Middletown, New Jersey the 14 Th. Sunday in the Church Y Ear July 5N
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St. Catherine’s Church; Middletown, New Jersey The 14 th. Sunday in the Church Year July 5n 2020 The Liturgy will be posted on the Parish Website to be Glory to God in the highest, used on Sundays until Printed Materials may be used and on earth peace to people of good will. Please remember to maintain a proper distance, at We praise you, we bless you, communion time stand of kneel in front of one of the we adore you, we glorify you, gold Crosses on the altar rail. we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. OPENING HYMN Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, O beautiful for spacious skies, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, For amber waves of grain, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; For purple mountain majesties you take away the sins of the world, Above the fruited plain. receive our prayer; America! America! God shed His grace on thee, you are seated at the right hand of the Father, And crown thy good with brotherhood have mercy on us. From sea to shining sea. For you alone are the Holy One, O beautiful for heroes prov'd you alone are the Lord, In liberating strife, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, Who more than self their country loved, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. And mercy more than life. Amen. America! America! May God thy gold refine THE COLLECT OF THE DAY Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry grain divine THE WORD OF GOD A Reading from the Prophet Zechariah 9:9-10 P: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Thus says the LORD: Spirit. R: Amen Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, Grace, Mercy and Peace from God our Father and the Lord shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you; Jesus Christ be with you always. R: And with your spirit. a just savior is he, Beloved in Christ, by the life giving death and glorious meek, and riding on an ass, Resurrection of our blessed Savior, we have been set free on a colt, the foal of an ass. from the tyranny of sin. Let us confess our sins to Al- He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim, mighty God so as to live in the freedom of the children of and the horse from Jerusalem; God……. the warrior’s bow shall be banished, and he shall proclaim peace to the nations. I Confess, R: to almighty God and to you, my brothers and His dominion shall be from sea to sea, sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and and from the River to the ends of the earth. in my words, in what I have done and in what I have The Word of the Lord. R: Thanks be to God failed to do, (striking their breast 3 times, they say:) through my fault, through my fault, The Gradual Psalm 145 through my most grievous fault; I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels I will extol you, O my God and King, and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, and I will bless your name forever and ever. to pray for me to the Lord our God. Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever. The Words of Pardon I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. Lord, have mercy (upon us) Kyrie, eleison. R. Lord, have mercy (upon us) The LORD is gracious and merciful, Christ have mercy (upon us) slow to anger and of great kindness. The LORD is good to all R. Christ, have mercy (upon us) Christe, eleison. and compassionate toward all his works. Lord, have mercy (upon us) I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. R. Lord, have mercy (upon us) Kyrie, eleison. Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, THE NICEAN CREED and let your faithful ones bless you. I believe in one God, Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom R: The Father almighty, and speak of your might. maker of heaven and earth, I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. of all things visible and invisible. The LORD is faithful in all his words I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, and holy in all his works. the Only Begotten Son of God, The LORD lifts up all who are falling born of the Father before all ages. and raises up all who are bowed down. God from God, Light from Light, I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God. true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; The Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans; 8:9-13 through him all things were made. Beloved: You are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are For us men and for our salvation in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. he came down from heaven, (ALL BOW) Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not be- and by the Holy Spirit was Incarnate long to him. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from of the Virgin Mary, and became man. the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his he suffered death and was buried, Spirit that dwells in you. Consequently, beloved we are and rose again on the third day not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. in accordance with the Scriptures. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if He ascended into heaven by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. you will live. The Word of the Lord. R: Thanks be to God He will come again in glory Alleluia, alleluia. to judge the living and the dead You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation; and his kingdom will have no end. announce the praises of him who called you out of dark- I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, ness into his wonderful light. ( I Peter 2:9) who proceeds from the Father and the Son, Alleluia, alleluia. who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, The holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. St Matthew. (11:25-30) I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins R: Glory to you, O Lord and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead At that time Jesus exclaimed: and the life of the world to come. Amen “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, The Intercessions for although you have hidden these things The hand of God has guided us through the course of ages, from the wise and the learned let us commend our live to him as we pray. you have revealed them to little ones. Hear our Prayer. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. WE pray O God for our Church, Your spotless Bride, No one knows the Son except the Father, wash her in your cleansing Blood from all error and stain, and no one knows the Father except the Son that She may be the radiant Bride of Christ, calling the and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.” Nations to faith and repentance. Lord in your mercy: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, Hear our Prayer. and I will give you rest. We Pray also for our Nation, torn apart by civil unrest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, Protect us from all harm and from those foes within and for I am meek and humble of heart; without who would seek to destroy our National Identity. and you will find rest for yourselves. Shield our President from all harm and incline the hearts For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” of all in our Congress to pursue truth and justice. Lord in The Gospel of the Lord your mercy: Hear our Prayer R: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. O God who in your Holy Word has taught us that Right- Pray, brethren that my sacrifice and yours may be accepta- eousness exalts a Nation, but sin is a reproach to any peo- ble to God, the almighty Father. ple. Bring our people to true and sincere repentance, that R: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands the blessing of peace may descend upon an obedient peo- for the praise and glory of his name, for our good ple. Lord in your mercy: Hear our Prayer. and the good of all his holy Church. Grant Grace to all who suffer from hunger, sickness or any The Lord be with you. need, for the weary and sad, and those who have lost hope. And with your spirit.