ENTRANCE PROCESSION Commentator: Let us all stand and join in the singing of our entrance hymn [Entrance Hymn

to be sung by the choir: _________] GREETING: Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. All: And also with you. [The priest may then briefly introduce the Mass of the day, saying something about the readings, the feast, and/or the special occasion being celebrated.] PENITENTIAL RITE: Priest: Coming together as God's family, with confidence let us ask the Father's forgiveness, for he is full of gentleness and compassion. All: I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; and 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: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. All: Amen. KYRIE: [To be sung by the choir: Lord have Mercy/ Panginoon, Maawa Ka] OR Priest: Lord, have mercy. All: Lord, have mercy. Priest: Christ, have mercy. All: Christ, have mercy. Priest: Lord, have mercy.

All: Lord, have mercy. **GLORIA: [This ancient hymn of praise is used on all Sundays outside of Advent and Lent, on solemnities and major feasts, and in solemn local celebrations. The priest may begin with a brief sung or spoken invitation for the people to praise God.] All: Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, Almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. 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 PRAYER: Priest: Let us pray. [After a time of silent prayer, the priest sings or says the Opening Prayer, which is different for each Mass. At the end, the people proclaim their consent.] All: Amen. Commentator: Please be seated. LITURGY OF THE WORD FIRST READING: Lector: A reading from the Book of Genesis. At the end of forty days Noah opened the hatch he had made in the ark, and he sent out a raven, to see if the waters had lessened on the earth. It flew back and forth until the waters dried off from the earth. Then he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had lessened on the earth. But the dove could find no place to alight and perch, and it returned to him in the ark, for there was water all over the earth. Putting out his hand, he caught the dove and drew it back to him inside the ark. He waited seven days more and again sent the dove out from the ark. In the evening the dove came back to him, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf!

So Noah knew that the waters had lessened on the earth. He waited still another seven days and then released the dove once more; and this time it did not come back. In the six hundred and first year of Noahs life, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water began to dry up on the earth. Noah then removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was drying up. Noah built an altar to the LORD, and choosing from every clean animal and every clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. When the LORD smelled the sweet odor, he said to himself: Never again will I doom the earth because of man since the desires of mans heart are evil from the start; nor will I ever again strike down all living beings, as I have done. As long as the earth lasts, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Lector: The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God! RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Lector: Responsorial Psalm, let our response be: To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise. How shall I make a return to the LORD for all the good he has done for me? The cup of salvation I will take up, and I will call upon the name of the LORD. R. To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise. My vows to the LORD I will pay in the presence of all his people. Precious in the eyes of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones. R. To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise. My vows to the LORD I will pay in the presence of all his people,

In the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. R. To you, Lord, I will offer a sacrifice of praise.

Commentator: Please stand to honor the Holy Gospel. ALLELUIA OR GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: [To be sung by the choir: Alleluya] Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to... [Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John] All: Glory to you, Lord! When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on the man and asked, Do you see anything? Looking up the man replied, I see people looking like trees and walking. Then he laid hands on the mans eyes a second time and he saw clearly; his sight was restored and he could see everything distinctly. Then he sent him home and said, Do not even go into the village. Priest: The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! Commentator: Please be seated HOMILY: [The bishop, priest, or deacon then speaks to the people, usually focusing on that day's scriptures and/or on the feast or special occasion being celebrated at that Mass; but the homily may also be based on any liturgical text from the Mass.] Commentator: Please stand PROFESSION OF FAITH: APOSTLES' CREED: All: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit

and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. 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 the life everlasting. Amen.

GENERAL INTERCESSIONS / PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL: Lector: let us pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer. [or a similar response, repeated after each petition] Commentator: Please be seated

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS / PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR: **Priest: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life. **All: Blessed be God for ever. **Priest: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink. **All: Blessed be God for ever. Commentator: Please stand Priest: Pray, my brothers and sisters, that our sacrifice 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 Church.

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS: [The priest sings or says this prayer, which is different for each Mass. At the end, the people respond:] All: Amen. EUCHARISTIC PRAYER: Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. 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 to give him thanks and praise. Priest: Father, it is our duty and salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ. He is the Word through whom you made the universe, the Savior you sent to redeem us. By the power of the Holy Spirit he took flesh and was born of the Virgin Mary. For our sake he opened his arms on the cross; he put an end to death and revealed the resurrection. In this he fulfilled your will and won for you a holy people. And so we join the angels and saints in proclaiming your glory: [Sanctus to be sung by the choir: Holy/ Santo] Commentator: Please kneel Priest: Lord, you are holy indeed, the fountain of all holiness. Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so that they may become for us the body (+) and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Before he was given up to death, a death he freely accepted, he took bread and gave you thanks, He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: Take this, all of you, and eat it; this is my body which will be given up for you. When the supper was ended, he took the cup. Again he gave you thanks and praise, gave the cup to his disciples, and said: Take this, all of you, and drink from it; this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in memory of me.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION: Priest: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: All: A - Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. [Or to be sung by the choir: We Remember/ Si Kristo ay Gunitain/ Sa Krus Mo at Pagkabuhay] Priest: In memory of his death and resurrection, we offer you, Father, this life-giving bread, this saving cup. We thank you for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you. May all of us who share in the body and blood of Christ be brought together in unity by the Holy Spirit. Lord, remember your Church throughout the world; make us grow in love, together with Benedict XVI, our Pope, Gaudencio Rosales, our bishop, and all the clergy. Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again; bring them and all the departed into the light of your presence. Have mercy on us all; make us worthy to share eternal life with Mary, the virgin Mother of God, with the apostles, and with all the saints who have done your will throughout the ages. May we praise you in union with them, and give you glory through your Son, Jesus Christ. DOXOLOGY AND GREAT AMEN: Priest: Through him, with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, forever and ever. [Great Amen to be sung by choir: Amen] COMMUNION RITE LORD'S PRAYER: Priest: Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Savior gave us. [To be sung by the choir: Our Father/Ama Namin] Priest: Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. SIGN OF PEACE: Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: I leave you peace, my peace I give you. Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom where you live forever and ever. All: Amen.

Priest: The Peace of the Lord be with you always. All: And also with you. Priest: Let us offer each other a sign of peace. Commentator: Peace be with you. BREAKING OF THE BREAD: [To be sung by the choir: Lamb of God/Kordero ng Diyos] Commentator: Please kneel COMMUNION: Priest: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to his supper. All: Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed. COMMUNION SONG: [To be sung by the choir: ___________, ____________] PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION: Priest: Let us pray. [All pray in silence for a while, unless a period of silence has already been observed. Then the priest sings or says the Prayer after Communion, which is different for each Mass. At the end, the people proclaim their consent.] All: Amen. CONCLUDING RITE GREETING: Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And also with you. Priest: Bow your heads and pray for God's blessing. [Prayer/blessing depends on the occasion or special need.] May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. DISMISSAL: Priest: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. All: Thanks be to God! RECESSIONAL AND CLOSING SONG