Blessed Virgin Mary Receive our gratitude, and by your prayers obtain the pardon of our sins. Take our prayers into the sanctuary of heaven and enable them to make our peace with God.

Entrance antiphon

O come, let us worship Godand bow low before the God who made us,for he is the Lord our God.

…Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy…Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy…Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercyPenitential act

Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care, that, relying solely on the hope of heavenly grace, they may be defended always by your protection.

The Collect

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 Collect

The First Reading

A reading from the first book of Kings 8:22-23,27-30

In the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, Solomon stood before the altar of the

Lord and, stretching out his hands towards heaven, said, ‘O Lord, God of Israel, not in heaven above nor on earth beneath is there such a God as you, true to your covenant

and your kindness towards your servants when they walk wholeheartedly in your way. Yet will God really live with men on the earth? Why, the heavens and their own

heavens cannot contain you. How much less this house that I have built! Listen to the prayer and entreaty of your servant, O Lord my God; listen to the cry and to the prayer

your servant makes to you today. Day and night let your eyes watch over this house, over this place of which you have said, “My name shall be there.” Listen to the prayer

that your servant will offer in this place.‘Hear the entreaty of your servant and of Israel your people as they pray in this place. From heaven where

your dwelling is, hear; and, as you hear, forgive.’

The Word

of the Lord

Thanks be to God.

How lovely is your dwelling-place, Lord, God of hosts.

The Psalm

My soul is longing and yearning,is yearning for the courts of the Lord.My heart and my soul ring out their joy to God, the living God.

The Psalm

How lovely is your dwelling-place, Lord, God of hosts.

The Psalm

The sparrow herself finds a homeand the swallow a nest for her brood; she lays her young by your altars, Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

The Psalm

How lovely is your dwelling-place, Lord, God of hosts.

The Psalm

They are happy, who dwell in your house, for ever singing your praise.Turn your eyes, O God, our shield,look on the face of your anointed.

The Psalm

How lovely is your dwelling-place, Lord, God of hosts.

The Psalm

One day within your courtsis better than a thousand elsewhere.The threshold of the house of GodI prefer to the dwellings of the wicked.

The Psalm

How lovely is your dwelling-place, Lord, God of hosts.

The Psalm

Alleluia, alleluia!Train me, Lord, to observe your law, to keep it with my heart.Alleluia!

Gospel Acclamation

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit. A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 7:1-13

Glory to you, O Lord. The Gospel

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus, and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands,

that is, without washing them. For the Pharisees, and the Jews in general, follow the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing their arms as far as the elbow;

and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. There are also many other observances which have been handed down

to them concerning the washing of cups and pots and bronze dishes. So these Pharisees and scribes asked him, ‘Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the

elders but eat their food with unclean hands?’ He answered, ‘It was of you hypocrites that Isaiah so rightly prophesied in this passage of scripture:This people honours me only

with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.The worship they offer me is worthless, the doctrines they teach are only human regulations. You put aside the

commandment of God to cling to human traditions.’ And he said to them, ‘How ingeniously you get round the commandment of God in order to preserve your own tradition!

For Moses said: Do your duty to your father and your mother, and, Anyone who curses father or mother must be put to death. But you say, “If a man says to his father or

mother: Anything I have that I might have used to help you is Corban (that is, dedicated to God), then he is forbidden from that moment to do anything for his father or

mother.” In this way you make God’s word null and void for the sake of your tradition which you have handed down. And you do many other things like this.’

The Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

O Lord, our God, who once established these created thingsto sustain us in our frailty,grant, we pray, that they may become for us now the Sacrament of eternal life.Through Christ our Lord.

Prayer over the offerings

The Peace of the Lord be with you always.

And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other the sign of peace

We Share God’s Peace

God our Father, slow to anger,

abounding in mercy,

you find your way to us when we cannot find our way to you,

you are always faithful when we are unfaithful.

Jesus Christ, you entered the house of sinners,

you sat at the table of the poor,

you accepted the Cross, your throne of mercy.

Holy Spirit, you pour your healing gifts over our wounds,

you anoint us to bring good news to the poor,

you send us out as missionaries of mercy.

God of Mercies, have mercy on us, so that where sin abounds your grace may abound all the more,

and we shall become merciful like you. Amen.

Divine Praises

Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.

Blessed be the Name of Jesus.Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.

Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.

Blessed be St. Joseph, her spouse most chaste.Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints. Amen.