ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Blest be God the Father,
and the Only Begotten Son of God,
and also the Holy Spirit,
for he has shown us his
merciful love.
COLLECT
God our Father, who by sending into
the world the Word of truth and the
Spirit of sanctification made known to
the human race your wondrous
mystery, grant us, we pray, that in
professing the true faith,
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Holy God we praise thy name.
Lord of all we bow before thee.
All on earth thy sceptre own.
All in heaven above adore thee.
Infinite thy vast domain.
Everlasting is thy reign.
Hark, with loud and pealing hymn,
Thee the angel choirs are praising;
Cherubim and seraphim,
One unceasing chorus raising,
Ever sing with sweet accord,
Holy, holy, holy Lord.
Holy Father, holy Son,
Holy Spirit, three we name thee,
while in essence only one
undivided God we claim thee;
and adoring bend the knee,
while we own the mystery.
Priest: In the name of the Father and
of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
People: Amen.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Spirit be with
you all.
And with your spirit.
PENITENTIAL ACT
Brethren (Brothers and sisters),
let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare ourselves to
celebrate the sacred mysteries.
Lord Jesus, you have shown us the way
to the Father:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord Jesus, you have given us the
consolation of the truth:
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord Jesus, you are the Good Shepherd,
leading us into everlasting life:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
The absolution by the Priest follows:
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
31st May 2026GLORIA
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of
good will.
We praise you,
we bless you,
we adore you,
we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great
glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten
Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the
Father,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of
the Father,
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
The Liturgy of the Word
Entrance Hymn
The Most Holy Trinity
FIRST READING 34:4-6.8-9
A reading from the book of Exodus
With the two tablets of stone in his
hands, Moses went up the mountain
of Sinai in the early morning as the
Lord had commanded him. And the
Lord descended in the form of a cloud,
and Moses stood with him there.
He called on the name of the Lord.
The Lord passed before him and
proclaimed, “Lord, Lord, a God of
tenderness and compassion, slow to
anger, r ich in kindness and
faithfulness.” And Moses bowed down
to the ground at once and worshipped.
“If I have indeed won your favour,
Lord,” he said, “let my Lord come with
us, I beg. True, they are a headstrong
people, but forgive us our faults and
our sins, and adopt us as your
heritage.”
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
we may acknowledge the Trinity
of eternal glory and adore your Unity,
powerful in majesty.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son, who lives and reigns with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for
ever and ever.
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PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Sanctify by the invocation of your
name, we pray, O Lord our God,
this oblation of our service,
and by it make of us an eternal
offering to you.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Facing the people the priest says:
Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),
that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.
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.
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,
(All bow during the next three lines)
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.
Raising the host, the priest says:
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all
creation, for through your goodness
we have received the bread we offer
you: fruit of the earth and work of
human hands,
it will become for us the bread of life.
Blessed be God for ever.
The priest pours wine and a little water
into the chalice, saying quietly:
By the mystery of this water and wine
may we come to share in the divinity
of Christ,
who humbled himself to share in our
humanity.
Raising the chalice, the priest says:
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all
creation, for through your goodness
we have received the wine we offer
you: fruit of the vine and work of
human hands,
it will become our spiritual drink.
Blessed be God for ever.
Bowing the priest says quietly:
With humble spirit and contrite heart
may we be accepted by you, O Lord,
and may our sacrifice in your sight this
day be pleasing to you, O Lord.
Then the priest washes his hands, saying quietly:
Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity;
and cleanse me from my sin.
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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Liturgy of the Eucharist
GOSPEL 3:16-18
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to John
Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus said to Nicodemus,
“God loved the world so much
that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not be lost
but may have eternal life.
For God sent his Son into the world
not to condemn the world,
but so that through him the world
might be saved.
No one who believes in him will be
condemned
SECOND READING 13:11-13
A reading from the second letter of
St Paul to the Corinthians
Brothers, we wish you happiness; try
to grow perfect; help one another. Be
united; live in peace, and the God of
love and peace will be with you.
Greet one another with the holy
kiss. All the saints send you greetings.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God and the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit be with you all.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Dan 3:52-56.Rv52
1. You are blest, Lord God of our fathers.
R. To you glory and praise for evermore.
Blest your glorious holy name.
R. To you glory and praise for evermore.
2. You are blest in the temple of your glory.
R. To you glory and praise for evermore.
You are blest on the throne of your kingdom.
R. To you glory and praise for evermore.
3. You are blest who gaze into the depths.
R. To you glory and praise for evermore.
You are blest in the firmament of heaven.
R. To you glory and praise for evermore.
ACCLAMATION Apoc 1:8
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
the God who is, who was,
and who is to come. Alleluia!
but whoever refuses to believe
is condemned already.
because he has refused to believe
in the name of God’s only Son.’’
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II
PREFACE: Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity.
The Lord be with you.
And with your Spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right and just
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 with your Only Begotten Son and
the Holy Spirit
you are one God, one Lord:
not in the unity of a single person,
but in a Trinity of one substance.
For what you have revealed to us of
your glory
we believe equally of your Son
and of the Holy Spirit,
so that, in the confessing of the true
and eternal Godhead,
you might be adored in what is proper
to each Person,
their unity in substance,
and their equality in majesty.
For this is praised by Angels and
Archangels,
Cherubim, too, and Seraphim,
who never cease to cry out each day,
as with one voice they acclaim:
The mystery of faith
We proclaim your Death, O Lord,
and profess your Resurrection
until you come again.
Then the Priest, with hands extended, says:
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 fullness of charity,
together with Leo, our Pope,
N. our Bishop, his assistant Bishop(s),
and all the clergy.
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.
You are indeed Holy, O Lord,
the fount of all holiness.
The Priest joins his hands and, holding them
extended over the offerings, says:
Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we
pray,
by sending down your Spirit upon
them like the dewfall,
so that they may become for us
At the Saviour’s command
and formed by divine teaching,
we dare to say:
Our Father, who art in heaven . . .
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 Saviour, Jesus
Christ.
For the kingdom, the power and the
glory are yours, now and for ever.
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 coheirs to eternal
life,
and may praise and glorify you
through your Son, Jesus Christ.
The Priest takes the chalice and the paten
with the host and, elevating both, he says:
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.
Amen.
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.
Amen.
The peace of the Lord be with you
always.
And with your Spirit.
The priest may add these or similar words.
Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
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the Body X 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 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.
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.
DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
Communion Rite
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Gal 4: 6
Since you are children of God,
God has sent into your hearts the
Spirit of his Son,
the Spirit who cries out: Abba,
Father.
The priest places a small piece of the host in
the chalice saying quietly:
May this mingling of the body and
blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
bring eternal life to us who receive it.
Meanwhile the people sing or say:
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.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
May receiving this Sacrament, O Lord
our God,
bring us health of body and soul,
as we confess your eternal holy Trinity
and undivided Unity.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Blessing – Ordinary Time III No11
May almighty God bless you in his
kindness and pour out saving wisdom
upon you.
Amen.
May he nourish you always with the
teachings of the faith and make you
persevere in holy deeds.
Amen.
May he turn your steps towards
himself and show you the path of
charity and peace.
Amen.
And may the blessing of almighty God
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy
Spirit, come down on you and remain
with you forever.
Amen.
Go forth, the Mass is ended,
Thanks be to God.
R. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Praise the Lord all you nations
Acclaim him all you peoples
Strong is his love for us
He is faithful forever. R.
O sing a new song to the Lord.
Sing to the Lord all the earth.
O sing to the Lord bless his name. R.
Proclaim his help day by day,
Tell among the nations his glory
And his wonders among all the
peoples.
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Bring an offering and enter his
courts,
worship the Lord in his temple,
O earth tremble before him. R.
Lord Jesus,
help me in all my relationships with
others, that my attitudes may reflect in
some small way the love, unity,
harmony, self-giving and openness of
your life with the Father and the Holy
Spirit in the Blessed Trinity.
Keep me from the critical spirit
which looks for faults;
the thoughtless spirit which never thinks
of the feelings of others;
the cowardice which is afraid of what
others will say; the desire to curry favour
which makes me too intent on pleasing
others, even at the expense of honour,
of honesty and of truth.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
(Brother James’ Air)
The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie
in pastures green, He leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
In pastures green, He leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again;
and me to walk doth make
within the paths of righteousness,
e’en for his own name’s sake.
Within the paths of righteousness,
e’en for his own name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
yet will I fear none ill;
For thou art with me, and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
For thou art with me, and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me.
And in God’s house for evermore
my dwelling-place shall be.
And in God’s house for evermore
my dwelling-place shall be.
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May the Body of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.
The Priest reverently consumes the Body of
Christ.
Then he takes the chalice and says quietly:
May the Blood of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.
The Priest raises a host slightly and shows it
to each of the communicants, saying:
The Body of Christ.
Amen.
The priest says quietly:
May the receiving of your Body and
Blood, Lord Jesus Christ,
not bring me to judgment and
condemnation,
but through your loving mercy
be for me protection in mind and body,
and a healing remedy.
Raising the host the priest says:
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.
And together with the people he says once:
Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.
Communion Hymn
Private Prayer after Communion
Concluding Rites
Recessional Hymn