SMC ENGLISH MASS - 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT (21 Feb 2021)
ENTRANCE HYMN
Song of the Temptation
1. From the river to the desert, forty days that give no rest
Fast and pray and wait and wrestle, face the Adversary's test
Prince of Peace and Prince of Darkness meet in lonely wilderness
2. "If you are the one God chooses, you can turn these stones to bread
See, the children yearn and hunger, by your deeds the poor are fed"
"Don't you know that it is written, no one lives by bread alone"
3. "If you are the one God offers, leap into the angels' hands
Show your power and your glory, then belief will sweep the land"
"Don't you know that it is written, do not tempt the Lord your God"
4. "If you are the one God promised, you could still bow down to me
Look at all the wealth of nations, I will give you all you see"
“Don't you know that it is written, worship God and God alone"
5. Since we are the ones you gather, and from sin and death have freed
Jesus, knowing all our weakness, now at God's high altar plead
For we know that it is written, that Your grace is all we need
1st Reading – Genesis 9:8-15
God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you: all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals that were with you and came out of the ark. I will establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood; there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth.” God added: “This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come, of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you: I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds, I will recall the covenant I have made between me and you and all living beings, so that the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all mortal beings.”
Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me; teach me your paths, Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD, and your love are from of old. In your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, O LORD.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Good and upright is the LORD, thus he shows sinners the way. He guides the humble to justice, and he teaches the humble his way.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
2nd Reading – 1 Peter 3:18-22
Beloved:
Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the Spirit. In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison, who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water. This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.
Verse Before The Gospel – Matthew 4:4B
Acclamation :
Christ Lord of Glory, Christ Prince of Nations, Christ our King of kings x 2
One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
Acclamation : Christ Lord of Glory, Christ Prince of Nations, Christ our King of kings
Gospel – Mark 1:12-15
The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
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.
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.
Santus
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.
COMMUNION HYMN
God of Mercy & Compassion - Music Only
Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
RECESSIONAL HYMN
Unto Thee, O Lord
1. Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
O my God, I trust in Thee, let me not be ashamed
Let nor my enemies triumph over me
2. Yea let none that wait on Thee be ashamed
Yea let none that wait on Thee be ashamed
O my God, I trust in Thee, let me not be ashamed
Let not my enemies triumph over me
3. Show me Thy ways, Thy ways O Lord
Teach me Thy paths, Thy paths O Lord
O my God, I trust in Thee, Iet me not be ashamed
Let not my enemies triumph over me
4. Remember not the sins of my youth
Remember not the sins of my youth
O my God, I trust in Thee, Iet me not be ashamed
Let not my enemies triumph over me
