ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 24: 1-3
To you, I lift up my soul, O my God.
In you, I have trusted; let me not be put
to shame.
Nor let my enemies exult over me;
and let none who hope in you be put to
shame.
COLLECT
Grant your faithful, we pray,
almighty God, the resolve to run forth
to meet your Christ
with righteous deeds at his coming,
so that, gathered at his right hand,
they may be worthy to possess the
heavenly Kingdom.
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.
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.
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You raise the dead to life in the Spirit:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
You bring pardon and peace to the
sinner: Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
You bring light to those in darkness:
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.
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, 30th November 2025
Hark! a herald voice is calling;
‘Christ is nigh!’ it seems to say;
‘Cast away the dreams of darkness,
waken, children of the day!’
Startled at the solemn warning,
let the earth-bound soul arise;
Christ her Sun, all sloth dispelling,
shines upon the morning skies.
Lo! the Lamb so long expected,
comes with pardon down from heaven;
let us meet him with repentance,
pray that we may be forgiven.
So when next he comes with glory,
wrapping all the earth in fear,
may he then as our Defender
on the clouds of heav’n appear.
First Sunday of Advent
The Liturgy of the Word
Entrance Hymn
FIRST READING 2:1-5
A reading from the prophet Isaiah
The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz,
concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
In the days to come the mountain of
the Temple of the Lord
shall tower above the mountains
and be lifted higher than the hills.
All the nations will stream to it,
peoples without number will come to
it; and they will say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain
of the Lord, to the Temple of the God
of Jacob that he may teach us his
ways
so that we may walk in his paths;
since the Law will go out from Zion,
and the oracle of the Lord from
Jerusalem.”
He will wield authority over the nations
and adjudicate between many
peoples; these will hammer their
swords into ploughshares, their
spears into sickles.
Nation will not lift sword against
nation, there will be no more training
for war.
O House of Jacob, come,
let us walk in the light of the Lord.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps121:1-4.8-9.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. It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.
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.
3. For the peace of Jerusalem pray:
‘Peace be to your homes!
May peace reign in your walls,
in your palaces, peace! R.
4.For love of my brethren and friends
I say: “Peace upon you!”
For love of the house of the Lord
I will ask for your good. 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,
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.
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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
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.
Liturgy of the Eucharist
SECOND READING 13:11-14
A reading from the letter of St Paul
to the Romans
You know ‘the time’ has come: you
must wake up now: our salvation is
even nearer than it was when we were
converted. The night is almost over, it
will be daylight soon – let us give up
all the things we prefer to do under
cover of the dark; let us arm ourselves
and appear in the light. Let us live
decently as people do in the daytime:
no drunken orgies, no promiscuity or
licentiousness, and no wrangling or
jealousy. Let your armour be the Lord
Jesus Christ.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
ACCLAMATION Ps 84:8
Alleluia, alleluia!
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy
and give us your saving help.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL 24:37-44
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to Matthew.
Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was
in Noah’s day, so will it be when the
Son of Man comes. For in those days
before the Flood people were eating,
drinking, taking wives, taking
husbands, right up to the day Noah
went into the ark, and they suspected
nothing till the Flood came and swept
all away. It will be like this when the
Son of Man comes. Then of two men
in the fields one is taken, one left; of
two women at the millstone grinding,
one is taken, one left.
“So stay awake, because you do
not know the day when your master is
coming. You may be quite sure of this
that if the householder had known at
what time of the night the burglar
would come, he would have stayed
awake and would not have allowed
anyone to break through the wall of
his house. Therefore, you too must
stand ready because the Son of man
is coming at an hour you do not
expect.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Accept, we pray, O Lord, these
offerings we make,
gathered from among your gifts to us,
and may what you grant us to
celebrate devoutly here below
gain for us the prize of eternal
redemption.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II
PREFACE I of Advent
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,
through Christ our Lord.
For he assumed at his first coming
the lowliness of human flesh,
and so fulfilled the design you formed
long ago, and opened for us the way
to eternal salvation,
that, when he comes again in glory
and majesty and all is at last made
manifest, we who watch for that day
may inherit the great promise
in which now we dare to hope.
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:
Facing the people the priest says:
Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),
that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.
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.
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, and 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.
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 with 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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The mystery of faith
We proclaim your death O Lord and
profess your Resurrection until
you come again
Communion Rite
My Jesus, present in my soul,
I thank you for the way in which you
gradually prepared the minds of men
and women for your coming.
Help me to stay awake,
to watch and pray at all times,
so that I may have the strength to
survive all the trials of life.
Confirm my heart in holiness
so that at your coming
I may be blameless in the sight of God
the Father, and so stand with
confidence, holding my head high,
because my redemption, my
liberation, is near.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps 84: 13
The Lord will bestow his bounty,
and our earth shall yield its
increase.
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.
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 judgement 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.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
May these mysteries, O Lord,
in which we have participated,
profit us, we pray, for even now, as
we walk amid passing things,
you teach us by them to love the
things of heaven
and hold fast to what endures.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
R: Wait for the Lord, his day is near.
Wait for the Lord: be strong, take
heart!
Prepare the way for the Lord.
Make a straight path for him. R.
The glory of the Lord
shall be revealed. R.
All the earth will see the Lord. R.
Rejoice in the Lord always:
he is at hand. R.
Seek first the kingdom of God,
seek and you shall find. R.
Joy and gladness for all
who seek the Lord. R.
Prepare the way of the Lord. R.
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Solemn Blessing – Advent
May the almighty and merciful God,
by whose grace you have placed
your faith
in the First Coming of his Only
Begotten Son
and yearn for his coming again
sanctify you by the radiance of Christ’s
Advent
and enrich you with his blessing.
Amen
As you run the race of this present life,
may he make you firm in faith,
joyful in hope and active in charity.
Amen
So that you, rejoicing now with devotion
at the Redeemer’s coming in the flesh,
you may be endowed with the rich
reward of eternal life
when he comes again in majesty.
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 in peace.
Thanks be to God.
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Arise, Jerusalem, city of God our
Saviour,
For now the time has come to robe
yourself in splendour.
Come forth, dressed in fine gold,
your crown shining like sunbeams,
put on your cloak of peace,
gather the poor beneath its folds.
R. Put on your cloak of peace,
Gather the poor beneath its folds.
Arise, Jerusalem, come all you men
and women,
The promised time has come.
Here God has made his dwelling.
And you, children of light,
must leave all that is darkness.
Arise, your light has come.
Shout your cry of gladness.
R. Arise your light has come.
Shout out your song of gladness.
Communion Hymn
Private Prayer after Communion
Concluding Rites
Recessional Hymn