Mass | Saturday Sept 28 | UNDA Broadway

Symposium: Sexual Integrity in a P*rnified World

Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

Feast: Our Lady Undoer of Knots

Liturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).

The Introductory Rites

Entrance Antiphon

Hail, Holy Mother, who gave birth to the King who rules heaven and earth for ever.

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Sign of the Cross

Greeting

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,

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.

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Collect

Let us pray. Grant, Lord God, that we, your servants,

may rejoice in unfailing health of mind and body,

and, through the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary ever-Virgin,

may we be set free from present sorrow and come to enjoy eternal happiness.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Liturgy of the Word

First reading | Genesis 3:9-15,20 | The mother of all those who live

After Adam had eaten of the tree the Lord God called to him. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with me; she gave me the fruit, and I ate it.’ Then the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman replied, ‘The serpent tempted me and I ate.’

Then the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this,
Be accursed beyond all cattle, all wild beasts.
You shall crawl on your belly and eat dust every day of your life.
I will make you enemies of each other:
you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring.
It will crush your head and you will strike its heel.’

The man named his wife ‘Eve’ because she was the mother of all those who live.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

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Responsorial Psalm | Luke 1:46-55

R: The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.

My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour. R:

He looks on his servant in her nothingness; henceforth all ages will call me blessed. R:

The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy his name! R:

His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear him.
He puts forth his arm in strength and scatters the proud-hearted. R:

He casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly.
He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty. R:

He protects Israel, his servant, remembering his mercy,
the mercy promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his sons for ever. R:

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Gospel Acclamation | cf.Lk1:45

Alleluia, alleluia!

Blessed is the Virgin Mary, who believed

that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.

Alleluia!

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Gospel | John 19:25-27 | ‘Woman, this is your son’

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home.

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

The Homily

The Prayer of the Faithful

Litany of the Saints (sung)

Lord, have mercy (Lord, have mercy)
Christ, have mercy (Christ, have mercy)
Lord, have mercy (Lord, have mercy)

Holy Mary, mother of God (pray for us)
Saint Michael (pray for us)
Holy Angels of God (pray for us)
Saint John the Baptist (pray for us)
Saint Joseph (pray for us)
Saint Peter and Saint Paul (pray for us)
Saint Andrew (pray for us)
Saint John (pray for us)