COLLECT
O God, who by the mystery of today’s
great feast sanctify your whole Church
in every people and nation,
pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy
Spirit across the face of the earth
and, with the divine grace that was at
work when the Gospel was first
proclaimed, fill now once more the
hearts of believers.
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.

SIT

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Wis 1: 7
The Spirit of the Lord has filled the
whole world
and that which contains all things
understands what is said, alleluia.

PENITENTIAL ACT
Brethren (Brothers and sisters),
let us acknowledge our sins,
and so prepare ourselves to
celebrate the sacred mysteries.

Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come,
Descend from heaven’s throne,
Come take possession of our
hearts,
And make them all your own.

Thou who art called the Paraclete,
best gift of God above,
the living spring, the living fire,
sweet unction and true love.
Thou who art sev’nfold in thy grace,
finger of God’s right hand;
his promise, teaching little ones
to speak and understand.
All glory to the Father be,
With his eternal Son.
The same unto the Paraclete,
While endless ages run.

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.

Pentecost Sunday

24th May 2026

Priest: In the name of the Father and
of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit.
People: Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.
And with your spirit.

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.

GLORIA

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

FIRST READING 2:1-11

A reading from the Acts of the
Apostles

When Pentecost day came round, the
apostles had all met in one room,
when suddenly they heard what
sounded like a powerful wind from
heaven, the noise of which filled the
entire house in which they were
sitting; and something appeared to
them that seemed like tongues of fire;
these separated and came to rest on
the head of each of them. They were
all fi l led with the Holy Spirit, and
began to speak foreign languages as
the Spirit gave them the gift of speech.

Now there were devout men living in
Jerusalem from every nation under
heaven, and at this sound they all
assembled, each one bewildered to
hear these men speaking his own
language. They were amazed and
astonished. “Surely’’ they said, “all
these men speaking are Galileans?
How does it happen that each of us
hears them in his own native
language? Parthians, Medes and
Elamites; people from Mesopotamia,
Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and
Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt
and the parts of Libya round Cyrene;
as well as visitors from Rome – Jews
and Proselytes alike – Cretans and
Arabs; we hear them preaching in our
own language about the marvels of
God.’’.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Holy Spirit, Lord of light,
From the clear celestial height
Thy pure beaming radiance give.
Come, thou Father of the poor,
Come with treasures which endure;
Come, thou light of all that live!

Thou, of all consolers best,
Thou, the soul’s delightful guest,
Dost refreshing peace bestow;

Thou in toil art comfort sweet;
Pleasant coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe.

Light immortal, light divine,
Visit thou these hearts of thine,
And our inmost being fill:

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If thou take thy grace away,
Nothing pure in man will stay;
All his good is turned to ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength
renew;
On our dryness pour thy dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away;
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.

Thou, on us who evermore
Thee confess and thee adore,
With thy sevenfold gifts descend:

Give us comfort when we die;
Give us life with thee on high;
Give us joys that never end.
Amen.

PROFESSION OF FAITH

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

SIT

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

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

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.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

SECOND READING 12:3-7.12-13.
A reading from the first letter of
St Paul to the Corinthians
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord”
unless he is under the influence of the
Holy Spirit.
There is a variety of gifts but always
the same Spirit; there are all sorts of
service to be done, but always the
same Lord; working in all sorts of
different ways in different people, it is
the same God who is working in all of
them. The particular way in which the
Spirit is given to each person is for a
good purpose.
Just as a human body, though it is
made up of many parts, is a single
unit because all these parts, though
many, make one body, so it is with
Christ. In the one Spirit we were all
baptised, Jews as well as Greeks,
slaves as well as citizens, and one
Spirit was given to us all to drink.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps103:1-24.29-31.34.Rv30
R. Send forth your spirit, O Lord,
and renew the face of the earth.

1. Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord God, how great you are,
How many are your works, O Lord!
The earth is full of your riches. R.

2. You take back your spirit, they die,
returning to the dust from which they came.
You send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the earth. R.

3. May the glory of the Lord last for ever!
May the Lord rejoice in his works!
May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
I find my joy in the Lord. R.

GOSPEL 20:19-23

The Lord be with you.
And with your Spirit.
A reading from the holy
Gospel according to John
Glory to you, O Lord.

In the evening of that same day, the
first day of the week, the doors were
closed in the room where the disciples
were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus
came and stood among them. He said
to them, “Peace be with you” and
showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples were filled with joy when
they saw the Lord, and he said to
them again. “Peace be with you.”
“As the Father sent me,
So am I sending you.’’
After saying this he breathed on them
and said:
“Receive the Holy Spirit.
For those whose sins you forgive,
they are forgiven;
for those whose sins you retain,
they are retained.’’

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

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia!

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of
your faithful, and kindle in them the

fire of your love. 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 III
PREFACE: The Mystery of Pentecost.
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, bringing your Paschal Mystery to
completion, you bestowed the Holy Spirit
today on those you made your adopted
children by uniting them to your Only
Begotten Son.
This same Spirit, as the Church came to
birth, opened to all peoples the
knowledge of God and brought together
the many languages of the earth in
profession of the one faith.
Therefore, overcome with paschal joy,
every land, every people exults in your
praise and even the heavenly Powers,
with the angelic hosts,
sing together the unending hymn of your
glory, as they acclaim:

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Grant, we pray, O Lord,
that, as promised by your Son,
the Holy Spirit may reveal to us more
abundantly
the hidden mystery of this sacrifice
and graciously lead us into all truth.
Through Christ our Lord. 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.

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:

When we eat this Bread and
drink this Cup,
we proclaim your death, O Lord,
until you come again.

You are indeed Holy, O Lord,
and all you have created
rightly gives you praise,
for through your Son our Lord Jesus
Christ, by the power and working of
the Holy Spirit,
you give life to all things and make
them holy, and you never cease to
gather a people to yourself, so that
from the rising of the sun to its setting
a pure sacrifice may be offered
to your name.

Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore
you: by the same Spirit graciously
make holy these gifts we have brought
to you for consecration, that they may
become the Body and @ Blood
of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
at whose command we celebrate
these mysteries.
For on the night he was betrayed
he himself took bread,
and, giving you thanks, he said the
blessing,
broke the bread 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, giving you thanks, he said the
blessing,
and gave the chalice 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.

Then the Priest, with hands extended,
says:
Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the
memorial of the saving Passion of
your Son,
his wondrous Resurrection and
Ascension into heaven, and as we look
forward to his second coming, we offer
you in thanksgiving this holy and living
sacrifice.

Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your
Church and, recognising the sacrificial
Victim by whose death
you willed to reconcile us to yourself,
grant that we, who are nourished by the
Body and Blood of your Son and filled
with his Holy Spirit, may become one
body, one spirit in Christ.

May he make of us
an eternal offering to you,
so that we may obtain an inheritance
with your elect,
especially with the most Blessed Virgin
Mary, Mother of God, with blessed
Joseph her spouse, with your blessed
Apostles and glorious Martyrs (with
Saint N. the Saint of the day or Patron
Saint) and with all the Saints,
on whose constant intercession in your
presence we rely for unfailing help.

May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation,
we pray, O Lord, advance the peace and
salvation of all the world. Be pleased to
confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim
Church on earth,
with your servant Leo our Pope and N.
our Bishop, his assistant Bishop(s) the
Order of Bishops, all the clergy,
and the entire people you have gained
for your own.
Listen graciously to the prayers of this
family,
whom you have summoned before you:
in your compassion, O merciful Father,
gather to yourself all your children
scattered throughout the world.
To our departed brothers and sisters
and to all who were pleasing to you
at their passing from this life,
give kind admittance to your kingdom.
There we hope to enjoy for ever the
fullness of your glory
The Priest joins his hands.
through Christ our Lord,
through whom you bestow on the world
all that is good. †

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.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Acts 2: 4, 11
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and spoke of the marvels of God,
alleluia.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
O God, who bestow heavenly gifts
upon your Church, safeguard, we
pray, the grace you have given,
that the gift of the Holy Spirit poured
out upon her may retain all its force
and that this spiritual food
may gain her abundance of eternal
redemption.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mould me,
fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.

Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on us.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on us.
Melt us, mould us,
fill us, use us.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on us.

Lord Jesus, on this day of Pentecost,
you sent the Holy Spirit, the gift of the
Father, to the Apostles and to your mother.
Bestow the same Spirit of Truth on your
disciples today and let us feel in us
what you accomplished when the Church
was born. Come, Holy Spirit, and dwell in
me. Inflame my heart with love for Christ,
my Redeemer. Teach me all the things he
said. Help me to pray. Give me the
courage of an apostle.

Blessing – Holy Spirit No8
May God, the Father of lights,
who was pleased to enlighten the
disciples’ minds by the outpouring of the
Spirit, the Paraclete, grant you gladness
by his blessing and make you always
abound with the gifts of the same Spirit.
Amen.

May the wonderous flame that appeared
above the disciples, powerfully cleanse
your hearts from every evil and pervade
them with its purifying light.
Amen.

And may God who has been pleased to
unite many tongues in the profession of
one faith, give you perseverance in that
same faith and, by believing, may you
journey from hope to clear vision.
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 forever.
Amen.

Go forth the Mass is ended,
alleluia, alleluia.
Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia

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.
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.
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.

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.

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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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 for ever,
you shall live for ever.
I am the Resurrection, I am the Life,
If you believe in me,
even though you die,
you shall live for ever.

Communion Rite

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn