FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTERPRESIDENTIAL PRAYERS FROM THE CHAIR

Introductory Rites

[Presider enters during Processional Hymn and remains with servers/lector at the baptismal font for the introduction and then immediately begins the rite of sprinkling] Sign of the Cross

Priest Celebrant (†): In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Faithful Celebrants (‡): Amen.Greeting

† The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and love of God,

and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

or† Grace to you and peace from God our Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ.or

† The Lord be with you.

‡ And with your spirit.

Invitation to Prayer over Blessed Water

† Dear brothers and sisters,let us implore the mercy of God, our Father.May this rite of sprinkling revive in us the grace of baptism

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through which we have been immersed in the redeeming death of the Lord, that we may rise with him to new life.

† Father, God of mercy,through these waters of baptismyou have filled us with new lifeas your own children.

Cantor 2X:

† From all who are baptizedin water and the Holy Spirit,

you have formed one people,united in your Son, Jesus Christ.

Cantor 2X:

† You have set us freeand filled our hearts with the Spirit of your

love,that we may live in your peace.

Cantor 2X:

† You call those who have been baptizedto announce the Good News of Jesus Christ

to people everywhere.

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† Father,you have called us to this cleansing water,that we may share in the faith of your Church

and have eternal life.By the mystery of this consecrated waterlead us to a new and spiritual life.Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen. [Singing the Gloria, the presider (and assistants) sprinkle the community as other ministers process in. The Collect follows.]

[If the Rite of Sprinkling has not taken place, then the penitential rite follows. If sprinkling has taken place, then the Penitential Rite is omitted.]

Penitential Rite

† Brothers and sisters,Let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the

sacred mysteries.Choose one of the following forms:

†‡ I confess to almighty Godand to you, my brothers and sisters,that I have greatly sinnedin my thoughts and in my words,in what I have doneand in what I have failed to do,through my fault, †through my fault,through my most grievous fault;therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,

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all the Angels and Saints,and you, my brothers and sisters,to pray for me to the Lord our God.or

† Have mercy on us, O Lord.‡ For we have sinned against you.† Show us, O Lord, your mercy.‡ And grant us your salvation

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† You were sent to heal the contrite of heart:Lord, have mercy.

‡ Lord, have mercy.† You came to call sinners:

Christ, have mercy.‡ Christ, have mercy.† You are seated at the right hand of the Father

to intercede for us:Lord, have mercy.

‡ Lord, have mercy.

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

‡ Amen.The invocations follow, unless they occurred previously.

† Lord, have mercy.‡ Lord, have mercy.† Christ, have mercy.

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‡ Christ, have mercy.† Lord, have mercy.‡ Lord, have mercy.

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The 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.

Collect

† Let us pray.

Almighty ever-living God, constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us, that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism may, under your protective care, bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal.

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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.

‡ Amen.RCIA Rite of Dismissal

[Catechetical leader or Presider invites those to be dismissed:]

† Would our candidate/s and/or catechumen/s please come forward?

[once gathered in the dismissal area, continues:]

† My dear candidates and catechumens, today’s gospel reading can leave no doubt in

our minds,but that we are called to developa deep bonding with the Lord Jesus.

This gospel challenges all of usto allow Jesus to live in us.

May each of you come to realize more and more

that you can only reach your full potential,become the beautiful person God intends you

to be,and arrive at wholeness,through union with Jesus.

Go now in the peace of Christto ponder the Scriptures,and break open the Word of God in your lives.

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God bless you.

[a dismissal mantra is sung as they are led out, and then follows the community’s Profession of Faith.]

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Profession of Faith: Renewal of Baptismal Promises

† Dear brothers and sisters, through the Paschal Mysterywe have been buried with Christ in Baptism,so that we may walk with him in newness of life.And so, let us renew the promises of Holy Baptism,by which we once renounced Satan and his worksand promised to serve God in the holy Catholic Church.And so I ask you who have been baptized:

† Do you believe in God, the Father almighty,Creator of heaven and earth?

‡ I do.† Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

who was born of the Virgin Mary,suffered death and was buried, rose again from the deadand is seated at the right hand of the Father?

‡ I do.† Do you 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?

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‡ I do.† And may almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who has given us new birth by water and the Holy Spiritand bestowed on us forgiveness of our sins,keep us by his grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord, for eternal life.

‡ Amen.

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or Niceno-Constantinopolitan 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 heavenand by the Holy Spiritwas 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 dayin accordance with the Scriptures.He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in gloryto judge the living and the deadand 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.

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I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sinsand I look forward to the resurrection of the deadand the life of the world to come. Amen.

or, the Apostles’ Creed, may be recited:

†‡ I believe in God, the Father almighty,Creator of heaven and earth,and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,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 handof God the Father almighty;from there he will come to judgethe 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.

Amen.

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The Prayer of the Faithful or Universal Prayer

† [Insert Priest Celebrant’s Introduction here]

Petitions of prayer are proclaimed by the Lector or, if present, the deacon.

† [Insert Priest Celebrant’s Concluding Prayer here]

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Prayers of the Faithful

[Insert particular petitions, prayers and intentions on this page.]

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Prayer after Communion

† Let us pray.

Graciously be present to your people, we pray, O Lord, and lead those you have imbued with heavenly mysteries to pass from former ways to newness of life.

Through Christ our Lord.

‡ Amen.

Blessing and Crowning of Mary, Our Mother (8:30am only)

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My dear brothers and sisters, we have gathered here in joy for the solemn procession to the statue of the blessed Virgin Mary.

Under the title, Mary, our Mother, this statue will remind us of the close ties of Mary to Christ and his Church.

First of all, she is Christ’s Mother, the Mother of the visible image of the invisible God. But she is also the image and model of the Church, and she is our exemplar.

In Mary, the Church joyously contemplates the image of all that the Church itself desires and hopes wholly to be.

The Church recognizes in Mary the model of the path and the practice it must follow to reach complete union with Christ.

As the Spouse of Christ, the Church raises its eyes to Mary, the exemplar it must look to in carrying out the work of the Church.

We should strive to take part in this service with the greatest intensity and reverent devotion.

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Together, being led by our First Communicants and their families, and the members of the Altar Rosary Society, let us joyfully process to the Statue of Mary.Procession to Statue of Mary (while singing Immaculate Mary)

Crowning of Statue of Mary

Prayer of Blessing:

Lord God, we acknowledge your infinite gloryand the abundance of your gifts.Before the foundation of the world,you appointed Christ the beginning and end of all things.

You chose the blessed Virgin Maryas the Mother and companion of your Son,the image and model of your Church,the Mother and advocate of us all.

She is the new Eve,through whom you restored what the first Eve had lost.

She is the daughter of Zion,who echoed in her heartthe longings of the patriarchs and the hopes of Israel.

She is the poor and lowly servant,

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who trusted solely in her Lord.

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Concluding Rites

† The Lord be with you.‡ And with your spirit.Optional Solemn Blessing

† Bow down for the blessing.

† May God, who by the Resurrection of his Only Begotten Sonwas pleased to confer on youthe gift of redemption and of adoption,give you gladness by his blessing.

‡ Amen.

† May he, by whose redeeming workyou have received the gift of everlasting

freedom,make you heirs to an eternal inheritance.

‡ Amen.

† And may you, who have already risen with Christ in Baptism

through faith,by living in a right manner on this earth,be united with him in the homeland of heaven.

‡ 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.

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Or Simple Blessing

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

‡ Amen.

Dismissal

† Go forth, the Mass is ended.or

† Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.or

† Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.

or† Go in peace.

‡ Thanks be to God.

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Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

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