
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Our Lady of Sorrows,
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memorial
(p. 27)
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“Woman of the
New Covenant”
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October
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21
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Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, priest
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solemnity
(p. 35)
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Founder of the
Congregation
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December
3
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Saint Francis Xavier, priest
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feast (p. 41)
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Patron of the
Congregation
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OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE
SISTERS ADORERS OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
February
4 Saint Maria de Mattias, virgin solemnity (p. 3)
Foundress of the
Congregation
May
24 The Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians memorial (p. 15)
July
1 The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord
Jesus Christ solemnity (p. 21)
Titular
Solemnity of the Congregation
September
15 Our Lady of Sorrows, solemnity (p. 27)
“Woman of the
New Covenant”
Patron of the
Congregation
October
21 Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, priest feast (p. 35)
Inspirer of the
Congregation
Founder of the
Congregation of the Missionaries
of the Most
Precious Blood
December
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Saint Francis Xavier, priest
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memorial feast (p. 41)
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Secondary
Patron of the Congregation
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SAINT MARIA DE MATTIAS, VIRGIN
Foundress of Congregation of the
Sisters
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
Solemnity for ASC
Memorial for C.PP.S.
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON All you peoples, clap your hands,
shout to God
with cries of gladness.
The Lord, our God has visited and
redeemed us,
in his Son,
Jesus Christ.
Ps
47: 1; 99: 2; Lk 1: 68
The Gloria is said where solemnity is celebrated
OPENING PRAYER
Father most holy, who in your loving plan
adorned Saint Maria De Mattias
with exceptional gifts of grace
so that in the Church she might be
a witness to the blood of Christ;
grant that, through her intercession,
we may
faithfully adore
the Lamb without blemish who died and rose for us, celebrate with thanksgiving
the new and eternal covenant in his blood
and with zeal
proclaim to all peoples the power of the love of Christ crucified. Through our
Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
FIRST READING
The word of the
Lord was addressed to me.
A reading from
the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 1:4–9
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The word of the
LORD came to me thus: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you
were born I dedicated you,
a prophet to the nations I appointed
you.
“Ah, Lord GOD!” I said,
“I know not how to speak; I am too
young.”
But the Lord answered me,
Say not, “I am too young.”
To whomever I
send you, you shall go; whatever I command you, you shall speak. Have no fear
before them,
because I am with you to deliver you,
says the LORD.
Then the Lord
extended his hand and touched my mouth saying, See, I place my words in your
mouth!
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps. 63: 2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8,
9
R.
Lord,
give us the joy of proclaiming your word.
O God, you are my God whom I seek;
for you my flesh pines and my soul
thirsts
like the earth, parched, lifeless and
without water. R.
Thus have I
gazed toward you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory,
For your
kindness is a greater good than life; my lips shall glorify you. R.
Thus will I bless you while I live;
lifting up my hands, I will call upon
your name.
As with the riches of a banquet
shall my soul be satisfied,
and with exultant lips my mouth shall
praise you. R.
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and through the night-watches I will
meditate on you:
you are my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I shout
for joy. R.
My soul clings fast to you;
your right hand upholds me. R.
SECOND READING
You are redeemed
with the Precious Blood of Christ, as of a spotless unblemished Lamb.
A reading from
the first Letter of Saint Peter 1: 16–21
Beloved, thus
says the Lord: “You will be holy, because I am holy.” If you invoke as Father
him who judges impartially according to each one’s works,
conduct
yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning, realizing that
you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors,
not with
perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as
of a spotless unblemished Lamb.
He was known
before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, who
through him believe in God
who raised him
from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
The word of the Lord.
VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL
From the Easter Sequence
R.
Alleluia,
alleluia.
Tell us, Mary:
what did you see along the way?
“The tomb of the living Christ, the
glory of Christ arisen.”
R.
Alleluia.
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She went
immediately and announced to the disciples: “I have seen the Lord.”
A reading from
the holy Gospel according to John 20: 1–2, 11–18
On the first day of the week, Mary
Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the
tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other
disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the
tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.”
Mary stayed
outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb and saw
two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where
the Body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, “Woman, why are
you weeping?”
She said to them, “They have taken my
Lord, and I don’t know where they laid him.”
When she had
said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was
Jesus.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you
weeping?
Whom are you looking for?”
She thought it
was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where
you laid him,
and I will take him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and
said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbounì,” which means “Teacher.”
Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to
me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
‘I am going to my Father and your
Father,
to my God and your God.’”
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and then reported what he told her.
The Gospel of the Lord.
The Profession of Faith is said where solemnity
is celebrated
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Let the dew of your Spirit, O Lord,
descend upon
these gifts that we devoutly offer you on the feast of Saint Maria De Mattias,
and grant that,
purified by the Blood of the Lamb, like her, we may be consumed by apostolic
love. Through Christ our Lord.
PREFACE
The mission of
Saint Maria De Mattias
V.
The
Lord be with you.
R.
And with your spirit.
V.
Lift
up your hearts.
R.
We lift them up to the Lord.
V.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
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our duty and our salvation,
always and
everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
through Christ our Lord.
You, Father, are the source of life and font of holiness;
in your
providential love, you chose Saint Maria De Mattias and adorned her with the
gifts of the Spirit, so that in the Church, she might be
a herald of the light of the divine
Word,
a messenger of reconciliation and
peace,
a fearless
witness of the Precious Blood of Christ, and of the salvific glory of the
cross.
In her life you
offered us a sign of your love for the poor, for sinners, for exiles and the
excluded.
Her example encourages us
to travel the highways of the world
directing our steps toward you.
And so, with all the angels and saints,
we sing the hymn of your praise
and acclaim without end:
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Blessed are those who have been called
to the wedding feast of the Lamb. Rv. 19: 9
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
May the Body and Blood of Christ,
which we have
joyfully received on the feast of Saint Maria De Mattias, sustain us, as we
journey toward the heavenly homeland, so that our lives may become
an unending hymn of praise
and an everlasting thanks-offering.
Through Christ our Lord.
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THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF
MERCY (1)
Optional Memorial for C.PP.S.
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Hail, Queen of mercy,
glorious Mother
of Christ,
comfort of the repentant and hope of the
poor.
OPENING PRAYER
O God, whose
mercy is without measure, through the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
mother of mercy,
grant that we
may know your loving kindness on earth and come at last to the glory of heaven.
We make our
prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Or :
All-holy Father,
hear the prayers of your children,
weighed down by our sinfulness,
as we turn to you and call upon the
merciful love
that moved you
to send your Son as Savior of the world and to enthrone holy Mary as queen of
mercy.
We make our
prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
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God, rich in
mercy.
From the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians.
2: 4–10
My brothers and sisters, God, who is
rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead
in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ, raised us up with him,
and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come
he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in
Christ Jesus.
For
by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the
gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast. For we are his
handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in
advance, that we should live in them.
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 103
R.
The
Lord’s mercy is everlasting.
Bless the Lord, my soul;
all my being, bless his holy name!
Bless the Lord, my soul;
do not forget all the gifts of God. R.
Who pardons all your sins,
heals all your ills,
delivers your life from the pit,
surrounds you with love and compassion.
R.
The Lord does righteous deeds,
brings justice to all the oppressed.
Merciful and gracious is the Lord,
slow to anger, abounding in kindness. R.
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As a father has
compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on the faithful. But the
Lord’s kindness is forever, He favors the children’s children
of those who keep his covenant. R.
VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL
R.
Alleluia,
alleluia.
Hail, Mother of the Lord,
queen of mercy,
you are comfort for the world
and hope for the downcast.
R.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL
From generation
to generation his mercy is on those who fear him.
A reading from
the holy Gospel according to Luke 1: 39–55
During those
days, Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and
blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your
greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you
who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."
And Mary said:
“My soul
proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior.
For
he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages
call me blessed. The Mighty One has done great things for me,
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His mercy is from age to age
to those who fear him.
He has shown might with his arm,
dispersed the arrogant of mind and
heart.
He has thrown
down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.
The hungry he
has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty. He has helped
Israel his servant,
remembering his mercy,
according to his promise to our
fathers,
to Abraham and to his descendants
forever.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Lord,
receive the gift of your people,
and grant that as we look up
to the Blessed
Virgin, mother of mercy, we may show ourselves merciful to others and receive
your pardon toward us. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
PREFACE
Mary queen of
compassion and mother of mercy
V.
The
Lord be with you.
R.
And with your spirit.
V.
Lift
up your hearts.
R.
We lift them up to the Lord.
V.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
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we do well always and everywhere
to give you thanks,
and, as we celebrate the memory of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
to proclaim with fitting praise
the greatness of your name.
She is the gracious queen
who has herself
uniquely known your loving kindness and stretches out her arms
to embrace all who take refuge in her
and call upon her help in their
distress.
She is the mother of mercy,
always attentive
to the voice of her children, seeking to win your compassion for them, and
asking your forgiveness for their sins.
She is the handmade of your love,
never ceasing to pray for us to your
Son
that he may
enrich our poverty with his grace and strengthen our weakness with his power.
Through him the angels of heaven
offer their prayer of adoration
as they rejoice in your presence for
ever
May our voices be one with theirs
in their triumphant hymn of praise:
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Or:
The Almighty has
done great things for me, and holy is His Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him in
every generation.
Lk
1: 49–50
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Lord God,
you have given
us food and drink from heaven; grant that we may always praise your mercy in
company with the Blessed Virgin and rejoice in her protection,
for we acknowledge her as our queen,
compassionate to sinners
and merciful to the poor.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
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(1) From
the Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary, n. 39 Lectionary of the Masses of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, n 39, II
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BLESSED VIRGIN MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS (1)
Memorial for C.PP.S. and ASC
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Your deed of hope will never be
forgotten
by
those who tell of the might of God. Jdt 13: 19
OPENING PRAYER
Lord our God,
you chose the
mother of your beloved Son to be the mother and help of Christians; grant that
we may live under her protection
and that your Church may enjoy unbroken
peace.
We make our
prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
FIRST READING
A great sign
appeared in the sky.
A reading from the Book of Revelation
12: 1–3, 7–12, 17
A
great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon
under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and
wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.
Then another sign appeared in the sky;
it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were
seven diadems.
Then war broke
out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon. The dragon
and its angels fought back, but they did not prevail and there was no longer
any place for them in heaven.
The huge dragon,
the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, who deceived the whole
world, was thrown down to earth, and its angels were thrown down with it.
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“Now have salvation and power come,
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Anointed.
For the accuser of our brothers is cast
out,
who accuses them before our God
day and night.
They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
love for life did not deter them from
death.
Therefore, rejoice, you heavens,
and you who dwell in them.”
Then the dragon
became angry with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her
offspring,
those who keep God's commandments and
bear witness to Jesus.
The word of the Lord.
Or:
I will put
enmity between you and the woman.
A reading from the Book of Genesis
3: 1–6, 13–15
Now the serpent
was the most cunning of all the animals that the Lord God had made. The serpent
asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in
the garden?” The woman answered the serpent: “We may eat of the fruit of the
trees in the garden; it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of
the garden that God said, ‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.’”
But the serpent
said to the woman: “You certainly will not die! No, God knows well that the
moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods who
know what is good and what is bad.”
The woman saw that
the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining
wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her
husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
The
Lord God then asked the woman, “Why did you do such a thing?” The woman
answered, “The serpent tricked me into it, so I ate it.”
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“Because you
have done this, you shall be banned from all the animals and from all the wild
creatures;
on your belly
shall you crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days of your life.
I will put
enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will
strike at your head,
while you strike at his heel.”
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Jdt 16: 13–15
R.
Exalt
and invoke the name of the Lord.
A new hymn I
will sing to my God. O Lord, great are you and glorious, wonderful in power and
unsurpassable. R.
Let your every creature serve you;
for you spoke, and they were made,
You sent forth
your spirit, and they were created; no one can resist your word. R.
The mountains to their bases,
and the seas, are shaken;
the rocks, like wax, melt before your
glance.
But to those who fear you, you are very
merciful. R.
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Lk 1: 45
R.
Alleluia,
alleluia.
Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary,
because you believed;
the word of the Lord was fulfilled in
you.
R.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL
Thus Jesus began
his miracles.
A reading from
the holy Gospel according to John 2: 1–11
On the third day
there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They
have no wine.”
And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does
your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the
servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”
Now there were
six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each hold-ing twenty
to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled
them to the brim. Then he told them, “Draw some out now and bring it to the
head-waiter.” So they brought it to him.
And when the
headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came
from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew),
the
headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine
first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have
kept the good wine until now.”
Jesus did this
as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and
his disciples began to believe in him.
The Gospel of the Lord.
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Lord,
we offer you this sacrifice of praise
as we rejoice in
this memorial of the mother of your Son; grant that through the help of so
great a mother
we may find you coming to our rescue in
every trial.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
PREFACE
Virgin Mary
Mother and Help of the Christian people
V.
The
Lord be with you.
R.
And with your spirit.
V.
Lift
up your hearts.
R.
We lift them up to the Lord.
V.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere
to give you thanks
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
You chose the immaculate Virgin Mary,
the mother of your Son
to be the mother and help of
Christians,
so that under her protection
we might be
fearless in waging the battle of faith, steadfast in holding the teachings of
the apostles, and tranquil in spirit in the storm of this world, until we reach
the joy of your heavenly city.
With steadfast love
we sing your unending praise;
we join with the host of heaven
in their triumphant song:
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COMMUNION ANTIPHON He is your
glory; He, your God who has done for you those great things. Dt 10: 21
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Lord God,
refreshed by this heavenly sacraments
and relying on
the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we ask that we may cast aside old ways of
sin and put on Jesus Christ,
the author of the new creation,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
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From Masses of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, n. 42
Lectionary of the Masses
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pg. 42
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THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST Titular Solemnity of the Congregations
Solemnity for C.PP.S. and ASC
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON You have redeemed us, O Lord, by your
blood,
from every tribe
and tongue,
from every
nation and people. Rv
5: 9
The Gloria is said.
OPENING PRAYER
Father, who
through the blood of Jesus your Son, the Lamb sacrificed on the cross,
redeemed us,
sanctified us, and made us your people; grant that all may accept this gift of
your love, celebrate it joyfully in the Spirit,
and drink of it in the Eucharistic
chalice,
the sign of your covenant and blessing.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son,
who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
FIRST READING
This is the
blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you.
A reading from the Book of Exodus
24: 3–8
When Moses came to the people
and related all
the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice,
”We will do
everything that the LORD has told us.” Moses then wrote down all the words of
the LORD and, rising early the next day,
he erected at
the foot of the mountain an altar and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of
Israel.
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Then, having
sent certain young men of the Israelites to offer holocausts and sacrifice
young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD,
Moses took half
of the blood and put it in large bowls; the other half he splashed on the
altar.
Taking the book
of the covenant, he read it aloud to the people, who answered, “All that the
LORD has said, we will heed and do.” Then he took the blood and sprinkled it on
the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made
with you
in accordance with all these words of
his.”
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps.16: 1b–3, 4–6, 6–8, 9–10,
11
R. Your blood, O Lord, is the source of life.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the
LORD, “My LORD are you, you are my only good.” Worthless are all the false gods
of the land. Accursed are all who delight in them. R.
They multiply their sorrows who court other gods.
Blood libations to them I will not pour
out,
nor will I take their names upon my
lips.
Lord, my allotted portion and my cup,
you have made my destiny secure. R.
Pleasant places
were measured out for me; fair to me indeed is my inheritance. I bless the Lord
who counsels me;
even at night my heart exhorts me.
I keep the Lord always before me;
with the Lord at my right, I shall
never be shaken. R.
Therefore my
heart is glad and my soul rejoices, my body, too, dwells secure,
For you will not
abandon me to Sheol, nor let your faithful servant see the pit. R.
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fullness of joys joy in your presence,
the delights at your right hand
forever. R.
SECOND READING
Christ is our
peace; he has made two peoples into one.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians.
2: 13–20
Brothers and sisters:
Now in Christ
Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, he who made both one
and broke down the dividing wall of
enmity, through his flesh,
abolishing the law with its
commandments and legal claims,
that he might create in himself one new
person in place of the two,
thus establishing peace,
and might reconcile both with God,
in one body, through the cross,
putting that enmity to death by it.
He came and
preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
for through him we both have access in
one Spirit to the Father.
So then you are
no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy
ones and members of the household of God,
built upon the
foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the
cornerstone.
The word of the Lord.
VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL
Lk 22: 20
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed
for you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
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This is my body
given for you. This is my blood poured out for you.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
22: 14–20
When the hour
came, Jesus took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them,
“I have eagerly
desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for, I tell you, I shall
not eat it again
until there is
fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, “Take
this and share it among yourselves; for I tell you that from this time on
I shall not drink of the fruit of the
vine
until the kingdom of God comes.”
Then he took the bread, said the
blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them, saying,
“This is my
body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.”
And likewise the cup after they had
eaten, saying,
“This cup is the new covenant in my
blood, which will be shed for you.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
The Profession of Faith is said.
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Father most
holy, accept the gifts of bread and wine, our food and drink, which we offer,
so that, made
holy by the power of your Spirit, they become signs of the new covenant
and transform us into witnesses of
reconciliation and peace.
Through Christ our Lord.
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Christ
consecrates the new covenant in his blood.
V.
The
Lord be with you.
R.
And with your spirit.
V.
Lift
up your hearts.
R.
We lift them up to the Lord.
V.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
It is truly right and just,
all-holy and merciful Father,
always and everywhere to raise
a hymn of praise and thanks to you
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
the true Passover Lamb.
He, the Eternal High Priest,
offered
himself to you as a perfect sacrifice; sharing our sufferings, he gave us his
body, and through the cross, our shining hope,
he consecrated the new covenant in his
blood.
Your Church,
imbued with the Holy Spirit, basks in the glory of this mystery of love;
She refreshes us
with the precious blood of Christ as a foretaste of eternal joys.
And so, with all the angels and saints,
we joyfully sing the hymn of your glory
and acclaim without end:
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is communion
with the blood of Christ.
The bread that
we break
is communion
with the body of Christ.
1 Cor 10: 16
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Father, grant
that we, who have celebrated the memorial of the new covenant by sharing in the
Eucharistic bread and in the one chalice of the blood of your Son Jesus, may
always embrace your work of justice and peace. Through Christ our Lord.
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OUR LADY OF SORROWS
“WOMAN OF THE NEW COVENANT”
Solemnity for ASC
Memorial for C.PP.S.
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Hail, holy Mary:
we venerate you
as Mother of Sorrows;
we acclaim you
as Woman of the New Covenant, ratified in the precious blood of your Son.
The Gloria is said where solemnity is celebrated.
OPENING PRAYER
Father most holy, who willed to
associate Our Lady of Sorrows,
Woman of the New Covenant,
to the sacrifice of your Son;
through the merits of his precious
blood,
grant, we pray,
that your Church, born of Christ’s pierced side, may always celebrate the
memorial of his work of redemption with the love of our Mother Mary showed.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
FIRST READING
The mother was
admirable and bore everything because of her hope placed in the Lord.
A reading from
the second Book of Maccabees 7: 1, 20–29
In those days,
it happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured
with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of
God’s law.
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Most admirable
and worthy of everlasting remembrance was the mother, who saw her seven sons
perish in a single day,
yet bore it courageously because of her
hope in the LORD.
Filled with a
noble spirit that stirred her womanly heart with manly courage, she exhorted
each of them
in the language of their forefathers
with these words:
“I do not know
how you came into existence in my womb; it was not I who gave you the breath of
life, nor was it I who set in order
the
elements of which each of you is composed. Therefore, since it is the Creator
of the universe who shapes each man’s beginning,
as he brings
about the origin of everything, he, in his mercy,
will give you back both breath and
life,
because you now disregard yourselves
for the sake of his law.”
Antiochus,
suspecting insult in her words, thought he was being ridiculed. As the youngest
brother was still alive, the king appealed to him, not with mere words, but
with promises on oath,
to make him rich and happy if he would
abandon his ancestral customs:
he would make him his friend and
entrust him with high office.
When the youth paid no attention to him
at all,
the king appealed to the mother, urging
her to advise her boy to save his life.
After he had urged her for a long time,
she went through the motions of
persuading her son.
In derision of
the cruel tyrant, she leaned over close to her son and said in their native
language:
“Son, have pity
on me, who carried you in my womb for nine months, nursed you for three years,
brought you up, educated and supported you to your present age.
I beg you,
child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see all that is in them;
then you will
know that God did not make them out of existing things; and in the same way the
human race came into existence. Do not be afraid of this executioner,
but be worthy of your brothers and
accept death,
so that in the time of mercy I may
receive you again with them.”
The word of the Lord.
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R. In my distress I call to you: save me, O Lord.
I love you, O LORD, my strength,
O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my
deliverer.
My God, my rock of refuge, my shield,
The horn of my salvation, my
stronghold! R.
The breakers of
death surged round about me, the destroying floods overwhelmed me;
The cords of the
nether world enmeshed me, the snares of death overtook me. R.
In my distress I called upon the LORD
and cried out to my God;
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears. R.
They attacked me
in the day of my calamity, but the LORD came to my support. He set me free in
the open;
and rescued me, because he loves me. R.
SECOND READING
A great sign appeared
in the heavens.
A reading from the Book of Revelation
12: 1–3, 7–12, 17
A great sign
appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her
feet,
and on her head a crown of twelve
stars.
She was with
child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign
appeared in the sky;
it was a huge
red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven
diadems.
Then war broke out in heaven;
Michael and his angels battled against
the dragon.
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but they did not prevail
and there was no longer any place for
them in heaven.
The huge dragon, the ancient serpent,
who is called the Devil and Satan,
who deceived the whole world,
was thrown down to earth,
and its angels were thrown down with
it.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
“Now have salvation and power come,
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Anointed.
For the accuser of our brothers is cast
out,
who accuses them before our God day and
night.
They conquered
him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony;
love for life did not deter them from
death.
Therefore, rejoice, you heavens,
and you who dwell in them.”
Then the dragon became angry with the woman
and went off to wage war against the
rest of her offspring,
those who keep God’s commandments and bear witness to Jesus.
The word of the Lord.
SEQUENCE (optional)
[At the cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus
to the last.
Through her heart, his sorrow sharing,
All his bitter anguish bearing,
Now at length
the sword had passed.
Oh, how sad and sore distressed
Was that Mother highly blessed
Of the sole
begotten One!
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She beneath beholds the pangs
Of her dying, glorious Son.
Is there one who would not weep,
‘Whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ’s dear
Mother to behold?
Can the human heart refrain
From partaking in her pain,
In the mother’s pain untold?
Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,
She beheld her tender Child,
All with bloody
scourges rent.
For
the sins of his own nation
Saw
him hang in desolation
Till his spirit forth he sent.
O sweet Mother! Font of love,
Touch my spirit from above,
Make my heart
with yours accord.
Make me feel as you have felt;
Make my soul to glow and melt
With the love of
Christ, my Lord.]
Holy Mother, pierce me through,
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Savior
crucified.
Let me share with you his pain,
Who for all our sins was slain,
Who for me in
torments died.
Let me mingle tears with you,
Mourning him who mourned for me,
All the days
that I may live.
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There with you to weep and pray,
Is all I ask of
you to give.
Virgin of all virgins blest!
Listen to my fond request:
Let me share
your grief divine.
Let me to my latest breath,
In my body bear the death
Of that dying
Son of yours.
Wounded with his every wound,
Steep my soul till it has swooned
In his very
blood away.
Be to me, O Virgin, nigh,
Lest in flames I burn and die,
on his awful
judgment day.
Christ, when you shall call me hence,
Be your Mother my defense,
Be your cross my
victory.
While my body here decays,
May my soul your goodness praise,
Safe in heaven
eternally. Amen. (Alleluia)
VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL
Jn 19: 25
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Standing by the cross of Jesus was
Mary, his mother,
inseparably joined to the redemptive
work of her Son.
R.
Alleluia.
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By the cross of
Jesus there was Mary, his mother.
A reading from
the holy Gospel according to John 19: 25–27
At that hour,
standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary
the wife of Cleophas, and Mary of Magdala.
When Jesus saw
his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman,
behold, your son.”
Then he said to
the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her
into his home.
The Gospel of the Lord.
The Profession of Faith is said where solemnity
is celebrated.
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Father most holy,
accept the prayers and gifts of your
people
and through the
intercession of Our Lady of Sorrows, who at the foot of the cross participated
fully in the sacrifice of the new covenant,
grant
that becoming, an oblation pleasing to you, we may make you a joyous offering
of ourselves. Through Christ our Lord.
PREFACE
The role of Our
Lady of Sorrows, Woman of the New Covenant
V.
The
Lord be with you.
R.
And with your spirit.
V.
Lift
up your hearts.
R.
We lift them up to the Lord.
V.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
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and fitting to
acclaim and proclaim your bountiful love, holy Father, almighty and -powerful
and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.
In your providence
you gave us your Son as Savior; and by the cross, the Virgin Mary, most loving
Mother, was joined to him inseparably.
In view of the blood of our Savior
you preserved her from all stain of sin
and gave her to the human race
to serve the redeeming mission of
Christ
as the new woman, exemplar of a new
creation.
Exalted above
the choirs of the angels and saints, the Blessed Virgin intercedes with her Son
for us, who grieve for the burden of sin and sorrow. but guided by the Holy
Spirit,
journey toward our heavenly homeland,
where joy is full, beauty enduring and
happiness everlasting.
And so, together with the angels and saints,
we sing with one voice the hymn of your
praise:
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Blessed are you, Virgin Mother!
Your Son, Christ
Jesus,
spotless Lamb,
has prepared for
his spouse, the Church,
the new bread
and wine of the wedding banquet.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Lord our God, who nourished us
at the table of the body and blood of
your Christ,
as we observe
the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, Woman of the New Covenant; through her
motherly intercession, may we express by our lives the Son’s love and
suffering,
which we have celebrated in these
mysteries.
Through Christ our Lord.
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SAINT GASPAR DEL BUFALO, PRIEST Founder
of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood
Solemnity for C.PP.S.
Feast for ASC
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Lord, my allotted portion and my cup,
You have made my
destiny secure.
Pleasant places were measured out for
me;
Fair to me indeed
is my inheritance.
Psalm 16: 5–6
The Gloria is said.
OPENING PRAYER
Almighty and merciful God,
who gave us an ardent witness
of love for you and for our neighbor
in Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, priest and
dedicated
missionary of the Precious Blood of Christ; through his intercession,
listen to the
voice of the blood of your Son which daily rises to you from the earth in the
painful cry of suffering humanity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
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All the ends of
the earth will see the salvation of our God.
A reading from
the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 52: 7–10
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings glad
tidings,
announcing peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation,
and saying to Zion,
”Your God is King!”
Hark! Your sentinels raise a cry,
together they shout for joy,
for they see directly, before their
eyes,
the LORD restoring Zion.
Break out together in song,
O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the LORD comforts his people,
he redeems Jerusalem.
The LORD has bared his holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;
all the ends of the earth will behold
the salvation of our God.
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 96: 1–3, 7–8a, 10
R. Your salvation, LORD, is for all peoples.
Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the lands.
Sing to the LORD, bless his name;
announce his salvation, day after day.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds. R.
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give to the LORD the glory due his
name! R.
Say among the nations: The LORD is king.
He has made the world firm, not to be
moved.
he governs the peoples with equity. R.
SECOND READING
May
the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep,
make you perfect in every good thing.
A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews
13: 12–15, 20–21
Brothers and sisters:
Jesus also suffered outside the gate, to consecrate the people
by his own blood.
Let us then go to him outside the camp,
bearing the reproach that he bore.
For here we have
no lasting city, but we seek the one that is to come. Through him then let us
continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that
confess his name.
May the God of
peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep
by the Blood of
the eternal covenant, Jesus our Lord, furnish you with all that is good, that
you may do his will.
May he carry out
in you what is pleasing to him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever
and ever. Amen.
The word of the Lord.
VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL
Lk 4: 18
R.
Alleluia,
alleluia.
The Lord has
sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives.
R.
Alleluia.
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Today this
scripture is fulfilled.
A reading from
the holy Gospel according to Luke 4: 16–21
At that time,
Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom
into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
He stood up to read and was handed a
scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
He unrolled the scroll and found the
passage where it was written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me
to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the
oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to
the Lord.”
Rolling up the
scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in
the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them,
“Today this scripture passage is
fulfilled in your hearing.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
The Profession of Faith is said where solemnity
is celebrated.
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Father most
holy, may the bread and wine that we offer you, as we celebrate the feast of
Saint Gaspar, be a sign of our life offered to you
in your service and that of our
neighbor.
Through Christ our Lord.
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The mission of
Saint Gaspar del Bufalo.
V.
The
Lord be with you.
R.
And with your spirit.
V.
Lift
up your hearts.
R.
We lift them up to the Lord.
V.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
It is truly right and just,
our duty and our salvation,
always and
everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
through Christ our Lord.
For in your
providence you give us the joy of celebrating the feast of Saint Gaspar,
faithful priest of the Church
for whom he stood fast in the face of
adversity.
Sustained by the Virgin Mary,
he was a
solicitous preacher of the Gospel and untiring minister of the blood of your
Son. In imitation of Christ,
he became the
brother, friend and defender of the poor and the oppressed.
And so, with all the angels and saints,
we praise you and acclaim without end:
COMMUNION ANTIPHON There is no greater love than this:
to give one’s
life for one’s friends,
says the Lord. Jn 15: 13
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O God, eternal Father,
who have
nourished us with the bread of life and the chalice of salvation,
through the
intercession of Saint Gaspar give us the strength to hold fast in our lives to
the mystery we have celebrated in faith. Through Christ our Lord.
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SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER, PRIEST (1)
Patron of the Congregations
Feast for C.PP.S.
Memorial for ASC
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Tell
God’s glory among the nations; among all peoples, God's marvelous deeds. For
great is the Lord and highly to be praised.
Ps.
96: 3–4
OPENING PRAYER
God our Father,
by the preaching of Francis Xavier you brought many peoples of the Orient to
the light of the Gospel.
Give
his missionary zeal to all who believe in you, that your Church may rejoice in
continued growth throughout the world.
Grant
this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
The Gloria is said where feast is celebrated.
FIRST READING
Woe to me if I
do not preach the gospel!
From the first
Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 9: 16–19, 22–23
Brothers
and sisters, if I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an
obligation has been imposed on me; and woe to me if I do not preach it! If I do
so willingly, I have a recompense; but if unwillingly, then I have been
entrusted with a stewardship. What then is my recompense? That, when I preach,
I offer the gospel free of charge so as not to make full use of my right in the
gospel.
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Although I am
free in regard to all, I have made myself a slave to all so as to win over as
many as possible. To the weak I became weak, to win over the weak. I have
become all things to all, to save at least some. All this I do for the sake of
the gospel, so that I too may have a share in it.
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 117
R. Lord, all nations of the earth will adore you.
Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Give glory, all you peoples. R.
The Lord’s love for us is strong;
the Lord is faithful forever. R.
VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL
Is 61: 1
R.
Alleluia,
alleluia.
The spirit of the Lord is upon me;
He has sent me
to bring glad tidings to the lowly.
R.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL
Go into the
whole world and preach the good news.
A reading from
the holy Gospel according to Mark 16: 15–20
At that time
Jesus, appearing to the Eleven, said to them, “Go into the whole world and
proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be
saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These signs will accompany
those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new
languages.
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They will pick
up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not
harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
So then the Lord
Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at
the right hand of God.
But they went
forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed
the word through accompanying signs.
The Gospel of the Lord.
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Lord, receive the gifts that we bring
on the feast of Francis Xavier.
As his zeal for the salvation of all
people
led him to the ends of the earth,
may we be
effective witnesses to the gospel and come with our brothers and sisters
to be with you in the joy of your
kingdom.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
PREFACE OF ADVENT I
The twofold
coming of Christ
V. The Lord be with
you. R. And with
your spirit.
V. Lift up your hearts.
R. We
lift them up to the Lord.
V. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R. It is right to
give him thanks and praise.
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we do well
always and everywhere to give you thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord.
When he humbled
himself to come among us as a man, He fulfilled the plan you formed long ago
and opened for us the way to salvation.
Now we watch for the day,
hoping that the
salvation promised us will be ours, when Christ our Lord will come again in his
glory.
And so, with all
the choirs of angels in heaven, we proclaim your glory
and join in their unending hymn of
praise:
COMMUNION ANTIPHON “Go out to all the world
and tell the
good news:
I am with you
always,”
says the Lord. Mk 16: 15; Mt 28: 20
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Lord God,
may this
Eucharist fill us with the same love that inspired Francis Xavier to work for
the salvation of all.
Help us to live in a manner more worthy
of our Christian calling
and so inherit the promise of eternal
life.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the
Lord.
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