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This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made; we will rejoice, we will rejoice

and be glad in it, and be glad in it.

This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and

be glad in it. This is the day, this is the

day that the Lord has made.

This is the day, this is the day when he rose again, when he rose again; we will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it,

and be glad in it.

This is the day when he rose again; we will rejoice

and be glad in it. This is the day, this is the day when he rose again.

This is the day, this is the day when the Spirit came,

when the Spirit came; we will rejoice, we will rejoice and

be glad in it, and be glad in it.

This is the day when the Spirit came; we will rejoice

and be glad in it. This is the day, this is the day when the Spirit came.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen We Gather

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

All: And with your spirit. We Gather

…Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy…Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy…Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercyPenitential act

May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

All: Amen.Penitential act

O God, who see how your people faithfully await the

feast of the Lord’s Nativity,enable us, we pray,

to attain the joys of so great aThe Collect

Salvation and to celebrate them always with solemn

worship and glad rejoicing.Through our Lord Jesus

Christ, your Son,The Collect

Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy

Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

All: AmenThe Collect

The First Reading

A reading from the prophet Zephaniah.

Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud!

Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has driven your enemies away.

The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst; you have no more evil to fear.When that day comes, word will come to Jerusalem:

Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp. The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior.He will exult with joy over

you, he will renew you by his love; he will dance with shouts of joy for youas on a day of festival.

The Word

of the Lord

Thanks be to God.

Sing and shout for joy for great in your

midst is the Holy One of Israel.

The Psalm

Truly, God is my salvation, I trust, I shall not fear.For the Lord is my strength, my

song, he became my saviour.With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

The Psalm



The Psalm

Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name!

Make his mighty deeds known to the peoples!

Declare the greatness of his name.

The Psalm



The Psalm

Sing a psalm to the Lord for he has done glorious deeds;

make them known to all the earth! People of Zion, sing and shout for joy, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

The Psalm



The Psalm

The Second Reading

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians.

I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat, what I want is your happiness. Let your

tolerance be evident to everyone: the Lord is very near. There is no need to worry; but if there is anything you need, pray for it, asking God for it with prayer and thanksgiving, and that

peace of God, which is so much greater than we can understand, will guard your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.

The Word

of the Lord

Thanks be to God.

Alleluia, alleluia!The spirit of the Lord has been given to me.He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor.Alleluia!

Gospel Acclamation

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit. A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.

Glory to you, O Lord. The Gospel

When all the people asked John, ‘What must we do?’ he answered, ‘If anyone has two tunics he must share with the man who has none,

and the one with something to eat must do the same.’ There were tax collectors too who came for baptism, and these said to him,

‘Master, what must we do?’ He said to them, ‘Exact no more than your rate.’ Some soldiers asked him in their turn, ‘What about us? What

must we do?’ He said to them, ‘No intimidation! No extortion! Be content with your pay!’ A feeling of expectancy

had grown among the people, who were beginning to think that John might be the Christ, so John declared before

them all, ‘I baptise you with water, but someone is coming, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to undo the

strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand to clear his

threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.’ As well as this,

there were many other things he said to exhort the people and to announce the Good News to them.

The Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

I believe in God, the Father almighty,Creator of heaven and earth,and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

The Apostles’ Creed

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the Virgin Mary,suffered under Pontius Pilate,


was crucified, died and was buried;he descended into hell;on the third day he rose again from the dead;


he ascended into heaven,and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;


from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit,the holy catholic Church,the communion of saints,


the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body,and life everlasting.

AmenThe Apostles’

Creed

Prayer of the Faithful

Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed

art thou among women, and blessed

is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our

death. Amen.

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.

All: Blessed be God for ever.Presentation and preparation of the

Gifts

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.

All: Blessed be God for ever.Presentation and preparation of the

Gifts

Pray, my brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours may

be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

All: 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.

May the sacrifice of our worship, Lord, we pray, be offered to you unceasingly, to complete what was begun in sacred mystery and powerfully accomplish for us your saving work. Through Christ our Lord. All: Amen

Prayer over the offerings

The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit.Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. All: It is right and just. Preface

Dialogue

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.

We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your

Resurrection until you come again.

Memorial Acclamation

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.

All: Amen!

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 trespassesas we forgive

those who trespass against

us.

And lead us not into

temptation,but deliver us

from evil.

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, and useless worry, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.

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.

Let us offer each other the sign of peaceWe Share God’s

Peace

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.Fraction of the Bread

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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.

Invitation to Communion

All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Invitation to Communion

Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords that cannot be broken. Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, Lord, bind us together in love.

There is only one God, there is only one King. There is only one Body, that is why we sing:

Made for the glory of God, purchased by his precious Blood, born with the right to be free: Jesus the victory has won

You are the family of God, You are his promise divine, You are God’s chosen desire,You are the glorious new wine.

As I kneel before you,As I bow my head in

prayer, Take this day, make it yours

and fill me with your love.

Refrain:

Ave Maria,Gratia plena,

Dominus tecum,Benedicta tu.

All I have I give you,Every dream and wish

are yours,Mother of Christ,

Mother of mine, present them to my Lord.

Refrain:



As I kneel before you, And I see your smiling

face, Ev'ry thought, ev'ry word Is lost in

your embrace.

Refrain:



POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER FOR THE JUBILEE YEAR OF

MERCY

Lord Jesus Christ, you have taught us to be merciful like

the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you

sees Him.

Show us your face and we will be saved.

Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from

being enslaved by money;

the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things; made Peter weep after his betrayal, and

assured Paradise to the repentant thief.

Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that

you spoke to the Samaritan woman: “If you knew the gift

of God!”

You are the visible face of the invisible Father, of the God who manifests his power

above all by forgiveness and mercy:

let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord

risen and glorified.

You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in

weakness in order that they may feel compassion for

those in ignorance and error:

let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved,

and forgiven by God.

Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us

with its anointing, so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a

year of grace from the Lord, and your Church,

with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the

poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed,

and restore sight to the blind.

We ask this through the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy, you who live and

reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

Amen.

We implore your mercy, Lord, that this divine sustenance may cleanse us of our faults and prepare us for the coming feasts. Through Christ our Lord.All: Amen

Prayer after communion

The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Final Blessing

May almighty God bless you,the Father, and the Son,and the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.Final Blessing

The mass is ended, go in peace and proclaim the Gospel of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.Dismissal

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Colours of day dawn into the mind, the sun has come up, the night is behind. Go down in the city, into the street, and let’s give the message to the people we meet.

So light up the fire and let the flame burn, open the door, let Jesus return. Take seeds of his Spirit, let the fruit grow, tell the

people of Jesus, let his love show.

Go through the park, on into the town; the sun still shines on, it never goes down. The light of the world is risen again; the people of darkness are needing our friend.

Open your eyes, look into the sky, the darkness has come, the sun came to die. The evening draws on, the sun disappears, but Jesus is living, and his Spirit is near.

EUCHARISTIC

ADORATION

Pope Francis desires that the year ‘will be steeped in mercy, so that we can go out to every man and woman, bringing

the goodness and tenderness of God! May the balm of mercy reach

everyone, both believers and those far away, as a sign that the Kingdom of

God is already present in our midst!’

Extracts from the Bull: Misericordiae Vultus

‘Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy. These words might well sum up the mystery of the Christian faith. Mercy

has become living and visible in Jesus of Nazareth, reaching its culmination in

him.’ (1)


‘I will open the Holy Door on the fiftieth anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Ecumenical

Council. The Church feels a great need to keep this event alive. With the Council, the Church entered a new phase of her history. The Council Fathers strongly perceived,

as a true breath of the Holy Spirit, a need to talk about God to men and women of their time in a more accessible

way.’ (4)

Extracts from the Bull: Misericordiae Vultus‘…the mercy of God is not an abstract idea, but a concrete reality with which he reveals his love as of that of a father or a mother, moved to the very depths out of love for their child. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that this is a “visceral” love. It gushes forth from the depths naturally, full of tenderness and compassion, indulgence and mercy.’ (6)


‘In the parables devoted to mercy, Jesus reveals the nature of God as that of a

Father who never gives up until he has forgiven the wrong and overcome

rejection with compassion and mercy.’ (9)