LOWESTOFT CATHOLIC PARISH -OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA & ST NICHOLAS Presbytery: 19 Gordon Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1NL Tel: 01502 572453 Parish Priest, Rev. Paul Chanh, 07414 735102 (text message only) email: [email protected] www.ourladylowestoft.com http://www.catholiceastanglia.org Deacon: Rev. Stephen Pomeroy
Sat 10 Oct Confessions before Mass 5:00 pm OLSS Mass (Open to the Public) Aspinall Family Intentions Sun 11 Oct 09:00 am Saint Nicholas Mass (Open to the Public) Priest’s Intention 27th Sunday 10:30 am OLSS Mass (Open to the Public) People of the Parish Mon 12 Oct No Masses Tues 13 Oct 12:15 pm OLSS Mass (Open to the Public) Avril Rickarby dec’d
Wed 14 Oct 09:15 am OLSS Mass (Open to the Public) Priest’s Intention
Thu 15 Oct 09:15 am Saint Nicholas (No Mass this week) 11:45 am OLSS Requiem (Limited to 30 attendance) Vincent Bunch dec’d Fri 16 Oct 12:15 pm OLSS Mass (Open to the Public) Paul Blythe dec’d
Sat 17 Oct 05:00 pm OLSS Mass (Open to the Public) Marie Fernando dec’d
MARRIAGE Please pray for our parishioners Priston Dias and Jovita Augusta Fernandes who will be married in Our Lady’s on Saturday 10th October. Sadly, under Covid restrictions they may have only 15 guests but the ceremony will be live streamed here and to family and friends in Goa. We wish them every happiness in their married life together. REQUIEM FOR VINCENT BUNCH The Requiem for Vincent (Janet Brook’s brother) will be at Our Lady’s at 11:45 am on Thursday 15th October. Under Covid restrictions we are limited to an attendance of 15 people. If you would like to attend please phone Janet before Wednesday on 01502 563208
AVRIL RICKARBY RIP The 30-number limit on funerals prevented us from having Avril’s Requiem Mass open to the Parish. To make up for this there will be an open Mass for the repose of her soul at 12:15 pm on Tuesday 13th October.
TRACK AND TRACE ARRANGEMENTS After sanitizing your hands when coming in to church please be ready to record your contact details, on the sheets provided or by using your mobile phone and the QR Code. If you have a mobile phone but not the App, it is easily downloaded from the Google Play store for Android phones or App Store for Apple phones. Please give it a try if you have not done so.
HELP REQUIRED TO PROJECT LIVESTREAM OF MASS INTO STELLA MARIS HALL So far, we have not needed to use the Hall as a church overflow but last weekend we had 70 people in Our Lady’s and only a couple of seats left. At present Tony Walmsley is the only person familiar with the set-up. If he is not at Mass it might not be possible to use the Hall as an overflow and if the church was full we would have to turn people away.
We need other people who could start the Hall transmission going. All the kit is there and ready. It needs someone with a Facebook Account who is also a member of Our Lady’s Facebook Members Group to log on, it is easy to join if you are not a current member of the Group. The rest is straightforward but Tony would show you how it is done. If you could be on stand-by to help, please respond to Tony Walmsley ([email protected]).
MASS WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING If you are planning to come for the first time, these are the points you need to bear in mind.
1. The Sunday obligation to attend Mass has been relaxed. Consider coming to a weekday Mass If it will be easier for you. Masses continue to be streamed via the Our Lady Lowestoft website. 2. If you have any Covid symptoms or have had a test and are waiting for the result, the stewards will ask you to return home. 3. You must wear a mask or face covering in church. Please bring your own, if you have one, so we don’t have to use up the church’s supply 4. The church toilets will be closed at both churches, excepting at the 10:30 Sunday Mass at OLSS and then only the disabled person’s toilet will be open. This is because of safety and cleaning requirements. 5. You may not be able to sit in church where you would like. 6. You must sanitize your hands with the gel provided when you enter but we have dropped the requirement to sanitize when you leave, because it caused bunching by the tables and people getting too close to each other. 7. There is no singing. The organ may be playing for you to listen only. 8. Communion will be in one kind and with the Host given to you by dropping gently on your hand with your arm outstretched. 9. We ask you to stay in your pew until the stewards indicate when to come out for Communion. 10. There are two standing Perspex screens so the priests do not have to wear a visor when distributing communion.
CONFESSIONS
Confessions are available before the 5pm Saturday Mass. They now take place in the Sacristy. There is no queuing system so please speak to Father Paul if you wish to confess.
CONFIRMATIONS 2020: Please continue to pray for our 12 candidates for Confirmation. Bishop Alan has agreed a date this year, Tuesday 12th November, to come and administer the Sacrament of Confirmation at Our Lady's.
WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS, FUNERALS Please note that weddings are now limited to 15 attendees and baptisms and funerals are limited to 30 attendees, even if they take place during a Mass.
OCTOBER MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY Please try to pray a decade of the Holy Rosary frequently during this Month. Our Blessed Mother instructs us to pray for the Souls in Purgatory, for Sinners, the Welfare of Mankind and especially the Pandemic.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR ABOUT THIS TIME: Mary Baker, Francis Christie, Michael Morrissey, Albert Thomas, Dorothy Cressy, Beatrice Ibberson, James Paterson, David Nicholls, Paul Blythe, Ada May Hemsley, Gertrude Bodiker Edward Russell, Gerard Bartley, Fr. Ben Grist, Stanley Riley, David Patrick Healy, Cornelius O’Regan, Anne Patton, Irene Weale, Amelia Kerr, Bernice Soans, William Albert Barrett.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY The usual papers are attached.
CAFOD UPDATE CAFOD family fast day was on Friday the 9th October. This time were helping people facing the worst of the coronavirus crisis. We've all felt the impact of this terrible disease -and this was an opportunity to come together to help the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world survive, rebuild, and heal. Please pray for all those affected. Thank you if you have already donated. For those of you returning envelopes, please place in the box next to the offertory collection. There is still time to donate through the CAFOD website or text CAFOD on 70085 to donate £10.00.
COMMENTRY SIDE OF BULLETIN & SUNDAY PLUS What you would have seen on the commentary side of the bulletin is attached as is this week’s Sunday Plus. Gospel Sunday 11th October: Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14
Next Month the Young People who have been preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation will receive Confirmation and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit from Bishop Alan Hopes.
Jesus again used parables in talking to the people. “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son. He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come. So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my bullocks and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’ But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his shop, while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them. The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city. Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it. Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.
“The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes. ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ the king asked him. But the man said nothing. Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark. There he will cry and grind his teeth.’”
And Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”
(Gospel passage taken from Good News Translation® and used with permission, see details below*)
Gospel reflection: What do you remember from today’s reading?
Today Jesus tells us another parable to try and explain what the kingdom of heaven is like. The king’s son is getting married. He invites lots of people to the party but when the day comes and the king sends out his servants to fetch the people they do not come. He tries again, but the people just aren’t interested in coming.
How do you think the king feels about this? What does he do next?
The king sends out his servants to stand in the middle of the street and invite everyone they can find to the wedding. So they do, and the wedding hall is filled with guests. They all take part in the big feast, with lots of yummy things to eat.
In today’s gospel story, the king represents God and the wedding is the kingdom of heaven. What do you think that Jesus was trying to tell us with this story?
We are all invited by God to enter into the kingdom of Heaven. It is a place where everyone is welcome. But we have to be ready to go.
When we go to a wedding, or any party, we tell the person who invited us that we are coming. We get out our best clothes and make sure we are clean and tidy. We buy a present and write the card. Can you think of anything else that we do to get ready for a party?
But how do you think we can answer God’s invitation and get ready for the kingdom of heaven? We can listen to God’s word and try to follow what God asks us to do in our lives. What do you think God asks us to do?
God asks us: to be kind, to be welcoming and invite others to share -so that everyone has enough food to eat and clean water to drink, to bring peace, to stand up for what is right, to care for and respect one another to love our neighbour, wherever they are in the world.
Prayers : In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen We pray together to God who welcomes everyone:
We pray for the Church throughout the world: that it may live out God’s invitation of welcome and love for all. Lord, in your mercy…Hear our prayer
We pray for world leaders: that they may be guided to make decisions for the good of all people, especially those who are poor. Lord, in your mercy… Hear our prayer We pray for our parish, family and friends: Especially the young people making their Confirmation on 12th November with Bishop Alan Hopes. Lord, in your mercy…Hear our Prayer.
Closing prayer: Loving God, strengthen and help us as we try to say yes to your invitation to be with you, by living lives of sharing, kindness, respect and love. Amen.
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Activities: Enjoy filling in the invitation, word search and cake colouring and the worksheet.
A Wedding cake to colour!
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Catholic Agency for Overseas Development Sunday 11 October 2020 Matthew 22:1-14 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus tells a story about a king My name is who organises a wedding feast for his son. The people who are Help the invited don’t want to go, so the people get to king invites everyone he can find the wedding COME TO THE in the streets and lanes. feast. FEAST Join us! Here is a school playground. Can you find the children who are on their own? The other children want them to play.
Write the missing words on this invitation. Invitation Dear ______(write your name) you are ______to church every _ _ _ _ Come Week I hope you can _ _ _ _ because I _ _ _ _ you. Signed, God
Love Invited
Party sudoku Draw lines linking them to the group you think they would like to join. Finish the grid of party food. Make sure that each row, column and mini-grid Our Father, king of heaven, has just one of thank you for inviting us to your each type. feast. Help us live in peace and joy, sharing your love with the people we meet. Amen. Answers: Invitation: you are invited to church every week. I hope you can come because love you. Signed, God. redemp orist Look. Written by Aileen Urquhart. Design by Anna Davie/Louise Hilton. Edited by Rachel Thompson. Published by Redemptorist Publications Chawton Hampshire GU34 3HQ. publications Copyright © Redemptorist Publications. A registered charity. www.rpbooks.co.uk Printed on FSC paper. THINKING FAITH
DEARLY LOVED And the same was true in his parish ministry. One friend has SUNDAY BULLETIN SB told me that her aunt, a Poor Clare nun, had related how, when their extern Sisters went questing, that is, begging, on the streets of Birmingham in the mid- nineteenth century, it was Father Newman who had brought them food. And another friend who lived near Wolverhampton has written to me about her own childhood memories. “I wish I could remember the details,” she began, “although I was of course very young and Canonising completely ignorant.” She would have been perhaps four or five at the time, shortly after the PASTORAL MINISTRY SBSB With more than forty books to his name and thirty-two largeSB Second World War. She had gone with her father, visiting the bargee community. She was remembering “elderly Birmingham people who had known ‘Mr Newman’ and loved him volumes of letters published, it may seem odd to refer to John John Henry dearly, especially for his fearless visits to the slums of the cholera epidemic”. Henry Newman as an occasional writer. What else, people may ask themselves, can he have been doing, except writing? Yet She was recalling people in their seventies, or perhaps their eighties, who may not even that is how he has often been described. And the description is Newman have met Newman themselves; and Birmingham was largely untouched by cholera. But in fact accurate, because it does not mean that he was writing these men were certainly relaying the memory in their community of Newman’s reputation, “occasionally”, from time to time, but that when he wrote, his not as a remote academic, but someone who was ready to serve people whom he knew writing was prompted by occasions, by particular needs. Brilliant were in crisis. scholar that he was, he was not sitting in his study, dreaming Praise to the Holiest in the height. It is a moment engraved on my memory for ever. up fresh ideas for new books. What he wrote was triggered by questions that he recognised needed to be addressed. It would be Mgr Roderick Strange’s book Newman The Heart of Holiness is available from all too easy to overlook his pastoral instinct. Redemptorist Publications. Visit www.rpbooks.co.uk to order. CODE: 103585 To mark the first ISBN:9780852362619 Price: £14.99 His experience of conversion in 1816, when he was only fifteen anniversary of the years old, had an evangelical character. It wasn’t a classic canonisation of evangelical conversion and its influence gradually faded as other St John Henry Mass text influences, Anglican and Catholic, made their mark on him. But he remained grateful for what it had taught him till the end of his Newman, which ENTRANCE ANTIPHON 4. Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me falls this week, If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, all the days of my life. life. In a letter to an evangelical correspondent in 1887 he spoke of Lord, who could stand? In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell “the great and burning truths” that he had learned as a boy from Mgr Roderick Strange But with you is found forgiveness, for ever and ever. R. evangelical teaching and found impressed on his heart “with fresh reflects on the life O God of Israel. @redemptorist and ever increasing force by the Holy Roman Church”. SECOND READING Philippians 4:12-14. 19-20 and teachings of FIRST READING Isaiah 25:6-10 Nevertheless, when he was ordained as an Anglican deacon in 1824, the saint. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION that evangelical influence was still significant. It showed itself PSALM Psalm 22 Alleluia, alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ in particular in his severe view that more people were damned RESPONSE In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell enlighten the eyes of our mind, than were saved. However, by the time he was ordained as a for ever and ever. so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. priest the following year, his view had changed. How had that 1. The Lord is my shepherd; Alleluia! change come about? By parish visiting. During that year as a there is nothing I shall want. deacon Newman had worked in the parish of St Clement’s in Fresh and green are the pastures GOSPEL Matthew 22:1-14 Oxford and found that those he met, though far from perfect, where he gives me repose. were not “altogether without grace”. Contact with people had Near restful waters he leads me, COMMUNION ANTIPHON to revive my drooping spirit. R. When the Lord appears, we shall be like him, had its effect on him. It was a feature throughout his life. for we shall see him as he is. 2. He guides me along the right path; When Newman preached, and his sermons were greatly he is true to his name. admired, he sought always simply to be clear. He wanted If I should walk in the valley of darkness people to be able to understand him. He went over what he no evil would I fear. wanted to say time and time again. You are there with your crook and your staff;
with these you give me comfort. R. [email protected] www.rpbooks.co.uk As a tutor at Oxford, he believed that students should not be 11 OCTOBER 2020 3. You have prepared a banquet for me Next Sunday’s Readings: taught indiscriminately, but that attention should be given to their particular needs. As he was to write, while he was Rector of the in the sight of my foes. Isaiah 45:1. 4-6 FSC 28TH SUNDAY My head you have anointed with oil; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 logo University in Dublin, “An academical system without the personal my cup is overflowing. R. Matthew 22:15-21 influence of teachers upon pupils, is an arctic winter; it will create IN ORDINARY TIME The Sunday Bulletin. Written by Mgr Roderick Strange. Edited by Peter Edwards © Redemptorist Publications. A Registered Charity limited by guarantee. an ice-bound, petrified, cast-iron University, and nothing else.” YEAR A Registered in England 03261721. Mass Text: excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in redemp orist the Liturgy Corporation. Psalms from the Grail Psalter reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd © 1963. All rights reserved. Concordat cum Personal influence, he believed, was indispensable. DIVINE OFFICE WEEK IV publicationsoriginali Ann Blackett. Imprimatur + Peter Doyle, Bishop of Northampton 13 July 2018. Permission granted for distribution in the dioceses of Scotland. Image: Wikimedia Commons: Photo of John Henry Newman by Herbert Rose Barraud 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time • Divine Office Week IV • Year A 11 October 2020 E&W: Week of Prayer for Prisoners & their Dependants SUNDAY PLUS You are invited… A Year of the Word
God’s invitation by Patrick van der Vorst his painting by Pieter guest (with the exception of the Breughel of 1567 is bride), seems to be preoccupied Tprobably one of my with eating. The bride being favourite wedding paintings. reserved, the painting depicts Called The Peasant Wedding, it humility versus the gluttony shows a party in full swing, set which surrounds it. in a barn in summertime. We can God is inviting everyone see the bride sitting in front of a to the wedding with great green textile hanging, wearing generosity. All we have to do a crown, but oddly enough she is to accept the invitation and is sitting there passively, not fill the place there that is set participating in the eating or for us. It is an invitation to the drinking taking place around kingdom of heaven which is her. She is almost statuesque, sent out to everyone. But as like a sculpture of Our Lady. The with any invitation, we are free wooden tables and chairs are to accept that invitation or not. roughly fashioned and the foods We are free, every day, to say yes on offer appear to be bread, or no. But as generous and all- porridge and soup. Humble inviting as God’s invitation is, it food is being served in a humble is not to be taken for granted. setting. The painting serves as We should feel privileged that The Peasant Wedding by Pieter Patrick van der Vorst has left behind the world of art and Breughel the Elder (1525- a warning against the deadly we are invited and love God all antiques in order to study for the priesthood at the Pontifical 1569) © Kunsthistorisches sin of gluttony, as almost every the more for it. Beda College, Rome. His website is www.christianart.today. Museum, Vienna, Austria.
– that has already been done. the homeless, the bereaved, the Unexpected Instead all are united in a RSVP sick, the prisoners. desire to worship and praise So what about us – do we need guests together. Awaiting the Body by Gerlinde Symons God’s forgiveness? Is there space of Christ, we become a body in for God in our hearts? When we by James Gallogly Christ, to love and to serve. invite God into our lives, divine I have recently been actively involved healing leads to real freedom and James Gallogly is a lay Catholic in reaching out to the registered the work of building the heavenly As you settle down to pray in our chaplain in a UK prison. Catholics in the prison who, for one kingdom begins. chapel, in the Long Term High reason or another, are not engaging Gerlinde Symons is a lay Catholic Security Estate, you notice that you “It is easy to be at with the chaplaincy. My plan of action cannot see any bars. Of course they has been to invite a speaker to come chaplain in two UK prisons. are there, just purposefully hidden. peace with those we and share their faith story; to send It is a rare and pleasant experience love and with those personal invitations to every Catholic Loving Lord, there are in a prison setting. For the duration who do good for us; in the prison, offer coffee and cake many people behind of the service a sense of normality and hope for the best – and it seems but it is not easy to be bars whose crimes you reigns, one could be in any church, to be working! have forgiven but society anywhere. at peace with those In today’s Gospel, the wedding Responding to the invitation who have wronged banquet symbolises God’s kingdom: hasn’t. So often, their to attend Holy Mass is often us, who do not love those accepting the invitation receive innocent families are also something we habitually take for salvation while those who decline are sentenced to unbearable granted. Inside, a little more effort us. Ask the Lord, in rejected. is required to sign up and ensure silence, for the grace Many people in prison respond to suffering, unseen by the you hear the call to move. All are to give everyone, God’s invitation to come and eat at the people around them. welcome – but all arrive at the same table of life because they recognise Watch over, protect and time or they do not attend. good and bad, the their need for God’s forgiveness. In our chapel all walks of life are gift of peace.” Jesus reminds us that God chooses to bless prisoners and their thrown together: no-one judges Pope Francis be close to those in need: the addicts, families. Amen.
Today: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Next Sunday: Isaiah 25:6-10 Galatians 4:22-24. 26-27. 31 – 5:1 Galatians 5:1-6 Galatians 5:18-25 Ephesians 1:1-10 Ephesians 1:11-14 Ephesians 1:15-23 Isaiah 45:1. 4-6 Philippians 4:12-14. 19-20 Luke 11:29-32 Luke 11:37-41 Luke 11:42-46 Luke 11:47-54 Luke 12:1-7 Luke 12:8-12 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 Matthew 22:1-14 Matthew 22:15-21 redemp orist Sunday Plus. Edited by Denis McBride C.Ss.R. and Sr Janet Fearns FMDM. Copyright © Redemptorist Publications, Chawton, Hampshire publications GU34 3HQ, A registered charity limited by guarantee. Registered in England 03261721. www.rpbooks.co.uk. Printed on FSC approved paper. www.facebook.com/sundayplus 11 October 2020 Year A • Psalter Week 4 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 11 OCTOBER 2020 28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Near restful waters he leads me, garment?’ And the man was silent. Then the If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, to revive my drooping spirit. (R.) king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand Lord, who could stand? 2. He guides me along the right path; and foot and throw him out into the dark, But with you is found forgiveness, he is true to his name. where there will be weeping and grinding O God of Israel. If I should walk in the valley of darkness of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are no evil would I fear. chosen.” GLORIA You are there with your crook and your >The Gospel of the Lord. < Glory to God in the highest, staff; Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Year A • Psalter Week 4 and on earth peace to people of good will. THE WORD with these you give me comfort. (R.) We praise you, PROFESSION OF FAITH 3. You have prepared a banquet for me we bless you, I believe in one God, in the sight of my foes. we adore you, the Father almighty, My head you have anointed with oil; we glorify you, maker of heaven and earth, my cup is overflowing. (R.) we give you thanks for your great glory, of all things visible and invisible. REFLECT Lord God, heavenly King, 4. Surely goodness and kindness shall I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, COME TO THE e find that the image of O God, almighty Father. follow me the Only Begotten Son of God, all the days of my life. the wedding feast as Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, born of the Father before all ages. representing the kingdom Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, In the Lord¹s own house shall I dwell W God from God, Light from Light, WEDDING! for ever and ever. (R.) of God is frequently used in both you take away the sins of the world, true God from true God, (MATTHEW 22:1-14) the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. have mercy on us; begotten, not made, consubstantial with In the Synoptic Gospel narratives, you take away the sins of the world, SECOND READING Philippians 4:12-14.19-20 the Father; the feeding of the five thousand receive our prayer; through him all things were made. A reading from the letter of St Paul to the anticipates the Last Supper and the you are seated at the right hand of the Father, For us men and for our salvation Philippians. institution of the Eucharist, which have mercy on us. he came down from heaven, I know how to be poor and I know how to be in turn foresees the banquet in the For you alone are the Holy One, (all bow during the next three lines) kingdom of God. One of the aspects you alone are the Lord, rich too. I have been through my initiation and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the of our celebration of the Eucharist, the you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, and now I am ready for anything anywhere: Virgin Mary, Mass, is that it is the pledge of future with the Holy Spirit, full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or and became man. glory, when God’s people will be finally in the glory of God the Father. plenty. There is nothing I cannot master with Amen. the help of the One who gives me strength. For our sake he was crucified under gathered into the divine presence in All the same, it was good of you to share Pontius Pilate, the heavenly kingdom. COLLECT with me in my hardships. In return my God he suffered death and was buried, May your grace, O Lord, we pray, will fulfil all your needs, in Christ Jesus, as and rose again on the third day As we saw with the person who at all times go before us and follow after lavishly as only God can. Glory to God, our in accordance with the Scriptures. turned up not properly dressed for and make us always determined Father, for ever and ever. Amen. He ascended into heaven the occasion, getting inside is no to carry out good works. The word of the Lord. and is seated at the right hand of the Father. guarantee of being allowed to remain. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, Thanks be to God. He will come again in glory We are expected to take a full part in who lives and reigns with you in the unity of to judge the living and the dead the proceedings. One feature of the the Holy Spirit, GOSPEL ACCLAMATION and his kingdom will have no end. preaching of the biblical prophets is one God, for ever and ever. Alleluia, alleluia! I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, that they stress the idea of election, of Amen. The Word was made flesh and lived among the giver of life, Israel being the “chosen people”. This us; who proceeds from the Father and the Son, may well be an undeserved privilege, to all who did accept him FIRST READING Isaiah 25:6-10 who with the Father and the Son is adored but it also brings responsibilities with he gave power to become children of God. and glorified, it. Other nations should be able to A reading from the prophet Isaiah. Alleluia! who has spoken through the prophets. look at Israel and see the God they On this mountain, I believe in one, holy, catholic and believe in reflected in the way in the Lord of hosts will prepare for all people GOSPEL Matthew 22:1-14 apostolic Church. which the people of the Lord conduct a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness Jesus’ audience is once again the chief priests and elders, so we themselves, the values by which wines, (For shorter form, read between > <) of sins they live. The same goes for those A reading from the holy Gospel according to are aware that this is a hostile encounter. The wedding banquet is a of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines. and I look forward to the resurrection of the who claim to be disciples of Jesus. Matthew. On this mountain he will remove dead common symbol in the Bible for the kingdom of God. If we accept the invitation, then we the mourning veil covering all peoples, >Jesus said to the chief priests and elders and the life of the world to come. Amen. should wear our wedding garment – and the shroud enwrapping all nations, of the people: “The kingdom of heaven may Matthew’s parable traces the offer of a place at the wedding feast, and the way in which figuratively speaking! n he will destroy Death for ever. be compared to a king who gave a feast for PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS those who were first invited treat the invitation with contempt and actively reject it. The Lord will wipe away his son’s wedding. He sent his servants to Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful The king then sends his servants on an arduous search to find people who will fill the the tears from every cheek; call those who had been invited, but they with the sacrificial offerings, banqueting hall. The destruction of the city represents Matthew’s later reflection on the he will take away his people’s shame would not come. Next he sent some more that, through these acts of devotedness, destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 70. The idea of a Gentile nation being everywhere on earth, servants. ‘Tell those who have been invited’ we may pass over to the glory of heaven. the instrument of God’s punishing the people of Israel would be familiar to Matthew’s DO for the Lord has said so. he said ‘that I have my banquet all prepared, Through Christ our Lord. community of Jewish Christians, from their knowledge of the Hebrewscriptures. The guest When you next wash your clothes, think That day, it will be said: See, this is our God my oxen and fattened cattle have been Amen. who turns up without the proper garment is more difficult to understand, especially if we of the unfortunate wedding guest. Make a in whom we hoped for salvation; slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the imagine him being rounded up unexpectedly to come to the feast. Perhaps it is a warning resolution not to take your relationship with the Lord is the one in whom we hoped. wedding.’ But they were not interested: one COMMUNION ANTIPHON that it is not enough simply to turn up: the person must be prepared to enter fully into the We exult and we rejoice Jesus for granted. went off to his farm, another to his business, The rich suffer want and go hungry, kingdom and take part in its life. that he has saved us; and the rest seized his servants, maltreated but those who seek the Lord lack no for the hand of the Lord them and killed them. The king was furious. blessing. The emphasis in the parable is on the idea of invitation. Some reject, some accept. rests on this mountain. He despatched his troops, destroyed those The leaders, who should have known better, rejected the invitation presented through LEARN murderers and burnt their town. Then he PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION The word of the Lord. the prophets and especially Jesus, whom they killed. It is they, according to Matthew’s said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready; We entreat your majesty most humbly, Thanks be to God. reading of history, who are thus really responsible for the destruction of Jerusalem and Roman soldiers are shown carrying but as those who were invited proved to be O Lord, off the menorah, the seven-branched the loss of the Temple. It is the despised people, tax collectors and the like, who accept the unworthy, go to the crossroads in the town that, as you feed us with the nourishment candlestick, from the Temple, in a carving PSALM Psalm 22 invitation and crowd into the banquet. n and invite everyone you can find to the which comes from the most holy Body and on the triumphant Arch of Titus: this Response: wedding.’ So these servants went out on to Blood of your Son, monument stands in the Forum in Rome. In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell the roads and collected together everyone so you may make us sharers of his divine they could find, bad and good alike; and nature. for ever and ever. SAY The Synoptic Gospels are the the wedding hall was filled with guests. < Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. accounts of Mark, Matthew and Luke. 1. The Lord is my shepherd; When the king came in to look at the guests Amen. For how could he deny me heaven, who here on there is nothing I shall want. he noticed one man who was not wearing a Fresh and green are the pastures wedding garment, and said to him, ‘How did earth himself has given? The word “synoptic” originally means “seeing all together”: the three accounts where he gives me repose. you get in here, my friend, without a wedding (St Alphonsus Liguori) can be arranged in parallel columns and so Concordat cum originali: +Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin. Additional material, cum permissu: +Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin. easily compared. Commentary by Fr Anthony Cassidy CSsR. The English translation of the Entrance and Communion Antiphons, Collect, Prayer over the Offerings, Gloria, Profession of Faith and Prayer after Communion are taken from The Roman Missal, © 2010 International Commission of English in the Liturgy Corporation. Jerusalem Bible version of the scriptures © Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd., and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Responsorial Psalms are copyright The Grail and/or Geoffrey Chapman Ltd. Published in Ireland by Redemptorist Communications (www.redcoms.org); Published in the UK by Redemptorist Publications (www.rpbooks.co.uk). THE NewLiturgy 11 OCTOBER 2020 28th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ENTRANCE ANTIPHON nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, strength. All the same, it was good of you to share with me in Lord, who could stand? my hardships. In return my God will fulfil all your needs, in Christ But with you is found forgiveness, Jesus, as lavishly as only God can. Glory to God, our Father, for O God of Israel. ever and ever. Amen. COLLECT The word of the Lord. May your grace, O Lord, we pray, Thanks be to God. at all times go before us and follow after GOSPEL ACCLAMATION and make us always determined Alleluia, alleluia! to carry out good works. The Word was made flesh and lived among us; Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, to all who did accept him who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, he gave power to become children of God. one God, for ever and ever. Alleluia! Amen. Or FIRST READING Isaiah 25:6-10 Alleluia, alleluia! A reading from the prophet Isaiah. May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, On this mountain, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. the Lord of hosts will prepare for all people Alleluia! a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines. GOSPEL Matthew 22:1-14 On this mountain he will remove A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. the mourning veil covering all peoples, (for shorter form read between > <) and the shroud enwrapping all nations, > Jesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people: “The he will destroy Death for ever. kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast The Lord will wipe away for his son’s wedding. He sent his servants to call those who the tears from every cheek; had been invited, but they would not come. Next he sent some he will take away his people’s shame more servants. ‘Tell those who have been invited,’ he said, ‘that I everywhere on earth, have my banquet all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have for the Lord has said so. been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding.’ That day, it will be said: See, this is our God But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to in whom we hoped for salvation; his business, and the rest seized his servants, maltreated them the Lord is the one in whom we hoped. and killed them. The king was furious. He despatched his troops, We exult and we rejoice destroyed those murderers and burnt their town. Then he said to that he has saved us; his servants, ‘The wedding is ready; but as those who were invited for the hand of the Lord proved to be unworthy, go to the crossroads in the town and invite rests on this mountain. everyone you can find to the wedding.’ So these servants went out The word of the Lord. on to the roads and collected together everyone they could find, Thanks be to God. bad and good alike; and the wedding hall was filled with guests. < When the king came in to look at the guests he noticed one man PSALM Psalm 22 who was not wearing a wedding garment, and said to him, ‘How RESPONSE: In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell did you get in here, my friend, without a wedding garment?’ And for ever and ever. the man was silent. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the dark, where there 1. The Lord is my shepherd; will be weeping and grinding of teeth.’ For many are called, but there is nothing I shall want. few are chosen.” Fresh and green are the pastures The Gospel of the Lord. where he gives me repose. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Near restful waters he leads me, to revive my drooping spirit. R. PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS 2. He guides me along the right path; Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful he is true to his name. with the sacrificial offerings, If I should walk in the valley of darkness that, through these acts of devotedness, no evil would I fear. we may pass over to the glory of heaven. You are there with your crook and your staff; Through Christ our Lord. with these you give me comfort. R. Amen. 3. You have prepared a banquet for me COMMUNION ANTIPHON in the sight of my foes. The rich suffer want and go hungry, My head you have anointed with oil; but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing. my cup is overflowing. R. Or 4. Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me When the Lord appears, we shall be like him, all the days of my life. for we shall see him as he is. In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell for ever and ever. R. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION We entreat your majesty most humbly, O Lord, SECOND READING Philippians 4:12-14. 19-20 that, as you feed us with the nourishment A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians. which comes from the most holy Body and Blood of your Son, I know how to be poor and I know how to be rich too. I have been so you may make us sharers of his divine nature. through my initiation and now I am ready for anything anywhere: Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or plenty. There is Amen.
The Red Redemptorist Mass Leaflet. © Redemptorist Publications, Wolf’s Lane, Chawton, Hants, GU34 3HQ, a registered charity limited by guarantee. Registered in England 03261721. www.rpbooks.co.uk [email protected] Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy FSC redemp orist Corporation. Psalms from the Grail Psalter reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd © 1963. Bible reading excerpts from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, © 1966 by publicationsDarton, Longman & Todd, Ltd and Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Concordat cum originali Ann Blackett. Imprimatur logo + Peter Doyle, Bishop of Northampton 13 July 2018. Permission granted for distribution in the dioceses of Scotland. The Eucharistic Prayer Deliver us… For the kingdom, THE The Lord be with you. New 11 OCTOBER 2020 28th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME And with your spirit. the power and the glory are yours Liturgy now and for ever. Lift up your hearts. THE INTRODUCTORY RITES Have mercy on us, O Lord. We lift them up to the Lord. The peace of the Lord be with you always. For we have sinned against you. And with your spirit. Entrance Antiphon Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Show us, O Lord, your mercy. It is right and just. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of Lord, who could stand? And grant us your salvation. the world, have mercy on us. But with you is found forgiveness, or The priest gives praise to God and all acclaim: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of O God of Israel. Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. the world, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy. or Kyrie, eleison. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of All make the Sign of the Cross as the priest Lord, have mercy. Kyrie, eleison. Hosanna in the highest. the world, grant us peace. says: Christ, have mercy. or Christe, eleison. Blessed is he who comes in the name of Priest In the name of the Father, Christ, have mercy. Christe, eleison. the Lord. Behold the Lamb of God… and of the Son, Hosanna in the highest. Lord, I am not worthy and of the Holy Spirit. Lord, have mercy. or Kyrie, eleison. that you should enter under my roof, People Amen. Lord, have mercy. Kyrie, eleison. After the Consecration we acclaim the but only say the word mystery of faith: and my soul shall be healed. The priest greets the people in one of After the absolution all respond: Amen. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, these ways: and profess your Resurrection Communion Antiphon The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, The Gloria until you come again. The rich suffer want and go hungry, and the love of God, Glory to God in the highest, or but those who seek the Lord lack no and the communion of the Holy Spirit and on earth peace to people of good will. When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, blessing. be with you all. We praise you, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, or And with your spirit. we bless you, until you come again. When the Lord appears, we shall be like or we adore you, or him, Grace to you and peace from God our Father we glorify you, for we shall see him as he is. and the Lord Jesus Christ. we give you thanks for your great glory, Save us, Saviour of the world, And with your spirit. Lord God, heavenly King, for by your Cross and Resurrection Prayer after Communion O God, almighty Father. you have set us free. or We entreat your majesty most humbly, The Lord be with you. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, O Lord, At the end of the Eucharistic Prayer: And with your spirit. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that, as you feed us with the nourishment you take away the sins of the world, Amen. which comes from the most holy Body and Penitential Act have mercy on us; Blood of your Son, The Communion Rite One of the following acts of penance is you take away the sins of the world, so you may make us sharers of his divine now made: receive our prayer; Our Father, who art in heaven, nature… Amen. you are seated at the right hand of the hallowed be thy name; I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, Father, have mercy on us. thy kingdom come, THE CONCLUDING RITES thy will be done that I have greatly sinned, For you alone are the Holy One, on earth as it is in heaven. The Lord be with you. in my thoughts and in my words, you alone are the Lord, Give us this day our daily bread, And with your spirit. in what I have done and in what I have you alone are the Most High, and forgive us our trespasses, failed to do, Jesus Christ, May almighty God bless you, with the Holy Spirit, as we forgive those who trespass the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit. (all strike their breast and say:) against us; in the glory of God the Father. Amen. through my fault, through my fault, Amen. and lead us not into temptation, through my most grievous fault; but deliver us from evil. At the end of Mass the people respond: The Collect therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, Thanks be to God. May your grace, O Lord, we pray, all the Angels and Saints, at all times go before us and follow after and you, my brothers and sisters, The Green Redemptorist Mass Leaflet. © Redemptorist Publications, Wolf’s Lane, Chawton, Hampshire, and make us always determined GU34 3HQ, a registered charity limited by guarantee. Registered in England 03261721. www.rpbooks.co.uk to pray for me to the Lord our God. redemp orist [email protected] Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission to carry out good works… publications on English in the Liturgy Corporation. Psalms from the Grail Psalter reprinted by permission of HarperCollins or Publishers Ltd © 1963. Bible reading excerpts from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, © 1966 by Darton, Longman & Amen. Todd, Ltd and Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Concordat cum originali Ann Blackett. Imprimatur + Peter Doyle, Bishop of Northampton 13 July 2018. Permission granted for distribution in the dioceses of Scotland. THE LITURGY OF THE WORD 4. Surely goodness and kindness shall a feast for his son’s wedding. He sent and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of follow me his servants to call those who had been the Virgin Mary, First Reading Isaiah 25:6-10 all the days of my life. invited, but they would not come. Next he and became man. A reading from the prophet Isaiah. In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell sent some more servants. ‘Tell those who For our sake he was crucified under The Lord will prepare a banquet, and will for ever and ever. R. have been invited,’ he said, ‘that I have wipe away tears from every cheek. Pontius Pilate, my banquet all prepared, my oxen and he suffered death and was buried, On this mountain, Second Reading Philippians 4:12-14. 19-20 fattened cattle have been slaughtered, the Lord of hosts will prepare for all people and rose again on the third day A reading from the letter of St Paul to the everything is ready. Come to the wedding.’ in accordance with the Scriptures. a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine Philippians. But they were not interested: one went off wines, He ascended into heaven There is nothing I cannot master with the to his farm, another to his business, and the and is seated at the right hand of the of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines. help of the One who gives me strength. rest seized his servants, maltreated them On this mountain he will remove Father. I know how to be poor and I know how to and killed them. The king was furious. He He will come again in glory the mourning veil covering all peoples, be rich too. I have been through my initiation despatched his troops, destroyed those and the shroud enwrapping all nations, to judge the living and the dead and now I am ready for anything anywhere: murderers and burnt their town. Then he and his kingdom will have no end. he will destroy Death for ever. full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready; The Lord will wipe away plenty. There is nothing I cannot master with but as those who were invited proved to be I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the the tears from every cheek; the help of the One who gives me strength. unworthy, go to the crossroads in the town giver of life, he will take away his people’s shame All the same, it was good of you to share and invite everyone you can find to the who proceeds from the Father and the everywhere on earth, with me in my hardships. In return my God wedding.’ So these servants went out on to Son, for the Lord has said so. will fulfil all your needs, in Christ Jesus, as the roads and collected together everyone who with the Father and the Son is That day, it will be said: See, this is our God lavishly as only God can. Glory to God, our they could find, bad and good alike; and adored and glorified, in whom we hoped for salvation; Father, for ever and ever. Amen. the wedding hall was filled with guests. < who has spoken through the prophets. the Lord is the one in whom we hoped. When the king came in to look at the guests I believe in one, holy, catholic and We exult and we rejoice The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. he noticed one man who was not wearing apostolic Church. that he has saved us; a wedding garment, and said to him, ‘How I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness for the hand of the Lord Gospel Acclamation did you get in here, my friend, without a of sins rests on this mountain. Alleluia, alleluia! wedding garment?’ And the man was silent. and I look forward to the resurrection of The word of the Lord. The Word was made flesh and lived Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind the dead Thanks be to God. among us; him hand and foot and throw him out into and the life of the world to come. Amen. to all who did accept him the dark, where there will be weeping and Psalm Psalm 22 The bidding prayers now follow: he gave power to become children of grinding of teeth.’ For many are called, but Let us pray to the Lord. R. In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell God. few are chosen.” Lord, hear our prayer. for ever and ever. Alleluia! The Gospel of the Lord. or Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. 1. The Lord is my shepherd; Alleluia, alleluia! THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST The Homily there is nothing I shall want. May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ If the prayers of blessing are said aloud the enlighten the eyes of our mind, Fresh and green are the pastures The Profession of Faith people acclaim each time: where he gives me repose. so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. I believe in one God, Blessed be God for ever. Near restful waters he leads me, the Father almighty, to revive my drooping spirit. R. Alleluia! maker of heaven and earth, Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters)… The Lord be with you. of all things visible and invisible. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at 2. He guides me along the right path; And with your spirit. he is true to his name. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, your hands If I should walk in the valley of darkness A reading from the holy Gospel according the Only Begotten Son of God, for the praise and glory of his name, no evil would I fear. to Matthew. born of the Father before all ages. for our good You are there with your crook and your Glory to you, O Lord. God from God, Light from Light, and the good of all his holy Church. staff; true God from true God, with these you give me comfort. R. Gospel Matthew 22:1-14 begotten, not made, consubstantial with Prayer over the Offerings Invite everyone you can find to the wedding. the Father; Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful 3. You have prepared a banquet for me (for shorter form read between > <) through him all things were made. with the sacrificial offerings, in the sight of my foes. > Jesus said to the chief priests and elders For us men and for our salvation that, through these acts of devotedness, My head you have anointed with oil; of the people: “The kingdom of heaven he came down from heaven, we may pass over to the glory of heaven… my cup is overflowing. R. may be compared to a king who gave (all bow during the next three lines) Amen.