Liturgical Information
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

Liturgical Color: Green

Themes: parables, growth, justice, harvest

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:

O Lord, hear my voice, for I have called to you; be my help.
Do not abandon or forsake me, O God, my Savior! Psalm 27:7,9 [Roman Missal]

Exaudi Domine vocem meam, qua clamavi ad te: adiutor meus esto, ne derelinquas me neque despicias me, Deus salutaris meus.
Ps. Dominus illuminatio mea, et salus mea: quem timebo? [Graduale Romanum, p.291]

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

Collect:

O God, strength of those who hope in you,
graciously hear our pleas,

and, since without you mortal frailty can do nothing,
grant us always the help of your grace,

that in following your commands
we may please you by our resolve and our deeds.

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

Lectionary Readings:

Ezekiel 17:22-24 [I have lifted high the lowly tree. /v.24]
Psalm 92:2-3 / 13-14 / 15-16 [R. Lord, it is good to give thanks to you. /v.2a]
II Corinthians 5:6-10 [Whether we are at home or away, we aspire to please the Lord. /v.9]
Gospel Verse: [The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower. All who come to him will live for ever.]
Mark 4:26-34 [It is the smallest of all seeds, and becomes the largest of plants. /v.32]

Offertory Antiphon:

I bless the Lord who counsels me. I set the Lord ever before me; with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. Psalm 16:7a,8

Benedicam Dominum, qui mihi tribuit intellectum: providebam Deum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.Psalm 15:7-8 [Graduale Romanum, p.293]

Benedicam Dominum, qui mihi tribuit intellectum: providebam Deum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.Psalm 15:7-8 [Gregorian Missal, p.480/494]

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:

O God, who in the offerings presented here
provide for the twofold needs of human nature,
nourishing us with food
and renewing us with your Sacra- ments,

grant, we pray,
that the sustenance they provide
may not fail us in body or in spirit.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Preface III of Sundays in Ordinary Time: [The salvation of man by a man]

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 we know it belongs to your boundless glory,
that you came to the aid of mortal beings with your divinity
and even fashioned for us a remedy out of mortality itself,
that the cause of our downfall
might become the means of our salvation,
through Christ our Lord.

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:

There is one thing I ask of the Lord, only this do I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. Psalm 27:4 [Roman Missal]

— or —

Holy Father, keep in your name those you have given me,
that they may be one as we are one, says the Lord. John 17:11 [Roman Missal]

Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram: ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitæ meæ. Psalm 26:4 [Graduale Romanum, p.294]
Psalm 27:1a,1b,2ab,3ab,9ab,9cd,11,13,14 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.

Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram: ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitæ meæ. Psalm 26:4 [Gregorian Missal, p.480/495]

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

Prayer after Communion:

As this reception of your Holy Communion, O Lord,
foreshadows the union of the faithful in you,

so may it bring about unity in your Church.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Solemn Blessing: [9. Ordinary Time V]

May almighty God always keep every adversity far from you
and in his kindness pour out upon you the gifts of his blessing.
Amen.

May God keep your hearts attentive to his words,
that they may be filled with everlasting gladness.
Amen.

And so, may you always understand what is good and right,
and be found ever hastening along
in the path of God's commands,
and coheirs with the citizens of heaven.
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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