Liturgical Information
The Fifth Sunday of Lent (A)
Liturgical Color: Violet
Themes: passion, resurrection, supplication, suffering, triumph, life
Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
Give me justice, O God,
and plead my cause against a nation that is faithless.
From the deceitful and cunning rescue me,
for you, O God, are my strength. Psalm 43:1-2 [Roman Missal]
Iudica me Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab homine iniquo et doloso eripe me: quia tu es Deus meus, et fortitudo mea.
Ps. Emitte lucem tuam, et veritatem tuam: ipsa me deduxerunt, et adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua. [Graduale Romanum, p.120]
Iudica me Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab homine iniquo et doloso eripe me: quia tu es Deus meus, et fortitudo mea.
Ps. Emitte lucem tuam, et veritatem tuam: ipsa me deduxerunt, et adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua. [Gregorian Missal, p.265]
Deus meus, eripe me de manu peccatoris. [Graduale simplex, p.108]
Verses of Psalm 71 can also be sung between repetitions of the antiphon.
Collect:
By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God,
may we walk eagerly in that same chari- ty
with which, out of love for the world
your Son handed himself o- ver to death.
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 37:12-14 [I will put My Spirit within you, and you will come to life. /v.14]
- Psalm 130:1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6 / 7-8 [R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption. /v.7]
- Romans 8:8-11 [The Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you. /v.12]
- Gospel Verse: Jn 11:25a,26 [I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will never die.]
- John 11:1-45 [I am the resurrection and the life. /v.25]
Offertory Antiphon:
I will give thanks to you with an upright heart; with all my heart I seek you.
Be good to your servant that I may live and keep your words.
Give me life according to your word. Psalm 119:7,10,17,25 **
Verses of Psalm 22 can also be sung between repetitions of the antiphon.
Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo: retribue servo tuo: vivam, et custodiam sermones tuos: vivifica me secundum verbum tuum, Domine. [Graduale Romanum, p.123]
Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo: retribue servo tuo: vivam, et custodiam sermones tuos: vivifica me secundum verbum tuum, Domine. [Gregorian Missal, p.269]
Iudica causam meam: defende, quia potens es Domine. [Graduale simplex, p.112]
Verses of Psalm 22 can also be sung between repetitions of the antiphon.
Prayer over the Offerings:
Hear us, almighty God,
and, having instilled in your servants
the teachings of the Christian faith,
gra- ciously purify them
by the working of this sacrifice.
Through Christ our Lord. A-men.
Preface I of Lent: [Lazarus]
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 as true man he wept for Lazarus his friend
and as eternal God he raised him from the tomb,
just as, taking pity of the human race,
he leads us by sacerd mysteries to new life.
Through him the host of Angels adores your majesty
and rejoices in your presence for ever.
May our voices, we pray, join with theirs
in one chorus of exultant praise, as we acclaim:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts…
Communion Antiphon:
Everyone who lives and believes in me
will not die for ever, says the Lord. John 11:26 [Roman Missal]
(A) Videns Dominus flentes sorores Lazari ad monumentum, lacrimatus est coram Iudæis, et clamabat: Lazare, veni foras: et prodiit ligatis manibus et pedibus, qui fuerat quatriduanus mortuus. Jn 11:33,35,43,44,39 [Graduale Romanum, p.124] Psalm 130:1-2a,2bc,3,4,5-6a,6b-7a,7bc,8 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.
(A) Videns Dominus flentes sorores Lazari ad monumentum, lacrimatus est coram Iudæis, et clamabat: Lazare, veni foras: et prodiit ligatis manibus et pedibus, qui fuerat quatriduanus mortuus. Jn 11:33,35,43,44,39 [Gregorian Missal, p.271]
Pater, si non potest hic calix transire, nisi bibam illum, fiat voluntas tua. [Graduale simplex, p.113]
Verses of Psalm 116 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.
Prayer after Communion:
We pray, almighty God,
that we may always be counted among the members of Christ,
in whose Body and Blood we have com -mun-ion.
Who lives and reigns for ev-er and ev-er. A-men.
Prayer after Communion:
We pray, almighty God,
that we may always be counted among the members of Christ,
in whose Body and Blood we have com -munion.
Who lives and reigns for ev-er and ev-er. A-men.
** 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 Prayer over the People 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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