. (MALE VOICE SPEAKING) BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD (MUSIC) (FEMALE VOICE CHANTING SOFTLY) (MUSIC) ( MALE VOICE) TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. (MUSIC) ( MALE VOICE) TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, (MUSIC) (MALE VOICE) DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME. (MUSIC) . ( ASH WEDNESDAY) (ENTRANCE ANTIPHON) (BELL) (CANTORS) ♪YOU ARE MERCIFUL TO ALL, 0 LORD, AND DESPISE NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE MADE. YOU OVERLOOK PEOPLE'S SINS, TO BRING THEM TO REPENTANCE, AND YOU SPARE THEM, FOR YOU ARE THE LORD OUR GOD. ♪(ALL) YOU ARE MERCIFUL TO ALL, 0 LORD, AND DESPISE NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE MADE. YOU OVERLOOK PEOPLE'S SINS, TO BRING THEM TO REPENTANCE, AND YOU SPARE THEM, F OR YOU ARE THE LORD OUR GOD. (CANTORS) ♪GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING IT IS NOW AND EVERY SHALL BE.AMEN. ♪(ALL) YOU ARE MERCIFUL TO ALL, 0 LORD, AND DESPISE NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE MADE. YOU OVERLOOK PEOPLE'S SINS, TO BRING THEM TO REPENTANCE, AND YOU SPARE THEM, FOR YOU ARE THE LORD OUR GOD. . (PRIEST:) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. R. AMEN. . (PRIEST) THE LORD BE WITH YOU R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. TODAY WE WELCOME TO THE ASH WEDNESDAY MASS FATHER SEBASTIAN WHITE A DOMINICAN FRIAR AND HE IS THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE MAGNIFICAT MAGAZINE THAT MANY OF US ENJOY. WELCOME FATHER WHITE. . (ASH WEDNESDAY) (COLLECT) (PRIEST) LET US PRAY. (PRIEST:) GRANT, O LORD, THAT WE MAY BEGIN WITH HOLY FASTING THIS CAMPAIGN OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE, SO THAT, AS WE TAKE UP BATTLE AGAINST SPIRITUAL EVILS, WE MAY BE ARMED WITH WEAPONS OF SELF-RESTRAINT. THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. (RESPONSE/R.) AMEN . (219 ) ( ASH WEDNESDAY) (FIRST READING) (READER) A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JOEL (2:12-18) (READER) EVEN NOW, SAYS THE LORD, RETURN TO ME WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART, WITH FASTING, AND WEEPING, AND MOURNING; REND YOUR HEARTS, NOT YOUR GARMENTS, AND RETURN TO THE LORD, YOUR GOD. FOR GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL IS HE, SLOW TO ANGER, RICH IN KINDNESS, AND RELENTING IN PUNISHMENT. PERHAPS HE WILL AGAIN RELENT AND LEAVE BEHIND HIM A BLESSING, OFFERINGS AND LIBATIONS FOR THE LORD, YOUR GOD. BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION! PROCLAIM A FAST, CALL AN ASSEMBLY; GATHER THE PEOPLE, NOTIFY THE CONGREGATION; ASSEMBLE THE ELDERS, GATHER THE CHILDREN AND THE INFANTS AT THE BREAST; LET THE BRIDEGROOM QUIT HIS ROOM AND THE BRIDE HER CHAMBER. BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR LET THE PRIESTS, THE MINISTERS OF THE LORD, WEEP, AND SAY, SPARE, O LORD, YOUR PEOPLE, AND MAKE NOT YOUR HERITAGE A REPROACH, WITH THE NATIONS RULING OVER THEM! WHY SHOULD THEY SAY AMONG THE PEOPLES, WHERE IS THEIR GOD? THEN THE LORD WAS STIRRED TO CONCERN FOR HIS LAND AND TOOK PITY ON HIS PEOPLE. (READER) THE WORD OF THE LORD. R. THANKS BE TO GOD. ( ASH WEDNESDAY) ( ASH WEDNESDAY) (RESPONSORIAL PSALM 51: 3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 AND 17) ( CANTORS) BE MERCIFUL, 0 LORD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED. R. BE MERCIFUL, 0 LORD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED. ( CANTOR) 1. HAVE MERCY ON ME, 0 GOD, ACCORDING TO YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE; ACCORDING TO YOUR GREAT COMPASSION, BLOT OUT MY TRANSGRESSIONS. BE MERCIFUL, 0 LORD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED. WASH ME COMPLETELY FROM MY INIQUITY, AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN. R. BE MERCIFUL, 0 LORD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED. ( CANTOR) 2. MY TRANSGRESSIONS, TRULY I KNOW THEM; MY SIN IS ALWAYS BEFORE ME. AGAINST YOU, YOU ALONE, HAVE J SINNED; WHAT IS EVIL IN YOUR SIGHT I HAVE DONE. R. BE MERCIFUL, 0 LORD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED. ( CANTOR) 3.CREATE A PURE HEART FOR ME, 0 GOD; RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME. DO NOT CAST ME AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENCE; TAKE NOT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME. R. BE MERCIFUL, 0 LORD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED. ( CANTOR) 4.RESTORE IN ME THE JOY OF YOUR SALVATION; SUSTAIN IN ME A WILLING SPIRIT. 0 LORD, OPEN MY LIPS AND MY MOUTH SHALL PROCLAIM YOUR PRAISE. R. BE MERCIFUL, 0 LORD, FOR WE HAVE SINNED. ( ASH WEDNESDAY) (SECOND READING) ♪ (VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL) (CANTORS) GLORY AND PRAISE TO YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST. ♪ (R.) GLORY AND PRAISE TO YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST. ♪(CANTOR:) IF TODAY YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, HARDEN NOT YOUR HEARTS. ♪(R.) GLORY AND PRAISE TO YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST. ( ASH WEDNESDAY) (GOSPEL) (LATIN WORDS:) >>THE LORD BE WITH YOU. WE IMPLORE YOU ON THE HEART OF CHRIST BE RECONCILED TO GOD FOR OUR SAKE HE MADE HIM TO BE SIN WHO DID NOT KNOW SIN. SO THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. WORKING TOGETHER THEN WE APPEAL TO YOU NOT TO RECEIVE THE GRACE OF GOD IN VAIN FOR HE SAYS AN UNACCEPTABLE TIME I HEARD YOU. AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU. BEHOLD. NOW IS A VERY ACCEPTABLE TIME. BEHOLD NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. THE WORD OF THE LORD. R. THANKS BE TO GOD. MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU. R. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. >>A READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW. ( 6:1-6, 16-18 ) R. GLORY TO YOU, LORD. -- >>JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES: TAKE CARE NOT TO PERFORM RIGHTEOUS DEEDS IN ORDER THAT PEOPLE MAY SEE THEM; OTHERWISE, YOU WILL HAVE NO RECOMPENSE FROM YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. WHEN YOU GIVE ALMS, DO NOT BLOW A TRUMPET BEFORE YOU, AS THE HYPOCRITES DO IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND IN THE STREETS TO WIN THE PRAISE OF OTHERS. AMEN, I SAY TO YOU, THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD. BUT WHEN YOU GIVE ALMS, DO NOT LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT IS DOING, SO THAT YOUR ALMSGIVING MAY BE SECRET. AND YOUR FATHER WHO SEES IN SECRET WILL REPAY YOU. WHEN YOU PRAY, DO NOT BE LIKE THE HYPOCRITES, WHO LOVE TO STAND AND PRAY IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND ON STREET CORNERS SO THAT OTHERS MAY SEE THEM. AMEN, I SAY TO YOU, THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD. BUT WHEN YOU PRAY, GO TO YOUR INNER ROOM, CLOSE THE DOOR, AND PRAY TO YOUR FATHER IN SECRET. AND YOUR FATHER WHO SEES IN SECRET WILL REPAY YOU. AÂ WHEN YOU FAST, DO NOT LOOK GLOOMY LIKE THE HYPOCRITES. THEY NEGLECT THEIR APPEARANCE, SO THAT THEY MAY APPEAR TO OTHERS TO BE FASTING. AMEN, I SAY TO YOU, THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD. BUT WHEN YOU FAST, ANOINT YOUR HEAD AND WASH YOUR FACE, SO THAT YOU MAY NOT APPEAR TO BE FASTING, EXCEPT TO YOUR FATHER WHO IS HIDDEN. AND YOUR FATHER WHO SEES WHAT IS HIDDEN WILL REPAY YOU. THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD. R. PRAISE TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1 OF THE MOST MEMORABLE LINES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SO MUCH SO THAT YOU JUST MAY BE ABLE TO FINISH THE SENTENCE I'M ABOUT TO SAY, IS THAT IN THIS WORLD ONLY 2 THINGS ARE CERTAIN. DEATH AND TAXES. WELL SINCE I'M NOT A SEE HE A OR A LAWYER AND HAVE VERY LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT TAXES, OTHER THAN I SUPPOSE THAT YOU DO HAVE TO PAY THEM. I WILL LIMIT MYSELF REFLECTIONS THIS MORNING THIS ASH WEDNESDAY ABOUT THAT OTHER CERTAINTY THAT WE ALL FACE DEATH. DEAR FRIENDS, TODAY OUR 4 HEADS ARE MARKED WITH ASHES AND IT IS AN ANNUAL REMINDER FOR MY HOLY MOTHER THE CHURCH OF OUR IMMORTALITY. WE ARE TOLD YOU WILL RETURN TO DUST. REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. REMEMBER THAT THIS LIFE YOU NOW LIVE WILL NOT GO ON FOREVER. BUT DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IF THIS IS ALL THAT WE WERE TOLD IF THIS IS ALL THE THIS DAY PROCLAIMS IT WOULD BE LITERALLY FATALISTIC. IT WOULD JUST BE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR INEVITABLE DEMISE. BUT IN ALERTING US HERE AGAIN YEAR AFTER YEAR OF OUR FRAGILITY AND IMPERMANENCE, THE CHURCH DESIRES MUCH MORE FOR US. SHE DESIRES THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND EXPERIENCE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD. SHE CALLS US TO LIVE FOR THE REALITY THAT DOES ENDURE. THE LOVE OF GOD. LIFE WITH HIM. EVEN THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES. CONSIDER AN EXAMPLE. IF YOU HAD A SERIOUS ILLNESS, UNBEKNOWNST TO YOU THAT WAS SILENTLY AND INVISIBLY THREATENING YOUR LIFE, AND YOU VISITED YOUR DOCTOR AND HE DID NOT TELL YOU BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO BE NEGATIVE OR HE DID NOT WANT YOU TO FEEL BAD THIS WOULD IN FACT BE CRUEL. BECAUSE IT WOULD DEPRIVE YOU OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEALED. SIMILARLY THE DOCTOR WHO IS PERFECTLY WILLING TO INFORM YOU OF YOUR ILLNESS BUT THEN REFUSED TO PRESCRIBE THE KNOWN CURE, A CURE HE KNEW OF AND COULD PROVIDE AN HAD RIGHT AT HAND, THIS ALSO WOULD BE CRUEL. BROTHERS AND SISTERS DEAR FRIENDS, WHAT A GRACE IT IS TO BELONG TO A CHURCH THAT IS HONEST WITH US. HONEST ABOUT OUR MORTALITY. HONEST ABOUT OUR NEED FOR CONVERSION AND REPENTANCE. AND ABOVE ALL HONEST WITH US ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN. REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE DUST AND TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN. REPENT AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL. THESE ARE THE 2 STATEMENTS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHURCH IN THE ROMAN MISSILE TO BE SAID WHILE ASHES ARE BEING IMPOSED ON OUR 4 HEADS. PRIEST MAY CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER. IN MY TIME AS A PRIEST SO FAR I HAVE CHOSEN BOTH. AT MASS I ALTERNATE BETWEEN THEM. I CAN SAY ONE FOR A FEW OF THE FAITHFUL AND THEN SWITCH TO THE OTHER AND THEN SWITCH BACK. MY HOPE AND MY REASON FOR DOING THAT IS THAT THE REPETITION OF THESE WORDS AND THE JOINING OF THESE 2 PHRASES TOGETHER OVER AND OVER AGAIN MAKES THEM GET STUCK IN OUR HEAD. REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE DUST AND TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN. REPENT AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL. THESE 2 EXPRESSIONS COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER. ALMOST LIKE IF YOU ARE HEARING THE ROSARY THAT YOU HEAR THE HAIL MARY AND YOU ASSOCIATE WITH HOLY MOTHER OF GOD PRAY FOR US SINNERS NOW AND AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. BOTH PARTS ARE FAMILIAR AND JOIN TOGETHER IN OUR MINDS. AND IN THIS WAY THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ASHES THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH OUR LORD IS SAYING TO US REMEMBER THAT THIS LIFE DOES NOT LAST FOREVER BUT DO NOT BE AFRAID. I COME WITH GOOD NEWS. GIVE YOUR HEART TO BE PEOPLE EVEN MY LOVE. LOOK TO MY SON. LOOK TO HIS CROSS. BELIEVE AND LOVE. DEAR FRIENDS YOU NEED NOT JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. CONSIDER THAT BEFORE THE CHURCH DOES ANYTHING WITH THESE ASHES THERE BLESSED 1ST. THE PRIEST PRAYS OVER THE ASHES. GOD IS BLESSING US IN OUR WEAKNESS AND IN OUR NEED FOR HIM. ADDITIONALLY AS THE ASHES ARE PUT ON HER FOR HEAD THERE PUT IN THE FORM OF A CROSS. SO THIS GESTURE THAT SEEMS SO DARK ON THE ONE HAND IS IMBUED WITH THE SAVING CROSS OF JESUS. AND IS GIVEN GOD'S BLESSING. RECALL ALSO WHAT WE ARE SO BEAUTIFULLY IN OUR READINGS. RETURN TO ME WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART. REND YOUR HEARTS. RETURN THE LORD YOUR GOD. FOR GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL IS HE. SLOW TO ANGER, RICH IN KINDNESS, AND RELENTING IN PUNISHMENT. AND IT'S CONCLUSION THE LORD WAS STIRRED TO CONCERN FOR HIS LAND AND TO TAKE PITY ON HIS PEOPLE. AND AGAIN DEAR FRIENDS TODAY THIS YEAR 2022 THE LORD IS GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL. HE IS STILL RICH IN KINDNESS AND TAKES PITY ON US. THIS YEAR AS LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE AND AS WILL BE NEXT YEAR THE MESSAGE REMAINS THE SAME. BEHOLD NOW IS A VERY ACCEPTABLE TIME, BEHOLD NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. THESE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE THEY ARE NOT JUST A MESSAGE FOR THOSE PEOPLE LONG AGO. THAT ARE SPOKEN TO US ALSO TODAY. THUS WE DID NOT HEAR BEHOLD THE FORMER TIMES WERE THE ACCEPTABLE TIMES. THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF SALVATION. THE DECADES WHEN THE CHURCH HAD GREATER CULTURAL PROMINENCE. WHEN OUR SOCIETY WAS BETTER. THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF SALVATION. NEITHER ARE WE TOLD BEHOLD SOMETIME SOON PERHAPS WHEN YOU ARE STRONGER AND YOU HAVE NO MORE PROBLEMS OR WEAKNESSES. THOSE WILL BE THE ACCEPTABLE TIMES. NO. NOW IS THE DAY ACCEPTABLE TIME. NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. EACH OF US CAN BE SURE. THIS MOMENT. THIS DAY. THIS PRECISE MOMENT IN MY LIFE. THE LIFE THAT GOD IS GIVEN ME TO LIVE AT THIS MOMENT IN THE WORLD AND IN THE CHURCH THIS IS THE TIME OF SALVATION. THIS IS WHAT I MUST OFFER TO HIM. MY LIFE. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO ME. THE CROSS THAT THE LORD IS ASKED ME TO CARRY THE WEAKNESSES AND DIFFICULTIES THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW TODAY THESE THINGS THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED TO ENTER TO MY LIFE THESE ARE WHAT MUST OFFER TO HIM AT THIS TIME FOR MY SALVATION. DEAR FRIENDS BOTH HERE AND WATCHING AT HOME TOGETHER WE ENTRUST OURSELVES ALL OF OUR NEEDS AND INTENTIONS TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. WE OFTEN HIM THIS SEASON OF LENT. HE SEES IN SECRET. HE CAESAR SUFFERINGS. HE SEES THE DEEP DESIRE AND INTENTIONS WE HAVE. FOR OURSELVES AND FOR FAMILIES AND FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD AND FOR THE CHURCH. WE OFFERED ALL TO THE LORD. THINK ABOUT AS WE GO ABOUT YOUR DAY TO DAY. IN THE 2ND READING WE ALSO HEARD WE BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. WHAT AN AMAZING PHRASE THAT THAT IS. NOT EVEN THAT WE SHARE IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS OR THAT HE MAKES US RIGHTEOUS WE BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN JESUS. PONDER THAT. THOSE WORDS DEEP IN THE TRANSFORMATION IN CHRIST AND IT MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED BY HIS GRACE FOR THE LORD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT. YES LORD TODAY WE CONSECRATE OUR LENTEN OBSERVANCES AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR YOUR GLORY. WE OFF YOU TODAY OUR PRAYERS AND OUR DESIRE TO BE WITH YOU. REPAY US WE ASK IS REPAY US ONE DAY WITH A CLEAR VISION OF YOUR FACE WITH ALL OF THE SAINTS. AMEN. LET US HUMBLY ASK GOD OUR FATHER THAT HE BE PLEASED TO BLESS WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF HIS GRACE THESE ASHES WILL PUT ON OUR HEADS IN PENITENCE. PLEASE STAND. GOD WHO DESIRES NOT THE DEATH OF SINNERS BUT THEIR CONVERSION MERCIFULLY HEAR OUR PRAYERS AND IN YOUR KINDNESS BE PLEASED TO BLESS THESE ASHES WHICH WE INTEND TO RECEIVE ON OUR HEADS THAT WE WHO ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE BUT ASHES AND SHALL RETURN TO DUST MAY THROUGH A STEADFAST OBSERVANCE OF LENT GAIN PARDON FOR OUR SINS AND NEWNESS OF LIFE AFTER THE LIKENESS OF YOUR RISEN SON WHO LIVES AND REIGNS FOREVER AND EVER. R. AMEN. . (BLESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES) ♪ ♪ ( CANTORS) ( LATIN HYMN) ♪ ♪ . (ASH WEDNESDAY INTERCESSIONS) ( THE PRIEST INVITES THE PEOPLE TO PRAY ) ...LET US OFFER OUR PETITIONS TO GOD.... ( READER) 1) THAT THE CHURCH WILL BE A TRUE SIGN OF RECONCILIATION. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 2)THAT THE LEADERS OF COUNTRIES WILL SERVE THEIR PEOPLE WITHOUT COUNTING THE COST, FOLLOWING CHRIST'S EXAMPLE. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 3)THAT THE GRACE OF LENTEN REPENTANCE MAY LEAD OUR SOCIETY TO REJECT ALL THAT DEVALUES HUMAN LIFE, SUCH AS ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 4) THAT OUR PRAYER, FASTING AND ALMSGIVING MAY HELP US TO PREPARE FOR EASTER. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 5) FOR THE INTENTIONS OF ALL WHO ( READER) 6)FOR ALL WHO HAVE DIED, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH WAR OR VIOLENCE, THAT THE LORD LOOK UPON THEM IN MERCY AND RECEIVE THEM INTO HIS REST. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (PRIEST CONCLUDES INTERCESSORY PRAYERS.) IS A HOLY FATHER POPE FRANCIS ASK US FOR PRAYER AND FASTING FOR AN END TO VIOLENCE AND STRIFE WE PRAY FOR THE INTERCESSION OF ST. JOSEPH THE PATRON OF UKRAINE FOR PEACE AND STABILITY THAT IT BE RESTORED TO YOUR CRANE. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. ...WE MAKE OUR PRAYER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. R. AMEN. . ( OFFERTORY ) ♪ ( ORGAN ) ♪ (CANTORS) ("LORD FOR THY TENDER MERCY'S) ♪ . (PRIEST) PRAY, BRETHREN, (BROTHERS AND SISTERS) THAT MY SACRIFICE AND YOURS MAY BE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THE ALMIGHTY FATHER. R. MAY THE LORD ACCEPT THE SACRIFICE AT YOUR HANDS FOR THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF HIS NAME, FOR OUR GOOD AND THE GOOD OF ALL HIS HOLY CHURCH. . ( ASH WEDNESDAY) (PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS) (PRIEST:) AS WE SOLEMNLY OFFER THE ANNUAL SACRIFICE FOR THE BEGINNING OF LENT, WE ENTREAT YOU, O LORD, THAT, THROUGH WORKS OF PENANCE AND CHARITY, WE MAY TURN AWAY FROM HARMFUL PLEASURES AND, CLEANSED FROM OUR SINS, MAY BECOME WORTHY TO CELEBRATE DEVOUTLY THE PASSION OF YOUR SON. WHO LIVES AND REIGNS FOR EVER AND EVER. R. AMEN. . ♪( PRIEST:) DOMINUS VOBISCUM. ♪R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO. ♪( PRIEST:) SURSUM CORDA. ♪R. HABEMUS AD DOMINUM. ♪( PRIEST: ) GRATIAS AGAMUS DOMINO DEO NOSTRO. ♪R. DIGNUM ET IUSTUM EST. . (P 42)(PREFACE IV OF LENT) (THE FRUITS OF FASTING) (PRIEST) 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. FOR THROUGH BODILY FASTING YOU RESTRAIN OUR FAULTS, RAISE UP OUR MINDS, AND BESTOW BOTH VIRTUE AND ITS REWARDS, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. THROUGH HIM THE ANGELS PRAISE YOUR MAJESTY, DOMINIONS ADORE AND POWERS TREMBLE BEFORE YOU. HEAVEN AND THE VIRTUES OF HEAVEN AND THE BLESSED SERAPHIM WORSHIP TOGETHER WITH EXULTATION. MAY OUR VOICES, WE PRAY, JOIN WITH THEIRS IN HUMBLE PRAISE, AS WE ACCLAIM: . ♪(LATIN WORDS:) SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS DOMINUS DEUS SABAOTH. PLENI SUNT CAELI ET TERRA GLORIA TUA. HOSANA IN EXCELSIS. BENEDICTUS QUI VENIT IN NOMINE DOMINI. HOSANA IN EXCELSIS. . (EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II) (PRIEST) YOUR ARE INDEED HOLY, O LORD, THE FOUNT OF ALL HOLINESS. MAKE HOLY, (BELLS)THEREFORE, THESE GIFTS, WE PRAY, BY SENDING DOWN YOUR SPIRIT UPON THEM LIKE THE DEW-FALL, SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME FOR US THE BODY AND BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. AT THE TIME HE WAS BETRAYED AND ENTERED WILLINGLY INTO HIS PASSION, HE TOOK BREAD AND GIVING THANKS, BROKE IT, AND GAVE IT TO HIS DISCIPLES SAYING: TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. (BELLS) IN A SIMILAR WAY, WHEN SUPPER WAS ENDED, HE TOOK THE CHALICE AND, ONCE MORE GIVING THANKS, HE GAVE IT TO HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING, TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME. (BELLS) ♪ ("MYSTERY OF FAITH"/LATIN WORDS) (PRIEST) MYSTERIUM FIDEI ♪ (R.) MORTEM TUAM ANNUNTIAMUS, DOMINE, ET TUAM RESURRECTIONEM CONFITEMUR, DONEC VENIAS. -- ( LATIN) (R.) SALVATOR MUNDI ,SALVA NOS QUI PER CRUCEM ET RESURRECTIONEM TUAM LIBERASTI NOS (PRIEST:) THEREFORE, AS WE CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL OF HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, WE OFFER YOU , LORD, THE BREAD OF LIFE AND THE CHALICE OF SALVATION, GIVING THANKS THAT YOU HAVE HELD US WORTHY TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE AND MINISTER TO YOU. HUMBLY WE PRAY THAT, PARTAKING OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST, WE MAY BE GATHERED INTO ONE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. >>REMEMBER, LORD, YOUR CHURCH, SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND BRING HER TO THE FULLNESS OF CHARITY, TOGETHER WITH FRANCIS OUR POPE AND STEVEN, OUR BISHOP AND ALL THE CLERGY. REMEMBER ALSO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN THE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION, AND ALL WHO HAVE DIED IN YOUR MERCY: WELCOME THEM INTO THE LIGHT OF YOUR FACE. HAVE MERCY ON US ALL AS WE PRAY THAT WITH THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, WITH BLESSED JOSEPH, HER SPOUSE, WITH THE BLESSED APOSTLES AND ALL THE SAINTS WHO HAVE PLEASED YOU THROUGH OUT THE AGES, WE MAY MERIT TO BE COHEIRS TO ETERNAL LIFE, AND MAY PRAISE AND GLORIFY YOU THROUGH YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST. >> ♪ (LATIN WORDS) (PRIEST) PER IPSUM, ET CUM IPSO, ET IN IPSO, EST TIBI DEO PATRI OMNIPOTENTI, IN UNITATE SPIRITUS SANCTI, OMNIS HONOR ET GLORIA PER OMNIA SAECULA SAECULORUM. ♪ R. AMEN. . (LATIN WORDS OF THE "OUR FATHER" PRAYER) ♪(PRIEST) PRAECEPTIS SALUTARIBUS MONITI, ET DIVINIA INSTITUTIONE FORMATI AUDEMUS DICERE. (PRIEST AND PEOPLE PRAY) ♪PATER NOSTER, QUI ES IN CAELIS: SANCTIFICETUR NOMEN TUUM; ADVENIAT REGNUM TUUM; FIAT VOLUNTAS TUA, SICUT IN CAELO, ET IN TERRA. PANEM NOSTRUM QUOTIDIANUM DA NOBIS HODIE; ET DIMITTE NOBIS DEBITA NOSTRA, SICUT ET NOS DIMITTIMUS DEBITORIBUS NOSTRIS; ET NE NOS INDUCAS IN TENTATIONEM; SED LIBERA NOS A MALO. (PRIEST) ♪LIBERA NOS, QUAESUMUS, DOMINE, AB OMNIBUS MALIS, DA PROPITIUS PACEM IN DIEBUS NOSTRIS, UT, OPE MISERICORDIAE TUAE ADIUTI, ET A PECCATO SIMUS SEMPER LIBERI ET AB OMNI PERTURBATIONE SECURI: EXSPECTANTES BEATAM SPEM ET ADVENTUM SALVATORIS NOSTRI IESU CHRISTI. ♪ R. QUIA TUUM EST REGNUM, ET POTESTAS, ET GLORIA IN SAECULA. (PRIEST) DOMINE IESU CHRISTE, QUI DIXISTI APOSTOLIS TUIS: PACEM RELINQUO VOBIS, PACEM MEAM DO VOBIS: NE RESPICIAS PECCATA NOSTRA, SED FIDEM ECCLESIAE TUAE; EAMQUE SECUNDUM VOLUNTATEM TUAM PACIFICARE ET COADUNARE DIGNERIS. QUI VIVIS ET REGNAS IN SAECULA SAECULORUM. ♪ R. AMEN. ♪ >>PAX DOMINI SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM. ♪R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO. . (CANTORS) ♪(LATIN WORDS) AGNUS DEI, ♪ (ALL) QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI: MISERERE NOBIS. ♪ (CANTORS) AGNUS DEI, ♪ ( ALL) QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI: MISERERE NOBIS. ♪ (CANTORS) AGNUS DEI, ♪ (ALL) QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI: DONA NOBIS PACEM. . (LATIN WORDS:) (PRIEST:) ECCE AGNUS DEI, ECCE QUI TOLLIT PECCATA MUNDI. BEATI QUI AD CENAM AGNI VOCATI SUNT. R. DOMINE, NON SUM DIGNUS UT INTRES SUB TECTUM MEUM: SED TANTUM DIC VERBO, ET SANABITUR ANIMA MEA. (BELLS) . (FEMALE VOICE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT NOW RECEIVE JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER. ♪ ( COMMUNION MUSIC) ( CANTORS) ( LATIN HYMN) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . ( ASH WEDNESDAY) (PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION) (PRIEST:) LET US PRAY. (PRIEST:) MAY THE SACRAMENT WE HAVE RECEIVED SUSTAIN US, O LORD, THAT OUR LENTEN FAST MAY BE PLEASING TO YOU AND BE FOR US A HEALING REMEDY. R. AMEN. . ( PRIEST) THE LORD BE WITH YOU. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. . " >>BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY FOR GOD'S BLESSING. (PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE) (PRIEST) POUR OUT A SPIRIT OF COMPUNCTION O GOD ON THOSE WHO BOW BEFORE YOUR MAJESTY AND BY YOUR MERCY MAY THEY MERIT THE REWARDS YOU PROMISE TO THOSE WHO DO PENANCE. THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. R. AMEN. . ( PRIEST) THE LORD BE WITH YOU. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. (PRIEST) AND MAY THE BLESSING OF ALMIGHTY GOD, THE FATHER, AND THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, DESCEND UPON YOU AND REMAIN WITH YOU FOR EVER. R. AMEN. >>GO IN PEACE, GLORIFYING THE LORD BY YOUR LIFE. R. THANKS BE TO GOD. ♪ ( RECESSIONAL ) ( ORGAN) ( "LORD, WHO THROUGHOUT THESE FORTY DAYS" ) ( ADOREMUS 360) ♪ . ( ALL PRAY) ST. MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL, DEFEND US IN BATTLE. BE OUR PROTECTION AGAINST THE WICKEDNESS AND SNARES OF THE DEVIL. MAY GOD REBUKE HIM, WE HUMBLY PRAY AND DO THOU, O PRINCE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST, BY THE POWER OF GOD, CAST INTO HELL SATAN, AND ALL THE EVIL SPIRITS WHO PROWL ABOUT THE WORLD, SEEKING THE RUIN OF SOULS. AMEN. . ( CANTOR) ♪ADOREMUS IN AETERNUM SANCTISSIMUM SACRAMENTUM. . (MALE VOICE) PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS. (ALL PRAY) GOD OUR FATHER WHO WILLS THAT ALL MEN BE SAVED AND COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR TRUTH, WE BEG YOU TO SEND LABORERS INTO YOUR HARVEST AND GRANT THEM GRACE TO SPEAK YOUR WORD WITH ALL BOLDNESS SO THAT YOUR WORD MAY SPREAD AND BE GLORIFIED AND ALL NATIONS MAY KNOW YOU THE ONLY GOD AND HIM WHOM YOU HAVE SENT JESUS CHRIST YOUR SON OUR LORD, AMEN. OUR LADY QUEEN OF THE AMERICAS MARY MOTHER OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF THE ETERNAL WORD PRAY FOR US.
