Liturgical Information
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Liturgical Color: Green

Themes: service, forgiveness, reconciliation, redemption, mercy, compassion

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:

Give peace, O Lord, to those who wait for you,
that your prophets be found true.
Hear the prayers of your servant,
and of your people Israel. See Sirach 36:18 [Roman Missal]

Da pacem, Domine, sustinentibus te, ut prophetæ tui fideles inveniantur: exaudi preces servi, et plebis tuæ Israel.
Ps. Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: in domum Domini ibimus. Sirach 36:18 [Graduale Romanum, p.336]

Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]

Collect:

Look upon us, O God,
Creator and ruler of all things,

and, that we may feel the working of your mercy,
grant that we may serve you with all our heart.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Ho-ly Spirit,
one God, for ev-er and ev-er. A-men.

Lectionary Readings:

Sirach 27:30 - 28:9 [Remember the covenant of the Most High. /28:9]
Psalm 103:1-2 / 3-4 / 9-10 / 11-12 [R. The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger, and rich in compassion. /v.8]
Romans 14:7-9 [Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. /v.8]
Gospel Verse: Jn 13:34 [I give you a new commandment, says the Lord; love one another as I have loved you.]
Matthew 18:21-35 [Forgive up to seventy times seven. /v.22]

Offertory Antiphon:

Moses consecrated an altar to the Lord, offering on it burnt offerings and sacrificial victims. He made the evening sacrifice as a fragrant offering to the Lord God, in the sight of the children of Israel.See Exodus 24:4-5
Verses of Psalm 113 -or- Psalm 125 can also be sung between repetitions of the antiphon.

(A/B) Sanctificavit Moyses altare Domino, offrens super illud holocausta, et immolans victimas: fecit sacrificium vespertinum in odorem suavitatis Domino Deo, in conspectu filiorum Israel. Exodus 24:4-5 [Graduale Romanum, p.338]

Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]

Prayer over the Offerings:

Look with favor on our supplications, O Lord,
and in your kindness accept these, your servants' offer- ings,

that what each has offered to the honor of your name
may serve the salva- tion of all.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Preface VIII of Sundays in Ordinary Time: [The Church united by the unity of the Trinity]

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, when your children were scattered afar by sin,
through the Blood of your Son and the power of the Spirit,
you gathered them again to yourself,
that a people, formed as one by the unity of the Trinity,
made the body of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit,
might, to the praise of your manifold wisdom,
be manifest as the Church.

And so, in company with the choirs of Angels,
we praise you, and with joy we proclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts…

Communion Antiphon:

How precious is your mercy, O God!
The children of men seek shelter in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 36:8 [Roman Missal]

— or —

The chalice of blessing that we bless
is a communion in the Blood of Christ;
and the bread that we break
is a sharing in the Body of Christ. I Cor 10:16 [Roman Missal]

(A) Tollite hostias, et introite in atria eius: adorate Dominum in aula sancta eius.Psalm 96:8-9 [Graduale Romanum, p.338]
Verses of Psalm 96 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.

(A) Tollite hostias, et introite in atria eius: adorate Dominum in aula sancta eius.Psalm 96:8-9 [Gregorian Missal, p.551]

Choose one Antiphona ad communionem and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]

Prayer after Communion:

May the working of this heavenly gift, O Lord, we pray,
take possession of our minds and bod- ies,

so that its effects, and not our own desires,
may always pre- vail in us.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Solemn Blessing: [14. Ordinary Time VI]

May God bless you with every heavenly blessing,
make you always holy and pure in his sight,
pour out in abundance upon you the riches of his glory,
and teach you with the words of truth;
may he instruct you in the Gospel of salvation,
and ever endow you with fraternal charity.
Through Christ our Lord. 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.

** An official, approved English translation of the Offertory Antiphon has never been published. The offertory antiphon used here is from the New American Bible, a Scripture translation approved for liturgical use in the United States.

The English translation of the Entrance Antiphon [Introit], Collect, Psalm Refrain, Gospel Verse, Prayer over the Offerings, Preface, Communion Antiphon, Prayer after Communion and Solemn Blessing from The Roman Missal, © Copyright 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corp. All rights reserved.

Excerpts from the First Reading, Second Reading and Gospel are taken from the New American Standard Bible ® © Copyright 1973 The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

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