ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Dn 3: 31, 29, 30, 43, 42

All that you have done to us, O
Lord, you have done with true
judgment, for we have sinned
against you and not obeyed your
commandments.
But give glory to your name
and deal with us according to the
bounty of your mercy.

COLLECT
O God, who manifest your almighty
power above all by pardoning and
showing mercy, bestow, we pray, your
grace abundantly upon us and make
those hastening to attain your
promises heirs to the treasures of
heaven.
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.

The Lord be with you
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

Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven!
To his feet thy tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
who like me his praise should sing?
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise the everlasting king!

Praise him for his grace and favour
to our fathers in distress;
praise him still the same forever,
slow to chide and swift to bless.
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Glorious in his faithfulness!

Father-like he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Widely as his mercy flows!

27th September 2026

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.

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.

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

FIRST READING 18:25-28
A reading from the prophet Ezekiel
The word of the Lord was addressed
to me as follows: ‘You object, “What
the Lord does is unjust.” Listen, you
House of Israel: is what I do unjust? Is
it not what you do that is unjust?
When the upright man renounces his
integrity to commit sin and dies
because of this, he dies because of
the evil that he himself has committed.
When the sinner renounces sin to
become law-abiding and honest, he
deserves to live. He has chosen to
renounce all his previous sins; he
shall certainly live; he shall not die.’

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL 21:28-32

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 the chief priests and
the elders of the people, ‘What is
your opinion? A man had two sons.
He went and said to the first, “My
boy, you go and work in the
vineyard today.” He answered, “I will
not go”, but afterwards thought
better of it and went. The man then
went and said the same thing to the
second who answered, “Certainly,
sir”, but did not go. Which of the two
did the father’s will?’ ‘The first’ they
said. Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you
solemnly, tax collectors and
prostitutes are making their way into
the kingdom of God before you. For
John came to you, a pattern of true
righteousness, but you did not
believe him, and yet the tax
collectors and prostitutes did. Even
after seeing that, you refused to
think better of it and believe in him.’

The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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

SIT

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,

Liturgy of the Eucharist

SECOND READING 2:1-11
A reading from the letter of St Paul
to the Philippians
If our life in Christ means anything to
you, if love can persuade at all, or the
Spirit that we have in common, or any
tenderness and sympathy, then be
united in your convictions and united
in your love, with a common purpose
and a common mind. That is the one
thing which would make me
completely happy. There must be no
competition among you, no conceit;
but everybody is to be self-effacing.
Always consider the other person to
be better than yourself, so that nobody
thinks of his own interests first but
everybody thinks of other people's
interests instead. In your minds you
must be the same as Christ Jesus:
His state was divine,
yet he did not cling
to his equality with God
but emptied himself
to assume the condition of a slave,
and became as men are;
and being as all men are,
he was humbler yet,
even to accepting death,
death on a cross.
But God raised him high
and gave him the name
which is above all other names
so that all beings
in the heavens, on earth and in the
underworld,
should bend the knee at the name of
Jesus
and that every tongue should acclaim
Jesus Christ as Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps24:4-9.R.v.6

R. Remember your mercy, Lord.
1. Lord, make me know your ways.
Lord, teach me your paths.
Make me walk in your truth, and
teach me:
for you are God my saviour. (R)

2. Remember your mercy, Lord,
and the love you have shown from of
old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth.
In your love remember me,
because of your goodness, O Lord. (R)

3. The Lord is good and upright.
He shows the path to those who stray,
he guides the humble in the right path;
he teaches his way to the poor. (R)

ACCLAMATION Jn14:23
Alleluia, alleluia!

If anyone loves me he will keep my
word. and my Father will love him,

and we shall come to him.
Alleluia!

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 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 the passion of the Cross he freed

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Grant us, O merciful God,
that this our offering may find
acceptance with you
and that through it the wellspring of all
blessing
may be laid open before us.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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.

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:

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.

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.

The mystery of faith:
We proclaim your Death, O Lord,
and profess your Resurrection
until you come again.

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.

Communion Rite

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps 118: 49-50
Remember your word to your
servant, O Lord,
by which you have given me hope.
This is my comfort when I am
brought low.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
May this heavenly mystery, O Lord,
restore us in mind and body,
that we may be coheirs in glory with
Christ, to whose suffering we are
united whenever we proclaim his
Death. 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.

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.
Endless is 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.
Spare thy people, Lord, we pray,
By a thousand snares surrounded:
Keep us free from sin today;
Never let us be confounded.
All my trust I place in thee,
Never, Lord, abandon me

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn

The rich man was buried in hell
because he would not listen to God’s
word which told him to share with
others.He neglected the poor who are
God’s children.
Lord, some in our community have
more food and drink than they need,
and too many have not enough.
That is not fair. I will urge and support
action for social justice for all.
I will be generous with my own
goods. When I help a person in need,
I help you.

My risen Saviour, you are Lord to the
glory of God your Father. Your state
was divine, yet you did not cling to
your equality with God but emptied
yourself. You emptied yourself to
raise us up. I thank you. More than
words will be my response. Lord, how
often did I say ‘Yes’ to you but did
nothing. Give me a second chance
and I will, this time, work for you. All
are my brothers and sisters who have
received Communion with me today:
one family sharing the one meal at the
same table. May we be friends. May
we help one another. No clenched
fist, no smarting words among us;
especially at home. And never to take
the name of Jesus in vain.

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

I am the bread of life,
the true bread sent from the Father. R

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

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

R

Anyone who eats this bread
will live for ever. R