The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Est 4: 17
Within your will, O Lord, all things
are established,
and there is none that can resist
your will.
For you have made all things, the
heaven and the earth,
and all that is held within the circle
of heaven; you are the Lord of all.

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 go forth to God’s abode
That’s in the City of the Lord. R.
Let us approach unto the Feast
To which the Lord invites us all
And eat the Bread which gives us life. 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 the Risen Lord
Praising the glory of his name. R.

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.
Lord Jesus, you have shown us the way
to the Father:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you have given us the
consolation of the truth:
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.

Lord Jesus, you are the Good Shepherd,
leading us into everlasting life:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

4th October 2026

SIT

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

COLLECT
Almighty ever-living God,
who in the abundance of your kindness
surpass the merits and the desires of
those who entreat you,
pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads
and to give what prayer does not dare to
ask. 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.

FIRST READING 5:1-7
A Reading from the prophet Isaiah

Let me sing to my friend
the song of his love for his vineyard.
My friend had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
He dug the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted choice vines in it.
In the middle he built a tower,
he dug a press there too.
He expected it to yield grapes,
but sour grapes were all that it gave.
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
I ask you to judge
between my vineyard and me.
What could I have done for my
vineyard that I have not done?
I expected it to yield grapes.
Why did it yield sour grapes instead?
Very well, I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge for it to be
grazed on,
and knock down its wall for it to be
trampled on.
I will lay it waste, unpruned, undug;
overgrown by the briar and the thorn.
I will command the clouds
to rain no rain on it.
Yes, the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the House of Israel,
and the men of Judah that chosen
plant.
He expected justice, but found
bloodshed, integrity, but only a cry of
distress.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to 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.

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.

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,
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.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

SECOND READING 4:6-9
A reading from the letter of St. Paul
to the Philippians
There is no need to worry; but if there
is anything you need, pray for it,
asking God for it with prayer and
thanksgiving, and that peace of God,
which is so much greater than we can
understand, will guard your hearts
and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers, fill your minds with
everything that is true, everything that
is noble, everything that is good and
pure, everything that we love and
honour, and everything that can be
thought virtuous or worthy of praise.
Keep doing all the things that you
learnt from me and have been taught
by me and have heard or seen that I
do. Then the God of peace will be
with you.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps79:9.12-16.19-20.R.Is5:7
R. The vineyard of the Lord is the House of
Israel.

1. You brought a vine out of Egypt;
to plant it you drove out the nations.
It stretched out its branches to the sea,
to the Great River it stretched out its shoots. R.

2. Then why have you broken down its walls?
It is plucked by all who pass by.
It is ravaged by the boar of the forest,
devoured by the beasts of the field. R.

3. God of hosts, turn again, we implore,
look down from heaven and see.
Visit this vine and protect it,
the vine your right hand has planted. R.
4. And we shall never forsake you again:
give us life that we may call upon your name.
God of hosts, bring us back;
let your face shine on us and we shall be
saved. R.

ACCLAMATION Jn15:15
Alleluia, alleluia!

I call you friends, says the Lord,
because I have made known

to you everything I have
learnt from my Father.

Alleluia!

GOSPEL 21:33-43
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, ‘Listen to another
parable. There was a man, a
landowner, who planted a vineyard;
he fenced it round, dug a winepress in
it and built a tower; then he leased it
to tenants and went abroad. When
vintage time drew near he sent his
servants to the tenants to collect his
produce. But the tenants seized his
servants, thrashed one, killed another
and stoned a third. Next he sent some
more servants, this time a larger
number, and they dealt with them in
the same way. Finally he sent his son
to them. “They will respect my son,”
he said. But when the tenants saw the
son, they said to each other, “This is
the heir. Come on, let us kill him and
take over his inheritance.” So they
seized him and threw him out of the
vineyard and killed him. Now when the
owner of the vineyard comes, what
will he do to those tenants?’ They
answered, “He wil l bring those
wretches to a wretched end and lease
the vineyard to other tenants who will
deliver the produce to him when the
season arrives.” Jesus said to them,
‘Have you never read in the
scriptures:
It was the stone rejected by the
builders
that became the keystone.
This was the Lord's doing
and it is wonderful to see?
‘I tell you, then, that the kingdom of
God will be taken from you and given
to a people that will produce its fruit.’

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: IV 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 by his birth he brought renewal
to humanity's fallen state,
and by his suffering, cancelled out our
sins;
by his rising from the dead
he has opened the way to eternal life,
and by ascending to you, O Father,
he has unlocked the gates of heaven.

And so, with the company of Angels
and Saints,
we sing the hymn of your praise,
as without end we acclaim:

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Accept, O Lord, we pray,
the sacrifices instituted by your
commands and, through the sacred
mysteries, which we celebrate with
dutiful service,
graciously complete the sanctifying
work by which you are pleased to
redeem 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.

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,
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.

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.
For the kingdom,
the power and the glory
are yours, now and for ever.

Communion Rite

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Lam 3: 25
The Lord is good to those who
hope in him,
to the soul that seeks him.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Grant us, almighty God, that we may
be refreshed and nourished
by the Sacrament which we
have received, so as to be
transformed into what we consume.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.

Bow head for the blessing – Ordinary Time II
May the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love of God,
and of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
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.

Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred,
let me bring your love.
Where there is injury,
your pardon, Lord.
and where there’s doubt,
true faith in you.

Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there’s despair in life,
let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness only light,
and where there’s sadness ever joy.

Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek
so much to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved, as to love,
with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace,
It is in pardoning
that we are pardoned,
in giving to all men that we receive,
and in dying that we’re born to
eternal life. O Lord, my God, when I in

awesome wonder,
consider all the worlds thy hand
has made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling
thunder,
thy power throughout the universe
displayed.

R: Then sings my soul, my Saviour
God to thee:
how great thou art, how great thou art.
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God
to thee:
how great thou art, how great thou art.

When through the woods and
forest glades I wander
and hear the birds sing sweetly
in the trees,
when I look down from lofty
mountain grandeur
and hear the brook and feel the
gentle breeze: R

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

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.

Imprimi Potest: Concordat Cum Originali: @ Most Rev. Alan McGuckian SJ, Bishop of Down and Connor. Nihil Obstat: Excerpts from the
English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy corporation.
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Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament,
you have fed me with the bread of
heaven.
My tired response in love and life has
been barren and unworthy.
What more could you have done for
me?
All my yield is sour grapes.
Lord, do not knock me down;
do not take your kingdom from me.
By the power of this Communion
may I realise what greater gifts you have
given me. You have made me your
brother / sister, a child of God sharing
his divine life, a member of your holy
Church and heir to heaven. Lord of the
harvest, send my roots rain that I may
bear some fruit. May the peace of God
which is so much greater than
we can understand,
guard our hearts and our minds.