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         In the name of the Father,and of the Son,
 and of the Holy Spirit.
 Amen.
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
 and the love of God
 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
 be with you all.
 And also with you.
 
 My brothers and sisters,
 to prepare ourselves
 to celebrate the sacred mysteries,
 let us call to mind our sins.
 
 I confess to almighty God,and to you, my brothers and sisters,
 that I have sinned
 through my own fault
 in my thoughts and in my words,
 in what l have done,
 and in what l have failed to do.
 And I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin,
 all the angels and saints,
 and you, my brothers and sisters,
 to pray for me to the Lord our God.
 
 May almighty God have mercy
 on us, forgive us our sins,
 and bring us to everlasting life.
 Amen.
 
 KYRIE
 Lord, have mercy.
 Lord, have mercy.
 
 Christ, have mercy.
 Christ, have mercy.
 
 Lord, have mercy.
 Lord, have mercy.
 
 GLORIA
 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 thanks,
 we praise you for your glory.
 Lord Jesus Christ,
 only Son of the Father,
 Lord
        
        God, Lamb of God,
 you take away the sin 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.
 
 OPENING PRAYER
 
 LITURGY OF THE WORD
 
 FIRST READING
 RESPONSORIAL PSALM
 SECOND READING
 ALLELUIA
 
 GOSPEL
 
 The Lord be with you.
 And also with you.
 
 A reading from the holy gospel according to...
 Glory to you, Lord.
 
 This is the gospel of the Lord.
 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
 
 HOMILY
 
 THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
 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,
 of one 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 death and was buried.
 On the third day he rose again
 in accordance 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
 
 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
 
 Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.
 Through your goodness we have this bread to offer,
 which earth has given and human hands have made.
 It will become for us the bread of life.
 Blessed be God for ever.
 
 Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.
 Through your goodness we have this wine to offer,
 fruit of the vine and work of human hands.
 I will become our spiritual drink.
 Blessed be God for ever.
 
 Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God,
 the almighty Father.
 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 Church.
 
 PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
 Amen.
 
 The Lord be with you.
 And also with you.
 
 Lift up your hearts.
 We lift them up to the Lord.
 
 Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
 It's right to give him thanks and
        praise.
 
 EUCHARlSTIC PRAYER I
 
		
		  
		
		We come to you, Father, 
		
		with praise and thanksgiving, 
		
		through Jesus Christ your Son. 
		
		  
		
		Through him we ask you to accept and 
		
		bless a 
		
		this bread and wine in preparation for their becoming 
		
		the living body and blood of your Son. 
		
		We ask that our worthy sacrifices of each day 
		
		be joined with his one perfect offering. 
		
		  
		
		We ask blessings for your holy catholic Church, 
		
		watch over it, Lord, and guide it; 
		
		help us accept your peace that there may be 
		
		a united people of faith throughout creation. 
		
		We offer our sacrifices for faithful priests, 
		
		and for all who hold and teach the catholic faith 
		
		that comes to us from the apostles. 
		
		Remember, Lord, your people, 
		
		
		especially those for whom we now pray,
		
		
		N. and N. 
		
		  
		
		Remember all of us gathered here before you. 
		
		You know those who firmly believe in you 
		
		and dedicate their amenability to you. 
		
		We offer you our sacrifices of praise 
		
		for our own good, and the good of 
		
		those who are dear to us. 
		
		We pray to you, our living and true God, 
		
		for our well-being and redemption. 
		
		  
		
		In union with the whole Church 
		
		we honor Mary, 
		
		the ever-virgin mother of Jesus Christ our Lord and God. 
		
		We honor Joseph, her husband, 
		
		the apostles and martyrs 
		
		Peter and Paul, Andrew, 
		
		[ 
		
		James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, 
		
		Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude; 
		
		we honor Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, 
		
		Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, 
		
		John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian 
		
		] 
		
		and all the saints. 
		
		  
		
		May their merits and prayers serve us today 
		
		as they served the people of their own age. 
		
		[Through 
		Christ our Lord. Amen.] 
		
		  
		
		
		______________ 
		
		  
		
		Holy Thursday:  
		
		
		in memory of the day when Jesus Christ, our Lord, gave the 
		
		mysteries of His body and blood for His disciples 
		to celebrate.  
		
		  
		
		Easter vigil to 2nd Sunday inclusive: 
		
		
		born into the new life of water and the Holy Ghost.  
		
		
		______________ 
		
		  
		
		Grant us your peace in this life, 
		
		the peace that will turn us from final damnation, 
		
		and count us among those you have chosen. 
		
		 [Through 
		Christ our Lord. Amen.] 
		
		  
		
		Bless and approve our offerings made 
		
		for the good of your church, so that they 
		
		may be united in spirit and in truth 
		
		with this bread and wine 
		
		that will become the body and blood 
		
		of Jesus Christ, your only Son, Our Lord. 
		
		[Through 
		Christ our Lord. Amen.] 
		
		  
		
		The day before Jesus suffered 
		
		he took bread in his sacred hands 
		
		and looking up to heaven, 
		
		to you, his almighty Father, 
		
		he gave you thanks and praise. 
		
		  
		
		He broke the bread, 
		
		gave it to his disciples, and said: 
		
		  
		TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT 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;THIS IS THE CUP OF MY BLOOD,
 THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND EVERLASTING COVENANT.
 IT WILL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR ALL
 SO THAT SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN.
 DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME. 
		   
		
		P: 
		
		Now let us – give recognition to our Lord Jesus. 
		
		A-Lord you have died, 
		
		Lord you have risen, 
		
		Lord you are here again. 
		
		  
		
		P: 
		
		Now let us petition our Lord Jesus. 
		
		A-Dying you destroyed our death, 
		
		rising you restored our life. 
		
		Lord Jesus, bring us to your glory. 
		
		  
		
		P: 
		
		Now let us express faith in our Lord Jesus. 
		
		A-When we eat this bread and drink this cup, 
		
		we proclaim your death, Lord Jesus, 
		
		until you return in glory. 
		
		  
		
		P: 
		
		Now let us give honor to our Lord Jesus. 
		
		A-Lord, by your cross and resurrection 
		
		you have set us free. 
		
		You are the Savior of the faithful. 
		
		  
		
		Father, we celebrate the memory of Christ, your Son. 
		
		  
		
		We, your people and your ministers, 
		
		recall his passion, his resurrection from the dead, 
		
		and his ascension into glory; 
		
		and through the many gifts you have given us 
		
		we offer to you, God of glory and majesty, 
		
		our acts of faith. We ask that they be joined 
		
		with your son's holy and perfect offering 
		
		that is consummated on Holy Friday and visualized in, 
		
		the bread of life and the cup of eternal salvation. 
		
		  
		
		Look with favor on these offerings 
		
		and accept them as once you accepted 
		
		the gifts of your servant Abel, 
		
		the sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith, 
		
		and the bread and wine offered by your priest Melchisedech. 
		
		  
		
		Almighty God, 
		
		we pray that your angel may take our offerings 
		
		to your altar in heaven to be sanctified. 
		
		Then, as we receive Your Son from this altar, 
		
		  
		
		let us be filled with every grace and blessing. 
		
		[Through 
		Christ our Lord. Amen.] 
		
		  
		
		Remember, Father, those who have died 
		
		and have gone before us marked with the sign of faith, 
		
		especially those for whom we now pray, N. and N. 
		
		  
		
		May these, and all who sleep in Christ, 
		
		find in your presence light, happiness, and peace. 
		
		[Through 
		Christ our Lord. Amen.] 
		
		  
		
		For ourselves, too, we ask 
		
		some share in the fellowship of your apostles and martyrs, 
		
		with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, 
		
		[Ignatius, 
		Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, 
		
		Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia] 
		
		and all the saints. 
		
		  
		
		Do not consider what we truly deserve, 
		
		but accept our confessions of sins, 
		
		and grant us your forgiveness. 
		
		  
		
		We trust in your mercy and love. 
		
		  
		
		Through Christ our Lord 
		
		you give us all these gifts. 
		
		You fill them with life and goodness, 
		
		you bless them and make them holy. 
		
		  
		
		Through him, with him, in him, 
		
		in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
		
		all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, 
		
		for ever and ever. 
		
		  
		
		A-Amen. 
		
		EUCHARlSTIC PRAYER II
 
 Father, it is our duty and our salvation,
 always and everywhere to give you thanks
 through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ.
 He is the Word through whom you made the universe,
 the Saviour you sent to redeem us.
 By the power of the Holy Spirit he took flesh
 and was born of the Virgin Mary.
 
 For our sake he opened his arms on the cross;
 he put an end to death
 and revealed the resurrection.
 In this he fulfilled your will
 and won for you a holy people.
 
 And so we join the angels and the saints
 in proclaiming your glory as we sing (say):
 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.
 
 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.
 
 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 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;
 THIS IS THE CUP OF MY BLOOD,
 THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND EVERLASTING COVENANT.
 IT WILL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR ALL
 SO THAT SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN.
 DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
 Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.
 Christ has died, Christ has risen,
        Christ will come again.
 
 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 N. our Pope,
 N. 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 him, with him,
 in him,
 in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honour is yours, almighty
        Father,
 for ever and ever.
 Amen.
 
 EUCHARlSTIC PRAYER III
 
 Father, you are holy indeed, and all creation
 rightly gives you praise.
 All life, all holiness
 comes from you through your Son,
 Jesus Christ our Lord,
 by the working of the Holy Spirit.
 From age to age you gather
 a people to yourself,
 so that from east to west
 a perfect offering may be made to
 the glory of your name.
 
 And so, Father,
 we bring you these gifts.
 We ask you to make them holy by
 the power of your Spirit,
 that they may become the body + and blood
 of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
 On the night he was betrayed,
 he took bread and gave you thanks and praise.
 He broke the bread,
 gave it to his disciples, and said:
 
 TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT 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;
 THIS IS THE CUP OF MY BLOOD,
 THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND EVERLASTING COVENANT.
 IT WILL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR ALL,
 SO THAT SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN.
 DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
 
 Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.
 Christ has died, Christ is risen,
  Christ will
        come again.
 Father, calling to mind the death your Son endured
 for our salvation,
 his glorious resurrection and ascension into heaven,
 and ready to greet him when he comes again,
 we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice.
 
 Look with favour
 on your Church's offering,
 and see the Victim whose death
 has reconciled us to yourself.
 Grant that we,
 who are nourished by his body and blood,
 may be filled with his Holy Spirit,
 and become one body,
 one spirit in Christ.
 
 May he make us an everlasting gift, to you
 and enable us to share in the inheritance of your saints,
 with Mary, the virgin Mother of God;
 with the apostles, the martyrs,
 Saint N. (the saint of the day or the patron saint)
 and all your saints,
 on whose constant intercession we rely for help.
 
 Lord, may this sacrifice,
 which has made our peace with you,
 advance the peace and salvation of all the world.
 Strengthen in faith and love your pilgrim Church on earth;
 your servant, Pope N.,
 our bishop N., and all the bishops,
 with the clergy and the entire people
 your Son has gained for you.
 Father, hear the prayers of the family
 you have gathered here before you.
 In mercy and love unite all your children
 wherever they may be.
 
 Welcome into your kingdom
 our departed brothers and sisters,
 and all who have left this world in your friendship.
 
 We hope to enjoy for ever the vision of your glory,
 through Christ our Lord,
 from whom all good things come.
 
 Through him,
 with him,
 in him,
 in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
 all glory and honor is yours,
 almighty Father,
 for ever and ever.
 Amen.
 
 RITE OF COMMUNION
 
 Let us pray with confidence to the Father
 in the words our Saviour gave us:
 
 PATER NOSTER
 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.
 
 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.
 For the kingdom,
 the power, and the glory are yours,
 now and forever.
 
 Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles:
 "I leave you peace, my peace I give you",
 look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,
 and grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom
 where you live for ever and ever.
 Amen.
 
 The Peace of the Lord be with you always.
 And also with you.
 
 AGNUS DEI
 
 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.
 
 This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
 Happy are those who are called to his supper.
 Lord, I am not worthy to receive
        you,
 but only say the word and I shall be healed.
 
 The body of Christ.
 Amen.
 
 PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
 
 CONCLUDING RITE
 
 The Lord be with you.
 And also with you.
 
 May almighty God bless you,
 the Father, and the Son,
 and the Holy Spirit.
 Amen.
 
 Go in the peace of Christ.
 Thanks be to God.
 
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