SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER A 2014-05-25 Source: from The Roman Míssal CATHOLIC BOOK PUBLISHING CORP....

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER A2014-05-25

Source: from The Roman MíssalCATHOLIC BOOK PUBLISHING CORP. NEW JERSEY 2011

and usccb.org

• 3- Entrance Antiphon• 9/202 Glory to God• 12- Collect• 15- First reading• 25- Responsorial Psalm• 33- Second reading• 44- Gospel• 55/205 (Apostles Creed)• (60/208- Nicene Creed)• 66- Preparation of the gifts• 70- Prayer over the Offerings• 72- Eucharistic Prayer II• 111- Eucharistic Prayer III• 88- Communion Rite• 98- Communion Antiphon (135) (158)• 99- Prayer after Communion (136) (159)

• 111- Eucharistic Prayer III• 162- Preface I of Easter• 166- Preface II of Easter• 170- Preface III of Easter• 174- Preface IV of Easter• 178- Preface V of Easter• 182- Preface I of the Ascension• 186- Preface II of the Ascencion

• Entrance Antiphon • Cf. Is 48: 20

• Proclaim a joyful sound and let it be heard;

• proclaim to the ends of the earth:

• The Lord has freed his people, alleluia.

• GREETING A• PRIEST: In the name of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

• 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.

• or• The Lord be with you. • And with your spirit.

• Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

• 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, 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.

• PEOPLE: Amen.

• Lord, have mercy (2)

• Christ, have mercy (2)

• Lord, have mercy (2)

• Glory to God in the highest,• and on earth peace to people of

good will. • We praise you,

we bless you,we adore you,we glorify you,we give you thanks for your great glory,Lord God, heavenly King,

• O God, almighty Father. • Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten

Son,Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer;

• you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

• For you alone are the Holy One,you alone are the Lord,you alone are the Most High,Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit,in the glory of God the Father.Amen.

• COLLECT• Let us pray:• Grant,almighty God,• that we may celebrate with

heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honor of the risen Lord, and that what we relive in remembrance

• we may always hold to in what we do.

• 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.• Amen.

• FIRST READING• (Acts 8:5-8, 14-17)

• A reading from the Acts of the Apostles:

• PHILIP went down to the city of Samaria

• and proclaimed the Christ to them.• With one accord, the crowds paid

attention to what was said by Philip

• when they heard it and saw the signs he was doing.

• For unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice,

• came out of many possessed people,

• and many paralyzed or crippled people were cured.

• There was great joy in that city.

• Now when the apostles in Jerusalem

• heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God,

• they sent them Peter and John,• who went down and prayed for

them,• that they might receive the Holy

Spirit,

• for it had not yet fallen upon any of them;

• they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

• Then they laid hands on them• and they received the Holy Spirit.• The word of the Lord.• Thanks be to God.

• RESPONSORIAL PSALM• (Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20)

• R/. (1) Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

• 1) Shout joyfully to God, all the earth,

• sing praise to the glory of his name;

• proclaim his glorious praise.• Say to God, "How tremendous are

your deeds!• R/. Let all the earth cry out to God

with joy.

• 2) Let all on earth worship and sing praise to you,

• sing praise to your name!"• Come and see the works of God,• his tremendous deeds among the

children of Adam.• R/. Let all the earth cry out to God

with joy.

• 3) He has changed the sea into dry land;

• through the river they passed on foot;

• therefore let us rejoice in him.• He rules by his might forever.• R/. Let all the earth cry out to God

with joy.

• 4) Hear now, all you who fear God, while I declare

• what he has done for me.• Blessed be God who refused me

not• my prayer or his kindness!• R/. Let all the earth cry out to God

with joy.

• Second Reading• (1 Pt 3:15-18)

• A reading from the first Letter of Saint Peter:

• BELOVED:• Sanctify Christ as Lord in your

hearts. Always be ready to give an explanation

• to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope,

• but do it with gentleness and reverence,

• keeping your conscience clear,• so that, when you are maligned,• those who defame your good

conduct in Christ• may themselves be put to shame.• For it is better to suffer for doing

• if that be the will of God, than for doing evil.

• For Christ also suffered for sins once,

• the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous,

• that he might lead you to God.• Put to death in the flesh,• he was brought to life in the Spirit.

• The word of the Lord.• Thanks be to God.

• ALLELUIA • (John 14:23)

• R/. Alleluia, alleluia. • Whoever loves me will keep my

word, says the Lord,• and my Father will love him and

we will come to him. • Alleluia, alleluia.

• GOSPEL • (Jn 14:15-21)

• The Lord be with you. • ALL: And with your spirit. • A reading from the holy Gospel

according to John.• ALL: Glory to you, Lord.

• JESUS said to his disciples:• "If you love me, you will keep my

commandments.• And I will ask the Father,• and he will give you another

Advocate to be with you always,• the Spirit of truth, whom the world

cannot accept,• because it neither sees nor knows

• But you know him, because he remains with you,

• and will be in you.• I will not leave you orphans; I will

come to you.• In a little while the world will no

longer see me,• but you will see me, because I live

and you will live.

• On that day you will realize that I am in my Father

• and you are in me and I in you.• Whoever has my commandments

and observes them• is the one who loves me.• And whoever loves me will be

loved by my Father,• and I will love him and reveal

myself to him."

• The Gospel of the Lord.• Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

• Apostles Creed > page 60

• PROFESSION OF FAITH (Nicene Creed)• 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 salvationhe came down from heaven,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 heavenand is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in gloryto 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 sinsand I look forward to the resurrection of the deadand the life of the world to come. Amen.

• Instead of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, especially during Lent and Easter Time, the

baptismal Symbol of the Roman Church, known as the Apostles’ Creed, may be used.

• I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the Virgin Mary,

• suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died and was buried;he descended into hell;on the third day he rose again from the dead;he ascended into heaven,and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;

• from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

• I believe in the Holy Spirit,the holy catholic Church,the communion of saints,the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body,and life everlasting. Amen.

• OFFERING OF BREAD• PRIEST: Blessed are you, • Lord God of all creation, • for through your goodness we have

received the bread we offer you, fruit of the earth and work of human hands.

• It will become for us the bread of life.• All: Blessed be God for ever.

• By the mystery of this water and wine • may we come to share in the divinity of Christ • who humbled himself to share in our humanity.

• OFFERING OF WINE• PRIEST: Blessed are you, • Lord God of all creation, • for through your goodness we

have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.

• All: Blessed be God for ever.

• Cel: With humble spirit and contrite heart may we be accepted by you, O Lord, and may our sacrifice in your sight this day

• be pleasing to you, Lord God.

• Cel: Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity

• and cleanse me from my sin.

• PRIEST: Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

• All: 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.

• PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS• May our prayers rise up to you, O

Lord,• together with the sacrificial

offerings,• so that, purified by your

graciousness,• we may be conformed to the

mysteries of your mighty love.

• Through Christ our Lord.• Amen.

• PREFACE• PRIEST: The Lord be with you.• All: And with your spirit.• PRIEST: Lift up your hearts.• All: We lift them up to the Lord.• PRIEST: Let us give thanks to the

Lord our God.• All: It is right and just.

• PREFACE I OF EASTER• The Paschal Mystery

At the Easter Vigil, is said on this night; on Easter Sunday and throughout the Octave of Easter, is said on this day; on other days

of Easter Time, is said in this time.

• It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,at all times to acclaim you, O Lord, but (in this time) above all to laud you yet more gloriously,

• when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

• For he is the true Lambwho has taken away the sins of the world;by dying he has destroyed our death,and by rising, restored our life.

• Therefore, overcome with paschal joy,every land, every people exults in your praiseand even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic hosts,sing together the unending hymn of your glory,as they acclaim:

• Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts,

• Heaven and earth are full • of your glory.• Hosanna in the highest.• Blessed is he who comes • in the name of the Lord.• Hosanna in the highest.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II • You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the

fount of all holiness.

• Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,

• so that they may become for us the Body and + Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

• At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his Passion,

• he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, 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 the chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it 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.

• Cel: The mystery of faith.• 1) We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and

profess your Resurrection until you come again.

• Or• 2) When we eat this Bread and drink this

Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

• Or • 3) Save us, Savior of the world, for by your

Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

• Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and Resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the Bread of life and the Chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you.

• Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

• Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world, and bring her to the fullness of charity, together with (N) our Pope and (N) our Bishop and all the clergy.

• In Masses for the Dead:Remember your servant N., whom you have called (today) from this world to yourself. Grant that he (she) who was united with your Son in a death like his, may also be one with him in his Resurrection.

• Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy: welcome them into the light of your face.

• Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with blessed Joseph, her Spouse, with the blessed Apostles, and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ.

• 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.• PEOPLE: Amen.

• THE COMMUNION RITE• At the Savior’s command • and formed by divine teaching, • we dare to say:

• 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.

• 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 Savior, Jesus Christ.

• R/. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.

• 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. Amen.

• The peace of the Lord be with you always.

• ALL: And with your spirit.

• Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

• May this mingling of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ bring eternal life to us who receive it.

• Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world:

• have mercy on us.• Lamb of God, you take away the

sins of the world: • have mercy on us.• Lamb of God, you take away the

sins of the world: • grant us peace.

• Cel: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, • who, by the will of the Father • and the work of the Holy Spirit, • through your Death gave life to the world, • free me by this, your most holy Body and Blood, • from all my sins and from every evil; • keep me always faithful to your commandments, • and never let me be parted from you.

• Or: • May the receiving of your Body and Blood, • Lord Jesus Christ, • not bring me to judgment and condemnation, • but through your loving mercy • be for me protection in mind and body • and a healing remedy.

• Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,

• but only say the word and my soul will be healed.

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.

• Cel: May the Body of Christ • keep me safe for eternal life.

• May the Blood of Christ • keep me safe for eternal life.

• During the purification:• What has passed our lips as food, O Lord, • may we possess in purity of heart, • that what has been given to us in time • may be our healing for eternity.

• Communion Antiphon• Jn 14: 15-16

• If you love me, keep my commandments, says the Lord,

• and I will ask the Father and he will send you another Paraclete,

• to abide with you for ever, alleluia.

• PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION • Let us pray:• Almighty ever-living God,• who restore us to eternal life in the

Resurrection of Christ,• increase in us, we pray, the fruits

of this paschal Sacrament• and pour into our hearts the

strength of this saving food.

• THE CONCLUDING RITE• PRIEST: The Lord be with you.• ALL: And with your spirit.• PRIEST: May almighty God bless

you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

• ALL: Amen.• PRIEST: Go forth, the Mass is

ended. • ALL: Thanks be to God.

• EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III• You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and

all you have created rightly gives you praise, for through your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, by the power and working of the Holy Spirit, you give life to all things and make them holy, and you never cease to gather a people to yourself,

• so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name.

• Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you: by the same Spirit graciously make holy these gifts we have brought to you for consecration, that they may become the Body and Blood of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ at whose command we celebrate these mysteries.

• For on the night he was betrayed he himself took bread, and 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 the chalice, and 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.

• Cel: The mystery of faith.• 1) We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and

profess your Resurrection until you come again.

• Or• 2) When we eat this Bread and drink this

Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

• Or • 3) Save us, Savior of the world, for by your

Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

• Therefore, O Lord, we celebrate the memorial of the saving Passion of your Son, his wondrous Resurrection and Ascension into heaven, and as we look forward to his second coming, we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice.

• Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your Church, and, recognizing the sacrificial Victim by whose death you willed to reconcile us to yourself, grant that we, who are nourished by the Body and Blood of your Son and filled with his Holy Spirit, may become one body, one spirit in Christ.

• May he make of us an eternal offering to you, so that we may obtain an inheritance with your elect, especially with the most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with blessed Joseph, her Spouse, with your blessed Apostles and glorious Martyrs

• (with Saint N.: the Saint of the day or Patron Saint) and with all the Saints, on whose constant intercession in your presence we rely for unfailing help.

• May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation, we pray, O Lord, advance the peace and salvation of all the world. Be pleased to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim Church on earth, with your servant (N) our Pope and (N) our Bishop, the Order of Bishops,

• all the clergy, and the entire people you have gained for your own.

• Listen graciously to the prayers of this family, whom you have summoned before you: in your compassion, O merciful Father, gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world.

122In Masses for the dead, the next part may be used > page 144

• *To our departed brothers and sisters and to all who were pleasing to you at their passing from this life, give kind admittance to your kingdom.

• There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness of your glory through Christ our Lord through whom you bestow on the world all that is good.*

• For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.

and graciously grant her • peace and unity • in accordance with your will. • Who live and reign for ever and

ever. Amen.

ended. (Or: Go in peace)• ALL: Thanks be to God.

• Remember your servant N. whom you have called [today] from this world to yourself. Grant that he (she) who was united with your Son in a death like his, may also be one with him in his Resurrection, when from the earth he will raise up in the flesh those who have died, and transform our lowly body after the pattern of his own glorious body.

In Masses for the dead, the following may be said:

• To our departed brothers and sisters, too, and to all who were pleasing to you at their passing from this life, give kind admittance into your kingdom. There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness of your glory, when you will wipe away every tear from our eyes.

• For seeing you, our God, as you are, we shall be like you for all the ages and praise you without end, through Christ our Lord, through whom you bestow in the world all that is good.

• For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.

and graciously grant her • peace and unity • in accordance with your will. • Who live and reign for ever and

ever. Amen.

ended. (Or: Go in peace)• ALL: Thanks be to God.

• PREFACE I OF EASTER• The Paschal Mystery

At the Easter Vigil, is said on this night; on Easter Sunday and throughout the Octave of Easter, is said on this day; on other days

of Easter Time, is said in this time.

• It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,at all times to acclaim you, O Lord, but (on this day) above all to laud you yet more gloriously,

• when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

• For he is the true Lambwho has taken away the sins of the world;by dying he has destroyed our death,and by rising, restored our life.

Eucharistic Prayer II > 77

• PREFACE II OF EASTER• New life in Christ

• It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,at all times to acclaim you, O Lord,but in this time above all to laud you yet more gloriously,when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

• Through him the children of light rise to eternal lifeand the halls of the heavenly Kingdomare thrown open to the faithful;for his Death is our ransom from death,and in his rising the life of all has risen.

• PREFACE III OF EASTER• Christ living and always interceding for us

• He never ceases to offer himself for usbut defends us and ever pleads our cause before you:he is the sacrificial Victim who dies no more,the Lamb, once slain, who lives for ever.

• PREFACE IV OF EASTER• The restoration of the universe

through the Paschal Mystery• It is truly right and just, our duty

and our salvation,at all times to acclaim you, O Lord,but in this time above all to laud you yet more gloriously,when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

• For, with the old order destroyed,a universe cast down is renewed,and integrity of life is restored to us in Christ. Therefore, overcome with paschal joy, every land, every people exults in your praise and even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic hosts, sing together the unending hymn of your glory, as they acclaim:

• he has unlocked the gates of heaven.And so, with the company of Angels and Saints,we sing the hymn of your praise,as without end we acclaim:

• PREFACE V OF EASTER • Christ, Priest and Victim

• By the oblation of his Bodyhe brought the sacrifices of old to fulfilmentin the reality of the Crossand, by commending himself to you for our salvation,showed himself the Priest, the Altar and the Lamb of sacrifice.

• PREFACE I OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORDThe mystery of the Ascension

• 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.

• For the Lord Jesus, the King of glory, conqueror of sin and death,

• ascended (today) to the highest heavens, as the Angels gazed in wonder. Mediator between God and man, judge of the world and Lord of hosts, he ascended not to distance himself from our lowly state but that we, his members, might be confident of followingwhere he, our Head and Founder, has gone before.

• PREFACE II OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORDThe mystery of the Ascension

• 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 after his Resurrectionhe plainly appeared to all his disciplesand was taken up to heaven in their sight,that he might make us sharers in his divinity.