Monthly MassFebruary

The Feast of The Presentation of

the Lord

How Good it isHow good it is to dwell with the

brethren in the LordAnd to share his life today.Our hearts all glow and swell when

we meet with one ac-cord, to worship and to pray.

Entrance Hymn

You said, “Where two or three are gathered in my name,

There I would always be.” And in your memory we gather to acclaim, your promise for eternity.

How good it is to share in the wisdom of the Lord

And walk his holy wayGathered here in prayer where truth

is told and heardWe are learning to obey.

You said, “Where two or three are gathered in my name,

There I would always be.” And in your memory we gather to acclaim, your promise for eternity.

How good it is share, to give and to console

And to find our unityAs one all men must live to adore and

to extolOur Lord eternally.

You said, “Where two or three are gathered in my name,

There I would always be.” And in your memory we gather to acclaim, your promise for eternity.

Introductory RitesPriest:Priest: In the name of the Father, and

of the Son, and of the Holy

Spirit.

All:All: AmenPriest:Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be

with you all.

All:All: And with your spirit.

Penitential Rite

Priest:Priest: Brethren Brethren, let us , let us acknowledge acknowledge our sins and our sins and to prepare to prepare ourselves to ourselves to celebrate the celebrate the sacred sacred mysteries.mysteries.

All: All: I confess to almighty Godand to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have doneand in what I have failed to do,

 And, striking their breast, they say:

through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask

blessed Maryever-Virgin,all the Angels and Saints,and you, my brothers and sisters,to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Penitential Rite

Priest: May Almighty God have mercy on

us, forgive us our sins and bring us

to everlasting life.

All: Amen

Priest: Lord, have mercy

All: Lord, have mercy

Priest: Christ, have mercy

All: Christ, have mercy

Priest: Lord, have mercy

All: Lord, have mercy

The GloriaGlory 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.

Opening PrayerAlmighty ever-living God, we humbly impore your majesty that, just as your Only Begotten Son was presented on this day in the Temple in the substance of our flesh, so, by your grace, we may be presented to you with minds made pure. 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.

All: Amen

Liturgy of the WordFirst Reading 3:1-4

The Lord God says this: Look I am going to send my messenger to prepare a way before me. And the Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his Temple; and the angel of the covenant whom you are longing for, yes, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. Who will be able to resist the day of his coming? Who will remain standing when he appears?

A reading from the prophet Malachi

Liturgy of the WordFirst Reading 3:1-4

For he is like the refiner’s fire and the fullers’ alkali. He will take his seat as refiner and purifier; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and then they will make the offering to the Lord as it should be made. The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will then be welcomed by the Lord as in former days, as in the years of old.

A reading from the prophet Malachi

Liturgy of the WordFirst Reading 3:1-4

The Word of the LordAll: Thanks be to God

A reading from the prophet Malachi

Responsorial Psalm ps23:7-10

Response: Who is the king of glory? It is the Lord.

1. O gates, lift up your heads; grow higher, ancient doors. Let him enter, the king of glory! R

2. Who is the king of glory? The Lord, the mighty, the valiant, the Lord, the valiant in war. R

3. O gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors. Let him enter, the king of glofy! R

Response: Who is the king of glory? It is the Lord.

4. Who is he, the king of glory? He, the Lord of armies, he is the king of glory. R

Response: Who is the king of glory? It is the Lord.

Liturgy of the Wordsecond Reading 2:14-

18

Since all the children share the same blood and flesh, Jesus too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. For it was not the angels that he took to himself;

A reading from the letter to the Hebrews.

Liturgy of the Wordsecond Reading 2:14-

18

He took to himself descent from Abraham. It was essential that he should in this way become completely like his brothers so that he could be a compassionate and trustworthy high priest of God’s religion, able to atone for human sins. That is, because he has himself been through temptation he is able to help others who are tempted.

The Word of the LordAll: Thanks be to God

A reading from the prophet Malachi

Liturgy of the WordGospel Acclamation

All: Alleluia, alleluia!

The light to enlighten the Gentiles and give glory to Israel, your people.

Alleluia!

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit

Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel

according to Luke

All: Glory to you, O Lord.

Liturgy of the WordGospel Luke 2:22-40

When the day came for them to be

purified as laid down by the Law of

Moses, the parents of Jesus took him

up to Jerusalem to present him to the

Lord- observing what stands written in

the Law of the Lord: Every first-born

male must be consecrated to the Lord-

and also to offer in sacrifice, in

accordance with

What is said in the Law of the Lord, a

pair of turtle-doves or two young

pigeons. Now in Jerusalem there was a

man named Simeon. He was an upright

and devout man; he looked forward to

Israel’s comforting and the Holy Spirit

rested on him. It had been revealed to

him by the Holy Spirit that he would not

see death until he set eyes on the Christ

of the Lord.

Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed God: and he said:

“Now, Master, you can let your servant go in peace, just as you promised; because my eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared for all the nations to see, a light to enlighten the pagans and the glory of your people Israel.

The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus

Christ.

Prayers ofof the FaithfulPriest: ”My eyes have seen your

salvation, which you have

prepared in the presence

of all peoples”. God’s powerful

words nourishes us on the feast

of the Lord’s Presentation.

We now turn to our God for

what we need.

Response: Hear our prayer.

Response: Hear our prayer.

1. For joy in our Lord’s presence.

The prophet Malachi promised

that the Lord would come among

the people. May we welcome the

Lord’s presence among us,

challenging, correcting and

comforting all the people of God.

Lord, in your mercy. R

Response: Hear our prayer.

2. For trust in Christ our High Priest.

Jesus is the High Priest, our brother

who shares our flesh and blood. May

we grow in faith each day, trusting his

power to save us from the slavery of

sin and death. Lord, in your mercy. R

Response: Hear our prayer.

3. For a desire to be consecrated to

the God. The holy family obeyed the

traditions of their people, presenting the

child in the Temple of the Lord. May we

be aware that we too are a consecrated

people, called to God’s service, for the glory

of all the nations. Lord in your mercy.

R

Response: Hear our prayer.

4. For openness to God’s purposes.

Jesus is declared by Simeon a sign that

will be rejected. May we be open to

God’s mysterious purposes, looking for

the gift of wisdom to live always by the

gospel. Lord in your mercy. R

Conclusion: God of the

promises, your Son is

the light of all the

nations. Help us to

be his faithful

witnesses and grant

what we need through

Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

May This Lowly Bread and Wine

May this lowly bread and wineBe the sacrifice divineOf our saviour Jesus Christ of Our saviour Jesus Christ

Liturgy of the EucharistOffertory Hymn

All man’s labour can produce.You have given for our use.Take, O Lord. our offering Take, O Lord, our offering

On these gifts of bread and wineOf our sacrifice a sign

Father, look with favour now.Father, look with favour now.

Take my love my God I pour

At Thy feet its treasure store

Take myself and I will be

Ever only all for Thee

Ever only all for Thee

Liturgy of the EucharistInvitation to Prayer

Priest: Pray, brethren, 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.

Priest: May the offering made with

exultation by your Church be pleasing to you, O Lord, we pray, for you willed that your Only Begotten Son be offered to you for the life of the world as the Lamb without blemish. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

All: Amen

Eucharistic PrayerPriest: The Lord be with you.All: And with your spirit.

Priest: Lift up your hearts.All: We lift them up to the Lord.

Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right and just.

Priest: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.

For your co-eternal Son was presented on this day in

the Temple and revealed by the Spirit as the glory of Israel and Light of the nations.

Priest: And so, we, too, go forth, rejoicing to encounter

your Salvation, and with the Angels and Saints praise you, as without end we acclaim:

SANCTUS

All: 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: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.

Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the body and + Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Priest: At the time he was betrayed and entered willingly

into his Passion, he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

Priest: In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice

and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

Priest: DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

THE MYSTERY OF FAITH

All: When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim

your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

Priest: Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of his Death and

Resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the Bread of life and the Chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us

worthy to be in your presence and minister to you.

Priest: Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit. Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the

world, and bring her to the fullness of charity, together with

Benedict, our pope, Nicholas, our Archbishop and all the clergy.

Priest: Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy: welcome them into the light of your face.

Priest: Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the Blessed Virgin Mary,

Mother of God, with the blessed Apostles, and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ.

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.

The Communion RiteLord’s Prayer

Priest: At the Saviour’s commandand formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:

All:

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.

Communion RitePriest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from

every evil, graciously grant

peace in our days, that, by the

help of your mercy, we may

always be free from sin and safe

from all distress as we await the

blessed hope and the coming of

our Saviour Jesus Christ.

All:All: For the kingdom,

the power,

and the glory are yours

now and for ever.

Communion RCommunion Rite

Priest: 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.

All: Amen

Sign of Peace

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with

you always.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: Let us offer each other the

sign of peace.

All: 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.

Communion RiteCommunion RiteBreaking of the BreadBreaking of the Bread

Priest: Behold the Lamb of God,behold him who takes awaythe sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthythat you should enter under my roof, but only say the wordand my soul shall be healed.

Don’t Worry

Don’t worry about food or what you are to wear.

Is life not more precious by far?Christ clothes you in His imageAnd feeds you with His flesh And he loves you as you are.

Communion RiteCommunion Hymn I

Lord, hear me, I am a hungry man.I’ve had a craving since before the

world began.Where shall I find bread

That I may eat my fill and feed my weakening will.

Don’t worry about food or what you are to wear.

Is life not more precious by far?Christ clothes you in His imageAnd feeds you with His flesh And he loves you as you are.

Lord, I drink and still I ask for moreI hear your living water go rushing

past my doorGive me to drink, assuage my

burning thirstAnd leave my soul immersed.

Don’t worry about food or what you are to wear.

Is life not more precious by far?Christ clothes you in His imageAnd feeds you with His flesh And he loves you as you are.

Lord, I’m a pauper before the throne of God

I am in tatters, my feet are unshodI would have virtue to hide my

nakednessLord, who will give me dress?

Don’t worry about food or what you are to wear.

Is life not more precious by far?Christ clothes you in His imageAnd feeds you with His flesh And he loves you as you are.

Communion RiteThanksgiving Hymn

In Moments Like These

In moments like these

I sing out a song

I sing out a love song to Jesus

In moments like these

I lift up my hands

I lift up my hands to the Lord

In His Time In His time, in His time.

He makes all things beautiful in His time.Lord please show me every day,As your teaching me your way.That you do just what you say, in your time.

Communion RiteThanksgiving Hymn

In your time, in your timeYou make all things beautiful in

your time.Lord, my life to you I bring

May each song I have to singBe to you a lovely thing in your

time.

Singing I love you Lord

Singing I love you Lord

Singing I love you Lord

I love you

Communion RitePrayer After Communion

Priest: By these holy gifts which we have received, O Lord, bring your grace to perfection within us, and, as you fulfilled Simeon’s expectation that he would not see death until he had been privileged to welcome the Christ, so may we, going forth to meet the Lord, obtain the gift of eternal life. Through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

The Concluding Rites

Blessing

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

Priest: May Almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.

All: Amen.

Dismissal

Priest: Go forth, the Mass is ended.

All: Thanks be to God.

Go, Tell Everyone

God’s spirit is in my heart,He has called me and set

me apart.This is what I have to do,

what I have to do

Final Hymn

He sent me to give the Good News to the poor,Tell prisoners, that they are prisoners no more.

Tell blind people that they can see,And set the downtrodden free,

And go tell everyone the news that the kingdom of God has come,

And go tell, everyone the new that God’s kingdom has come.

Just as the Father sent me, So I’m sending you out to be

My witnesses throughout the world, the whole of the world.

He sent me to give the Good News to the poor,Tell prisoners, that they are prisoners no more.

Tell blind people that they can see,And set the downtrodden free,

And go tell everyone the news that the kingdom of God has come,

And go tell, everyone the new that God’s kingdom has come.

Don’t worry what you have to say,Don’t worry because on that day

God’s spirit will speak in your heart,Will speak in your heart.

He sent me to give the Good News to the poor,Tell prisoners, that they are prisoners no more.

Tell blind people that they can see,And set the downtrodden free,

And go tell everyone the news that the kingdom of God has come,

And go tell, everyone the new that God’s kingdom has come.

Text @2010, ICEL.