THIS IS A TEST . (MALE VOICE SPEAKING) BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE pSINS 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) . (FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (ENTRANCE ANTIPHON) (BELL) (CANTORS) ♪THE LORD HEARD AND HAD MERCY ON ME; THE LORD BECAME MY HELPER. ♪(ALL) THE LORD HEARD AND HAD MERCY ON ME; THE LORD BECAME MY HELPER. (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) THE LORD HEARD AND HAD MERCY ON ME; THE LORD BECAME MY HELPER. . (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. ♪ R. KYRIE, ELEISON. ♪ >>CHRISTE, ELEISON. ♪ R. CHRISTE, ELEISON. ♪ >>KYRIE, ELEISON. ♪ R. KYRIE, ELEISON. . (FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (COLLECT) (PRIEST) LET US PRAY. (PRIEST) SHOW GRACIOUS FAVOR, O LORD, WE PRAY, TO THE WORKS OF PENANCE WE HAVE BEGUN, THAT WE MAY HAVE STRENGTH TO ACCOMPLISH WITH SINCERITY THE BODILY OBSERVANCES WE UNDERTAKE. 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. . (221) (FRIDAY AFTER ASH WED.) (FIRST READING) (READER) A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH (58:1-9) (READER:) THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD: CRY OUT FULL-THROATED AND UNSPARINGLY, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE LIKE A TRUMPET BLAST; TELL MY PEOPLE THEIR WICKEDNESS, AND THE HOUSE OF JACOB THEIR SINS. THEY SEEK ME DAY AFTER DAY, AND DESIRE TO KNOW MY WAYS, LIKE A NATION THAT HAS DONE WHAT IS JUST AND NOT ABANDONED THE LAW OF THEIR GOD; THEY ASK ME TO DECLARE WHAT IS DUE THEM, PLEASED TO GAIN ACCESS TO GOD. WHY DO WE FAST, AND YOU DO NOT SEE IT? AFFLICT OURSELVES, AND YOU TAKE NO NOTE OF IT? LO, ON YOUR FAST DAY YOU CARRY OUT YOUR OWN PURSUITS, AND DRIVE ALL YOUR LABORERS. YES, YOUR FAST ENDS IN QUARRELING AND FIGHTING, STRIKING WITH WICKED CLAW. WOULD THAT TODAY YOU MIGHT FAST SO AS TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ON HIGH! IS THIS THE MANNER OF FASTING I WISH, OF KEEPING A DAY OF PENANCE: THAT A MAN BOW HIS HEAD LIKE A REED AND LIE IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES? DO YOU CALL THIS A FAST, A DAY ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD? THIS, RATHER, IS THE FASTING THAT I WISH: RELEASING THOSE BOUND UNJUSTLY, UNTYING THE THONGS OF THE YOKE; SETTING FREE THE OPPRESSED, BREAKING EVERY YOKE; SHARING YOUR BREAD WITH THE HUNGRY, SHELTERING THE OPPRESSED AND THE HOMELESS; CLOTHING THE NAKED WHEN YOU SEE THEM, AND NOT TURNING YOUR BACK ON YOUR OWN. THEN YOUR LIGHT SHALL BREAK FORTH LIKE THE DAWN, AND YOUR WOUND SHALL QUICKLY BE HEALED; YOUR VINDICATION SHALL GO BEFORE YOU, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE YOUR REAR GUARD. THEN YOU SHALL CALL, AND THE LORD WILL ANSWER, YOU SHALL CRY FOR HELP, AND HE WILL SAY: HERE I AM! THE WORD OF THE LORD. R. THANKS BE TO GOD. (FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (RESPONSORIAL PSALM 51:3-6, 18-19) (READER) A HEART CONTRITE AND HUMBLED, O GOD, YOU WILL NOT SPURN. R. A HEART CONTRITE AND HUMBLED, O GOD, YOU WILL NOT SPURN. (READER) HAVE MERCY ON ME, O GOD, IN YOUR GOODNESS; IN THE GREATNESS OF YOUR COMPASSION WIPE OUT MY OFFENSE. THOROUGHLY WASH ME FROM MY GUILT AND OF MY SIN CLEANSE ME. R. A HEART CONTRITE AND HUMBLED, O GOD, YOU WILL NOT SPURN. (READER) FOR I ACKNOWLEDGE MY OFFENSE, AND MY SIN IS BEFORE ME ALWAYS: AGAINST YOU ONLY HAVE I SINNED, AND DONE WHAT IS EVIL IN YOUR SIGHT. R. A HEART CONTRITE AND HUMBLED, O GOD, YOU WILL NOT SPURN. (READER) FOR YOU ARE NOT PLEASED WITH SACRIFICES; SHOULD I OFFER A BURNT OFFERING, YOU WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT. MY SACRIFICE, O GOD, IS A CONTRITE SPIRIT; A HEART CONTRITE AND HUMBLED, O GOD, YOU WILL NOT SPURN. R. A HEART CONTRITE AND HUMBLED, O GOD, YOU WILL NOT SPURN. (VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL) (VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL) ♪ ♪(ORGAN) ♪ (CANTORS) PRAISE AND HONOR TO YOU, LORD, JESUS CHRIST. ♪ R. PRAISE AND HONOR TO YOU, LORD, JESUS CHRIST. ♪(CANTOR) SEEK GOOD AND NOT EVIL SO THAT YOU MAY LIVE, AND THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU. ♪ R. GLORY AND PRAISE TO YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST (FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (GOSPEL) (LATIN WORDS) ♪>>DOMINUS VOBISCUM. ♪ R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO. ♪>>LECTIO SANCTI EVANGELII SECUNDUM MATTHEUM ( 9:14-15 ) SECUNDUM MATTHEUM ( 9:14-15 ) ♪R. GLORIA TIBI, DOMINE. >>THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN APPROACHED JESUS AND SAID, WHY DO WE AND THE PHARISEES FAST MUCH, BUT YOUR DISCIPLES DO NOT FAST? JESUS ANSWERED THEM, CAN THE WEDDING GUESTS MOURN AS LONG AS THE BRIDEGROOM IS WITH THEM? THE DAYS WILL COME WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, AND THEN THEY WILL FAST. ♪ (LATIN WORDS) VERBUM DOMINI ♪R. LAUS TIBI, CHRISTE WE KNOW IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT THAT JESUS TELLS US TO FAST AND HOW TO FAST PROPERLY AND WE HAVE HAD THESE READINGS ALREADY, NOT TO MAKE A BIG SHOW OF IT THAT WE GET OUR REWARD FROM OTHERS BUT THAT WE LOOK TO THE FATHER. THAT THERE IS A THAT WE KEEP OUR EYES ON HIM AND IN OUR FASTING AND SACRIFICE WE ARE TRYING TO DRAW CLOSE TO THE LORD. IT IS ABOUT SACRIFICES WE OFFER TO HIM AND HE REPAYS US IN THE SENSE THAT WE DRAW CLOSE TO HIM. WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO MAKE A SHOW OF IT RIGHT TO IMPRESS OTHERS. THE 1ST READING TODAY FROM ISAIAH WE SEE ALSO A TEACHING ABOUT HOW TO FAST. PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT HOW COME YOU DO NOT HEAR OUR PRAYERS? SO ISAIAH TELLS THEM CLEARLY WHY THEIR PRAYERS ARE NOT HEARD. THIS IS AT THE POINT I THINK LIKE THE 3RD POINT OF ISAIAH OR THEY ARE RETURNING FROM THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY IN THE 500S FOREIGNERS ARE JOINING WITH THEM. I GUESS THEY ARE LESS THAN CHARITABLE THAN SOME OF THE OUTSIDERS. THE EXHORTATION IS TO HAVE THIS CHARITY FOR OTHERS. HE SAYS THE QUESTION THAT THEY ARE ASKING WHY DO WE FAST AND YOU DO NOT SEE IT? AFFLICT OURSELVES AND YOU TAKE NO NOTE OF IT? HE GOES THROUGH A LIST OF PROBLEMS. YOU CARRY OUT YOUR OWN PURSUIT PER YOU DRIVE YOUR LABORERS. YOUR FAST ENDS IN QUARRELING AND FIGHTING AND STRIKING WITH WICKED CLAW. A LACK OF CHARITY PRETTY NOT FOSTERING LOVE AND US TOWARDS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. IT IS ACTUALLY FOSTERING A SELF-INDULGENCE AND WE ARE SEEKING OUR OWN WILL WE ARE NOT SEEKING TO GIVE AND HELP OTHERS. CARRYING OUT YOUR OWN PURSUIT. THAT IS A STRONG ADMONITION I THINK FOR US TODAY. IT IS 1 OF OUR DIFFICULTIES BESIDES MATERIALISM AND CONSUMERISM BUT ALSO JUST SELF-WILL AND DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO. IT IS ABOUT ME. IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW CAN I GIVE MYSELF TODAY TO OTHERS? HOW CAN I HELP OTHERS? SO HE SAYS THIS RATHER THE PROPHET IS SAYING THIS IS THE FASTING I WISH. LEASING THOSE BOUND UNJUSTLY UNTYING THE THONGS OF THE YOKE, SETTING FREE THE OPPRESSED AND BREAKING EVERY YOKE AND SHARING YOUR BREAD WITH THE HUNGRY AND SHELTERING THE OPPRESSED AND THE HOMELESS IN CLOTHING THE NAKED. DOING CHARITABLE WORKS CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY. THEN YOUR LIGHT SHALL BREAK FORTH LIKE THE DAWN AND YOUR WOUND SHALL QUICKLY BE HEALED. THE WOUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE THAT WE WANT TO HEAL, WHEN WE GIVE OURSELVES TO OTHERS A HEALING TAKES PLACE WHEN WE ARE LIVING A LIFE OF CHARITY. THEN YOU SHOULD CALL ON THE LORD THE LORD WILL ANSWER. YOU SHALL CRY FOR HELP AND HE SHALL SAY, HERE I AM. REMEMBER THAT IS WHAT ISAIAH SAID IN THE BEGINNING. HERE I AM LORD. SEND ME TO THE PEOPLE TO PROPHESY. GOD IS FLIPPING THAT AND SAYING GOD WILL TELL US HERE I AM. I'M DRAWING CLOSE TO YOU. I VIEWED AS YOUR PRAYERS. THE WORKS OF CHARITY THAT CHARITY UNITES LOVE UNITES LOVE FORMS THE UNION. AND WE CANNOT JUST FORM THE UNION WITH GOD WITHOUT BEING UNITED TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THE 2 ARE OF ONE PIECE. THE GOSPEL TODAY WE ALSO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF FASTING AND THE PROPER CHARACTER FASTING. THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST THEY APPROACHED JESUS AND ASKED, WHY DO WE AND THE PHARISEES FAST MUCH BUT YOUR DISCIPLES DO NOT FAST? AND I GUESS THEY ARE DOING PENANCE OUT IN THE WILDERNESS IN THE REMOTE REGIONS. I THINK A DEVOUT JEW WOULD FAST LIKE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR BY LAW AND THE PHARISEES ARE FASTING TWICE A WEEK AND ADDING TO THAT AND OF COURSE JOHN THE BAPTIST IS OUT IN THE DESERT FASTING AND TO SO THEY'RE ASKING HIM, YOUR DISCIPLES ARE FEASTING. YOU ARE HAVING THESE BIG GATHERINGS AND CELEBRATIONS IN JESUS ANSWER IS, CAN THE WEDDING GUEST MOURN AS LONG AS THE BRIDEGROOM IS WITH THEM? THE DAYS WILL COME WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AND THEN THEY WILL FAST. SO IT IS ABSURD RIGHT IF YOU GO TO A WEDDING PARTY YOU CELEBRATE A WEDDING AND AT THE RECEPTION YOU FAST, AND YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE AND THINGS AND STUFF AND IT IS A CELEBRATION. BUT JESUS IS THE BRIDEGROOM. WE SAID THAT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT GOD IS PRESENTED AS THE BRIDEGROOM. ISRAEL AS THE BRIDE. PREPARED FOR HIM. THAT IS BROUGHT TO A FULLNESS IN THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE BRIDEGROOM. JOHN THE BAPTIST IS NAMED AS THE BEST MAN AT THIS WEDDING FEAST. AND THE REASON THIS IMAGERY IS USED TO DESCRIBE GOD'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL AND JESUS'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHURCH IS THAT IF WE THINK ABOUT WHAT MARRIAGE IS IT IS ABOUT UNION. IT IS ABOUT SPOUSAL UNION. THE 2 COMING TOGETHER TO BECOME ONE FLESH. IT IS ABOUT LOVE. THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE IS LOVE. IT IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP. IT IS LIFE-GIVING. THE CHILDREN TO BE INVOLVED. BRING FORTH NEW LIFE. IT IS ABOUT GIVING OF ONESELF. AND THE WILDERNESS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT TIMES IS PRESENTED AS A PLACE OF COURTSHIP. WE SEE THAT IN THE SONG OF SONGS. THEY GO TO THE WILDERNESS TO BE COURTED. HE COURTS HIS BRIDE. THE WILDERNESS BEING LIKE THE DESERT. WE SEE JESUS HE DOES THIS 40 DAYS OF FASTING IN THE DESERT WHERE HE IS ALONE AND LET WILL PRESENTS THE 40 DAYS WERE JESUS FOUGHT THE ENEMY. HE OVER CAME TEMPTATION AND THERE IN THE DESERT OF LENT WE ARE BEING ALONE WITH CHRIST. THIS CULTIVATING LIKE IN INTERSPACE. WE ARE RIDDING OURSELVES OF DISTRACTIONS AND SELF-INDULGENCE. DURING OUR OWN PURSUIT. MAKING TIME FOR OTHERS TO GIVE TO OTHERS. IT IS NO ALONE TIME WITH GOD. TIME OF SEEKING RIGHTEOUSNESS. I WAS THINKING OF THAT POPULAR BOOK, THE LOVE LANGUAGE. THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES. WE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS WITH A GIVE AND EXPERIENCE LOVE. YOU MIGHT BE GIFT GIVING I REMEMBER ONE IS QUALITY TIME. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SOME TO SPEAK TO SPEND THIS ALONE TIME THIS CHERISHED TIME THIS TIME OF COURTSHIP. YOU THINK OF THE EXODUS EVENT. MOSES GOES TO PHARAOH AND GIVE HIM THE MESSAGE THAT GOD SAYS LET MY PEOPLE GO THAT THEY CAN GO AND OFFER SACRIFICE TO ME IN THE DESERT SO THAT THEY CAN WORSHIP ME IN THE DESERT. AND WHAT DOES GOD DO DURING THE 40 YEARS? HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO THEM. HE PROVIDES FOR THEM. THEY DEPEND ON HIM. THEY HAVE TO TRUST HIM EVERY DAY FOR THE FOOD AND THEIR WATER. HE IS DRAWING THEM CLOSE IN THIS DEPENDENCE AND CLOSENESS TO HIMSELF AND REVEALING HIS LAW AND FORMING THEM AS HIS PEOPLE. MOSES SAYS SO THAT WE CAN GO OFFER A CELEBRATE A FEAST IN HONOR OF OUR GOD. THIS JOY OF UNION. YOU THINK OF THE GIVING OF THE LAW. I THINK IT IS WHEN THE 7 ELDERS GO UP ON SINAI AND EAT AND DRINK AND HAVE THIS VISION OF GOD UP THERE. THIS UNION. THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING CULTIVATED. REVEALING HIMSELF TO HIS PEOPLE AND FORMING THEM AS A PEOPLE AND THIS IS PREPARATION FOR JESUS IS EXODUS EVENT. HIS DEPARTURE THIS FULLNESS OF GOD'S PEOPLE IS BROUGHT TO THIS SUPREME REALITY. UNITED WITH CHRIST IN HIS MYSTICAL BODY. WE ARE HEADED TOWARDS HOLY WEEK. 40 DAYS OF LENT. WE ARE HEADED TOWARDS THIS HOLY WEEK THE CELEBRATION OF HIS PASSION. GIVING HIMSELF TO THE CHURCH. HIS BRIDE ON THE CROSS. HE IS LAYING DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US TO UNITE HIMSELF TO US. TO SUFFER AND DIE AND RISE AGAIN AND ASCEND INTO HEAVEN AND GIVE US THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT UNITES US WITH GOD. POURED INTO OUR HEARTS. THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS ABOUT THIS UNION WITH GOD. THAT WE EXPERIENCE THAT IN THE SACRAMENTS TODAY. THAT HE IS TAKEN AWAY BUT HE IS STILL PRESENT TO US IN THE SACRAMENTS IN A NEW WAY. WE'RE JESUS TALKING ABOUT THE NEW WINESKINS FOR THE NEW WINE BECAUSE THE OLD SKINS BURST BY NEW WINE THAT IS FERMENTING SO YOU NEED NEW WINESKINS. YOU NEED A NEW PATCH SEWN ONTO AN OLD CLOTHING IT SHRINKS AND TEARS ITSELF AWAY. WE NEED THIS NEWNESS. WE NEED A NEW TEACHING. WE ARE FORMING A NEW PEOPLE. IT IS HAPPENING IN CHRIST. SOMETHING MORE. SOMETHING BETTER. THE OLD TESTAMENT PREPARATION. HE IS STILL PRESENT TO US NOW IN THE SACRAMENTS BUT YET THERE IS A FULLNESS COMING. THERE IS A CONSUMMATION OF A HEAVENLY LIFE WITH THERE'S NO MORE DEATH NO MORE SUFFERING NO MORE SIN. FACE-TO-FACE UNION, COMMUNION WITH GOD. NO MORE VEIL OF SACRAMENTS. JUST THIS DIRECT UNION THIS BEATIFIC VISION WITH GOD. SO NOW WE EXPERIENCE THIS AUSTERITY AND JOY AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE FASTING WE DO TODAY IS ORIENTED TO HIS PASSION OF UNITING OURSELVES WITH HIM IN THE DESERT IN FIGHTING TEMPTATION BUT ENTERING INTO THAT SUFFERING AND DEATH THAT PASCHAL MYSTERY AND THE RESURRECTION AND THE UNION LOOKING FORWARD TO ULTIMATELY THE PENTECOST WHEN HE GIVES US THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO THE CHALLENGE FOR US AND I THINK THE MOTIVATION WE NEED TO KEEP IN FRONT OF US IS THAT OUR FOCUS IS ON HIM. THAT WE ARE RIDDING OURSELVES OF DISTRACTION OF THE EGO AND SELF-SEEKING AND FOCUSING ON OTHERS AND CHRIST. THAT FOSTERS THIS UNION. THAT FOSTERS THIS LOVE. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE PENANCE. ULTIMATELY IS TO BE INFUSED WITH CHARITY AND LOVE OF GOD AND NEIGHBOR. . (INTERCESSIONS FRI., W4) (PRIEST INVITES PEOPLE TO PRAY) ...LET US OFFER OUR PETITIONS TO GOD... ( READER) 1) FOR THE CHURCH, THAT LIKE THE SEED THAT FELL ON RICH SOIL, WE MAY TAKE THE TIME TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND GOD'S WORD. WE PRAY TO THE LORD R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 2) FOR OUR POPE AND THE BISHOPS, THAT THEY WILL ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK ON THE MEDIA AS A POTENTIALLY GREAT CHANNEL FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 3) FOR THOSE WHO FIND IT HARD TO FORGIVE, THAT GOD'S HEALING GRACE MAY ENTER THEIR HEARTS. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 4) FOR THE GENTLE REPOSE OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED, THAT IN MERCY, GOD MAY WELCOME THEM INTO HEAVEN. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (PRIEST CONCLUDES INTERCESSORY PRAYERS.) WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE AND THEIR PROTECTION AND GOD'S HELP TO BE ON THEM. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (PRIEST) ...WE MAKE OUR PRAYER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. R. AMEN. . (PRIEST) BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD GOD OF ALL CREATION, FOR THROUGH YOUR GOODNESS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE BREAD WE OFFER YOU: FRUIT OF THE EARTH AND WORK OF HUMAN HANDS, IT WILL BECOME FOR US THE BREAD OF LIFE. R. BLESSED BE GOD FOREVER. (PRIEST SAYS THE FOLLOWING INAUDIBLY) (BY THE MYSTERY OF THIS WATER AND WINE MAY WE COME TO SHARE IN THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST WHO HUMBLED HIMSELF TO SHARE IN OUR HUMANITY.) (PRIEST) BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD GOD OF ALL CREATION, FOR THROUGH YOUR GOODNESS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE WINE WE OFFER YOU; FRUIT OF THE VINE AND WORK OF HUMAN HANDS, IT WILL BECOME OUR SPIRITUAL DRINK. R. BLESSED BE GOD FOREVER. (PRIEST SAYS THE FOLLOWING INAUDIBLY) (WITH HUMBLE SPIRIT AND CONTRITE HEART MAY WE BE ACCEPTED BY YOU, O LORD, AND MAY OUR SACRIFICE IN YOUR SIGHT THIS DAY BE PLEASING TO YOU, LORD GOD. WASH ME O LORD FROM MY INIQUITY AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN.) . (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. . (FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS) (PRIEST) WE OFFER, O LORD, THE SACRIFICE OF OUR LENTEN OBSERVANCE, PRAYING THAT IT MAY MAKE OUR INTENTIONS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU AND ADD TO OUR POWERS OF SELF-RESTRAINT. (R.) AMEN. . ♪( PRIEST:) DOMINUS VOBISCUM. p♪R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO. ♪( PRIEST:) SURSUM CORDA. ♪R. HABEMUS AD DOMINUM. ♪( PRIEST: ) GRATIAS AGAMUS DOMINO DEO NOSTRO. ♪R. DIGNUM ET IUSTUM EST. . (P 40)(PREFACE II OF LENT) (SPIRITUAL PENANCE) (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 YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR CHILDREN A SACRED TIME FOR THE RENEWING AND PURIFYING OF THEIR HEARTS, THAT, FREED FROM DISORDERED AFFECTIONS, THEY MAY SO DEAL WITH THE THINGS OF THIS PASSING WORLD AS TO HOLD RATHER TO THE THINGS THAT ETERNALLY ENDURE. AND SO, WITH ALL THE ANGELS AND SAINTS, WE PRAISE YOU, 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 I") (CELEBRANT:) TO YOU THEREFORE MOST MERCIFUL FATHER WE MAKE HUMBLE PRAYER AND PETITION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, OUR LORD: THAT YOU ACCEPT AND BLESS THESE GIFTS, THESE OFFERINGS THESE HOLY AND UNBLEMISHED SACRIFICES WHICH WE OFFER YOU FIRSTLY FOR YOUR HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH. BE PLEASED TO GRANT HER PEACE TO GUARD UNITE AND GOVERN HER THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD TOGETHER WITH YOUR SERVANT FRANCIS OUR POPE AND STEVEN OUR BISHOP AND ALL THOSE WHO HOLDING TO THE TRUTH HAND ON THE CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC FAITH. REMEMBER LORD, YOUR SERVANTS. AND ALL GATHERED HERE, WHOSE FAITH AND DEVOTION ARE KNOWN TO YOU. FOR THEM, WE OFFER YOU THIS SACRIFICE OF PRAISE OR THEY OFFER IT FOR THEMSELVES AND ALL WHO ARE DEAR TO THEM; FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THEIR SOULS IN HOPE OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AND PAYING THEIR HOMAGE TO YOU THE ETERNAL GOD, LIVING AND TRUE. AND IN COMMUNION WITH THOSE WHOSE MEMORY WE VENERATE ESPECIALLY THE GLORIOUS EVER-VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF OUR GOD AND LORD JESUS CHRIST AND BLESSED JOSEPH HER SPOUSE YOUR BLESSED APOSTLES AND MARTYRS PETER AND PAUL ANDREW, AND ALL YOUR SAINTS. WE ASK THAT THROUGH THEIR MERITS AND PRAYERS, IN ALL THINGS WE MAY BE DEFENDED BY YOUR PROTECTING HELP. THEREFORE LORD WE PRAY GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT THIS OBLATION OF OUR SERVICE AND THAT OF YOUR WHOLE FAMILY ORDER OUR DAYS IN YOUR PEACE AND COMMAND THAT WE BE DELIVERED FROM ETERNAL DAMNATION AND COUNTED AMONG THE FLOCK OF THOSE YOU HAVE CHOSEN BE PLEASED, (BELLS) O GOD, WE PRAY, TO BLESS, ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPROVE THIS OFFERING IN EVERY RESPECT; MAKE IT SPIRITUAL AND ACCEPTABLE SO THAT IT MAY BECOME FOR US THE BODY AND BLOOD OF YOUR MOST BELOVED SON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ON THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS TO SUFFER HE TOOK BREAD IN HIS HOLY AND VENERABLE HANDS, AND WITH EYES RAISED TO HEAVEN TO YOU, O GOD, HIS ALMIGHTY FATHER, 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 THIS PRECIOUS CHALICE IN HIS HOLY AND VENERABLE HANDS AND ONCE MORE 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) ♪ (LATIN WORDS) (PRIEST) MYSTERIUM FIDEI ♪ ( LATIN) R. SALVATOR MUNDI ,SALVA NOS QUI PER CRUCEM ET RESURRECTIONEM TUAM LIBERASTI NOS (CELEBRANT:) THEREFORE O LORD AS WE CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED PASSION THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD AND THE GLORIOUS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN OF CHRIST YOUR SON OUR LORD WE, YOUR SERVANTS AND YOUR HOLY PEOPLE OFFER TO YOUR GLORIOUS MAJESTY FROM THE GIFTS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THIS PURE VICTIM THIS HOLY VICTIM THIS SPOTLESS VICTIM THE HOLY BREAD OF ETERNAL LIFE AND THE CHALICE OF EVERLASTING SALVATION. BE PLEASED TO LOOK UPON THESE OFFERINGS WITH A SERENE AND KINDLY COUNTENANCE AND TO ACCEPT THEM AS ONCE YOU WERE PLEASED TO ACCEPT THE GIFTS OF YOUR SERVANT ABEL THE JUST THE SACRIFICE OF ABRAHAM OUR FATHER IN FAITH AND THE OFFERING OF YOUR HIGH PRIEST MELCHIZEDEK A HOLY SACRIFICE, A SPOTLESS VICTIM. IN HUMBLE PRAYER WE ASK YOU ALMIGHTY GOD COMMAND THAT THESE GIFTS BE BORNE BY THE HANDS OF YOUR ANGEL TO YOUR ALTAR ON HIGH IN THE SIGHT OF YOUR DIVINE MAJESTY SO THAT ALL OF US WHO THROUGH THIS PARTICIPATION AT THE ALTAR RECEIVE THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF YOUR SON MAY BE FILLED WITH EVERY GRACE AND HEAVENLY BLESSING REMEMBER ALSO, LORD, YOUR SERVANTS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US WITH THE SIGN OF FAITH AND REST IN THE SLEEP OF PEACE. GRANT THEM, O LORD, WE PRAY, AND ALL WHO SLEEP IN CHRIST A PLACE OF REFRESHMENT, LIGHT AND PEACE. TO US, ALSO, YOUR SERVANTS, WHO, THOUGH SINNERS, HOPE IN YOUR ABUNDANT MERCIES, GRACIOUSLY GRANT SOME SHARE AND FELLOWSHIP WITH YOUR HOLY APOSTLES AND MARTYRS; WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST, STEPHEN, MATTHIAS, BARNABAS, AND ALL YOUR SAINTS; ADMIT US, WE BESEECH YOU, INTO THEIR COMPANY, NOT WEIGHING OUR MERITS, BUT GRANTING US YOUR PARDON, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. THROUGH WHOM YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL THESE GOOD THINGS, O LORD; YOU SANCTIFY THEM, FILL THEM WITH LIFE, BLESS THEM, AND BESTOW THEM UPON US. ♪ (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. . (PRIEST:) BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD BEHOLD HIM WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. BLESSED ARE THOSE CALLED TO THE SUPPER OF THE LAMB R. LORD I AM NOT WORTHY THAT YOU SHOULD ENTER UNDER MY ROOF BUT ONLY SAY THE WORD AND MY SOUL SHALL BE HEALED. ( BELLS) . (FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (COMMUNION ANTIPHON ) (PRIEST) O LORD, MAKE ME KNOW YOUR WAYS, TEACH ME YOUR PATHS. . (FEMALE VOICE) FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT NOW RECEIVE JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER. ♪ ( COMMUNION MUSIC) ( ORGAN) ♪ ( CANTORS) ♪ (LATIN HYMN) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ( COMMUNION MUSIC ) (ORGAN) ♪ ( CANTORS ) ( "IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST I GLORY" ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . (FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY) (PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION) (PRIEST) LET US PRAY. (PRIEST) WE PRAY, ALMIGHTY GOD, THAT, THROUGH PARTAKING OF THIS MYSTERY, WE MAY BE CLEANSED OF ALL OUR MISDEEDS, AND SO BE SUITED FOR THE REMEDIES OF YOUR COMPASSION. THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. . ( PRIEST) THE LORD BE WITH YOU. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. . >>BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY FOR GOD'S BLESSING. (BLESSING PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE) (PRIEST) FOR YOUR MIGHTY DEEDS, O GOD OF MERCY, MAY YOUR PEOPLE OFFER ENDLESS THANKS, AND, BY OBSERVING THE AGE-OLD DISCIPLINES ALONG THEIR PILGRIM JOURNEY, MAY THEY MERIT TO COME AND BEHOLD YOU FOR EVER. (R.) AMEN. . ( PRIEST: ) MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU, THE FATHER, AND THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. R. AMEN. >>GO IN PEACE. R. THANKS BE TO GOD. ♪( RECESSIONAL ) ( ORGAN) ( "TURN BACK, O MAN" ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . ( 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.
