. (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) . ( THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (ENTRANCE ANTIPHON) (BELL) ♪ (CANTORS) WHEN I CRIED TO THE LORD, HE HEARD MY VOICE; HE RESCUED ME FROM THOSE WHO ATTACK ME. ENTRUST YOUR CARES TO THE LORD, AND HE WILL SUPPORT YOU. ♪(ALL) WHEN I CRIED TO THE LORD, HE HEARD MY VOICE; HE RESCUED ME FROM THOSE WHO ATTACK ME. ENTRUST YOUR CARES TO THE LORD, AND HE WILL SUPPORT YOU. ♪ (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 EVER SHALL BE WORLD WITHOUT END. AMEN. ♪ (ALL) WHEN I CRIED TO THE LORD, HE HEARD MY VOICE; HE RESCUED ME FROM THOSE WHO ATTACK ME. ENTRUST YOUR CARES TO THE LORD, AND HE WILL SUPPORT YOU. . (PRIEST: ) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. R. AMEN. . (PRIEST:) THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. . (PENITENTIAL ACT) (PRIEST:) BRETHREN [BROTHERS AND SISTERS] LET US ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SINS, AND SO PREPARE OURSELVES TO CELEBRATE THE SACRED MYSTERIES. (ALL:) I CONFESS TO ALMIGHTY GOD AND TO YOU, MY BROTHER, [BROTHERS AND SISTERS] THAT I HAVE GREATLY SINNED, IN MY THOUGHTS AND IN MY WORDS, IN WHAT I HAVE DONE AND IN WHAT I HAVE FAILED TO DO, (PEOPLE STRIKE THEIR BREAST, SAYING) THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY MOST GRIEVOUS FAULT; THEREFORE I ASK BLESSED MARY EVER-VIRGIN, ALL THE ANGELS AND SAINTS, AND YOU MY BROTHER, TO PRAY FOR ME TO THE LORD OUR GOD. (ABSOLUTION BY THE PRIEST ) MAY ALMIGHTY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US, FORGIVE US OUR SINS, AND BRING US TO EVERLASTING LIFE. R. AMEN. ♪. ♪>>KYRIE, ELEISON. KYRIE ELEISON KYRIE ELEISON ♪ R. KYRIE, ELEISON. KYRIE ELEISON KYRIE ELELISON ♪ >>CHRISTE, ELEISON. CHRISTE ELEISON CHRISTE ELEISON ♪ R. CHRISTE, ELEISON. ♪ >>KYRIE, ELEISON. KYRIE ELEISON KYRIE ELEISON ♪ . (MARCH 3) ( "COLLECT" ONLY FROM PRAYERS FOR ST. KATHARINE DREXEL.) ("PRAYER OVER OFFERINGS", "COMMUNION ANTIPHON" AND "PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION" WILL BE FROM THE "THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY") (PRIEST:) LET US PRAY. (PRIEST:) GOD OF LOVE, YOU CALLED SAINT KATHARINE DREXEL TO TEACH THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL AND TO BRING THE LIFE OF THE EUCHARIST TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLES; BY HER PRAYERS AND EXAMPLE, ENABLE US TO WORK FOR JUSTICE AMONG THE POOR AND THE OPPRESSED, AND KEEP US UNDIVIDED IN LOVE IN THE EUCHARISTIC COMMUNITY OF YOUR CHURCH. 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. R. AMEN . (220 ) (THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (FIRST READING) (READER) A READING FROM THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY (30:15-20) MOSES SAID TO THE PEOPLE: TODAY I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND PROSPERITY, DEATH AND DOOM. IF YOU OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD, YOUR GOD, WHICH I ENJOIN ON YOU TODAY, LOVING HIM, AND WALKING IN HIS WAYS, AND KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS, STATUTES AND DECREES, YOU WILL LIVE AND GROW NUMEROUS, AND THE LORD, YOUR GOD, WILL BLESS YOU IN THE LAND YOU ARE ENTERING TO OCCUPY. IF, HOWEVER, YOU TURN AWAY YOUR HEARTS AND WILL NOT LISTEN, BUT ARE LED ASTRAY AND ADORE AND SERVE OTHER GODS, I TELL YOU NOW THAT YOU WILL CERTAINLY PERISH; YOU WILL NOT HAVE A LONG LIFE ON THE LAND THAT YOU ARE CROSSING THE JORDAN TO ENTER AND OCCUPY. I CALL HEAVEN AND EARTH TODAY TO WITNESS AGAINST YOU: I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE. CHOOSE LIFE, THEN, THAT YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY LIVE, BY LOVING THE LORD, YOUR GOD, HEEDING HIS VOICE, AND HOLDING FAST TO HIM. FOR THAT WILL MEAN LIFE FOR YOU, A LONG LIFE FOR YOU TO LIVE ON THE LAND THAT THE LORD SWORE HE WOULD GIVE TO YOUR FATHERS ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB. (LATIN WORDS) ♪(READER) VERBUM DOMINI ♪(R.) DEO GRATIAS. (THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (RESPONSORIAL PSALM 1:1- 4 AND 6) (READER) BLESSED ARE THEY WHO HOPE IN THE LORD. R. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO HOPE IN THE LORD. (READER) BLESSED THE MAN WHO FOLLOWS NOT THE COUNSEL OF THE WICKED NOR WALKS IN THE WAY OF SINNERS, NOR SITS IN THE COMPANY OF THE INSOLENT, BUT DELIGHTS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD AND MEDITATES ON HIS LAW DAY AND NIGHT. R. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO HOPE IN THE LORD. (READER) HE IS LIKE A TREE PLANTED NEAR RUNNING WATER, THAT YIELDS ITS FRUIT IN DUE SEASON, AND WHOSE LEAVES NEVER FADE. WHATEVER HE DOES, PROSPERS. R. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO HOPE IN THE LORD. (READER) NOT SO THE WICKED, NOT SO; THEY ARE LIKE CHAFF WHICH THE WIND DRIVES AWAY. FOR THE LORD WATCHES OVER THE WAY OF THE JUST, BUT THE WAY OF THE WICKED VANISHES. R. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO HOPE IN THE LORD. ( VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL ) ♪ (ORGAN ) ( CANTORS ) ♪ PRAISE AND HONOR TO YOU, LORD, JESUS CHRIST. ♪R. PRAISE AND HONOR TO YOU, LORD, JESUS CHRIST. ♪(CANTOR) REPENT, SAYS THE LORD; THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. ♪ R. PRAISE AND HONOR TO YOU, LORD, JESUS CHRIST. (THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (GOSPEL) (LATIN WORDS:) ♪>>DOMINUS VOBISCUM. ♪ R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO ♪>> LECTIO SANCTI EVANGELII SECUNDUM LUCAM( 9:22-25 ) R. ♪GLORIA TIBI, DOMINE. >>JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES: THE SON OF MAN MUST SUFFER GREATLY AND BE REJECTED BY THE ELDERS, THE CHIEF PRIESTS, AND THE SCRIBES, AND BE KILLED AND ON THE THIRD DAY BE RAISED. THEN HE SAID TO ALL, IF ANYONE WISHES TO COME AFTER ME, HE MUST DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW ME. FOR WHOEVER WISHES TO SAVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE WILL SAVE IT. WHAT PROFIT IS THERE FOR ONE TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD YET LOSE OR FORFEIT HIMSELF? ♪(LATIN WORDS) ♪VERBUM DOMINI ♪ R. LAUS TIBI, CHRISTE IF YOU ARE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE READINGS TODAY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A SEEMINGLY GLARING CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THEM. IN THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY, MOSES TELLS THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL THAT IF THEY LOVE THE LORD GOD, WALK IN HIS WAYS, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, THEY WILL ENJOY LONG LIFE IN THE LAND THAT THEY ARE ENTERING TO OCCUPY. BUT IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, JESUS SAYS TO THOSE WHO WISH TO COME AFTER HIM THAT THEY MUST DENY THEMSELVES, TAKE UP THE CROSSES, AND FOLLOW HIM. WHOEVER WISHES TO SAVE HIS LIFE MUST LOSE IT, BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE WILL SAVE IT. ON THE ONE HAND, MOSES IS PROMISING LONG LIFE TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LORD GOD. ON THE OTHER HAND, JESUS CALLS UPON THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM TO CARRY THE CROSS AND TO LOSE THEIR LIVES. HOW CAN WE ACCOUNT FOR THIS PARADOX IN SCRIPTURE? HOW COULD WE FOLLOW THE LORD GOD AND HAVE LONG LIFE AND LOSE OUR LIVES AT THE SAME TIME? JESUS WAS ENTIRELY FAITHFUL TO GOD THE FATHER AND KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS PERFECTLY YET HE SUFFERED DEATH AT THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES. IF THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL TO GOD ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE LONG LIFE, WHY IS THE MOST HOLY ONE, JESUS CHRIST, PUT TO DEATH? HOW CAN WE RECONCILE THIS APPARENT CONTRADICTION? THE ANSWER SIMPLY IS THAT BOTH READINGS ARE TRUE. THOSE WHO KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS DO INDEED ENJOY LONG LIFE WHILE THOSE WHO DENY THEMSELVES TAKE UP THEIR CROSSES AND LOSE THEIR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST LIKEWISE SAVE THEIR LIVES. THE READINGS FROM DEUTERONOMY AND LUKE ARE NOT ACTUALLY CONTRADICTORY. THOSE WHO KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND AND THOSE WHO SEEK TO PEACE AND LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AND GOD, THEY ARE CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH PROVIDING FOR THEIR OWN NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES BUT ALSO SHOW CONCERN FOR THE POOR AND THE NEEDY. THEY SEEK PEACEFUL MEANS TO RECTIFY INJUSTICES SO THAT THE LEGITIMATE NEEDS OF ALL CAN BE SATISFIED. THEY ARE NOT INORDINATELY ATTACHED TO WORLDLY PLEASURES AND GOODS. AND THERE ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND TO THOSE WHO ASK FOR HELP. THEY HAVE RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN PERSON FROM CONCEPTION TO NATURAL DEATH AND THEY SEEK THE ATTAINMENT OF THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL. THEY DO NOT EXPLOIT OTHERS FOR PROFIT OR REDUCE THEM TO SLAVERY. WHEN THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SEEK TO GOD'S WILL AND TO OBEY GOD'S COMMANDMENTS THIS BRINGS ABOUT A JUST AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY IN WHICH EVERYONE CAN THRIVE AND FLOURISH. UNFORTUNATELY THE REALITY OF ORIGINAL SIN CONTINUES TO HAUNT US. THERE ARE STILL TOO MANY OF US WHO ARE ATTACHED TO OUR OWN EGOS AND PRIDE, OUR OWN SELFISH AMBITIONS AND QUEST FOR POWER, OUR OWN DISTORTED IDEAS AND IDEOLOGIES, OUR OWN MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AT HER OWN PLEASURES. WE ERECT GOD'S OF OUR OWN MAKING WHETHER THOSE GODS BE OURSELVES OR OTHER PEOPLE OR CELEBRITIES OR POLITICIANS, MONEY, POWER OR SELFISH PLEASURE AND WE REGULARLY PAY HOMAGE TO THEM. THUS WE TURN AWAY FROM THE ONE TRUE GOD, THE SOURCE OF LIFE ITSELF. THIS DISINTEGRATION AND DIVISION WITHIN OURSELVES AND IN SOCIETY TENDS TOWARDS DEATH. THIS ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE AND DEATH AS WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY WITNESSING WITH THE CURRENT WARS RAGING IN EUROPE AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. WARS ARE A SYMPTOM. THEY ARE A SYMPTOM OF AN UNDERLYING PROBLEM OF SIN ESPECIALLY A LACK OF GENUINE CONCERN FOR JUSTICE AND CHARITY TOWARDS ALL. WHEN WE REFUSE TO LISTEN TO GOD AND TO SEEK UNIVERSAL JUSTICE, PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD FOR ALL, WE BECOME SELFISH AND SEEK TO SERVE OUR OWN INTEREST OR THE INTEREST OF OUR OWN NATION INSTEAD OF WORKING IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHERS FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMON GOOD FOR ALL THEN DISINTEGRATION, SUFFERING AND DEATH ARE THE ULTIMATE RESULT. THOSE WHO ARE JUST AND FAITHFUL AND DO SEEK TO DO GOD'S WILL END UP SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF THE UNJUST. THE PROPHETS OF GOD WHO TRY TO TALK SENSE INTO GOD'S PEOPLE WERE PERSECUTED AND PUT TO DEATH. IN SOME RESPECTS THE SITUATION APPEARS HOPELESS FOR THOSE WHO SEEK TO DO GOD'S WILL, TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND JUST. SO WHAT THEN IS REQUIRED? IN ORDER TO TURN THINGS AROUND? IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE SAVED FROM THIS SITUATION OF SIN INTO WHICH MAN IS PLUNGED HIMSELF? JESUS SAYS TO HIS DISCIPLES IN TODAY'S GOSPEL READING, THE SON OF MAN MUST SUFFER GREATLY AND BE REJECTED BY THE ELDERS, THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE SCRIBES AND BE KILLED AND ON THE 3RD DAY BE RAISED. IN THE MIDST OF A FAITHLESS AND PERVERSE GENERATION WE HAVE THIS 1 BRIGHT SHINING LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE ONE WHO IS PERFECTLY FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND TO HIS COMMANDMENTS. WHEN HE SUFFERS DEATH AND IS BURIED, HE CANCELS THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN AND HIS DEATH BECOMES THE ENTRYWAY THROUGH WHICH HIS DISCIPLES CAN THUS ENTER INTO LONG LIFE. BUT THIS PROMISE OF LONG LIFE IS NO LONGER A MERE EARTHLY LIFE OF TEMPORAL HAPPINESS BUT A LIFE AND A HAPPINESS THAT LAST FOREVER IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. THOSE WHO SEEK AFTER WORLDLY POWER, WEALTH AND PLEASURES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME EXPLOITING OTHERS MAY ENJY A LONG TEMPORAL LIFE ON THIS EARTH BUT IN THE END, THEY WILL LOSE THEMSELVES. AS JESUS SAYS, WHAT PROFIT IS THERE FOR ONE TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD YET LOSE OR FORFEIT HIMSELF? THE PATH TO LIFE NOW ONLY COMES THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH SELF-DENIAL, TAKING UP ONE'S CROSS, AND REMAINING FAITHFUL TO HIS COMMANDMENTS, THE GREATEST OF WHICH ARE LOVE OF GOD AND LOVE OF NEIGHBOR. THROUGH HIS CROSS AND RESURRECTION, CHRIST HAS SET US FREE. THE PROMISE OF LONG LIFE THAT MOSES GIVES TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IS NOW TAKEN UP IN CHRIST. IT IS STILL TRUE THAT THOSE WHO OBEY GOD'S COMMANDMENTS SHALL ENJOY LONG LIFE. THOSE WHO LOVE CHRIST AND CHOOSE TO OBEY HIM ARE CALLED UPON TO GIVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST. AS ST. PAUL TEACHES IN HIS LETTER TO THE ROMANS, IF WE HAVE DIED WITH CHRIST WE BELIEVE THAT WE SHALL ALSO LIVE WITH HIM. THIS PENITENTIAL SEASON OF LENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO CHRIST AS HIS DISCIPLES. OUR WORKS OF PENANCE THROUGH FASTING, PRAYER AND ALMSGIVING, AND WORKS OF CHARITY HELP US TO DENY OURSELVES AND TAKE UP OUR CROSSES AND FOLLOW JESUS. OUR FIDELITY TO CHRIST IS TESTED MOST ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE AROUND US FALL AWAY FROM THE FAITH AND CEASE TO LIVE IN CHARITY. IF WE PERSEVERE IN FOLLOWING THE LORD, CONFIDENT IN THE LORD'S GRACE AND MERCY, WE ARE ASSURED OF THE PROMISE WE HEARD TODAY IN THE PSALM, PSALM 1. FOR THE LORD WATCHES OVER THE WAY OF THE JUST BUT THE WAY OF THE WICKED VANISHES. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO HOPE IN THE LORD. FOR THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE LORD AND TO PERSEVERE IN CHARITY EVEN IF THEY SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER FOR A TIME IN THIS LIFE WILL ENJOY THE BLESSED ASSURANCE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY AND OF LIFE EVERLASTING. . ( INTERCESSIONS FOR THUR, W4 ) ( PRIEST INVITES THE PEOPLE TO PRAY ) ...LET US OFFER OUR PETITIONS TO GOD. (READER) 1) THAT THE CHURCH MAY GUIDE THE PEOPLE OF GOD TO THAT TRUE FREEDOM WHICH CAN ONLY BE ATTAINED THROUGH ADHERENCE TO THE WILL OF OUR FATHER. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER) 2) THAT OUR HOLY FATHER MAY ENJOY THE CONSTANT GUIDANCE AND COUNSEL OF GOD IN HIS UNDERTAKINGS FOR THE WELFARE AND GROWTH OF THE CHURCH. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER) 3) THAT WORLD LEADERS WILL HAVE THE WISDOM TO SEE THAT HUMAN LIFE IS THE GREATEST TREASURE AND THAT THEY MAY WORK TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THIS GIFT. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER) 4) FOR THE SICK, THE DYING, THE HOMELESS, THE POOR, AND THE FORGOTTEN, THAT THEY WILL KNOW THEIR TRUE DIGNITY IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER) 5) FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED, THAT AFTER THEIR EARTHLY LIFE, THEY MAY COME TO SHARE IN THE GLORY OF EVERLASTING LIFE. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (PRIEST CONCLUDES INTERCESSORY PRAYERS.) WE PRAY THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF ST. JOSEPH PATRON SAINT OF UKRAINE ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AND FOR AN END TO THE WAR THAT IS TAKING PLACE THERE FOR THE CCING OF HOSTILITIES. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (PRIEST) ...WE MAKE OUR PRAYER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. R. AMEN. ♪ (OFFERTORY MUSIC ) (ORGAN) ♪ (CANTORS) ( "JESUS, MY LORD, BEHOLD AT LENGTH OF TIME" ) ♪ ♪ . (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. . (THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS) (PRIEST:) REGARD WITH FAVOR, O LORD, WE PRAY, THE OFFERINGS WE SET UPON THIS SACRED ALTAR, THAT, BESTOWING ON US YOUR PARDON, OUR OBLATIONS MAY GIVE HONOR TO YOUR NAME. (R.) AMEN. . ♪(PRIEST:) THE LORD BE WITH YOU. ♪R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. ♪(PRIEST:) LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS. ♪R. WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD. ♪(PRIEST:) LET US GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD OUR GOD. ♪R. IT IS RIGHT AND JUST. . (P 39)(PREFACE I OF LENT) (THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF LENT) (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, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. FOR BY YOUR GRACIOUS GIFT EACH YEAR YOUR FAITHFUL AWAIT THE SACRED PASCHAL FEASTS WITH THE JOY OF MINDS MADE PURE, SO THAT, MORE EAGERLY INTENT ON PRAYER AND ON THE WORKS OF CHARITY, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE MYSTERIES BY WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN REBORN, THEY MAY BE LED TO THE FULLNESS OF GRACE THAT YOU BESTOW ON YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. AND SO, WITH ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS, WITH THRONES AND DOMINIONS, AND WITH ALL THE HOSTS AND POWERS OF HEAVEN, WE SING THE HYMN OF YOUR GLORY, AS WITHOUT END 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 III) (PRIEST:) YOU ARE INDEED HOLY, O LORD, AND ALL YOU HAVE CREATED RIGHTLY GIVES YOU PRAISE, FOR THROUGH YOUR SON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY THE POWER AND WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU GIVE LIFE TO ALL THINGS AND MAKE THEM HOLY, AND YOU NEVER CEASE TO GATHER A PEOPLE TO YOURSELF, SO THAT FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN TO ITS SETTING A PURE SACRIFICE MAY BE OFFERED TO YOUR NAME. THEREFORE O LORD, WE HUMBLY IMPLORE YOU: (BELLS) BY THE SAME SPIRIT GRACIOUSLY MAKE HOLY THESE GIFTS WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU FOR CONSECRATION, THAT THEY MAY BECOME THE BODY AND BLOOD OF YOUR SON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, AT WHOSE COMMAND WE CELEBRATE THESE MYSTERIES. FOR ON THE NIGHT HE WAS BETRAYED HE HIMSELF TOOK BREAD AND GIVING YOU THANKS HE SAID THE BLESSING BROKE THE BREAD 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 GIVING YOU THANKS HE SAID THE BLESSING, AND GAVE THE CHALICE 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 ( LATIN) ♪(R.) SALVATOR MUNDI ,SALVA NOS QUI PER CRUCEM ET RESURRECTIONEM TUAM LIBERASTI NOS ♪ (PRIEST) THEREFORE, O LORD, AS WE CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL OF THE SAVING PASSION OF YOUR SON, HIS WONDROUS RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS SECOND COMING, WE OFFER YOU IN THANKSGIVING THIS HOLY AND LIVING SACRIFICE. LOOK, WE PRAY, UPON THE OBLATION OF YOUR CHURCH AND RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICIAL VICTIM BY WHOSE DEATH YOU WILLED TO RECONCILE US TO YOURSELF, GRANT THAT WE, WHO ARE NOURISHED BY THE BODY AND BLOOD OF YOUR SON AND FILLED WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT, MAY BECOME ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT IN CHRIST. MAY HE MAKE OF US AN ETERNAL OFFERING TO YOU, SO THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AN INHERITANCE WITH YOUR ELECT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF GOD, WITH BLESSED JOSEPH, HER SPOUSE WITH YOUR BLESSED APOSTLES AND GLORIOUS MARTYRS [WITH SAINT FRANCIS AND ST. CLAIRE AND ST. KATHERINE DREXEL ] AND WITH ALL THE SAINTS, ON WHOSE CONSTANT INTERCESSION IN YOUR PRESENCE WE RELY FOR UNFAILING HELP. MAY THIS SACRIFICE OF OUR RECONCILIATION, WE PRAY, O LORD, ADVANCE THE PEACE AND SALVATION OF ALL THE WORLD. BE PLEASED TO CONFIRM IN FAITH AND CHARITY YOUR PILGRIM CHURCH ON EARTH, WITH YOUR SERVANT, FRANCIS OUR POPE, AND STEVEN, OUR BISHOP, THE ORDER OF BISHOPS, ALL THE CLERGY AND THE ENTIRE PEOPLE YOU HAVE GAINED FOR YOUR OWN. LISTEN GRACIOUSLY TO THE PRAYERS OF THIS FAMILY, WHOM YOU HAVE SUMMONED BEFORE YOU: IN YOUR COMPASSION, O MERCIFUL FATHER, GATHER TO YOURSELF ALL YOUR CHILDREN SCATTERED THROUGH OUT THE WORLD. TO OUR DEPARTED BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND TO ALL WHO WERE PLEASING TO YOU AT THEIR PASSING FROM THIS LIFE, GIVE KIND ADMITTANCE TO YOUR KINGDOM. THERE WE HOPE TO ENJOY FOR EVER THE FULLNESS OF YOUR GLORY, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD, THROUGH WHOM YOU BESTOW ON THE WORLD ALL THAT IS GOOD. ♪ (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) . (THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (COMMUNION ANTIPHON ) (PRIEST) CREATE A PURE HEART FOR ME, O GOD; RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME. . (FEMALE VOICE) FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT NOW RECEIVE JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER. ( COMMUNION MUSIC) ( ORGAN) ♪ ♪ ( CANTORS) ♪ ( "MANY AND GREAT, O GOD ARE YOUR WORKS") ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . (THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION) (PRIEST) LET US PRAY. (PRIEST:) HAVING RECEIVED THE BLESSING OF YOUR HEAVENLY GIFTS, WE HUMBLY BESEECH YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD, THAT THEY MAY ALWAYS BE FOR US A SOURCE BOTH OF PARDON AND OF SALVATION. (RESPONSE/R.) AMEN. . ( PRIEST) THE LORD BE WITH YOU. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. . (THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) ("PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE") >>BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY FOR GOD'S BLESSING. (PRIEST) ALMIGHTY GOD, WHO HAVE MADE KNOWN TO YOUR PEOPLE THE WAYS OF ETERNAL LIFE, LEAD THEM BY THAT PATH, WE PRAY, TO YOU, THE UNFADING LIGHT. (R.) AMEN. . ( PRIEST) (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. . (LATIN) ♪ >>ITE MISSA EST. ♪ R. DEO GRATIAS. ♪ ( RECESSIONAL ) ( ORGAN) ( "DEAR LORD, AND FATHER OF MANKIND" ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . ( 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.
