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ALL HOLY WEEK READINGS INSIDE
April 4, 2021
All are Welcome
Mass Schedule
Monday - Friday*
8:30 am Church - livestreamed
*When school is in session, Wednesday Mass begins at 8:10 am.
Saturday
4:00 pm Church
4600 Preserve Parkway | Hoover, AL 35226 Sunday
www.popcatholic.org 7:00 am Church
P: 205-822-9125 | F: 205-822-9127 7:00 am Spanish - gym
church.office@popcatholic.org 8:30 am Church - livestreamed
Office Hours: 11:00 am Church
Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm 2:30 pm Spanish - Church - livestreamed
Friday 9:00 am - Noon 5:00 pm Church
Contact church office regarding sacraments. 7:00 pm Spanish - Church
• Please wear a mask; remove to receive communion
Pastor Fr. John Fallon ext. 40 • Sit in marked pews only • Communion in hand
Associate Pastor Fr. José Luis Guevara-Gomez ext. 47 preferred • Don’t congregate in gathering space
Associate Pastor Fr. Mugagga Epah ext. 35 • Social distance • Drive-through communion offered
Deacon Rick DiGiorgio 205-422-8734 from 10:00 - 10:30 am on Sundays.
Parish Operations Manager Kelly Doss ext. 42 Sacrament of Reconciliation
Bookkeeper Lynn Bertolini ext. 13 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:00 - 8:30 am
Bulletin Editor Lauren Atchison ext. 10 Saturday 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Church Secretary Elizabeth Underwood ext. 10 Mass Intentions for April 5 - 11
Family Life Director Dr. Dale Wisely ext. 41 Monday 8:30 am Rosario Culotta †
Formation Director Megan Everett ext. 12 Tuesday 8:30 am Rosa Culotta †
Hispanic Coordinator Liset Martinez ext. 22 Wednesday 8:10 am Antoinette M. Berry †
Music & Liturgy Director Cheri Poole ext. 27 Josephine P. Russo †
Pastoral Care Director Bette Graffeo ext. 43 Thursday 8:30 am Michael McCarthy †
Religious Education Office Cathy Yarbrough ext. 23 Friday 8:30 am Warren Fravert †
Adult Education Director Mike Brown 205-305-4023 Saturday 4:00 pm Gloria Eubank †
Stewardship Director Jill Spero ext. 44 Sunday 7:00 am Patricia Levio †
Video Production Manager John Virciglio ext. 14 7:00 am Por la Iglesia
Youth Minister Hannah Matthews ext. 29 8:30 am Frank Tortorici †
Find clergy and staff emails on the home page of www.popcatholic.org. 11:00 am For the Church
Prince of Peace Catholic School 2:30 pm Por la Iglesia
Pre-K3 - 8th grade 5:00 pm Rose McClurg †
New this year - full day Pre-K3 and Pre-K4 options 7:00 pm Por la Iglesia
4650 Preserve Parkway | Hoover, AL 35226
www.popcatholic.net
P: 205-824-7886 | F: 205-824-2093
info@popcatholic.net
President Kelly Doss ext. 42 John Faure, father of Susie (Craig) Greer
Principal Connie Angstadt ext. 21 Jane Jones, mother of Judy (Nick) Cvetetic
Assistant Principal Bridget Carter ext. 46 Courtney Plavan, niece of Dolores (John) Kremer
Find all school staff emails at www.popcatholic.net. Veta Giangrosso, sister of Mary (Eric) Taylor and
Chris (Leigh) Lorino
Adventure Ark Playschool Katherine Anastacia Juarez, daughter of Julia and Juan
6 mo - 2 yr old Juarez, stepdaughter of Elvia, sister of Ricardo, Juan,
4600 Preserve Parkway | Hoover, AL 35226 Yaritzy, and Jennifer, granddaughter of Kitty and Lyle,
P: 205-822-9125 | F: 205-822-9127 Maria del Socorro and Ricardo
Director Kara Woodard ext. 15 Rosetta Messina, aunt of Pat (Patricia) Morris
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine
Please email all bulletin submissions to bulletin@popcatholic.org upon them. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful
at least 12 days before publication date. departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Prince of Peace Catholic Parish | April 4, 2021 | Page 2
Formation
Possible Summer “Becoming Catholic”
Help us to gauge interest in a summer session of Becoming
Catholic (our program for those who want to be confirmed in the
Catholic faith and join the Church-find details on our website.) We
have a fall 2021 and spring 2022 session scheduled, but could add
summer if there is interest. Email dale.wisely@popcatholic.org if
you would participate in a summer 2021 program. Thanks!
Women of Worship Spring Bible Study
April 6 - May 4 | 9:30 - 11:00 am | Deasy Hall & Zoom
The Women of Worship (WOW) group will study Hail Mary, Holy
Bible by Clifford Yeary from Little Rock Scripture Study beginning
April 6 and running through May 4. This study brings fresh insights
into scripture which forms the basis for the mysteries of the
Rosary. The group meets both in person at the church in Deasy
Hall (socially distanced, with masks of course) as well as via Zoom.
If you would like to register for this study, please contact Jill Kent
at 205-913-1750 or margaredarocks@bellsouth.net. All
women are welcome.
Divine Mercy Sunday Service
April 11 | 12:30 -1:30 pm | church This Week’s Gospel Reflection
Please join us for this bilingual service that includes Exposition Today, we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ! Our
of the Blessed Sacrament, praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and readings today reveal how we can live out the joy of
Benediction. Easter all year long in our day-to-day lives.
February Baptisms Our Gospel portrays the third day after Jesus’ death
Steven Cooper Edge, Oscar Aaron Alatorre Sanchez, Fernanda when Mary of Magdala visits Jesus’ tomb. Once she saw
Valdez, Odir Mateo Landaverde Caballero, Dominic Julliete Santos the stone removed, she ran to tell Simon Peter and John.
Valderramos, Anna Kate Westbrook, Sofia Alejandra Cerrillo Gomez, They ran to the tomb as well, and upon seeing, they
Benjamin Cerrillo Gomez Jr., Julian Gael Perez Garibaldi, Iara Sofia believed. We can tell the relationship that these
Sanchez Garcia, Aulanis Garcia Perdomo, Liam Emanuel Garcia disciples had with Jesus because of the way they
Hernandez, Angelica Moreno Jobel, James Keller DeBlieux, responded about Him — they “ran.” Mary didn’t see the
Henry Barranco, Anna Marie Sellers empty tomb and think, “someone else will figure it out.”
February Marriages Peter and John didn’t hear the news and think, “I will
Fernando Valdez-Lopez and Patricia Salas Salas check on it later.” They each responded with conviction
Mauro Rosanio Cristobal Pascual and Elizabeth Felipe Andres as they “ran” for Jesus.
Sergio Espinoza Covarrubias and Hilda Maldonado Duarte We must ask ourselves, “Do I have a relationship with
Christ to the point where I am running to Him each
Financial Stewardship day?” The way these disciples responded is how we
Alleluia! Christ is risen and is victorious over sin and death! We should respond to Christ. We must avoid complacency,
are good stewards of our faith if, like St. Paul, we share this good and as intentional disciples, we must stop rationalizing
news whenever and wherever we can. our choices by telling ourselves we will someday get
Faith Direct 2/1-15/2021 around to putting God first. Every moment throughout
Offertory $ 39,056.00 our day is an opportunity to respond to God in gratitude,
Building Fund $ 4,526.00 compassion and eagerness. And although there will be
Backpack $ 562.00 moments when we do not “feel” like responding to Him,
it is in those moments when we faithfully respond any-
Faith Direct 2/16-28/2021
way that matters the most.
Offertory $ 49,190.00
Building Fund $ 5,870.00 Let us celebrate this glorious day with prayer and
Backpack $ 1,105.00 feasting, for Christ is risen! And let us strive to carry
March 21 financials will appear in April 11 bulletin due to an this Easter joy with us all year long by how we respond
early printing deadline. to Christ each day. Happy Easter!
— Catholic Stewardship Consultants
Prince of Peace Catholic Parish | April 4, 2021 | Page 3
Parish Life
The Suicide Crisis – What Can I Do? Serving Others During Lent
Suicide rates in the United The women of worship ministry
States have been climbing for prepared over 70 Easter baskets for
20 years, following a 15-year children as a Lenten service project.
period of decline. Rates are Member Sandy Stewart learned that
increasing in almost all the Exchange Club was seeking filled
demographic groups. This was baskets for the children served by their
true even before the pandemic. programs. (She is part of POP’s food
Did you know that suicides are often preventable? basket ministry which delivers
On Tuesday, April 13, at 7:00 pm, our Director of donations to five local charities - The Exchange Club being one of the
Family Life and Adult Education, Dr. Dale Wisely, charities.) Sandy brought the outreach idea to the WOW group and
will be on YouTube Live to give straightforward members overwhelmingly supported it, donating over $600 toward the
ways to communicate with those who we project. The ladies assembled the baskets in Deasy Hall, wrapping each in
worry may be suicidal. Dr. Wisely is a clinical decorative cellophane. Each basket contained a chocolate bunny, a small
psychologist with more than 35 years of teddy bear, plastic eggs filled with chocolate candy, jelly beans, bubble
experience as an educator on mental health gum, an egg-dying kit and a Christian card. The Exchange Club delivered
topics, including depression and suicide. the baskets to families that they serve. The Exchange Club CAP Center
provides support and education services to children and parents in an
There are not enough mental health effort to break the destructive behavior cycles that impact children and
professionals, nor is there adequate access to families. If you would like to become a part of the WOW ministry, contact
mental health care, to address this national crisis. Jill Kent at 205-913-1750 or margaredarocks@bellsouth.net. All women
However, all of us may be able to help prevent are welcome.
suicide by being willing to ask our friends,
neighbors, co-workers, and family members Teen Parishioner in the News
questions when we are concerned that they may This young entrepreneur is part of the POP family!
be struggling with thoughts of hurting Katherine Smith, POP School graduate and parishioner,
themselves. has started a company called “Doodles Designs 4 U”
that produces and sells dog bandannas and matching
Please consider viewing this 30-minute program,
hair scrunchies for their owners. Katherine loves
even if you have not yet encountered this concern
dressing her Goldendoodle dog Sadie and thought that
in your life - yet.
others would enjoy coordinating dog/owner accessories,
https://www.dalewisely.com/suicideprevention/. too. She started her online business on Etsy just two
The program will be recorded and available on months ago and is excited with its success. Recently,
the Prince of Peace YouTube channel for viewing Katherine was interviewed on ABC 33/40’s Talk of
after the live broadcast. Alabama morning show. You can find the March 23
segment on our Facebook page. She is the daughter of
School Golf Tournament Jonathan and Kelly Smith of Hoover and a freshman at
April 12 | 2:00 pm | Highland Park Golf Course John Carroll Catholic High School.
Whether you would like to play in the
tournament, be a sponsor or donate gift items, Weekender Backpack - May 6
Prince of Peace Catholic School welcomes your This ministry helps to feed food-insecure middle school students over the
support. Sign up as an individual golfer ($150) weekends when they do not have access to school meals. We currently
or foursome ($600) and you’ll enjoy a great day serve Simmons Middle School in Hoover, Holy Family Catholic School
of golf plus lunch and dinner. Various levels of and St. Barnabas Catholic School in the City of Birmingham. On the first
sponsorship are available and it’s a great way Thursday of the month during the school year, volunteers are needed in
to promote your business. Register or become a the morning and evening to unpack the boxes of non-perishable food
tournament sponsor online at and pack it into bags for the children. Visit our website for the ministry’s
https://one.bidpal.net/popgolf. SignUpGenius link to learn more and volunteer for this ministry.
POP School Job Openings Food for Our Journey - April 18, May 2
On the first and third Sunday of each month, this ministry prepares a
The school is accepting applications for
lunch for the homeless of Birmingham. Volunteers are needed to donate
preschool through grade 8 certified teachers,
the food for the meal (as well as serving containers, cutlery and water)
lunchroom manager and custodial staff.
and portion it into takeout containers at the church. You can learn more
Send your resume to Principal Connie Angstadt, about this ministry and volunteer through our SignUpGenius link on the
cangstadt@popcatholic.org. website.
Prince of Peace Catholic Parish | April 4, 2021 | Page 4
Mass Prayers and Responses
Opening Song - Songs for Holy Week can be found on page 11. or
1 Greeting The Nicene Creed
Priest: The Lord be with you. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven
People: And with your spirit. and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one
Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the
2 Penitential Act - Form A (The Confiteor)
Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true
Everyone: I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers
God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with
and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in
the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and
my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do,
for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy
through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous
Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For
fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels
our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered
and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to
death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in
the Lord our God.
accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and
3 Gloria is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again
Priest: Glory to God in the highest, in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will
Everyone: and on earth peace to people of good will. We have no end.
praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who
you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O
proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father
God, almighty Father.
and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic
Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and
mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of
prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have the world to come. Amen.
mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are
Presentation Song - Songs for Holy Week can be found on page 11.
the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the
Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 9 Invitation to Prayer
Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through
4 After the first and second readings
your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit
Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.
of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us
5 Greeting the Gospel the bread of life.
Reader: Alleluia OR Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. People: Blessed be God for ever.
… (a few words) Priest: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through
People: Alleluia OR Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. your goodness we have received the wine we offer you: fruit
6 Before the Gospel reading of the vine and work of human hands, it will become our
Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit. spiritual drink.
Priest: A reading from the holy Gospel according to People: Blessed be God for ever.
Matthew OR Mark OR Luke OR John Priest: Pray, brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours
People: Glory to you, O Lord. may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
7 After the Gospel reading People: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for
Priest: The Gospel of the Lord. the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of
People: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. all his holy Church.
8 Creed - The Apostles’ Creed 10 Preface Dialogue
Everyone: I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of Priest: The Lord be with you.
heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, People: And with your spirit.
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, Priest: Lift up your hearts.
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was People: We lift them up to the Lord.
buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the People: It is right and just.
right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will 11 Holy, Holy, Holy
come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Everyone: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and
Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the
everlasting. Amen. highest.
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Mass Prayers and Responses Easter Sunday Readings & Gospel
12 Memorial Acclamation
Priest: The mystery of faith. Reading 1 - Acts 10:34a, 37-43
People: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened
Resurrection until you come again. all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John
preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit
13 Doxology / Amen and power. He went about doing good and healing all those op-
Priest: Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, pressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all
almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They
honor is yours, for ever and ever. People: Amen. put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on
the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people,
14 Our Father
but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and
Priest: At the Savior’s command and formed by divine drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us
teaching, we dare to say: to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by
People: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets
name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us forgiveness of sins through his name.”
our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against
us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
evil. R. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.
• Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures
Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously
forever. Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.” R.
grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we
• “The right hand of the LORD has struck with power; the right
may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as
hand of the LORD is exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare
we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, the works of the LORD.” R.
Jesus Christ. • The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner
People: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are stone. By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our
yours now and for ever. eyes. R.
15 Sign of Peace Reading 2 - Colossians 3:1-4
Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always. Brothers and sisters: If then you were raised with Christ, seek what
People: And with your spirit. is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of
To each other: Peace be with you. what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your
life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then
16 Lamb of God
you too will appear with him in glory.
People: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of OR Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8
the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away Brothers and sisters: Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all
the sins of the world, grant us peace. the dough? Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh
batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal
17 Invitation to Communion lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us celebrate the
Priest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness,
away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
supper of the Lamb.
People: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under Gospel - John 20:1-9
my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb
early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone
Communion song - Songs for Holy Week can be found on page 11. removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and
to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have
18 Concluding Rites
taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put
Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And with your spirit.
him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the
Closing Song - Songs for Holy Week can be found on page 11. tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and
Excerpts of the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths
International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he
Act of Spiritual Communion went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth
My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up
above all things, and I long for You in my soul. Since I cannot now in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one
receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they
As though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the
entirely to You; never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. dead.
Prince of Peace Catholic Parish | April 4, 2021 | Page 6Easter Vigil Readings & Gospel
Reading 1 - Genesis 1:1-2:2 give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food; and to all
the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the the animals of the land, all the birds of the air, and all the living
abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. creatures that crawl on the ground, I give all the green plants for
Then God said, "Let there be light,"" and there was light. God saw food." And so it happened. God looked at everything he had made,
how good the light was. God then separated the light from the and he found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed—
darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array
"night." Thus evening came, and morning followed—the first day. were completed. Since on the seventh day God was finished with
the work he had been doing, he rested on the seventh day from
Then God said, "Let there be a dome in the middle of the all the work he had undertaken.
waters,to separate one body of water from the other." And so it
happened: God made the dome, and it separated the water above Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 104: 1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35
the dome from the water below it. God called the dome "the sky." R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Evening came, and morning followed—the second day. • Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD, my God, you are great
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered indeed! You are clothed with majesty and glory, robed in light
into a single basin, so that the dry land may appear." And so it as with a cloak. R.
happened: the water under the sky was gathered into its basin, • You fixed the earth upon its foundation, not to be moved
and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land "the earth, " forever; with the ocean, as with a garment, you covered it;
and the basin of the water he called "the sea." God saw how good above the mountains the waters stood. R.
it was. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every • You send forth springs into the watercourses that wind among
kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth the mountains. Beside them the birds of heaven dwell; from
that bears fruit with its seed in it." And so it happened: the earth among the branches they send forth their song. R.
brought forth every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind • You water the mountains from your palace; the earth is replete
of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw with the fruit of your works. You raise grass for the cattle, and
how good it was. Evening came, and morning followed—the third vegetation for man’s use, producing bread from the earth. R.
day. • How manifold are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you have
wrought them all— the earth is full of your creatures. Bless the
Then God said: "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to LORD, O my soul! R.
separate day from night. Let them mark the fixed times, the days
and the years, and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to Reading 2 - Exodus 14:15-15:1
shed light upon the earth." And so it happened: God made the The LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the
two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser Israelites to go forward. And you, lift up your staff and, with hand
one to govern the night; and he made the stars. God set them in outstretched over the sea, split the sea in two, that the Israelites
the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth, to govern the may pass through it on dry land. But I will make the Egyptians so
day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. obstinate that they will go in after them. Then I will receive glory
God saw how good it was. Evening came, and morning through Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and charioteers.
followed—the fourth day. The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I receive
glory through Pharaoh and his chariots and charioteers.”
Then God said, "Let the water teem with an abundance of living
creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the The angel of God, who had been leading Israel’s camp, now
sky." And so it happened: God created the great sea monsters moved and went around behind them. The column of cloud also,
and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, leaving the front, took up its place behind them, so that it came
and all kinds of winged birds. God saw how good it was, and God between the camp of the Egyptians and that of Israel. But the
blessed them, saying, "Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the cloud now became dark, and thus the night passed without the
seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth." Evening came, and rival camps coming any closer together all night long. Then
morning followed—the fifth day. Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept
the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living
turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the
creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds."
Israelites marched into the midst of the sea on dry land, with
And so it happened: God made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds
the water like a wall to their right and to their left.
of cattle, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. God saw
how good it was. Then God said: "Let us make man in our image, The Egyptians followed in pursuit; all Pharaoh’s horses and
after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the chariots and charioteers went after them right into the midst
sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild of the sea. In the night watch just before dawn the LORD cast
animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground." God cre- through the column of the fiery cloud upon the Egyptian force a
ated man in his image; in the image of God he created him; glance that threw it into a panic; and he so clogged their chariot
male and female he created them. God blessed them, saying: wheels that they could hardly drive. With that the Egyptians
"Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have sounded the retreat before Israel, because the LORD was fighting
dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all for them against the Egyptians.
the living things that move on the earth." God also said: "See, I Reading 2 continued on page 8.
Prince of Peace Catholic Parish | April 4, 2021 | Page 7Easter Vigil Readings & Gospel (cont’d.)
Then the LORD told Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, to the one who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my
that the water may flow back upon the Egyptians, upon their mouth; my word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will,
chariots and their charioteers.” So Moses stretched out his hand achieving the end for which I sent it.
over the sea, and at dawn the sea flowed back to its normal
depth. The Egyptians were fleeing head on toward the sea, when
Epistle - Romans 6:3-11
Brothers and sisters: are you unaware that we who were
the LORD hurled them into its midst. As the water flowed back,
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were
it covered the chariots and the charioteers of Pharaoh’s whole
indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just
army which had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not a single
as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,
one of them escaped. But the Israelites had marched on dry land
we too might live in newness of life.
through the midst of the sea, with the water like a wall to their
right and to their left. Thus the LORD saved Israel on that day For if we have grown into union with him through a death like
from the power of the Egyptians. When Israel saw the Egyptians his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. We know
lying dead on the seashore and beheld the great power that the that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body
LORD had shown against the Egyptians, they feared the LORD might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery
and believed in him and in his servant Moses. to sin. For a dead person has been absolved from sin. If, then, we
have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: I will
We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death
sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and char-
no longer has power over him. As to his death, he died to sin once
iot he has cast into the sea.
and for all; as to his life, he lives for God. Consequently, you too
Responsorial Psalm - Exodus 15:1-6, 17-18 must think of yourselves as being dead to sin and living for God
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory. in Christ Jesus.
• I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse
and chariot he has cast into the sea. My strength and my
Gospel - Mark 16:1-7
When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother
courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. He is my God, I
of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and
praise him; the God of my father, I extol him. R.
anoint him. Very early when the sun had risen, on the first day
• The LORD is a warrior, LORD is his name! Pharaoh’s chariots
of the week, they came to the tomb. They were saying to one
and army he hurled into the sea; the elite of his officers were
another, “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance
submerged in the Red Sea. R.
to the tomb?” When they looked up, they saw that the stone had
• The flood waters covered them, they sank into the depths like a
been rolled back; it was very large. On entering the tomb they
stone. Your right hand, O LORD, magnificent in power, your right
saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white
hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy. R.
robe, and they were utterly amazed. He said to them, “Do not be
• You brought in the people you redeemed and planted them on
amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been
the mountain of your inheritance the place where you made
raised; he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him.
your seat, O LORD, the sanctuary, LORD, which your hands
But go and tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going before you
established. The LORD shall reign forever and ever. R.
to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.’”
Reading 3 - Isaiah 55:1-11
Thus says the LORD: all you who are thirsty, come to the water!
You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; come,
Good Friday Readings & Gospel
without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend
your money for what is not bread, your wages for what fails to
Reading 1 - Isaiah 52:13-53:12
See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly
satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich
exalted. Even as many were amazed at him -- so marred was his
fare. Come to me heedfully, listen, that you may have life. I will
look beyond human semblance and his appearance beyond that
renew with you the everlasting covenant, the benefits assured
of the sons of man -- so shall he startle many nations, because of
to David. As I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and
him kings shall stand speechless; for those who have not been
commander of nations, so shall you summon a nation you knew
told shall see, those who have not heard shall ponder it.
not, and nations that knew you not shall run to you, because of
the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you. Who would believe what we have heard? To whom has the arm
of the LORD been revealed? He grew up like a sapling before him,
Seek the LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near.
like a shoot from the parched earth; there was in him no stately
Let the scoundrel forsake his way, and the wicked man his
bearing to make us look at him, nor appearance that would
thoughts; let him turn to the LORD for mercy; to our God, who
attract us to him. He was spurned and avoided by people, a man
is generous in forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
of suffering, accustomed to infirmity, one of those from whom
nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. As high as the
people hide their faces, spurned, and we held him in no esteem.
heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above
your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he
endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by
For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down
God and afflicted.
and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making
it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread Good Friday readings continued on page 9.
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Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples
endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by entered. Judas his betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus
God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for had often met there with his disciples. So Judas got a band of
our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, soldiers and guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees and
by his stripes we were healed. We had all gone astray like sheep, went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus, knowing
each following his own way; but the LORD laid upon him the everything that was going to happen to him, went out and said
guilt of us all. to them, “Whom are you looking for?” They answered him, “Jesus
Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his the Nazorean.” He said to them, “I AM.” Judas his betrayer was also
mouth; like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the with them. When he said to them, “I AM, “ they turned away and
shearers, he was silent and opened not his mouth. Oppressed and fell to the ground. So he again asked them, “Whom are you
condemned, he was taken away, and who would have thought any looking for?” They said, “Jesus the Nazorean.” Jesus answered,
more of his destiny? When he was cut off from the land of the “I told you that I AM. So if you are looking for me, let these men
living, and smitten for the sin of his people, a grave was assigned go.” This was to fulfill what he had said, “I have not lost any of
him among the wicked and a burial place with evildoers, though those you gave me.” Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it,
he had done no wrong nor spoken any falsehood. But the LORD struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave’s
was pleased to crush him in infirmity. If he gives his life as an name was Malchus. Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its
offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup that the Father gave me?”
the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him. So the band of soldiers, the tribune, and the Jewish guards seized
Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; Jesus, bound him, and brought him to Annas first. He was the
through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. It was
guilt he shall bear. Therefore I will give him his portion among Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews that it was better that one
the great, and he shall divide the spoils with the mighty, because man should die rather than the people.
he surrendered himself to death and was counted among the Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Now the
wicked; and he shall take away the sins of many, and win pardon other disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered the
for their offenses. courtyard of the high priest with Jesus. But Peter stood at the
Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25 gate outside. So the other disciple, the acquaintance of the high
R. Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. priest, went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter
• In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In in. Then the maid who was the gatekeeper said to Peter, “You
your justice rescue me. Into your hands I commend my spirit; are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”
you will redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God. R. Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal
• For all my foes I am an object of reproach, a laughingstock to fire that they had made, because it was cold, and were warming
my neighbors, and a dread to my friends; they who see me themselves. Peter was also standing there keeping warm.
abroad flee from me. I am forgotten like the unremembered The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about
dead; I am like a dish that is broken. R. his doctrine. Jesus answered him, “I have spoken publicly to the
• But my trust is in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God. In your world. I have always taught in a synagogue or in the temple area
hands is my destiny; rescue me from the clutches of my where all the Jews gather, and in secret I have said nothing. Why
enemies and my persecutors.” R. ask me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them. They know
• Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your what I said.” When he had said this, one of the temple guards
kindness. Take courage and be stouthearted, all you who hope standing there struck Jesus and said, “Is this the way you answer
in the LORD. R. the high priest?” Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly,
testify to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you
Reading 2 - Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9
strike me?” Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high
Brothers and sisters: Since we have a great high priest who has
priest.
passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold
fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is Now Simon Peter was standing there keeping warm. And they
unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has said to him, “You are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied
similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us it and said, “I am not.” One of the slaves of the high priest, a
confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I
to find grace for timely help. see you in the garden with him?” Again Peter denied it. And
immediately the cock crowed.
In the days when Christ was in the flesh, he offered prayers
and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was
able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in
reverence. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover. So
he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring
source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. against this man?”
Gospel - John 18:1-19, 42 Good Friday Gospel continued on page 10.
Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to
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They answered and said to him, “If he were not a criminal, we So they took Jesus, and, carrying the cross himself, he went out to
would not have handed him over to you.” At this, Pilate said to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. There
them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side,
The Jews answered him, “We do not have the right to execute with Jesus in the middle. Pilate also had an inscription written
anyone,” in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the
he said indicating the kind of death he would die. So Pilate went Jews.” Now many of the Jews read this inscription, because the
back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was
“Are you the King of the Jews?” written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. So the chief priests of the
Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that
Jesus answered, “Do you say this on your own or have others told
he said, ‘I am the King of the Jews’.” Pilate answered, “What I have
you about me?” Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own
written, I have written.”
nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have
you done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and
world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier. They also
would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the took his tunic, but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece
Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not here.” So Pilate said to him, from the top down. So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear
“Then you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say I am a king. For it, but cast lots for it to see whose it will be, “ in order that the
this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to passage of Scripture might be fulfilled that says: They divided
the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. This
Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” is what the soldiers did. Standing by the cross of Jesus were his
mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary
When he had said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to
of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there
them, “I find no guilt in him. But you have a custom that I release
whom he loved he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
one prisoner to you at Passover. Do you want me to release to
Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that
you the King of the Jews?” They cried out again, “Not this one but
hour the disciple took her into his home.
Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.
After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers
the Scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I thirst.” There was a
wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and
vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in
clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said,
wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus
“Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly. Once
had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head,
more Pilate went out and said to them, “Look, I am bringing him
he handed over the spirit.
out to you, so that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” So
Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple Here all kneel and pause for a short time.
cloak. And he said to them, “Behold, the man!” When the chief Now since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies might
priests and the guards saw him they cried out, “Crucify him, not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for the sabbath day of
crucify him!” that week was a solemn one, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs
Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him. I be broken and that they be taken down. So the soldiers came and
find no guilt in him.” The Jews answered, “We have a law, and broke the legs of the first and then of the other one who was
according to that law he ought to die, because he made crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that
himself the Son of God.” Now when Pilate heard this statement, he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier
he became even more afraid, and went back into the praetorium thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water
and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” Jesus did not answer flowed out. An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true;
him. So Pilate said to him, “Do you not speak to me? Do you not he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you also may
know that I have power to release you and I have power to come to believe. For this happened so that the Scripture passage
crucify you?” Jesus answered him, “You would have no power might be fulfilled: not a bone of it will be broken. And again
over me if it had not been given to you from above. For this another passage says: they will look upon him whom they have
reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.” pierced.
Consequently, Pilate tried to release him; but the Jews cried out, After this, Joseph of Arimathea, secretly a disciple of Jesus for
“If you release him, you are not a Friend of Caesar. Everyone who fear of the Jews, asked Pilate if he could remove the body of
makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” Jesus. And Pilate permitted it. So he came and took his body.
When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and seated Nicodemus, the one who had first come to him at night, also
him on the judge’s bench in the place called Stone Pavement, in came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about one
Hebrew, Gabbatha. It was preparation day for Passover, and it was hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and bound it with
about noon. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, your king!” They burial cloths along with the spices, according to the Jewish burial
cried out, “Take him away, take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said custom. Now in the place where he had been crucified there was
to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had
“We have no king but Caesar.” Then he handed him over to them yet been buried. So they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish
to be crucified. preparation day; for the tomb was close by.
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Reading 1 - Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 the name of the LORD. My vows to the LORD I will pay in the
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This presence of all his people. R.
month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon Reading 2 - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
it the first month of the year. Tell the whole community of Israel: Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed
On the tenth of this month every one of your families must on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over,
procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household. If a took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This
family is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join the nearest is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the
household in procuring one and shall share in the lamb in same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the
proportion to the number of persons who partake of it. The lamb new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in
must be a year-old male and without blemish. The lamb must be remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink
a year-old male and without blemish. You may take it from either the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
the sheep or the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth
day of this month, and then, with the whole assembly of Israel Gospel - John 13:1-15
present, it shall be slaughtered during the evening twilight. They Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come
shall take some of its blood and apply it to the two doorposts to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the
and the lintel of every house in which they partake of the lamb. world and he loved them to the end. The devil had already
That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh with unleavened induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over. So,
bread and bitter herbs. during supper, fully aware that the Father had put everything
into his power and that he had come from God and was returning
“This is how you are to eat it: with your loins girt, sandals on to God, he rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He
your feet and your staff in hand, you shall eat like those who are took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured water
in flight. It is the Passover of the LORD. For on this same night I into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them
will go through Egypt, striking down every firstborn of the land, with the towel around his waist. He came to Simon Peter, who
both man and beast, and executing judgment on all the gods of said to him, “Master, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus
Egypt—I, the LORD! But the blood will mark the houses where answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not
you are. Seeing the blood, I will pass over you; thus, when I strike understand now, but you will understand later.” Peter said to him,
the land of Egypt, no destructive blow will come upon you. “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “Unless I wash
“This day shall be a memorial feast for you, which all your you, you will have no inheritance with me.” Simon Peter said to
generations shall celebrate with pilgrimage to the LORD, him, “Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as
as a perpetual institution.” well.” Jesus said to him, “Whoever has bathed has no need except
Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18 to have his feet washed, for he is clean all over; so you are clean,
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ. but not all.” For he knew who would betray him; for this reason,
• How shall I make a return to the LORD for all the good he has he said, “Not all of you are clean.” So when he had washed their
done for me? The cup of salvation I will take up, and I will call feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again he
upon the name of the LORD. R. said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call
• Precious in the eyes of the LORD is the death of his faithful me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I,
ones. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid; you have therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you
loosed my bonds. R. ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to
• To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving, and I will call upon follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
Holy Week Song Selections
Holy Thursday Good Friday Easter Vigil Easter Sunday
Opening Song Opening Song Gathering Rite Opening Song
Lift High the Cross Begin in Silence Led by Cantor Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Presentation Song Veneration of the Cross Presentation Song Presentation Song
O Lord Hear My Prayer Behold the Wood of the Cross He is Exalted Instrumental
Communion Song Communion Song Communion Song Communion Song - I am the
I am the Bread of Life On Eagle’s Wings Taste and See Bread of Life, Because He Lives
Closing Song Closing Song Closing Song Closing Song
Panga Lingua Leave in Silence Laudate Dominum Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
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Oraciones de la Misa y Respuestas
1 Saludo la derecha del Padre, ten piedad de nosotros; porque sólo tú
En el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, Y del Espíritu Santo. Amen. eres Santo, sólo tú, Señor, sólo tú, Altísimo Jesucristo, con el
Espíritu Santo en la gloria de Dios Padre.
2 Acto Penitencial
Todos: Yo confieso ante Dios todopoderoso Y ante ustedes, 4 Después de la primera y
hermanos, que he pecado mucho de pensamiento, palabra, segunda lectura
obra y omisión. Por mi culpa, por mi culpa, por mi gran culpa. Lector: Palabra de Dios
Por eso ruego a santa María, siempre Virgen, a los ángeles, a Todos: Te alabamos, Señor.
los santos y a ustedes, hermanos, que interceden por mi ante
Dios, nuestro señor. Amen. 5 Aclamacion del Evangelio
Lector: Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús O Aleluya.
3 Gloria Todos: Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús O Aleluya.
Sacerdote: Gloria a Dios en el cielo,
Pueblo: y en la tierra paz a los hombres que ama el Señor. Por 6 Antes del Evangelio
tu inmensa gloria te alabamos, te bendecimos, te adoramos, Sacerdote: El señor este con ustedes.
te glorificamos, te damos gracias, Señor Dios, Rey celestial, Pueblo: Y con tu espíritu.
Dios Padre todopoderoso. Señor, Hijo único, Jesucristo. Señor Sacerdote: Del santo Evangelio según san N.
Dios, Cordero de Dios, Hijo del Padre; tú que quitas el pecado Mateo, Marcos, Lucas o Juan
del mundo, ten piedad de nosotros; tú que quitas el pecado Pueblo: Gloria a ti, Señor.
del mundo, atiende nuestra súplica; tú que estás sentado a
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7 Después del Evangelio Llenos están el cielo y la tierra de tu gloria. Hosanna en el
Sacerdote: Palabra del Señor. cielo. Bendito el que viene en nombre del Señor. Hosanna en
Pueblo: Gloria a ti, Señor Jesús el cielo.
8 Credo 12 Aclamación
Todos: Creo en un solo Dios, Padre todopoderoso, Creador Sacerdote: Este es el misterio de nuestra fe.
del cielo y de la tierra, de todo lo visible y lo invisible. Creo Pueblo: Anunciamos tu muerte y proclamamos tu
en un solo Señor, Jesucristo, Hijo único de Dios, nacido del resurrección, ¡Ven Señor Jesús!
Padre antes de todos los siglos: Dios de Dios, Luz de Luz, Dios
verdadero de Dios verdadero, engendrado, no creado, de la 13 Doxología Final
misma naturaleza del Padre, por quien todo fue hecho; que Sacerdote: Por Cristo, con él y en él, a ti, Dios Padre
por nosotros, los hombres, y por nuestra salvación bajó del omnipotente, en la unidad del Espíritu Santo, todo honor y
cielo, y por obra del Espíritu Santo se encarnó de María, la toda gloria por los siglos de los siglos.
Virgen, y se hizo hombre; y por nuestra causa fue crucificado
en tiempos de Poncio Pilato, padeció y fue sepultado, y 14 Padrenuestro
resucitó al tercer día, según las Escrituras, y subió al cielo, y Sacerdote: Fieles a la recomendación del Salvador y
está sentado a la derecha del Padre; y de nuevo vendrá con siguiendo su divina enseñanza, nos atrevemos a decir:
gloria para juzgar a vivos y muertos, y su reino no tendrá fin. Todos: Padre nuestro, que estás en el cielo, santificado sea
Creo en el Espíritu Santo, Señor y dador de vida, que procede tu nombre; venga a nosotros tu reino; hágase tu voluntad
del Padre y del Hijo, que con el Padre y el Hijo recibe una en la tierra como en el cielo. Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada
misma adoración y gloria, y que habló por los profetas. día; perdona nuestras ofensas, como también nosotros
Creo en la Iglesia, que es una, santa, católica y apostólica. perdonamos a los que nos ofenden; no nos dejes caer en la
Confieso que hay un solo bautismo para el perdón de los tentación, y líbranos del mal. Amen.
pecados. Espero la resurrección de los muertos y la vida del Sacerdote: Líbranos de todos los males, Señor, y
mundo futuro. Amen. concédenos la paz en nuestros días, para que, ayudados por tu
misericordia, vivamos siempre libres de pecado y protegidos
9 Liturgia Eucarística de toda perturbación, mientras esperamos la gloriosa venida
Sacerdote: Bendito seas, Señor, Dios del universo, por de nuestro Salvador Jesucristo.
este pan, fruto de la tierra y del trabajo del hombre, que r Pueblo: Tuyo es el reino, tuyo el poder y la gloria, por
ecibimos de tu generosidad y ahora te presentamos; él será siempre, Señor.
para nosotros pan de vida.
Pueblo: Bendito seas por siempre, Señor. 15 La Paz
Sacerdote: Bendito seas, Señor, Dios del universo, por este Sacerdote: La paz este con todos ustedes.
vino, fruto de la vid y del trabajo del hombre, que recibimos Pueblo: Y con su espíritu. Dense fraternalmente la paz.
de tu generosidad y ahora te presentamos; él será para
nosotros bebida de salvación. 16 Cordero de Dios
Pueblo: Bendito seas por siempre, Señor. Pueblo: Cordero de Dios, que quitas el pecado del mundo, ten
Sacerdote: Oren, hermanos, para que este sacrificio, mío y de piedad de nosotros. Cordero de Dios, que quitas el pecado del
ustedes, sea agradable a Dios, Padre todopoderoso. mundo, ten piedad de nosotros. Cordero de Dios, que quitas el
Pueblo: El Señor reciba de tus manos este sacrificio, para pecado del mundo, danos la paz.
alabanza y gloria de su nombre, para nuestro bien y el de
toda su santa Iglesia. 17 Comunión
Sacerdote: Éste es el Cordero de Dios, que quita el pecado
10 Plegaria Eucarística del mundo. Dichosos los invitados a la cena del Señor.
Sacerdote: El Señor esté con ustedes. Pueblo: Señor, no soy digno de que entres en mi casa, pero
Pueblo: Y con tu espíritu. una palabra tuya bastará para sanarme.
Sacerdote: Levantemos el corazón.
Pueblo: Lo tenemos levantado hacia el Señor. 18 Rito de Conclusión
Sacerdote: Demos gracias al Señor, nuestro Dios. Sacerdote: El señor este con ustedes.
Pueblo: Es justo y necesario. Pueblo: Y con su espíritu.
Sacerdote: Pueden ir en paz.
11 Santo Pueblo: Demos gracias a Dios.
Pueblo: Santo, Santo, Santo es el Señor, Dios del Universo.
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