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

26 September 2021 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

NATIONAL SEAFARERS’ DAY

At the School of a Most Generous God

O
n this last Sunday of September, we thank the Lord for the many
blessings He has granted us this month. He is a most generous
God. At the same time, we are invited to grow spiritually by prac-
tising magnanimity and rejecting its opposite. We are likewise challenged
to set our priorities right and be prepared to pay the price that a proper
scale of priorities entails.
Since today is National Seafarers’ Day, we remember with special
love and concern the three hundred thousand Filipinos who serve in
the domestic and international maritime industry. They work away from
their homes so that their families may live a decent life and enjoy a bet-
ter future. Let the offering of this Eucharistic sacrifice for our seafarers
be the best sign of our solidarity with them.

we prepare ourselves to celebrate All – Amen!

the Sacred Mysteries, let us see if
we have made our own the priori- Gloria
ties of the Gospel. (Pause) All – Glory to God in the high-
Entrance Antiphon
P –For our petty acts of envy est, and on earth peace to people
(To be recited only when
no Entrance Hymn is sung.) and any attempt to mo- of good will. We praise you,
nopolize you, Lord, have we bless you, we adore you, we
All that you have done to mercy!
us, O Lord, you have done with glorify you, we give you thanks
All –Lord, have mercy! for your great glory, Lord
true judgment, for we have
sinned against you and not P –For our insensitivity toward God, heavenly King, O God,
obeyed your commandments. the plight of the poor and almighty Father.
But give glory to your name the marginalized in our so- Lord Jesus Christ, Only Be-
and deal with us according to ciety, Christ, have mercy! gotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of
the bounty of your mercy. All –Christ, have mercy! God, Son of the Father, you take
P –For our choosing what is im- away the sins of the world, have
Greeting mediately gratifying with- mercy on us; you take away the
P –Grace and peace from God out considering its disas- sins of the world, receive our
our Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, trous consequences for our prayer; you are seated at the right
and the Holy Spirit be with you spiritual life, Lord, have hand of the Father, have mercy
all! mercy! on us. For you alone are the Holy
All – And with your spirit! All –Lord, have mercy! One, you alone are the Lord, you
P –May almighty God have alone are the Most High, Jesus
Penitential Act mercy on us, forgive us our sins, Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the
P –My brothers and sisters, as and bring us to everlasting life. glory of God the Father. Amen!

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 Collect (Opening Prayer) Responsorial Psalm Ps 19 You have lived on earth in
luxury and pleasure; you have
P –O God, who manifest your R –The precepts of the Lord
fattened your hearts for the
almighty power above all by par- give joy to the heart!
day of slaughter. You have con-
doning and showing mercy, be- R. M. Velez demned; you have murdered
stow, we pray, your grace abun- the righteous one; he offers you
F Dm
       
dantly upon us and make those no resistance.

hastening to attain your promises
The Word of the Lord!
heirs to the treasures of heaven. All – Thanks be to God!
Through our Lord Jesus The pre-cepts of the Lord give
Christ, your Son, who lives and Bb F Gospel Acclamation
reigns with you in the unity of
    

the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
and ever. Your word, O Lord, is
joy to the heart! truth; consecrate us in the
All – Amen!
truth.
* The law of the Lord is Alleluia! Alleluia!
perfect, refreshing the soul;
the decree of the Lord is trust- Gospel Mk 9:38-43.45.47-48
worthy, giving wisdom to the Jesus taught his disciples
simple. R. to be broad-minded and gene-
1st Reading Nm 11:25-29
God is absolutely free in * The fear of the Lord is rous, for no good will be left un-
the distribution of His gifts. Al- pure, enduring forever; the or- rewarded, no evil will be left
though He sets up “ordinary dinances of the Lord are true, unpunished. Such is the message
channels” for their distribution, all of them just. R. of today’s Gospel.
He also acts outside these “of- * Though your servant is P –The Lord be with you!
ficial structures.” careful of them, very diligent All – And with your spirit!
in keeping them, yet who can P – A proclamation from the
R –A proclamation from the detect failings? Cleanse me holy Gospel according to
Book of Numbers from my unknown faults! R. Mark
The Lord came down in * From wanton sin especial- All – Glory to you, O Lord!
the cloud and spoke to Moses. ly, restrain your servant; let it At that time, John said to
Taking some of the spirit that not rule over me. Then shall I Jesus, “Teacher, we saw some-
was on Moses, the Lord be- be blameless and innocent of one driving out demons in your
stowed it on the seventy elders; serious sin. R. name, and we tried to prevent
and as the spirit came to rest him because he does not follow
on them, they prophesied. Now 2nd Reading Jas 5:1-6 us.” Jesus replied, “Do not pre-
two men, one named Eldad St. James reminds us today vent him. There is no one who
and the other Medad, were not
that the blessings we receive in performs a mighty deed in my
this life are not meant for our name who can at the same time
in the gathering but had been selfish enjoyment, but to enable
left in the camp. They too had speak ill of me. For whoever is
us to do good to those in need. not against us is for us.
been on the list, but had not Failure to do so will be judged Anyone who gives you a cup
gone out to the tent; yet the by God very severely. of water to drink because you
spirit came to rest on them belong to Christ, amen, I say
R –A proclamation from the
also, and they prophesied in Letter of James to you, will surely not lose his
the camp. reward. Whoever causes one
So, when a young man Come now, you rich, weep
and wail over your impend- of these little ones who believe
quickly told Moses, “Eldad in me to sin, it would be bet-
ing miseries. Your wealth has
and Medad are prophesying in rotted away, your clothes have ter for him if a great millstone
the camp,” Joshua, son of Nun, become moth-eaten, your gold were put around his neck and
who from his youth had been and silver have corroded, and he were thrown into the sea.
Moses’ aide, said, “Moses, my that corrosion will be a testi- If your hand causes you to
lord, stop them!” But Moses mony against you; it will de- sin, cut it off. It is better for you
answered him, “Are you jeal- vour your flesh like a fire. to enter into life maimed than
ous for my sake? Would that You have stored up trea- with two hands to go into Ge-
all the people of the Lord were sure for the last days. Behold, henna, into the unquenchable
prophets! Would that the Lord the wages you withheld from fire. And if your foot causes you
might bestow his spirit on them the workers who harvested to sin, cut it off. It is better for
all!” your fields are crying aloud; you to enter into life crippled
and the cries of the harvesters than with two feet to be thrown
The Word of the Lord! have reached the ears of the into Gehenna. And if your eye
All – Thanks be to God! Lord of hosts. causes you to sin, pluck it out.

26 September 2021
Better for you to enter into the All –Lord God, be merciful to Preface I
Kingdom of God with one eye Your people! P –The Lord be with you!
than with two eyes to be thrown All – And with your spirit!
into Gehenna, where ‘their C –That all Christians may al-
ways be ready to cooperate with P –Lift up your hearts!
worm does not die, and the fire All –We lift them up to the
is not quenched.’ ” all honest people in promoting
whatever is good and construc- Lord!
The Gospel of the Lord! tive, let us pray! R. P –Let us give thanks to the
All – Praise to you, Lord Jesus Lord our God!
Christ! C –That the leaders of our com- All – It is right and just!
munities may be as open-minded P –It is truly right and just, our
Homily like Moses and Jesus in discern- duty and our salvation, always
ing the work of the Spirit, even and everywhere to give you
Profession of Faith outside the “official structures” thanks, Lord, holy Father, al-
(Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed) of the Church, let us pray! R. mighty and eternal God, through
C –That our seafarers and their Christ our Lord.
All –I believe in one God, the Fa- For through his paschal
ther almighty, maker of heaven families may remain faithful to
their Christian commitment and mystery, he accomplished the
and earth, of all things visible marvelous deed, by which he
and invisible. preserve the bond of mutual love,
in spite of their physical separa- has freed us from the yoke of
I believe in one Lord Jesus sin and death, summoning us to
Christ, the Only Begotten Son tion, let us pray! R.
the glory of being now called a
of God, born of the Father be- C –That employers and govern- chosen race, a royal priesthood,
fore all ages. God from God, ment officials may give what a holy nation, a people for your
Light from Light, true God from is due to their employees and own possession, to proclaim ev-
true God, begotten, not made, constituents, let us pray! R. erywhere your mighty works, for
consubstantial with the Father; you have called us out of dark-
through him all things were C –That all of us may realize
that the wealth and blessings ness into your own wonderful
made. For us men and for our light.
salvation he came down from God gives us are meant not to be
hoarded but to be shared, espe- And so, with Angels and
heaven, (bow)* and by the Holy Archangels, with Thrones and
Spirit was incarnate of the Vir- cially with those in need, let us
Dominions, and with all the
gin Mary, and became man.* pray! R. hosts and Powers of heaven, we
For our sake he was crucified sing the hymn of your glory, as
under Pontius Pilate, he suf- C – Let us pray in silence for our
fered death and was buried, and personal intentions. (Pause) without end we acclaim:
rose again on the third day in Let us pray! R. All – Holy, holy, holy . . .
accordance with the Scriptures. P –Lord God, teach us to re- Memorial Acclamation
He ascended into heaven and is joice in the good of others, and to
seated at the right hand of the P –The mystery of faith!
join hands with them in promot- All –We proclaim your Death,
Father. He will come again in ing the values of the Kingdom
glory to judge the living and the O Lord, and profess your
which Your Son came to estab- Resurrection until you
dead and his kingdom will have lish. You who live and care for
no end. come again!
ever and ever.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, All – Amen!
the Lord, the giver of life, who
proceeds from the Father and
the Son, who with the Father
and the Son is adored and glori- All – Our Father . . .
fied, who has spoken through P –Deliver us, Lord . . .
the prophets. P –Pray, brethren . . . All –For the kingdom, the
I believe in one, holy, cath- All – May the Lord accept the
olic and apostolic Church. I power, and the glory are
sacrifice at your hands, for the yours, now and for ever.
confess one Baptism for the
forgiveness of sins and I look praise and glory of his name,
for our good and the good of all Sign of Peace
forward to the resurrection of Breaking of the Bread
the dead and the life of the world his holy Church.
to come. Amen! All – Lamb of God . . .
Prayer over the Offerings
Prayer of the Faithful Communion
P –Grant us, O merciful God,
P –Today’s readings remind us to that our offering may find accep- P –This is the Lord Jesus who
live in the light of God’s law and tance with you and that through challenges us to reject envy in all
to overcome all forms of narrow- it the wellspring of all blessing its forms. He is the Lamb of God
mindedness. Aware of our weak- may be laid open before us. who takes away the sins of the
ness in meeting these demands, Through Christ our Lord. world. Blessed are those called
we humbly pray: All – Amen! to his Supper.

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

All –Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under
my roof, but only say the word
God Can’t Be Monopolized
and my soul shall be healed. by Jess P. Balon

J
Communion Antiphon esus must have had a activity is a perennial danger
Remember your word to hard time in forming his with some church people. Not
your servant, O Lord, by which disciples. Their moral de- a few have become experts in
you have given me hope. This is fects were continuously surfac- this form of witchcraft. Such an
my comfort when I am brought ing in attitudes and acts which attitude is the total denial of
low. surprise us, when they do not genuine faith.
Prayer after Communion scandalize us altogether. Their Faith is, first of all, humil-
P –May this heavenly mystery,
attempt to stop a man from ity. It is the desire to let God
O Lord, restore us in mind and expelling demons in the name be God. Let God be free – free
body, that we may be coheirs in of Jesus just because he was to take His initiatives; free to
glory with Christ, to whose suf- not one of their “group” (see use His gifts and people the
fering we are united whenever Mk 9:38), reveals a “ghetto way He thinks best. No one
we proclaim his Death. mentality” absolutely incom- should dare attempt to limit
Who lives and reigns for ever patible with the universality God’s presence to the struc-
and ever. of Christ’s message. tures to which he/she belongs.
All – Amen!
The roots of such an at- Not even when these struc-
titude are pride, possessive- tures bear God’s very name
ness, envy . . . . They try to and seal, and have their origin
thrive in the hearts of all men. in Him.
Together, these negative ten- God is infinitely greater
P –The Lord be with you! dencies blind many people into
All – And with your spirit! than any structure or earth-
believing that they are the very ly vision. His wisdom follows
P –Bow your heads and pray best and should, as far as pos- ways unknown even to the
for God’s blessing. (Pause) sible, remain “uncontaminated” most perceptive of us. His
May the Lord, in His love, by contact with “lower races” or
fill you with His wisdom so love can use sinners to make
classes . . . . saints holier. It can make use
that you may choose and do
what is pleasing to Him. This is one of the reasons of the fury of persecutors to pu-
All – Amen! why we put so many barriers rify His very Church and ren-
P –May He give you a magnan- in our lives, and we see a pro- der it more detached, humbler,
imous heart which rejoices liferation of barkadas, fra- more faithful to her Lord . . . .
in the good that others have ternities, syndicates, elitist Once we understand and
or do. groups . . . whose main con- accept this fundamental Chris-
All – Amen! cern seems to be the exclu- tian truth, we will be respectful
sion (if not the suppression) of God’s freedom, and work
P –May He grant you the
strength that you need to of the non-members. These for the fulfillment of one of the
make even great sacrifices are squalid fortress of pride, most demanding petitions of
to inherit everlasting life. individualism, social discrimi- “The Lord’s Prayer”: “Your will
All – Amen! nation, racism! . . . be done!” God’s will, not ours!
P –And may the blessing of al- When these forms of pride, Then we will also be mag-
mighty God: the Father, and envy, or self-exaltation try to nanimous toward those who
the Son, and the Holy Spirit find religious justifications, then do not share our likings or
descend upon you and re- we come very near the impious display our badge. And, at the
main with you for ever. attempt to monopolize God and same time, we will be very de-
All – Amen! even lecture Him on how He manding with ourselves, as the
P –Go in peace glorifying the should run the world. final verses of today’s Gospel
Lord by your life! The temptation to mo- passage forcefully put it. (See
All – Thanks be to God! nopolize God and railroad His Mk 9:43.45.47.)

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