Prepare the Way

of the Lord
Gaudette Sunday
December 11, 2022
Oratio Imperata for
protection against
the Covid-19.
 Merciful and
compassionate Father,
we confess our sins
and we humbly come
to you
 to find forgiveness
and life.
We come to you in
our need to seek your
protection
 against the COVID-
19 virus that has
disturbed and
claimed many lives.
 We ask you now to
look upon us with love
and by your healing
hand, dispel the fear of
sickness and death,
 restore our hope,
and strengthen our
faith.
 We pray that you
guide the people
tasked to find cures
for this disease
and to stem its
transmission.
Bless our efforts
to use the
medicines
developed
 to end the
pandemic in our
country.
 We pray for our
health workers
that they may
minister to the sick
 with
competence and
compassion.
Grant them health
in mind and body,
strength in their
commitment,
protection from
the disease.
 We pray for those
afflicted.
May they be
restored to health.
Protect those who
care for them.
Grant eternal rest
to those who have
died.
Give us the grace in
these trying times
to work for the
good of all and to
help those in need.
May our concern
and compassion
for each other
 see us through
this crisis and lead
us to conversion
and holiness.
 Grant all these
through our Lord
Jesus Christ your
Son
 who lives and
reigns with you, in
the unity of the
Holy Spirit,
God forever and
ever. Amen.
 We fly to Your
protection,
oh Holy Mother
of God.
 Do not despise
our petition in
our necessities,
 but deliver us
always from all
dangers, oh glorious
and blessed Virgin.
Amen.
Our Lady, health
of the sick, pray
for us.
St. Joseph,
pray for us.
St. Raphael the
Archangel,
pray for us.
San Roque,
pray for us.
 San Lorenzo
Ruiz, pray for us.
 San Pedro
Calungsod,
pray for us.
AT HOME IN OUR HEARTS

You who
welcomed
Christ into your
home
 You who must
have washed the
Savior's feet
 Are truly blest,
you who fed the
Lord when weary
and forlorn
Blest are you who
served the Lord's
needs
You with whom
He shared His
wondrous deeds
You to whom He
bared His broken
dreams
 Are truly blest,
you whom Jesus
sought before His
lonely end
Blest are you
whom Jesus
called His
friend
And so we
pray, now
and always
That we might
serve the Lord
as selflessly
By feeding those
in need, their
woes making
our own
In our hearts
may Jesus
find a home
 FIRST READING

A Reading from the

book of the Prophet
Isaiah
(Is 35:1-6, 10)
 RESPONSORIAL PSALM

“Lord, come
and save us”
 SECOND READING
A Reading from the first
letter of Saint James
(James 5:7-10)
 ALLELUIA
(RAZ)

Alleluia, Alleluia.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
 Alleluia,
Alleluia.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
 Verse Before the Gospel
“The Spirit of the Lord
is upon me, because he
has anointed me to
bring glad tidings to the
poor.”
 ALLELUIA
(RAZ)

Alleluia, Alleluia.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
 Alleluia,
Alleluia.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
 GOSPEL

Mt 11:2-11
HOMILY
PROFESSION OF FAITH

I believe in
one God,
the Father
almighty,
 maker of
heaven and
earth,
of all things
visible and
invisible.
 I believe in
one Lord
Jesus Christ,
 the Only
Begotten Son
of God,
born of the
Father,
before all
ages.
God from God,
Light from
Light,
 true God
from true
God,
begotten,
not made,
consubstantial
with the
Father;
through Him
all things
were made.
For us men
and for our
salvation,
 he came
down from
heaven,
 And by the
Holy Spirit
was incarnate
of the Virgin
Mary and
became man.
For our sake
he was
crucified
 under
Pontius
Pilate,
He suffered
death and
was buried,
 and rose
again on the
third day
in accordance
with the
Scriptures.
He ascended
into heaven
and is seated
At the right
hand of the
Father.
He will come
again in glory
to judge the
living and
the dead,
 and His
kingdom will
have no end.
I believe in
the Holy
Spirit,
the Lord, the
giver of life,
who proceeds
from the
Father and the
Son,
 who with the
Father and the
Son
is adored
and
glorified,
 Who has
spoken
through the
prophets.
I believe in
one, holy,
catholic,
 and
apostolic
Church.
I confess one
Baptism
 for the
forgiveness
of sins
 and I look
forward to the
resurrection
of the dead,
and the life of
the world to
come. Amen.
PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

“Lord,
graciously
hear us.”
 Pasasalamat ng Puso

Itong tinapay
at alak na mula
sa ‘Yo
 Muling
ihahain sa
kabutihan Mo.
 Kunin at
tanggapin,
alay sa ‘Yo
Pasasalamat
ng Puso
 Buhay Mong
inalay walang
kapantay.
 Salamat
Panginoon sa
pag-ibig Mo.
Walang hihigit
sa binigay
Mong buhay.
Sa iyo puso’y
inaalay.
 Itong tinapay
at alak na mula
sa ‘Yo
 Muling
ihahain sa
kabutihan Mo.
 Kunin at
tanggapin,
alay sa ‘Yo
Pasasalamat
ng Puso
Holy, Holy,
Holy
Lord God of
hosts
 Heaven and
earth are full
of your glory,
full of your
glory.
Hosanna in
the highest.
Hosanna in
the highest.
Blessed is he
who comes in
the name
of the Lord.
Hosanna in
the highest.
Hosanna in
the highest.
Hosanna in
the highest.
Hosanna in
the highest.
ACCLAMATION (LIGHT FROM LIGHT)

When we eat
this Bread and
drink this Cup,
We proclaim
your Death, O
Lord,
 Until You
come again,
Until You
come again
We proclaim
your Death, O
Lord.
 THE LORD’S PRAYER

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,
deliver us
from evil.
 For the
Kingdom, the
power,
 and the glory
are yours, now
and forever.
 Lamb of God (Light from Light)

Lamb of God, you

take away the sins
of the world.
 Have mercy
have mercy on
us.
Lamb of God,
you take away
the sins of the
world.
 Have mercy
have mercy on
us.
Lamb of God,
you take away
the sins of the
world.
 Grant us
peace,
grant us peace.
 Holy Darkness

Holy
darkness,
blessed night
 Heaven's
answer
hidden from
our sight
 As we await
you, O God of
silence
We embrace
your holy
night
 I have tried
you in fires of
affliction
I have taught
your soul to
grieve
In the barren
soil of your
loneliness
 There will I
plant my seed
 Holy
darkness,
blessed night
 Heaven's
answer
hidden from
our sight
 As we await
you, O God of
silence
We embrace
your holy
night
 I have taught
you the prize
of compassion
 You have
stood before
the grave
 Though my
love can seem
like a raging
storm
This is the love
that saves
 Holy
darkness,
blessed night
 Heaven's
answer
hidden from
our sight
 As we await
you, O God of
silence
We embrace
your holy
night
Were you there
when I raised
up the
mountains?
Can you guide
the morning
star?
Does the hawk
take flight
when you give
command?
Why do you
doubt my
pow'r?
 Holy
darkness,
blessed night
 Heaven's
answer
hidden from
our sight
 As we await
you, O God of
silence
We embrace
your holy
night
 In your
deepest hour
of darkness
I will give you
wealth untold.
 When the
silence stills
your spirit,
will my riches
fill your soul.
 Holy
darkness,
blessed night
 Heaven's
answer
hidden from
our sight
 As we await
you, O God of
silence
We embrace
your holy
night
 As the
watchman
waits for
morning,
and the bride
awaits her
groom,
so we wait to
hear your
footsteps
 as we rest
beneath your
moon.
 Holy
darkness,
blessed night
 Heaven's
answer
hidden from
our sight
 As we await
you, O God of
silence
We embrace
your holy
night
 Lasallian Prayer

I will continue O
my God to do all
my actions for
the love of You.
St. John Baptist
de La Salle,
PRAY FOR US.
Live Jesus in
our hearts,
FOREVER.
 BALANG ARAW

Balang araw,
ang liwanag
matatanaw
ng bulag;
 Ang
kagandahan
ng umaga,
pagmamasdan
sa tuwina.
A- -le – lu - ya,
ale-lu – ya
Narito na’ng
Manunubos,
luwalhatiin
ang Diyos!
Narito na’ng
Manunubos,
luwalhatiin
ang Diyos!