AdventFirst sundAy oF Advent

Entrance AntiphonTo you, I lift up my soul, O my God.

In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to shame.Nor let my enemies exult over me;

and let none who hope in you be put to shame.Cf. Ps 25 (24): 1-3

The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is not said.

Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God,the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ

with righteous deeds at his coming,so that, gathered at his right hand,they may be worthy to possess the heavenly Kingdom.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.

The Creed is said.

Accept, we pray, O Lord, these offerings we make,gathered from among your gifts to us,

and may what you grant us to celebrate devoutly here belowgain for us the prize of eternal redemption.Through Christ our Lord.

Preface I of Advent, p. 516.

Communion AntiphonThe Lord will bestow his bounty, and our earth shall yield its increase.

Ps 85 (84): 13

May these mysteries, O Lord,in which we have participated,

profit us, we pray,for even now, as we walk amid passing things,you teach us by them to love the things of heavenand hold fast to what endures.Through Christ our Lord.

A formula of Solemn Blessing, p. 658, may be used.

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Entrance AntiphonDrop down dew from above, you heavens,and let the clouds rain down the Just One;

let the earth be opened and bring forth a Savior.Cf. Is 45: 8

The Gloria in excelsis (Glory to God in the highest) is not said.

Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord,your grace into our hearts,

that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Sonwas made known by the message of an Angel,may by his Passion and Crossbe brought to the glory of his Resurrection.Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, for ever and ever.

The Creed is said.

May the Holy Spirit, O Lord,sanctify these gifts laid upon your altar,

just as he filled with his power the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Through Christ our Lord.

Preface II of Advent, p. 518.

Communion AntiphonBehold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son;

and his name will be called Emmanuel.Is 7: 14

Having received this pledge of eternal redemption,we pray, almighty God,

that, as the feast day of our salvation draws ever nearer,so we may press forward all the more eagerlyto the worthy celebration of the mystery of your Son’s Nativity.Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

A formula of Solemn Blessing, p. 658, may be used.

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Entrance Antiphon All that you have done to us, O Lord,you have done with true judgment,

for we have sinned against youand not obeyed your commandments.

But give glory to your nameand deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy.

Dn 3: 31, 29, 30, 43, 42

O God, who manifest your almighty powerabove all by pardoning and showing mercy,

bestow, we pray, your grace abundantly upon usand make those hastening to attain your promisesheirs to the treasures of heaven.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.

Grant us, O merciful God,that this our offering may find acceptance with you

and that through it the wellspring of all blessingmay be laid open before us.Through Christ our Lord.

Communion AntiphonRemember your word to your servant, O Lord,

by which you have given me hope.This is my comfort when I am brought low.

Cf. Ps 119 (118): 49-50

Or:By this we came to know the love of God:

that Christ laid down his life for us;so we ought to lay down our lives for one another.

1 Jn 3: 16

May this heavenly mystery, O Lord,restore us in mind and body,

that we may be coheirs in glory with Christ,to whose suffering we are unitedwhenever we proclaim his Death.Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

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