Response to the Psalm On your right stands the queen, in garments WEEKDAY MASS SHEET of gold. Second Reading: Corinthians 15:20-26 Christ as the first-fruits and then, those who belong to him Gospel Acclamation Mary has been taken up into heaven; all the choirs of angels are rejoicing. Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-56 The Almighty has done great things for me, he has exalted up the lowly. NINETEENTH WEEK OF The Creed is recited. ORDINARY TIME Communion Antiphon 11-16 August 2014 All generations will call me blessed, for he THE SCRIPTURES who is mighty has done great things for me. Ezekiel was one of the deportees from Jerusalem to Babylon in 587 BC. where he continued his ministry in exile. His SATURDAY prophecy is different because of the presence of “visions” - strange glances into a symbolic world which have messages Weekday or Saint Stephen of Hungary for the present and the future. This week he is still in Jerusa- or Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary lem, before its capture; we hear of his call, his vision of the Saint Stephen of Hungary: crowned as King in the year glory of God leaving the Temple, the prophecy of exile for 1000, Stephen was just, peaceful and religious, and dedicat- the people, the prophecy against Jerusalem, using the im- ed to spreading Christianity in his realm. He established age of a wife taking to prostitution and a call to repent- dioceses and strengthened the life of the Church; he died in ance. The Gospels (Matthew 17-19) relate various teachings 1038. of Jesus as he journeys towards Jerusalem, especially con- cerning forgiveness and divorce. Entrance Antiphon OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK Look to your covenant, O Lord, and forget We pray especially for: a deeper understanding between not the life of your poor ones for ever. Arise, Christians and Jews; those who suffer persecution, oppres- O God, and defend your cause, and forget sion and denial of human rights; human life; seafarers. not the cries of those who seek you. THE HOLY FATHER’S INTENTIONS (August) [BVM: Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Universal: That refugees, forced by violence to abandon their homes, may find a generous welcome and the protec- you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed tion of their rights. is the fruit of your womb.] For Evangelization: That Christians in Oceania may joyfully First Reading: Ezekiel 18:1-10. 13. 30-32 announce the faith to all the people of that region I mean to judge each of you by what he does. Response to the Psalm MONDAY A pure heart create for me, O God. Saint Clare, Virgin Gospel Acclamation Saint Clare: born in Assisi in 1193, she followed Saint Fran- Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, cis in his life of poverty and was the founder of an order of nuns (Poor Clares). She led a very austere life, abounding in find a home with you; through him give works of piety and charity. She died in 1253. thanks to God the Father. Entrance Antiphon Gospel: Matthew 19:13-15 Look to your covenant, O Lord, and forget Do not stop the little children coming to me: not the life of your poor ones for ever. Arise, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of O God, and defend your cause, and forget heaven belongs. not the cries of those who seek you. Communion Antiphon First Reading: Ezekiel 1:2-5. 24-28 O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord, who gives you It was something that looked like the glory of your fill of finest wheat. the Lord. [BVM: Glorious things are spoken of you, O Virgin Response to the Psalm Mary, for he who is mighty has done great things for you.] Your glory fills all heaven and earth. Gospel Acclamation On some days some parishes may celebrate different feasts and memorials, for which there may be different texts than those printed here. Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All O praise the Lord, Jerusalem! He sends out rights reserved. Scripture quotations from The Jerusalem Bible © 1966 by Darton Longman & Todd and Doubleday and Company Ltd. Psalm responses are From The Psalms: A New his word to the earth. Translation © The Grail (England) published by Harper Collins. Clipart © McCrimmons (used with permission—all rights reserved) and by Fr P. Philippus OFM Cap. Gospel Reading: Matthew 17:22-27 Response to the Psalm They will put the Son of Man to death, and he Above the heavens is the glory of the Lord. will be raised to life again. The sons are ex- Gospel Acclamation empt from tribute. Your precepts, O Lord, are all of them sure; Communion Antiphon they stand firm for ever and ever. O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord, who gives you Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:15-20 your fill of finest wheat. If he listens to you, you have won back your

brother. TUESDAY Communion Antiphon Weekday or Saint Jane Frances de O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord, who gives you your fill of finest wheat. Chantal, Religious Saint Jane Frances de Chantal: she was born in Dijon in THURSDAY 1572, and was married with six children. After the death of her husband she entered religious life and founded the Visit- Saint Maximillian Mary Kolbe, Priest ation Order. She died in 1641. and Martyr Entrance Antiphon Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe: born in Poland in 1894, he Look to your covenant, O Lord, and forget became a Franciscan in 1910. He was arrested by the invad- not the life of your poor ones for ever. Arise, ing German forces in 1939 and sentenced to heavy labour in O God, and defend your cause, and forget the extermination camp at Auschwitz; when a married man was chosen to be executed, Maximilian volunteered to take not the cries of those who seek you. his place: he was killed by lethal injection on 14 August First Reading: Ezekiel 2:8-3.4 1941. He was canonised in 1982 in the presence of the man He gave me the scroll to eat, and it tasted as whose life he saved. sweet as honey. Entrance Antiphon Responsorial Psalm Come, you blessed of my Father, says the Your promise is sweet to my taste, O Lord. Lord. Amen, I say to you: Whatever you did for one of the least of my brethren, you did it Gospel Acclamation for me. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and First Reading: Ezekiel 12:1-12 earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Emigrate by daylight when they can see you. Gospel: Matthew 18:-1-5. 10. 12-14 Response to the Psalm See that you never despise any of these little Never forget the deeds of the Lord. ones. Gospel Acclamation Communion Antiphon Because of your love give me life, and I will O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord, who gives you do your will.

your fill of finest wheat. Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:21-19:1 Do not forgive seven times, I tell you, but sev- WEDNESDAY enty-seven times. Weekday or Saint Pontian, Pope, & Communion Antiphon Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs Greater love has no one than to lay down his life for his friends, says the Lord. Saints Pontian and Hippolytus: Pontian, the Pope, and Hip- polytus, a priest, had disagreed on matters of Church Law, but were eventually reconciled to each other when they FRIDAY were both exiled to the mines of Sardinia in 235; they died there, and their bodies were returned to Rome, where their THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED cult began in the forth century. VIRGIN MARY Entrance Antiphon Entrance Antiphon Look to your covenant, O Lord, and forget A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman not the life of your poor ones for ever. Arise, clothed with the sun, and the moon beneath O God, and defend your cause, and forget her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve not the cries of those who seek you. stars. First Reading: Ezekiel 9:1-7; 10:18-22 The Gloria is sung or recited. Mark a cross on the foreheads of all who de- First Reading: Apocalypse 11:19; 12:1-6. 10 plore the filth practised in Jerusalem. A woman adorned with the sun, standing on the moon.