"Sit on my right:
your foes I will put beneath your feet."
your scepter of power:
rule in the midst of all your foes.
on the holy mountains;
from the womb before the dawn I begot you.
"You are a priest for ever,
a priest like Melchizedeck of old."
will shatter kings in the day of his wrath.
and therefore he shall lift up his head.
Antiphon 1: The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world, alleluia.
Antiphon 2: Send us your strength, O God, from your holy temple in Jerusalem, and perfect your work in us, alleluia.
Canticle – Revelation 19:1-7 Alleluia. Alleluia. The Lord our all-powerful God is King; The wedding feast of the Lamb has begun, Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: Antiphon 3: All were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak, alleluia. READING RESPONSORY Antiphon INTERCESSIONS God the Father has gathered his Church in unity through Christ. With joy in our hearts let us ask him: Send your Holy Spirit into the Church. You desire the unity of all Christians through one baptism in the Spirit, You desire the whole world to be filled with the Spirit, Lord God, Father of all mankind, you desire to gather together your scattered children in unity of faith, Through the Spirit you make all things new, Through the Spirit you raised your Son from the dead,
Our Father... May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
Antiphon 2: Send us your strength, O God, from your holy temple in Jerusalem, and perfect your work in us, alleluia.
Psalm 114
In exitu Israel
Jacob's sons from an alien people
Israel became his kingdom.
the Jordan turned back on its course,
and the hills like yearling sheep.
that you turned back, Jordan, on your course?
hills, like yearling sheep?
in the presence of the God of Jacob,
and flint into a spring of water.
Antiphon 3: All were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak, alleluia.
Salvation, glory, and power to our God:
(R. Alleluia)
his judgments are honest and true.
R. Alleluia, (alleluia).
Sing praise to our God, all you his servants,
(R. Alleluia)
all you who worship him, great and small.
R. Alleluia, (alleluia).
(R. Alleluia)
let us rejoice, sing praise, and give him glory.
R. Alleluia, (alleluia).
(R. Alleluia)
and his bride is prepared to welcome him.
R. Alleluia, (alleluia).
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Make every effort to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. - Ephesians 4:3-6
The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world, alleluia, alleluia.
- The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world, alleluia, alleluia.
He sustains all creation and knows every word that is spoken,
- alleluia, alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
- The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world, alleluia, alleluia.
Today we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, alleluia; on this day the Holy Spirit appeared before the apostles in tongues of fire and gave them his spiritual gifts. He sent them out to preach to the whole world, and to proclaim that all who believe and are baptized shall be saved, alleluia.
- make all who believe one in heart and soul.
- help all mankind to build a world of justice and peace.
- enlighten the world by the grace of the Holy Spirit.
- heal the sick, comfort the distressed, give salvation to all.
- raise up the bodies of the dead into everlasting life.
let the Spirit you sent on your Church
to begin the teaching of the gospel
continue to work in the world
through the hearts of all who believe.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The English translation of Psalm Responses, Alleluia Verses, Gospel Verses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL); the English translation of Antiphons, Invitatories, Responsories, Intercessions, Psalm 95, the Canticle of the Lamb, Psalm Prayers, Non-Biblical Readings from The Liturgy of the Hours © 1973, 1974, 1975, ICEL; excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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