Saturday 21 October 2023, 3pm
Brief tour of the Domitilla Catacombs followed by Mass in memory of Blessed Enrique Angelelli & his companions, and Pepe & Amalia Palacio
Welcome
Welcome: Basma Louis (English) & Clémence Otekpo (French/Spanish)
Introduction: Stefan Gigacz
Testimonies
Blessed Enrique Angelelli & companions: Bishop Dante Braida & Sr Maria Cimperman RSCJ
Pepe & Amalia Palacio: Jose Luis Palacio and family
Celebrants
Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga
Bishop Shane Mackinlay
Bishop Dante Braida
Bishop Alain Harel
Fr Clarence Devadass
Entrance Antiphon
Ps 129: 3-4
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you is found forgiveness,
O God of Israel.
Collect
May your grace, O Lord, we pray,
at all times go before us and follow after
and make us always determined
to carry out good works.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
First reading (Bishop Shane Mackinlay)
Romans 4:13,16-18
Abraham hoped and believed and became the father of many nations
The promise of inheriting the world was not made to Abraham and his descendants on account of any law but on account of the righteousness which consists in faith. That is why what fulfils the promise depends on faith, so that it may be a free gift and be available to all of Abraham’s descendants, not only those who belong to the Law but also those who belong to the faith of Abraham who is the father of all of us. As scripture says: I have made you the ancestor of many nations – Abraham is our father in the eyes of God, in whom he put his faith, and who brings the dead to life and calls into being what does not exist.
Though it seemed Abraham’s hope could not be fulfilled, he hoped and he believed, and through doing so he did become the father of many nations exactly as he had been promised: Your descendants will be as many as the stars.
Responsorial Psalm (Sr Nathalie Becquart)
Psalm 104(105):6-9,42-43
The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
O children of Abraham, his servant,
O sons of the Jacob he chose.
He, the Lord, is our God:
his judgements prevail in all the earth.
Response: The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
He remembers his covenant for ever,
his promise for a thousand generations,
the covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.
Response: The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
For he remembered his holy word,
which he gave to Abraham his servant.
So he brought out his people with joy,
his chosen ones with shouts of rejoicing.
Response: The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
Gospel Acclamation
Jn15:26,27
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Spirit of Truth will bear witness to me, says the Lord,
and you also will be my witnesses.
Alleluia!
Gospel (Bishop Alain Harel)
Luke 12:8-12
If you declare yourselves for me, I will declare myself for you
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will declare himself for him in the presence of the angels. But the man who disowns me in the presence of men will be disowned in the presence of God’s angels.
‘Everyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
‘When they take you before synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say, because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say.’
Homily
Prayers of the Faithful
Synod: Fr Clarence Devadass
Workers: Sheila Pires
Students: Brian Lawrence
Farmers: Kris Kummari
Poor and sick:
Prayer over the Offerings
Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful
with the sacrificial offerings,
that, through these acts of devotedness,
we may pass over to the glory of heaven.
Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon
Cf. Ps 33: 11
The rich suffer want and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.
Prayer after Communion
We entreat your majesty most humbly, O Lord,
that, as you feed us with the nourishment
which comes from the most holy Body and Blood of your Son,
so you may make us sharers of his divine nature.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.