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

Liturgical Color: Green

Themes: active faith, community, cross, mercy, humility

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:

All that you have done to us, O Lord
you have done with true judgment,
for we have sinned against you
and not obeyed your commandments.
But give glory to your name
and deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy. Daniel 3:31,29,30,43,42 [Roman Missal]

(A) In nomine Domini omne genuflectatur, cælestium, terrestrium et infernorum: quia Dominus factus obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis: ideo Dominus Iesus Christus in gloria est Dei Patris.
Ps. Domine exaudi orationem meam: et clamor meus ad te veniat. Phil 2:10, 8, 11 [Graduale Romanum, p.155]

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

Collect:

O God, who manifest your almighty power
above all by pardoning and showing mer- cy,

be- stow, we pray, your grace abundantly upon us
and make those hastening to attain your promises
heirs to the treas- ures of heaven.

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:

Ezekiel 18:25-28 [If the wicked man turns from all his sins, he shall surely live. /v.21]
Psalm 25:4-5 / 6-7 / 8-9 [R. Remember your mercies, O Lord. /v.6a]
Philippians 2:1-11 [He emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant. /v.7]
Gospel Verse: Jn 10:27 [My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and the follow me.]
Matthew 21:28-32 [Which of the two did the will of My Father? /v.31]

Offertory Antiphon:

By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. Psalm 137:1
Verses of Psalm 113 -or- Psalm 125 can also be sung between repetitions of the antiphon.

Super flumina Babylonis, illic sedimus, et flevimus, dum recordaremur tui, Sion. [Graduale Romanum, p.345]

Super flumina Babylonis, illic sedimus, et flevimus, dum recordaremur tui, Sion. [Gregorian Missal, p.559]

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:

Grant us, O merciful God,
that this our offering may find acceptance with you,

and that through it the wellspring of all blessing
may be laid o- pen be- fore us.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Preface II of Sundays in Ordinary Time: [The mystery of salvation]

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,
through Christ our Lord.

For out of compassion for the waywardness that is ours,
he humbled himself and was born of the Virgin;
by the passion of the Cross he freed us from unending death,
and by rising from the dead he gave us eternal life.

And so, with Angels and Archangels,
with Thrones and Dominions,
and with all the hosts and Powers of heaven,
we sing the hymn of your glory,
as without end we acclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts…

Communion Antiphon:

Remember your word to your servant, O Lord,
by which you have given me hope.
This is my comfort when I am brought low. Psalm 119:49-50 [Roman Missal]

— or —

By this we came to know the love of God;
that Christ laid down his life for us;
so we ought to lay down our lives for one another. I John 3:16 [Roman Missal]

Memento verbi tui servo tuo, Domine in quo mihi spem dedisti: haec me consolata est in humilitate mea. [Graduale Romanum, p.346]
Psalm 119:1,2,25,28,41,74,76,81,82,114 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.

Memento verbi tui servo tuo, Domine in quo mihi spem dedisti: haec me consolata est in humilitate mea. [Gregorian Missal, p.560]

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 this heavenly mystery, O Lord,
restore us in mind and bod- y,

that we may be coheirs in glory with Christ,
to whose suffering we are united
whenever we pro- claim his Death.

Who lives and reigns for ev-er and ev-er. A-men.

Solemn Blessing: [10. Ordinary Time II]

May the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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