The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Cf. Rev 12: 1Let us all rejoice in the Lord,as we celebrate the feast day inhonour of the Virgin Mary, at whoseAssumption the Angels rejoice and praise the Son of God.

When creation was began,God had chosen you to bemother of his blessed Son,Holy Mary, full of grace.Ave, ave, ave, Maria.When creation was restored,you were there beside the Lordwhom you cherished and adored,Holy Mary, full of grace.Ave, ave, ave, Maria.All of us are children too,Often doubtful what to do,Needing to confide in you.Holy Mary, full of grace.Ave, ave, ave, Maria.You are with us day by dayIn our joys and our dismayMake us joyful as we say‘Holy Mary, full of grace.’Ave, ave, ave, Maria.Praise the Father and the Sonand the Spirit, three in one,as it was when time began,now and ever more. Amen.Ave, ave, ave, Maria.

Priest: In the name of the Father and of the Son, of the Holy Spirit.

People: Amen.The Lord be with you.And with your spirit.

FIRST READING 11:19;12:1-6.10A reading from the book of theApocalypse

The sanctuary of God in heavenopened, and the ark of the covenantcould be seen inside it. Now a greatsign appeared in heaven: a woman,adorned with the sun, standing on themoon, and with the twelve stars onher head for a crown. She waspregnant, and in labour, crying aloudin the pangs of childbirth. Then asecond sign appeared in the sky, ahuge red dragon which had sevenheads and ten horns, and each of theseven heads crowned with a coronet.Its tail dragged a third of the starsfrom the sky and dropped them to theearth, and the dragon stopped in frontof the woman as she was having thechild, so that he could eat it as soon

COLLECTAlmighty ever-living God,who assumed the Immaculate VirginMary, the Mother of your Son,body and soul into heavenly glory,grant, we pray, that, always attentiveto the things that are above,we may merit to be sharers of her glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns withyou in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, for ever and ever.Amen.

The absolution by the priest follows:

May almighty God have mercy on us,forgive us our sins,and bring us to everlasting life.Amen.

I confess to almighty Godand 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 Ihave failed to do,Striking your breast as you say:through my fault, through my fault,

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy.Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.

PENITENTIAL ACTBrethren (Brothers and sisters),let us acknowledge our sins,and so prepare ourselves tocelebrate the sacred mysteries.

Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace to people ofgood will.We praise you, we bless you,we adore you, we glorify you,we give you thanks for your great glory,Lord God, heavenly King,O God, almighty Father.Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,

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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.

you take away the sins of the world,have mercy on us;you take away the sins of theworld,receive our prayer;you are seated at the right hand ofthe Father,have mercy on us.For you alone are the Holy One,you alone are the Lord,you alone are the Most High,Jesus Christ,with the Holy Spirit,in the glory of God the Father.Amen.

The Liturgy of the Word

Entrance Hymn

SECOND READING 15:20-26A reading from the first letter of

St. Paul to the CorinthiansChrist has been raised from the dead,the first-fruits of all who have fallenasleep. Death came through one manand in the same way the resurrectionof the dead has come through oneman. Just as all men die in Adam, soall men will be brought to life in Christ;but all of them in their proper order:Christ as the first-fruits and then, afterthe coming of Christ, those whobelong to him. After that will come theend, when he hands over the kingdomto God the Father, having done awaywith every sovereignty, authority andpower. For he must be king until hehas put all his enemies under his feetand the last of the enemies to bedestroyed is death, for everything is tobe put under his feet.

The word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL 1:39-56The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.Glory to you, O Lord.

Mary set out and went as quickly asshe could to a town in the hill countryof Judah. She went into Zechariah’shouse and greeted Elizabeth. Now assoon as Elizabeth heard Mary’sgreeting, the child leapt in her womband Elizabeth was filled with the HolySpirit. She gave a loud cry and said,“Of all women you are the mostblessed, and blessed is the fruit ofyour womb. Why should I behonoured with a visit from the motherof my Lord? For the moment yourgreeting reached my ears, the child inmy womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessedis she who believed that the promisemade her by the Lord would befulfilled.” And Mary said:“My soul proclaims the greatness ofthe Lord and my spirit exults in Godmy saviour;because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid.Yes, from this day forward all generations will call me blessed,

for the Almighty has done great things for me.

Holy is his name,and his mercy reaches from age to

age for those who fear him.He has shown the power of his arm,he has routed the proud of heart.He has pulled down princes from theirthrones and exalted the lowly.The hungry he has filled with good

things,the rich sent empty away.He has come to the help of Israel hisservant, mindful of his mercyaccording to the promise he made to our ancestors

of his mercy to Abraham and to hisdescendants for ever.”

Mary stayed with Elizabeth aboutthree months and then went backhome.

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

RESPONSORIAL PSALMPs44:10-12.16.R.v.10

R. On your right stands the queen,in garments of gold.

1. The daughters of kings are among your loved ones.

On your right stands the queen in gold of Ophir. Listen, O daughter, give ear to my words: forget your own people and your father’s house. R.

2. So will the king desire your beauty: He is your lord, pay homage to him. They are escorted amid gladness and joy: they pass within the palace of the king. R.

ACCLAMATIONAlleluia, alleluia!

Mary has been taken up into heaven;all the choirs of angels are rejoicing.

Alleluia!

PROFESSION OF FAITHI 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 salvationhe came down from heaven,(All bow during the next three lines)and by the Holy Spirit was incarnateof the Virgin Mary,and became man.For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,he suffered death and was buried,and rose again on the third dayin accordance with the Scriptures.He ascended into heavenand is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in gloryto judge the living and the deadand 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 isadored and glorified,who has spoken through the prophets.I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.I confess one Baptism for theforgiveness of sinsand I look forward to the resurrectionof the deadand the life of the world to come.Amen.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

Raising the host, the priest says:Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation, for through your goodnesswe have received the bread we offeryou: fruit of the earth and work ofhuman hands,it will become for us the bread of life.Blessed be God for ever.

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as it was born from its mother. Thewoman brought a male child into theworld, the son who was to rule all thenations with an iron sceptre, and thechild was taken straight up to Godand to his throne, while the womanescaped into the desert, where Godhad made a place of safety ready.Then I heard a voice shout fromheaven, “Victory and power andempire for ever have been won by ourGod, and all authority for his Christ.”

The word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGSMay this oblation, our tribute of homage, rise up to you, O Lord,and, through the intercession of themost Blessed Virgin Mary,whom you assumed into heaven,may our hearts, aflame with the fire of love, constantly long for you.Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER IIPREFACE The Glory of Mary assumed into heaven

The Lord be with you.And with your Spirit.Lift up your hearts.We lift them up to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is right and just.It is truly right and just, our duty andour salvation, always and everywhereto give you thanks,Lord, holy Father, almighty andeternalGod, through Christ our Lord.

Holy, 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.

The mystery of faithWhen we eat this Bread and drink thisCup, we proclaim your death, O Lord,until you come again.

Then the Priest, with hands extended, says:Therefore, as we celebrate thememorial of his Death and Resurrection,we offer you, Lord,the Bread of life and the Chalice of salvation,giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence andminister to you.Humbly we praythat, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

Remember, Lord, your Church,spread throughout the world,and bring her to the fullness of charity,together with our Pope, FrancisN. our Bishop, his assistant Bishop(s), and all the clergy.Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in thehope ofthe resurrection, and all whohave died in your mercy: welcomethem into the light of your face.Have mercy on us all, we pray,that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,with blessed Joseph, her Spouse,with the blessed Apostles,and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages,we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify youthrough your Son, Jesus Christ.

The Priest takes the chalice and the patenwith the host and, elevating both, he says:Through him, and with him, and in him,O God, almighty Father,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,all glory and honour is yours,for ever and ever.Amen.

You are indeed Holy, O Lord,the fount of all holiness.The Priest joins his hands and, holding themextended over the offerings, says:Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spiritupon them like the dewfall,so that they may become for usthe Body X and Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.At the time he was betrayedand entered willingly into his Passion,he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it,and gave it to his disciples, saying:TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT,

FOR THIS IS MY BODY,WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chaliceand, once more giving thanks,he gave it to his disciples, saying: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 MANYFOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

Facing the people the priest says:Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),that my sacrifice and yoursmay be acceptable to God,the almighty Father.

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.

For today the Virgin Mother of Godwas assumed into heavenas the beginning and imageof your Church’s coming to perfectionand a sign of sure hope and comfortto your pilgrim people;rightly you would not allow herto see the corruption of the tombsince from her own body shemarvellously brought forth yourincarnate Son, the Author of all life.And so, in company with the choirs of Angels, we praise you, and with joywe proclaim:

The priest pours wine and a little waterinto the chalice, saying quietly:By the mystery of this water and winemay we come to share in the divinity of Christ,

who humbled himself to share in ourhumanity.

Raising the chalice, the priest says:Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation, for through your goodnesswe have received the wine we offeryou: fruit of the vine and work ofhuman hands,it will become our spiritual drink.Blessed be God for ever.Bowing the priest says quietly:With humble spirit and contrite heartmay we be accepted by you, O Lord,and may our sacrifice in your sight thisday be pleasing to you, O Lord.Then the priest washes his hands, sayingquietly:Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity;and cleanse me from my sin.

At the Saviour’s commandand formed by divine teaching,we dare to say:Our Father, who art in heaven . . .

Communion Rite

Mary, holy virgin mother,I have received your Son,

Jesus Christ.With love you became his mother,gave birth to him, nursed him, and helped him grow to manhood.With love I return him to you,to hold once more,to love with all your heart,and to offer to the Holy Trinityas our supreme act of worshipfor your honour and for the goodof all your pilgrim brothers andsisters.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Lk 1: 48-49All generations will call me blessed,for he who is mighty has donegreat things for me.

My soul glorifies the Lord,my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.He looks on his servant in her lowlinesshenceforth all ages will call me blessed.The Almighty works marvels for me.Holy his name!His mercy is from age to age,on those who fear him.He puts forth his arm in strengthand scatters the proud-hearted.He fills the starving with good things.Sends the rich away empty.He protects Israel his servant,remembering his mercy,the mercy promised to our fathers,for Abraham and his children for ever.Give praise to the Father Almighty,to his Son Jesus Christ, the Lord,to the Spirit who dwells in our hearts,both now and for ever. Amen.

Praise my soul the King of heaven,to his feet your tribute bring.Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,Who am I his praise to sing?Praise him. Praise him.Praise him. Praise him.Praise the everlasting KingPraise him for his grace and favourTo our fathers in distress:Praise him still the same for ever,Slow to chide and swift to bless.Praise him. Praise him.Praise him. Praise him.Glorious in his faithfulness.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNIONHaving received the Sacrament ofsalvation, we ask you to grant, O Lord,that, through the intercession of theBlessed Virgin Mary, whom youassumed into heaven, we may bebrought to the glory of theresurrection. Through Christ our Lord.Amen

The peace of the Lord be with you always.And with your Spirit.The priest may add these or similar words.Let us offer each other the sign of peace.The priest places a small piece of the host inthe chalice saying quietly:

May this mingling of the body andblood of our Lord Jesus Christ

bring eternal life to us who receive it.Meanwhile the people sing or say:

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world:have mercy on us.Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the worldhave mercy on us.Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the worldgrant us peace.

The priest says quietly:May the receiving of your Body and Blood, Lord Jesus Christ,not bring me to judgement and condemnation,but through your loving mercybe for me protection in mind and body,and a healing remedy.

The Lord be with you.And with your spirit.Bow head for the blessing – short silenceMay almighty God bless you:the Father, and the Son,and the Holy Spirit, Amen.Go forth, the Mass is ended, Thanks be to God.

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 unityin accordance with your will.Who live and reign for ever and ever.Amen.

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May the Body of Christkeep me safe for eternal life.The Priest reverently consumes the Body of Christ.Then he takes the chalice and says quietly:May the Blood of Christkeep me safe for eternal life.The Priest raises a host slightly and shows itto each of the communicants, saying:The Body of Christ.Amen.

Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from everyevil,graciously grant peace in our days,that, by the help of your mercy,we may be always free from sinand safe from all distress,as we await the blessed hopeand the coming of our Saviour, JesusChrist.For the kingdom, the power and theglory are yours, now and for ever.

Raising the host the priest says: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.

And together with the people he says once:Lord, I am not worthythat you should enter under my roof,but only say the wordand my soul shall be healed.

Communion Hymn

Private Prayer after Communion

Concluding Rites

Recessional Hymn