THE ORDER OF MASS
19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
INTRODUCTORY RITES
Acts of prayer and penitence prepare us to meet Christ as He comes in Word and Sacrament. We gather as a worshipping community to celebrate our unity with Him and with one another in faith.
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
If it is not sung, it is recited by all or some of the congregation.
Joined together as Christ's people, we open the celebration by raising our voices in praise of God who is present among us. This song should deepen our unity as it introduces the Mass we celebrate today.
Lord, be true to your covenant, forget not the life of your poor ones forever. Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; do not ignore the shouts of your enemies.When the priest comes to the altar, he makes the customary reverence with the ministers or deacons and kisses the altar. Then, with the ministers or deacons, he goes to his seat. After the entrance song, all make the sign of the cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
The priest welcomes the congregation in the name of the Lord. The congregation shows union with God, neighbor, and the priest by a united response to his greeting.
The grace and peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
OR And also with you.The Lord be with you.
RITE OF BLESSING AND SPRINKLING HOLY WATER
The rite of blessing and sprinkling holy water may be celebrated in all churches and chapels at all Sunday Masses celebrated on Sunday or Saturday evening. When this rite is celebrated it takes the place of the penitential rite at the beginning of Mass. The Kyrie is also omitted.
After greeting the people the priest remains standing at his chair. A vessel containing the water to be blessed is placed before him. Facing the congregation, he invites the congregation to pray, using these or similar words:
Dear friends, this water will be used to remind us of our baptism. Let us ask God to bless it, and to keep us faithful to the spirit He has given us.
God our Father, Your gift of water brings life and freshness to the earth; it washes away our sins and brings us eternal life. We ask you now to bless + this water, and to give us your protection on this day which you have made your own. Renew the living spring of your life within us and protect us in spirit and body, that we may be free from sin and come into your presence to receive your gift of salvation. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Lord God almighty, creator of all life, of body and soul, we ask you to bless + this water; as we use it in faith, forgive our sins, and save us from all illness and the power of evil.
Lord God almighty, hear the prayer of Your people; we celebrate our creation and redemption. Hear our prayers and bless + this water which gives fruitfulness to the fields, and refreshment and cleansing to man. You chose water to show Your goodness when You led Your people to freedom through the Red Sea and satisfied their thirst in the desert with water from the rock. Water was the symbol used by the prophets to foretell Your new covenant with man. You made the water of baptism holy by Christ’s baptism in the Jordan: by it you give us a new birth and renew us in holiness. May this water remind us of our baptism, and let us share the joy.
PENITENTIAL RITE
(Omitted when the rite of blessing and sprinkling holy water has taken place or some part of the liturgy of the hours has preceded.)
Before we hear God’s word, we acknowledge our sins humbly, ask for mercy, and accept his pardon.
Invitation to repent:
After the introduction to the day’s Mass, the priest invites the congregation to recall their sins and to repent of them in silence:
As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s love, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for pardon and strength.
Coming together as God’s family, with confidence let us ask the Father’s forgiveness, for He is full of gentleness and compassion.
Then, after a brief silence, one of the following forms is used.
A:
I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault (strike breast) in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; and I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Lord, we have sinned against You: Lord have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
And grant us your salvation.
The priest or other minister makes the following or other invocations:
You came to call sinners: Christ, have mercy.
Absolution:
At the end of any of the forms of the penitential rite:
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
Unless included in the penitential rite, the Kyrie is sung or said by all, with alternating parts for the choir or cantor and for the congregation:
Lord have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
When the Gloria is sung or said, the priest or the cantors or everyone together may begin it:
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship You, we give You thanks, we praise You for Your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.
For You alone are the Holy One, Your alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
The priest invites us to pray silently for a moment and then, in our name, expresses the theme of the day’s celebration and petitions God the Father through the mediation of Christ in the Holy Spirit.
Let us pray.
Priest and congregation pray silently for a while. Then the priest says the opening prayer and concludes:
Almighty and ever-living God, your Spirit made us your children, confident to call you Father. Increase your Spirit within us and bring us to our promised inheritance. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen.
Alternative Opening Prayer
Father, we come, reborn in the Spirit, to celebrate our son-ship in the Lord Jesus Christ. Touch our hearts, help them grow toward the life you have promised. Touch our lives, make them signs of your love for all men. Grant this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
The proclamation of God’s Word is always centered on Christ, present through His Word. Old Testament writings prepare for Him; New Testament books speak of Him directly. All of scripture calls us to believe once more and to follow. After the reading we reflect upon God’s words and respond to them.
FIRST READING
A reading from the first Book of Wisdom:
The night of the passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage. Your people awaited the salvation of the just and the destruction of their foes. For when you punished our adversaries, in this you glorified us whom you had summoned. For in secret the holy children of the good were offering sacrifice and putting into effect with one accord the divine institution.
The congregation repeat the response sung by the cantor the first time and then after each verse.
Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
SECOND READING:
Brothers and sisters: Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. Because of it the ancients were well attested.
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go. By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise; for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God. By faith he received power to generate, even though he was past the normal age--and Sarah herself was sterile--for he thought that the one who had made the promise was trustworthy. So it was that there came forth from one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore.
Thanks be to God.
Jesus will speak to us in the gospel. We rise now out of respect and prepare for His message with the alleluia.
Stay awake and be ready! For you do not know on what day the Son of Man will come.
The congregation repeats the alleluia after cantor’s alleluia and then after the verse. During Lent one of the following invocations is used as a response instead of the alleluia:
+ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 12:32-48 or 12:35-40
Jesus said to his disciples: "Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
Then the deacon or priest kisses the book, saying inaudibly:
May the words of the gospel wipe away our sins.
God’s word is spoken again in the homily. The Holy Spirit, speaking through the lips of the priest or deacon, explains and applies today’s biblical readings to the needs of this particular congregation. He calls us to respond to Christ through the life we lead.
As a people we express our acceptance of God’s message in the scripture and homily. We summarize our faith by proclaiming a creed handed down from the early Church. ALL SAY THE PROFESSION OF FAITH ON SUNDAYS.
As a priestly people we unite with one another to pray for today’s needs in the Church and the world.
After the priest gives the introduction, the deacon or other minister sings or says the invocations.
(or other response, according to local custom.) At the end the priest says the concluding prayer:
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Made ready by reflection on God’s Word, we enter now into the Eucharistic sacrifice itself, the Supper of the Lord. We celebrate the memorial, which the Lord instituted at His Last Supper. We are God’s new people, the redeemed brothers and sisters of Christ, gathered by Him around His table. We are here to bless God and to receive the gift of Jesus’ body and blood so that our faith and life may be transformed.
The bread and wine for the Eucharist, with our gifts for the Church and the poor, are gathered and brought to the altar. We prepare our hearts by song or in silence as the Lord’s table is being set.
While the people’s gifts are brought forward to the priest and are place on the altar, the offertory song is sung.
PREPARATION OF THE BREAD
If there is no singing, the priest may say this prayer aloud, and the congregation may respond:
When he pours wine and a little water into the chalice, the deacon or priest says inaudibly:
Before placing the chalice on the altar, he says:
If there is no singing, the priest may say this prayer aloud, and congregation may respond:
The priest says inaudibly:
Then he washes his hands, saying:
The priest, speaking in our name, asks the Father to bless and accept these gifts.
We begin the Eucharistic service of praise and thanksgiving, the center of the entire celebration, the central prayer of worship. We lift our hearts to God, and offer praise and thanks as the priest addresses this prayer to the Father through Jesus Christ. Together we join Christ in His sacrifice, celebrating His memorial in the holy meal and acknowledging with Him the wonder works of God in our lives.
Amen.
Amen.
For ourselves, too, we ask some share in the fellowship of your apostles and martyrs, with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, and all the saints. Though we are sinners, we trust in your mercy and love. Do not consider what we truly deserve, but grant us your forgiveness. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, forever and ever.
To prepare for the paschal meal, to welcome the Lord, we pray for forgiveness and exchange a sign of peace. Before eating Christ’s body and drinking his blood, we must be one with him and with all our brothers and sisters in Church.
The Church is a community of Christians joined by the Spirit in love. It needs to express, deepen, and restore its peaceful unity before eating the one Body of the Lord and drinking from the one cup of salvation. We do this by a sign of peace.
Christians are gathered for the "breaking of the bread," another name for the Mass. In communion, though many we are made one body in the one bread, which is Christ.
Meanwhile the priest takes the host and breaks it over the paten. He places a small piece in the chalice, saying inaudibly:
Before communion, the priest says inaudibly one of the following prayers:
The priest genuflects, holding the host elevated slightly over the paten and facing the congregation, the priest says aloud:
Facing the altar, before receiving communion, the priest says inaudibly;
He reverently consumes the body of Christ. Then he takes the chalice and says inaudibly;
He reverently drinks the blood of Christ. The priest then gives communion to the people.
The Communion Psalm or other appropriate Song or Hymn is sung while Communion is given to the faithful. If there if no singing, the Communion Antiphon is said:
OR
The bread I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world, says the Lord.
The vessels are cleansed by the priest or deacon or acolyte. Meanwhile the priest says inaudibly;
The priest prays in our name that we may live the life of faith since we have been strengthened by Christ himself. Our Amen makes his prayer our own.
Priest and the congregation may pray silently for a while. Then the priest says the prayer after communion.
We have heard God’s word and eaten the body of Christ. Now its time for us to leave, to do good works, to praise and bless the Lord in our daily lives.
After any brief announcements, the blessing and dismissal follow:
On certain days or occasions another more solemn form of blessing or prayer over the congregation may be used as the rubrics direct.
B. Solemn blessing (Ordinary Time)
The priest always concludes the solemn blessing by adding: