ORDINATION

TO THE SACRED ORDER OF DEACON

DIOCESE OF SYRACUSE

MOST REVEREND DOUGLAS J. LUCIA

Bishop of Syracuse

MISTER BRENDAN DANIEL FOLEY

Ordinand

SAINT JAMES CHURCH, JOHNSON CITY

JUNE 19, 2020

3:00 PM

THE SOLEMNITY OF

THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS

The Order of Mass

THE INTRODUCTORY RITES

Please stand

Entrance Hymn CONCERTATO ON “O GOD BEYOND ALL PRAISING”

SIGN OF THE CROSS

GREETING

PENITENTIAL ACT

GLORIA Jubilation Mass

COLLECT

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

Please be seated.

FIRST READING Deuteronomy 7: 6-11

A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy

Moses said to the people:

"You are a people sacred to the LORD, your God;

he has chosen you from all the nations on the face of the earth

to be a people peculiarly his own.

It was not because you are the largest of all nations

that the LORD set his heart on you and chose you,

for you are really the smallest of all nations.

It was because the LORD loved you

and because of his fidelity to the oath he had sworn your fathers,

that he brought you out with his strong hand

from the place of slavery,

and ransomed you from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

Understand, then, that the LORD, your God, is God indeed,

the faithful God who keeps his merciful covenant

down to the thousandth generation

toward those who love him and keep his commandments,

but who repays with destruction a person who hates him;

he does not dally with such a one,

but makes them personally pay for it.

You shall therefore carefully observe the commandments,

the statutes and the decrees that I enjoin on you today.".

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 103 (102): 1-2, 3-5, 8, 10, 12-13; ℟.: Cf. Psalm 103

(102): 8a

SECOND READING 1 John 4: 7-16

A reading from the first letter of Saint John

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.

This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit. Moreover, we have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world. Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God. We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.

God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Please stand.

ALLELUIA VERSE Matthew 11: 29ab

Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.

GOSPEL Matthew 11: 25-30

The Lord be with you. And with your Spirit. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord.

At that time Jesus exclaimed: "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ.

Please be seated.

THE RITE OF ORDINATION OF A DEACON

ELECTION OF THE CANDIDATE

The Deacon invites the candidate for ordination to come forward. Reverend Joseph O’Connor, Director of Seminarian Formation, presents the candidate to Bishop Lucia, who inquires about his worthiness and then elects him for ordination. All present express their consent with applause and the acclamation “Thanks be to God.”

HOMILY Most Reverend Douglas J. Lucia

Bishop Lucia instructs the candidate concerning the Office of Deacon and its duties.

PROMISE OF THE ELECT

After the homily, the elect alone rises and stands before the Bishop, who asks him to declare his intention of undertaking the Office of Deacon.

• The elect promises to fulfill the Office of Deacon with humble charity in order to assist the priestly Order and to benefit the Christian people.

• The elect promises to hold fast to the mystery of faith and to proclaim this faith in word and deed according to the Gospel and the Church’s tradition.

• The elect promises to embrace the state of celibate chastity and resolves to keep this commitment as a sign of dedication to Christ the Lord in service of the people of God.

• The elect promises to maintain and deepen the spirit of prayer, in particular, by praying the Liturgy of the Hours.

• The elect promises, with the help of God, to conform his way of life to the example of Christ.

• The elect kneels before the Bishop and promises respect and obedience to him and to his successors.

LITANY OF SUPPLICATION

All kneel and the elect prostrates himself as the Litany is sung, invoking the aid of the saints on his behalf.

All stand at the conclusion of the prayer after the Litany.

LAYING ON OF HANDS AND PRAYER OF ORDINATION

The elect kneels before the Bishop who, in silence, lays his hands on him. The Bishop then prays the Prayer of Ordination. At the conclusion of the Prayer of Ordination all respond “Amen.”

INVESTITURE WITH THE STOLE AND DALMATIC

All are seated. The newly ordained Deacon is vested with the stole and dalmatic, the liturgical vestments of his Office. Reverend Mister Brendan Foley will be vested by Reverend Joseph O’Connor.

ANTIPHON Cf. John 15: 13

HANDING ON OF THE BOOK OF GOSPELS

The newly ordained Deacon kneels before the Bishop, who places the Book of the Gospels in his hands.

FRATERNAL KISS

The Bishop, along with all of the Deacons present, give the newly ordained Deacon the fraternal kiss of peace.

ANTIPHON Psalm 145 (144): 1

PROFESSION OF FAITH

All stand and say the Nicene Creed.

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Please be seated.

PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS

OFFERTORY MOTET “Ave Verum Corpus”, K. 618

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Please stand when the Deacon begins to incense the assembly.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

PREFACE

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY Jubilation Mass

Please kneel.

Mystery of Faith Jubilation Mass

AMEN Jubilation Mass

THE COMMUNION RITE

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THE LORD’S PRAYER

EMBOLISM

DOXOLOGY

FRACTION OF THE BREAD

LAMB OF GOD Jubilation Mass

Please kneel.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

An Act of Spiritual Communion

Those who are not receiving Holy Communion are invited to offer the following prayer.

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things,

and I desire to you receive You into my soul. Since I can not at this moment receive You sacramentally,

come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there

and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

Communion Antiphon “Draw Near”

MOTET “Panis Angelicus” from Messe à trois voix, Opus 12

César Franck (1822-1890)

SONG “Ave Maria”, Opus 52, Number 6, D 839

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Please kneel until the Blessed Sacrament has been reposed. Then, be seated.

Please stand.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

The Concluding Rites

GREETING

Bishop Lucia: The Lord be with you.

℟. And with your spirit.

Deacon: Bow down for the blessing.

SOLEMN BLESSING

Bishop Lucia: May God, who has called you to the service of others in

his Church, give you great zeal for all, especially the

afflicted and the poor.

℟. Amen.

Bishop Lucia: May he, who has entrusted you with preaching the

Gospel of Christ, help you, as you live according to his

word, to be its sincere and fervent witnesses.

℟. Amen.

Bishop Lucia: May he, who has appointed you a steward of his

mysteries, make you an imitator of his Son, Jesus Christ,

and a minister of unity and peace in the world.

℟. Amen.

Bishop Lucia: And may almighty God bless all of you, who are gathered

here,

the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

℟. Amen.

DISMISSAL

Deacon: Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.

℟. Thanks be to God.

RECESSIONAL HYMN “Lift High the Cross”

POSTLUDE

THE MINISTERS OF THE LITURGY

PRINCIPAL CONCELEBRANTS

Most Reverend Robert J. Cunningham

Reverend Charles Opondo-Owora

Reverend Joseph O’Connor

Reverend John Manno

DEACONS

Deacon Bill Dotterer, Reverend Mr. Malachi Clark

MASTERS OF CEREMONIES

Reverend Christopher Seibt, Reverend Kenneth Kirkman

SEMINARIAN SERVERS

Mr. Brennan Ferris, Mr. Joseph Ryan, Mr. Benjamin Schrantz, Mr.

Douglas Villanella

READERS

Dr. Ximena DeBroeck, Mr. Daniel Foley

MUSIC MINISTRY

Saint James Parish

May the Lord bless all those who have worked tirelessly

to make our worship this day give fitting praise to God!

Special thanks to the parish communities of Saint James

and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, and to all those

who have prayerfully supported and journeyed with Brendan

and his classmates throughout their ongoing formation.

Please continue to pray for them, and for an increase in vocations

to the priesthood and consecrated religious life in the Diocese of

Syracuse!

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