. (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) . (SEPTEMBER 16, ST. CORNELIUS & ST. CYPRIAN) (ENTRANCE ANTIPHON) (BELL) ♪(CANTORS) THESE ARE THEY WHO COME OUT OF THE GREAT ORDEAL AND HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. FOR GOD'S SAKE THEY HANDED THEIR BODIES OVER FOR PUNISHMNET AND THEY HAVE EARNED UNFADING CROWNS. ♪ (ALL) THESE ARE THEY WHO COME OUT OF THE GREAT ORDEAL AND HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. FOR GOD'S SAKE THEY HANDED THEIR BODIES OVER FOR PUNISHMNET AND THEY HAVE EARNED UNFADING CROWNS. ♪(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) THESE ARE THEY WHO COME OUT OF THE GREAT ORDEAL AND HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB. FOR GOD'S SAKE THEY HANDED THEIR BODIES OVER FOR PUNISHMNET AND THEY HAVE EARNED UNFADING CROWNS. . (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. . (SEPTEMBER 16) (SAINTS CORNELIUS, POPE, AND CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYRS MEMORIAL) (COLLECT) (PRIEST:)LET US PRAY. (PRIEST:) O GOD, WHO GAVE SAINTS CORNELIUS AND CYPRIAN TO YOUR PEOPLE AS DILIGENT SHEPHERDS AND VALIANT MARTYRS, GRANT THAT THROUGH THEIR INTERCESSION WE MAY BE STRENGTHENED IN FAITH AND CONSTANCY AND SPEND OURSELVES WITHOUT RESERVE FOR THE UNITY OF THE 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. . (446) (ORDINARY TIME, WEEK 24, THURSDAY) ( FIRST READING ) (READER) A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF SAINT PAUL TO TIMOTHY ( 4:12-16 ) BELOVED: LET NO ONE HAVE CONTEMPT FOR YOUR YOUTH, BUT SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE, IN SPEECH, CONDUCT, LOVE, FAITH, AND PURITY. UNTIL I ARRIVE, ATTEND TO THE READING, EXHORTATION, AND TEACHING. DO NOT NEGLECT THE GIFT YOU HAVE, WHICH WAS CONFERRED ON YOU THROUGH THE PROPHETIC WORD WITH THE IMPOSITION OF HANDS BY THE PRESBYTERATE. BE DILIGENT IN THESE MATTERS, BE ABSORBED IN THEM, SO THAT YOUR PROGRESS MAY BE EVIDENT TO EVERYONE. ATTEND TO YOURSELF AND TO YOUR TEACHING; PERSEVERE IN BOTH TASKS, FOR BY DOING SO YOU WILL SAVE BOTH YOURSELF AND THOSE WHO LISTEN TO YOU. (LATIN WORDS) ♪(READER:) VERBUM DOMINI ♪R. DEO GRATIAS. (ORDINARY TIME, WEEK 24, THURSDAY) (RESPONSORIAL PSALM 111:7-10) (READER:) HOW GREAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD! R. HOW GREAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD! (READER:) THE WORKS OF HIS HANDS ARE FAITHFUL AND JUST; SURE ARE ALL HIS PRECEPTS, RELIABLE FOREVER AND EVER, WROUGHT IN TRUTH AND EQUITY. R. HOW GREAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD! (READER:) HE HAS SENT DELIVERANCE TO HIS PEOPLE; HE HAS RATIFIED HIS COVENANT FOREVER; HOLY AND AWESOME IS HIS NAME. R. HOW GREAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD! (READER:) THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM; PRUDENT ARE ALL WHO LIVE BY IT. HIS PRAISE ENDURES FOREVER. R. HOW GREAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD! (VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL) ♪ (ORGAN ) ♪(CANTORS) ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ♪ (R. ) ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ♪(CANTOR) COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE BURDENED, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST, SAYS THE LORD. ♪ (R. ) ALLELUIA ALLELUIA ALLELUIA (ORDINARY TIME, WEEK 24, THURSDAY) ( GOSPEL ) (LATIN WORDS) ♪>>DOMINUS VOBISCUM. ♪ R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO ♪>>LECTIO SANCTI EVANGELII SECUNDUM LUCAM (7:36-50) (PEOPLE MAKE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON FOREHEAD, MOUTH & HEART WHEN GOSPEL ANNOUNCED ) ♪R. GLORIA TIBI, DOMINE. >>A CERTAIN PHARISEE INVITED JESUS TO DINE WITH HIM, AND HE ENTERED THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE AND RECLINED AT TABLE. NOW THERE WAS A SINFUL WOMAN IN THE CITY WHO LEARNED THAT HE WAS AT TABLE IN THE HOUSE OF THE PHARISEE. BRINGING AN ALABASTER FLASK OF OINTMENT, SHE STOOD BEHIND HIM AT HIS FEET WEEPING AND BEGAN TO BATHE HIS FEET WITH HER TEARS. THEN SHE WIPED THEM WITH HER HAIR, KISSED THEM, AND ANOINTED THEM WITH THE OINTMENT. WHEN THE PHARISEE WHO HAD INVITED HIM SAW THIS HE SAID TO HIMSELF, IF THIS MAN WERE A PROPHET, HE WOULD KNOW WHO AND WHAT SORT OF WOMAN THIS IS WHO IS TOUCHING HIM, THAT SHE IS A SINNER. JESUS SAID TO HIM IN REPLY, SIMON, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU. TELL ME, TEACHER, HE SAID. TWO PEOPLE WERE IN DEBT TO A CERTAIN CREDITOR; ONE OWED FIVE HUNDRED DAYS' WAGES AND THE OTHER OWED FIFTY. SINCE THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAY THE DEBT, HE FORGAVE IT FOR BOTH. WHICH OF THEM WILL LOVE HIM MORE? SIMON SAID IN REPLY, THE ONE, I SUPPOSE, WHOSE LARGER DEBT WAS FORGIVEN. HE SAID TO HIM, YOU HAVE JUDGED RIGHTLY. THEN HE TURNED TO THE WOMAN AND SAID TO SIMON, DO YOU SEE THIS WOMAN? WHEN I ENTERED YOUR HOUSE, YOU DID NOT GIVE ME WATER FOR MY FEET, BUT SHE HAS BATHED THEM WITH HER TEARS AND WIPED THEM WITH HER HAIR. YOU DID NOT GIVE ME A KISS, BUT SHE HAS NOT CEASED KISSING MY FEET SINCE THE TIME I ENTERED. YOU DID NOT ANOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL, BUT SHE ANOINTED MY FEET WITH OINTMENT. SO I TELL YOU, HER MANY SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN; HENCE, SHE HAS SHOWN GREAT LOVE. BUT THE ONE TO WHOM LITTLE IS FORGIVEN, LOVES LITTLE. HE SAID TO HER, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. THE OTHERS AT TABLE SAID TO THEMSELVES, WHO IS THIS WHO EVEN FORGIVES SINS? BUT HE SAID TO THE WOMAN, YOUR FAITH HAS SAVED YOU; GO IN PEACE. ♪ (LATIN WORDS) VERBUM DOMINI ♪ R. LAUS TIBI, CHRISTE COMPASSION IS AT THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL. COMPASSION IS TO SUFFER WITH. IN LATIN, (LATIN) "COMPATI" TO SUFFER WITH. IT CAN MEAN THAT ANOTHER PERSON SUFFERING OR HEARTBREAK BECOMES OUR OWN HEARTBREAK. COMPASSION CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE. IT CAN CHANGE OUR ENTIRE OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE RESPOND TO THOSE IN NEED. TRUE COMPASSION, ANIMATED BY LOVE IS ALWAYS A GIFT FROM GOD. THE SACRED SCRIPTURE ARE FULL OF EXAMPLES OF COMPASSION THROUGHOUT SALVATION HISTORY. THE LORD HAS PROVED HIMSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT HE IS A GOD OF COMPASSION. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I SUGGESTED PRAYING PSALM 51 DAILY. AS A FORM OF PRAYER AND PENANCE. A FORM OF REPENTANCE. TURNING TO GOD. AND IT SAYS HAVE MERCY ON ME GOD, IN ACCORD WITH YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE. IN YOUR ABUNDANT COMPASSION BLOT OUT MY TRANSGRESSIONS. THOROUGHLY WASH ME FROM MY GUILT AND FROM MY SINS CLEANSE ME. JUST A FEW MORE PSALMS THAT SPEAK OF COMPASSION. PSALM 86:15. BUT YOU LORD, ARE A COMPASSIONATE AND GRACIOUS GOD, SLOW TO ANGER AND ABOUNDING IN MERCY AND TRUTH. PSALM 103:13. AS A FATHER HAS COMPASSION ON HIS CHILDREN, SO THE LORD HAS COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM. PSALM 145:8 - 9. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL, SLOW TO ANGER AND ABOUNDING IN MERCY. THE LORD IS GOOD TO ALL, COMPASSIONATE TOWARD ALL HIS WORKS. ISAIAH 54:10. FOR THE MOUNTAINS MADE A PART AND THE HILLS BE REMOVED BUT MY STEADFAST LOVE SHALL NOT DEPART FROM YOU AND MY COVENANT OF PEACE SHALL NOT BE REMOVED SAYS THE LORD WHO HAS COMPASSION ON YOU. AND JUST A FEW FROM THE GOSPELS. FROM THE GOSPEL OF ST. MARK CHAPTER 9 OR CHAPTER 6 RATHER MARK 6:34. WHEN JESUS LANDED AND SAW A LARGE CROWD HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. MATTHEW 14:13 - 14. WHEN JESUS HEARD WHAT HAD HAPPENED HE WITHDREW MY BOAT PRIVATELY TO A SOLITARY PLACE. HEARING OF THIS, THE CROWDS FOLLOWED HIM ON FOOT FROM THE TOWNS. WHEN JESUS LANDED AND SAW A LARGE CROWD HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM AND HE HEALED THEIR SICK. THE COMPASSION THAT COMES FROM THE LORD. COMPASSION THAT IDENTIFIES WITH THE SICK, THE SUFFERING AND EVEN THESE SOONER. SINNER THOUGH SEPARATED FROM GOD. HE CAME TO HAVE COMPASSION ON THEM. COLOSSIANS 3:12. THEREFORE AS GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE, HOLY AND DEARLY LOVED, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS, HUMILITY AND GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE. ST. PAUL'S EXHORTATION AS CLOTHING US WITH COMPASSION TO PUT ON COMPASSION. WHOSE COMPASSION. GOD'S COMPASSION. GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS NOR ARE HIS THOUGHTS OUR THOUGHTS BUT WE ARE TO PUT ON THE COMPASSION, THE FORGIVENESS AND THE MERCY THAT HE HAS BESTOWED ON US. HE SHOWS US THE MANNER IN WHICH WE ARE TO HAVE COMPASSION. AND THERE ARE COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF THE LORD'S ABUNDANT COMPASSION. WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE BACK TO THE LORD WHO HAS BEEN COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS US? THAT IS OUR RESPONSE TO THE GOD WHO HAS COMPASSION TOWARD US SINNERS . THE SINFUL WOMAN IN THE GOSPEL MIGHT GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE TO APPROACH THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS, KINDNESS AND MERCY THAT HE IS LITERALY POURED ON US. IN THE GOSPEL THIS WOMAN HAS POURED HER OWN TEARS AND OINTMENT ON HIS FEET. AND SHE HAS DRIED HIS FEET BUT 1ST OF ALL THE LORD HAS POURED HIS COMPASSION UPON US. UPON YOU, AND UPON ME. 1ST THE GOSPEL DOES NOT GIVE A NAME TO THE SINFUL WOMAN WHO APPROACHED JESUS. SOME SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS SUGGEST THAT THIS MIGHT BE MARY MAGDALENE. THE GOSPEL DOES NOT SAY. SOME SUGGEST THAT THE GOSPEL WRITER MIGHT HAVE PURPOSELY KEPT THE WOMAN'S NAME ANONYMOUS TO SUGGEST THAT THIS CAN BE THE DISPOSITION OF EVERY CENTER SINNER , OF ALL OF US WHO APPROACHED JESUS. ALL OF US WHO ARE SINNERS. IN THE WAY AND MANNER DISPOSITION THAT WE APPROACH THE GOD MAN. WHO HAS COMPASSION ON US. ALL OF US. THIS WOMAN IS REPENTED FOR WHAT SHE DID AND HOW SHE LIVED. SHE ENCOUNTERS THE ONE PERSON WHO CAN HEAL HER AND LIBERATE HER FROM HER SINS. JESUS THE CHRIST, THE ANOINTED ONE. THE LORD JESUS IS THE ANOINTED ONE. HE IS THE ONE WHO HAS COME TO SEARCH OUT THE LOST, TO BIND UP THE BROKEN AND TO RECONCILE THE CENTER SI.N SI.NNER. THE SACRED HUMANITY OF GOD THE SON IS ANOINTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN HE ASSUMED A HUMAN NATURE. WHEN MARY SAID YES. WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT OVERSHADOWED HER. THE HOLY SPIRIT ANOINTS THE HUMAN NATURE OF JESUS WHO ASSUMES THAT HUMAN NATURE IN ALL THINGS BUT SIN. NO AMOUNT OF OIL POURED ON THE LORD JESUS COULD MAKE HIM THE ANOINTED ONE. HE WAS ALREADY THE ANOINTED ONE. THIS WOMAN CAME INTO THE HOUSE THAT SHE WAS NOT INVITED TO ENTER AND PUBLICLY REPENTED AND SHOWED HER LOVE BY WEEPING AT THE FEET OF JESUS. THE ONE WHO HAD THE POWER AND THE AUTHORITY TO LIBERATE HER. THIS WOMAN WEEPS AT THE FEET OF JESUS AND DRIES HIS FEET WITH HER TEARS AND HER HAIR. SHE RECOGNIZE THAT JESUS WAS THE ANOINTED ONE BY THE VERY FACT OF HER POURING OINTMENT ON HIS FEET. SHE RECOGNIZE THAT HE WAS THE CHRIST. HE WAS THE MESSIAH. THE ONE WHO CAME TO RECONCILE AND TO LIBERATE. THIS WAS THE OUTWARD SIGN, HER POURING THIS OINTMENT, THE OUTWARD SIGN OF THIS WOMAN'S REPENTANCE AND HER WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE. WEEPING AT THE FEET OF JESUS, SHE EXPRESSED HER LOVE AND SORROW AND HER CONTRITION. HER SORROW FOR HER SIN. THIS WAS ALL MOTIVATED BY LOVE. 1ST OF ALL THE MOTIVATION OF GOD LOVING US AND THIS WOMAN'S MOTIVATION TO, IN SOME WAY, TO SHOW LOVE IN RETURN. TO GIVE LOVE IN RETURN. THE SINFUL WOMAN'S ACTIONS OF WEEPING, DRYING THE TEARS WITH HER HAIR AND THEN ANOINTING THE FEET OF JESUS ARE HER ACT OF FAITH. IN WHO JESUS IS. AND HER TRUST IN HIM. HOPE AND LOVE. THE CHARITY THAT COMES FORTH FROM GOD. AGAIN GOING BACK TO COMPASSION. COMPASSION IS A GIFT FROM GOD. IT COMES 1ST FROM GOD. AND IF WE ARE TO HAVE COMPASSION ON ANYBODY ELSE IN OUR LIFE, WE ALSO HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE COMPASSION OF GOD. THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD. BECAUSE WE CANNOT GIVE WHAT WE DO NOT POSSESS. WE CANNOT GIVE OUT OF AN EMPTY BOTTLE. BUT WE CAN ONLY GIVE OUT OF SOMETHING THAT IS FULL. AND ONLY GOD CAN FILL US. THIS WOMAN TOOK THE MOST VALUABLE THING THAT SHE HAD AND POURED IT ON THE FEET OF JESUS. WOULD WE BE WILLING TO DO THE SAME? TO TAKE THE MOST VALUABLE THING WE HAVE AND PUT IT AT THE FEET OF JESUS AND POUR IT ON HIM. THE LORD IS COME TO GIVE US EVEN MORE THAN THIS. HE HAS COME TO GIVE US A SHARE IN HIS ANOINTING JUST AS HE WAS ANOINTED HE COMES TO GIVE US A SHARE OF HIS ANOINTING. THIS IS WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES. WHENEVER WE CALL O THE HOLY SPIRIT. COME HOLY SPIRIT FILL THE HEARTS OF THY FAITHFUL AND KINDLE IN THEM THE FIRE OF THY LOVES. SEND FORTH THY SPIRIT AND YOU SHALL RENEW THE FACE OF THE EARTH. SEND FORTH YOUR ANOINTING. SEND FORTH THE SAME ANOINTING THAT ANOINTED THE CHRISTO IN VIRGIN MARY. THERE ARE 2 ATTITUDES OR DISPOSITIONS THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE GOSPEL. THE GOSPEL SHOWS THE ATTITUDE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE WHO REJECTED THE LORD AND WHAT HE HAD TO GIVE THE GOSPEL SAID THAT HE DID NOT GIVE HIM THE PROPER DISPOSITION EVEN WHEN THE LORD ENTERED THE ROOM. THE PROPER GREETING. THE PROPER WASHING OF FEET. THIS WOMAN HERE GIVES HIM EVERYTHING. AND SHE WAS NOT EVEN INVITED TO THE DINNER IN THE HOUSE. BUT SHE GIVES HIM EVERYTHING. THESE ARE THE 2 DISPOSITIONS. THE DISPOSITION OF THE PHARISEE, SIMON AND THE DISPOSITION OF THE SINFUL WOMAN, THEY BOTH SHOW US HOW WE CAN ACCEPT OR REJECT GOD AND ALL THAT HE DESIRES TO GIVE US. HIS FORGIVENESS AND HIS MERCY. TRUE LOVE HOLDS BACK NOTHING. WE SAW THAT IN THE FEAST OF THE EXULTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS 2 DAYS AGO. THAT TRUE LOVE HOLDS BACK NOTHING. GOD GIVES US EVERYTHING. IN HIS SUFFERING AND DEATH. YESTERDAY OUR LADY OF SORROWS. TRUE LOVE HOLDS BACK NOTHING. WHEN OUR LADY GIVES OVER HANDS OVER HER SON ON THE CROSS. IN THE PROPHECY OF SIMEON IS FULFILLED THAT A SWORD WILL PIERCE YOUR HEART. THAT THE THOUGHTS OF MANY MIGHT BE REVEALED. TRUE LOVE GIVES ALL. PRAY FOR THAT GRACE FOR THE GRACE FOR COMPASSION, THE GRACE TO EXPERIENCE COMPASSION SO THAT WE OURSELVES MIGHT BE A COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE. . ( INTERCESSIONS FOR THU., W3) (PRIEST INVITES THE PEOPLE TO PRAY.) ...LET US OFFER OUR PETITIONS TO GOD... (READER:) 1) FOR THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH, THAT WE MAY REMAIN FAITHFUL TO OUR BAPTISMAL PROMISES. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER:) 2) THAT WE MAY ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR GOD'S PLENTIFUL GIFTS. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER:) 3) THAT THERE MAY BE AN END TO THE VIOLENCE OF CRIME, WAR, ABORTION, AND OPPRESSION. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER:) 4) THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WILL ENJOY THE LOVE AND HARMONY THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM GOD. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (READER:) 5) THAT EVERY BELIEVER FED WITH THE BREAD OF LIFE ON EARTH MAY FIND LIFE IN THE WORLD TO COME. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (PRIEST CONCLUDES INTERCESSIONS) ...WE MAKE OUR PRAYER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. R. AMEN. ♪ (OFFERTORY MUSIC) (ORGAN) (CANTORS) ( "AROUND THE THRONE A GLORIOUS BAND") ♪ ♪ . (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. . (SEPTEMBER 16) (SAINTS CORNELIUS, POPE, AND CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYRS MEMORIAL) (PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS) ( PRIEST) RECEIVE, WE PRAY, O LORD, THE OFFERINGS OF YOUR PEOPLE IN HONOR OF THE PASSION OF YOUR HOLY MARTYRS SAINTS CORNELIUS AND CYPRIAN, AND MAY THE GIFTS THAT GAVE THEM COURAGE UNDER PERSECUTION MAKE US, TOO, STEADFAST IN ALL TRIALS. THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. 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 69)(PREFACE II OF HOLY MARTYRS) (THE WONDERS OF GOD IN THE VICTORY OF THE MARTYRS) (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 ARE GLORIFIED WHEN YOUR SAINTS ARE PRAISED; THEIR VERY SUFFERINGS ARE BUT WONDERS OF YOUR MIGHT: IN YOUR MERCY YOU GIVE ARDOR TO THEIR FAITH, TO THEIR ENDURANCE YOU GRANT FIRM RESOLVE, AND IN THEIR STRUGGLE THE VICTORY IS YOURS, THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. THEREFORE, ALL CREATURES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH SING A NEW SONG IN ADORATION, AND WE, WITH ALL THE HOST OF ANGELS, CRY OUT, AND 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, [JAMES, JOHN, THOMAS, JAMES, PHILIP, BARTHOLOMEW, MATTHEW, SIMON AND JUDE LINUS, CLETUS, CLEMENT, SIXTUS CORNELIUS, CYPRIAN, LAWRENCE, CHRYSOGONUS, JOHN AND PAUL COSMAS AND DAMIAN] AND ALL YOUR SAINTS. WE ASK THAT THROUGH THEIR MERITS AND PRAYERS, IN ALL THINGS WE MAY BE DEFENDED BY YOUR PROTECTING HELP. [THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN.] THEREFORE LORD WE PRAY GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT THIS OBLATION OF OUR SERVICE 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 [THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN.] BE PLEASED, O GOD, WE PRAY, TO BLESS, ACKNOWLEDGE AND (BELLS)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 ♪R. MORTEM TUAM ANNUNTIAMUS, DOMINE, ET TUAM RESURRECTIONEM CONFITEMUR, DONEC VENIAS. (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 [THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN.] 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. [THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN.] 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, [IGNATIUS, ALEXANDER, MARCELLINUS, PETER , FELICITY, PERPETUA, AGATHA, LUCY, AGNES, CECILIA, ANASTASIA] 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. . (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) . (COMMUNION ANTIPHON ) . (FEMALE VOICE) FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT NOW RECEIVE JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER. ♪ ♪ ( COMMUNION MUSIC ) ( CANTORS) ( LATIN HYMN) ♪ ♪ . (SEPTEMBER 16) (SAINTS CORNELIUS, POPE, AND CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYRS MEMORIAL) (PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION) (PRIEST)LET US PRAY (PRIEST) THROUGH THESE MYSTERIES WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED, WE HUMBLY BESEECH YOU, O LORD, THAT BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE MARTYRS SAINTS CORNELIUS AND CYPRIAN WE MAY BE STRENGTHENED WITH THE FORTITUDE OF YOUR SPIRIT TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL. THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD R. AMEN. . ( PRIEST) THE LORD BE WITH YOU. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. ( PRIEST: ) MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU, THE FATHER, AND THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. R. AMEN. >>GO AND ANNOUNCE THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD. R. THANKS BE TO GOD. ♪ ( RECESSIONAL) ( ORGAN) ("FROM ALL THY SAINTS IN WARFARE") ( ADOREMUS #592) ♪ ♪ ♪ . ( 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, 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. . ( CANTORS) ♪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.
