The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Sunday, June 6, 2021: 9:00 A.M. Mass and Procession

Blessed Sacrament Church Albany, New York The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

June 6, 2021 Welcome to Blessed Sacrament! Please wear a mask unless you are: under 3 years of age, have been fully vaccinated or cannot wear one out of medical necessity. With the ropes removed, physical distancing is up to the individual. Please be considerate of those who have not, or cannot be vaccinated. Thank you for your cooperation. Processional: At That First Eucharist 1) At that first Eucharist before you died, O Lord, you prayed that all be one in you; At this our Eucharist again preside, And in our hearts you law of love renew. Thus may we all one Bread, one Body be; Through this blest Sacrament of Unity 2) For all your church, O Lord, we intercede; O make our lack of charity to cease; Draw us the nearer each to each we plead, By drawing all to you, O Prince of Peace. Thus may we all... 3) We pray for those who wander from the fold; O bring them back, Good Shepherd of the sheep, Back to the faith which saints believed of old, Back to the Church which still that faith does keep. Thus may we all...

I confess to almighty God Penitential Act and to you, my brothers and sisters, therefore I ask blessed that I have greatly sinned, Mary ever-Virgin, in my thoughts and in my words, all the Angels and Saints, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, and you, my brothers and sisters, through my fault, through my fault, to pray for me to the Lord our God. through my most grievous fault; Gloria: Mass of Awakening - Scott Soper

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading: Exodus 24: 3-8

Responsorial Psalm: Our Blessing Cup (Ps 116) - Marty Haugen

Second Reading: Hebrews 9: 11-15

[2] Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia in C - Howard Hughes, SM

Gospel Reading: Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26

Profession of Faith I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, right hand of the Father. the Only Begotten Son of God, He will come again in glory to judge the living born of the Father before all ages. and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of consubstantial with the Father; life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, through him all things were made. who with the Father and the Son is adored and For us men and for our salvation he came glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgive- and became man. ness of sins and I look forward to the For our sake he was crucified under resurrection of the dead Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was and the life of the world to come. Amen. buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.

[3] Offertory: Shepherd Of Souls

For the reception of Communion: Please remain in your seat until your row is directed to move. There will be one Communion minister at the foot of the altar (for the front half of the church) and another one at the back of the center aisle nearest to Central Ave. (for the rear half of the church). Those in the side chapels...please remain in your seat, the ministers will come to you.

Communion: Look Beyond - Darryl Ducote Refrain: Look beyond the bread you eat; See your Savior and your Lord. Look beyond the cup you drink; See his love poured out a blood.

(4:00 P.M. ONLY) Recessional: Alleluia, Sing To Jesus 1) Alleluia! sing to Jesus! His the scepter, his the throne; Alleluia! his the triumph, His the victory alone; Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion, Thunder like a mighty flood; Jesus out of ev’ry nation, Has redeemed us by his blood. 2) Alleluia! Bread of Angels, Here on earth our food, our stay! Alleluia! here the sinful Flee to you from day to day; Intercessor, friend of sinners, Earth’s redeemer, plead for me, Where the songs of all the sinless, Sweep across the crystal sea. [4] Sunday Only in place of the final blessing, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.

Hymn: O Salutaris O Saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to us below! Our foes press on from 1) O salutaris hostia, Quae caeli pandis ostium: every side: Your aid supply, your strength Bella premunt hostilia, Da robur fer auxilium. bestow. To your great name be endless 2) Uni trinoque Domino Sit sempiterna gloria: praise, Immortal Godhead, One in Three; O grant us endless length of days When Qui vitam sine termino Nobis donet in patria. Amen our true native land we see.

Processional Hymn: Praise We Christ’s Immortal Body

(For those not taking part in the procession, we will have a series of readings, responses, and prayers until the procession re-enters the church. When the procession re-enters we will sing Alleluia Sing To Jesus found on page 4.) [5] Response to the first reading: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All - Frederick Faber 1) Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, How can I love thee as I ought? And how revere this wondrous gift, So far surpassing hope or thought? Refrain: Sweet Sacrament, we thee adore! O make us love thee more and more! O make us love thee more and more. 2) Had I but Mary’s sinless heart, To love thee with, my dearest King; O! with what bursts of fervent praise, Thy goodness, Jesus would I sing. Refrain: Sweet Sacrament....

3) O! see upon the altar placed, The victim of divinest love! Let all the earth below adore, And join the choirs of heav’n above. Refrain: Sweet Sacrament... (Text: st. 3 Mediator Dei Hymnal, © 1955, GIA Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-735522.)

Response after the second reading: Choir Selection: Panis Angelicus - Giuseppe Baini (The bread of the angels becomes the bread of mortals; the bread of heaven puts an end to prefigurations. O wondrous thing! the poor, the slave and the humble feed on their Lord.)

Response after the third reading: O Sacrament Most Holy 1) O Jesus, we adore you, Who in your love divine, Conceal your mighty Godhead in forms of bread and wine. O sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine, All praise and all thanksgiving Be every moment thine! 2) O Jesus, we adore you, Our victim and our priest, Whose precious blood and body Become our sacred feast. O Sacrament most holy... 3) O Jesus, we adore you, Our Savior and our King, And with the saints and angels Our humble homage bring. O Sacrament most holy... 4) O Jesus, we adore you, Come, live in us we pray, That all our thoughts and actions, Be yours alone today. O Sacrament most holy...

Response after the fourth reading: Choir Selection: Adoro Te - Haydn (I adore you, O heavenly bread, O Lord, O God most great. Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy for ever. To you always be glory Sacred be the sacrifice.) [6] Hymn: Tantum Ergo 1) Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui, Down in adoration falling, This great Sacra- ment we hail; Over ancient forms of worship Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui; Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith will tell us Praestet fides supplementum, Sensuum defectui. Christ is present, When our human senses fail. To the everlasting Father, And the Son who 2) Genitori Genitoque Laus et jubilatio, made us free, and the Spirit, God proceeding Salus, honor, virtus quoque Sit et benedictio: From them Each eternally, Be salvation, honor, Procedenti ab utroque Compar sit laudatio. Amen. blessing, Might and endless majesty. Amen.

Priest: You have given them Bread from heaven. All: Having all sweetness within it.

The Divine Praises (spoken together) Blessed be God. Blessed be the great Mother of God, Blessed be his Holy Name. Mary most holy. Blessed be Jesus Christ, Blessed be her holy and true God and true Man. Immaculate Conception. Blessed be the Name of Jesus. Blessed be her glorious Assumption. Blessed be his most Sacred Heart. Blessed be the name of Mary, Blessed be his most Precious Blood. Virgin and Mother. Blessed be Jesus Blessed be St. Joseph, in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. her most chaste spouse. Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.

Closing Hymn: Holy God We Praise Thy Name 1) Holy God, we praise thy name! Lord of all, we bow before thee; All on earth thy scepter claim, All in heaven above adore thee; Infinite thy vast domain, Everlasting is thy reign. Infinite thy vast domain, Everlasting is thy reign.

2) Hark! the loud celestial hymn Angel choirs above are raising; Cherubim and Seraphim In unceasing chorus praising, Fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy Lord! Fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy Lord! 3) Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three we name thee, While in essence only One, Undivided God we claim thee, And adoring bend the knee, while we own the mystery. And adoring bend the knee, while we own the mystery. [7]