19th July 2020

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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Ps 53: 6, 8See, I have God for my help.The Lord sustains my soul.I will sacrifice to you with willingheart, and praise your name, OLord, for it is good.

God bids us welcome to his HouseAnd he invites us to His FeastDay of great joy and happiness, Alleluia!

Great was my joy when I was toldLet us go forth to God’s abodeThat’s in the City of the Lord. R.

Let us approach unto the FeastTo which the Lord invites us allAnd eat the bread which gives us life. R.

Christ is the Sun which brings the dawnHe is the Light of all the worldSetting us free from death and sin. R.

Christ is alive, with joy we singWe celebrate our Risen LordPraising the glory of His name. R.

Priest: In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the HolySpirit.

People: Amen.Grace to you and peace from God our Fatherand the Lord Jesus Christ.And with your spirit.

The absolution by the priest follows:May almighty God have mercy on us,forgive us our sins,and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.

PENITENTIAL ACTBrethren (Brothers and sisters),let us acknowledge our sins,and so prepare ourselves tocelebrate the sacred mysteries.

I confess to almighty Godand 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,

Striking your breast as you say: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.

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy.Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.GLORIA

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

COLLECTShow favour, O Lord, to your servantsand mercifully increase the gifts ofyour grace, that, made fervent inhope, faith and charity, they may beever watchful in keeping yourcommands.Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your

Son, who lives and reigns with you inthe unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, for ever and ever.Amen.

FIRST READING 12:13.16-19A reading from the book of WisdomThere is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing,

to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly.

Your justice has its source in strength,your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all.

You show your strength when your sovereign power is questioned

and you expose the insolence of those who know it;

but, disposing of such strength, you are mild in judgement,you govern us with great lenience,for you have only to will, and your power is there.

By acting thus you have taught a lesson to your people

how the virtuous man must be kindly to his fellow men,

and you have given your sons the good hope that after sin you will grant repentance.

The word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps85:5-6.9-10.15-16.R.v.5

R. O Lord, you are good and forgiving.

1. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of love to all who call. Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my voice. R.

2. All the nations shall come to adore you and glorify your name, O Lord: for you are great and do marvellous deeds, you who alone are God. R.

3. But you, God of mercy and compassion, slow to anger. O Lord, abounding in love and truth, turn and take pity on me. R.

Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace to people ofgood 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.

PROFESSION OF FAITHI 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,(All bow during the next three lines)and by the Holy Spirit was incarnateof the Virgin Mary,and became man.

For our sake he was crucified underPontius Pilate,he suffered death and was buried,and rose again on the third dayin accordance with the Scriptures.He ascended into heavenand is seated at the right hand of theFather.He will come again in gloryto judge the living and the deadand 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 isadored and glorified,who has spoken through the prophets.I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.I confess one Baptism for theforgiveness of sinsand I look forward to the resurrectionof the deadand the life of the world to come. Amen.PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

Raising the host, the priest says:Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation, for through your goodnesswe have received the bread we offeryou: fruit of the earth and work ofhuman hands,it will become for us the bread of life.Blessed be God for ever.The priest pours wine and a little waterinto the chalice, saying quietly:By the mystery of this water and winemay we come to share in the divinity of Christ,who humbled himself to share in ourhumanity.

Raising the chalice, the priest says:Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation, for through your goodnesswe have received the wine we offeryou: fruit of the vine and work ofhuman hands,it will become our spiritual drink.Blessed be God for ever.Bowing the priest says quietly:With humble spirit and contrite heartmay we be accepted by you, O Lord,and may our sacrifice in your sightthis day be pleasing to you, O Lord.Then the priest washes his hands, sayingquietly:Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity;and cleanse me from my sin.

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Liturgy of the EucharistGOSPEL 13:24-43The Lord be with you.And with your spirit.A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.Glory to you, O Lord.Jesus put a parable before thecrowds, “The kingdom of heaven maybe compared to a man who sowedgood seed in his f ield. Whileeverybody was asleep his enemycame, sowed darnel all among thewheat and made off. When the newwheat sprouted and ripened, thedarnel appeared as well. The owner’sservant went to him and said, “Sir,was it not good seed that you sowedin your field? If so where does thedarnel come from?’ “Some enemy hasdone this” he answered. And theservants said, “Do you want us to goand weed it out?” But he said, “No,because when you weed out thedarnel you might pull up the wheatwith it. Let them both grow till theharvest; and at harvest time I shallsay to the reapers: First collect thedarnel and tie it in bundles to beburnt, then gather the wheat into mybarn.”He put another parable before them,“The kingdom of heaven is like amustard seed which a man took andsowed in his field. It is the smallest ofall the seeds, but when it has grown it

is the biggest shrub of al l andbecomes a tree so that the birds ofthe air come and shelter in itsbranches.”He told them another parable, “The

kingdom of heaven is like the yeast awoman took and mixed in with threemeasures of flour till it was leavenedall through.”In all this Jesus spoke to the crowdsin parables; indeed he would neverspeak to them except in parables.This was to fulfil the prophecy:I will speak to you in parablesand expound things hidden since thefoundation of the world.Then, leaving the crowds, he went tothe house; and his disciples came tohim and said, “Explain the parableabout the darnel in the field to us.” Hesaid in reply, “The sower of the goodseed is the Son of Man. The field isthe world; the good seed is thesubjects of the kingdom; the darnel,the subjects of the evil one; theenemy who sowed them, the devil;the harvest is the end of the world; thereapers are the angels. Well then, justas the darnel is gathered up and burntin the fire, so it will be at the end oftime. The Son of Man will send hisangels and they will gather out of hiskingdom all things that provokeoffences and all who do evil, andthrow them into the blazing furnace,where there wil l be weeping andgrinding of teeth. Then the virtuouswill shine like the sun in the kingdomof their Father. Listen anyone whohas ears!”

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

ACCLAMATION cf.Eph1:17.18Alleluia, alleluia!

May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes ofour mind, so that we can see what

hope his call holds for us.Alleluia!

SECOND READING 8:26-27A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans

The Spirit comes to help us in ourweakness. For when we cannotchoose words in order to prayproperly, the Spirit himself expressesour plea in a way that could never beput into words, and God who knowseverything in our hearts knowsperfectly well what he means, and thatthe pleas of the saints expressed bythe Spirit are according to the mind ofGod.

The word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGSO God, who in the one perfectsacrifice brought to completion variedofferings of the law, accept, we pray,this sacrifice from your faithfulservants and make it holy, as youblessed the gifts of Abel,so that what each has offered to thehonour of your majestymay benefit the salvation of all.Through Christ our Lord.Amen.EUCHARISTIC PRAYER IIPREFACE I Ordinary Time The Lord be with you.And with your Spirit.Lift up your hearts.We lift them up to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is right and just.

It is truly right and just, our duty andour salvation, always and everywhereto give you thanks,Lord, holy Father, almighty andeternal God, through Christ our Lord.

For through his Paschal Mystery,he accomplished the marvellousdeed, by which he has freed us fromthe yoke of sin and death,summoning us to the glory of beingnow called a chosen race, a royalpriesthood, a holy nation, a people foryour own possession,to proclaim everywhere your mightyworks, for you have called us out ofdarkness into your own wonderfullight.

And so, with Angels and Archangels,with Thrones and Dominions,and with all the hosts and Powers ofheaven,we sing the hymn of your glory,as without end we 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.

You are indeed Holy, O Lord,the fount of all holiness.The Priest joins his hands and, holding themextended over the offerings, says:Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,by sending down your Spirit uponthem like the dewfall,so that they may become for usthe Body X and Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

At the time he was betrayedand 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 wasended, 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 MANYFOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

Then the Priest, with hands extended, says:

Therefore, as we celebrate thememorial 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 andminister to you.Humbly we praythat, 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 Francis, our Pope, N. our Bishop, his assistant Bishop(s), and all the clergy.Remember also our brothers and sisterswho 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 Apostlesand with all the Saints who havepleased you throughout the ages,we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life,and may praise and glorify youthrough your Son, Jesus Christ.The Priest takes the chalice and the patenwith the host and, elevating both, he says: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. Amen.

Facing the people the priest says:Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),that my sacrifice and yoursmay be acceptable to God,the almighty Father.

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.

The mystery of faithSave us, Saviour of the world,for by your Cross and Resurrectionyou have set us free.

At the Saviour’s commandand formed by divine teaching,we dare to say:Our Father, who art in heaven . . .

Communion Rite

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps 110: 4-5The Lord, the gracious, themerciful, has made a memorial ofhis wonders; he gives food to thosewho fear him.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNIONGraciously be present to your people,we pray, O Lord,and lead those you have imbued withheavenly mysteries to pass fromformer ways to newness of life.Through Christ our Lord.Amen.

The Lord be with you.And with your spirit.Bow head for the blessing – short silenceMay almighty God bless you:the Father, and the Son,and the Holy Spirit, Amen.Go forth, the Mass is ended, Thanks be to God.

How lovely on the mountainsare the feet of himwho brings good news, good news,announcing peace,proclaiming news of happiness:our God reigns, our God reigns.Our God reigns. (x4)

You watchmen, lift your voicesjoyfully as one,shout for your King, your King!See eye to eye,the Lord restoring Zion:our God reigns, our God reigns.Our God reigns. (x4)

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 sinand safe from all distress,as we await the blessed hopeand the coming of our Saviour, JesusChrist.For the kingdom, the power and theglory are yours, now and for ever.

Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles:Peace I leave you, my peace I giveyou, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,and graciously grant her peace andunity in accordance with your will.Who live and reign for ever and ever.Amen.

The peace of the Lord be with you always.And with your Spirit.The priest may add these or similar words.Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

The priest places a small piece of the host inthe chalice saying quietly:May this mingling of the body andblood of our Lord Jesus Christbring eternal life to us who receive it.Meanwhile the people sing or say: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.

May the Body of Christkeep me safe for eternal life.

The priest says quietly:May the receiving of your Body and Blood, Lord Jesus Christ,not bring me to judgment and condemnation,but through your loving mercybe for me protection in mind and body,and a healing remedy.

Raising the host the priest says: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.

And together with the people he says once:

Lord, I am not worthythat you should enter under my roof,but only say the wordand my soul shall be healed.

The Priest reverently consumes the Body of Christ.Then he takes the chalice and says quietly:May the Blood of Christkeep me safe for eternal life.The Priest raises a host slightly and shows itto each of the communicants, saying:The Body of Christ.Amen.

Imprimi Potest: Concordat Cum Originali: @ Most Rev. Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor. Nihil Obstat: Rev. Robert Fullerton,C.C. Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgycorporation. Origination and printing by Shanway Press, email: info@shanway.com T: 028 9022 2070

Love is his word, love is his way,Feasting with kin, fasting alone,Living and dying, rising again,Love, only love, is his way.Richer than gold is the love of my Lord:Better than splendour and wealth.Love is his way, love is his mark,Sharing his last Passover feast,Christ at his table, host to the twelve,Love, only love, is his mark.Love is his mark, love is his sign,Bread for our strength, wine for our joy,“This is my body, this is my blood,”Love, only love, is his sign.Love is his sign, love is his news,“Do this,” he said, “lest you forgetall my deep sorrow, all my dear blood.”Love, only love, is his news.Love is his news, love is his name,We are his own, chosen and called,Family, brethren, cousins and kin.Love, only love, is his name.

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn

Lord Jesus, Light of the world,you have called me to your supper.Would that I could praise and thank you for your gifts.

I cannot pray properly.May the Holy Spirit, your gift to me,express my prayer in a way that couldnever be put into words.Today you have warned me about

scandals; they appear even in your Church.

Good and bad will grow together.Strengthen meso that I may not be easily scandalised.

Faced with so much evil in the worldmake me patient like the farmer who waits for the harvest.

God is master of the harvest.Let me be careful to give good exampleand not to be a stumbling block to those around me.