Liturgical Information
The Fifth Sunday of Easter (B)

Liturgical Color: White

Themes: ministry, service, diaconate, chosen people, faith in action

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:

O sing a new song to the Lord.
for he has worked wonders;
in the sight of the nations
he has shown his deliverance, alleluia. Psalm 98:1-2 [Roman Missal]

Cantate Domino canticum novum, alleluia: quia mirabilia fecit Dominus, alleluia: ante conspectum gentium revelavit iustitiam suam, alleluia, alleluia.
Ps. Salvavit sibi dextera eius: et brachium sanctum eius. [Graduale Romanum, p.225]

Choose an Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from either of the two Masses for Eastertide, particularly Missa II [Graduale simplex, pp.172-177]
Cantate Domino canticum novum: laus eius ab extremis terræ, alleluia.
Psalm 98, verses 1-10

Collect:

Al- mighty ever-living God,
constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us,

that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism
may, under your protective care, bear much fruit
and come to the joys of e- ter-nal life.

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:

Acts of the Apostles 9:26-31 [Barnabas described to the apostles how Saul had seen the Lord on the road. /v.27]
Psalm 22:26-27 / 28 / 30 / 31-32 [R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of the people. /v.26a]
I John 3:18-24 [This is His commandment: that we believe and love. /v.23]
Gospel Verse: Jn 15:4a,5b [Remain in me as I remain in you, says the Lord. Whoever remains in me will bear much fruit.]
John 15:1-8 [He who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit. /v.5]

Offertory Antiphon:

Shout joyfully to God, all you on earth, sing praise to the glory of his name. Hear now, all who fear God, while I declare what he has done for me, alleluia. Psalm 66:1, 2, 16 **
Verses of Psalm 136 can also be sung between repetitions of the antiphon.

Iubilate Deo universa terra: iubilate Deo universa terra: psalmum dicite nomini eius: venite, et audite, et narrabo vobis, omnes qui timetis Deum, quanta fecit Dominus animæ meæ, alleluia. [Graduale Romanum, p.227]

Choose an Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from either of the two Masses for Eastertide, particularly Missa II [Graduale simplex, pp.172-177]
Iubilate Deo in voce exsultationis, alleluia.
Psalm 47, verses 1-4

Prayer over the Offerings:

O God, who by the wonderful exchange effected in this sacrifice,
have made us partakers of the one supreme God- head,

grant, we pray,
that, as we have come to know your truth,
we may make it ours by a worthy way of life.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Preface V of Easter: [Christ, Priest and Victim]

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
at all times to acclaim you, O Lord,
but in this time above all to laud you yet more gloriously,
when Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.

By the oblation of his Body,
he brought the sacrifices of old to fulfillment
in the reality of the Cross
and, by commending himself to you for our salvation,
showed himself the Priest, the Altar, and the Lamb of sacrifice.

Therefore, overcome with paschal joy,
every land, every people exults in your praise
and even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic hosts,
sing together the unending hymn of your glory,
as they acclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts…

Communion Antiphon:

Father, I wish that where I am,
those you gave me may also be with me,
that they may see the glory that you gave me, alleluia. John 17:24 [Roman Missal]

Ego sum vitis vera et vos palmites, qui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum multum, alleluia, alleluia. John 15:5 [Graduale Romanum, p.228]
Psalm 80:2ab,9,10,11,12,16,18,19 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.

Ego sum vitis vera et vos palmites, qui manet in me, et ego in eo, hic fert fructum multum, alleluia, alleluia. John 15:5 [Gregorian Missal, p.373/409]

Choose one Antiphona ad communionem and Psalmus from either of the two Masses for Eastertide, particularly Missa II [Graduale simplex, pp.172-177]
Cantate Domino, et benedicite nomini eius, alleluia.
Psalm 96, verses 1-10

Prayer after Communion:

Gra- ciously be present you your people, we pray, O Lord,

and lead those you have imbued with heavenly mysteries
to pass from former ways to new- ness of life.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Solemn Blessing: [6. Easter Time]

May God, who by the Resurrection of his Only Begotten Son
was pleased to confer on you
the gift of redemption and of adoption,
give you gladness by his blessing.
Amen.

May he, by whose redeeming work
you have received the gift of everlasting freedom,
make you heirs to an eternal inheritance.
Amen.

And may you, who have already risen with Christ
in Baptism through faith,
by living in a right manner on this earth,
be united with him in the homeland of heaven.
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.

Liturgical InformationThe Fifth Sunday of Easter (B)