Saturday, February 13 2021
Sunday, February 14, 2021 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
MEMORARE STANDING
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
The Introductory Rites
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Psalm 30: 3-4
Be my protector, O God, a mighty stronghold to save me.
For you are my rock, my stronghold! Lead me, guide me, for the sake of your name.
Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Assembly: Amen.
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Assembly: And with your spirit.
Priest: Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
Assembly: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned,
in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,
And, striking their breast, they say:
through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Assembly Amen.
Kyrie
Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.
Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy.
Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.
Gloria
Priest: Let us pray.
O God, who teach us that you abide in hearts that are just and true, grant that we may be so
fashioned by your grace as to become a dwelling pleasing to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
SEATED
The Liturgy of the Word FIRST READING Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests among his descendants. If the man is leprous and unclean, the priest shall declare him unclean by reason of the sore on his head.
“The one who bears the sore of leprosy shall keep his garments rent and his head bare, and shall muffle his beard; he shall cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ As long as the sore is on him he shall declare himself unclean, since he is in fact unclean. He shall dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp.”
The word of the Lord.
Assembly: Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 11
I turn to you, Lord, in time of trouble, and you fill me with the joy of salvation.
Blessed is he whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered.
Blessed the man to whom the LORD imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile. R
Then I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not.
I said, “I confess my faults to the LORD,” and you took away the guilt of my sin. R
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you just; exult, all you upright of heart. R
SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Brothers and sisters, Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
Avoid giving offense, whether to the Jews or Greeks or the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, that they may be saved. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
The word of the Lord.
Assembly: Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Luke 7:16
Alleluia, alleluia.
A great prophet has arisen in our midst,
God has visited his people.
Deacon/Priest: The Lord be with you.
Assembly: And with your spirit.
Deacon/Priest: A reading from the holy Gospel according to N. Assembly: Glory to you, O Lord.
GOSPEL Mark 1:40-45
A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.”
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.
He said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.”
The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.
The Gospel of the Lord. Assembly: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
HOMILY SEATED
THE CREED STANDING
Assembly: I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
At the words that follow, up to and including ‘and became man’, all bow.
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
THE PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Holy Cross Prayer for our Capital Campaign
O Blessed Trinity, we thank you for having graced the Church with St. John Paul II.
He trusted fully in the Divine Mercy, loved the Blessed Sacrament,
and relied on the maternal intercession of the Blessed Mother.
Grant us, by his intercession,
the graces we implore for the building of our St. John Paul II Perpetual Adoration Chapel,
church renovations, campus expansion, and your richest blessings on our Holy Cross families.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
SEATED
OFFERTORY O God Beyond All Praising
STANDING
The Liturgy of the Eucharist Priest: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.
Assembly: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name,
for our good and the good of all his holy Church.
Priest: May this oblation, O Lord, we pray, cleanse and renew us and may it become for those who do
your will the source of eternal reward. Through Christ our Lord.
Assembly: Amen
Priest: The Lord be with you.
Assembly: And with your spirit.
Priest: Lift up your hearts.
Assembly: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Assembly: It is right and just.
PREFACE (or as selected by the Priest) Priest: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks,
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.
For through his Paschal Mystery, he accomplished the marvellous deed, by which he has freed us
from the yoke of sin and death, summoning us to the glory of being now called a chosen race, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for your own possession, to proclaim everywhere your
mighty works, for you have called us out of darkness into your own wonderful light.
And so, with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, and with all the hosts and
Powers of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory, as without end we acclaim:
SANCTUS
PLEASE KNEEL
Priest: To you, therefore, most merciful Father, we make humble prayer and petition through Jesus
Christ, your Son, our Lord: that you accept and bless ✠ these gifts, these offerings, these holy
and unblemished sacrifices, which we offer you firstly for your holy catholic Church. Be pleased
to grant her peace, to guard, unite and govern her throughout the whole world, together with
your servant Francis our Pope and David our Bishop, and all those who, holding to the truth,
hand on the catholic and apostolic faith.
Remember, Lord, your servants and all gathered here, whose faith and devotion are known to you.
For them, we offer you this sacrifice of praise or they offer it for themselves and all who are dear
to them: for the redemption of their souls, in hope of health and well-being, and paying their
homage to you, the eternal God, living and true.
In communion with those whose memory we venerate, especially the glorious ever-Virgin Mary,
Mother of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ, and blessed Joseph, her Spouse, your blessed
Apostles and Martyrs, Peter and Paul, Andrew, (James, John, Thomas, James, Philip,
Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius, Cyprian,
Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian) and all your Saints; we ask that
through their merits and prayers, in all things we may be defended by your protecting help.
(Through Christ our Lord. Amen.)
Therefore, Lord, we pray: graciously accept this oblation of our service, that of your whole family,
which we make to you also for those to whom you have been pleased to give the new birth of
water and the Holy Spirit, granting them forgiveness of all their sins; order our days in your
peace, and command that we be delivered from eternal damnation and counted among the flock
of those you have chosen. (Through Christ our Lord. Amen.)
Be pleased, O God, we pray, to bless, acknowledge, and approve this offering in every respect;
make it spiritual and acceptable, so that it may become for us the Body and Blood of your most
beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
On the day before he was to suffer, for our salvation and the salvation of all, that is today, he took
bread in his holy and venerable hands, and with eyes raised to heaven to you, O God, his
almighty Father, giving you thanks, he said the blessing, broke the bread and gave it to his
disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT,
FOR THIS IS MY BODY,
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took this precious chalice in his holy and venerable
hands, and once more giving you thanks, he said the blessing and gave the chalice to his
disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT,
FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT,
WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
The mystery of faith. Assembly: We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your resurrection until you come again.
Priest: Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the blessed Passion, the Resurrection from
the dead, and the glorious Ascension into heaven of Christ, your Son, our Lord, we, your servants
and your holy people, offer to your glorious majesty from the gifts that you have given us, this
pure victim, this holy victim, this spotless victim, the holy Bread of eternal life and the Chalice of
everlasting salvation.
Be pleased to look upon these offerings with a serene and kindly countenance, and to accept
them, as once you were pleased to accept the gifts of your servant Abel the just, the sacrifice of
Abraham, our father in faith, and the offering of your high priest Melchizedek, a holy sacrifice, a
spotless victim. In humble prayer we ask you, almighty God: command that these gifts be borne
by the hands of your holy Angel to your altar on high in the sight of your divine majesty, so that
all of us, who through this participation at the altar receive the most holy Body and Blood of
your Son, may be filled with every grace and heavenly blessing. (Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.)
Remember also, Lord, your servants N. and N., who have gone before us with the sign of faith
and rest in the sleep of peace. Grant them, O Lord, we pray, and all who sleep in Christ, a place
of refreshment, light and peace. (Through Christ our Lord. Amen.)
To us, also, your servants, who, though sinners, hope in your abundant mercies, graciously grant
some share and fellowship with your holy Apostles and Martyrs: with John the Baptist, Stephen,
Matthias, Barnabas, (Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy,
Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia) and all your Saints; admit us, we beseech you, into their company, not
weighing our merits, but granting us your pardon, through Christ our Lord.
Through whom you continue to make all these good things, O Lord; you sanctify them, fill them
with life, bless them, and bestow them upon us.
Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honour is yours, for ever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
The Communion Rite STANDING
Priest: At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:
All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days,
that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress,
as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
All: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.
Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles:
Peace I leave you, my peace I give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,
and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will.
Who live and reign for ever and ever.
Assembly: Amen.
Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
Assembly: And with your spirit.
AGNUS DEI
PLEASE KNEEL
Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.
All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 77:29-30
They ate and had their fill, and what they craved the Lord gave them;
they were not disappointed in what they craved.
ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
O Jesus, I turn toward the holy tabernacle where You live hidden for love of me.
I love you, O my God.
I cannot now receive you in Holy Communion.
Come nevertheless and visit me with Your grace.
Come spiritually into my heart.
Purify it. Sanctify it. Render it like unto Your own. Amen.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION STANDING
Priest: Let us pray.
Having fed upon these heavenly delights, we pray, O Lord, so that we may always long for that
food by which we truly live. Through Christ our Lord.
Assembly: Amen.
Priest: The Lord be with you.
Assembly: And with your spirit.
Priest: May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit.
Assembly: Amen.
Deacon: Go forth, the Mass is ended.
Assembly: Thanks be to God.
PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God, cast into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
HYMN Crown Him with Many Crowns
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