Revised Celebration of the Eucharist Eucharistic Prayer III

Revised Celebration of the Eucharist (Eucharistic Prayer III) Click to add school + priest’s name 1

ALL STAND Gathering Song: Add text for song 2

Introductory Rites 3

Greeting All: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit. 4

Penitential Rite All: I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do; 5

Striking chest through my fault, through my most grievous fault; Therefore I ask blessed Mary ever. Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God. 6

PRIEST: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. All: AMEN 7

Penitential Rite Priest: Lord have mercy. All: Lord have mercy Priest: Christ have mercy. All: Christ have mercy Priest: Lord have mercy. All: Lord have mercy 8

Opening Prayer Priest: Let us pray… … forever and ever. All: Amen 9

ALL SIT Liturgy of the Word 10

First Reading: Reader: A reading from … After the reading is finished, Reader: The Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God! 11

Responsorial Psalm Response All: Click to add text 12

Gospel Acclamation: Leader of Song: Alleluia…. (or, in lent, Praise to you, Lord, king of eternal glory) People: Alleluia… Leader of Song: ……… People: Alleluia …. . 13

ALL STAND Gospel Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit. Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to …. All: Glory to you, O Lord (make small cross on forehead, lips, and heart) 14

After the Gospel has been proclaimed… Priest: The Gospel of the Lord! All: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ! 15

ALL SIT Homily 16

ALL STAND PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL Students offer individual prayers. RESPONSE ALL: LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER The priest offers the final prayer: Priest: …through Christ our Lord: ALL: AMEN 17

ALL SIT Liturgy of the Eucharist 18

Song for the Presentation and Preparation of the Gifts: (Add song text) 19

Preparation of the Gifts Priest: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation… All: Blessed be God for ever. . . 20

All Stand Priest: Pray, friends, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good, and the good of all his holy Church. 21

Prayer over Gifts Priest: Lord… Jesus the Lord All: Amen 22

Priest: The Lord be with you All: And with your spirit Priest: Lift up your hearts All: We lift them up to the Lord Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God All: It is right and just 23

Priest: Father, all powerful and ever-living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks… 24

ALL: Holy, holy Lord, God of hosts; heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. 25

Priest – Eucharistic Prayer III All Kneel CALLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all you have created rightly gives you praise, For through your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, by the power and working of the Holy Spirit, You give life to all things and make them holy, and you never cease to gather a people to yourself, so that from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name. (Stretches hands over gifts) Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you: by the same Spirit graciously make holy these gifts we have brought to you for consecration, that they may become the Body and Blood of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, at whose command we celebrate these mysteries. 26

CONSECRATION For on the night he was betrayed he himself took bread, and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing, broke the bread and gave it to his disciples, saying (holds up the bread for the people) Take this, all of you, and eat of it: for this is my body, which will be given up for you. 27

In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chalice, and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing, and gave the chalice to his disciples saying: (holds up the cup for the people) Take this, all of you, and drink from it, for this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. 28 Do this in memory of me.

Priest: The mystery of faith All Stand All: When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again. 29

MEMORIAL PRAYER Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the saving Passion of your Son, his wondrous Resurrection and Ascension into heaven, and as we look forward to his second coming, we offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice. Look, we pray, upon this oblation of your Church and, recognizing the sacrificial Victim by whose death you willed to reconcile us to yourself, grant that we, who are nourished by the Body and Blood of your Son and filled with his Holy Spirit, may become one body, one spirit in Christ. 30

IN COMMUNION WITH THE SAINTS May he make of us an eternal offering to you, so that we may obtain an inheritance with your elect, especially with the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with your Apostles and glorious Martyrs, with St. _____, and with all the Saints, on whose constant intercession in your presence we rely for unfailing help. 31

PRAYER FOR THE LIVING May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation, we pray, O Lord, advance the peace and salvation of all the world. Be pleased to confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim Church on earth, with your servant Benedict, our Pope, and Richard our Bishop, the Order of Bishops, all the clergy, and the entire people you have gained for your own. Listen graciously to the prayers of this family, whom you have summoned before you: in your compassion, O merciful Father, gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world. 32

PRAYER FOR THE DEAD To our departed brothers and sisters and to all who were pleasing to you as their passing from this life, give kind admittance to your kingdom. There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness of your glory through Christ our Lord, through whom you bestow on the world all that is good. 33

DOXOLOGY Through Him, and with Him, and in Him, O God almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever. ALL: AMEN 34

Priest: As the Saviour’s command formed by divine teaching, we dare to say: 35

All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our day, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen

Rite of Peace Priest: Lord Jesus Christ who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you: look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever. All: Amen 38

Priest: The peace of the lord be with you always. All: And with your spirit. Priest: Let us offer each other the sign of peace. (share the sign of peace with those around you)

Breaking of the Bread All: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins the world; grant us peace. 40

Invitation to Communion Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. 41

Communion minister: The Body of Christ Put your hands out to receive the bread and eat it immediately. Response: Amen Or, for those not receiving, cross your hands over your Chest to receive a blessing. Communion minister: God bless you. Response: Amen 42

Song for Communion Insert title here 43

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Second hymn for Communion: Click to add title. 45

Insert song #2 here

ALL STAND Prayer after Communion Priest: Let us pray…We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord All: Amen

Concluding Rite 48

Blessing Priest: The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit. Priest: May almighty God bless you, † the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. 49

Dismissal Priest: Go in peace. All: Thanks be to God!!! 50

Closing Song: Insert title and text here. 51

After the closing song, please remain seated until you have been dismissed by your teacher. On behalf of our school, St. , We’d like to thank our priest for celebrating mass with us today. 52