ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Rv 5: 12; 1: 6
How worthy is the Lamb who was
slain, to receive power and divinity,
and wisdom and strength and
honour. To him belong glory and
power for ever and ever.

COLLECT
Almighty ever-living God,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of the
universe, grant, we pray,
that the whole creation, set free from
slavery, may render your majesty
service and ceaselessly proclaim your
praise.
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.
Amen.

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.

Priest: In the name of the Father and
of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
People: Amen.
Grace to you and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And with your spirit.
PENITENTIAL ACT
Brethren (Brothers and sisters),
let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare ourselves to
celebrate the sacred mysteries.

SIT

Hail! Redeemer, King divine!
Priest and lamb, the throne is thine,
King whose reign shall never cease,
Prince of everlasting peace.

Angels, saints and nations sing:
‘Praised be Jesus Christ, our King:
Lord of life, earth, sky and sea,
King of love on Calvary.’

King whose name creation thrills,
rule our minds, our hearts, our wills,
till in peace each nation rings,
with thy praises, King of Kings. R.

King most holy, King of Truth,
guide the lowly, guide the youth;
Christ thou King of glory bright,
be to us eternal light. R.

Shepherd-King, o’er mountains steep,
homeward bring the wand’ring sheep,
shelter in one royal fold
states and kingdoms, new and old. R.

23rd November 2025

GLORIA

Lord Jesus, you came to gather the
nations into the peace of God’s
kingdom:
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
You come in word and sacrament to
strengthen us in holiness:
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
You will come in glory with salvation
for your people:
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.

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe

FIRST READING 5:1-3
A reading from the second book of
Samuel

All the tribes of Israel came to David
at Hebron. “Look,’’ they said, “we are
your own flesh and blood. In days past
when Saul was our king, it was you
who led Israel in all their exploits; and
the Lord said to you, “You are the man
who shall be shepherd of my people
Israel, you shall be the leader of
Israel.’” So all the elders of Israel
came to the king at Hebron, and King
David made a pact with them at
Hebron in the presence of the Lord,
and they anointed David king of Israel.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps 121:1-5.R.v.1

R. I rejoiced when I heard them
say: “Let us go to God’s house.”
1. I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”
And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem. R.
2. Jerusalem is built as a city
strongly compact.
It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord. R.

3. For Israel’s law it is,
there to praise the Lord’s name.
There were set the thrones of
judgement
of the house of David. R.

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,

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.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

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.

SIT

Liturgy of the Eucharist

SECOND READING 1:11-20
A reading from the letter of St. Paul
to the Colossians

We give thanks to the Father who has
made it possible for you to join the
saints and with them to inherit the
light.
Because that is what he has done:
he has taken us out of the power of
darkness and created a place for us in
the kingdom of the Son that he loves,
and in him, we gain our freedom, the
forgiveness of our sins.
He is the image of the unseen God
and the first-born of all creation, for in
him were created all things in heaven
and on earth:everything visible and
everything invisible,
Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties,
Powers – all things were created
through him and for him. Before
anything was created, he existed, and
he holds all things in unity.
Now the Church is his body,
he is its head. As he is the Beginning,
he was first to be born from the dead,
so that he should be first in every way;
because God wanted all perfection
to be found in him and all things to be
reconciled through him and for him,
everything in heaven and everything
on earth, when he made peace
by his death on the cross.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

ACCLAMATION Mk 11:10
Alleluia, alleluia!

Blessings on him who comes
in the name of the Lord!

Blessings on the coming kingdom
of our father David!

Alleluia!

GOSPEL 23:35-43
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to Luke.
Glory to you, O Lord.

The people stayed there watching
Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered
at him. “He saved others,” they said,
“let him save himself if he is the Christ
of God, the Chosen One.” The
soldiers mocked him too, and when
they approached to offer him vinegar
they said, “If you are the king of the
Jews, save yourself.” Above him there

was an inscription: “This is the King
of the Jews.”

One of the criminals hanging there
abused him. “Are you not the Christ?”
he said. “Save yourself and us as
well.” But the other spoke up and
rebuked him. “Have you no fear of
God at all?” he said. “You got the
same sentence as he did, but in our
case we deserved it: we are paying
for what we did. But this man has
done nothing wrong. Jesus,” he said,
“remember me when you come into
your kingdom.” “Indeed, I promise
you,” he replied, “today you will be
with me in paradise.”

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 III
PREFACE Christ King of the Universe

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 you anointed your Only Begotten
Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the
oil of gladness as eternal Priest and
King of all creation, so that, by
offering himself on the altar of the
Cross as a spotless sacrifice to bring
us peace,
he might accomplish the mysteries of
human redemption
and, making all created things subject
to his rule, he might present to the
immensity of your majesty
an eternal and universal kingdom,
a kingdom of truth and life,
a kingdom of holiness and grace,
a kingdom of justice, love and peace.
And so, with Angels and Archangels,
with Thrones and Dominions,
and with all the hosts and Powers of
heaven,
we sing the hymn of your glory,
as without end we acclaim:

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
As we offer you, O Lord, the sacrifice
by which the human race is reconciled
to you, we humbly pray
that your Son himself may bestow on all
nations the gifts of unity and peace.
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.

You are indeed Holy, O Lord,
and all you have created
rightly gives you praise,
for through your Son our Lord Jesus
Christ, by the power and working of
the Holy Spirit,
you give life to all things and make
them holy, and you never cease to
gather a people to yourself, so that
from the rising of the sun to its setting
a pure sacrifice may be offered
to your name.
Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore
you: by the same Spirit graciously
make holy these gifts we have brought
to you for consecration, that they may
become the Body and @ Blood
of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
at whose command we celebrate
these mysteries.
For on the night he was betrayed
he himself took bread,
and, giving you thanks, he said the
blessing,
broke the bread 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, giving you thanks, he said the
blessing, and gave the chalice 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.

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, O Lord, as we celebrate
the memorial of the saving Passion of
your Son,
his wondrous Resurrection and
Ascension into heaven, and as we
look forward to his second coming, we
offer you in thanksgiving this holy and
living sacrifice.
Look, we pray, upon the oblation of
your Church and, recognising the
sacrificial Victim by whose death
you willed to reconcile us to yourself,
grant that we, who are nourished by
the Body and Blood of your Son and
filled with his Holy Spirit, may become
one body, one spirit in Christ.
May he make of us an eternal offering
to you, so that we may obtain an
inheritance with your elect, especially
with the most Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of God, with blessed Joseph,
her Spouse, with the blessed Apostles
and glorious Martyrs (with Saint N.:
the Saint of the day or Patron Saint)
and with all the Saints, on whose
constant intercession in your presence
we rely for unfailing help.

May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation,
we pray, O Lord, advance the peace
and salvation of all the world. Be
pleased to confirm in faith and charity
your pilgrim Church on earth,
with your servant Leo our Pope and N.
our Bishop, his assistant Bishop(s) the
Order of Bishops, all the clergy, and
the entire people you have gained for
your own.
Listen graciously to the prayers of this
family, whom you have summoned
before you: in your compassion, O
merciful Father, gather to yourself all
your children scattered throughout the
world.
To our departed brothers and sisters
and to all who were pleasing to you
at their passing from this life,
give kind admittance to your kingdom.
There we hope to enjoy for ever the
fullness of your glory.
The Priest joins his hands.
through Christ our Lord,
through whom you bestow on the
world all that is good.

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.

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Prayer to Christ the King.
Lord Jesus Christ,
I acknowledge you as King of all.
Whatever has been made,
has been created for you.
Exercise your full rights over me.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps 28: 10-11
The Lord sits as King for ever.
The Lord will bless his people with
peace.

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.

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.

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.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Having received the food of
immortality, we ask, O Lord,
that, glorying in obedience
to the commands of Christ, the King
of the universe, we may live with him
eternally in his heavenly Kingdom.
Who lives and reigns for ever and
ever.
Amen.

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.

Bow head for the blessing - short silence
May almighty God bless you:
the Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Spirit,
Amen.
Go and announce the Gospel of
the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Love is his word, love is his way,
feasting with all, fasting alone,
living and dying, rising again,
love, only love, is his way.
Richer than gold is the love of my Lord:
better than splendour and wealth.
Love is his way, love is his mark,
sharing his last Passover feast,
Christ at the table, host to the twelve,
love, only love, is his mark.
Richer than gold is the love of my Lord:
better than splendour and wealth.
Love is his name, love is his law,
hear his command, all who are his,
‘Love one another, I have loved you’.
Love, only love, is his word.
Love is his law, love is his word:
love of the Lord, Father and Word,
love of the Spirit, God ever one,
love, only love, is his word.

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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.

The priest says quietly:
May the receiving of your Body and
Blood,
Lord Jesus Christ,
not bring me to judgement and
condemnation,
but through your loving mercy
be for me protection in mind and body,
and a healing remedy.

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.

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.

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The Priest raises a host slightly and shows it
to each of the communicants, saying:
The Body of Christ.
Amen.

How lovely on the mountains
are the feet of him
who brings good news, good news,
announcing peace,
proclaiming news of happiness:
Our God reigns. (x6)

You watchmen, lift your voices
joyfully as one,
shout for your king, your king!
See eye to eye, the Lord restoring Sion:
Our God reigns. (x6)

Ends of the earth, see
the salvation of our God!
Jesus is Lord, is Lord!
Before the nations,
he has bared his holy arm.
Our God reigns. (x6)

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.

I renew my baptismal vows,
renouncing Satan with all his works
and prompts, and promise to live as a
good Christian. I pledge myself,
especially to promote, as far as in me
lies, the triumph of God’s rights and
those of this Church. Divine Heart of
Jesus, I offer you my feeble help to
make all hearts recognise your sacred
kingship, and thus to establish the
reign of your peace throughout the
world.

Communion Rite

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn