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The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (C)

Liturgical Color: White

Themes: love, providence, mercy

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:

The designs of his heart are from age to age,
to rescue their souls from death,
and to keep them alive in famine. Psalm 33:11,19 [Roman Missal]

Cogitationes Cordis eius in generatione et generationem: ut eruat a morte animas eorum et alat eos in fame. (T.P. Alleluia, alleluia.)
Ps. Exsultate, iusti, in Domino, rectos decet collaudatio. Psalm 33:11,19,1 [Graduale Romanum, p.384]

Discite a me quia mitis sum et humilis corde. [Graduale simplex, p.209]
Psalm 33, verses 1-11

Collect:

Grant, we pray, almighty God,

that we, who glory in the Heart of your beloved Son
and recall the wonders of his love for us,

may be made worthy to receive
an overflowing measure of grace
from that fount of heav- enly gifts.

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.

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O God, who in the Heart of your Son
wounded by our sins,

be- stow on us in mercy
the boundless treasures of your love,

grant, we pray,
that, in paying him the homage of our devotion,
we may also offer worthy rep-a- ration.

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 34:11-16 [I myself will pasture my sheep and I myself will give them rest.]
Psalm 23:1-3a / 3b-4 / 5,6 [R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.]
Romans 5:5b-11 [God proves his love for us.]
Gospel Verse: Mt 11:29ab [Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord; and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.]
-or- Jn 10:14 [I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.]
Luke 15:3-7 [Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.]

Offertory Antiphon:

My heart awaited reproach and misery; and I hoped for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none; I looked for one who would comfort me, and found no one. Gregorian Missal [2010]

Improperium expectavit Cor meum et miseriam, et sustinui qui simul mecum contristaretur et non fuit; consolantem me quæsivi et non inveni. Psalm 69:21 [Graduale Romanum, p.386]

Improperium expectavit Cor meum et miseriam, et sustinui qui simul mecum contristaretur et non fuit; consolantem me quæsivi et non inveni. Psalm 69:21 [Gregorian Missal 1990, p.428] [Gregorian Missal 2010, p.646]

Contritum est cor meum in medio mei, contremuerunt omnia ossa mea. [Graduale simplex, p.212]
verses from Psalm 69

Prayer over the Offerings:

Look, O Lord, we pray, on the unsurpassing charity
in the Heart of your beloved Son,

that what we offer may be a gift acceptable to you
and an expiation of our of- fenses.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Preface of the Sacred Heart: [The boundless charity of Christ]

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 raised up high on the Cross,
he gave himself up for us with a wonderful love
and poured out blood and water from his pierced side,
the wellspring of the Church's Sacraments,
so that, won over to the open heart of the Savior,
all might draw water joyfully from the springs of salvation.

And so, with all the Angels and Saints,
we praise you, as without end we acclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts…

Communion Antiphon:

Thus says the Lord:
Let whoever is thirsty come to me and drink.
Streams of living water will flow
from within the one who believes in me. John 7:37-38 [Roman Missal]
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One of the soldiers opened his side with a lance,
and at once there came forth blood and water. John 19:34 [Roman Missal]

Unus militum lancea latus eius aperuit, et continuo exivit sanguis et aqua. John 19:34 [Graduale Romanum, p.387]
Psalm 89:2,3,6,15,18,25,29,34,35 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.
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Gustate et videte, quoniam suavis est Dominus: beatus vir, qui sperat in eo. Psalm 34:9 [Graduale Romanum, p.303]
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Dico vobis, gaudium est angelis Dei super uno peccatore pænitentiam agente. Luke 15:10 [Graduale Romanum, p.387]
Psalm 32:1,2,3,4,5ab,7,8,10,11 can also be sung between repetitions of this antiphon.

Unus militum lancea latus eius aperuit, et continuo exivit sanguis et aqua. John 19:34 [Gregorian Missal 1990, p.429] [Gregorian Missal 2010, p.647]
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Gustate et videte, quoniam suavis est Dominus: beatus vir, qui sperat in eo. Psalm 34:9 [Gregorian Missal 1990, p.495] [Gregorian Missal 2010, p.511]
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Dico vobis, gaudium est angelis Dei super uno peccatore pænitentiam agente. Luke 15:10 [Gregorian Missal 1990, p.429] [Gregorian Missal 2010, p.648]

Unus militum lancea latus eius aperuit, et continuo exivit sanguis et aqua. John 19:34 [Graduale simplex, p.213]
verses from Psalm 89

Prayer after Communion:

May this sacrament of charity, O Lord,
make us fervant with the fire of holy love,

so that, drawn always to your Son,
we may learn to see him in our neighbor.

Through Christ our Lord. A-men.

Solemn Blessing: [11. Ordinary Time III]

May almighty God bless you in his kindness
and pour out saving wisdom upon you.
Amen.

May he nourish you always with the teachings of the faith
and make you persevere in holy deeds.
Amen.

May he turn your steps towards himself
and show you the path of charity and peace.
Amen.

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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