Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 13, 2010, Cycle C
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Introductory Acts Of Worship
The Entrance Prayers:
On Sunday, usually a hymn praising God
is sung in place of reciting a Psalm from the Bible which invites us to
enter more deeply into the mystery of God's love for us. The recited
weekday Psalm expresses a youthful heart and spirit, delighted that we may come
before the living God.
Entrance Song
/ Entrance Psalm (Antiphon)
Entrance Song
Psalm: 26:7,9 Lord, hear
my voice when I call to you. You are my help; do not cast me off, do not
desert me, my Savior God.
The Priest Approaches and Kisses the Altar:
The
altar is a symbol of Christ. In it are cut five crosses to recall the five
wounds of Christ. The altar also represents the Church and has embedded in
it the relics of her saints. The priest comes to the altar to celebrate
the Sacrifice in the Church's name. Because of the glory surrounding the
altar upon which the divine Sacrifice will be made, the kiss of the priest
unites the Church to Christ, its Redeemer.
Priest:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All:
Amen.
The Greeting:
We are welcomed in God's name. Our
response unites us to our neighbor, to the priest and to God. (The priest
may select from several forms of greeting).
Priest: The Lord
be with you.
All:
And also with you.
The Penitential Prayers:
We recognize our guilt for past sins,
express our sorrow for them, and ask that Mary, the angels, the saints, and our
brothers and sisters in Christ pray for the Lord God's mercy. (The priest
may select from several forms).
Priest: Coming together as
God's family, with confidence let us ask the Father's forgiveness, for he is
full of gentleness
and compassion.
Priest: Lord, we have sinned against you: Lord, have
mercy.
All: Lord, have
mercy.
Priest: Lord, show us your mercy and love.
All: And grant us your salvation.
The Absolution:
Priest: May almighty God have mercy on
us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
All:
Amen.
The Gloria:
The Glory of God prayers have existed from
the second century. They repeat the angels praise of God which heralded
the birth of Christ on earth. Our praise is lifted again through the years
as we rejoice at His coming as Lord, God, the most high Jesus Christ, who at
Christmas took on our human nature while at the same time being the son of Man.
This ancient hymn expresses our recognition of God's glory and love. It
calls upon Christ as our holy and divine mediator, and the Holy Spirit who
forever binds us together in God's love.
Priest and All:
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people
on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship
you, we give you thinks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ,
only son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the
world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive
our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you
alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God
the Father. Amen.
The Opening Prayer:
The
priest lifts the united prayers and petitions of the congregation to God the
Father through the merits of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit.
Priest: Let
us pray. Almighty
God, our hope and our strength, without you we falter. Help us to follow
Christ and to live according to your will. We ask this through our
Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
Liturgy of the Word
Christ is made known to us through the
Old Testament which prepares us to recognize Him. In those days, God
inspired men who spoke His message. Now, the New Testament Gospel reading
announces His presence to us directly through His Son. Both
readings bring God's message to us. Our responsibility is to respond.
The First Reading:
From the Old Testament
Priest/Reader: A reading from the Book of
Genesis.
First Reading: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13
Nathan said to David: "Thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'I anoint you
king of Israel. I rescued you from the hand of Saul. I gave you your
lord's house and your lord's wives for your own. I gave you the house of
Israel and of Judah. And if this were not enough, I could count up for you
still more. Why have you spurned the Lord and done evil in his sight?
Why have you cut down Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you took his wife as
your own, and him you killed with the sword of the Ammonites. Now,
therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have
despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah to be your wife.'" Then David
said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." Nathan answered David:
"The Lord on his part has forgiven your sin: you shall not die."
Priest/Reader:
The Word of the
Lord.
All:
Thanks
be to God.
The Responsorial Psalm:
This Psalm praising God, is a prayer to God,
or recommends the practice of virtue. It is sung as an interlude between
the scriptural readings. It provides yet another instructional setting and
invites the assembly to imitate the cantor who sings a repeated response to the
verses of an ancient Psalm many of which are attributed to King David. The
verses are sung first by a cantor (song leader) accompanied by instruments, the
refrain is sung by the people.
Psalm 32:1-2,5,7,11
Cantor: Lord, forgive the wrong I
have done.
All R/.
Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.
Cantor: Blessed is the one whose fault is taken away, whose sin
is covered. Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes
no guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile.
All R/.
Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.
Cantor: I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not.
I said, "I confess my faults to the Lord," and you took away
the guilt of my sin.
All R/.
Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.
Cantor: You are my shelter; from distress you will preserve
me; with glad cries of freedom you will ring me round.
All R/.
Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.
Cantor: Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you just; exult, all
you upright of heart.
R/.
Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.
The Second Reading:
Taken from the New Testament, often from a
letter written by St. Paul.
Priest/Reader: A Reading
from the letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians.
Second Reading: Galatians 2:16, 19-21
Brothers and sisters: We who know that a person is not
justified by works of the law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have
believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by
works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
For through the law I died to the law, that I might live for God. I have
been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me;
insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has
loved me and given himself up for me. I do not nullify the grace of God;
for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Priest/Reader: The
word of the Lord.
All: Thanks
be to God.
The Alleluia:
An ancient expression of joy anticipating
the Lord's message we will hear in the Gospel.
John 6:51
Cantor: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
ALL: R/. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Cantor: God loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our
sins.
ALL: R/. Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
The Gospel:
The Liturgy of the Word is completed
by the reading of the Gospel. Before its reading, the members of the
assembly trace the sign of the cross upon the forehead to indicate their mental
acceptance of the Truth, on the lips to indicate their readiness to announce it,
and over the heart to indicate their sincere desire to accept it into their
lives. The "Good News" of the Gospel tells that God's kingdom has come for
all to hear, accept, and announce to the world for its salvation. It
is God who is speaking to us. Christ comes to teach us by the example of
His life and by His own words.
Priest: Cleanse my heart and my lips, almighty God, that I may worthily proclaim your
holy Gospel. Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And
also with you.
Priest/Deacon: A
reading from the holy Gospel according
to Luke.
All: Glory
to you, Lord.
The Gospel: Luke 7:36-50
A
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."
Afterward he journeyed from one town and
village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of
God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of
evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had
gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others
who provided for them out of their resources.
Priest: The
Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Priest's Sermon:
The priest develops, explains, and comments upon the Master's words,
so our minds may be
enlightened, and our
hearts enriched.
(A priestly reflection upon this Gospel)
Profession of Faith:
We state in the
Nicene Creed the principles of our faith in precise and definite terms.
All: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in
one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one
in Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us
men and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy
Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was
crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died, and was buried. On the
third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; he ascended into
heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again
in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from
the Father and the son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and
glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one
holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the
forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the
life of the world to come. Amen.
General Intercessions:
We pray for the needs of the pope, civic
leaders, our own needs, those of others,
the sick, the dying, those who have died, the church, and the world.
The response of all to each intercession: Lord, hear our prayer.
All: Lord,
hear our prayer.
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
Gifts of bread and wine
symbolizing ourselves are presented to the priest who will offer them to God the
Father. Through the Holy Spirit, they will become the Body and Blood of
Jesus Christ whom we receive in Holy Communion. Jesus unites Himself with
us for our spiritual nourishment and strength. Today, when individuals do
not present their own personal offerings of bread and wine, the monetary contribution
symbolizes the material of their united sacrifice.
Preparation of the Bread and
Wine:
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.
All:
Blessed be God for ever.
Priest: By the mystery
of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ, who
humbled himself 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.
All: Blessed be God for ever.
Priest: Lord
God, we ask you to receive us and be pleased with the sacrifice we offer you
with humble and contrite hearts.
The Priest's Hands are Washed: This
act was traditional necessary because the priest handled the various gifts
presented by the people. Now, the cleansing act using water reminds the
priest and ourselves of the need to cleanse not only the hands but the soul.
Soon, the priest's hands will hold the actual body of Christ, and we will become
His dwelling place.
Priest: Lord,
wash away my iniquity; cleans me from my sin.
Pray, brethren, that
my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
All: 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.
Prayer over the Gifts:
Speaking in our name, the priest asks
the Father to accept the gifts we offer through him.
Priest: Lord
God, in this bread and wine you give us food for body and spirit. May the
Eucharist renew our strength and
bring us health of mind and body. We ask
this in the
name of Jesus the Lord.
All: Amen.
Eucharistic Prayer:
(Number Two: The priest may select from several forms).
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Priest: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
All: It is right to
give him thanks and praise.
Preface Prayer:
Priest: Father,
all-powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you
thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord. He is the true and eternal priest
who established this unending sacrifice. He offered himself as a victim
for our deliverance and taught us to make this offering in His memory. As
we eat His body which He gave for us, we grow in strength. As we drink His
blood which He poured out for us, we are washed clean. Now, with angels
and archangels, and the whole company of heaven, we sing the unending hymn of
your praise.
Acclamation:
Priest
and All:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and
earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the
highest. Blessed
is he who comes
in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Priest: Lord, you are holy indeed, the fountain of all
holiness. Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so that
they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
The priest repeats the words which
Christ used at his Last Supper when He changed the bread into His Body and the
wine into His Blood. His Body and Blood are truly present but under the
appearance of bread and wine. The death of Christ is prolonged in each of
those who receive Him worthily. We apply His death to ourselves so that we
may share His glory. This moment is the most solemn on earth because it is
Divine act which enables us to apply to ourselves the Cross which Christ
willingly took upon Himself.
We are called to die to sin and
lift our very selves to God so that we become changed; to do as God would have
us do, to become what God would have us become. Our own little cross can
lift us into union with Christ's Cross so we may earn the joys of everlasting
happiness with God the Father.
The
Lord's Supper:
Before he was given up to death, a death he freely accepted, he took
bread and gave you thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples,
and said:
Take this, all of
you and eat of it: this is my Body which will be given up for you.
When
supper was ended, He took the cup. Again he gave you thanks and praise,
gave the cup to his disciples, and said:
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. It will be shed for you
and for all so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in memory of me.
Memorial Acclamation: (The priest may
select from several forms).
Priest: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
Priest
and All: Dying
you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in
glory.
Memorial Prayer: (The
priest may select from several forms).
Priest:
Recalls Christ's Passion, Resurrection, Ascension, the Church,
the dead, and ourselves.
In memory of His death and resurrection, we offer you, Father, this
life-giving bread, this saving cup. We thank you for counting us worthy to
stand in your presence and serve you. May all of us who share in the body
and blood of Christ be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit. Lord,
remember your Church throughout the world; make us grow in love, together with
_____ our Pope, _____ our bishop, and all the clergy. Remember our
brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again;
bring them and all the departed into the light of your presence. Have
mercy on us all; make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the virgin
Mother of God, with the apostles, and with all the saints who have done your
will throughout the ages. May we praise you in union with them, and give
you glory through your Son, Jesus Christ.
Through whom you continue to create all these good things, O Lord; you
make them holy, fill them with life, bless them, and bestow them upon us.
Doxology:
Prayer of Praise: Through
him, with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor
is yours, almighty Father, for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
Communion Rite
In the Liturgy of the Eucharist, we
symbolically offer ourselves to the Lord through the gifts of bread and wine.
At the Consecration, we offer our very lives to be united the God the Father
through the Cross of Christ. In Communion, we find that we have not died
at all, but have come to life. We have surrendered ourselves to God
through His Divine Son, Jesus Christ. In return become ennobled and
enriched. We give up time and we get eternity, we give up our sin and we
receive grace, we surrender our self-will and receive the strength of the Divine
Will, we give up ourselves and we receive everything. For the Son of God
says to us that unless we receive Him we shall not have Divine life in us.
But it is not really we who receive Christ as it is Christ who receives us,
bringing us into Himself.
God makes His Cross the very means
of our salvation and our life. While we have crucified Him, His eternal
love cannot be extinguished. Christ willed to give us the very life we
crucified in our Redemption, the Consecration of Holy Thursday into Communion,
His death into our everlasting life.
The Lord's
Prayer:
Priest:
Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Savior gave us.
Priest and
All: Our
Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be they 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, from every evil,
and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and
protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our
Savior, Jesus Christ. 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.
Prayer for
Peace:
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 graciously grant the peace and unity of your kingdom where
you live for ever and ever.
All: Amen.
Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Breaking of the Bread:
Priest and All: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the
world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Communion of the Priest:
Priest: May this mingling of
the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ bring eternal life to us who receive
it.
Priestly Preparation: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who by the will of the Father and the
work of the Holy Spirit, through
your death gave life to the world; free me by this your most holy Body and Blood
from all my sins and from every evil; keep me always faithful to your commandments, and never let me be
parted from you.
Priest: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are
those who are called to his supper.
Priest and All: Lord,
I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.
Priest: May the Body of Christ keep me safe for eternal life.
May the Blood of Christ keep me safe for eternal life.
Communion Antiphon:
Communion Song: Psalm 26:4
Priest:
One thing I seek: to dwell in the house of the
Lord all the days of my life.
Communion of the Faithful:
Priest:
The Body of Christ.
The Faithful: Amen.
Priest:
The Blood of Christ.
The Faithful: Amen.
Cleansing of the Vessels:
Priest: What has passed our lips as food, O Lord, may we possess in purity of
heart, that what has been given to us in time may be our healing for eternity.
Prayer after Communion:
Priest: Let us pray.
Priest: Lord,
may this Eucharist accomplish in your Church the unity and peace it signifies.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Concluding Rite
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Priest: Bow your heads and let us pray for God's blessing.
Dismissal Prayer: (The priest may select
from several forms)
Priest:
Lord, grant your people your protection and grace. Give them health of
mind and body, perfect love for one another, and make them always faithful to
you. Grant this through Christ your Lord.
Priest:
May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
All:
Amen.
Priest: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God!
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins.
Save us from the fires of hell.
Lead all souls to heaven,
especially those in most need of your mercy.
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