Order of the Mass

DAILY MASS READINGS AND PROPERS

September 16, 2020

Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

Entrance Antiphon
The souls of the Saints are rejoicing in heaven, the Saints who followed the footsteps of Christ, and since for love of him they shed their blood, they now exult with Christ for ever.
Collect
O God, who gave Saints Cornelius and Cyprian to your people as diligent shepherds and valiant Martyrs, grant that through their intercession we may be strengthened in faith and constancy and spend ourselves without reserve for the unity of the Church.  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.

READING I:  1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13
Brothers and sisters:
Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts.
But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
If I speak in human and angelic tongues
but do not have love,
I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.
And if I have the gift of prophecy
and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge;
if I have all faith so as to move mountains,
but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away everything I own,
and if I hand my body over so that I may boast
but do not have love, I gain nothing.  Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, love is not pompous,
it is not inflated, it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing
but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never fails.
If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing;
if tongues, they will cease;
if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
When I was a child, I used to talk as a child,
think as a child, reason as a child;
when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
At present I know partially;
then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
So faith, hope, love remain, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.

RESPONSORIAL Psalm 33:2-3, 4-5, 12, 22
RESPONSE:  Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.                  
Give thanks to the LORD on the harp;
with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises.
Sing to him a new song;
pluck the strings skillfully, with shouts of gladness.
     RESPONSE
For upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full.
     RESPONSE
Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us
who have put our hope in you.
     RESPONSE

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION John 6:63c, 68c
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life,
you have the words of everlasting life.
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
GOSPEL Luke 7:31-35
Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare the people of this generation?
What are they like?
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.
We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’
For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine,
and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said,
‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

Prayer over the Offerings
Receive, we pray, O Lord, the offerings of your people in honor of the passion of your holy Martyrs Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, and may the gifts that gave them courage under persecution make us, too, steadfast in all trials.  Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon Luke 22:28-30
It is you who have stood by me in my trials; and I confer a kingdom on you, says the Lord, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom.   
  
Prayer after Communion
Through these mysteries which we have received, we humbly beseech you, O Lord, that by the example of the Martyrs Saints Cornelius and Cyprian we may be strengthened with the fortitude of your Spirit to bear witness to the truth of the Gospel.  Through Christ our Lord. 
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DAILY MASS READINGS AND PROPERS

September 17, 2020
Entrance Antiphon cf. Sirach 36:18
Give peace, O Lord, to those who wait for you, that your prophets be found true.  Hear the prayers of your servant, and of your people Israel.
Collect
Look upon us, O God, Creator and ruler of all things, and, that we may feel the working of your mercy, grant that we may serve you with all our heart.  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.

READING I:  1 Corinthians 15:1-11
I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,
of the Gospel I preached to you,
which you indeed received and in which you also stand.
Through it you are also being saved,
if you hold fast to the word I preached to you,
unless you believed in vain.
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received:
that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he was buried;
that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once,
most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
After that he appeared to James,
then to all the Apostles.
Last of all, as to one born abnormally,
he appeared to me.
For I am the least of the Apostles,
not fit to be called an Apostle,
because I persecuted the Church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am,
and his grace to me has not been ineffective.
Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them;
not I, however, but the grace of God that is with me.
Therefore, whether it be I or they,
so we preach and so you believed.

RESPONSORIAL Psalm 118:1b-2, 16ab-17, 28
RESPONSE:  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.                  
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
     RESPONSE
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
     RESPONSE
You are my God, and I give thanks to you;
O my God, I extol you.
     RESPONSE

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Matthew 11:28
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
          Alleluia, Alleluia!

GOSPEL Luke 7:36-50
A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him,
and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
Now there was a sinful woman in the city
who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.
Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment,
she stood behind him at his feet weeping
and began to bathe his feet with her tears.
Then she wiped them with her hair,
kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself,
“If this man were a prophet,
he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,
that she is a sinner.”
Jesus said to him in reply,
“Simon, I have something to say to you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he said.
“Two people were in debt to a certain creditor;
one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty.
Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both.
Which of them will love him more?”
Simon said in reply,
“The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.”
He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon,
“Do you see this woman?
When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet,
but she has bathed them with her tears
and wiped them with her hair.
You did not give me a kiss,
but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered.
You did not anoint my head with oil,
but she anointed my feet with ointment.
So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven;
hence, she has shown great love.
But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”
He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
The others at table said to themselves,
“Who is this who even forgives sins?”
But he said to the woman,
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

Prayer over the Offerings
Look with favor on our supplications, O Lord, and in your kindness accept these, your servants’ offerings, that what each has offered to the honor of your name may serve the salvation of all.  Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon cf. Psalm 36 (35):8
How precious is your mercy, O God!  The children of men seek shelter in the shadow of your wings.     

Prayer after Communion
May the working of this heavenly gift, O Lord, we pray, take possession of our minds and bodies, so that its effects, and not our own desires, may always prevail in us.  Through Christ our Lord. 
 

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DAILY MASS READINGS AND PROPERS

September 18, 2020
Entrance Antiphon cf. Sirach 36:18
Give peace, O Lord, to those who wait for you, that your prophets be found true.  Hear the prayers of your servant, and of your people Israel.
Collect
Look upon us, O God, Creator and ruler of all things, and, that we may feel the working of your mercy, grant that we may serve you with all our heart.  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.

READING I:  1 Corinthians 15:12-20
Brothers and sisters:
If Christ is preached as raised from the dead,
how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
If there is no resurrection of the dead,
then neither has Christ been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised, then empty too is our preaching;
empty, too, your faith.
Then we are also false witnesses to God,
because we testified against God that he raised Christ,
whom he did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised.
For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised,
and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain;
you are still in your sins.
Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ,
we are the most pitiable people of all.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead,
the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

RESPONSORIAL Psalm 17:1bcd, 6-7, 8b, 15
RESPONSE:   Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.                  
Hear, O LORD, a just suit;
attend to my outcry;
hearken to my prayer from lips without deceit.
     RESPONSE
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; 
incline your ear to me; hear my word.
Show your wondrous mercies,
O savior of those who flee 
from their foes to refuge at your right hand.
     RESPONSE
Hide me in the shadow of your wings,
But I in justice shall behold your face;
on waking, I shall be content in your presence.
     RESPONSE

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Matthew 11:25
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;
you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom.
          Alleluia, Alleluia!

GOSPEL Luke 8:1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another,
preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Accompanying him were the Twelve
and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities,
Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza,
Susanna, and many others
who provided for them out of their resources.

Prayer over the Offerings
Look with favor on our supplications, O Lord, and in your kindness accept these, your servants’ offerings, that what each has offered to the honor of your name may serve the salvation of all.  Through Christ our Lord.

Communion Antiphon cf. Psalm 36 (35):8
How precious is your mercy, O God!  The children of men seek shelter in the shadow of your wings.   
  
Prayer after Communion
May the working of this heavenly gift, O Lord, we pray, take possession of our minds and bodies, so that its effects, and not our own desires, may always prevail in us.  Through Christ our Lord. 

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Order of Holy Mass at St. Albert the Great

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time—September 20, 2020
 

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Priest:  I am the salvation of the people, says the Lord.  Should they cry to me in any distress, I will hear them, and I will be their Lord.
Glory to God in the Highest
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
Priest:  O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life.  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.
Response:  Amen.

FIRST READING:  Isaiah 55:6-9 
Lector:  A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Seek the LORD while he may be found,
call him while he is near.
Let the scoundrel forsake his way,
and the wicked his thoughts;
let him turn to the LORD for mercy;
to our God, who is generous in forgiving.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.
As high as the heavens are above the earth,
so high are my ways above your ways
and my thoughts above your thoughts.
Lector:  The word of the Lord.
Response:  Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:  Psalm 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18
Lector:  The Lord is near to all who call upon him.
RESPONSE:  The Lord is near to all who call upon him.
Every day will I bless you,
and I will praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.
     RESPONSE
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
     RESPONSE
The LORD is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.
    RESPONSE

SECOND READING:  Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a
Lector:  A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians
Lector:  Brothers and sisters:
Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. 
For to me life is Christ, and death is gain. 
If I go on living in the flesh,
that means fruitful labor for me. 
And I do not know which I shall choose. 
I am caught between the two. 
I long to depart this life and be with Christ,
for that is far better. 
Yet that I remain in the flesh
is more necessary for your benefit.
Only, conduct yourselves in a way worthy of the gospel of Christ.
Lector:  The word of the Lord.
Response:  Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION & ALLELUIA   Acts 16:14b
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
Open our hearts, O Lord,
to listen to the words of your Son.
          Alleluia, Alleluia!

GOSPEL:  Matthew 20:1-16a
Priest/Deacon:  The Lord be with you.
Response:  And with your spirit.
Priest/Deacon:  A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Response:  Glory to you, O Lord. 
Jesus told his disciples this parable:
“The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner
who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. 
After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage,
he sent them into his vineyard. 
Going out about nine o’clock,
the landowner saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard,
and I will give you what is just.’
So they went off. 
And he went out again around noon,
and around three o’clock, and did likewise. 
Going out about five o’clock,
the landowner found others standing around, and said to them,
‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
He said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard.’
When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman,
‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay,
beginning with the last and ending with the first.’
When those who had started about five o’clock came,
each received the usual daily wage. 
So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more,
but each of them also got the usual wage. 
And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner, saying,
‘These last ones worked only one hour,
and you have made them equal to us,
who bore the day’s burden and the heat.’
He said to one of them in reply,
‘My friend, I am not cheating you. 
Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? 
Take what is yours and go. 
What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? 
Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? 
Are you envious because I am generous?’
Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Priest/Deacon:  The Gospel of the Lord.
Response:  Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. 

PROFESSION OF FAITH
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 salvation
he came down from heaven,

     At the words that follow, up to and including “and became man,” all bow.
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 heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to 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 sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.  Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Presentation and Preparation of the Gifts
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.
RESPONSE:  Blessed be God for ever.

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.
RESPONSE:  Blessed be God for ever.

Priest:  Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
RESPONSE:  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
Priest:  Receive with favor, O Lord, we pray, the offerings of your people, that what they profess with devotion and faith may be theirs through these heavenly mysteries.  Through Christ our Lord.
RESPONSE:  Amen.
Priest:  The Lord be with you.
RESPONSE:  And with your spirit.
Priest:  Lift up your hearts.
RESPONSE:  We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest:  Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
RESPONSE:  It is right and just.

Preface to the Eucharistic Prayer
Priest:  It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Father most holy, through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, your Word through whom you made all things, whom you sent as our Savior and Redeemer, incarnate by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin.  Fulfilling your will and gaining for you a holy people, he stretched out his hands as he endured his Passion, so as to break the bonds of death and manifest the resurrection.  And so, with the Angels and all the Saints we declare your glory, as with one voice we acclaim: 
The Sanctus
ALL:  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. 

Priest:  EUCHARISTIC PRAYER (Form I, II, III or IV)
Priest:  The mystery of faith.
RESPONSE:  When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

(The priest continues with the Eucharistic Prayer)

Culmination of Eucharistic Prayer
Priest:  Through him, and with him, and in him,
O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.
RESPONSE:  Amen.
THE COMMUNION RITE
The Lord’s Prayer
Priest:  At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:
ALL:  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.
Priest:  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.
RESPONSE:  For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever.

Sign of Peace
Priest:  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.
RESPONSE:  Amen.
Priest:  The peace of the Lord be with you always.
RESPONSE:  And with your spirit.

Lamb of God
ALL:  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.
Priest:  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.
RESPONSE:  Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

At the Reception of the Holy Eucharist
Priest:  The Body of Christ
RESPONSE:  Amen.

Communion Antiphon Psalm 119 (118):4-5
Priest:  You have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept; may my ways be firm in keeping your statutes.

Prayer after Communion
Priest:  Let us pray.
Graciously raise up, O Lord, those you renew with this Sacrament, that we may come to possess your redemption both in mystery and in the manner of our life.  Through Christ our Lord. 
RESPONSE:  Amen.
Priest:  The Lord be with you.
RESPONSE:  And with your spirit.
Priest:  May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.
RESPONSE:  Amen.
Deacon/Priest:  Go forth, the Mass is ended.
RESPONSE:  Thanks be to God.
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DAILY MASS READINGS AND PROPERS

September 22, 2020

Entrance Antiphon
I am the salvation of the people, says the Lord.  Should they cry to me in any distress, I will hear them, and I will be their Lord.
Collect
O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life.  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.

READING I:  Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13
Like a stream is the king’s heart in the hand of the LORD;
wherever it pleases him, he directs it.
All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes,
but it is the LORD who proves hearts.
To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Haughty eyes and a proud heart–
the tillage of the wicked is sin.
The plans of the diligent are sure of profit,
but all rash haste leads certainly to poverty.
Whoever makes a fortune by a lying tongue
is chasing a bubble over deadly snares.
The soul of the wicked man desires evil;
his neighbor finds no pity in his eyes.
When the arrogant man is punished, the simple are the wiser;
when the wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
The just man appraises the house of the wicked:
there is one who brings down the wicked to ruin.
He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself also call and not be heard.

RESPONSORIAL Psalm 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44
RESPONSE:   Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.                  
Blessed are they whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the LORD.
     RESPONSE
Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous deeds.
     RESPONSE
The way of truth I have chosen;
I have set your ordinances before me.
     RESPONSE
Give me discernment, that I may observe your law
and keep it with all my heart.
     RESPONSE
Lead me in the path of your commands,
for in it I delight.
     RESPONSE
And I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever.
     RESPONSE

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Luke 11:28
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
Blessed are those who hear the word of God
and observe it.
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
GOSPEL Luke 8:19-21
The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him
but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside
and they wish to see you.”
He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers 
are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”

Prayer over the Offerings
Receive with favor, O Lord, we pray, the offerings of your people, that what they profess with devotion and faith may be theirs through these heavenly mysteries.  Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon Psalm 119 (118):4-5
You have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept; may my ways be firm in keeping your statutes.     
Prayer after Communion
Graciously raise up, O Lord, those you renew with this Sacrament, that we may come to possess your redemption both in mystery and in the manner of our life.  Through Christ our Lord. 
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DAILY MASS READINGS AND PROPERS
September 23, 2020
Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest

Entrance Antiphon cf. Psalm 132 (131):9
Your priests, O Lord, shall be clothed with justice; your holy ones shall ring out their joy.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, who, by a singular grace, gave the Priest Saint Pius a share in the Cross of your Son and, by means of his ministry, renewed the wonders of your mercy, grant that through his intercession we may be united constantly to the sufferings of Christ, and so brought happily to the glory of the resurrection.  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.

READING I:  Proverbs 30:5-9
Every word of God is tested;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Add nothing to his words,
lest he reprove you, and you will be exposed as a deceiver.
Two things I ask of you,
deny them not to me before I die:
Put falsehood and lying far from me,
give me neither poverty nor riches;
provide me only with the food I need;
Lest, being full, I deny you,
saying, “Who is the LORD?”
Or, being in want, I steal,
and profane the name of my God.

RESPONSORIAL Psalm 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163
RESPONSE:   Your word, O Lord, is a lamp for my feet.                  
Remove from me the way of falsehood,
and favor me with your law.
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The law of your mouth is to me more precious
than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
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Your word, O LORD, endures forever;
it is firm as the heavens.
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From every evil way I withhold my feet,
that I may keep your words.
     RESPONSE
Through your precepts I gain discernment;
therefore I hate every false way.
     RESPONSE
Falsehood I hate and abhor;
your law I love.
     RESPONSE

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Mark 1:15
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
Blessed are those who hear the word of God
and observe it.
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
GOSPEL Luke 9:1-6
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey,
neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money,
and let no one take a second tunic.
Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.
And as for those who do not welcome you,
when you leave that town,
shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them.”
Then they set out and went from village to village
proclaiming the Good News and curing diseases everywhere.

Prayer over the Offerings
Receive with favor, O Lord, we pray, the offerings placed on your altar in commemoration of blessed Pius, so that, as you brought him glory, you may, through these sacred mysteries, grant to us your pardon.  Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon cf. Matthew 24:46-47
Blessed is the servant whom the Lord finds watching when he comes.  Amen, I say to you:  He will put that servant in charge of all his property.     
Prayer after Communion
May partaking at the heavenly table, almighty God, confirm and increase strength from on high in all who celebrate the feast day of blessed Pius, that we may preserve in integrity the gift of faith and walk in the path of salvation you trace for us.  Through Christ our Lord. 
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DAILY MASS READINGS AND PROPERS
September 24, 2020

Entrance Antiphon
I am the salvation of the people, says the Lord.  Should they cry to me in any distress, I will hear them, and I will be their Lord.
Collect
O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life.  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.

READING I:  Ecclesiastes 1:2-11
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,
vanity of vanities!  All things are vanity!
What profit has man from all the labor
which he toils at under the sun?
One generation passes and another comes,
but the world forever stays.
The sun rises and the sun goes down;
then it presses on to the place where it rises.
Blowing now toward the south, then toward the north,
the wind turns again and again, resuming its rounds.
All rivers go to the sea,
yet never does the sea become full.
To the place where they go,
the rivers keep on going.
All speech is labored;
there is nothing one can say.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing
nor is the ear satisfied with hearing.
What has been, that will be;
what has been done, that will be done.
Nothing is new under the sun.
Even the thing of which we say, “See, this is new!”
has already existed in the ages that preceded us.
There is no remembrance of the men of old;
nor of those to come will there be any remembrance
among those who come after them.

RESPONSORIAL Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17bc
RESPONSE:   In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.                  
You turn man back to dust,
saying, “Return, O children of men.”
For a thousand years in your sight
are as yesterday, now that it is past,
or as a watch of the night.
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You make an end of them in their sleep;
the next morning they are like the changing grass,
Which at dawn springs up anew,
but by evening wilts and fades.
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Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Return, O LORD!  How long?
Have pity on your servants!
     RESPONSE
Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,
that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.
Prosper the work of our hands for us!
Prosper the work of our hands!
     RESPONSE


GOSPEL ACCLAMATION John 14:6
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
I am the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord;
no one comes to the Father except through me.
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
GOSPEL Luke 9:7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening,
and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,
“John has been raised from the dead”;
others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;
still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
But Herod said, “John I beheaded.
Who then is this about whom I hear such things?”
And he kept trying to see him.

Prayer over the Offerings
Receive with favor, O Lord, we pray, the offerings of your people, that what they profess with devotion and faith may be theirs through these heavenly mysteries.  Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon Psalm 119 (118):4-5
You have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept; may my ways be firm in keeping your statutes.     
Prayer after Communion
Graciously raise up, O Lord, those you renew with this Sacrament, that we may come to possess your redemption both in mystery and in the manner of our life.  Through Christ our Lord. 
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DAILY MASS READINGS AND PROPERS
September 25, 2020

Entrance Antiphon
I am the salvation of the people, says the Lord.  Should they cry to me in any distress, I will hear them, and I will be their Lord.
Collect
O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life.  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.

READING I:  Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
There is an appointed time for everything,
and a time for every thing under the heavens.
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to tear down, and a time to build.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them;
a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away.
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
a time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war, and a time of peace.
What advantage has the worker from his toil?
I have considered the task that God has appointed
for the sons of men to be busied about.
He has made everything appropriate to its time,
and has put the timeless into their hearts,
without man’s ever discovering,
from beginning to end, the work which God has done.

RESPONSORIAL Psalm 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4
RESPONSE:    Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!                  
Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
my mercy and my fortress,
my stronghold, my deliverer,
My shield, in whom I trust.
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LORD, what is man, that you notice him;
the son of man, that you take thought of him?
Man is like a breath;
his days, like a passing shadow.
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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Mark 10:456
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
The Son of Man came to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.
          Alleluia, Alleluia!
GOSPEL Luke 9:18-22
Once when Jesus was praying in solitude,
and the disciples were with him,
he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah;
still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.”
He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.
He said, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.”

Prayer over the Offerings
Receive with favor, O Lord, we pray, the offerings of your people, that what they profess with devotion and faith may be theirs through these heavenly mysteries.  Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon Psalm 119 (118):4-5
You have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept; may my ways be firm in keeping your statutes.     
Prayer after Communion
Graciously raise up, O Lord, those you renew with this Sacrament, that we may come to possess your redemption both in mystery and in the manner of our life.  Through Christ our Lord.