Today’s
celebration of Mission Sunday deeply concerns all of us, for mission is the
task given to all. The whole Church is mission. We want Christ to be brought to
all peoples, that all may be united with him and through him praise the Father
of all. The Church will enrich the nations by giving them Christ and his Good
News and they will enrich us with the gifts of their culture which they had
received from the Lord. Then together we can praise the Lord with one symphony
of many voices.
Penitential Act
-Lord Jesus, you
prompt us to go to the whole world and to teach all peoples how much you love
them:
-Jesus Christ,
you have made us a light to shine on all nations:
-Lord Jesus, the
Good News of the love of the Father and of your death and resurrection is
destined to be known by all:
Opening Prayer
God, you love
all nations and people, for they are your creation, your sons and daughters.
Let all come to
know Christ and his message that they may become aware of how much you love
them and what they are called to become by growing toward the adulthood of your
Son.
May the day come
when all peoples praise you through Jesus Christ our Lord. R/ Amen.
Prayer
Over the Gifts
Lord
our God, what riches we discover in the various cultures and peoples of this
earth! As we bring before you these humble gifts of bread and wine we pray you
that all the nations may offer to you the treasures of their talents and
lifestyle made holy by the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ our
Lord. R/ Amen.
Preface:
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, when your
children were scattered afar by sin, through the Blood of your Son and the
power of the Spirit, you gathered them again to yourself, that a people, formed
as one by the unity of the Trinity, made the body of Christ and the temple of
the Holy Spirit, might, to the praise of your manifold wisdom, be manifest as the
Church.
And so, in
company with the choirs of Angels, we praise you, and with joy we proclaim:
All: Holy, Holy,
Holy Lord God of hosts…
Deliver
Us
Deliver
us, Lord, from every evil, keep us from the urge to seek positions of honor or
power at the expense of others. Help us to pay with our service the cost of
peace and love, as we wait in joyful hope for the coming among us of our Savior
Jesus Christ. R/ For the kingdom...
Prayer
for Peace
Lord
Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: I leave you peace, my peace I give
you. Make all peoples aware that they belong together as your brothers and
sisters, under the one Father of all. May they know then that they are called to
live in the peace and unity of the kingdom of justice and peace and love where
you live with us for ever and ever. R/ Amen.
Prayer
after Communion
God
our Father, we have sat at the table of Jesus your Son, we have listened to his
challenging word and have eaten his bread of life and strength. We pray you to
hasten the day when people from all nations and cultures may sit with us at the
same table and be one with us in your Son and sing together to you with our
many voices one harmonious symphony of praise. We ask you this through Christ
our Lord. R/ Amen.
Homily
Prayer:
O God of all
the nations of the earth: Remember the multitudes who have been created in your
image but have not known the redeeming work of our Savior Jesus Christ; and
grant that, by the prayers and labors of your holy Church, they may be brought
to know and worship you as you have been revealed in your Son; who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Blessing
Saint
Paul says emphatically that where people accept the risen Lord Jesus, there is
no more pagan or Jew, no more slave or free person, male or female, for the
same Spirit is alive in all and we are all one in Christ, with one Father for
all. But that day is not yet with us. Let us pray for that day and contribute
to it by the way we live. May almighty God bless you all: the Father, and the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. R/ Amen.
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OPENING PRAYER
O God, whose
will it is that all should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth,
look upon your abundant harvest and be pleased to send workers to gather it, that
the Gospel may be preached to all creation and that your people, gathered by
the word of life and sustained by the power of the Sacraments, may advance in
the path of salvation and love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who
lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever
and ever.
PRAYER OF THE
FAITHFUL
Cel: Dear
brothers and sisters, it is a human tendency to crave for power and position.
The disciples of Jesus were also not free from such tendencies. Jesus corrected
such attitudes when he said that a life based on service was the true sign of
greatness. Jesus presented himself as the one who serves. Let us pray that we
may not try to dominate and control others but humbly serve them.
Response: Lord,
grant us your peace.
1.For our Pope,
bishops, priests and lay-leaders, that following the example shown by Jesus our
high priest they may be compassionate towards the weak and the suffering under
their pastoral care, we pray... R/
2.
Evangelization is an ongoing process. Let us pray that a new missionary
reawakening may take root in the Church and that the values of the Kingdom may
spread far and wide, we pray... R/
3.Christian
families should encourage priestly and religious vocations. Let us pray that
youngsters who have an inkling for priestly vocation may be identified and
supported to mature into a life of service and mission, we pray... R/
4.Priests and
religious also undergo times of trials and tribulations. Let us pray that
prayers and supplications may be offered to God by the people of God so that
the pastors of the Church may overcome difficulties and become authentic
ministers, we pray... R/
5.That
Christians all over the world may become catalysts for change in a
multi-cultural, ethnic and linguistic world that no discrimination based on
these factors may ever be entertained by Christians, we pray... R/
(Pause to pray
for local and personal needs)
Cel: God our Father,
on this mission Sunday we place before you all our aspirations for a Church
that is truly missionary in her approach, faith and vision. Instill a new
missionary spirit in us so that empowered by the Spirit of God we may
disseminate the life-giving message of the Gospel. We make this prayer…
PRAYER OVER THE
OFFERINGS
Look, O Lord,
upon the face of your Christ, who handed himself over as a ransom for all. so
that through him, from the rising of the sun to its setting, your name may be
exalted among the nations and in every place a single offering may be presented
to your majesty. Through Christ our Lord.
PREFACE VIII
(Ordinary)
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, when your children were scattered afar by
sin, through the Blood of your Son and the power of the Spirit, you gathered
them again to yourself, that a people, formed as one by the unity of the
Trinity, made the body of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit, might, to
the praise of your manifold wisdom, be manifest as the Church.
And so, in company with the choirs of Angels,
we praise you, and with joy we proclaim:
All: Holy, Holy,
Holy Lord God of hosts…
COMMUNION
ANTIPHON
Teach all
nations to keep redeeming gifts, we pray, O Lord, that through this help to
eternal salvation true faith may ever increase. Through Christ our Lord.
PRAYER AFTER
COMMUNION
Nourished by
these redeeming gifts, we pray, O Lord, that through this help to eternal
salvation true faith may ever increase. Through Christ our Lord.
Homily
Prayer:
Almighty God,
you sent your Son Jesus Christ to reconcile the world to yourself: We praise
and bless you for those whom you have sent in the power of the Spirit to preach
the Gospel to all nations. We thank you that in all parts of the earth a
community of love has been gathered together by their prayers and labors, and
that in every place your servants call upon your Name; for the kingdom and the
power and the glory are yours forever. Amen.
O God of all
the nations of the earth: Remember the multitudes who have been created in your
image but have not known the redeeming work of our Savior Jesus Christ; and
grant that, by the prayers and labors of your holy Church, they may be brought
to know and worship you as you have been revealed in your Son; who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
O God, you
have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son
to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that
people everywhere may seek after you and find you; bring the nations into your
fold; pour out your Spirit upon all flesh; and hasten the coming of your
kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
