COMMENTATOR’S SCRIPT
TIME
19TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY
It is important for the Cantor/Commentator to have (and refer to) the PEW CARD so that s/he may recite
the proper responses throughout the entire liturgy. Such responses should be declared clearly and with
appropriate cadence so that the rest of the Faithful may join together in declarations/responses.
2 minutes prior to the Introductory Rites, the Commentator begins:
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Welcome to ____________________on this 19th Sunday of
Ordinary Time. We encourage you to participate fully in this
celebration by singing the music, located in the worship aid, and
speaking the prayers, located in the prayer cards.
Look to your covenant, O Lord, and forget not the life of your poor
ones for ever. Arise, O God, and defend your cause, and forget not
the cries of those who seek you.
Announcements to be made by the Commentator are inserted here:
...see separate sheet if provided. If not provided, move on…
Immediately, the Commentator continues:
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Let us call to mind our personal intentions
and prepare to worship God in this liturgy.
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Additional special Instructions by the Commentator to the Faithful throughout the Liturgy, only if needed:
Immediately after washing hands/lavabo:
Immediately after the sanctus:
Immediately after the Great Amen:
At the conclusion of the agnus dei and
before the Priest consumes the Host:
Please stand.
Please kneel.
Please stand.
Please remain standing
until all of the faithful
have participated in Holy Communion…
after which you may kneel.
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Prayer of the Faithful (or Universal Prayer)
19TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
Introduction to the Prayer by the Priest Celebrant
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God who feeds us in the desert
will not turn away from our prayers.
[Petitions of prayer are proclaimed by the Lector]
Concluding Prayer by the Priest Celebrant
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Guide your church, O God,
on the paths of its earthly pilgrimage,
and sustain us with the food that does not perish,
so that,
persevering in the faith to which Christ has called us,
we may come at last to your holy mountain
and gaze on the beauty of your face.
Through Christ our Lord.
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Amen.
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Prayer of the Faithful (or Universal Prayer)
TIME
19TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY
For Benedict our Pope, Howard our Bishop, and for the church,
may we be sustained on our journey toward God’s mountain by
the food that God so generously bestows… We pray to the Lord.
That nations may not continue the discord of their ancestors, but
be taught by God the vision of peace proclaimed by the
prophets…
We pray to the Lord.
That those who feed the hungry and shelter the homeless see in
them the face of Jesus… We pray to the Lord.
For our candidates and catechumens, may their faith grow in the
presence of Jesus in the Eucharist… We pray to the Lord.
For the suffering, (especially ___________), may they be
strengthened and comforted by the Hand of God… We pray to
the Lord.
Finally, for those who have died, especially…
8:30am
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11:00am
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may they live forever as Christ promises… We pray to the
Lord.
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