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St. Thomas More Catholic Parish at St. Joseph Church, Scranton June 5 & 666,6, 202021212121 † 5:00 p.m. &&10:0010:00 a.m. Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Corpus Christi Welcome …to Mass at St. Thomas More Parish! We are glad you are here. IF YOU ARE A VISITOR ... This is a fully valid Mass of the Roman Catholic Church, which fulfills the Sunday or Holy Day obligation of any Catholic who attends. If you are accustomed to the typical Catholic Mass, you will notice that ours is a little different. This is because our Parish was founded by Christians of the Anglican tradition who were received as an intact congregation into full communion with the Catholic Church, which has welcomed us by allowing us to retain many of our cherished prayers, hymns, and customs. We hope you will find them as beautiful as we do! IF YOU ARE NOT CATHOLIC … You are most welcome here! Many of us at this church were just like you not so long ago. If you have questions about the Catholic Church, this might be a great place for you to learn more; we have many classes and small groups for adults, children, and youth to explore the Catholic faith. However, we do ask that only those in full communion with the Catholic Church receive Holy Communion. Please be assured that this is not an expression of exclusion, but of the fervent hope that all Christians will one day be authentically reunited, as Jesus prayed and deeply desired for his followers. All who are not receiving Holy Communion are encouraged to express in their hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord Jesus and with one another. RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION … In this Parish, the Sacrament is typically received kneeling, in both kinds, on the tongue (the Priest will intinct the Host in the Chalice and place it on your tongue). If for reasons of disability or your accustomed pattern you prefer not to kneel, you may receive standing. If you will not be receiving Holy Communion today, you are still most welcome to come forward for a prayer of blessing by the Priest. Simply cross your arms across your chest and bow your head as a sign that you intend to receive a blessing rather than the Sacrament. CHILDREN IN WORSHIP ... This Parish includes many large families with young children, who are welcome here throughout Mass. While our ideal is a reverent atmosphere for undistracted devotion, some noise and restlessness from young children is to be expected. Thank you for your patience as parents steadily strive to instill in their children a reverence for the Mass and a consideration for other worshipers. RESTROOMS ... ...are through the door at the top of the handicap ramp to your right. However , whenever possible, we ask that you consider descending the outdoor front steps to the Parish Hall restrooms on the lower level, deferring use of the restroom on this level to those requiring the ramp, and reducing distractions during Mass. ALSO WORTH NOTING ... • Please join us in singing our music! God judges our hearts, not our voices, so we believe a hymn sung with joy and commitment – no matter how off-key – is far more pleasing to him than refusal to sing, however poor you think your voice may be. At the very least, please follow the words of the hymns, which are carefully chosen to reflect the Scripture readings of the day. • If you are new, you may be surprised to hear our Pastor mention his family. As a former Protestant minister received into full communion with the Catholic Church, Fr. Bergman (and hundreds of other married Priests like him) has received special permission from the Pope himself to be ordained into the Catholic priesthood. He and his wife Kristina are blessed with ten children. 2 St. Thomas More Parish A Roman Catholic Parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter Holy Sacrifice of the Mass SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI June 5 & 6, 2021 † 5:00 p.m. & 10:00 a.m. St. Joseph Catholic Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania Silent Devotion before Mass Pew booklet p. 36 Announcements may be offered by the Priest Organ Prelude Panis Angelicus C. Francke THE INTRODUCTORY RITES The People stand Hymn in Procession When the Patriarch Was Returning Latin, tr. E. Caswall / Zeuch mich, zeuch mich At the Saturday Vigil Mass, stanzas 3-5 are omitted. Introit , chanted by the Choir as the Priest censes the Altar Cibavit eos Ps. 81: 17, 2, 3, 11 / plainsong He fed them with the finest wheat flour, alleluia, and with honey from the rock hath he satisfied them, alleluia, alleluia. Sing we merrily unto God our helper: make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob. Glory be to the Father… | He fed them with the finest wheat flour… 3 Sign of the Cross & Collect for Purity The Priest says Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen . The Summary of the Law , proclaimed by the Priest Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. Kyrie , sung by all R. Shephard Gloria in excelsis , sung by all R. Shephard 4 The Collect of the Day The People kneel. The Priest chants the Collect, the People singing ‘Amen.’ O God, who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us a memorial of thy Passion: grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood; that we may ever know within ourselves the fruit of thy redemption; who livest and reignest with the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen . THE LITURGY OF THE WORD The People sit The First Lesson Exodus 24:3-8 In those days: Moses came and told the people all the half of the blood he threw against the altar. Then he words of the LORD and all the ordinances; and all the took the book of the covenant, and read it in the hear- people answered with one voice, and said, “All the ing of the people; and they said, “All that the LORD words which the LORD has spoken we will do.” And has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD . And he rose Moses took the blood and threw it upon the people, early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant which the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the the LORD has made with you in accordance with all twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the these words.” people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD . And Lector The Word of the Lord. Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and People Thanks be to God. The Psalm , chanted by all Psalm 116:11-12, 13b-14bc, 15-16a based on “Now My Tongue the Mystery Telling” What reward shall I give unto the | Lord I am thy servant, and the son of thine | handmaid; for all the benefits that he hath done unto | me? thou hast broken my bonds in | sunder. I will receive the cup of sal -|vation, I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanks -|giving, and call upon the Name of the | Lord. and will call upon the Name of the | Lord. Right dear in the sight of the | Lord I will pay my vows unto the | Lord, is the death of his | saints. in the sight of all his | people. 5 The Second Lesson Hebrews 9:11-15 Brethren: When Christ appeared as a high priest of the ternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, good things that have come, then through the greater purify your conscience from dead works to serve the and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, living God. Therefore he is the mediator of a new cov- not of this creation) he entered once for all into the enant, so that those who are called may receive the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves promised eternal inheritance, since a death has oc- but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemp- curred which redeems them from the transgressions tion. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the under the first covenant. blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much Lector The Word of the Lord. more shall the blood of Christ, who through the e- People Thanks be to God. The People stand Alleluia & Verse Caro mea vera The Alleluia is sung first by the Choir, then by the People Choir My Flesh is meat indeed, and my Blood is drink indeed: John 6:55, 56 / plainsong he that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.