THURSDAY OF THE SECOND

WEEK OF ADVENT
 ANGELUS PRAYER

The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.

And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary...

Behold the handmaid of the Lord.

Be it done unto me according to thy word.

Hail Mary...
 
And the Word was made flesh.
And dwelt among us.
 ANGELUS PRAYER

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
 
Let us pray:
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts;
that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy 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.
 PENITENTIAL ACT

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.
 READING 1 IS 41, 13 – 20

I am the Lord, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who
say to you, “Fear not, I will help you.” Fear not, O worm Jacob,
O maggot Israel; I will help you, says the Lord; your redeemer is
the Holy One of Israel. I will make of you a threshing sledge,
sharp, new, and double-edged, Tp thresh the mountains and crush
them, to make the hills like chaff. When you winnow them, the
wind shall carry them off and the storm shall scatter them. But
you shall rejoice in the Lord, and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
The afflicted and the needy seek water in vain, their tongues are
parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel,
will not forsake them. I will open up rivers on the bare heights, and
fountains in the broad valleys; I will turn the desert into a marshland,
and the dry ground into springs of water. I will plant in the desert
cedar, acacia, myrtle, dan olive; I will set in the wasteland the cypress,
together with the plane tree and the pine, That all may see and know,
observe and understand, That the hand of the Lord has done this, the
Holy One of Israel has created it.

This is the Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God
 RESPONSORIAL PSALM
145, 1.9. 10 – 11. 11 - 13

The Lord is kind and merciful; slow to

anger, and rich in compassion.
 ALLELUIA PS 85, 8

Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us

your salvation
 GOSPEL MT 11, 11 - 15

Jesus said to the crowds: “I solemnly assure you, history has not
known a man born of woman freater than John the Baptizer. Yet the
least born into the kingdom of God is greater than he. From John the
Baptizer’s time until now the kingdom of God has suffered violence,
and the violent take it by force. All the prophets as well as the law
spoke prophetically until John. If you are prepared to accept it, he is
Elijah, the one who was certain to me. Heed carefully what you hear

This is the Gospel of the lord

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
 PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS

• P: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and

yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
•
A: 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.
 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.
 MYSTERY OF FAITH

• A: We proclaim your Death, O Lord,

and profess your Resurrection
until you come again.
•
B:When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,
we proclaim your Death, O Lord,
until you come again.

• C: Save us, Savior of the world,

for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.
 COMMUNION RITE

• 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.

• A: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now
and for ever.
 FRACTION OF THE BREAD

• : 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.
 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.

• A: Lord, I am not worthy

that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.
 THURSDAY OF THE
SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT