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Middletown, New Jersey St. Catherine’s Church; Middletown, New Jersey The Feast of Christ the King, November 22, 2020 Daily Mass: Mon. through Sat 8:00 am; Mon & Fri 12:00. Latin Mon. 7:00 pm Sunday Mass: Vigil, Sat 5:00 pm and 6:30 pm Sunday 7:30 am; 9:00 am (Latin) and 10:30 am ; Confession: Sat 3:00—4:00 pm righteous to eternal life." Matt 25 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will ones, you did not do of these least do for one 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not punishment, but the go off to eternal OPENING HYMN: Credo 276 Glory to God in the highest, Come, Though almighty King, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, Help us Thy name to sing: Help us to praise; we adore you, we glorify you Father all glorious, O’er all victorious, we give you thanks for your great glory, Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days. Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, To Thee great One in Three, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Eternal praises be Hence evermore! you take away the sins of the world, Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, And to eternity, Love and adore. receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, THE LITURGY you alone are the Lord, P: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, Spirit. R: Amen with the Holy Spirit, The Grace of our Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the in the glory of God the Father. Amen. communion of the Holy Spirit be with you always. THE COLLECT OF THE DAY R: And with your spirit. THE WORD OF GOD Jesus Christ will come again in great majesty as King of all creation to judge both the living and the dead. As children A Reading from the Prophet Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 destined for eternity, let us humble confess our sins to Al- Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend mighty God. my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my I Confess, R: to almighty God and to you, my brothers sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. I myself will in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest, says the to do, (striking their breast 3 times, they say) Lord GOD. The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will through my fault, through my fault, bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal, through my most grievous fault; but the sleek and the strong I will destroy, shepherding therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels them rightly. As for you, my sheep, says the Lord GOD, I and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me will judge between one sheep and another, between rams to the Lord our God. and goats. The Word of the Lord: R: Thanks be to God Lord, have mercy (upon us) Kyrie, eleison. GRADUAL PSALM 23 R. Lord, have mercy (upon us) R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall Christ have mercy (upon us) want. R. Christ, have mercy (upon us) Christe, eleison. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Lord, have mercy (upon us) . In verdant pastures he gives me repose. R. Lord, have mercy (upon us) R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall Kyrie, eleison want. P: May Almighty God have mercy upon us forgive us our Beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. sins, and bring us to life Everlasting. Amen He guides me in right paths for his name's sake. R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflow R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. THE NICEAN CREED Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life; I believe in one God, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come. R: The Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want all things visible and invisible. The First Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians 15 I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son Beloved; Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of of God, born of the Father before all ages. those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through God from God, Light from Light, man, the resurrection of the dead came also through man. For true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstan- just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to tial with the Father; through him all things were made. life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at For us men and for our salvation his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, he came down from heaven, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he (ALL BOW) has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and pow- and by the Holy Spirit was Incarnate er. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his of the Virgin Mary, and became man. feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. When everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the all in all. The Word of the Lord. R: Thanks be to God third day in accordance with the Scriptures. Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the He ascended into heaven Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to and is seated at the right hand of the Father. come! Alleluia, alleluia. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the The Holy Gospel according to St Matthew. 25:31-46 dead and his kingdom will have no end. Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Son of Man comes in his I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious who proceeds from the Father and the Son, throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he who with the Father and the Son is adored will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me and the life of the world to come. Amen drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.’ THE INTERCESSIONS Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? *Please kneel; Response: HAVE MERCY ON US When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and P: Most Sweet Jesus Redeemer of the human race, * look clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?’ down upon us humbly prostrate before Your Altar.* We ae And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, Yours and Yours we wish to be;* but to be more surely whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did united with You, * behold each one of us freely conse- for me.’ Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, crates ourselves today * to Your Most Sacred Heart.* you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: Have Mercy on us angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no wel- Many indeed have never known You; * many too, despis- come, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and ing Your precepts,* have rejected You;* Have mercy on you did not care for me.’ Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, them all,* most merciful Jesus,* and draw them all to when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or Your Sacred Heart.* Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’ He will answer Have Mercy on us them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will go off to eter- Be King O Lord, * not only of the faithful who have for- nal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." The Gospel of saken You,* but also of the prodigal children * who have the Lord R: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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