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PRAYER;
ORDER OF THE MASS THANKSGIVING PRAYER
Commentator’s Guide
(All Stand)
INTRODUCTION
ENTRANCE HYMN Leader: Let us now thank our Mother of Perpetual Help for the favors that we
GREETING and others have received through her intercession.
P: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All: O Mother of Perpetual Help * with grateful hearts we join you * in
A: AMEN. thanking God * for all the wonderful things * He has done for us, * especially
P: The grace and peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ for having given us Jesus your Son * as our Redeemer. o God our Creator *
be we thank you for the gift of life and all the gift of nature: * our senses and
with you. faculties, * our talents and abilities. We thank you for creating us in Your
A: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. image and likeness * and for giving us this earth to use and develop * to
respect and cherish. Despite our failures * you continue to show your love
Form A for us today * by increasing the life of your Spirit in us. Finally, we thank you
P Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare loving Father * for giving us Mary the Mother of your Son * to be our Mother
ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. of Perpetual Help. We are grateful for all the favors * we have received
A: I CONFESS TO ALMIGHTY GOD, AND TO YOU MY BROTHERS through her intercession. We pray that those past favors may inspire us * to
AND SISTERS, THAT I HAVE GREATLY SINNED IN MY THOUGHTS AND greater confidence in your loving mercy * and to seek the aid of our Mother of
IN MY WORDS, IN WHAT I HAVE DONE, AND IN WHAT I HAVE FAILED Perpetual Help. Amen.
TO DO (and striking their breast, they say) THROUGH MY FAULT,
THROUGH MY FAULT, THROUGH MY MOST GRIEVOUS FAULT; (then MOTHER OF CHRIST
they continue) THEREFORE I ASK THE BLESSED MARY, EVER VIRGIN,
ALL THE ANGELS AND SAINTS, AND YOU, MY BROTHERS AND Mother of Christ, mother of Christ
SISTERS, TO PRAY FOR ME TO THE LORD OUR GOD. what shall I ask of thee?
P: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring I do not sigh for the wealth of earth
us to everlasting life. for the joys that fade and flee…
A: AMEN. Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ
this do I long to see
Form B the bliss untold which your arms enfold
P: Have mercy on us, O Lord. the treasure upon your knee.
A: FOR WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU.
P: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ
us to everlasting life. I toss on a stormy sea
A: AMEN. oh lift your child as a beacon light
to the port where I fain would be…
GLORIA (ON Sundays and Solemnities ONLY) Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ
P: Glory to God in the Highest. this do I ask of thee
A: AND ON EARTH PEACE TO PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL. WE when the voyage is o'er
PRAISE YOU, WE BLESS YOU, WE ADORE YOU, WE GLORIFY YOU, oh stand on the shore
WE GIVE YOU THANKS, FOR YOUR GREAT GLORY, LORD GOD, and show him at last to me.
HEAVENLY KING, GOD ALMIGHTY FATHER. LORD JESUS CHRIST,
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, LORD GOD, LAMB OF GOD, SON OF THE *Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
FATHER, YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HAVE MERCY *Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
*St. Joseph, pray for us. All: Holy Mary, you always help those in need, you cheer those who weep,
you encourage those who have lost hope and help them lead good Christian
lives. Join with us now as we ask or Father for guidance.
When put to shame in front of others...
When hurt and tempted to take revenge... YOU ARE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER, HAVE
MERCY ON US. FOR YOU ALONE ARE THE HOLY ONE, YOU ALONE
In times of sickness in the home... ARE THE LORD, YOU ALONE ARE THE MOST HIGH, JESUS CHRIST,
In worries about our financial difficulties... WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, IN THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER. AMEN.
In misunderstanding with those we love...
And now in silence let us pray for our special intentions... (pause) HOMILY
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
P: The Lord be with you.
A: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
P: Lift up your hearts.
A: WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
A: IT IS RIGHT AND JUST.
P: It is truly right and just, our duty and salvation, always and everywhere to give you
thanks, Father most holy, through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, your Word through whom
you made all things, whom you sent as our Savior and Redeemer, incarnate by the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin. Fulfilling your will and gaining for you a holy people, he stretched out
his hands as he endured his Passion, so as to break the bonds of death and manifest the
resurrection. And so, with the Angels and all the Saints we declare your glory, as with one
voice we acclaim:
A: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD OF HOST, HEAVEN AND
Opening Hymn EARTH ARE FULL OF YOUR GLORY. HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST.
BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. HOSANNA
Immaculate Mother IN THE HIGHEST.
We join you and call Let us all kneel. (Chapel) / Please remain standing. (CPA)
On God our dear father
P: Lord, you are holy indeed, the fount of all holiness, make holy,
The Lord of us all.
therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria dewfall, so that they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria Christ... The mystery of faith:
Let us all stand. (Chapel)
In God's Holy Spirit
Your children are we A: (A) WE PROCLAIM YOUR DEATH, O LORD, AND PROFESS YOUR
Inspire us, our model RESURRECTION UNTIL YOU COME AGAIN.
Good Christians to be.
(B) WHEN WE EAT THIS BREAD AND DRINK THIS CUP, WE PROCLAIM
YOUR DEATH, O LORD, UNTIL YOU COME AGAIN.
Ave, Ave, Ave Maria
(C) SAVE US, SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, FOR BY YOUR CROSS AND
Let us all stand.
RESURRECTION YOU HAVE SET US FREE. P: Let us pray…
A: AMEN.
P: In memory of his death and resurrection… Through Him, with Him,
In Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is Yours, almighty
Father, forever and ever. PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART
A: AMEN.
COMMUNION RITE O Lord, / I pray that in my home, / peace, / quiet and well-being, /
may prevail under the shadow of Your Holy mantle. / Bless and protect, / O
P: Let us pray for the coming of the kingdom as Jesus taught Lord, / my endeavors, / my enterprises, / and all those who depend on me /
us. and everything that I long for and desire. / Banish from my mind and my
A: OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HOLY BE YOUR NAME, YOUR heart / false ideas and evil sentiments. / Infuse in me a love for my
KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN neighbor / and grant me the means to help him. / Give me resignation and
HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US fortitude of spirit / in time of adversity, / so that I may rise above / the
OUR SINS, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SINNED AGAINST US, DO contradictions of life. / Guide and protect, / O Lord, / my own / who are
NOT BRING US TO THE TEST, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. AMEN.S exposed to the dangers/ and contingencies of the world. / Do not forget, / O
P: Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, my Jesus, / our loved ones/ with whom we were united in life, / and whose
that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all departure from this earth/ caused us sorrow, / at the same time/ consoled by
distress, as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. the thought that, / because they remained faithful to You, / You did not
A: FOR THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY ARE abandon them/ at the hour of death. / Have pity on them, / O Lord, / and
YOURS, NOW AND FOREVER. bring them to their eternal glory in heaven. Amen.
P: Lord Jesus Christ, you 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
HEART OF JESUS MEEK AND MILD
grant her peace and unity of your kingdom where you live forever and ever.
A: AMEN.
P: The peace of the Lord be with you always. Heart of Jesus meek and mild
A: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT. Hear oh hear thy feeble child
P: Let us offer each other the sign of peace. (Sign of Peace) When the tempest's most severe
A: LAMB OF GOD YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD: Heart of Jesus, hear
HAVE MERCY ON US. LAMB OF GOD YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF Sweetly we'll rest
THE WORLD: HAVE MERCY ON US. LAMB OF GOD YOU TAKE AWAY on thy sacred heart
THE SINS OF THE WORLD: GRANT US PEACE. never from thee
Let us all kneel. (Chapel) / Please remain standing. (CPA) oh let us part
Hear then thy loving children's pray
P: Behold the lamb of God, behold Him who takes away the sins of oh heart of Jesus, heart of Jesus hear
the world. Blessed are those who called to the supper of the lamb.
A: LORD I AM NOT WORTHY THAT YOU SHOULD ENTER UNDER
*Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
MY ROOF, BUT ONLY SAY THE WORD AND MY SOUL SHALL BE
HEALED. *Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
*St. Joseph, pray for us.
COMMUNION HYMN
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
NOVENA PRAYER CONCLUDING RITE
P: The Lord be with you.
A: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
Divine Jesus, / You have said, / “Ask, and you shall receive;/ seek, and you
shall find;/ knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Behold me kneeling at P: May almighty God bless you, the Father, the Son + and the Holy
Your feet, / filled with a lively faith and confidence/ in the promises dictated Spirit.
by Your Sacred Heart/ and pronounced by Your adorable lips. / We come to A: AMEN.
ask this favor: P: Go forth the Mass is ended. / Go and announce the Gospel of the
(Here silently mention your petitions) Lord. / Go in peace glorifying the Lord in your life.
A: THANKS BE TO GOD.
To whom can we turn if not to You. / Whose Heart is the source of all graces FINAL HYMN
and merits? / Where should we seek, if not in the treasure / which contains
all the riches of Your kindness and mercy? / Where must we knock / if not at
the door through which God gives Himself to us / and through which we go to
God? / We have recourse to You, Heart of Jesus. / In You we find
consolation when afflicted, / protection when persecuted, / strength when
burdened with trials, / and light in doubt and darkness.
Dear Jesus, / we firmly believe / that You can grant us the grace we
implore, / even though it should require a miracle. / You have only to will it, /
and our prayer will be granted. / We admit that we are most unworthy of Your
favors, / but this is not a reason for us to be discouraged. / You are the God
of mercy / and You will not refuse a contrite heart. / Cast upon us a look of
mercy, / we beg of You, / and Your kind heart will find in our miseries and
weakness / a reason for granting our prayer.
O Sacred Heart, / whatever may be Your decision with regard to our
request, /we will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You. / Lord
Jesus, / be pleased to accept this our act of perfect resignation to the
decrees of Your Adorable Heart / which we sincerely desire may be fulfilled
in and by us and all Your creatures forever.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, / we know that there is but one thing impossible to
You; / to be without pity for those who are suffering or in distress. / Look
upon us, we beg of You, dear Jesus, / and grant us the grace for which we
humbly implore You, / through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful
Mother. / You have entrusted us to her as her children, / and her prayers are
all-powerful with You. Amen
NOVENA
NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
PRAYERS
*Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Every Friday)
Opening Hymn
O Sacred heart, O love Divine
Do keep us near to Thee
And make our love so like to Thine
. That we may holy be.