The Mass of the People of God

 

INTRODUCTION      (This is Psalm 42)

 

P): In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

E) AMEN

 

P) I will go unto the altar of God,

E:  TO GOD WHO GIVES JOY TO MY YOUTH

P) Judge me oh God and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy. Deliver me from the unjust and the deceitful,

 

E:    FOR THOU OH GOD ARE MY STRENGTH. WHY THEN DO I FEEL THAT THOU HAVE CAST ME OFF? WHY DO I SORROW WHILE THE ENEMY AFFLICTS ME?

 

P) Send forth your life and your truth. They have conducted me and brought me into Your holy Hill and led me into your tabernacles

 

E:  AND I WILL GO UNTO THE ALTAR OF GOD, TO GOD WHO GIVES JOY TO MY YOUTH

 

P) Hope in God for I will still Praise Him, the salvation of my countenance and my God

 

E: GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE, WORLD WITHOUT END, AMEN

 

P):  And I will go unto the altar of God

 

E: TO GOD WHO GIVES JOY TO MY YOUTH

 

P):  Our help is in the Name of the Lord

 

E:  Who made the heavens and earth

 

BRINGING DOWN STRONGHOLDS (Liberty Savard)

In the name of Jesus Christ, I bind my body, soul and spirit to the will and purposes of God. I bind myself to the truth of God. I bind myself to an awareness of the power of the blood of Jesus working in my life every day. I bind my mind to the mind of Christ that I can have the thoughts, purposes and feelings of His heart in me. I bind my feet to the paths you have ordained for me to walk that my steps will be strong and steady. I bind myself to the work of the cross with all of its mercy, truth, love, power, forgiveness and dying to self.

Lord, I repent of having wrong attitudes and thoughts,

I renounce them now and ask your forgiveness. I loose every old, wrong pattern of thinking, attitude, idea, desire, belief, habit and behavior that may still be working in me. I tear down, crush, smash and destroy every stronghold I have erected to protect them. I bind myself to the attitudes and patterns of Jesus Christ. I bind myself to the overcoming behavior and spiritual desires that line up with the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Father, I loose any stronghold in my life protecting wrong feelings I have against anyone. Forgive me as I forgive those who have caused me pain, loss or grief. I loose any desire for retribution or redress. In the name of Jesus, I loose the power and the effects of any harsh or hard words (word curses) spoken about me, to me or by me. I loose any strongholds connected with them. I loose all generational bondage thinking and stronghold thinking from myself. Thank you, Jesus, that you have promised whatsoever I bind and loose on earth will be bound and loosed in heaven. Amen."

THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION  (Pastor covers head with Prayer Shawl)

 

E:  I CONFESS TO YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD, IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL THE ANGELS AND SAINTS, TO MARY THE VIRGIN MOTHER OF GOD, TO BLESSED JOSEPH HER MOST CHASTE SPOUSE, TO SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, TO BLESSED MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, TO THE HOLY APOSTLES , PETER AND PAUL AND TO ALL THE SAINTS THAT I HAVE SINNED. I HAVE SINNED THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY MOST GRIEVOUS FAULT IN WHAT I HAVE DONE AND IN WHAT I HAVE FAILED TO DO IN THOUGHT, IN WORD AND IN DEED. SO, I ASK BLESSED MARY EVER VIRGIN AND MOTHER, SAINT JOSEPH HER MOST CHASTE SPOUSE, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, BLESSED MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL , THE HOLY APOSTLES, PETER AND PAUL AND ALL THE SAINTS TO PRAY FOR ME TO YOU, LORD, OUR GOD.

 

P): May You, oh Lord God, Almighty El Shaddai, forgive our sins and bring us to life ever lasting , Amen.

E:   AMEN

 

INTROIT:   (Pastor now reads the opening prayer for the day from the Missal)

 

KYRIE ELEISON

 

P) Lord, have mercy

E   LORD HAVE MERCY

P) Lord have mercy

E   CHRIST HAVE MERCY

P) Christ have mercy

E    CHRIST HAVE MERCY

P) Lord have mercy

E    LORD, HAVE MERCY

P) Lord, have mercy

 

THE PRAYER OF PRAISE

 

(E) GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND PEACE TO ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL. WE PRAISE YOU LORD,

WE BLESS YOU, LORD. WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT GLORY. LORD GOD, HEAVENLY KING, ALMIGHTY GOD AND FATHER. LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. OH, LORD GOD, LAMB OF GOD, SON OF GOD, YOU WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HAVE MERCY ON US. YOU, WHO TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, RECEIVE OUR PRAYERS. YOU WHO SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER HAVE MERCY ON US.  FOR YOU ALONE ARE HOLY. YOU ALONE ARE LORD. YOU ALONE OH JESUS CHRIST, ARE MOST HIGH. WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE GLORY OF GOD, THE FATHER. AMEN

 

THE COLLECT PRAYER

 

P) The Lord be with you

E )  AND ALSO WITH YOU

P) Let us Pray

(Pastor now reads the second Prayer of the day)

 

 

 

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD OF GOD

 

THE READING FROM THE GOSPEL (GOOD NEWS) OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

 

P): May the Lord be in our hearts and in our minds, that we may worthily hear and read God the Sons Gospel.

READER: The Lord be with you

E: AND ALSO WITH YOU

READER:  This is a reading from the Gospel according to:

E: GLORY BE TO YOU, DEAR LORD

(All make the Sign of the Cross)

 

(At the end of the reading)

 

READER: This is the Gospel of the Lord

E: PRAISE TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST

Pastor: By the Words of the Holy Gospel, may our sins be blotted out!  (Pastor places Prayer Shawl down on shoulders)

 

TEACHING/QUESTIONS (Most of our sermons are written so that People can follow along and read them. Then afterwards, they can take them home for study)

 

THE CREED

P): Let us proclaim the faith:

 

E:  WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, WHO IS THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.  IN GOD THE FATHER, THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, WITH GOD THE SON, JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD, THE WORD MADE FLESH, WHO WAS CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY, SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED.

 

HE DESCENDED INTO HELL AND ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND WAS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF HIS FATHER FROM WHENCE HE SHALL COME TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. HIS KINGDOM WILL NEVER END.

 

AND WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT OF WISDOM, THE GIVER OF LIFE, WHO HAS SPOKEN THROUGH THE PROPHETS. WE BELIEVE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH,

IN THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY AND LIFE EVERLASTING.     

 

AMEN

 

LITURGY OF THE FAITHFUL

(Pastor turns and faces the Cross-above the altar.)

 

OFFERTORY

P):  The Lord Be With You

E: And also with you

P): Let us pray:

 

 

P): (Taking the Bread)

Accept, oh Holy Lord, Our Father, All Mighty El Shaddai and Eternal God, these unspotted Hosts, which I, your unworthy servant, offers unto You, My Living and True God, for my countless sins, offenses and negligences, and for all here Present: as also for all faithful Christians both living and dead, that it may avail both me and them for salvation unto life everlasting.

Amen

 

P): (Taking up the chalice)

Oh, God, Who in creating our human nature by Adam and Eve, did wonderfully dignify it and still more wonderfully restored it.

Grant by the Mystery of this water (make the Sign of the Cross) and this wine, we may be made partakers of Your Sons Divine Nature, as he took on our Human Nature. Blessed be Yeshua Ha Messiah, that is Jesus Christ Your Son Our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit of Wisdom, forever and ever. Amen

 

P): (Calls upon the Holy Spirit to witness this sacrifice)

Come, All Mighty and Eternal God, Most Holy Spirit of Wisdom, the Sanctifier, and bless this Sacrifice prepared for the glory of Your Holy Name

 

P) (Washes hands as a sign that the Sacrifice of Calvary renewed in the Mass cleanses from sin by praying Psalm 26)

 

⁶ I wash my hands in innocence,
and go about your altar, O LORD ,
⁷ proclaiming aloud your praise
and telling of all your wonderful deeds.
⁸ I love the house where you live, O LORD ,
the place where your glory dwells.

⁹ Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰ in whose hands are wicked schemes,
whose right hands are full of bribes.
¹¹ But I lead a blameless life;
redeem me and be merciful to me.

¹² My feet stand on level ground;
in the great assembly I will praise the LORD .

(At the end)

 

P): GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

E: As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

 

(Pastor now prays the Prayer Called the Secret)

 

THE SECRET (called that because it was once done in silence to recall the days when Christians met in secret to celebrate the Great Mystery of the Eucharist)

 

In the Name of Jesus Our Lord and Savior, I get down on my knees before the Father, ¹⁵this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. ¹⁶I ask him to strengthen us by his Spirit--not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength-- ¹⁷that Christ will live in us as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, ¹⁸we'll be able to take in with all Christians the extravagant dimensions of Christ's love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! ¹⁹Let us live full lives, full in the fullness of God.

 

We ask and receive this through the same Christ Our Lord in the power of the Holy Spirit, One Family of God forever.    Amen

P): Pray my brothers and sisters that my sacrifice will be acceptable to God the Father,

E: MAY THE LORD RECEIVE THIS SACRIFICE OF CHRIST JESUS AT YOUR HANDS, TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF GODS NAME, FOR OUR OWN GOOD AND THE GOOD OF ALL THE CHURCH

P)  Amen

 

 

THE PREFACE OF THE GREAT CONSECRATION

 

P) The Lord be with you  (Pastor places Prayer Shawl on the head and raises arms up)

E AND ALSO WITH YOU

P)   Lift up your hearts

E   WE HAVE LIFTED THEM UP) TO THE LORD

 

P)   Let us give thanks to the Lord our God

E   IT IS TRULY RIGHT AND JUST TO GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD

(PASTOR THEN READS THE PRAYER FOR THE DAY AND SEASON)

P): So now with all the choirs of Heaven, we say:

 

E: (said )  HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD. LORD GOD OF HOSTS. HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE FULL OF YOUR GLORY. HOSANNNA IN THE HIGHEST! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST!

(sung):  HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD, GOD OF POWER AND MIGHT. HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE FULL OF YOUR GLORY. HOSANNA, HOSANNA ON HIGH! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!

HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST! HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST! HOSANNA, HOSANNA ON HIGH! (Dan Schutte, S.J. author)

 

P): So, we therefore humbly pray and beseech You, Oh, Lord, Most Merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, Your Only Begotten Son, in the Power of the Most Holy Spirit of Wisdom, that you accept and bless these gifts and these presents, which will become the Holy Sacrifice of that Same Jesus Christ, Our Lord.

 

Though humble Bread now and simplest Wine, by the power of the Holy Spirit of God, in obedience to the words of Our Lord, they shall be transformed into the very Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this we fulfill Your Will, Father and offer up to You in an Un bloody manner, that One Sacrifice that Jesus our Messiah and Savior won for us on the Cross.

 

Once and for all, Jesus reached out in love beyond all telling and embraced us in our sins, our sicknesses, our poverty and our failures. Once and for all on the Cross, dying He destroyed our deaths, rising He restored our life and bought at the Price of that Blood a Holy People, a royal Priesthood consecrated to You. In doing this we proclaim our faith in that saving Death, receive the True Antidote for our sins, and become the Food and Drink that we are about to receive, namely the True Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

E: SO, IN THIS GREAT SACRIFICE, WE ASK YOU FATHER TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS, TO UNITE AND GOVERN THE CHURCH TOGETHER WITH ALL BELIEVERS IN THE ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC FAITH, PASSED ON THROUGH THE WRITTEN AND ORAL WORD, FOUGHT FOR BY THE SAINTS OF GOD AND GIVEN TO US TODAY.

 

Prayers for the Living

 

P):  Be mindful, then, Oh Lord, of Your servants and handmaidens, especially the leaders of our countries and all churches, such as the Bishops of the Ancient Sees of Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome, India, and Egypt. We pray for and recall all the Christian churches who profess the Apostles Creed, including the Catholics, Episcopalians-Anglican communities, the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Nazarenes, Pentecostals, and Eastern and Western Orthodox with whom we share the faith of the saints.

We also remember:  _______ and _______. (Here people ask for Prayers for those living)

 

P): All here present offer up to You the needs of all our families, friends, co-workers, enemies and indeed of the entire world. May this sacrifice of praise bring us the redemption that they all hope for, the health and salvation that we all seek and in doing so may we pay our vows to You, the everlasting, living and true God, Father through the Son and with the Holy Spirit

 

E: Amen

 

CONSECRATION

 

Explanation of the Prayers

 

(Here the Pastor offers the bread and the wine, which represents us with all of our sins and failings, to the Trinity, that Jesus our great High Pastor would take them and change them into His Prefect Body and Blood, the same Body and Blood that was given as a sacrifice to remove our sins and give us the new nature of God.

 

This is called transubstantiation-to take something and change its inner nature by substitution. The Bread and the Wine look the same, but they are changed into the image and likeness of God inwardly. So too is a Person who is saved by a willed decision for Christ, then Born Again by water and the Holy Spirit changed into a new creation of God, even though they may look the same as they did before this happened.

 

This is what it means to be Born Again. You are not the same, just as the Bread and the Wine are not the same, by the Power of the Body of Christ broken on the Cross and the Blood of Christ Poured out in His death.  When you accept this change by faith inside you, and receive the Holy Spirit through Baptism, then you become a Christian.)

 

P): You, oh Lord, are not the God of the Dead, but of the Living. So, now in that great cloud of witnesses who stand before You in Heaven, praying with us and for us we honor in the first place, Mary, the glorious ever Virgin Mother of our Lord and Our God, Jesus Christ Our Savior, Blessed Joseph her most chaste spouse and the Apostles, and those who were sent:

Peter, Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew Nathaniel, Matthew, Simon, Thaddeus Jude, Mary the Magdalene, Salome, Martha: with the martyrs and Popes, Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus,  and John and Paul, Cosmos and Damian and of all your saints.

 

E:  MAY WE BE DEFENDED BY THE HELP OF YOUR PROTECTION, AND IN THEIR HONOR GRANT OUR PRAYERS, THROUGH THE SAME CHRIST, YOUR SON, OUR LORD.

 

P): May Your Spirit come upon these our Gifts. Now by that same Holy Spirit of Wisdom, You Who first breathed life upon the waters at the beginning of human history, breathe on this Bread and Wine that it may become the Living Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Beloved Son.

 

THE WORDS OF CONSECRATION

 

(Pastor Only): WHO, ON THE DAY BEFORE HE SUFFERED, TOOK BREAD INTO HIS HOLY AND VENERABLE HANDS, AND LIFTING UP HIS EYES UNTO YOU, GOD THE ALMIGHTY FATHER, GIVING THANKS TO YOU, THE COVENANT KEEPER, YAHWEH-JEHOVAH, EL SHADDAI

 

(Pastor now prays a blessing in Hebrew)

 

 

Pastor: He then broke the Bread and gave it to His disciples saying:

 

(Pastor Only): TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND EAT IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU

 

(We look up at the Host and make a Prayer of adoration or thanks)

EVERYONE (TOGETHER): BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES, BY YOUR STRIPES, HEAL US OH, LORD, LAMB OF GOD

 

(Pastor Only): IN THE SAME MANNER, AFTER EATING, HE TOOK ALSO THIS EXCELLENT CHALICE INTO HIS HOLY AND VENERABLE HANDS, AND GIVING YOU THANKS,

(Pastor prays blessing in Hebrew)

 

 

THEN HE GAVE IT TO HIS DISCIPLES SAYING TAKE AND DRINK ALL OF THIS FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, THE TESTAMENT OF THE MYSTERY OF FAITH, WHICH IS SHED FOR YOU AND FOR MANY UNTO THE REMISSION OF SINS.

 

(Pastor bows) AS OFTEN AS YOU DO THIS, YOU DO THIS IS IN RECOLLECTION OF ME

(Pastor raises chalice of the Precious Blood. We look up at the chalice and give thanks)

 

EVERYONE:  HAVE MERCY ON YOUR PEOPLE THROUGH YOUR SONS MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD!

 

PROCLAIMATION OF FAITH

P): Let us proclaim the mystery of Faith

E: CHRIST HAS DIED. CHRIST HAS RISEN. CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN.

 

(IF SUNG)  CHRIST HAS DIED, HAS RISEN. CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN!  DYING, YOU DESTROYED OUR DYING AND RISING, YOU BRING NEW LIFE AGAIN! COME LORD JESUS! COME AGAIN! COME LORD JESUS! COME AGAIN! (John M. Talbot, author)

 

Victims Prayer

 

(Pastor): Wherefore, Oh Lord, we Your servants and children, who are also Your Holy People, calling to mind this Blessed Passion of Your Son, Jesus Christ, and His resurrection from the dead, and His Glorious Ascension into Heaven, now offer unto You, to Your Excellent Majesty, this one Gift given to us from You. This is the Victim who is Holy, this the is Victim who is Pure, this is the Victim who is spotless,

He who calls Himself the Bread of Life, He whose very Heart is the Chalice of the Precious Blood, Life everlasting.

 

Look down therefore on these gifts and have them borne to Your altar on high, accept them as You accepted the gifts of Abel, who offered a Lamb in faith in contrast to Cain who gave the cursed fruit of his own works. Bless them as you accepted and blessed the sacrifice of Isaac, the Promised Child of Sarah, offered by Abraham, our father in faith and the gifts of Bread and Wine given by Melchisedech.

 

PRAYER OF ATONEMENT

 

FATHER, WHO MADE COVENANT WITH YOUR CHILDREN ISRAEL THROUGH THE BLOOD OF BULLS, LAMBS AND GOATS, LOOK DOWN ON THIS THE BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, TRULY GOD AND TRULY HUMAN HERE ON THIS ALTAR UNDER THE APPEARENCE OF BREAD AND WINE. AS HE DIED ONCE ON THE CROSS AND GAVE HIMSELF AS AN ATONEMENT FOR ALL OF OUR SINS, SO WE COME NOW AND PLEAD THE PRESENCE AND POWER OF HIS HOLY BLOOD TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL SIN AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.

 

WE ASK THAT HIS BLOOD NOW CLEANSE EACH ONE OF US IN OUR FAMILIES, OUR ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR NATIONS.  IN THAT SACRED NAME OF JESUS, IN THE POWER OF HIS BLOOD, BREAK, UNBIND AND DISSOLVE ANY OF THE CURSES OF SIN AND DEATH THAT MAY HAVE COME UPON US THROUGH THE POWER OF SIN AND INIQUITIES IN OUR LIVES, ESPECIALLY _____________(NAME SOME OF THE CURSES AND SINS)

JESUS CHRIST BECAME A CURSE FOR US THAT WE MIGHT KNOW THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM. THANK YOU, LORD JESUS FOR SETTING US FREE! THOUGH WE CANNOT SEE PERFECTLY, WE NOW PERFECTLY BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE HERE NOW TO FEED US WITH YOUR BODY AND BLOOD.                                                        

 

AMEN

 

PRAYER FOR THE DEAD

P): As You commanded the Macabees of old, the defenders of the Faith, we now turn to You, Lord God, Our Father and offer prayers for the faithful departed in the Blood of Jesus.   (Mention the dead)

 

May those who died in Your friendship be brought to the glory of the fullness of life with You. Grant them we beseech You, a place of refreshment, light and peace through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen

 

P): To us also Your sinful servants, we ask your Mercy and confide in the prayers of all the saints. May we have part and fellowship with your martyrs and witnesses: John, Stephen, Barnabas, Matthias, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Perpetua, Felicity, Agnes, Cecelia, Agatha, Lucy, Julia, Philomena and with all your saints who have suffered with You.

 

We think of Maximilian Kolbe, Edith Stein, Miguel Pro, the martyrs of Vietnam and Communist Russia and China. We recall the Ugandan Martyrs, Charles Lwanga, Joseph Musaka, and Kitzio, along with Maria Goretti, the Huron Martyrs and all those who have died defending the faith, especially________(the saints for the day).

 

In these days of trial and unbelief may their witness be a light unto us still here on earth as the Church Militant.

 

May their example strengthen those suffering now and bring them safely into the Light of Heaven through Christ our Lord.  Amen

 

MINOR ELEVATION-SUNG VERSION ONE:

PASTOR: SO WE OFFER TO YOU NOW, OUR FATHER, THIS BREAD OF HIS LOVE AND HIS BLOOD AND MAY ALL WHO SHARE THE LORD'S DEATH BE RESURRECTED IN HIM.

LORD JESUS, SEND NOW YOUR SPIRIT. COME FILL OUT NEW LIVES WITH YOUR LOVE. AS THE BREAD AND THE WINE ARE NOW ONE, LET YOUR PEOPLE BE ONE.

 

PASTOR: SO, LET THE PEOPLE SING:

 

E: AMEN!

PASTOR: LET THE PEOPLE SING:

E: AMEN!

PASTOR: SO, LET THE PEOPLE SING:

E: AMEN!  SING AMEN!                (REPEAT)                           

(John Michael Talbot, author and composer)

 

SUNG VERSION NUMBER TWO

 

(P): (raising the Chalice and the Host)

THROUGH HIM, WITH HIM AND IN HIM, IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALL GLORY IS YOUR ALL MIGHTY FATHER, FOREVER AND EVER!

 

E: AMEN, AMEN, AMEN ALLEULIA! FOREVER, ALLELUIA! FOREVER, ALLELUIA! FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN  

(Dan Schutte, S.J. author and composer)

 

COMMUNION (Pastor lowers Prayer Shawl to shoulders)

P): Taught by Our Savior Command and following Your Divine Precepts, we are bold to say:

 

E:   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: For if you forgive people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵But if you do not forgive people their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Hear the Words of Our Lord!

 

 AMEN

 

P): Deliver us from every evil, Past, Present and to come and by the prayers that you honor through Jesus Christ of Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, Joseph her chaste spouse, Peter, Paul, Andrew and all the saints may we have the unity of the Holy Spirit forever and ever.

 

E: Amen

 

P): Peace be with You

E: AND ALSO WITH YOU

 

P): Make peace in your hearts with God and with one another. Then come and offer your gifts at the altar of the Lord. For anyone who eats and drinks of this altar with hatred in the heart or unforgiveness does not recognize the Living Body and Blood of Jesus present here and eats and drinks condemnation and judgment before All Mighty God. Let us prepare our hearts then to receive the Lord.

 

SILENT PRAYER   

(Pastor covers with prayer Shawl)

E: LAMB OF GOD, WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HAVE MERCY ON US!

LAMB OF GOD, WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HAVE MERCY ON US!

LAMB OF GOD, WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, GRANT US PEACE!  

 

P): (breaking up the host and then lifting the Paten)

 

This is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world. This is the Hidden Lord, Who calls us to healing through His Body and through His Blood. He who eats His Body and drinks His Blood shall have life everlasting and He shall raise us up on the last day.

 

Happy are we being called to His banquet!

 

 E:  LORD, I AM NOT WORTHY TO RECEIVE YOU.

 SPEAK BUT THE WORD AND I SHALL BE HEALED.

 

P): May the Body and Blood of Christ bring us to everlasting Life.

(The Pastor and the People receive Communion under both species)

 

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

P): Let us take a moment to thank God for all the favors, graces and gifts that we have received. Let us also remember to thank and praise God for even the bad things in our lives that try our patience for in all things, Jesus Christ is Lord!

 

(We go around and mention something we have to thank God for as a church or individually. After each we all say)

 

THANK YOU, LORD GOD!

(at the end)

 

P) Let us thank God through the Original Serenity Prayer, recalling all of our brothers and sisters who struggle with their recovery from Trauma, Addiction and Abuse that we all may know God's Peace and Healing:

E)

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity  to accept the things I cannot change;  courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time;  Enjoying one moment at a time;  Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;  Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;  Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life  and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen.

P):  Now, for the graces of this Holy Communion, let us thank the Lord,

E:  THANK YOU, LORD GOD!

 

POST COMMUNION PRAYER   (Pastor lowers Prayer Shawl)

 

P):   The Lord is with you

E:  AND ALSO WITH YOU

P): Let us Pray

 

E: Lord, May Your Body, which we have eaten, and Your Blood, which we have drunk, cling to our inmost being and be not a condemnation unto us but a saving remedy for our sins, our selfishness and sickness of spirit, soul and body. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen

 

P):  The Lord Be With you

E: AND ALSO WITH YOU

 

P):  The Mass Is Ended. Go in the Peace of God

E:  THANKS BE TO GOD

 

Closing Prayers then follow

E; SAINT MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL, DEFEND US IN THE BATTLE. BE OUR PROTECTION AGAINST THE WILES, SNARES AND WICKEDNESS OF THE DEVIL. MAY GOD REBUKE HIM, WE HUMBLY PRAY. AND DO THOU, OH PRINCE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST, BY THE POWER OF GOD, THRUST INTO HELL, SATAN AND ALL OF THE OTHER EVIL SPIRITS, WHO ROAM AROUND THE WORLD SEEKING THE RUINATION OF SOULS.   AMEN

 

MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON US!

MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON US!

MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS, GRANT US YOUR PEACE!

E: PRAYER FOR FINANCIAL BLESSING AND DEDICATION

Eternal Father,
Please open the window of heaven
And pour us out a financial blessing,
So great that there isn't enough room
For us to receive it all.

We pray that You would bless us indeed,
Enlarge our territories,
That Your hand will be with us
To keep us safe from evil
That we may not cause pain.

Use us all this week to bring glory to You and lead others to Your kingdom. May we always love You and our neighbors as ourselves in the Love of Jesus Christ.

Thank You heavenly Father for granting our request! Amen

 

P):  Now grant us indeed in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (make the sign of the Cross), a Peaceful, Prosperous and tranquil week in Jesus Name.

 

E: Amen 

 

 

 

 THIS Church is an OPEN COMMUNION CHURCH.

 

 

 

 

CHRISTIAN CONVERGENCE RECOVERY CHURCHES OF AMERICA

"Restoring All Things in Christ, One Family At a Time"