Entrance Antiphon: All the earth shall bow down before you, O God, and shall sing to you, shall sing to your name, O Most High! (Ps 66 (65): 4)
Collect: Almighty ever-living God,
who govern all things,
both in heaven and on earth,
mercifully hear the pleading of your people
and bestow your peace on our times.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
First Reading: 1 Sm 3:3B-10, 19
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10
Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
Second Reading: 1 Cor 6:13C-15A, 17-20
Gospel: Jn 1:35-42
Prayer over the offerings: Grant us, O Lord, we pray,
that we may participate worthily in these mysteries,
for whenever the memorial of this sacrifice is celebrated
the work of our redemption is accomplished.
Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon (Option 1): You have prepared a table before me, and how precious is the chalice that quenches my thirst. (Cf. Ps 23 (22): 5)
Prayer after Communion: Pour on us, O Lord, the Spirit of your love,
and in your kindness
make those you have nourished
by this one heavenly Bread
one in mind and heart.
Through Christ our Lord.
Suggested Music:
Processional Hymn: Praise to the Holiest in the Height!
Entrance Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Responsorial Psalm: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Alleluia: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Communion Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
A Eucharistic Hymn is appropriate after communion.
Recessional: God, We Praise You