8th November 2026

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 87: 3
Let my prayer come into your
presence. Incline your ear to my cry
for help, O Lord.

COLLECT
Almighty and merciful God,
graciously keep from us all adversity,
so that, unhindered in mind and body
alike, we may pursue in freedom of
heart the things that are yours.
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

I am the bread of life.
You who come to me shall not hunger;
and who believe in me shall not thirst.
No one can come to me
unless the Father draw him.
And I will raise you up,
and I will raise you up,
and I will raise you up on the last day.
The bread that I will give
is my flesh for the life of the world,
and if you eat of this bread,
you shall live forever, you shall live forever.
Unless you eat of the flesh of The Son of Man,
and drink of his blood, and drink of his blood,
you shall not have life within you.
I am the Resurrection, I am the Life.
If you believe in me,
even though you die,
you shall live forever, you shall live forever.

Lord Jesus, you came to reconcile us
to one another and to the Father:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you heal the wounds of
sin and division: Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you intercede for us with
your Father: 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.

GLORIA

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

FIRST READING 6:12-16
A reading from the book of Wisdom

Wisdom is bright and wisdom does
not grow dim.

By those who love her she is readily
seen, and found by those who look for
her.

Quick to anticipate those who desire
her, she makes herself known to
them.

Watch for her early and you will
have no trouble; you will find her
sitting at your gates.

Even to think about her is
undertstanding fully grown; be on the
alert for her and anxiety will quickly
leave you.

She herself walks about looking for
those who are worthy of her and
graciously shows herself to them as
they go, in every thought of theirs
coming to meet them.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

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;

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.

SIT

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

Liturgy of the Eucharist

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps 62:2-8. R v.2
R. For you my soul is thirsting, O
God, my God.

1. O God, you are my God, for you I long;
for you my soul is thirsting.
My body pines for you
like a dry, weary land without water. R.

2. So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
to see your strength and your glory.
For your love is better than life,
my lips will speak your praise. R.

3. So I will bless you all my life,
in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul shall be filled as with a
banquet,
my mouth shall praise you with joy. R.

4. On my bed I remember you.
On you I muse through the night
for you have been my help;
in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.

R.
SECOND READING 4:13-18
A reading from the first letter of
St Paul to the Thessalonians

We want you to be quite certain,
brothers, about those who have died,
to make sure that you do not grieve
about them, like the other people who
have no hope. We believe that Jesus
died and rose again, and that it will be
the same for those who have died in
Jesus: God will bring them with him.
We can tell you this from the Lord’s
own teaching, that any of us who are
left alive until the Lord’s coming will
not have any advantage over those
who have died. At the trumpet of God,
the voice of the archangel will call out
the command and the Lord himself
willcome down from heaven; those
who have died in Christ will be the first
to rise, and then those of us who are
sti l l al ive wil l be taken up in the
clouds, together with them, to meet
the Lord in the air. So we shall stay
with the Lord for ever. With such
thoughts as these you should comfort
one another.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

ACCLAMATION Lk 21:36
Alleluia, alleluia!

Stay awake and stand ready,
because you do not know the hour

when the Son of Man is coming.
Alleluia!

GOSPEL 25:1-13
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to Matthew.
Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus told this parable to his disciples:
‘The kingdom of heaven will be like
this: Ten bridesmaids took their lamps
and went to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five
were sensible: the foolish ones did
take their lamps but they brought no
oil, whereas the sensible ones took
flasks of oil as well as their lamps.
The bridegroom was late, and they all
grew drowsy and fell asleep. But at
midnight there was a cry, “The
bridegroom is here! Go out and meet
him.” At this, all those bridesmaids
woke up and trimmed their lamps, and
the foolish ones said to the sensible
ones, “Give us some of your oil: our
lamps are going out.” But they replied,
“There may not be enough for us and
for you; you had better go to those
who sell i t and buy some for
yourselves.” They had gone off to buy
it when the bridegroom arrived. Those
who were ready went in with him to
the wedding hall and the door was
closed. The other bridesmaids arrived
later. “Lord, Lord,” they said, “open
the door for us.” But he replied, “I tell
you solemnly, I do not know you.” So
stay awake, because you do not know
either the day or the hour.’

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 II
PREFACE III 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.
For we know it belongs to your
boundless glory,
that you came to the aid of mortal
beings with your divinity
and even fashioned for us a remedy
out of mortality itself,
that the cause of our downfall
might become the means of our
salvation,
through Christ our Lord.
Through him the host of Angels
adores your majesty
and rejoices in your presence for
ever.
May our voices, we pray, join with
theirs in one chorus of exultant
praise, as we acclaim:

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, 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 OVER THE OFFERINGS
Look with favour, we pray, O Lord,
upon the sacrificial gifts offered here,
that, celebrating in mystery the
Passion of your Son,
we may honour it with loving devotion.
Through Christ our Lord.
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.

Communion Rite

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 22: 1-2
The Lord is my shepherd; there is
nothing I shall want.
Fresh and green are the pastures
where he gives me repose,
near restful waters he leads me.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Nourished by this sacred gift, O Lord,
we give you thanks and beseech your
mercy, that, by the pouring forth of
your Spirit, the grace of integrity may
endure in those your heavenly power
has entered.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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.
Infinite thy vast domain,
everlasting is thy reign.
Hark, the loud celestial hymn,
angel choirs above are raising;
cherubim and seraphim,
in unceasing chorus praising,
fill the heavens with sweet accord,
holy, holy, holy Lord.
Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, three we name thee,
while in essence only one
undivided God we claim thee;
and adoring bend the knee,
while we own the mystery.

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
naught be all else to me, save that thou art;
Be thou my best thought in the day and the
night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true Word,
I ever with thee, and thou with me Lord;
thou my great Father and I thy true heir;
thou in me dwelling, and I in thy care.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
thou mine inheritance through all my days;
thou, and thou only, the first in my heart,
high King of heaven, my treasure thou art!

High King of heaven, when victory is won
grant heaven’s joy to me, bright heaven’s sun;
Christ of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

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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.

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.

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

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 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.

PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE: No 11
Keep your family, we pray, O Lord,
in your constant care,
so that, under your protection,
they may be free from all troubles
and by good works show dedication to
your name.
Through Christ our Lord.
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 and announce the Gospel of the
Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn

Lord Jesus Christ, you feed your
people with the Bread of Life.
The eucharist is your pledge
that we will never die.
We thank you for the eternal destiny
that is your gift to us.
Lord, by your courage in suffering
teach us that beyond each effort made
for God there is a weight of glory.
The redemption that you won for us
by your redeeming death and
resurrection
enables us to be judged worthy of a
place in heaven,
to become a child of the resurrection,
to be like the angels.
The eternal Father is God,
not of the dead, but of the living:
for in him all are in fact alive.