13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

PRESIDENTIAL PRAYERS FROM THE CHAIR

Introductory Rites

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.

Penitential Rite

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† 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,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 or

†Lord Jesus, you came to reconcile us to one another and to the Father: Lord, have mercy.‡ Lord, have mercy.†Lord Jesus, you heal the wounds of sin and division:

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Christ, have mercy.‡ Christ, have mercy.†Lord Jesus, you intercede for us with your Father: 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.‡ Christ, have mercy.† Lord, have mercy.‡ Lord, have mercy.

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,

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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.

O God, who through the grace of adoption chose us to be children of light, grant, we pray, that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error but always be seen to stand in the bright light of truth.

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.

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Special Blessing after the Homily

[Insert particular blessing on this page.]

RCIA Rite of Dismissal (8:30am only)

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

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

[once gathered in the dismissal area, continues:]

† My dear candidate/s and catechumen/s,messages of both freedom and commitmentare found in today’s readings.

May your reflections on the Word of Godlay bare any areas of your lifewhere you are not yet free,as well as those areas of your lifewhere you feel challenged

to commit yourself more fully to the Lord.

Go now in the peace of Christto reflect on the Scripturesand break open the Word of God in your lives.

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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Choose one of the following Creeds:

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

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glorified,who has spoken through the prophets.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.

May this divine sacrifice we have offered and received fill us with life, O Lord, we pray, so that, bound to you in lasting charity, we may bear fruit that lasts for ever.

Through Christ our Lord.

‡ Amen.

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Special Blessing after Communion

[Insert particular blessing on this page.]

Concluding Rites

† The Lord be with you.13

‡ And with your spirit.

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.

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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