Liturgical Leaflet for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist

25 May 2025 6th Sunday of Easter Year C

The Love-Filled Presence

that Enlivens Us and Renews Us
T he thought of an imminent separation from a person we love fills us
with sadness. So it was with the disciples, after they learned from
Jesus that soon they would not be able to see him any longer. But the
Lord reassured them that LOVE would make up for the lack of his visible
presence and would fill their lives with peace and strength.
After two thousand years, we know how true Jesus’ words are. He is
always present in the Church, his Mystical Body. In each of us, His presence
becomes particularly real when we celebrate and receive the Eucharist, as
we are about to do now. Let us open our hearts to receive in him the love of the Blessed Trinity,
and to reciprocate it with the homage of our loving faithfulness. Let this Eucharist be our most
treasured path towards radical newness!

sinned, in my thoughts and in glorify you, we give you thanks

my words, in what I have done for your great glory, Lord God,
and in what I have failed to do, heavenly King, O God, almighty
(strike your breast) through Father.
Entrance Antiphon my fault, through my fault, Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be-
(To be recited only when no through my most grievous gotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of
Entrance Hymn is sung.) fault. Therefore I ask blessed God, Son of the Father, you take
Proclaim a joyful sound Mary ever-Virgin, all the An- away the sins of the world, have
and let it be heard; proclaim gels and Saints, and you, my mercy on us; you take away the
to the ends of the earth: The brothers and sisters, to pray sins of the world, receive our
Lord has freed his people, al- for me to the Lord our God. prayer; you are seated at the
leluia! (Cf. Is 48:20) right hand of the Father, have
P –May almighty God have
mercy on us, forgive us our sins, mercy on us. For you alone are
Greeting and bring us to everlasting life. the Holy One, you alone are the
P – The love of God the Fa- All –Amen! Lord, you alone are the Most
ther, the grace of our Lord Jesus P –Lord, have mercy! High, Jesus Christ, with the
Christ, and the communion of All –Lord, have mercy! Holy Spirit, in the glory of God
the Holy Spirit be with you all! the Father. Amen!
All – And with your spirit! P –Christ, have mercy!
All –Christ, have mercy! Collect (Opening Prayer)
Penitential Act P –Lord, have mercy! P –Grant, almighty God, that
P –Brethren, let us acknowl- All –Lord, have mercy! we may celebrate with heart-
edge our sins, and so prepare felt devotion these days of joy,
ourselves to celebrate the sacred Gloria which we keep in honor of the
mysteries. (Pause) All –Glory to God in the high- risen Lord, and that what we
P & All – I confess to almighty est, and on earth peace to people relive in remembrance we may
God and to you, my brothers of good will. We praise you, always hold to in what we do.
and sisters, that I have greatly we bless you, we adore you, we Through our Lord Jesus

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Christ, your Son, who lives and sus Christ. So we are sending rusalem coming down out of
reigns with you in the unity of Judas and Silas who will also heaven from God. It gleamed
the Holy Spirit, God, for ever convey this same message by with the splendor of God. Its
and ever. word of mouth: ‘It is the deci- radiance was like that of a pre-
All – Amen! sion of the Holy Spirit and of cious stone, like jasper, clear
us not to place on you any bur- as crystal. It had a massive,
den beyond these necessities, high wall, with twelve gates
namely, to abstain from meat where twelve angels were sta-
sacrificed to idols, from blood, tioned and on which names
1st Reading Acts 15:1-2.22-29 from meats of strangled ani- were inscribed, the names of
Even within the Church, life mals, and from unlawful mar- the twelve tribes of the Isra-
is not always smooth sailing. riage. If you keep free of these, elites. There were three gates
There may arise dissensions you will be doing what is right. facing east, three north, three
even among well-meaning Farewell.’ ” south, and three west.
members. The episode we The Word of the Lord! The wall of the city had
are about to hear proclaimed All – Thanks be to God! twelve courses of stones as its
shows us how the early Church foundation, on which were
solved such problems. Responsorial Psalm Ps 67
inscribed the twelve names
of the twelve apostles of the
R – A reading from the Acts R –O God, let all the nations Lamb.
of the Apostles praise you! I saw no temple in the city,
R. M. Velez
Some who had come down for its temple is the Lord God
F Dm almighty and the Lamb. The
    
from Judea were instruct-

   
ing the brothers, “Unless you city had no need of sun or
are circumcised according to moon to shine on it, for the
the Mosaic practice, you can- O God, let all the na-tions glory of God gave it light, and
not be saved.” Because there Bb C F
its lamp was the Lamb.
arose no little dissension and     The Word of the Lord!
debate by Paul and Barnabas All – Thanks be to God!
with them, it was decided that praise you!
Paul, Barnabas, and some Gospel Acclamation Jn 14:23
of the others should go up to * May God have pity on us
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
Jerusalem to the apostles and and bless us; may he let his “Whoever loves me will
elders about this question. face shine upon us. So may keep my word,” says the
The apostles and elders, your way be known upon Lord, “and my Father
in agreement with the whole earth; among all nations, your will love him and we will
church, decided to choose salvation. R. come to him.”
representatives and to send Alleluia! Alleluia!
them to Antioch with Paul and * May the nations be glad
Barnabas. The ones chosen and exult because you rule the
peoples in equity; the nations Gospel Jn 14:23-29
were Judas, who was called Love for Jesus and faithfulness
Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders on the earth you guide. R.
to him are the conditions for
among the brothers. This is * May the peoples praise you, the fulfillment of his promise
the letter delivered by them: O God; may all the peoples that he and the Father will
“The apostles and the elders, praise you! May God bless make their dwelling place in
your brothers, to the brothers us, and may all the ends of the his disciples, and that he will
in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia earth fear him! R. send them the Holy S
of Gentile origin: greetings.
Since we have heard that some 2nd Reading Rv 21:10-14.22-23 P –The Lord be with you!
of our number who went out The “New Jerusalem” seen by All – And with your spirit!
without any mandate from John in today’s vision is the P – A reading from the holy
us have upset you with their Church. Resting on the founda- Gospel according to John
teachings and disturbed your tion of the Apostles, she is the All – Glory to you, O Lord!
peace of mind, we have with new people of God.
one accord decided to choose Jesus said to his disciples,
representatives and to send R –A reading from the Book “Whoever loves me will keep
them to you along with our of Revelation my word, and my Father will
beloved Barnabas and Paul, The angel took me in spirit love him, and we will come to
who have dedicated their lives to a great, high mountain and him and make our dwelling
to the name of our Lord Je- showed me the holy city Je- with him.

GLOSSARY: • Silas: A leading man of the Christian community of Jerusalem. He was chosen by Paul as his companion in his sec-
ond journey. • Paraclete: A title of the Holy Spirit. This word means “Helper” and “Intercessor.” Jesus promises “another Paraclete”
because he is the first Paraclete, i.e., the first one who stands by us to help us and intercede for us.

25 May 2025
 Whoever does not love me Son is adored and glorified, who
does not keep my words. Yet the has spoken through the prophets.
word you hear is not mine but I believe in one, holy, catholic
that of the Father who sent me. and apostolic Church. I confess
I have told you this while I one Baptism for the forgiveness Preparation of the Gifts
am with you. The Advocate, the of sins and I look forward to the P –Pray, brethren . . .
Holy Spirit, whom the Father resurrection of the dead and the All – May the Lord accept the
will send in my name, will teach life of the world to come. Amen! sacrifice at your hands, for the
you everything and remind you praise and glory of his name,
of all that I told you. Prayer of the Faithful for our good and the good of
Peace I leave with you; my all his holy Church.
peace I give to you. Not as the P –Aware that peace is a gift
world gives do I give it to you. from God, as much as it is the Prayer over the Offerings
Do not let your hearts be fruit of human efforts and good
will, let us implore this precious P –May our prayers rise up to
troubled or afraid. you, O Lord, together with the
You heard me tell you, ‘I gift by saying:
sacrificial offerings, so that, pu-
am going away and I will come All – Lord Jesus, grant us your rified by your graciousness, we
back to you.’ If you loved me, peace! may be conformed to the mys-
you would rejoice that I am go- C –For the Church, the Body teries of your mighty love.
ing to the Father; for the Fa- of Christ: May she be an effec- Through Christ our Lord.
ther is greater than I. And now tive agent of reconciliation and All – Amen!
I have told you this before it sincere cooperation among all
happens, so that when it hap- peoples. Let us pray! R. Preface of Easter V
pens, you may believe.” P –The Lord be with you!
C – For the Holy Father, our All –And with your spirit!
The Gospel of the Lord! bishops, and priests: May they
All – Praise to you, Lord Jesus P –Lift up your hearts!
be Christ’s loving presence in All –We lift them up to the
Christ! our world plagued by selfishness Lord!
and indifference. Let us pray!R. P –Let us give thanks to the
Homily
C –For the nations ravaged by Lord our God!
Profession of Faith war of whatever type: May their All –It is right and just!
(Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed) leaders realize the futility of try- P –It is truly right and just, our
ing to solve contrasting views by duty and our salvation, at all
All –I believe in one God, the Fa- fighting and start honest nego-
ther almighty, maker of heaven times to acclaim you, O Lord,
tiations for the good of all con- but in this time above all to
and earth, of all things visible cerned. Let us pray! R.
and invisible. praise you yet more gloriously,
I believe in one Lord Jesus C –For the families divided when Christ our Passover has
Christ, the Only Begotten Son of by jealousy and conflicting in- been sacrificed.
God, born of the Father before all terests: May all their members By the oblation of his Body,
ages. God from God, Light from realize that only in mutual for- he brought the sacrifices of old
Light, true God from true God, giveness can they preserve the to fulfillment in the reality of
begotten, not made, consubstan- precious treasure of peace. Let the Cross and, by commending
tial with the Father; through him us pray! R. himself to you for our salvation,
all things were made. For us men C –For each one of us and showed himself to be the Priest,
and for our salvation he came those dear to us: May we be in- the Altar, and the Lamb of sac-
down from heaven, (bow)* and struments of Christ’s peace, as rifice.
by the Holy Spirit was incarnate we do our best to live in full the Therefore, overcome with
of the Virgin Mary, and became demands of the Gospel. Let us paschal joy, every land, every
man.* For our sake he was cru- pray! R. people exults in your praise and
cified under Pontius Pilate, he even the heavenly Powers, with
C –For all of us: that through the angelic hosts, sing together
suffered death and was buried, work, each person might find
and rose again on the third day in the unending hymn of your glo-
fulfilment, that families might ry, as they acclaim:
accordance with the Scriptures. be sustained in dignity, and that
He ascended into heaven and is All – Holy, holy, holy Lord,
society might be humanized. Let God of hosts. Heaven and
seated at the right hand of the us pray! R.
Father. He will come again in earth are full of your glory.
glory to judge the living and the P –Lord Jesus, make us realize Hosanna in the highest!
dead and his kingdom will have that only by keeping your word Blessed is he who comes in
no end. can we become instruments the name of the Lord. Hosan-
I believe in the Holy Spirit, of your peace of the Kingdom na in the highest!
the Lord, the giver of life, who where you live and reign for ever
proceeds from the Father and the and ever. Memorial Acclamation
Son, who with the Father and the All – Amen! P –The mystery of faith!
6th Sunday of Easter (C)
All – We proclaim your Death, ments.
O Lord, and profess your All – Amen!
Resurrection until you P –May your hearts be
come again! always docile to the
P –The Lord be with you. promptings of the Holy
All – And with your spirit! Spirit.
P –Bow your heads and All – Amen!
pray for God’s blessing. P –And may the blessing of
All – Our Father . . . (Pause) almighty God: the Fa-
P –Deliver us, Lord . . . –May you become instru- ther, and the Son, and the
All –For the kingdom, the ments of unity and coop- Holy Spirit, come down
power, and the glory are eration in your commu- on you and remain with
yours, now and for ever. nity. you for ever.
All – Amen! All – Amen!
Sign of Peace
P –May you always show P –Go in peace, glorifying
Breaking of the Bread your love for the Lord by the Lord by your life!
keeping His command- All – Thanks be to God!
All – Lamb of God, you take
away the sins of the world:
have mercy on us. (2×)
Lamb of God, you take
away the sins of the world:
Towards Radical Newness
grant us peace. Kalakbay at Katoto

Communion
P –Behold the Lamb of God,
T his week, our sights and
hopes are trained once
again toward the future. It
twelve tribes, three gates on
each of the four corners (mak-
ing a total of 12), twelve names
behold him who takes away the
sins of the world. Blessed are was a “future” that was really of the twelve apostles of the
those called to the Supper of the already taking place before lamb. A glorious vision of the
Lamb. their very eyes, as the first heavenly city coming down
All – Lord, I am not worthy reading from Acts very clearly from heaven … a city that no
that you should enter under my shows. Divisions and distinc- more needed the sun or the
roof, but only say the word and tions between Jew and Gentile moon to shine on it, for its lamp
my soul shall be healed. were crumbling. Gradually was the lamb … all this rang
taking their places were unity, true for a people whose minds
Communion Antiphon harmony, and fellowship be- and hearts had been renewed
(To be recited only when no tween and among peoples of by their faith in the Risen Lord!
Communion Hymn is sung.) different origins, traditions Is there any language and de-
If you love me, keep my and initial beliefs and customs. scription of our destiny that can
commandments, says the The Gospel of the Lord was be more compelling than what
Lord, and I will ask the Father transforming the world that can we have today?
and he will send you another now cry in unison: “O God, let
Paraclete, to abide with you all the nations praise you!” A society that has no time,
for ever, alleluia! (Responsorial Psalm) nor desire to dream could
use a bit more of this type of
Prayer after Communion Fullness, universality, inclu- language. Our jaded and cyni-
P –Almighty ever-living God, sivity, and oneness … char- cal generation, replete with so
who restore us to eternal life in acteristic traits of this vision much, yet bereft of depth and
the Resurrection of Christ, in- of the future that had begun appreciation for what really
crease in us, we pray, the fruits to unravel before their very matters, could do better than
of this paschal Sacrament and eyes, are all sealed by the wallow in the shallow reality
pour into our hearts the strength symbolic language of John: of everyday affairs and be led
of this saving food.
Through Christ our Lord.
twelve gates, twelve angels, to envision their future – God’s
All – Amen!

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future – that is unfolding in our give their families decent lives known as Yeshua (Jesus) the
lives. back home? What explains Savior, is now the Christos, the
the so many endless sacrifices anointed One, who fulfills all
Who says God is dead? God parents make all over the world the stories that the prophets of
could not be more alive in just to give their children a old recounted about Him!
the world today! He is busy bright future?
as He had always been, trans- The story of God goes on . . .
forming the world, working God is active in the world Yes, you guessed it right . . .
so that the fabled holy city of bringing about newness. Terrorism and wars and scan-
Jerusalem would come down What He does, though, does dals, and the so many sob and
from heaven. Who could ever not translate to news delivered sad stories we hear by the day
imagine that in an ocean of ma- by major media outfits and from all over the world, do not
terialism and a culture of physi- networks. have the final word. The final
cal comfort, small clusters and chapter of God’s story is not
groups arise who quietly and The Gospel of today recounts for men and women like us
heroically live their Christian a different story. The story to write.
convictions though they are revolves around the unity of
unheralded, unnoticed, and three persons, and around what There is work, though, for
unrewarded by mass media each of them does for a people us to do. The story of God
cannot unfold without our
and mainstream society? Can whose life stories are destined
cooperation. “God who cre-
anyone convince me that God for radical newness. ated us without us, will not save
is never present and alive in the us without us!” (St. Augustine).
oncology wards of countless Jesus tells us the story of His We are called to love as Jesus
hospitals all over the world Father. God’s name, like our did, to do as He did, to live as
where terminally ill patients own names, are embedded He lived: “Whoever loves me
under extreme physical suffer- in a story. Jesus tells us this will keep my word, and my
ing find mysterious strength fundamental story that He was Father will love him, and we
and peace as they go through sent “by the Father.” He fur- will come to him and make our
the process of dying? And can ther tells us that the Holy Spirit, dwelling with him.”
anyone give a convincing argu- the Advocate, is He “whom the
ment to so many conversions Father will send in my name.” Here is where most stories fal-
that happen every day after The Holy Spirit has a task to ter. Here’s where many of us
whole lifetimes of profligacy fulfill, a duty that spells new- fail. Today, the Risen Lord
and sinfulness? What gives ness for us all: “He will teach gives us a shot in the arm:
strength and courage to so you everything and remind you “Do not let your hearts be
many poor migrant workers of all that I told you.” The troubled or afraid! I am going
who brave new cultures and Emmanuel, the awaited and away and I will come back to
strange lands just to be able to storied One, who later became you!”