Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
The Introductory Rites
C. Good morning, brothers and sisters. Before we begin the Mass, may we request everyone to silence your mobile phone and dispose yourselves for this sacred celebration. Let us include in our prayers at this Mass the following intentions:
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Today we celebrate the twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. We beg with the apostles: “Increase our faith!” In a war-torn and violent world—increase our faith! In a world of crushing poverty—increase our faith! In communities divided—increase our faith!
Please all rise and we will now begin our Eucharist Celebration as we join in the singing of entrance hymn.
Entrance (Antiphon: Cf. Ps 70 (69): 2, 6)
Within your will, O Lord, all things are established,
and there is none that can resist your will.
For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth,
and all that is held within the circle of heaven;
you are the Lord of all.
✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
The people reply:
R/Amen.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
R/And with your spirit.
Penitential Act
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.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
R/Amen.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy,
have mercy on us
Kyrie eleison,
Christe eleison,
Kyrie eleison.
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.
Let us pray.
Almighty ever-living God,
who in the abundance of your kindness
surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you,
pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads
and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
R/Amen.
The Liturgy of the Word
Reading I Habakkuk 1:2-3;2:2-4
A reading from the Habakkuk
How long, O LORD? I cry for help
but you do not listen!
I cry out to you, "Violence!"
but you do not intervene.
Why do you let me see ruin;
why must I look at misery?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and clamorous discord.
Then the LORD answered me and said:
Write down the vision clearly upon the tablets,
so that one can read it readily.
For the vision still has its time,
presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint;
if it delays, wait for it,
it will surely come, it will not be late.
The rash one has no integrity;
but the just one, because of his faith, shall live.
The word of the Lord.
R/Thanks be to God
Psalm
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD;
let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us joyfully sing psalms to him.
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For he is our God,
and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
"Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
Where your fathers tempted me;
they tested me though they had seen my works."
R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Reading II 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14
A reading from the 2 Timothy
Beloved:
I remind you, to stir into flame
the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands.
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice
but rather of power and love and self-control.
So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord,
nor of me, a prisoner for his sake;
but bear your share of hardship for the gospel
with the strength that comes from God.
Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me,
in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Guard this rich trust with the help of the Holy Spirit
that dwells within us.
The word of the Lord.
R/Thanks be to God
Gospel Acclamation
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The word of the Lord remains forever.
This is the word that has been proclaimed to you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Luke 17:5-10
The Lord be with you.
R/ And with your spirit.
✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
R/ Glory to you, O Lord.
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
The Lord replied,
"If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you would say to this mulberry tree,
'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
"Who among you would say to your servant
who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field,
'Come here immediately and take your place at table'?
Would he not rather say to him,
'Prepare something for me to eat.
Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink.
You may eat and drink when I am finished'?
Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?
So should it be with you.
When you have done all you have been commanded,
say, 'We are unprofitable servants;
we have done what we were obliged to do.'"
The Gospel of the Lord.
R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Profession of faith
Please stand up to profess our faith:
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.
Prayer of the Faithful
PRIEST: With faith in the infinite mercy and justice of God, we now turn
to the Father with our prayers, for our needs and the needs of others:
READER: For Pope Francis, Bishop Declan and all the bishops,
that they, like the apostles, will continue to lead us
in the example of their lives of prayer. we pray to the Lord.
R/ Lord in your mercy
READER: For all in government and in positions of leadership in the world,
that they will have the courage to come together
to remedy injustices and work for peace. we pray to the Lord.
R/ Lord in your mercy
READER: For all for whom the flame of faith has dimmed or grown cold,
that it may be kindled afresh by the power of the Holy Spirit. we pray to the Lord.
R/ Lord in your mercy
READER: For a renewed sense of service and ministry in our community,
that we may discern the will of God for our times
and respond with humility, vigour and faith. we pray to the Lord.
R/ Lord in your mercy
READER: For all who suffer from any kind of physical or mental
illness or distress, that they may be comforted by the love
and care of others and the healing touch of Christ. we pray to the Lord.
R/ Lord in your mercy
PRIEST: Faithful God,
in you we live and move and have our being.
Hear our prayer that, with increased faith,
we might humbly serve you and our neighbour.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
Offertory hymn
During the Consecration, the miracle happens.
Receive the food that passes.
Transform it into the food that never fades.
This that will be Your Body,
This that will be Your Blood.
Lord, with the bread and the wine,
We offer You our life.
Lord, receive the gifts we bring You,
Receive the Bread and the Wine.
Receive all the offerings we make to You on this altar.
Lord, receive our heart as well.
Lord, here is our body,
Here is our mind and our spirit.
Lord, with the bread and the wine,
We offer You our life.
Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
The people rise and reply:
R/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.
Let us pray.
Accept, O Lord, we pray,
the sacrifices instituted by your commands
and, through the sacred mysteries,
which we celebrate with dutiful service,
graciously complete the sanctifying work
by which you are pleased to redeem us.
Through Christ our Lord.
R/Amen
Eucharist Prayer
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with your spirit.
V. Lift up your hearts.
R. We lift them up to the Lord.
V. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
R. It is right and just.
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time VII
Salvation through the obedience of Christ
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 you so loved the world
that in your mercy you sent us the Redeemer,
to live like us in all things but sin,
so that you might love in us what you loved in your Son,
by whose obedience we have been restored to those gifts of yours
that, by sinning, we had lost in disobedience.
And so, Lord, with all the Angels and Saints,
we, too, give you thanks, as in exultation we acclaim:
Holy, Holy, Holy
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.
Holy, Holy, Holy
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,
He joins his hands
and makes the Sign of the Cross once over the bread and the chalice together, saying:
so that they may become for us
the Body and the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He joins his hands.
In the formulas that follow, the words of the Lord should be pronounced clearly and distinctly, as the nature of these words requires.
At the time he was betrayed
and entered willingly into his Passion,
He takes the bread
and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues:
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 takes 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 foryou and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of me.
The mystery of faith.
R/When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,
we proclaim Your Death, O Lord,
until You come again,
until You come again,
we proclaim Your Death, O Lord.
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 theHoly Spirit.
Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world,
and bring her to the fullness of charity, together with N. our Pope and N. ourBishop* and all the clergy.
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 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
He joins his hands.
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 honour is yours, for ever and ever.
The people acclaim:
R/Amen.
The Communion Rite
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 Saviour, Jesus Christ.
R/ For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours now and forever.
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.
R/Amen.
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
R/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,
Lamb of God,
You take away the sins of the world.
Have mercy on us. (2x)
Lamb of God,
You take away the sins of the world.
Grant us peace, grant us peace.
Behold the Lamb of God,
behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to thesupper of the Lamb.
R/Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.
The Body of Christ.
R/Amen.
Communion
Something magnificent happened
A great favor from the Lord
Only a supreme God could accomplish
Such a powerful miracle of love
He turned the bread into His flesh
He turned the wine into His blood
True food, true drink
Ineffable source of eternal life
Now our eyes can behold
Our whole being can adore
God hidden under the veil of the sacrament
Oh splendid, supernatural miracle
Greater than all the wonders of creation
See — it is no longer bread
Believe — it is no longer wine
It is Jesus Himself
It is Jesus Himself
Now our eyes can behold
Our whole being can adore
God hidden under the veil of the sacrament
Oh splendid, supernatural miracle
Greater than all the wonders of creation
See — it is no longer bread
Believe — it is no longer wine
It is Jesus Himself
It is Jesus Himself
Post-Communion
Soul of Christ, sanctify me,
Body of Christ, save me,
Blood of Christ, inebriate me,
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within Thy wounds, hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.
From the malicious enemy defend me.
At the hour of my death call me,
And bid me come unto Thee,
That with Thy saints I may praise Thee
For ever and ever. Amen.
Let us pray.
Grant us, almighty God,
that we may be refreshed and nourished
by the Sacrament which we have received,
so as to be transformed into what we consume.
Through Christ our Lord.
R/Amen.
Brief annoucement (Português)
Please stand, dear brothers and sisters.
The Concluding Rites
The Lord be with you.
R/And with your spirit.
May almighty God bless you,
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
R/Amen.
Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.
R/Thanks be to God.
MARIAN HYMN
Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing.
Your reign now in Jesus our Savior our King.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Maria!
In heaven the blessed your glory proclaim;
On earth we your children invoke your fair name.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Maria!
We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth,
And bless, Holy Mary, the land of our birth.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Maria!
HYMN FOR THE 2025 JUBILEE
Like a flame my hope is burning,
may my song arise to you:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life’s path I trust in you.
Ev’ry nation, tongue, and people
find a light within your Word.
Scattered fragile sons and daughters
find a home in your dear Son.
Like a flame my hope is burning,
may my song arise to you:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life’s path I trust in you.
God, so tender and so patient,
dawn of hope, you care for all.
Heav’n and earth are recreated
by the Spirit of Life set free.
Like a flame my hope is burning,
may my song arise to you:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life’s path I trust in you.
Raise your eyes, the wind is blowing,
for our God is born in time.
Son made man for you and many
who will find the way in him.
Like a flame my hope is burning,
may my song arise to you:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life’s path I trust in you.
The Cross Sanctifies Us
The Cross Sanctifies Us
The Cross Molds Our Hearts
We Long to Worship You, Lord
The Cross Transforms Us
The Cross Sets Us Free
We Long to Worship You, Lord