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 FIRST FRIDAY MASS 2023 

Friday in the Christmas Weekdays
January 6, 2023 – The Christmas Weekdays
St. Louis College Valenzuela

INTRODUCTORY RITES
Commentator: A blessed morning to everyone! Welcome to our
celebration of the Holy Mass – Friday in the Weekdays of
Christmas, First Friday of January and of the Year. Please remain
silent as we celebrate the holy mass. Participate in responses and
singing in the liturgy.

For those who are attending the Holy Mass online, kindly observe the
following:

1. To set the tone, prepare an altar with a candle that is lit. ...

2. Dress Appropriately. Though you're only attending your Mass at home,
make sure you dress up properly.
3. Remove Distractions. Observe proper behavior like standing, sitting and
kneeling. Respond appropriately.
4. Pray the Act of Spiritual Communion.

C: As we celebrate the Holy Mass, let us include in our prayer the

following prayer intentions:

Thanksgiving intention for all January birthday celebrators

especially
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Healing intention for our sick fellow Louisians, particularly those
with Covid virus;

Our mass celebrant is Rev. Fr. Roberto M. Laad, FHS. Please

rise as we sing the entrance hymn.

Entrance Antiphon: A light has risen in the darkness for the

upright of heart; the Lord is generous, merciful and just.

ENTRANCE HYMN

GREETING

P: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

All: AMEN

P: Blessed be God our Father who revealed His love through His
Son Jesus Christ. May His grace and peace be with you all!

All: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

PENITENTIAL RITE
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P: As we prepare to celebrate the Eucharistic Sacrifice, let us
humbly acknowledge our sinfulness and ask the Lord for pardon
and guidance.
Priest/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, 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

LORD HAVE MERCY- to be sung or recited

Lord, have mercy (2x)

Christ, have mercy (2x)

Lord, have mercy (2x)

COLLECT

P: Let us pray.
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Cast your kindly light upon your faithful, Lord, we pray, and with
the splendor of your glory set their hearts ever afl ame, that they
may never cease to acknowledge their Savior and may truly hold
fast to him. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

C/All : AMEN.

C: Please be seated.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING

C: Our salvation hinges on our faith in Jesus Christ, the incarnate

Son of God and source of our eternal life. Today St. John tells us
that this faith rests on God’s witness given at Jesus’ baptism and
at his death on the Cross. There can be no greater witness than
this.

Reader: 1st Reading – 1 John 5 : 5 – 13

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A reading from the first Letter of John.

Beloved: Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who
believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came
through water and Blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by
water and Blood. The Spirit is the one who testifi es, and the Spirit
is truth. So there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water, and
the Blood, and the three are of one accord. If we accept human
testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the
testimony of God is this, that he has testifi ed on behalf of his
Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within
himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar by not
believing the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is
the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Whoever possesses the Son has life; whoever does not possess
the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you so
that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in
the name of the Son of God.

The Word of the Lord.

ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD.

Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 147 : 12 – 13, 14 – 15, 19 – 20

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

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Glorify the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. For he has
strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children
within you.

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

He has granted peace in your borders; with the best of wheat he
fills you. He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his
word!

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his
ordinances to Israel. He has not done thus for any other nation;
his ordinances he has not made known to them.

R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

C: As the time came for Jesus to begin his apostolic life, he was
introduced to the people in a most solemn way by the river
Jordan. John the Baptist proclaimed that Jesus was much more
important than he; no less than God the Father declared him to be
His beloved Son.

Please rise.

Alleluia – Mark 9 : 6
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

C: The heavens were opened and the voice of the Father

thundered: This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
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Gospel – Mark 1 : 7 - 11

P : The Lord be with you.

All : AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

P : A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.

All : Glory to you, O Lord

This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: “One mightier than I is

coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs
of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit.” It happened in those days that Jesus came
from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.
On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn
open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him. And a
voice came from the heavens, “You are my beloved Son; with you
I am well pleased.”

P : The Gospel of the Lord.

C. / All : PRAISE TO YOU O LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Please be seated.

HOMILY
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C.: Please stand.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

P: Jesus is the Son in whom the Father is well pleased. With

humble faith we entrust to his Sacred Heart the fruitfulness of this
new year we have just begun. With confidence we pray together:
Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

ALL: Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

Leader: That the Church may be a credible witness to the

liberating power of the Gospel and lead all men to trust in God as
the source of salvation for all, Let us pray to the Lord.

ALL: Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

Leader: That the Holy Father, our bishop, and our priests may
ever more be the trusted leaders who bring us closer to God and
one another, Let us pray to the Lord.

ALL: Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

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Leader: That all men and women of goodwill may come to
believe in Christ and learn to build on him all their aspirations and
plans, Let us pray to the Lord.

ALL: Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

Leader: That all government leaders may succeed in making this

new year a year of peace and justice for all, and especially for the
weak and the poor, Let us pray to the Lord.

All: Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

Leader: That all of us, during this New Year, may become
instruments of healing and solidarity in our communities,
neighborhood, and families, Let us pray to the Lord.

All: Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

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Leader: For the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict the Sixteenth, may
perpetual light shine upon him, Let us pray to the Lord.

All: Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

Leader: Let us pray in silence for our personal intentions… Let us

pray to the Lord.

All: Sacred Heart of Jesus, graciously hear us!

P : Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we entrust to you all our plans to

make this New Year the beginning of a new life, characterized by
peace, cooperation, and justice. Fill our hearts with your love, and
support our eff orts with your grace. You who live and reign for
ever and ever.

All : Amen.

C: Please be seated.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

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OFFERTORY

C: Please all stand.

P: Pray my dear brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours

may be acceptable to God, the Almighty Father.

C/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.

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

P : Receive with favor, O Lord, we pray, the off erings of your
people, that what they profess with devotion and faith may be
theirs through these heavenly mysteries. Through Christ our Lord.

All: AMEN

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

P : The Lord be with you.

C/All : AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT

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P : Lift up your hearts.

C/All : WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD.

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

All : IT IS RIGHT AND JUST.

PREFACE OF CHRISTMAS II

P : It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always
and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty
and eternal God, through Christ our Lord. For on the feast of this
awefilled mystery, though invisible in his own divine nature, he
has appeared visibly in ours; and begotten before all ages, he has
begun to exist in time; so that, raising up in himself all that was
cast down, he might restore unity to all creation and call straying
humanity back to the heavenly Kingdom. And so, with all the
Angels, we praise you, as in joyful celebration we acclaim:

SANCTUS

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of power and might

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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! Hosanna in the highest!

C: Please all kneel.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II

You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.

Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your
Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us
the Body and +Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

At the time He was betrayed and entered willingly into His

Passion,
He took bread and giving thanks, broke it, and gave it His
disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY

BODY WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

In a similar way, when supper was ended, He took the Chalice

and, once more giving thanks, He gave it to His disciples, saying:
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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 FOGIVENESS OF SINS. DO
THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

P : Let us proclaim the mystery of faith

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION (To be sung or recited)

WE PROCLAIM YOUR DEATH, OH LORD, AND PROFESS

YOUR RESURRECTION, UNTIL YOU COME AGAIN.

P: Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of His Death and

Resurrection, we offer You, Lord, the Bread of Life and the Chalice
of salvation, giving thanks that You have held us worthy to be in
Your presence and minister to You.

Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,

we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world, and

bring her to the fulness of charity together with Francis our Pope
and Dennis our Bishop and all the clergy.
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Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in
the hope of the Resurrection especially Pope Emeritus Benedict
XVI, and all who have died in your mercy: welcome them into the
light of your face. Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with Blessed Joseph, her
Spouse, with the blessed Apostles and all the Saints who have
pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be co-heirs to
eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son.
Jesus Christ.

Through Him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father,
and the unity of the Holy Spirit, and glory and honor is yours, for
ever and ever.

All : AMEN (to be sung or recited)

COMMUNION RITES
P: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we
dare to say:

All: OUR FATHER (to be sung)

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
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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 FOREVER.

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.

C. / All : AMEN.

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

C. / All : AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

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

C./ All : Peace.

BREAKING OF THE BREAD

Priest’s silent prayer

May the mingling of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ bring eternal
life to those who receive it.

LAMB OF GOD (to be sung/recited)

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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.

C: Please remain standing.

Priest’s silent prayer

May the receiving of Your Body and Blood, Lord Jesus Christ, not bring me
judgment and condemnation, but through Your loving mercy be for me
protection in mind and body and a healing remedy.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION
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.

C./ 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 SONG

C./ All : Please stand.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

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P: Let us pray.

O God, who touches us through our partaking of your Sacrament,

work, we pray, the eff ects of its power in our hearts, that we may
be made fi t to receive your gift through this very gift itself.
Through Christ our Lord.

C./All: AMEN.
THE CONCLUDING RITES

P: The Lord be with you.

C.: AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT.

P: Bow your heads and pray for God’s blessing [Pause]

P: May God, the Father of mercy, shed His light upon you at the
beginning of this New Year, and protect you from all dangers!

All: AMEN

P: May He enable you to make wise decisions and prosper all your
honest undertakings and activities.
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All: AMEN

P: May He grant you good health and strength, and guide you into
the way of peace.

All: AMEN

P: And May the Almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.

All: AMEN

C.: Our Mass has been offered, go in Peace, to love and serve the
Lord.

P. / All : THANKS BE TO GOD!

CYAMoASSLCV 1/6/23
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