ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Jer 29: 11, 12, 14

The Lord said: I think thoughts of
peace and not of affliction.
You will call upon me, and I will
answer you, and I will lead back
your captives from every place.

Praise my soul the King of heaven,
To his feet your tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Who am I his praise to 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 for ever,
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!

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.

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.

SIT

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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.

COLLECT
Grant us, we pray, O Lord our God,
the constant gladness of being
devoted to you, for it is full and lasting
happiness to serve with constancy
the author of all that is good.
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 31:10-13.19-20.30-31
A reading from the book of
Proverbs
A perfect wife – who can find her?
She is far beyond the price of pearls.
Her husband’s heart has confidence in
her, from her he will derive no little
profit. Advantage and not hurt she
brings him all the days of her life.
She is always busy with wool and with
flax, she does her work with eager
hands. She sets her hands to the
distaff, her fingers grasp the spindle.
She holds out her hand to the poor,
she opens her arms to the needy.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty;
the woman who is wise is the one to
praise. Give her a share in what her
hands have worked for, and let her
works tell her praises at the city
gates.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

15th November 2026

SECOND READING 5:1-6

A reading from the first letter of
St Paul to the Thessalonians
You will not be expecting us to write
anything to you, brothers, about “times
and seasons”, since you know very
well that the Day of the Lord is going
to come like a thief in the night. It is
when people are saying, “How quiet
and peaceful it is” that the worst
suddenly happens, as suddenly as
labour pains come on a pregnant
woman; and there will be no way for
anybody to evade it.
But it is not as if you live in the dark,
my brothers, for that Day to overtake
you like a thief. No, you are all sons of
light and sons of the day: we do not
belong to the night or to the darkness,
so we should not go on sleeping, as
everyone else does, but stay wide
awake and sober.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps127:1-5.R.v.1
R. O blessed are those who fear the Lord

1. O blessed are those who fear the Lord
and walk in his ways!
By the labour of your hands you
shall eat.
You will be happy and prosper. R.

2. Your wife like a fruitful vine
in the heart of your house;
your children like shoots of the olive,
around your table. R.

3. Indeed thus shall be blessed
the man who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion
in a happy Jerusalem
all the days of your life. R.

ACCLAMATION Apoc 2:10
Alleluia, alleluia!

Even if you have to die, says the
Lord, keep faithful, and I will give

you the crown of life.
Alleluia!

GOSPEL 25:14-30
The Lord be with you.
And with your Spirit.
A reading from the holy Gospel
according to Matthew.
Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus spoke this parable to his
disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is
like a man on his way abroad who
summoned his servants and entrusted
his property to them. To one he gave
five talents, to another two, to a third
one; each in proportion to his ability.
Then he set out. The man who had
received the five talents promptly went
and traded with them and made five
more. The man who had received two
made two more in the same way. But
the man who had received one went
off and dug a hole in the ground and
hid his master’s money. Now a long
time after, the master of those
servants came back and went through
his accounts with them. The man who
had received the five talents came
forward bringing five more. “Sir’, he
said “you entrusted me with f ive
talents; here are five more that I have
made.’ His master said to him, “Well
done, good and faithful servant; you
have shown you can be faithful in
small things, I wil l trust you with
greater; come and join in your
master’s happiness.’ Next the man
with the two talents came forward.
“Sir,’ he said “you entrusted me with
two talents; here are two more that I
have made.’ His master said to him,
“Well done, good and faithful servant;
you have shown you can be faithful in
small things, I wil l trust you with
greater; come and join in your
master’s happiness.’ Last came
forward the man who had the one
talent. “Sir,” said he “I had heard you
were a hard man, reaping where you
have not sown and gathering where
you have not scattered; so I was
afraid, and I went off and hid your
talent in the ground. Here it is; it was
yours, you have it back.” But his
master answered him, “You wicked
and lazy servant! So you knew that I
reap where I have not sown and
gather where I have not scattered?

Well then, you should have deposited
my money with the bankers, and on
my return I would have recovered my
capital with interest. So now, take the
talent from him and give it to the man
who has the f ive talents. For to
everyone who has will be given more,
and he will have more than enough;
but from the man who has not, even
what he has will be taken away. As for
this good-for-nothing servant, throw
him out into the dark, where there will
be weeping and grinding of teeth.’
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

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 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.

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.

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.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Communion Rite

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.

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.

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 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:

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Grant, O Lord, we pray, that what we
offer in the sight of your majesty
may obtain for us the grace of being
devoted to you and gain us the prize of
everlasting happiness.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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.

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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.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Ps 72: 28
To be near God is my happiness,
to place my hope in God the Lord.

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.

O, 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 that we receive,
and in dying that we’re born to eternal
life.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
We have partaken of the gifts of this
sacred mystery,
humbly imploring, O Lord,
that what your Son commanded us to
do in memory of him
may bring us growth in charity.
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 and announce the Gospel of
the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

How lovely on the mountains
are the feet of him
who brings good news, good news,
announcing peace,
proclaiming news of happiness:
our God reigns, our God reigns.
Our God reigns, our God reigns,
our God reigns, our God reigns.

Ends of the earth, see the salvation
of our God!
Jesus is Lord, is Lord!
Before the nations,
he has bared his holy arm:
our God reigns, our God reigns.
Our God reigns, our God reigns,
our God reigns, our God reigns.

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn

Lord Jesus,
my Master and my Reward,
you have given yourself to me
in the eucharistic meal.
May I use this gift to dedicate myself to
your service,
If I am faithful in the work you give me to
do, even in small things,
you will reward me.
If I use my talents for you,
they will be mutiplied.
If I am content just to possess them,
they will be lost.
When I bury my talents, I bury myself.
Any act of mine, even giving a drink of
cold water to a thirsty person,
if done for you, will have your reward.
You give value to my little worth.
As a son/daughter of the light
may I be active in your service
until you come to share your happiness
with your servants.