Basilica of the National Shrine

of the Immaculate Conception

17 February 2021
Ash Wednesday
 Order of Mass

I NTROD U C TORY R ITE S

T h e A n g e l u s (12:10)

Celebrant: The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.

Assembly: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Celebrant: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you!

Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Assembly: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our
death. Amen.

Celebrant: Behold the handmaid of the Lord.

Assembly: Be it done unto me according to thy word.

Celebrant: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you!

Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Assembly: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our
death. Amen.

Celebrant: And the Word was made flesh.

Assembly: And dwelt among us.

Celebrant: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you!

Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Assembly: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our
death. Amen.

Celebrant: Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,

Assembly: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Celebrant: Let us pray.

Assembly: Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts, that we,
to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the
message of an Angel, may by his Passion and Cross be brought to the glory
of his Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Processional Hymn

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Hear us, al - might - y Lord, show us your

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mer - cy Sin - ners we stand here be - fore you.

&œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
1. Je - sus our Sav - ior, Lord of all the na - tions,
2. Word of the Fa - ther key - stone of God's build - ing,
3. God of com - pas - sion, Lord of might and splen - dor,

&œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
Christ our Re - deem - er, hear the prayers we of - fer,
Source of our glad - ness, gate - way to the King - dom,
Gra - cious - ly lis - ten, hear our cries of an - guish.

&œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ
D.C.

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Spare us and save us, com - fort us in sor - row.
Free us in mer - cy from the sins that bind us.
Touch us and heal us where our sins have wound - ed.

Text: Latin, 10th C; Tr. by Ralph Wright, OSB, b.1938 © 1980, ICEL
Tune: ATTENDE DOMINE, 11 11 11 with refrain, Mode V; Acc. by Richard Proulx, b. 1937 ©, GIA Publications, Inc.

Greeting

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

Assembly: And with your spirit.

Collect
 L ITU RG Y OF THE WOR D

R e a d i n g I Joel 2:12-18

Psalm Response Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14, 17

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Be mer - ci - ful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

R e a d i n g II II Corinthians 5:20-6:2

Gospel Acclamation Psalm 95:8

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Praise to you, Lord Je - sus Christ, king of end - less glo - ry!
If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.

Deacon: The Lord be with you.

Assembly: And with your spirit.

Deacon: A reading from the holy Gospel according to N.

Assembly: Glory to you, O Lord.

Gospel Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

H o m i ly
Music During the Imposition of Ashes

(Choir) Miserere mei Deus William Byrd

(1543-1623)

Miserere mei Deus

secundum magnam misercordiam tuam;
Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum
dele iniquitatem meam.

Have mercy on me, God,

according to your great kindness;
and because of your loving mercy,
blot out my guilt.

(Psalm 51:1)

G e n e r a l I n t e r c e s s i o n s Response: Lord, hear our prayer.

 L I TU RGY OF TH E E U C H AR IS T

P r e pa r a t i o n of the Gifts
(Choir) Lord, We Beseech Thee Adrian Batten
(1591-1637)

Lord, we beseech thee,

give ear unto our prayers,
and by thy gracious visitation
lighten the darkness of our hearts,
by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

P r e fa c e

Celebrant: Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours

may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

Assembly: 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 r e fa c e D i a l o g u e

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

Assembly: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: Lift up your hearts.

Assembly: We lift them up to the Lord.

Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

Assembly: It is right and just.
P r e fa c e A c c l a m a t i o n
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Ho - ly, ho - ly, ho - ly Lord God of hosts, hea-ven and

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&bb œ œ œ œ œœœ œ
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earth are full of your glo - ry. Ho - san - na in the high-est.

bb œ œ nœ œ ˙
&bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ
Bless-ed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

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Ho - san - na in the high - est.

Memorial Acclamation
Celebrant: The mystery of faith.

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Save us, Sa - vior of the world, for by your

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cross and re - sur - rec - tion you have set us free.

G r e a t A m e n
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A - men, a - men, a - - - men.
 C OMMU N ION R I TE

Lord’s Prayer

D ox o l o g y

Sign of Peace

Celebrant: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

Assembly: And with your spirit.

L i ta n y at the Breaking of Bread

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Lamb of God, you take a -way the sins of the world: have mer-cy on us.

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Lamb of God, you take a - way the sins of the world: grant us peace.

( Choir) Missa Praeparate corda vestra Steffano Bernardi

Agnus Dei (1577-1637)

Celebrant: 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.

Assembly: Lord, I am not worthy

that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.
An Act of S p i r i t ua l C o m m u n i o n

My Jesus,
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment 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.

Communion Antiphon

He who ponders the law of the Lord day and night

will yield fruit in due season.

Communion Procession
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Like a deer that yearns for run - ning streams, my soul longs for you, my God.

(Choir) Call to Remembrance, O Lord Richard Farrant

(1530-1581)

Call to remembrance, O Lord,

thy tender mercy and thy loving kindness
which hath ever been of old.
O remember not the sins and offences of my youth:
but according to thy mercy,
think thou on me, O Lord, for thy goodness.

(Psalm 25:5-6)
Prayer after Communion

Blessing and Dismissal

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

Assembly: And with your spirit.

Celebrant: May almighty God bless you,

the Father, and the Son,  and the Holy Spirit.
Assembly: Amen.

Deacon: Go forth, the Mass is ended.

Assembly: Thanks be to God.
 2 0 2 0 - 2 0 2 1 J U BI L E E YE AR
100 TH A NNI VERSARY
OF THE PLACIN G OF THE FOU NDATION STONE
OF THE BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRI NE
OF THE IMMACULATE CON CEPTION

For the period of the Jubilee, September 23, 2020-September 23, 2021, the Holy Father, Pope
Francis has granted a Plenary Indulgence (remission of temporal punishment due to sin) to the
truly penitent members of the faithful who fulfill the usual conditions (sacramental Confession,
Eucharistic Communion, prayers for the Holy Father’s intentions), if they undertake a sacred
pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and there devoutly
participate in the Jubilee rites, or will at least devote a considerable period of time in pious reflection
and prayer on the Christian vocation, for the increase of priestly and religious vocations, and for
the defense of the institution of the human family, having poured out their humble prayers to
God, concluding with the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, and invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Those pious faithful, the elderly, the infirm, or those impeded by some other serious reason, are
equally able to obtain the Plenary Indulgence if, having detestation of sin and the intention of
being there, as it is permitted above, fulfilling the three usual conditions, during the anniversary
celebrations, in the presence of an image of the heavenly Patroness, they spiritually join themselves,
offering their prayers, sorrows, and difficulties of their own life to the merciful God through Mary.

Decretum, Paenitentiaria Apostolica, July 16, 2020

S ta t i o n s of the Cross
We invite you to join us for the Stations of the Cross.
Saturdays in Lent following the 12:10 p.m. Mass
Crypt Church

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Sung Vespers at the Basilica

We invite you to join us in celebrating Sung Vespers.
Sundays in Lent at 4:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. Mass following
February 21, 28  Crypt Church
March 7, 14, 21, 28  Great Upper Church
All are welcome to this special celebration of
Evening Prayer during the Season of Lent.
 Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

gmr/2012

Rev. Msgr. Walter R. Rossi

Rector of the Basilica

Rev. Msgr. Vito A. Buonanno

Rev. Michael D. Weston
Rev. Raymond A. Lebrun, O.M.I.
Priests of the Basilica

Deacon Ira E. Chase, Sr.

Deacon Joseph Pak
Deacon Timothy Wolfkill
Deacons

Peter Latona, D.M.A., Director of Music

Benjamin J. LaPrairie, M.M., Associate Director of Music
Andrew Vu, M.M., Assistant Director of Music
Robert Grogan, D.M.A., Carillonneur and Organist Emeritus
Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine
Katie Edelman, D.M.A., Crossley Hawn, M.M.,
Susan Lewis Kavinski, B.M., Jacob Perry Jr., B.A.,
Cantors of the Basilica

Liturgical Ministers of the Basilica of the National Shrine

Knights of Columbus, Ushers of the Basilica of the National Shrine
Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, Sacristans of the Basilica of the National Shrine

Acknowledgements
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception gratefully acknowledges the following authors and composers
whose materials are employed in this worship leaflet: Processional Hymn Text: Latin, 10th C.; tr. Ralph Wright, OSB (b.
1938); © 1980, ICEL, Music: ATTENDE DOMINE. Psalm Response, Gospel Acclamation Music: Peter Latona. Eucharistic
Acclamations, Lamb of God Music: Benjamin LaPrairie, © 2016. Communion Procession Music: Peter Latona. Copyrighted
materials, unless otherwise specified, reprinted with permission under Onelicense.net #A-701285. All rights reserved. Cover
Sketch Art: H. C. Shaug.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Rev. Msgr. Walter R. Rossi, Rector
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