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21st June 2026
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Ps 27: 8-9
The Lord is the strength of his
people, a saving refuge for the one
he has anointed.
Save your people, Lord, and bless
your heritage,
and govern them for ever.
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
naught be all else to me save that thou art:
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 son;
thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.
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 battle is done,
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.
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.
The absolution by the priest follows:
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins,
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
PENITENTIAL ACT
Brethren (Brothers and sisters),
let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare ourselves to
celebrate the sacred mysteries.
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.
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
Grant, O Lord,
that we may always revere and love
your holy name, for you never deprive
of your guidance those you set firm on
the foundation of your love.
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 20:10-13
A reading from the prophet
Jeremiah
I hear so many disparaging me,
‘“Terror from every side!”
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’
All those who used to be my friends
watched for my downfall,
‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.
Then we will master him and take our
revenge!’
But the Lord is at my side, a mighty
hero; my opponents will stumble,
mastered, confounded by their failure;
everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will
be theirs.
But you, Lord of Hosts, you who probe
with justice, who scrutinise the loins
and heart,
let me see the vengeance you will
take on them,
for I have committed my cause to you.
Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord,
for he has delivered the soul of the
needy from the hands of evil men.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps 68:8-10. 14. 17. 33-35 Rv.14
R. In your great love, answer me, O
God
1. It is for you that I suffer taunts,
that shame covers my face,
that I have become a stranger to
my brothers,
an alien to my own mother’s sons.
I burn with zeal for your house
and taunts against you will fall on me.
R.
2. This is my prayer to you,
my prayer for your favour.
In your great love, answer me, O God,
with your help that never fails:
Lord, answer, for your love is kind;
in your compassion, turn towards me.
R.
3. The poor when they see it will be glad
and God-seeking hearts will revive;
for the Lord listens to the needy
and does not spurn his servants in
their chains.
Let the heavens and earth give him
praise,
the sea and all its living creatures. R.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
The Liturgy of the Word
Entrance Hymn
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
GOSPEL 10:26-33
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:
“Do not be afraid. For everything that is
now covered will be uncovered, and
everything now hidden will be made
clear. What I say to you in the dark, tell
in the daylight; what you hear in
whispers proclaim from the house-
tops.
“Do not be afraid of those who kill
the body but cannot kill the soul; fear
him rather who can destroy both body
and soul in hell. Can you not buy two
sparrows for a penny? And yet not one
falls to the ground without your Father
knowing. Why, every hair on your head
has been counted. So there is no need
to be afraid; you are worth more than
hundreds of sparrows.
SECOND READING 5: 12-15
A reading from the letter of St Paul
to the Romans.
Sin entered the world through one
man, and through sin death, and thus
death has spread through the whole
human race because everyone has
sinned. Sin existed in the world long
before the Law was given. There was
no law and so no one could be
accused of the sin of ‘law-breaking,’
yet death reigned over all from Adam
to Moses, even though their sin, unlike
that of Adam, was not a matter of
breaking a law.
Adam prefigured the One to come,
but the gift i tself considerably
outweighed the fall. If it is certain that
through one man’s fall so many died,
it is even more certain that divine
grace, coming through the one man,
Jesus Christ, came to so many as an
abundant free gift.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Jn 1:14.12
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Word was made flesh and lived
among us; to all who did accept him
he gave power to become children
of God.
Alleluia!
“So if anyone declares himself for
me in the presence of men, I will
declare myself for him in the presence
of my Father in heaven. But the one
who disowns me in the presence of
men, I will disown in the presence of
my Father in heaven.
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
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.
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.
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PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Receive, O Lord, the sacrifice of
conciliation and praise and grant
that, cleansed by its action, we make
offering of a heart pleasing to you.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II
PREFACE VI of the Sundays in
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 in you we live and move and have
our being, and while in this body we
not only experience the daily effects of
your care, but even now possess the
pledge of life eternal.
For, having received the first fruits of
the Spirit, through whom you raised
up Jesus from the dead, we hope for
an everlasting share in the Paschal
Mystery.
And so, with all the Angels, we praise
you, as in joyful celebration we
acclaim:
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.
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.
Communion Rite
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.
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May the Body of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life.
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.
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.
Lord Jesus, strength of my soul,
I welcome you; I need you.
Sometimes I am afraid. Keep me safe.
When sickness and loneliness
depress me, lift up my heart to rest in
God’s care.
Sure not even a little house-sparrow
falls to the ground without him
knowing.
Keep me faithful to your calling so that
I may shelter in your strength.
My God, I hope in you for grace and
for glory, because of your promises,
your mercy and your power.
COMMUNION ANTIPHON
The eyes of all look to you, Lord,,
and you give them their food in due
season.
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.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Renewed and nourished
by the sacred Body and Precious
Blood of your Son,
we ask of your mercy, O Lord,
that what we celebrate with constant
devotion may be our sure pledge of
redemption.
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.
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven!
To his feet your 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!
Angels, help us to adore him;
ye behold him face to face;
sun and moon bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space.
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise with us the God of grace!
Communion Hymn
Private Prayer after Communion
Concluding Rites
Recessional Hymn
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.