. (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) ( THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD - SOLEMNITY ) ( BELL) ( PROCESSIONAL) ("PRAISE WE THE LORD THIS DAY" ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . (PRIEST:) IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. R. AMEN. . (BISHOP:) PEACE BE WITH YOU R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. FOR THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND LIVE STREAM, TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE GREAT FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION. THE FEAST OF OUR LADY WHO SAID YES. YES TO HER GOD AND YES TO ALL HUMANITY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A SAVIOR THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE. AND WHO LOVES US. BUT 1ST A MOMENT TO CALL TO MIND OUR SINS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMBRACE OF GOD'S MERCY. . (PENITENTIAL ACT) (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. ( SINGING IN PARTS) ♪ R. KYRIE, ELEISON. ♪ >>CHRISTE, ELEISON. ♪ R. CHRISTE, ELEISON. ♪ >>KYRIE, ELEISON. ♪ R. KYRIE, ELEISON. . ( LATIN VERSION OF THE "GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST") ♪>>GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO ♪( ALL) ET IN TERRA PAX HOMINIBUS BONAE VOLUNTATIS LAUDAMUS TE BENEDICIMUS TE, ADORAMUS TE, GLORIFICAMUS TE, GRATIAS AGIMUS TIBI PROPTER MAGNAM GLORIAM TUAM, DOMINE DEUS, REX CAELESTIS, DEUS PATER OMNIPOTENS. DOMINE FILI UNIGENITE, IEUS CHRISTE, DOMINE DEUS, AGNUS DEI, FILIUS PATRIS, QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI, MISERERE NOBIS; QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI, SUSCIPE DEPRECATIONEM NOSTRAM. QUI SEDES AD DEXTERAM PATRIS, MISERERE NOBIS. QUONIAM TO SOLUS SANCTUS, TU SOLUS DOMINUS, TU SOLUS ALTISSIMUS, IESU CHRISTE, CUM SANCTO SPIRITU: IN GLORIA DEI PATRIS. AMEN. . (MARCH 25, THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD.) ( COLLECT) ♪( PRIEST) LET US PRAY ♪O GOD WHO WILLED THAT YOUR WORD SHOULD TAKE ON THE REALITY OF HUMAN FLESH IN THE WOMB OF THE VIRGIN MARY GRANT WE PRAY THAT WE WHO CONFESS OUR REDEEMER TO BE GOD AND MAN MAY MERIT TO BECOME PARTAKERS EVEN IN HIS DIVINE NATURE WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD FOR EVER AND EVER. ♪R . AMEN. . (THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD SOLEMNITY) (FIRST READING) (READER) A READING FROM THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH (7:10-14; 8:10) THE LORD SPOKE TO AHAZ, SAYING: ASK FOR A SIGN FROM THE LORD, YOUR GOD; LET IT BE DEEP AS THE NETHER WORLD, OR HIGH AS THE SKY! BUT AHAZ ANSWERED, I WILL NOT ASK! I WILL NOT TEMPT THE LORD! THEN ISAIAH SAID: LISTEN, O HOUSE OF DAVID! IS IT NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO WEARY PEOPLE, MUST YOU ALSO WEARY MY GOD? THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF WILL GIVE YOU THIS SIGN: THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND BEAR A SON, AND SHALL NAME HIM EMMANUEL, WHICH MEANS GOD IS WITH US! ♪ (LATIN)VERBUM DOMINI ♪ R. DEO GRATIAS. (RESPONSORIAL PSALM) (LCM VERSION OF PSALM 40: 7-11) ♪( ORGAN) ( CANTORS) ♪HERE I AM, LORD; I COME TO DO YOUR WILL ♪ R. HERE I AM, LORD; I COME TO DO YOUR WILL (CANTOR) ♪YOU DELIGHT NOT IN SACRIFICE AND OFFERINGS, BUT IN AN OPEN EAR. YOU DO NOT ASK FOR HOLOCAUST AND VICTIM. THEN I SAID, SEE, I HAVE COME. ♪ R. HERE I AM, LORD; I COME TO DO YOUR WILL (CANTOR) ♪IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT STANDS WRITTEN OF ME: I DELIGHT TO DO YOUR WILL, 0 MY GOD; YOUR INSTRUCTION LIES DEEP WITHIN ME. ♪ R. HERE I AM, LORD; I COME TO DO YOUR WILL (CANTOR) ♪YOUR JUSTICE I HAVE PROCLAIMED IN THE GREAT ASSEMBLY. MY LIPS I HAVE NOT SEALED; YOU KNOW IT, 0 LORD. ♪ R. HERE I AM, LORD; I COME TO DO YOUR WILL (CANTOR) ♪YOUR SAVING HELP I HAVE NOT HIDDEN IN MY HEART; OF YOUR FAITHFULNESS AND SALVATION I HAVE SPOKEN. I MADE NO SECRET OF YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO THE GREAT ASSEMBLY. ♪ R. HERE I AM, LORD; I COME TO DO YOUR WILL (SECOND READING) ( READER ) A READING FROM THE LETTER TO THE HEBREWS ( 10:4-10 ) BROTHERS AND SISTERS: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND GOATS TAKE AWAY SINS. FOR THIS REASON, WHEN CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD, HE SAID: SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU DID NOT DESIRE, BUT A BODY YOU PREPARED FOR ME; IN HOLOCAUSTS AND SIN OFFERINGS YOU TOOK NO DELIGHT. THEN I SAID, AS IS WRITTEN OF ME IN THE SCROLL, BEHOLD, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD. FIRST HE SAYS, SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS, HOLOCAUSTS AND SIN OFFERINGS, YOU NEITHER DESIRED NOR DELIGHTED IN. THESE ARE OFFERED ACCORDING TO THE LAW. THEN HE SAYS, BEHOLD, I COME TO DO YOUR WILL. HE TAKES AWAY THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH THE SECOND. BY THIS WILL, WE HAVE BEEN CONSECRATED THROUGH THE OFFERING OF THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST ONCE FOR ALL. ( LATIN WORDS ) ♪VERBUM DOMINI ♪R. DEO GRATIAS. (VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL ) ♪ ( ORGAN) ( CANTORS) PRAISE AND HONOR TO YOU LORD, JESUS CHRIST. ♪ R. PRAISE AND HONOR TO YOU LORD, JESUS CHRIST. ( CANTOR) ♪THE WORD OF GOD BECAME FLESH AND MADE HIS DWELLING AMONG US; AND WE SAW HIS GLORY. ♪ R. PRAISE AND HONOR TO YOU LORD, JESUS CHRIST. (GOSPEL) ( LATIN) ♪ >>DOMINUS VOBISCUM. ♪ R. ET CUM SPIRITU TUO. ♪>> LECTIO SANCTI EVANGELLI SECUNDUM LUCAM ( 1:26-38 ) ♪R. GLORIA TIBI, DOMINE. >>THE ANGEL GABRIEL WAS SENT FROM GOD TO A TOWN OF GALILEE CALLED NAZARETH, TO A VIRGIN BETROTHED TO A MAN NAMED JOSEPH, OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID, AND THE VIRGIN'S NAME WAS MARY. AND COMING TO HER, HE SAID, HAIL, FULL OF GRACE! THE LORD IS WITH YOU. BUT SHE WAS GREATLY TROUBLED AT WHAT WAS SAID AND PONDERED WHAT SORT OF GREETING THIS MIGHT BE. THEN THE ANGEL SAID TO HER, DO NOT BE AFRAID, MARY, FOR YOU HAVE FOUND FAVOR WITH GOD. BEHOLD, YOU WILL CONCEIVE IN YOUR WOMB AND BEAR A SON, AND YOU SHALL NAME HIM JESUS. HE WILL BE GREAT AND WILL BE CALLED SON OF THE MOST HIGH, AND THE LORD GOD WILL GIVE HIM THE THRONE OF DAVID HIS FATHER, AND HE WILL RULE OVER THE HOUSE OF JACOB FOREVER, AND OF HIS KINGDOM THERE WILL BE NO END. BUT MARY SAID TO THE ANGEL, HOW CAN THIS BE, SINCE I HAVE NO RELATIONS WITH A MAN? AND THE ANGEL SAID TO HER IN REPLY, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU, AND THE POWER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL OVERSHADOW YOU. THEREFORE THE CHILD TO BE BORN WILL BE CALLED HOLY, THE SON OF GOD. AND BEHOLD, ELIZABETH, YOUR RELATIVE, HAS ALSO CONCEIVED A SON IN HER OLD AGE, AND THIS IS THE SIXTH MONTH FOR HER WHO WAS CALLED BARREN; FOR NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD. MARY SAID, BEHOLD, I AM THE HANDMAID OF THE LORD. MAY IT BE DONE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD. THEN THE ANGEL DEPARTED FROM HER. ( LATIN) ♪VERBUM DOMINI ♪R. LAUS TIBI, CHRISTE MY FRIENDS TODAY WE COMMEMORATE THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER. YOU REMEMBER THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL VISITED A YOUNG UNKNOWN JEWISH GIRL MOST LIKELY IN HER TEENS. AND INFORMED HER THAT SHE WAS CHOSEN TO CONCEIVE AND BEAR THE CHILD JESUS TO THE MYSTERIOUS POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND HER RESPONSE WAS WITHOUT HESITATION A RESOUNDING YES. LET IT BE DONE TO ME AS YOU SAY. THE DAY WE ALSO ARE JOINED AND PURPLE SOLIDARITY WITH THE HOLY FATHER POPE FRANCIS AS WE JOIN HIM AS HE CONSECRATES THE WORLD ESPECIALLY RUSSIA AND UKRAINE TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY. THOUGH MANY PONTIFFS HAVE DONE SO POPE FRANCIS IN A SENSE IS PULLING OUT ALL THE SPIRITUAL ARTILLERY TO BEAR ON THE CURRENT TRAGIC SITUATION IN UKRAINE. I JOIN HIM ON THAT EVENT WHICH WILL OCCUR IN ROME AT 5 PM THIS EVENING AND ROME TIME 11 O'CLOCK YOUR CENTRAL TIME AND WE BELIEVE IN MIRACLES. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR LADY THROUGH HER IMMACULATE HEART WILL OVERPOWER AND OVERCOME THE WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION AND WE ARE FOLLOWING THAT WE ARE ARE FOLLOWING IT ALMOST IN REAL TIME. AFTER ALL UNDER THE FOOT OF THE CROSS OUR LORD ENTRUSTED THE APOSTLE JOHN TO OUR LADY. AND THEN HE ENTRUSTED MARY TO THE APOSTLE JOHN. BEHOLD YOUR SON. BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER. THE ACT OF CONSECRATION SEEMS TO PROVIDE THE MUTUAL POWERFUL EMBRACE OF OUR LADY TOWARD GOD'S CHILDREN. ESPECIALLY IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE TODAY. TO BE A REFUGE AND PROTECTION. THESE PAST 4 WEEKS WE HAVE WITNESSED THROUGH OUR MEDIA OUTLETS AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS THE HORRIFIC IMAGES OF WAR RIGHT INTO OUR LIVING ROOMS. WE PLEAD THAT HEARTS NOT BE HARDENED. AND RATHER WE ASPIRE TO BECOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE HUMAN FAMILY WHOSE HEARTS BEAT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH FRATERNITY AND SOLIDARITY AS WE ENCOUNTER THE DIGNITY OF EACH PERSON THAT WE MEET WHO BEARS THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD. IN A REMARKABLE WAY AND WE REFLECT THAT WHEN YOU HUMANITY WAS LOST WE WERE NOT SAVED BY AN IDEA MERELY OR SOME PHYSICAL OR SPIRITUAL REGIMENT THAT DEMANDED THE THAT ALL OF OUR STRENGTH TO TRY AND FULFILL. JESUS DID NOT SAVE US BY A DOCTRINE OR SYSTEM OF ETHICS. HE DID NOT SAVE US BY THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. HE PROPOSED HIS SON. A PERSON ONE LIKE US, SENT TO US SO THAT WE COULD MEET HIM. SO THAT WE COULD MEET LOVE ITSELF. THAT WE COULD MEET MERCY ITSELF. AND HE SHOWED US HOW TO GET BACK ON THE PATH. HE SHOWED US THE DREAM HIS FATHER HAD FOR US. WHAT AN AMAZING ANSWER THAT ALL HUMANITY WAS WAITING FOR. THE COMING OF A SAVIOR. A MESSIAH. THROUGH THE YES OF MARY. THE BIRTH OF A CHILD IN BETHLEHEM AND A PERSON WE COULD MEET ALONG THE WAY. THROUGH HER AND THROUGH THE PARTICULAR PHYSICAL COORDINATES OF TIME AND PLACE IT HAPPENED. THE WORD BECAME FLESH. IN THE WOMB OF OUR BLESSED MOTHER AND WAS BORN AND LIVED AMONG US IN A MOMENT IN HISTORY. THE DIVINE INVADED OUR REALITY. WE COULD COME TO KNOW HIM PERSONALLY AND DIRECTLY FOR HE IS ONE LIKE US. IN ALL THINGS BUT SIN. THUS WE COULD SEE GOD AMONG US. OUR EMMANUELLE. NOW WE HAVE BEEN RECALLING THIS EVENT FOR MORE THAN 2000 YEARS. AT 1ST MARY TREASURED IT IN HER HEART AND THEN WE KNOW SHE SHARES IT WITH ALL OF HUMANITY. WHAT IT ALL SEEM LIKE WE HAVE WAITED AN ETERNITY FOR AN ANSWER WE RECOGNIZE IN OUR READINGS A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. CERTAINLY THE JEWISH PEOPLE WERE IN BABYLON EXILE FAR FAR AWAY FROM JERUSALEM THEIR HOME AND THEY MUST'VE FELT THAT SAME HOPELESSNESS AND USELESSNESS. YET THEY MUSTERED THE COURAGE TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE. THE LORD WILL COME. HE WILL COME IN GLORY. HE WILL COME AND SAVE US. HE WILL COME AND REDEEM US. HE WILL COME AND BRING US HOME. YES EVEN THE SIGN FORETOLD BY THE PROPHET GREAT PROPHET ISAIAH GIVES US THE CLUE. THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF WILL GIVE YOU THIS SIGN. THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD. AND BEAR A SON. AND YOU SHALL NAME HIM EMMANUELLE. WHICH MEANS GOD IS WITH US. IN VIEW OF THE SAD AND TRAGIC EVENTS IN UKRAINE AND OTHER HOTSPOTS IN THE WORLD, WE SEEM TO BE SHACKLED BY INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLES TO BUILD A WORLD OF RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY OF EACH OTHER AND WORLD PEACE. BUT IN ONE SENSE WE CANNOT DO IT BY OURSELVES. OR THROUGH OUR OWN EFFORTS. APART FROM GOD. WE NEED A SAVIOR. WE NEED A MESSIAH. WE NEED SOMEONE TO REMIND US OF WHO WE ARE. AND TO GUIDE US EACH STEP OF THE WAY. PREPARING OURSELVES TO ACCEPT CHRIST EVERY DAY SAYING YES TO THE INVITATION THAT COMES OUR WAY TO FOLLOW HIM ARE NOT MERELY HOLLOW SPIRITUAL CLICHEÉS. THEY ARE NOT JUST WHOLESOME AND PIOUS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PAST. OR IN THE WAKE OF TERRIBLE THINGS TO WITHDRAW INTO ONESELF. AS WE CAN ALREADY SEE THEY ARE INSUFFICIENT TO ATTRACT US OR EVEN PRODUCE A RESPONSE. JESUS ENTERED THE WORLD WITH THE TREMENDOUS CAPACITY TO ATTRACT AND FASCINATE PEOPLE THAT HE ENCOUNTERED ALONG THE WAY. PEOPLE OF HIS OWN TIME. BUT AS A NOTED FRENCH AUTHOR - - NOTED AND WROTE HE CHRIST, DID NOT WASTE HIS YEARS GROANING AND DEMANDING EXPLANATIONS OF THE WICKEDNESS OF THE TIMES. HE CUT THROUGH IT. MAKING CHRISTIANITY. CHRIST BECAME SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY PRESENCE THAT ONE COULD NOT BUT TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION AS A FACTOR OF LIFE. TO REJECT IT OR TO ACCEPT IT. NO ONE WAS LEFT IN DIFFERENT AS WE KNOW. AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT TOUCH US TODAY. FORT SHOULD NOT LEAVE US IN DIFFERENT EITHER. WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT THE CRISIS OF OUR DAY WHATEVER RESULTS IN OUR EXITING SIDE TO AROUND THE WORLD AROUND US WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE 1ST PUTTING SIGNS OF THE MIRACLE OF SPRING TO COME. THAT 1ST GLIMMER OF HOPE. AND IN FACT EVERY ADVENT IT REMINDS US THAT NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO STAND IN HOPE. BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT ON CHRIST A LIGHT IS A RADIANT SIGN OF THAT HOPE. A SHOOT SHALL SPROUT FROM THE STUMP OF JESSE. AND WE REMIND OURSELVES OF THE OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT US FROM EXPERIENCING OUR CONVERSIONS THE FULLNESS OF THE FLOWERING OF THAT HOPE. AND AS FOR US WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO DO NOT MERELY THINK ABOUT PAST EVENTS. NO THE NEARNESS OF CHRIST IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD CONTINUE TO GUIDE US EVEN TODAY. YES WE STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND PEER WE HAVE OUR DOUBTS. WE ARE DISTRACTED. WE CAN BE VERY CRITICAL ABOUT WHAT WE LIKE OR DO NOT LIKE. BUT CHRIST IS NEAR TO THE BROKEN HEARTED. HE LIFTS US UP FROM THE DOLDRUMS. HE IS THE GREAT EVENT THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY. YES CHRIST IS NEAR TO THOSE IN GIVE AND IN ODESSA AND OTHER PLACES AFFECTED. HE CAME TO SHOW THAT LIFE HAS MEANING AND VALUE AND WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IS A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT SURPASSES EVEN ALL OF OUR COMPREHENSION. IT IS AMAZING CHRISTIANITY GENERATES PERSONS LIKE THIS. A PERSON NOT ABLE TO REDUCE HUMANITY BUT ONE WHO FILLS US WITH HOPE BECAUSE CHRIST IS NEAR. DWELLING IN OUR MIDST. LEAVING OUR FREEDOM INTACT BUT WALKING WITH US IN THE JORNEY OF LIFE SAYING FOLLOW ME. HE IS CONSTANTLY EDUCATING US ABOUT OUR LIFE. OUR FREEDOM. OUR CALL. ON THIS SOLEMNITY OF THE ANNUNCIATION WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. WE ARE NOT ABANDONED. WE HAVE JOY AND PEACE AND HOPE THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY THOSE WHO HAVE NO HOPE. MAY OUR LADY WHO IN HER YOUTH SAID YES LET IT BE DONE TO ME AS YOU SAY BE A CONSTANT REMINDER AND REASON FOR US TO REJOICE IN THIS HOPE. CHRIST THE LORD IS NEAR. AFTER ALL HE REMINDED US I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. . ( CREED IN LATIN ) ♪ CREDO IN UNUM DEUM, PATREM OMNIPOTENTEM, FACTOREM CAELI ET TERRAE, VISIBILIUM OMNIUM ET INVISIBILIUM. ET IN UNUM DOMINUM IESUM CHRISTUM, FILIUM DEI UNIGENITUM, ET EX PATRE NATUM, ANTE OMNIA SAECULA. DEUM DE DEO, LUMEN DE LUMINE, DEUM VERUM DE DEO VERO, GENITUM, NON FACTUM, CONSUBSTANTIALEM PATRI: PER QUEM OMNIA FACTA SUNT. QUI PROPTER NOS HOMINES T PROPTER NOSTRAM SALUTEM DESCENDIT DE CAELIS. ET INCARNATUS EST DE SPIRITU SANCTO EX MARIA VIRGINE, ET HOMO FACTUS EST. CRUCIFIXUS ETIAM PRO NOBIS SUB PONTIO PILATO; PASSUS ET SEPULTUS EST, ET RESURREXIT TERTIA DIE, SECUNDEM SCRIPTURAS, ET ASCENDIT IN CAELUM, SEDET AD DEXTERAM PATRIS. ET ITERUM VENTURUS EST CUM GLORIA, IUDICARE VIVOS ET MORTUOS, CUIUS REGNI NON ERIT FINIS. ET IN SPIRITUM SANCTUM, DOMINUM ET VIVIFICANTEM: QUI EX PATRE FILIOQUE PROCEDIT. QUI CUM PATRE ET FILIO SIMUL ADORATUR ET CONGLORIFICATUR: QUI LOCUTUS EST PER PROPHETAS. ET UNAM, SANCTAM, CATHOLICAM ET APOSTOLICAM ECCLESIAM. CONFITEOR UNUM BAPTISMA IN REMISSIONEM PECCATORUM. ET EXSPECTO RESURRECTIONEM MORTUORUM, ET VITAM VENTURI SAECULI. AMEN. . ( INTERCESSIONS ON MARCH 25, THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD ) (CELEBRANT:) WE HAVE ALL GATHERED HERE, DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TO CELEBRATE THE MYSTERIES OF OUR REDEMPTION ON THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ANNUNCIATION; LET US THEREFORE ASK ALMIGHTY GOD THAT THE WHOLE WORLD MAY BE WATERED FROM THESE SPRINGS OF PEACE AND LIFE. ( READER) 1. IN THANKSGIVING FOR THIS DAY OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH AND ALL HUMANITY, ESPECIALLY RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY HIM THAT TODAY'S ENTRUSTMENT MAY BRING PEACE AND UNITY AMONG ALL PEOPLES AND NATIONS THROUGH THE MERCY OF JESUS, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, WHO BECAME FLESH IN THE WOMB OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 2. FOR THOSE WHO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE AND THOSE WHO ASSIST THEM THAT THEIR WORK AND EFFORTS MAY ALWAYS PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 3. FOR THE WORKS OF EVANGELIZATION AND THE EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL INITIATIVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT MAY ASSIST THE CHURCH'S EFFORTS FOR THE SALVATION AND BENEFIT OF MANY SOULS. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. ( READER) 4. FOR ALL OF US GATHERED HERE IN THIS PLACE AND FOR THOSE WITH US THROUGH THE MEDIA THAT WE MAY BE FAITHFUL TO THE WILL OF GOD, BE INSTRUMENTS OF THE LORD'S PEACE, AND, ONE DAY, BE REUNITED IN THE JOYS OF HEAVEN. WE PRAY TO THE LORD. R. LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER. (CELEBRANT:) MAY YOUR MERCY, WE BESEECH YOU, O LORD, BE WITH YOUR PEOPLE WHO CRY TO YOU, SO THAT WHAT THEY SEEK AT YOUR PROMPTING THEY MAY OBTAIN BY YOUR READY GENEROSITY. THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. R. AMEN. ( OFFERTORY ) ( ORGAN ) ♪ ♪ (CANTORS) ( "THE ANGEL GABRIEL FROM HEAVEN" ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . (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. . (MARCH 25, THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD.) ( PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS ) ♪( PRIEST) BE PLEASED ALMIGHTY GOD TO ACCEPT YOUR CHURCH'S OFFERING SO THAT SHE WHO IS AWARE THAT HER BEGINNINGS LIE IN THE INCARNATION OF YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON MAY REJOICE TO CELEBRATE HIS MYSTERIES ON THIS SOLEMNITY WHO LIVES AND REIGNS FOR EVER AND EVER. ♪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. . ( PREFACE FOR THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD ) (PRIEST) ♪IT IS TRULY RIGHT AND JUST OUR DUTY AND OUR SALVATION ALWAYS AND EVERY WHERE TO GIVE YOU THANKS LORD HOLY FATHER ALMIGHTY AND ETERNAL GOD THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD. FOR THE VIRGIN MARY HEARD WITH FAITH THAT THE CHRIST WAS BORN AMONG MEN AND FOR MEN'S SAKE BY THE OVERSHADOWING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVINGLY SHE BORE HIM IN HER IMMACULATE WOMB THAT THE PROMISES THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MIGHT COME ABOUT AND THE HOPE OF NATIONS BE ACCOMPLISHED BEYOND ALL TELLING. THROUGH HIM THE HOST OF ANGELS ADORES YOUR MAJESTY AND REJOICES IN YOUR PRESENCE FOR EVER MAY OUR VOICES WE PRAY JOIN WITH THEIRS IN ONE CHORUS OF EXULTANT 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 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) ♪ (PRIEST)THE MYSTERY OF FAITH ♪ (R.) SAVE US, SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, FOR BY YOUR CROSS AND RESURRECTION YOU HAVE SET US FREE (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 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. ♪ THROUGH HIM, AND WITH HIM AND IN HIM O GOD ALMIGHTY FATHER IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ALL GLORY AND HONOR IS YOURS FOR EVER AND EVER. ♪ R. AMEN. . (PRIEST:) AT THE SAVIOR'S COMMAND AND FORMED BY DIVINE TEACHING, WE DARE TO SAY: (ALL PRAY TOGETHER) OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN HALLOWED BE THY NAME THY KINGDOM COME THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US; AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. (PRIEST) DELIVER US LORD, WE PRAY, FROM EVERY EVIL, GRACIOUSLY GRANT PEACE IN OUR DAYS, THAT, BY THE HELP OF YOUR MERCY, WE MAY BE ALWAYS FREE FROM SIN AND SAFE FROM ALL DISTRESS, AS WE AWAIT THE BLESSED HOPE AND THE COMING OF OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. (ALL) FOR THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY ARE YOURS NOW AND FOR EVER. . ( PRIEST: ) LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOU SAID TO YOUR APOSTLES PEACE I LEAVE YOU. MY PEACE, I GIVE YOU. LOOK NOT ON OUR SINS, BUT ON THE FAITH OF YOUR CHURCH, AND GRANT HER PEACE AND UNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL. WHO LIVE AND REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER. R. AMEN. (PRIEST:) THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. R. AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. . ♪(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) . (FEMALE VOICE) FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT NOW RECEIVE JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER. ♪ ( COMMUNION MUSIC ) ( CANTORS) ( LATIN HYMN ) ♪
