1 Stand Form B SIGN OF THE CROSS Priest: Have mercy on us, O Lord. Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and People: For we have sinned against you. ✠of the Holy Spirit. Priest: Show us, O Lord, your mercy. People: Amen. People: And grant us your salvation. GREETING Form C Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Priest: You were sent to heal the contrite of heart: love of God, and the communion of the Holy Lord, have mercy. Or: Kyrie, 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 Penitential Act 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 sacred 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 Saints, 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 Liturgy. The musical settings for the parts of the Mass 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. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish—College Station, Texas COLLECT The Priest, with hands extended, says the Collect prayer, 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 lector 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 cantor 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 Gospel reading, the appropriate acclamation is sung. The I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. priest or deacon then says: I confess one Baptism 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’ Creed 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. HOMILY 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; Nicene Creed 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 catholic Church, 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 Prayers. 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. St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish—College Station, Texas 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 Preface Dialogue: The priest, with hands extended, continues the Preface. He concludes the Preface with the people, singing or saying aloud the SANCTUS Kneel The priest then continues the Eucharistic Prayer. 4 5 MYSTERIUM FIDEI The priest’s invitation: The mystery of faith. The people continue with one of the acclamations: Form A Form B Form C The priest then continues the Eucharistic Prayer. DOXOLOGY 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: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish—College Station, Texas 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. AGNUS DEI Kneel After the priest reverently consumes the Body and Blood of Christ, he Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes the paten or ciborium 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 Eucharist. The Priest raises a host/chalice 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 Body of Christ.