Entrance Antiphon: Turn your ear, O Lord, and answer me; save the servant who trusts in you, my God. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. (Cf. Ps 86 (85): 1-3)
Collect: O God, who cause the minds of the faithful
to unite in a single purpose,
grant your people to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
that, amid the uncertainties of this world,
our hearts may be fixed on that place
where true gladness is found.
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: Isaiah 66:18–21
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 117:1, 2
Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
Second Reading: Hebrews 12:5–7, 11–13
Gospel: Luke 13:22–30
Prayer over the Offerings: O Lord, who gained for yourself a people by adoption
through the one sacrifice offered once for all,
bestow graciously on us, we pray,
the gifts of unity and peace in your Church.
Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, says the Lord, and I will raise him up on the last day. (Cf. Jn 6: 54)
Prayer after Communion: Complete within us, O Lord, we pray,
the healing work of your mercy
and graciously perfect and sustain us,
so that in all things we may please you.
Through Christ our Lord.
Suggested Music:
Processional Hymn: Praise to the Lord!
Entrance Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Responsorial Psalm: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Alleluia: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
Offertory Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Communion Antiphon: from the Ignatius Pew Missal
A Eucharistic hymn is appropriate during or after communion.
Recessional Hymn: Jerusalem, My Happy Home