1. Monthly Mass March 2012
Season of Lent

2. How good it is to dwell with the brethren in the Lord
Entrance Hymn
How Good it is
How good it is to dwell with the brethren in the Lord
And to share his life today.
Our hearts all glow and swell when we meet with one ac-cord, to worship and to pray.

3. You said, “Where two or three are gathered in my name,
There I would always be.”
And in your memory we gather to acclaim, your promise for eternity.

4. How good it is to share in the wisdom of the Lord
And walk his holy way
Gathered here in prayer where truth is told and heard
We are learning to obey.

5. You said, “Where two or three are gathered in my name,
There I would always be.”
And in your memory we gather to acclaim, your promise for eternity.

6. How good it is share, to give and to console And to find our unity
As one all men must live to adore and to extol
Our Lord eternally.

7. You said, “Where two or three are gathered in my name,
There I would always be.”
And in your memory we gather to acclaim, your promise for eternity.

8. All: And with your spirit.
Introductory Rites
Priest: In the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
All: Amen
Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: And with your spirit. 8

9. To check if there is I confess during Lent. There is Lord Have Mercy

10. 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,
And, striking their breast, they say:
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. 10

11. All: Amen All: Lord, have mercy Priest: Lord, have mercy
Penitential Rite
Priest: May Almighty God have mercy on
us, forgive us our sins and bring us
to everlasting life.
All: Amen
Priest: Lord, have mercy
All: Lord, have mercy 11

12. Priest: Christ, have mercy All: Christ, have mercy
Priest: Lord, have mercy
All: Lord, have mercy 12

13. Opening Prayer Priest: Let us pray
Bestow on us, we pray, O Lord, a spirit of always pondering on what is right and of hastening to carry it out, and, since without you we cannot exist, may we be enabled to live according to your will. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
All: Amen 13

14. Liturgy of the Word First Reading
Est 4:17
A reading from the book of Esther
Queen Esther took refuge with the Lord in the mortal peril which had overtaken her. She besought the Lord God of Israel in these words:
“My Lord, our King, the only one, come to my help, for I am alone and have no helper but you and am about to take my life in my hands.” 14

15. Liturgy of the Word First Reading
Est 4:17
“I have been taught from my earliest years, in the bosom of my family, that you, Lord chose Israel out of all the nations and our ancestors out of all the people of old times to be your heritage for ever; and that you have treated them as you promised. Remember, Lord; reveal yourself in the time of our distress.” 15

16. Liturgy of the Word First Reading
Est 4:17
“As for me, give me courage, King of gods and master of all power. Put persuasive words into my mouth when I face the lion; change his feeling into hatred for our enemy, that the latter and all like him may be brought to their end.” 16

17. Liturgy of the Word First Reading
Est 4:17
First Reading
“As for ourselves, save us by your hand, and come to my help, for I am alone and have no one but you Lord.”
The Word of the Lord
All: Thanks be to God. 17

18. Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 137:1-3, 7-8
Response: On the day I called, you
answered me, O Lord.
1. I thank you, Lord, with all my heart, you have heard the words of my mouth. Before the angels I will bless you. I will adore before your holy temple. . 18

19. Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 137:1-3, 7-8
Response: On the day I called, you
answered me, O Lord.
I thank you for your faithfulness and love which excel all we ever knew of you. On the day I called, you answered; you increased the strength of my soul. 19

20. Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 137:1-3, 7-8
Response: On the day I called, you
answered me, O Lord.
3. You stretch out your hand and save me, your hand will do all things for me. Your love, O Lord, is eternal, discard not the work of your hands. 20

21. Liturgy of the Word Glory and praise Gospel Acclamation All:
Glory and praise to you Lord Jesus
A pure heart create for me, O God and give me again the joy of your help.
Glory and praise 21

22. Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit.
Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel
according to Matthew
All: Glory to you, Lord. 22

23. Liturgy of the Word
Gospel Matt 7:7-12
Jesus said to his disciples: “ Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks will always have the door opened to him. Is there a man among you who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? 23

24. Liturgy of the Word
Gospel Matt 7:7-12
Or would hand him a snake when he asked for a fish? If you, then, who are evil, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
“So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the meaning of the Law and the Prophets.” 24

25. All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
Liturgy of the Word
Gospel
Matt 6:1-6, 16-18
The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. 25

26. Homily 26

27. Prayers of the Faithful
Introduction: Hear us, O Lord, for your mercy is kind; look upon us, Lord, according to your many great mercies and answer our petitions.
Response: Hear our prayer. 27

28. Response: Hear our prayer.
1. That the Church of God through her efforts to be cleansed be found always worthy to be the holy spouse of Christ. Lord, in your mercy. R 28

29. Response: Hear our prayer.
2.That our Lenten efforts be inspired by our honest wish to be united with Christ on his cross and in his glory. Lord, in your mercy. R 29

30. Response: Hear our prayer.
3. That the children of our school find the way that leads to salvation in the example of our conversion. Lord, in your mercy. R 30

31. Conclusion: O Lord, grant to your faithful that they may begin the holy practice of fasting with proper concern and continue to the end with unfailing devotion. This we ask through Christ our Lord.
We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen. 31

32. Offertory Hymn
All That I Am
All that I am, all that I do,
All that I ever have, I offer now to You.
All that I dream, all that I pray,
All that I’ll ever make, I give to you today.
Take and sanctify these gifts
For you honour Lord,
Knowing that I love and serve You
Is enough reward.

33. All that I am, all that I do,
All that I ever have, I offer now to You.
Take and sanctify these gifts
For you honour Lord,
Knowing that I love and serve You
Is enough reward.
All that I dream, all that I pray,
All that I’ll ever make, I give to you today.

34. Liturgy of the Eucharist
Invitation to Prayer
Priest: Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
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. 34

35. Priest:. Be merciful, O Lord, to those who
Priest: Be merciful, O Lord, to those who approach you in supplication, and, accepting the oblations and prayers of your people, turn the hearts of us all towards you. Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen 35

36. Eucharistic Prayer All: And with your spirit.
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord
our God.
All: It is right and just. 36

37. Priest:. It is truly right and just, our duty
Priest: 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.
For you have given your children a sacred time for the renewing and purifying of their hearts, that, freed from disordered affections, they may so deal with the things of this passing world as to hold rather to the things that eternally endure.
And so, with all the Angels and Saints, we praise you, as without end we acclaim: 37

38. All: 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. 38

39. Priest: You are indeed Holy, O Lord,. the fount of all holiness. Make
Priest: 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. 39

40. Priest: At the time he was betrayed. and entered willingly into his
Priest: At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his Passion, he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. 40

41. Priest:. In a similar way, when supper was. ended, he took the chalice
Priest: In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying:
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 FORGIVENESS OF SINS. 41

42. Priest: DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
THE MYSTERY OF FAITH
All: When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again. 42

43. Priest:. Therefore, as we celebrate the. memorial of his Death and
Priest: 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. 43

44. Priest:. Humbly we pray that, partaking of
Priest: 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 fullness of charity, together with Benedict, our pope, Nicholas, our Archbishop and all the clergy. 44

45. Priest:. Remember also our brothers and
Priest: Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy: welcome them into the light of your face. 45

46. Priest:. Have mercy on us all, we pray, that
Priest: Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with the blessed Apostles, and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs 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, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honour is yours, for ever, and ever.
All: Amen. 46

47. The Communion Rite Lord’s Prayer Priest: At the Saviour’s command
and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say: 47

48. All: 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 from evil. 48

49. Communion Rite
Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may always be free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour Jesus Christ. 49

50. All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever. 50

51. Communion Rite
Priest: 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.
All: Amen 51

52. All: And with your spirit.
Sign of Peace
Priest: The peace of the Lord be with
you always.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: Let us offer each other the
sign of peace. 52

53. All: 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. 53

54. All: Lord, I am not worthy
Communion Rite
Breaking of the Bread
Priest: 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.
All: Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed. 54

55. Communion Hymn
Faith, Hope and Charity
If like old King Solomon,
The Lord gave me the task,
Of Finding what I want from him,
For these three gifts I’ll ask, I’ll ask for

56. Chorus
Faith, hope and charity, to strengthen me!
Faith, hope and charity, to set me free!
Faith, hope and charity to lead me where
I meet my Saviour in daily prayer.

57. Faith will always lead me to
The things that are unseen.
But hope will spur my fainting heart,
To hold the Christian dream. I’ll ask for:

58. Chorus
Faith, hope and charity, to strengthen me!
Faith, hope and charity, to set me free!
Faith, hope and charity to lead me where
I meet my Saviour in daily prayer.

59. Freely Freely God forgave my sins in Jesus’ name
Communion Rite
Thanksgiving Hymn
Freely Freely
God forgave my sins in Jesus’ name
I’ve been born again in Jesus’ name
And in Jesus’ name I come to you
To share His love as He told me to 59

60. He said, “Freely freely, you have received,
Freely, freely give.
Go in my name and because you believe,
Others will know that I live.”

61. All pow’r is given in Jesus’ name
On earth and heaven in Jesus’ name
And in Jesus’ name I come to you
To share His pow’r as He told me to

62. He said, “Freely freely, you have received,
Freely, freely give.
Go in my name and because you believe,
Others will know that I live.”

63. Communion Rite
Prayer After Communion
Priest: We pray, O Lord our God, that, as you have given these most sacred mysteries to be the safeguard of our salvation, so you may make them a healing remedy for us, both now and in time to come. Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.

64. All: And with your spirit.
The Concluding Rites
Blessing
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: May Almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen. 64

65. Priest: Go forth, the Mass is ended. All: Thanks be to God.
Dismissal
Priest: Go forth, the Mass is ended.
All: Thanks be to God.

66. Final Hymn
Go Tell Everyone
God’s spirit is in my heart
He has called me and set me apart
This is what I have to do.
What I have to do.

67. Chorus
He sent me to give the Good News to the poor,
Tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more,
Tell blind people that they can see,
And set the downtrodden free.
And go tell everyone the news
That the kingdom of God has come.

68. And go tell everyone the news
That the kingdom of God has come.
That God’s Kingdom has come.

69. Just as the Father sent me
So I’m sending you out to be
My witness throughout the world.
The whole of the world.

70. Chorus
He sent me to give the Good News to the poor,
Tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more,
Tell blind people that they can see,
And set the downtrodden free.
And go tell everyone the news
That the kingdom of God has come.

71. And go tell everyone the news
That the kingdom of God has come.
That God’s Kingdom has come.

72. Thank You for your participation !!!
May God Bless You !
ICEL. 72