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Annunciation TWENTY-FIFTH of MARCH, Ad 2020 SAINT BARNABAS CHURCH A ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF THE ORDINARIATE OF THE C HAIR OF SAINT PETER OMAHA, NEBRASKA Annunciation TWENTY-FIFTH OF MARCH, ad 2020 Welcome to Saint Barnabas Church Founded in 1869, Saint Barnabas is a Roman Catholic parish of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. The Ordinariate was established in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI in order to preserve elements of the Anglican tradition within the Catholic Church. The parish entered the Catholic Church in 2013. Mass is celebrated using Divine Worship, the Vatican-promulgated Missal also known as the Ordinariate or Anglican Use liturgy. All Catholics may fulfill their Mass obligation on Sundays and holydays at Saint Barnabas. Catholics in full communion with the Holy See of Rome may receive Holy Communion at our Masses. Prelude Magnificat on the sixth tone Girolamo Frescobaldi HIGH MASS Hymn 418 « Blest are the pure in heart » Franconia MASS of the CATECHUMENS Introit Vultum tuum Psalm xlv. Gregorian chant LL the rich among the people shall make brought unto thee with joy and gladness. A their supplication before thee: the virgins Psalm xlv. My heart is inditing of a good that be her fellows shall be brought unto the matter: I speak of the things which I have King; they that bear her company shall be made unto the King. Glory be. All the rich. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Collect for Purity LMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily Aopen, all desires known, and from whom magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our Lord. Amen. hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, Summary of the Law EAR what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: commandment. And the second is like unto it: H Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with these two commandments hang all the Law all thy mind. This is the first and great and the Prophets. Kyrie eleison stand : sung as indicated Missa Marialis Kyrie cum jubilo Gloria in excelsis sung by all Missa de Angelis plainchant Collect The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. E beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace the glory of his Resurrection; through the W into our hearts: that, as we have same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who known the Incarnation of thy Son Jesus liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of Christ by the message of an Angel; so by his the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without Cross and Passion we may be brought unto end. Amen. Lesson Isaiah vij. 10-14; viij. 10 N THOSE DAYS: The LORD spoke to Therefore the Lord himself will give you a I Ahaz, Ask a sign of the LORD your God; sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. But and bear a son, and shall call his name Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put Immanuel. Take counsel together, but it will the LORD to the test. And he said, Hear come to nought; speak a word, but it will not then, O house of David! Is it too little for you stand, for God is with us. to weary men, that you weary my God also? Gradual Diffusa est gratia Psalm xlv. Gregorian chant ULL of grace are thy lips: because God righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach F hath blessed thee for ever. Because of thee terrible things. the word of truth, of meekness, and Epistle Hebrews x. 4-10 RETHREN: It is impossible that the blood offerings thou hast taken no pleasure. Then I Bof bulls and goats should take away sins. said, Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God, Consequently, when Christ came into the as it is written of me in the roll of the book. world, he said, Sacrifices and offerings thou When he said above, Thou hast neither hast not desired, but a body hast thou desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings (these are offered according to the law), then second. And by that will we have been he added, Lo, I have come to do thy will. He sanctified through the offering of the body of abolishes the first in order to establish the Jesus Christ once for all. Tract Audi filia c.f. Psalm xlv. Gregorian chant EARKEN O daughter, and consider, be brought unto the King in raiment of H incline thine ear: for the King hath needlework: the virgins that be her fellows pleasure in thy beauty. The rich also shall bear her company, and be brought unto among the people shall make their thee. With joy and gladness shall they be supplication before thee: kings' daughters are brought: and shall enter into the King’s among thy honourable women. She shall palace. Gospel Saint Luke i. 26-38 The continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Luke. Glory be to thee, O Lord. T THAT TIME: In the sixth month the of his father David, and he will reign over the A angel Gabriel was sent from God to a house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin there will be no end. And Mary said to the betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, angel, How shall this be, since I have no of the house of David; and the virgin's name husband? And the angel said to her, The was Mary. And he came to her and said, Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you! power of the Most High will overshadow you; But she was greatly troubled at the saying, therefore the child to be born will be called and considered in her mind what sort of holy, the Son of God. And behold, your greeting this might be. And the angel said to kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have conceived a son; and this is the sixth month found favor with God. And behold, you will with her who was called barren. For with God conceive in your womb and bear a son, and nothing will be impossible. And Mary said, you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it and will be called the Son of the Most High; be to me according to your word. And the and the Lord God will give to him the throne angel departed from her. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise be to thee, O Christ. Sermon sit Father Jason Catania Creed stand Symbolum Nicaenum plainsong, Mode i Genuflect Stand PENITENTIAL RITE Invitation Ye that do truly and earnestly repent … meekly kneeling upon your knees. Prayer kneel; said by all LMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord these our misdoings; the remembrance of A Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge them is grievous unto us; the burden of them of all men; we acknowledge and bewail our is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from mercy upon us, most merciful Father; for thy time to time, most grievously have committed, Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, forgive us By thought, word, and deed, against thy all that is past; and grant that we may ever Divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy hereafter serve and please thee In newness of wrath and indignation against us. We do life, to the honour and glory of thy Name; earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Comfortable Words Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all who truly turn to him. Come unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. MATTHEW 11:28 God so loved the world, that he gave his Only Begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. JOHN 3:16 Hear also what Saint Paul saith: This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 TIMOTHY 1:15 Hear also what Saint John saith: If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins (and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world). 1 JOHN 2:1‑2 MASS of the FAITHFUL Offertory Ave Maria Saint Luke i. Gregorian chant HAIL Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Hymn « Sing of Mary, pure and lowly » Pleading Saviour Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable unto God, the Father almighty. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at thy hands, for the praise and glory of his Name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church. Prayer over the Offerings E beseech thee, O Lord, establish in very Man; so by the power of his W our hearts the mysteries of the true Resurrection, we may be found worthy to religion: that, as we do believe thy Son, attain to everlasting felicity; through the same conceived of a Virgin, to be very God and Jesus Christ our Lord.
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