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 Stand  Form B SIGN OF THE : Have on us, O . Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and People: For we have sinned against you. ✠of the . Priest: Show us, O Lord, your mercy. People: . People: And grant us your salvation.

GREETING Form C Priest: The grace of our Lord Christ, and the Priest: You were sent to heal the contrite of heart: love of , and the of the Holy Lord, have mercy. Or: , eleison. Spirit be with you all. People: Lord, have mercy. Or: Kyrie, eleison. People: And with your spirit. Priest: You came to call sinners: Christ, have mercy. Or: Christe, eleison. Or: People: Christ, have mercy. Or: Christe, eleison. Priest: Grace to you and peace from God our Father Priest: You are seated at the right hand of the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. to intercede for us: People: And with your spirit. Lord, have mercy. Or: Kyrie, eleison. People: Lord, have mercy. Or: Kyrie, eleison. Or: Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. All forms of the are concluded by the Priest: PENITENTIAL ACT May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our Priest: Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins, and so sins, and bring us to everlasting life. prepare ourselves to celebrate the mys- People: Amen. teries.

Form A The Kyrie eleison invocations follow, unless they have just occurred All pause for silent reflection then say: in a formula of the Penitential Act (Form C). I confess to almighty God Priest: Lord, have mercy. Or: Kyrie, eleison. and to you, my brothers and sisters, People: Lord, have mercy. Or: Kyrie, eleison. that I have greatly sinned, Priest: Christ, have mercy. Or: Christe, eleison. in my thoughts and in my words, People: Christ, have mercy. Or: Christe, eleison. in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, Priest: Lord, have mercy. Or: Kyrie, eleison. And, striking their breast, they say: People: Lord, have mercy. Or: Kyrie, eleison. through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and , GLORIA and you, my brothers and sisters, The musical setting of the Gloria may be found on the following to pray for me to the Lord our God. page.

Text © 2010, International Commission on English in the . The musical settings for the parts of the are taken from the Mass of Wisdom by Steven R. Janco. Music © 2010, World Library Publications. Music reprinted with the permission of the publisher. St. Catholic Parish—College Station, Texas

COLLECT The Priest, with hands extended, says the , at the end Priest: Let us pray. of which the people acclaim: Amen. 2 3

 Sit  For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, Then the reader goes to the ambo he suffered death and was buried, and reads the reading, while all sit and rose again on the third day and listen. in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven After each of the readings, the and is seated at the right hand of the Father. proclaims: He will come again in glory The word of the Lord. to judge the living and the dead People: Thanks be to God. and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of The psalmist or sings or says life, the Psalm, with the people making who proceeds from the Father and the Son, the response. who with the Father and the Son is adored and glo- rified,  Stand  who has spoken through the prophets. Before the reading, the appropriate acclamation is sung. The I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. priest or then says: I confess one for the forgiveness of sins The Lord be with you. and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead People: And with your spirit. and the life of the world to come. Amen. Priest or Deacon: A reading from the holy Gospel ac- cording to N. Apostles’ People: Glory to you, O Lord. I believe in God, the Father almighty, At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims: Creator of heaven and earth, The Gospel of the Lord. and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, People: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. At the words that follow, up to and including the Virgin Mary, all  Sit  bow. who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, After the homily, a period of silence is observed. born of the Virgin Mary,

 Stand  suffered under Pontius Pilate, PROFESSION OF FAITH was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; I believe in one God, on the third day he rose again from the dead; the Father almighty, he ascended into heaven, maker of heaven and earth, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father al- of all things visible and invisible. mighty; I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, from there he will come to judge the living and the the Only Begotten Son of God, dead. born of the Father before all ages. I believe in the Holy Spirit, God from God, Light from Light, the holy , true God from true God, the communion of saints, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; the forgiveness of sins, through him all things were made. the resurrection of the body, For us men and for our salvation and life everlasting. Amen. he came down from heaven, Then follows the Universal Prayer, that is, the Prayer of the Faith- At the words that follow up to and including and became man, all ful or Bidding . The typical response is: bow. Lord, hear our prayer. Or: Deus, exaudi nos. and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

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 Sit  PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS  Stand  Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for Priest: Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours through your goodness we have received the may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work People: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at of human hands, it will become for us the bread your hands of life. for the praise and glory of his name, People: Blessed be God for ever. for our good and the good of all his holy Church. Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the Then the Priest, with hands extended, says the Prayer over the Offer- wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and work of ings, at the end of which the people acclaim: human hands, it will become our spiritual drink. Amen. People: Blessed be God for ever. EUCHARISTIC PRAYER The Eucharistic Prayer begins with the Dialogue:

The priest, with hands extended, continues the Preface. He concludes the Preface with the people, singing or saying aloud the

 Kneel  The priest then continues the Eucharistic Prayer.

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MYSTERIUM FIDEI The priest’s invitation: . The people continue with one of the acclamations: Form A

Form B

Form C

The priest then continues the Eucharistic Prayer. Priest: Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever. All acclaim:

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 Stand  sin and safe from all distress, as we await the THE LORD’S PRAYER blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Priest: At the Savior’s command and formed by di- Christ. vine teaching, we dare to say: People: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours All pray: now and for ever. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: thy kingdom come, Peace I leave you, my peace I give you, look not thy will be done on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, on earth as it is in heaven. and graciously grant her peace and unity in ac- Give us this day our daily bread, cordance with your will. Who live and reign for and forgive us our trespasses, ever and ever. as we forgive those who trespass against us; People: Amen. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always. People: And with your spirit. Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the Then, if appropriate, the deacon, or the priest, adds: help of your mercy, we may be always free from Let us offer one another the sign of peace.

 Kneel  After the priest reverently consumes the Body and , he Priest: Behold the of God, behold him who takes the or and approaches the communicants. takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are The communicant shows reverence by a slight bow of the head, those called to the supper of the Lamb. and then proceeds to receive the . The Priest raises a host/ slightly and shows it to each of the communicants, All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should saying: enter under my roof, but only say the The . The communicant: Amen. word and my soul shall be healed. The Blood of Christ. The communicant: Amen.

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The following Guidelines for Receiving Communion were approved Because Catholics believe that the celebration of the Eucharist is a November 14, 1996 by the National Conference of Catholic Bish- sign of the reality of the oneness of faith, life, and worship, mem- ops. bers of those churches with whom we are not yet fully united are ordinarily not admitted to Holy Communion. Eucharistic sharing For Catholics in exceptional circumstances by other Christians requires permis- As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucha- sion according to the directives of the diocesan and the rist when we receive Holy Communion. We are encouraged to provisions of canon law ( Section 4). Members of the receive Communion devoutly and frequently. In order to be Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian , and the properly disposed to receive Communion, participants should not Polish National Catholic Church are urged to respect the disci- be conscious of grave sin and normally should have fasted for one pline of their own Churches. According to Roman Catholic disci- hour. A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to receive the pline, the Code of Canon Law does not object to the reception of Body and Blood of the Lord without prior Communion by Christians of these Churches (canon 844 Section except for a grave reason where there is no opportunity for con- 3). fession. In this case, the person is to be mindful of the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition, including the intention of For those not receiving Holy Communion confessing as soon as possible (canon 916). A frequent reception All who are not receiving Holy Communion are encouraged to of the of Penance is encouraged for all. express in their hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord Jesus and with one another. We invite you to make an Act of For our fellow Christians by using the prayer following these instruc- We welcome our fellow Christians to this celebration of the Eu- tions. charist as our brothers and sisters. We pray that our common baptism and the action of the Holy Spirit in this Eucharist will For non-Christians draw us closer to one another and begin to dispel the sad divisions We also welcome to this celebration those who do not share our which separate us. We pray that these will lessen and finally disap- faith in Jesus Christ. While we cannot admit them to Holy Com- pear, in keeping with Christ's prayer for us "that they may all be munion, we ask them to offer their prayers for the peace and the one" (Jn. 17:21). unity of the human family.  ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the . I love you above all things and I desire you in my soul. Since I can- not now receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though you were already there, I embrace you and unite myself wholly to you; permit not that I should ever be separated from you.  When the Communion Rite is finished, silence is observed. All con- And all pray in silence with the Priest for a while. Then the Priest tinue to  kneel  until the priest sings or says: says the Prayer after Communion, at the end of which the peo- Let us pray. ple acclaim:  Stand  Amen.

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FINAL AND Form B Priest: The Lord be with you. Deacon or Priest: Go and announce the Gospel of the People: And with your spirit. Lord. People: Thanks be to God. Priest: May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit. Form C People: Amen. Deacon or Priest: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life. Form A People: Thanks be to God. Deacon or Priest: Go forth, the Mass is ended. People: Thanks be to God. Form D Deacon or Priest: Go in peace. People: Thanks be to God.

 THANKSGIVING AFTER MASS Saint Thomas Aquinas I thank you, holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who deigned to feast me, sinful and unworthy servant, with the precious body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, not for any merit of mine, but only because of your merciful goodness. And I pray that this Holy Communion, far from condemning me to punishment, may bring about my pardon and salvation, encompassing me with the armor of faith and the shield of a good will. By it let my vices be done away, all lustful desires extinguished. May it advance me in charity, patience, humility, obedience, and every other virtue. Let it be strong defense against the wiles of all my enemies, visible and invisible, allaying for me every disturbance of flesh and spirit, binding me firmly to you, the one true God, and bringing my last hour to a happy close. I pray, too, that it may be your pleasure to call my sinful self one day to that banquet, wonderful past all telling, where you, with your Son and the Holy Spirit, feast your saints with the vision of yourself, who are true light, the fulfillment of all desires, the joy that knows no ending, gladness unalloyed, and perfect bliss: through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.  After Mass, please leave this booklet in the pew. Thank you!

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