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IN ORDINARY TIME
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PRESIDENTIAL PRAYERS FROM THE CHAIR
Introductory Rites
Sign of the Cross
Priest Celebrant (†):
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Faithful Celebrants (‡):
Amen.
Greeting
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and love of
God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Penitential Rite
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Brothers and sisters,
Let us acknowledge our sins,
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and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
Choose one of the following forms:
†‡ I confess to almighty God
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned
in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done
and in what I have failed to do,
through my fault, †
through my fault,
through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
all the Angels and Saints,
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.
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Have mercy on us, O Lord.
For we have sinned against you.
Show us, O Lord, your mercy.
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And grant us your salvation
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†Lord Jesus, you are the comfort of your flock:
Lord, have mercy.
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Lord, have mercy.
†Christ Jesus, you are the inexhaustible treasure:
Christ, have mercy.
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Christ, have mercy.
†Lord Jesus, you are the master we await:
Lord, have mercy.
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Lord, have mercy.
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May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
The invocations follow, unless they occurred previously.
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Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
The Gloria
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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, 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
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Let us pray.
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Almighty ever-living God,
whom,
taught by the Holy Spirit,
we dare to call our Father,
bring, we pray, to perfection in our hearts
the spirit of adoption as your sons and daughters,
that we may merit to enter into the inheritance
which you have promised.
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.
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Amen.
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Special Blessing after the Homily
[Insert particular blessing on this page.]
RCIA Rite of Dismissal (8:30am only)
[Catechetical leader or Presider invites those to be dismissed:]
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Would our candidate/s and/or catechumen/s
please come forward?
[once gathered in the dismissal area, continues:]
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My dear candidate/s and catechumen/s,
today’s Scripture readings remind us
that life is a journey,
and that journey needs to be lived with awareness.
As you journey with this faith community
we pray that you are growing in your awareness
of God’s faithfulness to you.
Go now, in the peace of Christ,
to reflect on the Scriptures
and break open their meaning in your lives.
God bless you.
[a dismissal mantra is sung as they are led out, and then follows the community’s Profession of Faith.]
Choose one of the following Creeds:
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
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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
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.
or, the Apostles’ Creed, may be recited:
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I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand
of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge
the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.
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The Prayer of the Faithful or Universal Prayer
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[Insert Priest Celebrant’s Introduction here]
Petitions of prayer are proclaimed by the Lector or, if present, the deacon.
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[Insert Priest Celebrant’s Concluding Prayer here]
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Prayers of the Faithful
[Insert particular petitions, prayers and intentions on this page.]
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Prayer after Communion
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Let us pray.
May the communion in your Sacrament
that we have consumed, save us, O Lord,
and confirm us in the light of your truth.
Through Christ our Lord.
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Amen.
Special Blessing after Communion
[Insert particular blessing on this page.]
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Concluding Rites
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The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
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Simple Blessing
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May almighty God bless you,
the Father, and the Son,  and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Dismissal
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Go forth, the Mass is ended.
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Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.
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Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.
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Go in peace.
Thanks be to God.
Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
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