ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 30: 3-4
Be my protector, O God,
a mighty stronghold to save me.
For you are my rock, my
stronghold! Lead me, guide me, for
the sake of your name.
COLLECT
O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by
your grace as to become a dwelling
pleasing to you.
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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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.
15th February 2026
R. God bids us welcome to his House
And He invites us to His Feast
Day of great joy and happiness,
Alleluia!
Great was my joy when I was told
Let us approach to God’s abode
That’s in the City of the Lord. R.
Christ is the Sun which brings
the dawn
He is the Light of all the world
Setting us free from death and sin.
R.
Christ is alive, with joy we sing
We celebrate our Risen Lord
Praising the glory of His name. R.
GLORIA
The Liturgy of the Word
Entrance Hymn
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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,
Striking your breast as you 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.
The absolution by the priest follows:
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
FIRST READING 15:15-20
A reading from the book of
Ecclesiasticus
If you wish, you can keep the
commandments,
to behave faithfully is within your
power.
He has set fire and water before you;
put out your hand to whichever you
prefer.
Man has life and death before him;
whichever a man likes better will be
given him.
For vast is the wisdom of the Lord;
he is almighty and all-seeing.
His eyes are on those who fear him,
he notes every action of man.
He never commanded anyone to be
godless,
he has given no one permission to sin
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps118:1-2.4.5.17-18.33-34.R.v.1
R. They are happy who follow
God’s law!
1. They are happy whose life is
blameless,
who follow God’s law!
They are happy those who do his
will,
seeking him with all their hearts. R.
2. You have laid down you precepts
to be obeyed with care.
May my footsteps be firm
to obey your statutes. R.
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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.
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.
Facing the people the priest says:
Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),
that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.
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.
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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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
Liturgy of the Eucharist
SECOND READING 2:6-10
A reading from the first letter of
St Paul to the Corinthians
We have a wisdom to offer those who
have reached maturity: not a
philosophy of our age, it is true, still
less of the masters of our age, which
are coming to their end. The hidden
wisdom of God which we teach in our
mysteries is the wisdom that God
predestined to be for our glory before
the ages began. It is a wisdom that
none of the masters of his age have
ever known, or they would not have
crucified the Lord of Glory; we teach
what scripture calls: the things that no
eye has seen and no ear has heard,
things beyond the mind of man, all
that God has prepared for those who
love him.
These are the very things that God
has revealed to us through the Spirit,
for the Spirit reaches the depths of
everything, even the depths of God.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
ACCLAMATION 1 Sam 3:9; Jn 6:68
Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant
is listening:
you have the message
of eternal life.
Alleluia
GOSPEL *Shorter version
5:20-22. 27-28. 33-34. 37
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: “I tell you,
if your virtue goes no deeper than that
of the scribes and Pharisees, you will
never get into the kingdom of heaven.
3. Bless your servant and I shall live
and obey your word.
Open my eyes that I may consider
the wonders of your law. R.
4. Teach me the demands of your
statutes
and I will keep them to the end.
Train me to observe your law,
to keep it with my heart. R.
“You have learnt how it was said to
our ancestors: You must not kill; and
if anyone does kill he must answer for
it before the court. “You have learnt
how it was said: You must not commit
adultery. But I say this to you: if a
man looks at a woman lustfully, he
has already committed adultery with
her in his heart. “Again, you have
learnt how it was said to our
ancestors: You must not break your
oath, but must fulfil your oaths to the
Lord. But I say this to you: do not
swear at all. All you need say is “Yes”
if you mean yes, “No” if you mean no;
anything more than this comes from
the evil one.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
May this oblation, O Lord, we pray,
cleanse and renew us
and may it become for those who
do your will, the source of eternal
reward.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
PREFACE I of Ordinary Time
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III
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 through his Paschal Mystery,
he accomplished the marvellous
deed, by which he has freed us from
the yoke of sin and death,
summoning us to the glory of being
now called a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people for
your own possession,
to proclaim everywhere your mighty
works,
for you have called us out of darkness
into your own wonderful light.
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:
The mystery of faith
When we eat this Bread and drink this
Cup, we proclaim your death, O Lord,
until you come again.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Communion Rite
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Cf. Ps 77: 29-30
They ate and had their fill, and what
they craved the Lord gave them;
they were not disappointed in what
they craved.
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.
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Now thank we all our God,
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things hath done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mother’s arms
hath blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love
and still is ours today.
O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessed peace to cheer us;
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.
Love is his word, love is his way.
feasting with kin, 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.
Love is his mark, love is his sign,
bread for our strength, wine for our joy,
‘This is my body, this is my blood,’
love, only love, is his sign.
Love is his sign, love is his news,
‘Do this,’ he said, ‘lest you forget
all my deep sorrow, all my dear blood,’
love, only love, is his news.
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 law.
Solemn Blessing – Ordinary Time V
May almighty God always keep every
adversity far from you
and in his kindness pour out upon you
the gifts of his blessing.
Amen.
May God keep your hearts attentive to
his words,
that they may be filled with everlasting
gladness.
Amen.
And so, may you always understand
what is good and right,
and be found ever hastening along
in the path of God’s commands,
made coheirs with the citizens of
heaven.
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 for ever.
Amen.
Go forth, the Mass is ended.
Thanks be to God.
May the Body of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Having fed upon these heavenly
delights, we pray, O Lord,
that we may always long
for that food by which we truly live.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Communion Hymn
Private Prayer after Communion
Concluding Rites
Recessional HymnJesus, Lord of glory, I have received you in
Communion. In silence, for a while,
let me bow down in adoration before you.
You have told me, today at Mass, what
you want me to do.
I am not to be angry: I am to be pure in
thought: I am to be faithful and loyal: to
speak the truth.
Without you I would fail, but, in this
Communion, you strengthen me.
Therefore, with your help, I will strive,
during this week, to obey my Lord’s
commands.
If I keep the Commandments, one day
you will bring me to things no eye has seen
and no ear heard, things beyond the mind
of man, all that God has prepared for those
who love him.