9th November 2025

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON. Cf. Rev 21: 2
I saw the holy city, a new
Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God, prepared like a
bride adorned for her husband.

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 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.

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.

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.

Entrance Hymn

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.

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.

COLLECT
O God, who from living and chosen
stones prepare an eternal dwelling for
your majesty, increase in your Church
the spirit of grace you have bestowed,

The Liturgy of the Word

SIT

FIRST READING 47:1-2, 8-9, 12.
A reading from the prophet Ezekial.

The angel brought me to the entrance
of the Temple, where a stream came
out from under the Temple threshold
and flowed eastwards, since the
Temple faced east. The water flowed
from under the right side of the
Temple, south of the altar. He took me
out by the north gate and led me right
round outside as far as the outer east
gate where the water flowed out on
the right-hand side. The man went to
the east holding his measuring line
and measured off a thousand cubits;
he then made me wade across the
stream; the water reached my ankles.
He measured off another thousand
and made me wade across the stream
again; the water reached my knees.
He measured off another thousand
and made me wade across again; the
water reached my waist. He measured
off another thousand; it was now a
river which I could not cross; the
stream had swollen and was now
deep water, a river impossible to
cross. He then said, ‘Do you see, son
of man?” He took me further, then
brought me back to the bank of the
river. He said, This water flows east
down to the Arabah and to the sea;
and flowing into the sea it makes its
waters wholesome. Wherever the river
flows, all living creatures teeming in it
will live. Fish will be very plentiful, for
wherever the water goes it brings
health, and life teems wherever the
river flows. Along the river, on either
bank, will grow every kind of fruit tree
with leaves that never wither and fruit
that never fails; they will bear new fruit
every month, because this water
comes from the sanctuary. And their
fruit will be good to eat and the leaves
medicinal.

The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

so that by new growth your faithful
people may build up the heavenly
Jerusalem. 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.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Ps 45:2-3. 5-6. 8-9. Rv.5

R. The waters of a river give joy to God’s
city, the holy place where the Most High
dwells.
1. God is for us a refuge and strength,
a helper close at hand, in time of distress:
so we shall not fear though the earth
should rock.
though the mountains fall into the
depths of the sea. (R)
2. The waters of a river give joy to God’s city,
the holy place where the Most High
dwells.
God is within, it cannot be shaken;
God will help it at the dawning of the day.

(R)
3. The Lord of hosts is with us:
the God of Jacob is our stronghold.
Come, consider the works of the Lord
the redoubtable deeds he has done on
earth. (R)

ACCLAMATION 2 Chron 7:16
Alleluia, alleluia! I have chosen and
consecrated this house, says the
Lord, for my name to be there for

ever. Alleluia!

GOSPEL 2:13-22

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

Just before the Jewish Passover
Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in
the Temple he found people selling
cattle and sheep and pigeons, and
the money-changers sitting at their
counters there. Making a whip out of
some cord, he drove them all out of
the Temple, cattle and sheep as
well, scattered the money-changers’
coins, knocked their tables over and
said to the pigeon-sellers, ‘Take all
this out of here and stop turning my
Father’s house into a market’. Then
his disciples remembered the words
of scripture: Zeal for your house will
devour me. The Jews intervened
and said, ‘What sign can you show
us to justify what you have done?’
Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this
sanctuary, and in three days I will
raise it up’. The Jews replied, ‘It has
taken forty-six years to build this
sanctuary: are you going to raise it
up in three days?’

But he was speaking of the
sanctuary that was his body, and
when Jesus rose from the dead, his
disciples remembered that he had
said this, and they believed the
scripture and the words he had said.

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

SECOND READING 3:9-11.16-17

A reading from the first letter of
St Paul to the Corinthians.
You are God’s building. By the grace
God gave me, I succeeded as an
architect and laid the foundations, on
which someone else is doing the
building. Everyone doing the building
must work carefully. For the
foundation, nobody can lay any other
than the one which has already been
laid, that is Jesus Christ. Didn’t you
realise that you were God’s temple
and that the Spirit of God was living
among you? If anybody should
destroy the temple of God, God will
destroy him, because the temple of
God is sacred; and you are that
temple.

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;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,
(All bow during the next two 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.

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.

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PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

Liturgy of the Eucharist

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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.
PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Accept, we pray, O Lord, the offering
made here and grant that by it those
who seek your favour may receive in
this place the power of the Sacraments
and the answer to their prayers.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II
PREFACE The mystery of the Church, the
Bride of Christ and the Temple of the Spirit.
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 your
benevolence you are pleased to
dwell in this house of prayer in order
to perfect us as the temple of the
Holy Spirit, supported by the
perpetual help of your grace and
resplendent with the glory of a life
acceptable to you. Year by year you
sanctify the Church, the Bride of
Christ, foreshadowed in visible
buildings, so that, rejoicing as the
mother of countless children,
she may be given her place in your
heavenly glory. And so, with all the
Angels and Saints, we praise you,
as without end 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.

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.

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,

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

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.

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

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. Origination and
printing by Shanway Press, email: info@shanway.com T: 028 9022 2070

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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 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.

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.

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.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON:
Be built up like living stones,
into a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood.

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

(R) Stay with us Lord we pray you,
alleluia.

You are the bread come down from
heaven;
You are the food of life eternal. (R)
You are the light which illuminines
the world.
Brightening our way, dispelling our
darkness. (R)

You are the Christ the divine Son of
God.
You are the pledge of life eternal. (R)

Lord Jesus, you have given me your
flesh to eat and your blood to drink. I
adore you and thank you with all my
heart.
In return I want to give my life to you,
to love and serve you in this Eucharist,
to love and serve you in my brothers
and sisters.

You came on earth not to be served,
but to serve: in all my activity let me
follow your example and learn to give
myself and what is mine to the complete
fulfilment of your holy will. Yet, Lord, this
is not easy: I am weak and self-centred.
Turn your eyes of pity towards me.

I adore you, O Heart of Jesus, full of
kindness and compassion. You became
man for my sake, to be like me in all
things but sin.

I know you are able to sympathise
with my weakness, so it is with

confidence I have come to you in Holy
Communion as to the throne of grace,
so that in all my needs
I may receive mercy and find help.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
O God, who chose to foreshadow for us
the heavenly Jerusalem through the sign
of your Church on earth, grant, we pray,
that, by our partaking of this Sacrament,
we may be made the temple of your
grace and may enter the dwelling place
of your glory. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Concluding Rites
For the dedication of a Church
May God, the Lord of heaven and earth,
who has gathered you today for the
dedication of this church, make you
abound in heavenly blessings. Amen.

And may he who has willed that all his
scattered children should be gathered
together in his Son, grant that you may
become his temple and the dwelling
place of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

And so, when you are thoroughly
cleansed, may God dwell within you
and grant you to possess with all the
saints the inheritance of eternal
happiness. 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.

Praise, my soul, the king of heaven!
to his feet thy 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!

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!

Recessional Hymn