Weekend Worship Aid

Use this guide during Mass, either while in church or viewing from home.

Processional Hymn
Gather Us In by Marty Haugen
 

1. Here in this place new light is streaming, Now is the darkness vanished away; See in this space our fears and our dreaming, brought here to you in the light of this day. Gather us in the lost and forsaken, gather us in the blind and the lame; Call to us now, and we shall awaken, we shall arise at the sound of our name.


2. We are the young our lives are a myst’ry, we are the old who yearn for your face; We have been sung throughout all of hist’ry, called to be light to the whole human race. Gather us in the rich and the haughty, gather us in the proud and the strong; Give us a heart so meek and so lowly, give us the courage to enter the song.


3. Here we will take the wine and the water, here we will take the bread of new birth; Here you shall call your sons and your daughters, call us anew to be salt for the earth. Give us to drink the wine of compassion, give us to eat the bread that is you; Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion lives that are holy and hearts that are true.

  

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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.

Priest/Deacon: .... Lord, have mercy.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Priest/Deacon: .... Christ, have mercy.
People: Christ, have mercy.
Priest/Deacon: .... Lord, have mercy
People: Lord, have mercy.

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

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First Reading [Jeremiah 31:7-9]

Thus says the LORD: Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say: The LORD has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring them back from the land of the north; I will gather them from the ends of the world, with the blind and the lame in their midst, the mothers and those with child; they shall return as an immense throng. They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide them; I will lead them to brooks of water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my first-born.

The word of the Lord.   Thanks be to God.
 

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Responsorial Psalm [Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6]
The Lord Has Done Great Things For Us, Gelineau

Refrain: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy, we are filled with joy.
 

1. 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.


2. The heathens themselves said: "What marvels the Lord worked for them!" What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad.


3. Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage as streams in dry land. Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.

 

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Second Reading [Hebrews 5:1-6]

Brothers and sisters: Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him:

You are my son: this day I have begotten you;

just as he says in another place:

You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

The word of the Lord.   Thanks be to God.
 

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Gospel Reading [Mark 10:46-52]

A reading from the Gospel according to Mark.   +Glory to you, O Lord.

As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me." And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me." Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you." He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see." Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

The Gospel of the Lord.   Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ.
 

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Homily
 

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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, (bow at underline) 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.

Prayer to St. Joseph
Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To you God entrusted his only Son; in you Mary placed her trust; with you Christ became man.
Blessed Joseph, to us too, show yourself a father and guide us in the path of life. Obtain for us grace, mercy and courage, and defend us from every evil. Amen.
 

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Offertory Hymn
The Jesus Song by Tom Booth

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, have mercy on me. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, have mercy on me, Amen.

Jesus, I trust in you. Jesus, I trust in you. You are the Son of the Living God. Jesus, I trust in you. Jesus, I trust in you.
 

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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): Save us, Savior of the world, for by your cross and resurrection you have set us free.

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.
 

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Communion Hymn
Open My Eyes by Jesse Manibusan
 

1. Open my eyes, Lord. Help me to see your face. Open my eyes, Lord. Help me to see.


2. Open my ears, Lord. Help me to hear your voice. Open my ears, Lord. Help me to hear.


3. Open my heart, Lord. Help me to love like you. Open my heart, Lord. Help me to love.
   Bridge: And the first shall be last, and our eyes are opened, and we'll hear like never before. And we'll speak in new ways, and we'll see God's face in places we've never known.


4. I live within you. Deep in your heart, O Love. I live within you. Rest now in me.

 

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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.
 

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Processional Hymn
Rain Down by Jaime Cortez/Craig Kingsbury

Refrain: Rain down, rain down, rain down your love on your people. Rain down, rain down, rain down your love, God of life.
 

1. Faithful and true is the word of our God. All of God's works are so worthy of trust. God's mercy falls on the just and the right; full of God's love is the earth.


2. We who revere and find hope in our God live in the kindness and joy of God's wing. God will protect us from darkness and death; God will not leave us to starve.


3. God of creation, we long for your truth; you are the water of life that we thirst. Grant that your love and your peace touch our hearts, all of our hope lies in you.

 

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Lyrics printed with permission. One License: A-716221