SMC ENGLISH MASS - 12TH SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME YEAR A (25 JUNE)


SMC English Mass - 12th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A (25 June 2023)


PROCESSIONAL HYMN


Lullaby #195 P.64

1. Come, gather 'round and
Sing your songs of praise before the Lord who cares for us
Lord, promise me that when I wake up from my dreams
You'll be there by my side

* Lord, lead my way, I won't go astray
Then I can go searching for forever more
And I won't rest until I know that
You will be here every moment by my side

2. Pray, to the Lord that we will always live in peace
And joy within His love
Please set me free and take me to the Father
In the land of paradise


Sign of the cross

Priest ✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

Greeting

P✠: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

All: And with your spirit.

Penitential Act

P✠: Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

All: 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, (striking their breast) 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.

P✠: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

All: Amen.


Kyrie Eleison

P✠: You were sent to heal the contrite of heart: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy.

P✠: You came to call sinners: Christ, have mercy.

All: Christ, have mercy.

P✠: You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy.

P✠: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

All: Amen.

Gloria

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.


1st Reading – Jeremiah 20:10-13

Jeremiah said:

"I hear the whisperings of many:

'Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!' All those who were my friends

are on the watch for any misstep of mine.

'Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on him.' But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion:

my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion.

O LORD of hosts, you who test the just, who probe mind and heart, let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause.

Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, for he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked!"

All: Thanks be to God.



Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35

R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.


For your sake I bear insult, and shame covers my face. I have become an outcast to my brothers, a stranger to my children,

Because zeal for your house consumes me,

and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.

R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.


I pray to you, O LORD, for the time of your favor, O God! In your great kindness answer me with your constant help. Answer me, O LORD, for bounteous is your kindness; in your great mercy turn toward me.

R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.


“See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, may your hearts revive! For the LORD hears the poor, and his own who are in bonds he spurns not. Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the seas and whatever moves in them!”

R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.


2nd Reading – Romans 5:12-15

Brothers and sisters:

Through one man sin entered the world,

and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned— for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world,

though sin is not accounted when there is no law. But death reigned from Adam to Moses,

even over those who did not sin after the pattern of the trespass of Adam, who is the type of the one who was to come. But the gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died,

how much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one man Jesus Christ overflow for the many.

All: Thanks be to God.



Alleluia – John 15:26B, 27A

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

The Spirit of truth will testify to me, says the Lord; and you also will testify.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.


Gospel – Matthew 10:26-33

Jesus said to the Twelve:

"Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?

Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.

Even all the hairs of your head are counted.

So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."

All: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ.



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.



OFFECTORY HYMN


Till there was You #307 P.101

1. Come before, to adore, Jesus in this Sacrament
For in this divine moment, Christ is with you

2. Make a stand, hand in hand, to join in this mystery
Where You Christ the God-made-man, surely can see

* And this music, will tell a wonderful message to you
That Christ in the host reappears, so near

3. If you can understand, what this Holy Church is to you
You will find when life is thru, Christ is with you 


P✠: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

All: 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. 


P✠: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

P✠: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to the Lord.

P✠: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right and just.


P✠: It is truly right and just,.... , as with one voice we acclaim:


Sanctus


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. 


P✠: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the…. 


At the time he was betrayed and 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.


P✠: In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it 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 MANY

FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.


P✠: The mystery of faith.

All: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.


P✠: Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and Resurrection,..... 


P✠: 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.

All: Amen.


Lord’s Prayer

P✠: 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.


P✠: 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.

All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever.


P✠: 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.

All: Amen.

P✠: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

All: And with your spirit.

P✠: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.


Agnus Dei


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.


P✠: Lord Jesus Christ,.... 


P✠: 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.

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.



COMMUNION HYMN


Be Not Afraid  #026 P.09

1. You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of thirst
You shall wander far in safety, though you do not know the way
You shall speak your words to foreign men (in foreign land) and they will understand
You shall see the face of God and live 

* Be not afraid
I go before you always
Come follow Me
And I will give you rest 

2. If you pass through raging waters in the sea, you shall not drown
If you walk amid the burning flames, you shall not be harmed
If you stand before the pow'r of hell and death is at your side
Know that I am with you through it all 

3. Blessed are you poor, for the Kingdom shall be theirs
Blest are you that weep and mourn, for one day you shall laugh
And if wicked men insult and hate you all because of Me
Blessed, blessed are you! 

# Kingdom shall be theirs
Blessed are the ones who mourn
If they hate you all because of Me
Blessed, blessed are you!


Strong and Constant #288 P.94

1. I will be your God who walks with you
You will be always within My hand
Take your heart and give it all to Me
Strong and constant is My love! Strong and constant is My love!

2. Should you wander far away from Me
I will search for you in every land
Should you call, then you will truly know
Strong and constant is My love! Strong and constant is My love!

3. When you know sorrow within your life
I will come, I will embrace your heart
Through your pain you will discover Me
Strong and constant is My love! Strong and constant is My love!


Prayer After Communion

P✠: Let us pray.  ….. 

….. 

All: Amen.


P✠: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

P✠: May almighty God bless you, ✠ the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen

P✠: Go forth, the Mass is ended.

All: Thanks be to God.


RECESSIONAL HYMN


Glory & Praise to our God #088 P.29


* Glory and praise to our God who alone gives light to our days
Many are the blessings He bears to those who trust in His ways 

1. We, the daughters and sons of Him who built the valleys and plains
Praise the wonders our God has done, in ev'ry heart that sings 

2. In His wisdom He strengthens us like gold that's tested in fire
Though the power of sin prevails, our God is there to save 

3. Ev'ry moment of ev'ry day, our God is waiting to save
Always ready to seek the lost, to answer those who pray 

4. God has watered our barren land and sent His merciful rain
Now the rivers of life run full for anyone to drink


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