ST. THOMAS AQUINAS DALLAS, TEXAS FOURTH OF APRIL 25, 2021

THE ORDER OF CELEBRATION

OPENING HYMN – Beautiful Savior ST. ELIZABETH

PENITENTIAL ACT Priest: Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins, that we prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. All: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. KYRIE

GLORIA – Missa Ubi Caritas Bob Hurd

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | APRIL 25, 2021 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH DALLAS, TEXAS 2 LITURGY OF THE WORD FIRST READING Acts 4:8-12 Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said: “Leaders of the people and elders: If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved, then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed. He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me and have been my savior. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; we bless you from the house of the Lord. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me and have been my savior. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his kindness endures forever.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | APRIL 25, 2021 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH DALLAS, TEXAS 3 SECOND READING 1 John 3:1-2 Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION – Easter Alleluia

GOSPEL DIALOGUE Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit. Priest: A reading from the holy Gospel according to John. All: Glory to you, O Lord.

GOSPEL READING John 10:11-18 Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them. This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd. This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”

HOMILY

PROFESSION OF FAITH

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | APRIL 25, 2021 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH DALLAS, TEXAS 4 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST OFFERTORY HYMN – The King of Love My Shepherd Is

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit. 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 and just.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | APRIL 25, 2021 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH DALLAS, TEXAS 5 SANCTUS – Dallas Michael Conrady

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Priest: The mystery of faith. All: Save us, Savior of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

GREAT AMEN Priest: Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, forever and ever. All: Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER

AGNUS DEI

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | APRIL 25, 2021 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH DALLAS, TEXAS 6 INVITATION TO COMMUNION Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. All:

ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | APRIL 25, 2021 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH DALLAS, TEXAS 7 COMMUNION ANTIPHON – Ego Sum Pastor Bonus Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517) (I Am the Good Shepherd) Ego sum pastor bonus, alleluia, I am the good shepherd, alleluia, et cognosco oves meas, alleluia, and I know my sheep, alleluia, et cognoscunt me meae, alleluia. and mine know me, alleluia.

COMMUNION MOTET – Like a Shepherd, God Doth Guide Us J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Like a shepherd God doth guide us into pastures calm and blest; Safe we lie by peaceful waters and like sheep securely rest, Though the valley dark is growing, clouds are gathering, winds are blowing, night and death are drawing near, yet no danger shall alarm me, death and darkness ne’er can harm me. In His arms I feel no fear.

CONCLUDING RITE SOLEMN BLESSING

DISMISSAL Priest: Go in peace, alleluia, alleluia. All:

POSTLUDE – Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ Lay in Death’s Bonds), BWV 625 J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

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