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EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A) – 2 AUGUST AD2020

PUBLIC LITURGIES SUSPENDED AGAIN DUE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN MELBOURNE FOR DETAILS PLEASE VISIT THE PARISH WEBSITE

LET US JOIN IN PRAYING FOR AN END TO THE COVID-19 PESTILENCE

LEADER: God is our refuge and our strength. ALL: A helper in all tribulations.

LEADER: Lord, save your servants. ALL: Who trust in you, my God.

LEADER: O holy God! O holy strong One! O holy immortal ALL: Have mercy on us.

LEADER: Help us, O God, our Saviour. ALL: And deliver us, O Lord, for the glory of your name.

LEADER: Lord, hear my prayer. ALL: And let my cry come before you.

Let us pray. Almighty God, do not disdain your people who cry to you in their affliction, but for the glory of your name be pleased to help us who are so sorely troubled. Show us, O Lord, your inexpressible mercy and blot out our transgressions. We entreat you, Lord God, grant us, your servants, the enjoyment of lasting health of body and mind; and by the glorious intercession of blessed Mary, ever-Virgin, free us from present sorrow and give us everlasting joy. Graciously hear us, O Lord, in our tribulation, and heed the holy prayers of your Church, and grant that we fully obtain whatever we ask for in faith; through Christ our Lord. ALL: Amen.

ENTRANCE: O GOD, COME TO MY ASSISTANCE; O LORD, MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME! YOU ARE MY RESCUER, MY HELP; O LORD, DO NOT DELAY.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: THE HAND OF THE LORD FEEDS US; HE ANSWERS ALL OUR NEEDS.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA! NO ONE LIVES ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. ALLELUIA!

COMMUNION: YOU HAVE GIVEN US, O LORD, BREAD FROM HEAVEN, ENDOWED WITH ALL DELIGHTS AND SWEETNESS IN EVERY TASTE. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Bread from Heaven - The hand of the Lord feeds us As in all the following visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament a spiritual Communion is recommended, it will be well to explain what it is, and the great advantages which result from its practice. A spiritual Communion, according to St. Thomas, [P. 3, q. 80, a. 1] consists in an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament, and in lovingly embracing Him as if we had actually received Him.

How pleasing these spiritual Communions are to God, and the many graces which He bestows through their means, was manifested by our Lord Himself to Sister Paula Maresca, the foundress of the convent of St. Catherine of Sienna in Naples, when (as it is related in her life) He showed her two precious vessels, the one of gold, the other of silver. He then told her that in the gold vessel He preserved her sacramental Communions, and in the silver one her spiritual Communions. He also told Blessed Jane of the Cross that each time that she communicated spiritually she received a grace of the same kind as the one that she received when she really communicated. Above all, it will suffice for us to know that the holy Council of Trent [Sess. xiii. c. 8] greatly praises spiritual Communions, and encourages the faithful to practise them.

Hence all devout souls are accustomed often to practise this holy exercise of spiritual Communion. Blessed Agatha of the Cross did so two hundred times a day. And Father Peter

Faber, the first companion of St. Ignatius, used to say that it was of the highest utility to make spiritual Communions, in order to receive the sacramental Communion well.

All those who desire to advance in the love of Jesus Christ are exhorted to make a spiritual Communion at least once in every visit that they pay to the Most Blessed Sacrament, and at every Mass that they hear; and it would even be better on these occasions to repeat the Communions three times, that is to say, at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. This devotion is far more profitable than some suppose, and at the same time nothing can be easier to practise. The above-named Blessed Jane of the Cross used to say, that a spiritual Communion can be made without anyone remarking it, without being fasting, without the permission of our director, and that we can make it at any time we please: an act of love does all.

- ST ALPHONSUS LIGOURI (1696 – 1787), THE HOLY EUCHARIST (PUBLISHED 1745) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

THE ORDER OF MASS

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON

PENITENTIAL ACT

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, (STRIKING THEIR

BREAST, THEY SAY:) through my fault, 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.

THE KYRIE

THE GLORIA

THE NICENE CREED

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, (ALL BOW)

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. (RISE) For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered

death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Offertory motet:

‘HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK’ – from ‘MESSIAH’ by G. F. Handel (1685-1759)

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah 40:11)

Come unto Him, all ye that labour, come unto Him that are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11:28-29)

THE SANCTUS

THE MYSTERY OF FAITH

We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

THE AGNUS DEI

COMMUNION ANTIPHON

SHEPHERD OF SOULS, IN LOVE, COME FEED US, life-giving Bread for hungry hearts! To those refreshing waters lead us Where dwells that grace Your peace imparts. May we, the wayward in Your fold, By Your forgiveness rest consoled.

2. Life-giving vine, come, feed and nourish, Strengthen each branch with life divine; Ever in You O may we flourish, Fruitful the branches on the vine. Lord, may our souls be purified So that in Christ we may abide.

3. Sinful is man who stands before You, Worthy of You are You alone; Yet in Your name we do implore You, Rich are the mercies You have shown. Say but the word, Your healing word, Then are our hearts made pure, O Lord.

4. Following You, O Lord, Who led them, Multitudes thronged the mountainside; Filled with compassion, Lord, You fed them, Fed them with loaves You multiplied. Come, feed us now, O Lord, we pray; Live-giving Bread give us this day.

5. Father, Who fed the Hebrew nation, Giving them manna from the sky, Give now the Bread of our salvation, That we who eat shall never die. We are Your people, God, in need; May we on living Bread now feed.

6. Help us, dear Lord, prepare a dwelling Worthy of You Who made us all; Cleanse then our hearts, our guilt dispelling, Purify us who heed Your call. ‘Take this and eat’ were words You said, Giving Yourself to be our Bread.

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