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2nd Sunday of AdventProcessional Hymn
On Jordan's Bank (Coffin)- On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry announces that the Lord is nigh; awake and harken, for he brings glad tidings o the King of kings.
- Then cleansed be ev'ry life from sin; make straight the way for God within, and let each heart prepare a home were such a mighty guest may come.
- For you are our salvation, Lord, our refuge and our great reward; without your grace we waste away like flow'rs that wither and decay.
Introductory Rite
Priest: The Lord be with you.
People: And with your spirit.
Penitential Act
Priest: Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
People: 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, (strike chest 3x) 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.
-AND/OR-Priest/Deacon: You were sent to heal the contrite of heart. Kyrie eleison. People: Kyrie eleison.
Priest/Deacon: You were sent to call sinners. Christe eleison.
People: Christe eleison.Priest/Deacon: You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us: Kyrie eleison.
Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
People: Kyrie eleison.
People: Amen.
First Reading [Bar 5:1-9]
Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever: wrapped in the cloak of justice from God, bear on your head the mitre that displays the glory of the eternal name. For God will show all the earth your splendor: you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God’s worship.
Up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights; look to the east and see your children gathered from the east and the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God. Led away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will bring them back to you borne aloft in glory as on royal thrones. For God has commanded that every lofty mountain be made low, and that the age-old depths and gorges be filled to level ground, that Israel may advance secure in the glory of God. The forests and every fragrant kind of tree have overshadowed Israel at God’s command; for God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory, with his mercy and justice for company.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm [Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6.]
Psalm 126: The Lord Has Done Great Things (Gelineau)
Refrain: The Lord has done great things for us. We are filled with joy, we are filled with joy.
- When the Lord delivered Sion from bondage, it seemed like a dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, on our lips there were songs.
- The heathens themselves said: "What marvels the Lord worked for them!" What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad.
- Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage as streams in dry land. Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.
Second Reading [Phil 1:4-6, 8-11]
Brothers and sisters: I pray always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus. God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Reading [Lk 3:1-6]
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke. +Glory to you, O Lord.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert. John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:
A voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ.
Homily
Nicene Creed
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, 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.
Prayers of the Faithful
...Lord, hear our prayer.
Offertory Hymn
Christ, Be Our Light (Farrell)
Refrain: Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness. Christ, be our light! Shine in your Church gathered today.- Longing for light, we wait in darkness. Longing for truth, we turn to you. Make us your own, your holy people, light for the world to see.
- Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing for hope, many despair. Your word alone has pow'r to save us. Make us your living voice.
- Longing for food, many are hungry. Longing for water, many still thirst. Make us your bread, broken for others, shared until all are fed.
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Priest: Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
People: 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.
Priest: (Prayer over the offerings)
People: Amen
Priest: The Lord be with you.
People: And with your spirit.
Priest: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right and just.
Priest: ...as with one voice, we acclaim:
People (sung): 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.
Priest: The mystery of faith.
People (sung): We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your resurrection until you come again, until you come again.
Priest: Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.
People (sung): Amen.
Priest: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:
People: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Priest: 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 Savior, Jesus Christ.
People: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.
+Sign of peace+
People (sung):
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.
Priest: 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.
People: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.
Communion Hymn
Like a Shepherd (Dufford)
Refrain: Like a shepherd he feeds his flock and gathers the lambs in his arms, holding them carefully close to his heart, leading them home.- Say to the cities of Judah: Prepare the way of the Lord. Go to the mountain top, lift your voice; Jerusalem, here is your God.
- I myself will shepherd them, for others have led them astray. The lost I will rescue and heal their wounds and pasture them, giving them rest.
- Come unto me if you are heavily burdened, and take my yoke upon your shoulders, I will give you rest.
Communion Hymn
Jesus, Hope of the World (Light, Tate)
Refrain: Jesus, hope of the world, Jesus, light in our darkness, here we await you, O Master Divine. Here we receive you in Bread and in Wine: Jesus, hope of the world.- Come to us, O Son of God! Come to us, O Son of Man! Come, Son of God! Come, Son of Man! Shepherd your people in love!
- Come to us, O Promised King! Come to us, O Promised Peace! Come, Promised King! Come, Promised Peace! Come and be Lord of our hearts!
- Come to us, O Rising Sun! Come to us, O Endless Light! Come, Rising Sun! Come, Endless Light! Shatter the darkness of death!
Concluding Rites
Priest: The Lord be with you.
People: And with your spirit.
Priest: May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
Priest or Deacon: Go forth, the Mass is ended.
People: Thanks be to God.
Recessional Hymn
Every Valley (Dufford)
Refrain: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted and ev'ry hill made low. And all God's people shall see together the glory of the Lord.- A voice cries out in the wilderness, "Prepare the way of the Lord. Make straight in the desert a highway, a highway for our God."
- Stand upon the mountaintop. O lift your voice to the World. Sing joyfully, Jerusalem: "Behold, behold your God."
Lyrics printed with permission. One License: A-716221 - On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry announces that the Lord is nigh; awake and harken, for he brings glad tidings o the King of kings.