Third Sunday of Advent – Year C 2015-12-13 Source: from The Roman Míssal CATHOLIC BOOK PUBLISHING CORP. NEW JERSEY 2011 and usccb.org

Third Sunday of Advent – Year C2015-12-13

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

and usccb.org

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• 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)• (60/210- 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 (136) (158)• 99- Prayer after Communion (137) (159)

• 111- Eucharistic Prayer III• 73- Preface I of Advent• 166- Preface II of Advent• 170- Preface III of Sundays in OT• 174- Preface IV of Sundays in OT• 178- Preface V of Sundays in OT• 182- Preface VI of Sundays in OT• 186- Preface VII of Sundays in OT• 190- Preface VIII of Sundays in OT

• Entrance Antiphon • Phil 4: 4-5

• Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.

• Indeed, the Lord is near.

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• 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.

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

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• 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,

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• 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.

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• Lord, have mercy (2)

• Christ, have mercy (2)

• Lord, have mercy (2)

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• COLLECT• Let us pray:• O God, who see how your people• faithfully await the feast of the

Lord’s Nativity,• enable us, we pray,• to attain the joys of so great a

salvation and to celebrate them always with solemn worship and glad rejoicing.

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• 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.

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• FIRST READING• (Zep 3:14-18a)

• A reading from the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah:

• SHOUT for joy, O daughter Zion!• Sing joyfully, O Israel!• Be glad and exult with all your

heart,• O daughter Jerusalem!

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• The LORD has removed the judgment against you

• he has turned away your enemies;• the King of Israel, the LORD, is in

your midst,• you have no further misfortune to

fear.• On that day, it shall be said to

Jerusalem:

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• Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged!

• The LORD, your God, is in your midst,

• a mighty savior;• he will rejoice over you with

gladness,• and renew you in his love,• he will sing joyfully because of

you, as one sings at festivals.

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

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• RESPONSORIAL PSALM• (Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6)

• R/. (6) Cry out with joy and gladness:

• for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.

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• 1) God indeed is my savior;• I am confident and unafraid.• My strength and my courage is the

LORD, and he has been my savior.• With joy you will draw water• at the fountain of salvation.• R/. (6) Cry out with joy and

gladness:• for among you is the great and

Holy One of Israel.•

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• 2) Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name;

• among the nations make known his deeds,

• proclaim how exalted is his name.• R/. (6) Cry out with joy and


Holy One of Israel.•

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• 3) Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievement;

• let this be known throughout all the earth. Shout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst

• is the Holy One of Israel!• R/. (6) Cry out with joy and


Holy One of Israel.

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• Second Reading• (Phil 4:4-7)

• A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians:

• BROTHERS and sisters:• Rejoice in the Lord always.• I shall say it again: rejoice!• Your kindness should be known to

all.• The Lord is near.

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• Have no anxiety at all, but in everything,

• by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,

• make your requests known to God.• Then the peace of God that

surpasses all understanding• will guard your hearts and minds

in Christ Jesus.

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

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• ALLELUIA • (Isaiah 61:1, cited in Luke 4:18)

• R. Alleluia, alleluia.• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,• because he has anointed me• to bring glad tidings to the poor.• —Alleluia.

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• GOSPEL • (Lk 3:10-18)

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

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

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• THE crowds asked John the Baptist,

• “What should we do?”• He said to them in reply,• “Whoever has two cloaks• should share with the person who

has none.• And whoever has food should do

likewise.”

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• Even tax collectors came to be baptized and they said to him,

• “Teacher, what should we do?”• He answered them,• “Stop collecting more than what

is prescribed.”• Soldiers also asked him,• “And what is it that we should

do?”• He told them,

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• “Do not practice extortion,• do not falsely accuse anyone,• and be satisfied with your wages.”• Now the people were filled with

expectation,• and all were asking in their hearts• whether John might be the Christ.• John answered them all, saying,• “I am baptizing you with water,• but one mightier than I is coming.

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• I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals.

• He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

• His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear his threshing floor

• and to gather the wheat into his barn,

• but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

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• Exhorting them in many other ways,

• he preached good news to the people.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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/

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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,

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• 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;

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS• May the sacrifice of our worship,

Lord, we pray,• be offered to you unceasingly,• to complete what was begun in

sacred mystery• and powerfully accomplish for us

your saving work.

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• Through Christ our Lord.• Amen.

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• 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.

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• Preface I of Advent• 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 he assumed at his first coming the lowliness of human flesh,

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• and so fulfilled the design you formed long ago,and opened for us the way to eternal salvation,that, when he comes again in glory and majestyand all is at last made manifest,we who watch for that daymay inherit the great promisein which now we dare to hope.

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• 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:

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• 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.

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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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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• 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,

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Communion Antiphon• Cf. Is 35: 4

• Say to the faint of heart: Be strong and do not fear.

• Behold, our God will come, and he will save us.

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• PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION • Let us pray:• We implore your mercy, Lord,• that this divine sustenance may

cleanse us of our faults• and prepare us for the coming

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

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• 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,

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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,

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• 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,

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

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• 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.

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• *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.

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• 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.*

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Preface I of Sundays in OT• 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,

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• he accomplished the marvelous 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,

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• 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:

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Eucharistic Prayer II > 77

Eucharistic Prayer III > 111

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• PREFACE II OF ADVENT• 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 he assumed at his first coming

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• the lowliness of human flesh,• and so fulfilled the design you

formed long ago,• and opened for us the way to

eternal salvation,• that, when he comes again in

glory and majesty• and all is at last made manifest,• we who watch for that day• may inherit the great promise

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• in which now we dare to hope.• 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:• Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of

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• PREFACE III • OF THE SUNDAYS • IN ORDINARY TIME

• 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.

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• For we know it belongs to your boundless glory,that you came to the aid of mortal beings with your divinityand even fashioned for us a remedy out of mortality itself,that the cause of our downfallmight become the means of our salvation,through Christ our Lord.

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• Through him the host of Angels adores your majestyand rejoices in your presence for ever.May our voices, we pray, join with theirsin one chorus of exultant praise, as we acclaim:

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• PREFACE IV • OF THE SUNDAYS • IN ORDINARY TIME

• 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.

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• For by his birth he brought renewalto humanity's fallen state,and by his suffering, cancelled out our sins;by his rising from the dead,he has opened the way to eternal life,and by ascending to you, O Father,

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• 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:

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• For you laid the foundations of the worldand have arranged the changing of times and seasons;you formed man in your own imageand set humanity over the whole world in all its wonder,to rule in your name over all you have made

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• and for ever praise you in your mighty works,through Christ our Lord.And so, with all the Angels, we praise you,as in joyful celebration we acclaim:

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• For in you we live and move and have our being,and while in this bodywe not only experience the daily effects of your care,but even now possess the pledge of life eternal.For, having received the first fruits of the Spirit,

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• through whom you raised up Jesus from the dead,we hope for an everlasting share in the Paschal Mystery.And so, with all the Angels, we praise you,as in joyful celebration we acclaim:

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• For you so loved the worldthat 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

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• 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:

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• 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 when your children were scattered afar by sin,

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• through the Blood of your Son and the power of the Spirit,you gathered them again to yourself,that a people, formed as one by the unity of the Trinity,made the body of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit,

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• might, to the praise of your manifold wisdom,be manifest as the Church.And so, in company with the choirs of Angels,we praise you, and with joy we proclaim:


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• 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,

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• 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;

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• 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.

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• Apostles Creed > page 62

• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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/

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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,

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• 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;

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• 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.

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

and usccb.org

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