ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Ps 46:2
All peoples, clap your hands.
Cry to God with shouts of joy!

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.

GLORIA

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.

COLLECT
O God, who through the grace of
adoption chose us to be children of
light, grant, we pray, that we may not
be wrapped in the darkness of error
but always be seen to stand in the
bright light of truth.

SIT

Seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added
unto you;
allelu, alleluia.
Refrain: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,

allelu, alleluia.

You shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word
that proceeds from the mouth of
God;
allelu, alleluia.
Refrain:

Ask and it shall be given unto you,
seek and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened
unto you;
allelu, alleluia.
Refrain:

Thirteenth

Sunday

in Ordinary

Time

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

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.

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.

FIRST READING 4:8-11, 14-16
A reading from the second book of
the Kings

One day as Elisha was on his way to
Shunem, a woman of rank who lived
there pressed him to stay and eat
there. After this he always broke his
journey for a meal when he passed
that way. “Look, I am sure the man
who is constantly passing our way
must be a holy man of God. Let us
build him a small room on the roof,
and put him in a bed in it, and a table
and chair and lamp; whenever he
comes to us he can rest there.”

One day when he came, he retired
to the upper room and lay down.
“What can be done for her?” he
asked. Gehazi, his servant, answered,
“Well, she has no son and her
husband is old.” Elisha said, “Call
her.” The servant called her and she
stood at the door. “This time next
year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son
in your arms.”
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

28th June 2026

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.

SIT

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.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

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Liturgy of the Eucharist

GOSPEL 10:37-42

The Lord be with you.
And with your Spirit.
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to Matthew.
Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus instructed the Twelve as
follows: “Anyone who prefers father or
mother to me is not worthy of me.
Anyone who prefers son or daughter
to me is not worthy of me. Anyone
who does not take his cross and
follow in my footsteps is not worthy of
me. Anyone who finds his life will lose
it; anyone who loses his life for my
sake will find it.

“Anyone who welcomes you
welcomes me; and those who
welcome me welcome the one who
sent me.

“Anyone who welcomes a prophet
because he is a prophet will have a
prophet’s reward; and anyone who
welcomes a holy man because he is a
holy man wil l have a holy man’s
reward.

“If anyone gives so much as a cup
of cold water to these litt le ones
because he is a disciple, then I tell
you solemnly, he will most certainly
not lose his reward.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

SECOND READING 6:3-4, 8-11
A reading from the letter of St Paul
to the Romans

When we were baptised in Christ
Jesus we were baptised in his death;
in other words, when we were
baptised we went into the tomb with
him and joined him in death, so that
as Christ was raised from the dead by
the Father’s glory, we too might live a
new life.

But we believe that having died with
Christ we shall return to life with him:
Christ, as we know, having been
raised from the dead will never die
again. Death has no power over him
any more. When he died, he died,
once for all, to sin, so his new life now
is life with God; and in that way, you
too must consider yourselves to be
dead to sin but alive for God in Christ
Jesus.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

ACCLAMATION 1 Peter 2:9
Alleluia, alleluia!

You are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a people set apart to

sing the praises of God who called
you out of darkness into his

wonderful light.
Alleluia

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps 88:2-3. 16-19. Rv.2
R. I will sing for ever of your love, O Lord
1. I will sing for ever of your love, O Lord;
through all ages my mouth will proclaim
your truth.
Of this I am sure, that your love lasts
for ever,
that your truth is firmly established as
the heavens. R.

2. Happy the people who acclaim such a
king,
who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,
who find their joy every day in your name,
who make your justice the source of
their bliss. R.

3. For it is you, O Lord, who are the glory
of their strength;
it is by your favour that our might is
exalted:
for our ruler is in the keeping of the Lord;
our king in the keeping of the Holy One
of Israel. R.

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.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
O God, who graciously accomplish
the effects of your mysteries,
grant, we pray, that the deeds by
which we serve you may be worthy of
these sacred gifts.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II
PREFACE II Ordinary Time
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 out of compassion for the
waywardness that is ours, he humbled
himself and was born of the Virgin; by

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.

The mystery of faith:
Save us, Saviour of the world,
for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

the passion of the Cross he freed us
from unending death, and by rising
from the dead he gave us life eternal.
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:

Communion Rite

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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.

May the Body of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.

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.

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.

Lord Jesus, when you freed your people
you meant us to stay free:
free with the liberty of the
sons and daughters of God.
You lead us along the road to heaven,
breaking even the chains of death.
You nourish us on the way with bread
that gives eternal life.
May I follow you without hesitation,
giving my total service to you.
For once the hand is laid on the plough,
no one who looks back is fit for the
kingdom of God.
Lord, may all your people serve one
another on the way.
May no word or act of mine ever hurt
another or lessen the unity of our
Christian family.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 102: 1
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all within me, his holy name.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
May this divine sacrifice we have
offered and received
fill us with life, O Lord, we pray,
so that, bound to you in lasting charity,
we may bear fruit that lasts for ever.
Through Christ our Lord.
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 forth, the Mass is ended,
Thanks be to God.

Eat this bread, drink this cup,
come to me and never be hungry.
Eat this bread, drink this cup,
trust in me and you will not thirst.

I am the Bread of Life,
the true bread sent from the Father.

Your ancestors ate manna in the
desert,
but this is the bread come down
from heaven.

Eat my flesh, and drink my blood,
and I will raise you up on the last
day.

Anyone who eats this bread
will live for ever.

If you believe and eat this bread
you will have eternal life.

(Tantum Ergo)
Lord, dismiss us with your
blessing.
Fill our hearts with joy and peace.
Let us each, your love possessing,
In our love for you increase.
Come Lord Jesus, and refresh us,
From our sins grant us relief.

Thanks we give and adoration
For the Gospel’s joyful sound.
May the fruits of your salvation
In our hearts and lives abound.
May your everlasting presence
With us evermore be found.

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn