+ Wednesday of Easter Week – Mass today at Emu Plains
15 April 2020
Dear friends,
Welcome to Mass for the Wednesday of the First Week of Easter
See below for a mixture of Voice Recordings / and guided texts of the Mass / I hope this enables you some beautiful quality spiritual reflection time today. Enjoy. The Lord is risen.. alleluia!
Entrance Antiphon
Come, you blessed of my Father;
receive the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world, alleluia.
Greeting
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all
Penitential
Let’s take a few moments and with thanks, ponder the mercy and tender accompaniment of the risen Lord:
V. Lord, have mercy.
R. Lord, have mercy.
V. Christ, have mercy.
R. Christ, have mercy.
V. Lord, have mercy.
R. Lord, have mercy.
And in this Easter week, we include the Gloria and give praise to God
The Gloria
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good 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,
you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the 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.
Opening Prayer
Let us pray.
O God, who gladden us year by year
with the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection,
graciously grant,
that, by celebrating these present festivities,
we may merit through them to reach eternal joys.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
The Liturgy of the Word
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (3:1-10)
Once, when Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the prayers at the ninth hour, it happened that there was a man being carried past. He was a cripple from birth; and they used to put him down every day near the Temple entrance called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from the people going in. When this man saw Peter and John on their way into the Temple he begged from them. Both Peter and John looked straight at him and said, ‘Look at us.’ He turned to them expectantly, hoping to get something from them, but Peter said, ‘I have neither silver nor gold, but I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!’ Peter then took him by the hand and helped him to stand up. Instantly his feet and ankles became firm, he jumped up, stood, and began to walk, and he went with them into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God. Everyone could see him walking and praising God, and they recognised him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple. They were all astonished and unable to explain what had happened to him.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 104(105):1-4,6-9
R> Let all who seek the Lord rejoice.
Give thanks to the Lord, tell his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples.
O sing to him, sing his praise;
tell all his wonderful works!
R> Let all who seek the Lord rejoice.
Be proud of his holy name,
let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice.
Consider the Lord and his strength;
constantly seek his face.
R> Let all who seek the Lord rejoice.
O children of Abraham, his servant,
O sons of the Jacob he chose.
He, the Lord, is our God:
his judgements prevail in all the earth.
R> Let all who seek the Lord rejoice.
He remembers his covenant for ever,
his promise for a thousand generations,
the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.
R> Let all who seek the Lord rejoice.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
Press the play button on this recording to hear the Gospel being proclaimed today in Our Lady of the Way Church
Luke 24:13-35
Homily shared by Fr Paul today
Press the play button on this recording for the homily
The Creed
which we include on the weekdays in this first week of Easter
The Nicene (“Niceno-Constantinopolitan”) 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,
At the words that follow, up to and including ‘and became man’, all bow.
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of 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 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 Liturgy of the Eucharist
The Offertory
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,
for through your goodness we have received
the bread we offer you:
fruit of the earth and work of human hands,
it will become for us the bread of life.
Blessed be God for ever.
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation,
for through your goodness we have received
the wine we offer you:
fruit of the vine and work of human hands,
it will become our spiritual drink.
Blessed be God for ever.
Preface and Eucharistic Prayer
Press the play button on this recording to participate in the Eucharistic Prayer prayed and recorded at Mass today at OLOW Church Emu Plains
Communion Antiphon
The disciples recognized the Lord Jesus
in the breaking of the bread, alleluia.
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
We pray, O Lord,
that the reverent reception of the Sacrament of your Son
may cleanse us from our old ways
and transform us into a new creation.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Final Blessing
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
May almighty God bless us all this Easter Day,
the Father, and the Son, 
and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Friends, let us go and announce the Gospel of the Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia.
This beaut picture was from the Easter Sunday drive-through (See Easter Monday post for other pictures)
With friendship in God’s mission – and blessings on the connections you’ll make today through a message &/or chat &/ or surprise moment of quality reflection and prayer.
See you in the next post
fr Paul
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